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By Maria AmanteSenior Reporter
While demand and enroll-ment for higher education have increased dramatically in recent years, pay for college administrators may be out-stripping its progress.
Administrative salaries at CMU have increased by 30.1 percent while tuition has in-creased 51.6 percent since fiscal year 2006, according to data compiled by the Detroit Free Press.
The report said faculty sala-ries increased 23.8 percent in the same time period, which is higher than the state average of 22 percent.
Adminis-trative pay at CMU totaled $53,369,565 in 2009-10, according to the Higher E d u c a t i o n Institutional Data Inven-tory.
“(The administrators catego-ry is) a pretty wide range,” said Kurt Weiss, public information officer at the state Department of Technology, Management and Budget. “Everyone from at the top of the food chain, like the president and provost, down to other levels, like pipe-fitters and carpenters.”
In the period the Free Press examined, Grand Valley State University reported the highest jump in administrative salaries, climbing 48 percent. Wayne State University reported the
lowest with a 14.8-percent in-crease.
Administrative pay at uni-versities increased on aver-age 30 percent statewide. The number of administrative jobs grew 19 percent.
University President George Ross said the data does not fairly represent enrollment growth over the last decade, nor reflect the challenging budget situation at CMU in an internal communication sent Wednesday.
Michael Van Beek, director of education policy for the Mack-inac Center for Public Policy, said no one supports rising ad-ministrative costs. He said high administrative salaries are not in students’ best interests.
“Public universities should operate as efficiently as pos-sible,” Van Beek said. “Let’s
By Maria AmanteSenior Reporter
University President George Ross said he is extremely critical of Sunday’s report in the Detroit Free Press that stated adminis-trative pay rose 30 percent since 2005-06.
The Free Press used Faculty and Compensation data from the Higher Education Institu-tional Data Inventory to deter-mine the numbers. Each of the 15 public universities self-report their financial information to HEIDI.
According to HEIDI and the CMU 2009 salary list index,
CMU had 584 full-time equiva-lent, or FTE, administrative/professional positions in 2009-10 and 40 senior officers. The categorization of administrators is not limited to senior officers.
There are three categories of FTE at the 15 public universities in Michigan: Faculty, admin-istrative/professional and ser-vice. In 2005-06, administrative and professional FTE positions earned $41,024,904. In 2009-10, the university spent $53,369,565 — a 30-percent increase.
Ross said the figures are “mis-leading” because the Free Press did not properly define “admin-istrator” in the article.
“The Free Press is one of the ones I read every day, and my first reaction was shock,” Ross said “I couldn’t speak to other people’s numbers, but there was no way in five years we’ve in-creased 30 percent.”
Ross said the term “adminis-
trative” implies senior officers on campus. But in an email sent by Ross to the campus com-munity Wednesday, he said the Free Press numbers included all campus employees.
“The administrator figures reported include all university staff employees — a total of ap-proximately 6,000 employees, including more than 3,600 stu-dent employees and excluding custodial staff — not just senior university officers,” Ross said in the email.
Of the three staff categories documented in HEIDI, the Free Press wrote about administra-tive and faculty FTE, but did not
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photos by perry fish/staff photographerMount Morris senior Danny Lorentzen, left, and Rochester Hills senior Kyle Boes watch as the New York Yankees advance to third base during the first Detroit Tigers’ game of the season Thursday afternoon at Buffalo Wild Wings, 1904 S. Mission St. “There is promise this season,” Boes said. The Tigers lost to the Yankees 6-3.
Beverly Hills senior Rafe Vermiglio, left, Mount Pleasant freshman Mitch Reetz and Lavo-nia sophomore Drue Servalish, all CMU Club Baseball Team members, watch the opening day Detroit Tigers v. New York Yankees game Thursday afternoon at O’Kelly’s Sports Bar and Grill, 2000 S. Mission St. “The Tigers are striking out too much,” Servalish said.
By Caitlin CheeversStaff Reporter
Only two things in life are guaranteed — death and taxes.
The latter will be the topic of a rally hosted by the Mid Michi-gan Patriots on April 16.
The group, formed in January, plans to have several speakers discuss the government’s fiscal responsibility at their Tea Party Tax Day rally.
“We would like to get more people who are aware, po-litically,” said Larry Miller, co-chairman of the group.
Miller said he hopes to bring more information about the tea party principles to the Mount Pleasant community. The three main principles, he said, are constitutionally limited gov-ernment, fiscal responsibility
and open markets. The second of these three will be the topic of the rally.
The Mid Michigan Patriots group is one of at least 85 Tea Party Patriot groups in Michi-gan. They work locally to bring about change in the govern-ment.
“We lobby our legislators,” Miller said. “We help our legis-lators when they do things that support our principles, and we let them know when they are deviating from them.”
The rally will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. at Mary McGuire El-ementary, 4882 Crosslanes St. If weather allows, it will be held outside; otherwise it will be lo-
Mid-Michigan tea party group to rally on tax dayEvent will include appearances from Pete Hoekstra, Kevin Cotter
If you go ...Tea Party Tax Day Rallyw 1 to 3 p.m. April 16w Mary McGuire Elementary, 4882 Crosslanes St.w Outside, weather allowing; otherwise in the school gymnasium
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erica Kearns/staff photographerSuadi Arabia senior Naif Alsultan works on a project Thursday in the Grawn Hall com-puter lab. “It’s really helpful over here because I’m a business major and its always so busy, if they move it to a smaller place, it’s going to take a long time to find a seat,” Alsultan said.
By Maria AmanteSenior Reporter
A popular campus com-puter lab is under discussion for relocation by university officials.
The Grawn Hall computer lab is one of two extended-hour computer labs on cam-pus. The Grawn lab is open as late as 1 a.m. on week-days.
Roger Rehm, vice presi-dent of the Office of Infor-mation Technology, said it
would be “conjecture” to give a solid answer of any final plans for the Grawn computer lab.
“There has been conver-sation of moving the Grawn computer lab, but they are not at all final,” Rehm said. “At this point, it is just rumor and in talking stages.”
Kelsey Bourassa, a Tren-ton junior, said she uses the Grawn computer lab every day. She said moving the lab
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O’Kelly’s Sports Bar and Grill, 2000 S. Mission St., also em-braced the opening day celebra-tions. Bay City junior Charelotte Kern said she has a history with both O’Kelly’s and the Tigers.
“When I am not working (at O’Kelly’s), I usually hang out here with my friends,” Kern said. “Not only that, but I also love the Tigers and Magglio (Ordonez).”
Despite the Yankees’ 6-3 vic-tory over the Tigers, Waterford
junior Jeff Olson said the Tigers will have a good year overall.
“Being a big sports fan in gen-eral, I think we’ve got a good lineup,” Olson said. “We’re a little slow and we need to get a little better pitching, but we’ll be able to put up a lot of runs on the scoreboard for sure.”
Olson and his friends decided to watch the game in the Bed-
Students enjoy games in restaurants, residence halls
By Orrin Shawl | Staff Reporter
While baseball fans traditionally prefer peanuts and Cracker Jack,
many CMU students went with hot wings and mozzarella sticks on opening day.
Students enjoyed the Detroit Tigers’ away game against the New York Yankees Thursday in locations on and off campus.
Buffalo Wild Wings, 1904 S. Mission St., had 23 of its 35 big-screen televisions tuned to the game for customers to enjoy. Clarksville sophomore Greg Forman and Troy senior Matt Campbell said they felt very optimistic about the Tigers’ chances this year.
“I think they’re going to make the play-offs,” Forman said. “They’ll make it to at least the American League Champion-ship Series.”
Campbell said the restaurant was the perfect place for him to eat and watch the Tigers play because it is within walking distance to his classes.
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is a bad idea.“A lot of people use this
lab,” she said. “I print things off before classes. This is my lab, it’s perfect for business students.”
Brandon Burris, a Jackson junior, said he was famil-
iar with the lab’s rumored move. He said the College of Business Administration wanted to change the lab’s space into study rooms.
Burris said he would prefer the space remain a computer lab as it is better equipped to meet his needs.
“I usually do all of my homework (here on the computer), and I don’t have a printer at home,” Burris
said. “All of my classes are in Grawn. It’s great that it’s just right here.”
Comstock Park senior Justin Morris is graduating this spring, so any proposed changes would not effect him, he said.
“But if anything, they should make it bigger,” Morris said. “It’s packed every day.”
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cated in the gymnasium.Ron Babin, vice president
of the Michigan FairTax Asso-ciation and CMU alumnus, will speak about his plan to bring jobs back into the state.
The association is looking to remove the state income tax and increase the sales tax on goods and services, which would create an incentive for businesses to remain in Michi-gan.
While no state has the ex-act tax system the Michigan FairTax Association proposes, Nevada, Texas, Florida, Alaska, South Dakota, Wyoming and Washington do not currently have an income tax.
“Those seven states have an average of 4.5 percent higher economic growth rate than those with an income tax,” Babin said.
Miller said he is looking to bring attention to the lack of fiscal responsibility at both the state and national levels.
“The (national) debt has gone so high that we can’t ig-nore it any more,” he said.
Miller also believes Gov. Rick Snyder’s budget “doesn’t look like it’s going to fix the prob-lems” in Michigan today.
“We’re at the bottom of the heap when it comes to econom-ics,” he said, “and we’re at the top of the heap when it comes to people leaving the state be-cause they can’t find work.”
Other speakers at the rally include former U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra; state Rep. Kevin Cot-ter, R-Mount Pleasant; Scott Hagerstrom, director of Ameri-cans for Prosperity-Michigan; and performer Stacy Ault.
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erica Kearns/staff photographerLake Orion freshman Richard Peake plays Piano Medley Thursday in Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium during the 10th Annual Honors Talent Show. Peake arranged his own music for the show and was the fifth act.
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FRIDAY
w A Blast from the Past Carnival will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. in Finch Field-house 110.
w An April Foolin’ Skating Party will take place from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. at Spinning Wheels, 1241 N. Mission Road.
SATURDAY
w The Mid-Michigan Body and Soul Festival is from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Library, 301 S. University Ave.
w The 22nd Annual CMU Pow wow: Celebrating Life will take place from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Events Center.
SUNDAY
w The Central Michigan International Film Festival will be held from noon to 11 p.m. in the Charles V. Park Library Strosacker Room.
w Love, Sex, and the IR$ will be shown from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Broadway Theatre, 216 E. Broadway St.
reference the service FTE cat-egory.
