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By Melissa TorokStaff Reporter
For Jake and Natalie Her-rington, being with their older sister was the best part of Sibs Weekend 2010.
The 10-year-old twins visit-ed Highland freshman Brittany Herrington on Saturday morn-ing and stayed until Sunday.
“I miss them a lot,” Brit-tany said. “I love having them here.”
Sibs Weekend attracted thousands of students and their siblings Friday and Sat-urday to the Student Activ-ity Center. The weekend-long event featured a carnival, face-painting, dancing and food.
The firsT sTopThere were so many activi-
ties that the Herringtons could not decide where to go. The trio first picked up huge, multicol-ored hats made of balloons.
Brittany had to help repo-sition the falling hats many times, as they were taller than the twins combined.
After that, Natalie and Jake had their caricatures drawn.
The artist drew the picture in less than 60 seconds. The kids had a tough time sitting still, but a well-drawn picture was worth the wait. Brittany
said the picture was fairly real-istic, minus the big heads and buck teeth.
“I liked the cartoon draw-ing,” Natalie said.
AcTiviTies And compeTiTion
The group devoured cookies and cotton candy and went on to a sand art activity that al-lowed participants to fill vari-ous shapes with colorful sand.
Jake filled his fish-shaped necklace with a colorful
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By Lonnie AllenStaff Reporter
Central Michigan Univer-sity is not the only institution in the state making strides toward opening a school of medicine.
Oakland University and Western Michigan University also are moving through the various stages of developing their own medical schools, and have been for more than a year.
WMU spokeswoman Cher-yl Roland said talks began at Western in the fall of 2007.
She said WMU’s medical school will be a privately funded project. In Novem-ber, the university’s Board of Trustees announced an anonymous gift of $1.8 mil-lion to move the process forward to hire a dean pro tempore. WMU officials also
have reviewed studies done by outside firms before mov-ing forward.
“In 2008, members of the university and community, along with Bronson Health-care Group and Borgess Health, started investigating the feasibility of the medical school,” Roland said.
WMU, Borgess and Bron-son commissioned the Larned and Weinberg report after another firm, DJW As-sociates, did a positive pre-liminary study.
“This was a much more detailed and in-depth study compared to the first one,” Roland said.
The Larned and Weinberg study reported the region had the necessary resources for establishing and main-taining an excellent medi-cal school. It said a medical school could be an impor-tant contributor to the future success of the Kalamazoo area.
In January, university
Other medicalschools in worksOakland, Western join CMU in forming