CMU had 1,285 faculty FTE in 2009-10 that earned $98,998,270, which was a 23.8 percent in-crease from 2005-06, according to the data.
The disconnect comes from the FTE term, said Carol Haas, director of Financial Planning and Budgets. FTE is a different measurement than head count, she said.
FTE does not measure the number of people, but the num-ber of hours an employee works, Haas said. Therefore, one em-ployee can equal more or less than one FTE, whereas multiple part-time employees can equal just one.
Thus, CMU reported 584 FTE administrative/professional
employees in 2009-10 to HEIDI.“The administrative numbers
include executive, professional-other, technical, skilled, service and clerical employees,” Haas said.
Ross said when he spoke with the presidents of Wayne State University and Western Michi-gan University following his testimony before state legisla-tors Wednesday, they shared the same concerns.
“They reacted the same way at Western and Wayne State,” Ross said. “It was misleading.”
Cheryl Roland, executive di-rector of University Relations at WMU, said her campus was “disappointed” with the Free Press’ report.
“The result of that article is people were left with an errone-ous viewpoint with what hap-pens at our universities,” Roland said.
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try to use taxpayer resources as efficiently and effectively as we can. If universities think spending more money on those resources is the best use of student tuition money, they need to explain how it works.”
He said all institutions, es-pecially universities, should look at how to offer the same services at a lower cost with the current economic situa-tion. The core goal should be to keep college tuition down and affordable to as many students as possible.
Van Beek said administrative salaries are on the rise nation-wide, according to a 2010 study by the Goldwater Center.
“It’s not unique to Michigan or Central Michigan,” Van Beek said. “It’s a trend around the country.”
The Goldwater Institute’s study said enrollment at U.S. universities had increased by 15 percent between 1993 and 2007, but the number of full-time administrators grew by 39 percent and teaching faculty only grew by 18 percent. At the same time, administrative pay
grew by 61 percent.State Rep. Kevin Cotter, R-
Mount Pleasant, said he has not “crunched the numbers” from the Free Press’ data so he could not speak to the accuracy of the report.
“The legislature appropri-ates the funds to the universi-ties,” Cotter said. “We trust the universities to be stewards of the public’s funds. If there were concerns or violations of that trust, we’d have to look into that.”
Cotter said the legislature is examining how cuts in public funding would affect the de-livery of a quality education. He said one area being scruti-nized by the legislature is ben-efits packages.
“What was written in the Free Press doesn’t give us in-centive or reason to cut uni-versities further,” Cotter said. “We’re looking at reasons to minimize cuts.”
Detroit Free Press:
w CMU had a 30-percent increase in 584 administrator/professional FTE employees
w What the university says: The term "administrator" includes all 6,000 university staff employees. The increase among that group is from growth in enrollment. The categorization of administrators is not limited to senior officers.Sources: Detroit Free Press, CMU
w 2005-06: administrator/professional FTE: 549administrator/professional comp.: $41,024,904
w 2009-10administrator/professional FTE: 584administrator/professional compensation: $53,369,565
Source: The Higher Education Institutional Data Inventory
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dow Hall lobby.“We all know each other from
Beddow Hall,” Olson said. “We all cannot wait to start going to the games in the summer.”
The Tigers logged six hits and one error during the game. First
baseman Miguel Cabrera batted 1-2 with two runs and an RBI off a sacrifice fly.
Starting pitcher Justin Ver-lander pitched six innings with eight strikeouts and three earned runs. The Tigers play again at 4:10 p.m. Saturday at Yankee Stadium.
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By emily GroveSenior Reporter
Bruce Kilmer’s first term as mayor has so far been event-ful with the unexpected de-parture of a commissioner and a key decision regarding the purchase of the Mount Pleasant Center property.
Kilmer took over as mayor at the beginning of this year, succeeding Jim Holton, who served in the position for two years.
With his experience as vice mayor, Kilmer thought he had a good idea of the way things would work. What he did not anticipate was the numerous meetings he would have to attend.
“I do enjoy the meetings with different heads of gov-ernment like the county, the university, mid-Michigan and such,” Kilmer said. “It fosters communication with all the different entities so we can all be working to-gether.”
It is a very time-consum-ing job, he said.
When Holton announced his decision not to seek re-appointment, he immedi-
ately endorsed Kilmer to take the job.
“When it was time for me to move on, I knew there was no better person for the job,” Holton said. “So far he is doing a fantastic job.”
The majority of Kilmer’s work for this term has been focused on the Mount Pleas-ant Center decision, in which the City Commission de-cided in March to purchase more than 300 acres of land which may need clean-up efforts before it is usable.
He spent the first weeks of his term working to ensure a decision was made in time to meet the deadline set by the state.
“It’s good to have a decision made, but there is still lots of work to be done,” Kilmer said. “I think it’s an excellent addition to the city.”
Holton said he was also overwhelmed in his first year as mayor. The mayor can end up spending a lot of time visiting other cities for things such as mayor-to-mayor dialogue days.
“It’s a volunteer position basically,” he said. “I mean, it’s about 1,250 bucks a year, but it’s a lot of work.”
Vice Mayor Kathy Ling said Kilmer has done a good job so far, and that the Mount Pleasant Center purchase was a solid group effort on
the commission’s part.“(The mayor’s) job basi-
cally is to preside over our meetings and make sure everything goes smoothly,” Ling said, “... but we func-
tion as a whole and most of the decisions are done as a group.”
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Finding a stride in first term as mayorBruce Kilmer says position is ‘very time consuming’
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photos by erica Kearns/staff photographerThe CMU Club Hip Hop team dances to “They’re Everywhere” Thursday in Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium during the 10th Annual Honors Talent Show sponsored by the Honors Program Philanthropic Society. There were a total of 23 acts in the show.
Twin Lake junior Jessi Boehme performs to a mix of “Material Girl”, “We’re in the Money,” and Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend,” Thursday in Warriner Hall’s Platchta Auditorium during the Honors Talent Show. This is the 10th annual show and is spon-sored by the Honors Program Philanthropic Society.
By emily GroveSenior Reporter
Mount Pleasant bicyclists can take heart in a new push for a mid-Michigan bike trail, but there are still a few kinks in the chain.
Planning has begun for the Mount Pleasant Micropolitan Non-motorized Trail, after al-most four years passed since various area entities decided there was a need for such a trail in the area.
“It became apparent that someone needed to put a plan together,” said Woody Woodruff, Union Township zoning admin-istrator.
A 2-percent grant from the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe was used to hire the Greenway Collaborative, Inc., an Ann Ar-bor-based consulting firm, to get efforts underway.
Its job was to come up with a master plan for the trail and conduct a survey to gather resi-dent feedback, Woodruff said.
He said about 502 of the dis-tributed surveys were started and 390 were completed.
A total of 134 responses were filled out by CMU or Mid Michi-gan Community College stu-dents. One of their main con-cerns was the lack of sidewalks or pathways along the main roads for bikers and pedestrians.
The data also showed most of the total respondents were uncomfortable using a bike lane on roads that had two to three lanes of traffic with speeds greater than 45 mph.
A rough plan was made from data collected. That preliminary draft will be modified and dis-seminated to various entities, Woodruff said.
“We’ve been drawing on maps for a long time,” he said. “We’ve got a darn good plan right now.”
The main goal of the project is to create connectivity through-out the area to county parks and communities like Rosebush, Beal and Lake Isabella.
Allison Quast is a member of the steering committee for the project. She is also the store man-ager at Motorless Motion, 121 S. Main St., a local bike shop.
She hesitated to stay in the area because of Mount Pleasant’s setup, including its lack ofbicycle friendliness. She is now deter-mined to rectify the situation.
“I have gotten involved in multiple different groups be-cause I want to change this,” Quast said. “I want this to be a place I want to call home.”
Although maps and planning are a main concern, funding is not a major focus right now, Woodruff said.
Woodruff said having a plan is the most important part to even be considered for grants.
“If you have a plan your chanc-es are multiplied because it’s proving you are serious,” he said. “The community with desire plus a plan will get the grant.”
Plans forbicycle trailunderway134 CMU, MMCC students respond to survey
fiLe photo by sean proctor/staff photographerMount Pleasant Mayor Bruce Kilmer, shown in January at his Borden Building office, 320 W. Broadway St., says he has adapted well to his role in the mayor’s chair.
By Maria AmanteSenior Reporter
George Ross’ message to state lawmakers on Wednesday was clear and concise — state ap-propriations shrink and univer-sities raise tuition in response.
The university president tes-tified before the state House and Senate Appropriations Higher Education subcommit-tees about CMU’s budget in response to Gov. Rick Snyder’s recently proposed 23.3-percent cut in funding.
Ross said the university has been making cuts in response to dwindling state funding since 2008. He highlighted several places the university has found efficiencies to make reductions. The university has saved $21 million, he said, by making self-imposed cuts, and CMU has had a $2 billion impact on the state’s economy.
“Ninety-six percent of our undergraduates come from the state of Michigan,” Ross said in his testimony. “We contribute to the state of Michigan mightily.”
All 15 public university presi-dents have testified before the committee. Ross was joined Wednesday by the presidents of Wayne State University and Western Michigan University, Allan Gilmour and John M. Dunn, respectively.
Kathy Wilbur, vice president of Development and Exter-nal Relations, said committee members gave Ross and the other university presidents a positive response to their tes-timonies, but it is unclear if the universities will receive relief in the proposed cut.
Snyder recently proposed a series of cuts to state universities — the highest going to CMU. He also proposed incentive dollars being made available to offset the cuts to 15 percent if schools do not increase tuition beyond 7.1 percent.
“I would be surprised if the 15 percent across the board cut (was decreased),” Wilbur said. “Some days, we fear it could in fact get worse if the tax propos-als aren’t accepted by the legis-lature. In fact, if there’s not some relief that comes from those changes ... we still sit here as be-ing in a pretty vulnerable area.”
Ross has previously said any tuition increases the univer-sity would implement would be “modest.” He reiterated this in his testimony.
Public universities need to be funded fairly and equitably, he said, and per-pupil public fund-ing should be encouraged.
In a later interview with CM Life, Ross said he understands the governor’s predicament in
President Ross urges legislators to invest in higher edKathy Wilbur: ‘We fear it could in fact get worse’
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Lake Orion freshman Rick Peake, Midland sophomore Sam Easter and Holland sophomore Will Damian, made up the fourth-place jazz combo. The trio per-formed “Yesterday” by the Beatles.
“It’s cool to be playing for something that benefits oth-ers,” Easter said. “It’s not only a personal opportunity, but we know that what we’re do-ing goes beyond us. (Tonight) is definitely a show worth watching.”
Audience members were able to win a variety of road-
trip related door prizes be-tween performances.
Twin Lake freshman Jacob Lubbers was a performer for two acts and observed the other acts.
“There was a good vari-ety of acts tonight,” Lubbers said. “My heart was racing af-ter I finished I will definitely do this again.”
The philanthropic society announced they had raised $1,010 for the shoes by the end of the event, surpassing their goal by $10.
Honors Got TalentPerformances raise funds for Mexican kids’ shoes
By Odille Parker | Staff Reporter
Being an honors student entails a lot of studying, community service and dedi-
cation — and strutting one’s stuff on-stage for a good cause.
About 500 students and community mem-bers attended the 10th Annual Honors Program Talent Show from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday night in Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium.
The road-trip themed show featured 23 acts including singing, dancing, playing in-struments and other performances.
Judy Idema, associate director of the hon-ors program said the show was rooted in charity. The Honors Program Philanthropic Society asked for a $1 donation at the door, which went toward money for shoes for chil-dren in Oaxaca, Mexico.
“The show is usually very festive, featuring a lot of original acts,” Idema said. “There is always a good vibe in the room, and it’s all for a good cause.”
Contestants were evaluated by a panel of four honors faculty judges. The top five win-ners were given trophies.
Coming in first place was Mount Pleasant freshman Amanda Mitchell. Mitchell was a crowd favorite, and received a standing ovation after her electric hula hoop dance to Bassnectar’s “Cozza Frenzy.”
“(Honors Program Director) Phame (Ca-marena) was the one who actually convinced me to do it,” Mitchell said. “When I’m up on stage, it’s just me and my hoop. It’s a ‘me’
The governor approved a bill this week that was supposed to help unem-ployed workers by extending federal unemployment benefits for up to 99 weeks. However, without much fanfare, an earmark was slipped in the bill that limits state-funded unemployment benefits to 20 weeks, making Michigan the only state that offers less than 26 weeks of unemployment benefits.
Michigan has a 10.4 percent un-employment rate; only four states — Florida, California, Nevada and Rhode Island — have higher rates, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That figure represents about 950,000 people. Reducing unemployment by six weeks would obviously save the state a lot of money.
But as has become a pattern in this
early chapter of Snyder’s time in office, the bottom line is favored to fixing the actual problem, or helping the people suffering from said problem.
The problem with this plan is not necessarily the act of cutting unem-ployment benefits. Doing so discour-ages people from living off the state en lieu of working and encourages the unemployed to work harder to find a new job faster. But as far as dealing with unemployment, this should have had been designated “Step Two.”
“Step One” should have been taking more aggressive steps toward reducing the unemployment rate and creating more jobs. “Job creation” very well may be the phrase that has left Snyder’s lips more than any other.
If he had taken more time develop-ing job growth and waited longer for unemployment to drop as a result, this cut would not seem as intense or cruel.
If the job market in the state was bet-ter, or if the unemployment rate was at or below the national average, such a cut may still be considered extreme, but it would at least be justifiable.
As it is, this is clearly a matter of Snyder and the legislature trying to cut money from the state budget — in an earmark to a non-budget-related bill, no less — by putting even more hardship on the people that have been hit hardest by Michigan’s economic situation.
A statement from the Michigan Chamber of Commerce estimated the bill could save the state as much as $300 million yearly and is “a huge win for job providers.” However, the state government’s interests should be in helping and protecting working people and those who have lost their jobs — the people that need state aid the most.
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A press release sent Monday from Gov. Rick Snyder’s office, titled “Snyder Signs Bill to Protect Unemployed” could not have had a
more misleading headline.
EDITORIAL | cuts to state unemployment benefits favor bottom line over problem solving
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As I approach my 25th birth-day and the end of my college career, I have realized if I learned anything in the seven years I’ve been at it, it’s that you have to take risks.
Risk-taking is a crucial part of growing as a person, professional and student, and without taking them, I wouldn’t be writing this column. There are times where the risks won’t work out. You’ll take a chance on something and get knocked down on your ass, but that’s OK.
Life is full of times where things don’t work out. I found that out when I got into the education program here at CMU.
When I started college in 2004, I wanted nothing more than to be a U.S. history teacher. It was my dream to share my love of history with America’s youth. I wanted them to discover how interesting it can be.
But after my exodus from community college to CMU, I discovered that while I still love history, I am not equipped to be a teacher. Then came journalism.
It seemed like the only logical choice, but I was terrified to submit a column to CM Life. What if it sucked? Did I have what it takes?
But those are the type of risks which are essential to a worth-while college career.
It took me three weeks to get my first column published in September 2010.
College is an insane time. It’s the only time where friends won’t judge you too harshly if you go on a four-day bender. It’s the only time where you can be a complete idiot and people won’t question you.
Now, I am not saying to go out and go on a killer bender. I’ve been there, the hangover isn’t worth it. But sometimes it’s good to make “soul choices”: choices that you know may not have the best outcomes in the long run, but will have you walk away with something that feels tangible, something that feels like it was worth it.
And as the weeks count down to when I leave Mount Pleasant for the last time as a student, I have realized that I have not taken enough risks. I have not made enough soul choices.
So here’s my charge to you: let’s make this a killer last few months. Let’s take the city by storm and make the most of the only time we will be able to get away with what we do. Let’s have a beer, kick back and make the choices we have been too afraid to make.
Whether those choices are personal, professional or aca-demic — take a chance or you’re wasting your time.
On Fridays in April CM Life will run a winning essay from the Speak Up, Speak Out Writing Competition.
On the first day of my “Seminar in the Study of Religion” course last semester, Dr. Michael Ostling, an assistant professor, made an interesting comment.
All of the theorists that we’d soon be discussing in the class, he stated flatly, are wrong. The course syllabus included readings from the likes of Freud, Marx and Weber. How could these accomplished intellectuals, I thought, be wrong? And if they are, then why are we bothering to read their work?
Of course, all of the theorists we analyzed had redeeming qualities and noteworthy insights that made them worthy of study. But they also had serious flaws that, at times, undermined their theories.
It turns out that, unlike the cold world of mathematics, or the formulaic certainties of chemistry, the study of religion is composed of large swaths of ambiguity.
Clearly, when endeavoring to fathom such a subject, learning by rote is not sufficient. It is also not possible to simply apply the stan-dard paradigm of the field, because in the discipline of religion, no such paradigm exists!
How, then, is one to make sense of the subject?
One could say that, in this regard, the study of religion is quite comparable to political and civil affairs. In those arenas, the lines between right and wrong are often blurred.
There is no panacea, for ex-ample, to the daunting challenges facing the world today, and the solutions to those problems do not reside entirely in one ideology or political party. To think otherwise is akin to suggesting that Freud, and Freud alone, had entirely un-earthed the secret to understand-ing religion. Such thinking is pure naiveté.
For that reason, “blind faith” in any one cause is dangerous and irresponsible. In my religion class, we learned not to trust any one theory, but to question all of them and retain the parts that are useful. Likewise, citizens should engage their world with diligence, questioning politicians, the media and even the academy.
My religion seminar class never did “solve” the phenomenon of religion, nor did we establish a ground-breaking paradigm that would fundamentally alter the discipline. We did, however, learn how to analyze material from various sources, synthesize across disciplines, and critically evaluate theories and arguments.
I may one day forget much of the information I learned in that class (e.g., Freud’s conjectures on the “primitive” nature). But the skills that I acquired from it — particularly the ability to think critically — will remain with me long after my four years at CMU.
Attempting to succinctly and clearly explain something as complex as a university budget is difficult for trained professionals, let alone us laypeople.
Throughout the course of the 2010-2011 year CM Life and especial-ly Carisa Seltz have done an admira-ble job of making a mind-numbing, eye-glazing subject meaningful and understandable.
I was surprised, then, to see Seltz’s March 25 column, “Administrators do not have total discretion on unre-stricted net assets spending.” CM Life has used correct figures — $258.3 million in unrestricted funds was ac-curate when first reported last fall; if the total is now $228.3 million then it must reflect university spending this fiscal year or a new audit.
CM Life has used correct termi-nology — “unrestricted” means that there are no legislative restrictions on what part(s) of university operations CMU may choose to expend those funds on. On both of these points,
I’m sure, Vice President (of Finances and Administration David) Burdette would agree.
Where Burdette and many of the rest of us would disagree, however, is in the use of the term “designated.” Burdette would have us believe that “designated” means “restricted” — as in, “We aren’t allowed to spend this money any other way.”
Let’s be clear: “designated” means no more and no less in budget terminology than, “This is how we currently think we will spend our money. But, if we change our minds later, then we’ll shift money from one area of the budget to another.”
Think about how we budget our own household income. We have “restricted” funds — i.e., that portion of our money that must be spent on rent, utilities, insurance, food, et cetera. The rest of our income is “unrestricted” — e.g., while we may have planned to save $20 a week to pay off our credit card balance, our car battery died so we spent $70 on a
replacement instead.In this situation, we had “desig-
nated” how we intended to spend our unrestricted money but we made changes based on priorities — our need for reliable transportation be-came a higher priority.
The result may be that it takes us longer to pay off that credit card debt, but we have used our internal control and ability to shift “unre-stricted” funds between various “designations,” and we had the right to do that. Similarly, CMU has both the ability and right to internally shift “unrestricted” funds from one “desig-nated” budget line to another.
I urge CM Life to continue its strong efforts to help the campus (and wider) community understand both the actual financial position of CMU and what its spending pat-tern says about the administration’s priorities.
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Jeff sMith/stAff photogrApherBlanchard senior Julian Lobert works on the computer behind the counter on Saturday evening at the video rental store in the Towers residence halls. Lobert, who started working at the beginning of the year, said activity in the store is slow in the afternoon. “Maybe 50 to 60 people come in each day, usually around 6 (p.m.) because that’s when movies are due,” Lobert said.
By David OlteanStaff Reporter
For eight years, DVDs and video games have been available to rent in the Tow-ers thanks to a class proj-ect that turned into much more.
Director’s Cut, located on the first floor of Carey Hall, remains on campus despite the growing popularity of Internet movie subscrip-tion services such as Netflix. Growth in the online rental and viewing market has led to negative results for many physical stores such as Blockbuster, which filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in September 2010.
According to a CM Life article published in 2003, then-Mount Pleasant senior Matt Schleede, Clare junior Ty Turner and Pinconning junior Andrew Wiess started
the store.Director’s Cut opened its
doors on Aug. 20, 2003 after the project was approved by CMU thanks to the help of the Bovee University Center Bookstore and Residence Life.
“We’re trying to be com-petitive with all the other rental stores around Mount Pleasant,” Weiss said in the article. “I think it’s going to be very successful.”
Blanchard senior Julian Lobert works at Director’s Cut and believes the store offers a service unique to CMU’s campus.
“It’s right downstairs for students, so it’s very easy for students to rent here,” Lobert said. “I think the new technology is starting to take over, but there are plenty of students in the dorms so we still have plenty of custom-ers.”
What’s availableDirector’s Cut has new re-
leases available to rent for $2.50 and older releases for $1.50. Video games are also
available for five-night rent-als for $5.99.
Students such as Farm-ington Hills sophomore Chanelle Trautmann contin-ue to choose Director’s Cut to rent movies, even though she has a Netflix account.
“I still go there to get new movies instead of having to wait for Netflix to mail,” Trautmann said. “It’s only a little over a dollar, so it’s nice.”
Some find the conve-nience of an online solution worth the extra wait for the newest films.
Northville Township fresh-man Grayson Smith sub-scribes to Netflix and said its instant-streaming videos are hard to beat. Netflix of-fers thousands of movies in-stantly via the Internet, and can also be accessed through select gaming consoles and Blu-Ray players.
“My laptop is right there with Netflix, it’s so easy,” Smith said. “It’s so easily ac-cessible.”
Director’s Cut fares well despite Netflix’s popularityStudent-initiated project still based in Carey Hall
By Hailee SattavaraStaff Reporter
Local parks are preparing for spring activities as the snow cover begins to recede from Mount Pleasant.
Herrick and Coldwater park campgrounds will open May 1 for the summer sea-son, said Sue Ann Kopmeyer, director of Isabella County Parks and Recreation. She said a few thousand camp-ers visit the parks during the summer; some stay for a month, while others stay for a few days.
“People camp at Deerfield Park all year,” Kopmeyer said. “(People were) camp-ing when it warmed up for
the equinox.”Kayaking, tubing, canoe-
ing and walking trails are also available at county parks. The river loop in Deer-field Park is the most popu-lar trail because visitors can walk along the Chippewa River, Kopmeyer said.
“Eight county parks are responsible for over 1000 acres of land,” Kopmeyer said. “We’re lucky to have so much natural land to experi-ence.”
Deerfield Nature Park, 2425 W. Remus Road, is about 600 acres and has 8.5 miles of trails. Gosshawk Trail is a good one to try for mountain biking, Kopmeyer said.
Meridian Park, 3995 Me-ridian Road, is more than 100 acres and boasts a trail along the Chippewa River.
Christopher Bundy, direc-tor of parks and spaces for
the city of Mount Pleasant, said many people utilize the trails to access downtown.
Bundy said not many peo-ple are familiar with the ex-tent of the trails.
“The trails are busier in the summertime,” he said. “The trails are so much nic-er in terms of safety and are aesthetically pleasing.”
Isabella County is consid-ering offering an Earth Day run at one of its parks April 16, Kopmeyer said. County beaches will open Memorial Day weekend.
A farmers’ market will be held Thursdays in Island Park starting in June, Bundy said.
“Quite a few come down and purchase fruits and vegetables … which are lo-cally grown within 50 miles,” Bundy said.
county parks offer activities, recreation for springtimeCamping, canoeing, kayaking, bicycling at eight areas
“I still go there to get new movies instead of having to wait for Netflix to mail. It’s only
a little over a dollar, so it’s nice.”Chanelle Trautmann, farmington hills sophomore
By Matt TorresStaff Reporter
Filling a vice president po-sition at CMU has its “big” appeals for E.K. Park.
The university has bigger and better programs, which means bigger operations.
Currently the dean of Re-search and Graduate Stud-ies at City University of New York, Park was the third of four candidates to field questions from members of the campus community to be CMU’s next vice president for Research and Graduate Studies.
“What I am doing at (City University of New York) is about exactly the same with what you guys are looking for in terms of job description,” he said Thursday afternoon at the open forum in Bovee University Center.
Park has previously served as a National Science Foun-dation program director from 2006 to 2009.
As a way of surviving with the budget crunches, he said he thinks the school should do more in interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary activ-ities in terms of research.
“If the university is looking for big money and big pro-posers,” Park said, “then in-terdisciplinary collaboration is the way to go.”
Park also wants faculty time at CMU to be spent only
on teaching and researching. At his current school, he does not allow faculty to spend their time with post-award grants.
“If you consider 600-some faculty members here, and if you add up everyone’s spending cost awards and accounting issues, that’s a lot of time,” he said. “So if you help them (faculty) then we can generate more grants and that would be wise.”
Rick Kurtz, associate dean of the College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences, was among the 15 faculty and staff members in attendance.
“(Park) raised a num-ber of issues, like the need to collaborate, the need to have people in the (Office of Research and Sponsored Programs) office to manage post-grant awards,” Kurtz said. “Much like a student applying for school grants, the ORSP is there to facilitate that process making it easy for the professor to write grants and get that grant through the system.”
This was Kurtz’ first time at the vice president open forums.
“He seems to have a good grasp in what the position is all about,” he said. “So I’d
say that’s positive in that re-gard.”
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Third of four vP candidates promotes focus on researchE.K. Park: Time away from post-award grants ‘would be wise’
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By Theresa CliftSenior Reporter
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has postponed a ban on burning household waste after signifi-cant public complaint.
The ban was scheduled to take effect Friday.
According to a released state-ment, the DEQ spent nearly two years creating the pro-posed rule. Michigan is one of 20 states in the U.S. and the only state in the Great Lakes re-gion with no rules on burning household waste.
In May 2010, the Michigan Department of Natural Re-sources and Environment held three meetings to collect public comment in Marquette, Gay-lord and Lansing.
There was little public in-volvement at the meetings, with a total of about 12 comments. There were also a limited num-
ber of written responses.However, in the past month
the public has become much more active with concerned comments about the rule.
“Maybe it wasn’t in their minds at the time,” said DNRE environmental quality analyst Jim Ostrowski.
At the time of the hearings, the proposed rule would not take place until 11 months later.
The DEQ plans to educate the public and hold more pub-lic hearings this summer to find out what was found most prob-lematic in the first proposal. Its hope is to submit a revised rule for consideration this fall.
The burning ban has always existed, but it has always in-cluded an exemption for the burning of household waste. The DEQ is trying to remove that exemption because burn-ing household waste has raised concerns about air pollution.
Diapers, plastics, batteries
and other items are allowed to be burned under the current regulations, Ostrowski said.
Despite the setback, the DEQ is not giving up.
“We’re committed to helping people understand,” Ostrowski said. “It’s something we need to do and our department is still devoted to the issue.”
Union Township Supervisor John Barker does not believe the issue greatly affects Union Township. Burning items ille-gally has not been a significant problem in the township, he said.
However, Barker said he is disappointed the proposal did not pass.
“I don’t see any good reason that people would want to pol-lute the air and expose chemi-cals that would be dangerous to others as well as themselves,” Barker said.
State ban on household waste burning postponed
Paige CaLaMari/StAFF PhotogrAPherMount Pleasant freshman Jocelyn Hill folds donated baby clothes on Thursday afternoon at the Central Michigan Pregnancy Services’ Joyful Beginnings store, 312 W. Broomfield St. The store is open to families who participate in either the “Earn While You Learn” or “Dads Matter” program offered through CMPS. Hill, who volunteers at the store once each week, said the most rewarding part of her work is seeing the clients and everything they get out of the program. “I think it’s cool,” Hill said. “(CMPS) does a lot of important stuff here.”
Pregnancy can necessitate many tough choices for a young woman and Central Michigan Pregnancy
Services wants to play a part.CMPS was started by a group of community members
in a small building in the 1980s. The office behind Jon’s Country Burger, 1030 S. Mission St., offered only preg-nancy tests and counseling.
Today, CMPS, now located at 312 W. Broomfield St., has grown in volunteers as well as the variety of services it offers, such as counseling, medical visits, birth control, free pregnancy tests and parenting classes.
Client Services Director Marcie Marckel recruits and does hands-on training with each of the volunteers to ensure they can communicate with clients properly and give them accurate information.
“Our intention is to make people feel welcome,” Marckel said.
CMPS will host a Healthy Family Initiative Day on April 9 in Pearce Hall to celebrate its 25th year.
The organization is renovating a new building at 904 Preston St. to move into and hopes to expand its services even further to include free ultrasounds, sexually trans-mitted disease testing and more.
The center operates completely on donations and has 24 volunteers.
“I would say that between all of our programs, about 70 percent are in the 15-to-24 age range and the majority of that are 18 and over,” Marckel said.
Catherine Johnson, director of parenting programs, feels CMPS is effective in helping change lives.
“The people here have a genuine heart for the fami-lies and the community,” Johnson said. “They’re always looking to grow and they really get into the heart issues, not just dealing with the surface issues.”
Many single women and couples receive CMPS “baby bucks,” an incentive for parents to progress and use the methods and lessons taught to them.
In a family wayCentral Michigan Pregnancy
Services to celebrate 25 years with Healthy Family Initiative Day
CMPS pays the couples to do homework assignments such as reading a story to their child before bed. They are then awarded “baby bucks” which can be spent at CMPS’ store, which is stocked with baby formulas, diapers and larger items like swings and high chairs.
Mary Barz, a nurse and executive director of CMPS, started working there as a volunteer nearly 10 years ago and found it to be the best way for her to give back to the community.
“One of my most profound rules is that we are not here
to judge anyone who walks through our doors,” Barz said, “Most young girls are scared and some of them have quite the past. Because we are an anonymous visit, for some people they just need to un-load and get it off their shoul-ders.”
The majority of the focus is educating young women and couples about the choices they have regarding preg-nancy. However, Barz also educates young women and couples about the risks they take when being sexually ac-tive.
CMPS also hosts “Willing To
Wait,” a youth pro-abstinence program. It is taught in eight different schools around the Mount Pleasant area.
The Healthy Family Ini-tiative Day will include a keynote speech from Brian Pruitt, an author and motiva-tional speaker, as well as the 1994 All-American CMU run-ning back.
There will also be five break-out sessions consisting of different discussions led by various speakers.
“People are blessed by what we do here,” Barz said. “I just want people to know that we are here for them, to help or
serve them in any way that we can. I’ve seen miracles hap-pen here with people’s lives.”
If you go ...
w What: Healthy Family Initiative Dayw When: Saturday, April 9 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.w Where: Pearce Hallw Cost: $10 registration feew To register: Call Central Michigan Pregnancy Services at 773-0379 or visit 312 W. Broomfield St.
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By Mike NicholsSenior Reporter
Wednesday nights at Way-side Central are not typical for those who usually go to the dance club.
But the Wayside, 2000 S. Mission St., has been put-ting on live rock concerts on Wednesdays recently, said bartender Brian Phillips.
“It’s a different kind of at-mosphere with live music than what Wayside is known for,” he said. “If anyone out there has a band, this night would be the night to do it.”
Wednesday’s show, “Rock Show at the Wayside,” was sponsored by Moore Media Records, CMU’s student-run record label. President James Slider, a Williamston senior, said the $5 cover charge was split be-tween MMR, the bands and the Wayside.
“I think the show went re-ally well,” Slider said. “We just wanted to put on a good rock show for people.”
Phillips, a Dearborn se-nior, said there were about 75 people in attendance.
The show featured one-man-band Hello Rainey, Midland-based Archana, Lansing-based Roll Over Ra-dio and Ready Set Reset, a Detroit rock band.
Roll Over Radio was recently signed to MMR and recorded two songs for an upcoming sampler album, “Chronicles from Studio A,” being released April 16 at Rubbles Bar, 112 W. Michigan St.
Singer/guiatarist C.J. Kjol-
hede said the band signed with MMR because “we wanted to have an opportu-nity to get our music heard in a place it hadn’t been heard.”
He said the label gave them all the attention they needed and spent a lot of time with them making sure everything was taken care of for the show and record-ing.
Bass player Jason Marr said he had never before played in an environment quite like the Wayside.
“We’ve never played a place like this, I like the stripper poles,” he said.
Archana guitarist Zack Hoyle said it was the band’s first time playing in Mount
Pleasant.“I’ve never been here be-
fore, so I didn’t know what to expect,” Hoyle said. “But we had a lot of fun.”
Archana also features Hoyle’s brother Randall, a freshman and sister Jaqui, a junior.
Macomb freshman Erin Bombalski said normally lis-tens country music, but re-ally enjoyed the music and change of pace for the Way-side.
“This is totally different from what I’m used to here,” Bombalski said. “It’s nice to be able to walk around with-out crashing into people.”
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By Riley NisbetStaff Reporter
Marilyn Kelly, chief justice for the Michigan Supreme Court from 2009 to2010, said there are flaws in the process of selecting judges.
She will be one of four panelists to speak at the spring 2011 Griffin Policy Forum from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday in the Powers Hall Ballroom. The topic for dis-cussion will be: “And Justice for All? Should Michigan Change the way We Elect Judges?”
“I hope attendees learn of the flaws about the current system,” Kelly said. “There are things to correct.”
Kelly will be joined by Judge William C. Whitbeck of the Michigan Court of Ap-peals, Rich Robinson, execu-tive director of the Michigan Campaign Finance Network,
and Kelly Keenan of Keenan Consulting LLC. John Lind-strom, publisher of Gongwer News Service, will moderate the talk.
Griffin Endowed Chair-woman Maxine Berman said this political topic could become increasingly popular.
“We’re putting (CMU) in a position to be involved ear-ly with an up-and-coming trend in politics,” she said.
Michigan elects its judges based on a system of non-partisan selection. This means, if a vacancy occurs, the governor appoints the replacement options that will then campaign for the next election.
“Many states use merit, where an impartial panel submits two candidates from a list of names and then the governor decides from the list,” Kelly said.
However, Kelly said the governor will ask for two more to be chosen if he or she cannot decide on one of the two candidates.
Berman said she is excited about the discussion of top-
ics that deal with the Su-preme Court.
“Tens of thousands of dollars are going into these campaign races,” Berman said. “There could be more stringent control on them.”
Berman said the topic was chosen over some bigger issues in politics today be-cause they must be selected well in advance.
“There are a lot of issues we could have talked about, but it all comes down to tim-ing,” Berman said. “We can’t choose a hot topic when we are selecting because they may fade in popularity and we’ll be talking about old news.”
Admission to the forum is free and open to the general public. The Griffin Policy Forums are hosted twice yearly by the Robert and Marjorie Griffin En-dowed Chair in American Government, the College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences, and the department of political science.
Griffin Policy Forum to address judge selectionPanelists include former Michigan Supreme Court chief justice
Live rock takes over Wayside Central’s Wednesday nightsAbout 75 peopleattend concert
“We’ve never played a place like this, I like the stripper poles,”
Jason Marr, roll over radio bass player
ViCtoria zegLer/StAFF PhotogrAPherMidland junior Jacqui Hoyle, lead singer of Archana, performs live alongside her younger brothers Zack and freshman Randall Wednesday night during “Rock Show at The Way-side.” “I couldn’t imagine performing with anyone else,” Jacqui said. Archana released an album last April entitled “Towers” and are now currently working on a double EP.
A finAnciAl focusCommissioners will now
start working on what ef-fect Gov. Rick Snyder’s rev-enue sharing plan will have on the city budget.
Last year the city had to come up with $1 mil-lion worth of cuts. Mount Pleasant could come close to that again with the new governor’s plan, Kilmer said.
Discussion is important for the city to keep moving forward amidst budget dif-ficulties, Kilmer said.
“What I like most about my job is being able to do things that help our city,” Kilmer said. “It’s fun to be involved with all the differ-ent people in the commu-nity.”
Mayor |continued from 3A
trying to balance a budget, but it is unfair to students and families who are now paying high rates of tuition compared to three decades before, when tuition represented less than
25 percent of the university’s revenue.
It now accounts for about 75 percent.
“I do believe there will be a healthy set of debate both in the house and senate,” Ross said. “It’s not just higher edu-cation (facing cuts); there are a number of highly significant changes.”
WMU spokeswoman Cheryl
Roland said it remains to be seen how the legislature reacts to the needs of the universi-ties.
“It’s valuable to be able to state our case and remind leg-islators of the value that our universities bring to the state and our regions as well,” Ro-land said.
ross |continued from 3A
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SportS WeekendSPRING FOOTBALL | Tim Phillips makes return after sitting out 2010 with injury, 3B
Ernie Zeigler:‘I’m responsible’
Aaron McMann, Sports Editor | [email protected] | 989.774.3169
andrEw kuhn/staff photographerCMU head coach Ernie Zeigler cheers on his team during the first half of CMU’s game against Bowling Green at McGuirk Arena in Mount Pleasant in February. The Chippewas beat the Falcons 69-64.
Time is ticking
for CMU to win
andrEw kuhn/staff photographerSenior guard Antonio Weary goes up for a shot against BGSU. Weary averaged just 3.5 points and 2.9 rebounds per game.
Sports Editor Aaron McMann and Se-nior Reporter Andrew Stover sat down with Central Michigan men’s basketball head coach Ernie Zeigler earlier this week to talk about last season, the status of the program, what needs to be happen next season and much more. Here is Part 1 of two-part interview:
Aaron McMann: We’re about three weeks removed from the end of the sea-son. Looking back at it, how would you sum up the season?
Ernie Zeigler: “It’s really obvious our season was a disappointment and that falls, first and foremost, on my shoulders. We had a tough start with how the cards were laid for us, in terms of having to play nine of those first 10 away from home.
When you look back at it, having so many newcomers and four seniors who were all being asked to take on different levels of responsibility or new roles, the snake-bitten mindset that we end up hav-ing after those first seven, eight games — just being so close, really hampered our ability to be able to be more successful, particularly in the non-conference.
That really stagnated any real momen-tum we could have had going into confer-ence play. At the end of the day, players win games and coaches lose games. I’m the one who’s responsible. I won’t run from that, in terms of how our season played out, but at the same time we’re go-ing to keep pushing and working to get this thing right.”
AM: Before the start of the season, there was a lot of hype around the pro-gram, especially with the addition of Trey. Do you feel like there was a lot of pressure from that?
EZ: “No, I don’t. I don’t feel any different pressure than from Year 1. The (goal) is to turn this program into a winning pro-gram that sustains some continuity with winning. Quite obviously that hasn’t hap-pened yet.
That pressure was here when I took the job, understanding the lay of the land in terms of the history of this program. It’s something that we’ve laid some founda-tion from the level of competitiveness, we want expectations. That’s not something that’s been synonymous with our bas-ketball program, particularly since we’ve become a member of the Mid-American Conference.”
Andrew Stover: Is there anything you have changed or would change to try and find that winning continuity, or do you just want to keep marching along?
EZ: “I think we have the nucleus to es-tablish that winning continuity. You’re always going to tweak things. I’m always going to analyze myself more so than any other person in the aspect of our program here over the past three weeks. We’re
going to continue to evolve and change and do things to right our-selves, and it’s start with me first and foremost.
The important thing for us is that we got to continue to be positive. We have some of the right pieces of the puzzle in place on campus right now, and we got to add a few others to sure up our deficient ar-eas that were quite obvious during the season.”
AM: One of the things you talk-ed about at the beginning of the season was to implement more a fast-paced, up-tempo offense. While it showed up in a few games late, it never seemed to get off the ground. Why was that?
EZ: “We struggled with under-standing how to push the ball, particularly early on in non-con-ference play. It was definitely a
point of emphasis, but because the learning curve was so slow – and again that falls back on my shoul-ders because we have to pick that up quicker.
For this past year’s team, that was the only we could hide our de-ficiencies, in terms of not having a knock-down shooter and not hav-ing a consistent low-post threat. So we were shackled, and again that falls back on me probably from some past recruiting mistakes and/or bad evaluations in terms of not having more versatile-type scorers.
With the transition, it’s all we’ve talked about since starting work-outs. It’s got to be something that we’re going to grasp, and I think our younger kids are starting to get it. Hopefully it’s going to be some-thing that’s going to be a definite plan of attack for us as we continue to move forward.”
AS: Going off past recruiting past mistakes and finding versatile scor-ers, what about recruiting? What have you tweaked in the recruiting process yourself and your coaching staff to try and find the right pieces and players?
EZ: “We know that Michigan is the main focus of our recruiting. But with that said, the change or tweak is that if we can’t get who we want, we’re not going to settle just to say we got a Michigan kid. Michigan is a very fertile area to recruit, and we’ve been very fortunate. Our recruiting class last year was very much dominated by local kids, and they’re going to be the focus of our program (VanArendonk, Voss and Trey).
This year, in our recruiting class, we have one Michigan kid (Jorddan Myrick) who’s probably one of the more higher-ranked kids in the state of Michigan at his position.
For us, in the past we took some kids that may not have been at the top-ranked in their position. We took them because we wanted to go with a Detroit kid or Flint kid just because. At the end of the day, it wasn’t the right fit and evaluation. It wasn’t the right balance.
Because of the support, I’m very fortunate to work for the best presi-dent in the conference and the best AD. Because of their support and be-ing able to do some things differently in my last contract, we were able to play a third guarantee game, which al-lows us to take that money and recruit nationally. We have to do things more creatively to be able to compete from a recruiting standpoint with the teams in the top of our conference that have more lucrative resources than we have at our disposal.”
AM: Assess Trey’s year. There seemed to be times where he’d lift the team up, and others where he struggled.
EZ: “There’s no question that Trey can play better. All in all, he had an OK year. But I will say when you compare his year to other freshman nationally, it looks like he had a good year, de-spite the fact that he didn’t shoot the ball as well as he needs to be able to from the field and particularly from the foul line. He’s a kid who ended up being in the Top 10 in every statistical category in conference play except
A ernIe | 5B
InsIdew Zeigler addresses Amir Rashid’s departure, 5B
CMU AD says he’s committed to Zeigler
By Andrew StoverSenior Reporter
Central Michigan Athletics Di-rector Dave Heeke said this week he is committed to men’s basket-ball coach Ernie Zeigler despite a
disappointing 10-21 season.
Zeigler signed a four-year con-tract extension prior to the season. He also success-fully recruited his son Trey, the most highly-coveted re-cruit CMU has ever brought in, prior to
the season.But that didn’t equate to any ex-
tra wins in the 2010-11 season.“It’s important that we have sig-
nificant improvement next year,” said Heeke, who would not point to a specific number of wins he ex-pects.
And it’s not as if Zeigler doesn’t realize the task at hand, especial-ly after coming five wins shy of
Heeke: ‘It’s important that we have significant improvement next year’
Dave Heeke
A Heeke | 4B
It never was going to happen. Not this year, anyway.Ernie Zeigler never was going to
be fired. His status as head coach of Central Michigan’s men’s bas-ketball team is firm. His support remains strong, speaking inter-nally, of course.
His job is not in jeopardy. But should it be?
From the outside, a different picture is painted. A picture of a subpar 10-21 season, and that’s in Year 5 of his regime.
A picture of zero relevance in the Mid-American Conference tournament in five years. A picture of departure af-ter departure — whether it be a bad fit, a character issue or a personal situ-ation.
Remember Marcus Van? How about Jeremy Allen, Chase Simon, Jacolby Hardiman, William Eddie III, Lawrence Bridges or Nate Minnoy? Don’t forget this year’s departure, Amir Rashid.
And hey, keep in mind that forward Marko Spica could have came back this year, but decided to graduate and forego his final year of eligibility.
“If Jacolby Hardiman doesn’t make a bad decision and we don’t discipline him, I truly believe we would have won more than 15 games,” Zeigler said this week.
Andrew stoverSenior Reporter
A Stover | 5B
2006-07: 13-18
2007-08: 14-17
2008-09: 12-19
2009-10: 15-15
2010-11: 10-21
Zeigler: Year-by-Year
2B || Friday, April 1, 2011 || Central Michigan Life cm-life.com/category/sports[SportS]
By Nick ConklinStaff Reporter
After 240 individual runs, 23 wins and countless hours in the gymnasium, the 2011 season boils down to pos-sibly one more meet for the women’s gymnastics team.
With all of that emphasis on its upcoming NCAA re-gional meet, one might think that the team would reflect that kind of pressure. But head coach Jerry Reighard said that couldn’t be further from the truth.
“We haven’t had to be stressed about anything,” he said. “Everybody feels very comfortable and the nice thing for me is that we have had absolutely no panic.”
Competing on Saturday in the Tuscaloosa, Ala., regional at University of Alabama, the 25th-ranked Chippewas will compete against No. 2 Alabama, No. 11 Penn State, No. 14 Illinois, No. 22 Auburn and unranked Kentucky.
The lowered amount of stress may be because of the fact that it will be the team’s third consecutive ap-pearance in the regional, the eighth total in Reighard’s ca-reer.
For junior Kristin Teubner, the lack of stress is because the team has competed in this championship atmosphere before and knows what to expect from teams like Ala-bama and Penn State.
“We have seen Illinois, and we have watched Penn State and some of the SEC schools," Teubner said. "They don’t look that much better than we do and we are right there with them."
T e u b n e r will look to continue her hot streak, after taking three MAC titles (beam, floor exercise, a l l - a r o u n d ) as well as the MAC Co-Gymnast of the Year award at MAC cham-pionships.
Starting with a byeThe rotation draw is also
something that CMU likes, as it will start the meet on a bye and finish with two of their strongest events.
“We start on a bye, which is the best of all worlds,” Reighard said, "and then we go to bars which are a great event for us and we’re just feeling really comfortable."
Although one of its weaker events, CMU has averaged 48.602 points per meet on the bars, with their season-high being a 49.300 (against New Hampshire and Brown). Leading the bars squad this season is freshman Alyssa Wilson, who has had a per-meet average of 9.725 with a high of 9.875. Freshman Brit-tany Petzold won the MAC title for the team on the bars with a 9.850 score.
They will than move to the beam, which has been strong event for the team that saw itself placed in the top-25 in the vent at various points throughout the season.
Averaging 48.518 points per meet, the team will look to Teubner who leads the team with a 9.727 average. Teubner is the only CMU gymnast to post a 9.900 (beam) score this season, with her career high score coming in the MAC champi-onships.
Maintaining focus in this
event and the entire meet is something senior Cheryl Conlin said will be very im-portant in order for the team to do better in this year’s re-gional meet.
“The focus is the most im-portant thing because the past two years I have been at regionals we had energy, but I think there was a lack of focus,” Conlin said. “But this year I feel like were the most ready out of any of the teams I have been on.”
The third rotation for CMU is the floor exercise, which saw two Chippewas (Teubner and Conlin) claim MAC titles behind matching 9.850’s.
Collectively, the highest-scoring event for the squad, they have averaged 48.800 points per meet, with their high coming against Bowl-ing Green (49.225) on March 12.
The final run for the weekend will be the vault event, Redshirt Freshman Meaghan McWhorter leads the squad with a 9.794 av-erage, with a high of 9.875 (Kent State). The teams as a whole have averaged 48.761 points per, and a high score of 49.175 (New Hampshire and Brown).
For Teubner, it will come down to what has been im-portant all season long — nailing the small technical things where a team can gain or lose points.
“We need to stick a lot of landings and hit all of our handstands and really just perform and be confident in ourselves and I think if we can do that we will be at na-tionals,” Teubner said.
The top two teams at each regional championship ad-vance to the NCAA Cham-pionships on April 14-16 in Cleveland.
Kristin Teubner
Central Michigan gymnastics prepares for NCAA regionalsTeubner looks to continue streak at upcoming meet
File photo by Andrew KuhnWilliamston senior Chris Pankow finished first in the men’s mile run during the Jack Skoog Open at the CMU Indoor Athletic Complex in February.
By Kristopher LodesStaff Reporter
After lengthy travel last weekend, the Central Michi-gan track and field teams will be stick closer to home this weekend when they compete in the Toledo Collegiate Chal-lenge.
The meet will be a good indi-cator as to where they currently sit in the conference as many of their Mid-American Con-ference rivals will be in atten-dance, including Toledo, Buf-falo and reigning conference champion Eastern Michigan.
The meet will serve as one of the MAC-scored meets that the Chippewas are required to compete in during their out-door season, but the main pur-pose of the meet is to continue to progress and get some solid competition in.
“Were trying to lay down a foundation and make sure the athletes are executing what we have been doing in practice," said Willie Randolph, director of track and field. “We need to take advantage of every oppor-tunity to compete."
Getting on the track is some-what of a luxury for the Chip-pewas early in the outdoor season as the Michigan winter has stuck around longer than expected. With the weather be-ing as is, competition seems to be the only time the Chippewas actually get to work outside.
“We have only been on the track three times in the last month,” Randolph said. “It’s a disadvantage in the fact that we can’t get out in the fresh air and work on certain events, but it’s our job as coaches to prepare our kids for that.”
The Chippewas opened
their outdoor season with a bang last weekend, collect-ing 17 top five finishes. They will look to replicate that this weekend in Ohio.
“We had a pretty solid meet as a group last week-end, it was a good way to start the outdoor season,” said junior thrower Kevin Mays. “We need to keep building to where we want to be against some familiar competition.”
Mays and fellow throwers Alex Rose, Ryan McCullough and John Calvert will all need to be key contributors in Toledo. Randolph and the Chippewas will also need sprinters Ross Parsons, Cory Noeker and Greg Knaus to replicate their performances from a week ago.
On the women's side, the ladies have been looking for their freshmen this year to
make up holes that the se-niors from last season left. One athlete that has been taking on a utility role has been the versatile North Hu-ron freshman Megan Hef-fner.
Heffner will be competing in the high jump, 400-meter hurdles and 4x400-meter re-lay this weekend in Toledo.
“Last weekend I ran the 400-meter hurdles for the first time and I want to improve my time and form in that event this weekend,” Heffner said. “Right now, because the 400-meter hurdles is new to me, I really like them and I’m looking forward to improving on my times.”
The meet is set to get un-derway at 10 a.m. on Satur-day.
Track and field in Toledo for MAC meet
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Central Michigan Life || Friday, April 1, 2011 || 3B
By Justin HicksStaff Reporter
In Dan Enos’ eyes, Purdue must have been doing some-thing right in recent years with its wide receivers.
As the Central Michigan football team said goodbye to wide receiver coach and Purdue alumnus Terry Sam-uels, Enos brought in an-other Purdue standout wide receiver following the 2010 season.
Taylor Stubblefield made a name for himself as a Boil-
ermaker, setting the NCAA record for most career re-ceptions (325) and second most receiving yards in Big Ten history (3,629).
“Taylor is an unbelievable technician,” Enos said. “He had tremendous ability, but he made himself a better player because he did pay attention to detail and used his fundamentals to get open and catch the ball.”
Seven years later, Stubble-field has brought his foot-ball knowledge to CMU and likes what he’s seen after six spring practices with the team.
“I like our effort,” he said last Saturday. “We’ve got eight guys out there working hard and I’ve got absolutely
no complaints as far as their work effort.”
Junior Cody Wilson leads the pack of young receiv-ers, recording 1,137 yards on 83 catches in 2010. He be-came only the fifth player in school history to reach the 1,000-yard mark in a single season.
“I think all the receivers are really close as a unit and (Stubblefield) has been a big part of that,” Wilson said. “I think we’re already clicking better than last year, and it’s day (six) of spring ball.”
Though the team posted a 3-9 record in 2010, its 3,408 receiving yards was third in the Mid-American Con-ference behind Miami and Western Michigan.
Despite losing two pieces of its offensive staff and it’s second most thrown-to re-ceiver in Kito Poblah, Enos is confident with what his offense has to work with this season.
He brought in two new pieces on opposite ends of the spectrum this season: Stubblefield and quarter-backs coach Morris Watts.
Watts enters into his 48th season of coaching, while Stubblefield has only four seasons under his belt. One brings lots of experience; the other can relate on a dif-ferent level with the players, being only seven years re-moved from their position.
“He can relate in a way because he played,” Wilson
said. “He put up some bet-ter stats than probably any of us ever will, so you have a respect for that.”
Mixing youth with experi-ence, the duo has the poten-tial to make a great combi-nation that will be projected onto the field.
“Watts is one of the cool-est dudes I know, and along with all that coolness there is a lot of knowledge and I respect him and I think he respects me,” Stubblefield said. “I’m pleased with the way we work together and I think that will transition onto the field.”
hiStoryUpon graduating in 2005,
Stubblefield signed a free
agent deal with the Caro-lina Panthers after going un-drafted. He played in three preseason games, but was cut from the roster before the start of the season.
In 2006, he made his sec-ond attempt in the NFL with the St. Louis Rams, but was cut after playing in all four preseason games. He spent time that season playing in the CFL for the Hamilton Ti-ger-Cats before starting his coaching career.
Stubblefield spent seasons at Central Washington and Eastern Michigan as wide receivers coach and two at Illinois State before landing a job in Mount Pleasant.
New WR coach Taylor Stubblefield brings youth to CMU coaching staff
By John Manzo Staff Reporter
Any athlete who has ever had to go through a season-ending injury understands the frus-tration of watching instead of playing.
It gets even worse when the team finishes 3-9 overall and 2-6 in the Mid-American Con-ference, like the Central Michi-gan football team did last sea-son. There is nothing one can do but watch.
This is exactly what sopho-more running back Tim Phillips had to endure last season. Back healthy, he has been all smiles at spring practice.
“It was hard, being that I love football and the game,” he said. “I could’ve helped the team out and made an extra play or first down to advance the ball and get a touchdown. It was hard (sitting out).”
Last year might have been a
setback for Phillips and his pur-suit to make the team better, but in his mind that was then and this is now. With spring practice in full swing, he looks to get healthy and in the best shape for the upcoming fall season.
Sitting out the 2010 season has made him more ready than ever — and he’s getting the praise of head coach Dan Enos, too.
“We’re excited to watch Tim,” Enos said. “He’s had a good spring so far, despite coming off a couple of injuries.”
A year removed from game action can have a negative ef-fect on an athlete, but Phillips appears to be ready. What can he bring to a team that finished 11th in the conference in rush-ing offense at 105.8 yards per game?
“I can bring explosiveness, play making and when we need that big play I want to bring it,” Phillips said. “I strive to be an all-around player, so anyway I can help the team out that’s what I want to do.”
It’s spring and Enos can al-ready see his sophomore run-ning back making an impact for
his team in the fall.“He’s done a good job of mak-
ing people miss and he’s show-ing toughness,” he said. “We’ll see where he fits in, but I defi-nitely think he’ll make an im-pact.”
Last season Phillips didn’t see any playing time due to the in-jury, but he did see some carries in 2009 as a true freshman.
He touched the ball six times in as many games for CMU, rushing for 57 yards in his fresh-men season, including a season-high 40 yards and scoring his first career touchdown against Alcorn State.
RB Tim Phillips looks to make an impact after sitting out ‘10
File photo by SeAn ProCtorSophomore running back Tim Phillips has returned to spring practice after missing the 2010 season due to injury. Phillips carried for 57 yards in six games his freshman season.
“it was hard, being that i love football and the game, i could’ve helped the team out and made an extra play or first down to advance the ball and get a touchdown.
it was hard (sitting out).”Tim Phillips, Sophomore
Enos confident with what offense has to work with
Enos is going to ‘wait and see’ where he fits in
Height, weight:5-foot-5, 162 pounds
Hometown:Louisville, Ky. (Trinity H.S.)
2009 season:Rushed for 57 yards in six games
Tim Phillips file
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By Matt thompsonStaff Reporter
The last five Central Michi-gan softball (13-9) games have been canceled due to bad weather, giving the team less games to prepare for con-ference play.
“It’s very frustrating to not be able to get the games in,” said CMU coach Margo Jonk-er. “We have to make the most of the opportunity that we have. We can start this week-end, and start out strong.”
The Mid-American Con-ference regular season starts today in Kalamazoo, when the Chippewas face rival Western Michigan (5-18). The five-less games took away from CMU batters many chances for more at bats and innings pitched to get ready for the MAC.
“It’s not helpful, but we did a nice job playing on these spring trips,” Jonker said. “That’s why we have them.”
The snow-storm in Mount Pleas-ant last week didn’t just af-fect games too. The Chip-pewas haven’t been able to take advan-tage of outdoor practices with snow on the ground in.
“Being on the mound out-side makes a big difference,” said sophomore pitcher Kara Dornbos.
The Chippewas last played March 19 in a 3-0 loss against Michigan State. During the 12-day layoff, CMU was sup-posed to play doublehead-ers with Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne and Oakland Univer-sity and a single game with Indiana. All were canceled due to rain or poor field con-ditions.
“Not being outside is what’s hurting us,” said senior pitch-er Kari Seddon. “We’ve been
inside and other teams are playing outside and its been too wet to play here.”
The Chippewas were able to get outside to practice on Thursday before the trip south, giving the players a chance to pitch off the mound, and field outside on Margo Jonker Stadium.
“It was great just being outside in the dirt to get groundballs and see live pitching outside,” Seddon said.
Friday in Kalamazoo, rain showers are predicted for the afternoon. A 40 percent chance at 1 p.m. goes up to 60 percent at 3 p.m. The doubleheader is set to begin at 1 p.m.
The Chippewas will travel to DeKalb, Ill., to play North-ern Illinois on Saturday and Sunday to face Northern Il-linois (10-14).
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CMU’s Jonker ‘frustrated’ with game cancellations
Margo Jonker
By Matt thompsonStaff Reporter
Central Michigan softball will begin Mid-American Conference play with a dou-bleheader at 1 p.m. on Friday against Western Michigan in Kalamazoo.
“We need everyone to pick up their game a little bit and the team will pick it up a great amount,” CMU head coach Margo Jonker said of her team entering confer-ence play.
The Broncos stumbled out of the gates this year, losing their first 10 games against non-conference opponents. WMU went 3-6 in the USF Under Armour Invitational, while CMU finished 7-3 in the same tournament.
“Western has been strug-gling but then they knocked off Notre Dame,” Jonker said. “Western is all about beat-ing the Chippewas. They’re a well-coached team that has a lot of pride.”
WMU welcomes CMU with momentum after the win
over Notre Dame on Tuesday. The Irish held the nation's fifth-longest home winning streak (21 games) before the Broncos won 3-2 in South Bend, Ind.
niUSaturday, the Chippewas
will go to DeKalb, Ill. to face Northern Illinois (10-14) at 2 p.m. and again Sunday at 1 p.m.
“Northern Illinois has struggled a little also but I an-ticipate them being on top of their game,” Jonker said.
The Irish beat NIU 4-1 on March 25 but, like CMU, the Huskies have had their share of canceled games with three.
NIU enters play Friday with the third-best team batting average in MAC play at .309. WMU (5-18) currently holds the league-worst average at .189.
To the Chippewa players, though, it doesn’t matter who they’re playing, they focus on their game.
“We focus on Chippewa softball,” said sophomore pitcher Kara Dornbos, who's 4-3 on the season. “Coach stresses as long as we play our game it doesn’t matter what uniform we’re playing.”
The fact that they’re playing
conference games now does matter though.
“I’m very excited — this is my last go around,” said senior pitcher Kari Seddon, who's 4-4. “It’s very exciting that conference play is start-ing.”
Seddon and Dornbos an-chor a pitching staff for CMU that has been top performers in the MAC, boasting a league-best 1.79 ERA.
Both WMU and NIU pitch-ing staffs have struggled this year. The Broncos' team ERA is 5.20 (ninth in MAC), while NIU’s 5.54 ERA is second to last in the league.
The Chippewas (13-9) enter conference play with the sec-ond-best record in the MAC West Division, behind Eastern Michigan. WMU is last, while NIU is third in the MAC West.
Friday, the Broncos will likely pitch Kayla Houston (3-8), who has a team-best 3.75 ERA. She has thrown eight complete games while allowing a .262 opponent bat-ting average.
“We’ve had a good mix (of non-conference games),” Dornbos said. “We normally come in prepared for MAC play.”
Chippewas open MAC play against WMU, Northern Ill.Team visits K’Zoo Friday, DeKalb rest of weekend
By John EvansSenior Reporter
After Wednesday’s vic-tory against Michigan State the CMU baseball team is starting to gain some confi-dence.
They will need it this week-end when the Chippewas hit the road for the second Mid-American Conference series of the season against the Ohio Bobcats starting today.
The Chippewas were swept in the first conference series and will be looking to get that first MAC win this weekend.
“I do think we are a confi-dent team,” said head coach Steve Jaksa. “I give the guys a lot of credit. The key is to play the same way and that is what we want to continue to do.”
Ohio (13-11 overall, 1-2 MAC) is led by Taylor Emody, who has a .295 batting aver-age and has drove in 10 runs so far this season.
The projected starter for today’s game for the Bobcats
is Jason Moulton, who sports a 2.79 earned runs average and already has two com-plete games to his name.
Sophomore infielder Jor-dan Dean said the team is ready for another MAC se-ries this weekend.
“Last weekend was a bit of let down to go 0-3 to start the season, but we just have to stop pressing,” Dean said. “If we take a relaxed and play loose mentality into this weekend we should do alright.”
Today’s game will mark the 10th consecutive road game for the Chippewas. CMU (10-16 overall, 0-3 MAC) has seen some of its bats start to come around the past week.
Junior Nate Theunissen hit his first homerun of the season on Tuesday and is currently third on the team with 13 runs batted in. Ju-nior outfielder Sam Russell leads the team with 17 RBIs and three home runs.
CMU junior Trent Howard will likely get the ball today to start on the mound. How-
ard has not gotten off to the start he had hoped for, but has his ERA down to 2.54.
Howard said the team is keeping their heads up and just being patient.
“We know we are capable of doing great things — we are going to use this mo-mentum and carry it into the weekend,” Howard said. “We have lost some close games and have typi-cally played well. We know things are going to turn around it is just a matter of when.”
Mother nature has not been very nice to the Chip-pewas this season, already cancelling a game and hav-ing a weekend series moved to the road. Today’s game has been moved to a 3 p.m. start to try and avoid more weather issues.
Saturday’s game in Ath-ens, Ohio, is also going to start at 3 p.m., with the se-ries finale slated to start at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Baseball takes momentum into weekend series against Ohio
HEEKE | continued from 1B
“The (goal) is to turn this program into a winning program that sustains some continuity with winning,” said Zeigler, who is 64-90 in five years in Mount Pleas-ant. “Quite obviously, that hasn’t happened yet.”
Heeke said he under-stands where the program was at five years ago. He said Rose Arena was “worse than most high school gyms in the southern part of this state” prior to its renovation to what is now McGuirk Arena.
“There were a lot of loose ends and a lot of loose pieces to this program,” he said.
With leniency, however, the head of athletics also acknowledged that there is
a bottom line.“Ultimately, there’s a
scoreboard, and there’s standings,” Heeke said. “And we want be on the right side of the score-board more than not, and we want to be high in the standings.”
Youth was a factor in the Chippewas’ struggles. CMU had just four seniors to start the season, and senior point guard Amir Rashid left the team after an inci-dent surrounding the East-ern Michigan game on Jan. 23.
“Unfortunately, some things occurred prior to the game and after the game that definitely affected his mindset,” Zeigler said, “to the point where he said ‘coach, I just want to focus on graduating.’”
Zeigler said he has not talked to Rashid since his departure.
Heeke and Zeigler both pointed to a difficult sched-ule to begin the season as well. CMU played seven of its first eight games on the road, grabbing a 2-6 record that Heeke said “snow-balled” into more losses.
But Heeke said he sees progress in the program, despite a feeling of disap-pointment after a lot of preseason hype was not fulfilled.
“I would like to see more wins, more things that we weren’t able to do this year — finishing games, taking that program to compete for the West Division title,” Heeke said.
“I think that’s important. We’re still making steps to-ward being an elite team in the entire league. But I think we’re closer.”
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assists (and he was in the Top 15), and in doing so he was the fourth leading freshman scorer in the country.
When people looked at it, I think people expected him to come in and dominate the MAC. There’s only one fresh-man in the country that dom-inated his conference, and that was Jared Sullinger. We’re talking about the No. 1 player in the country.
At the end of the day, what other freshman dominated his conference? In fairness to him, and that’s where it falls on me, I didn’t do a good enough job of informing and/or educating people prior to. And that’s my fault, and I take the blame for it. Maybe peo-ple would have not listened to me anyway, but I should have been constantly down playing that it was going to be difficult for him to dominate our con-ference.
He had his games where he looked dominant, but he had his games where he looked just like any other freshman. That’s where he’s going to have to grow. I think he’s already do-ing a heck of a job – he’s gained 10 pound – to get better. I think he had an OK year, and in my opinion he was the best fresh-man in our conference.”
AM: With Amir Rashid’s de-parture, were you surprised a senior would leave midway through the season?
EZ: “I was definitely sur-prised he chose to leave. It was extremely unfortunate. It was a tough time for us as a team because it was right around the time where the challenge that the team received from me was: how are we going to bond together and stay togeth-er to absorb losing Jalin at that time? We lost Jalin and won the game here against Northern Il-linois without him and it was a juncture where we were 2-2 in conference play and were go-ing on the road to play a game against an in-state rival that was more than winnable.
Unfortunately, some things occurred prior to the game and after the game that defi-nitely affected his mindset to the point where he said ‘coach,
I just want to focus on gradu-ating.’ I respected that. He was just playing with the guys in the open gym over the weekend. He’s very much still around, and I respect that. That’s how he and I left it.
Without question, I was sur-prised that was the route he chose to take. But we respect-ed it and support him and we’ll continue to support him.”
AM: On his decision to leave, was it a disagreement with you or was it a team mat-ter?
EZ: “His decision to leave was a culmination of what oc-curred, and I’m not going to call out what happened, prior to the game and what occurred after the game. Unfortunately, it just a very unfortunate chain of events that ended up result-ing in the decision he made.”
AS: One of the big things you’ve harped on is finding some leadership. Looking forward, who do you look to supply that leadership?
EZ: “It remains to be seen. One of the things, particularly in Year 2, I tried to do was make somebody a leader and that didn’t work. We’re not going to repeat that same mistake. It’s going to be a trial by error year, which started last week when the group came together to lift. Who’s going to emerge as that leader?
If it’s Trey, it’s Trey. If it’s Finis Craddock, Derek Jackson … whomever it is, it is. If it’s not, then it falls on my shoulders to try to be not only the leader on the sideline, but lead bet-ter on the floor. That’s prob-ably one of the things I failed at this year, because as a coach you want to have someone, and most of the time it’s your point guard in a coach-player relationship, that you want to be an extension of you on the floor. Any coach worth a salt will attest to that.
Unfortunately for us, be-cause we struggled so much with our own confidence, we had four or five different guys who struggled with the pres-sure of evolving into a new role. Seven of our top nine guys shot under 40 percent from the field. Even our best two scorers shot 39 percent and 38 per-cent. We had guys who were starting shooting 27 percent and 23 percent from 3. …
Anyone else that could help, coach?
“The two I look at as should still be here were Jeremy Allen and Chase Simon,” Zeigler said. “Because if those two kids were still here this past season, we had two more scorers and, all of a sud-den, we’d have balance on offense.”
But that’s the problem. They aren’t here any more, at least not on the basket-ball court.
And it’s Zeigler’s job to keep them here. It’s Zei-gler’s job to recruit better players both physically and mentally — ones that will last in Mount Pleasant. It’s Zeigler’s job to maintain a level of control, and mini-mal player turnover.
To his credit, he knows his on-the-job pros and cons better than anyone. He candidly called this season a disappointment. He took blame for a lack of leadership. He took blame for every corner that wasn’t spot clean.
Disappointment?“That falls, first and fore-
most, on my shoulders,” he said.
But the question shouldn’t be what Ernie Zeigler has done since taking over — not when it’s clear he’s coming back.
The question should be “Can Ernie Zeigler get the job done?”
Ernie’s neighbor thinks so. That’s Athletics Director Dave Heeke. And his sup-port was clear after hand-ing his coach a four-year contract extension before the season started.
Heeke pointed this week to the way the job was when Zeigler first took it.
Rose Arena was an em-barrassment. There were no pieces to the proverbial puzzle. The cupboards were bare.
Now, he sees progress. He sees recruits choos-ing Central Michigan over other MAC schools.
CMU had the best recruiting class in the con-ference even without Trey Zeigler’s commitment, ac-cording to many publica-tions. And this year’s class shows promise as well.
But here’s the kicker: It’s Zeigler’s job to ensure their development.
Soon-to-be sophomores Trey Zeigler and Derek Jackson make a potential dynamic guard duo.
Youngsters Nate VanAr-endonk, Colin Voss and Jevon Harden show poten-tial in the front court.
There’s also junior col-lege transfers like forward Andre Coimbra. But just when you see potential, reality sinks in.
This is Year 5, and CMU has hid behind two MAC West Division titles that mean little in comparison to winning in the MAC East. The Chippewas’ combined conference re-cord in their back-to-back division-winning seasons was 16-16.
Division title or not, 16-16 is not good enough. Especially when you aren’t advancing in the confer-ence tournament.
Losing player after play-er, year after year, that’s unacceptable as well.
This much is clear: CMU has a nice new facility and some pieces to the puzzle, including Zeigler’s highly-coveted son, Trey. But this puzzle has a deadline. The exact deadline may not be known, but the pressure is growing.
It’s Zeigler’s job to complete the puzzle, and real progress needs to be shown on and off the court.
It’s Heeke’s job to hold Zeigler accountable, even if it makes for an uncomfort-able neighbor-to-neighbor dynamic.
STOVER | continued from 1B
andrEw kuhn/staff photographerZeigler hugs son Trey following CMU’s 91-85 win against Ohio on Feb. 2. Trey led the team in scoring with 16.3 points per game and finished on the MAC All-Freshman team.
ERNIE | continued from 1B
Sometimes I think it’s easy for us to ask someone to step up, but at the same time you have to take a step back and look at some of these guys. At the end of the day, God bless them – they gave their all – they weren’t ready for that re-sponsibility. It’s going to be up to me to do a better job of lessening that pressure for this next group of kids. Hopefully having more balance to our roster so that it’s not all on two guys or three guys.”
AS: You mentioned a player-coach relationship with your point guard. With Amir, was there a disconnect that maybe led to his decision to leave?
EZ: “It was more an isolated thing. If there was, I did a poor job of recognizing that there was a disconnect.
For us, we had a guy who was coming into a new role, who had been a backup and had to be the
lead guy there and get all the pres-sure that comes along with that. In Amir’s defense, he struggled with chronic knee pain. To start the season, in the Hawaii game he didn’t play. A lot of thing that come into play that we overlook, and there were times I had to re-ally nurture and handle him with kid’s gloves in terms of how many days he could practice.
He gave us everything he had and battled through the knee surgery that forced him to miss a string games of his first year here. It definitely didn’t allow him to have the season that he and I both hoped he would have been able to have. That came to a head and he said he just wanted to focus on graduating.”
Check Monday’s edition for Part 2.
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ernie Zeigler, on the disappointing season
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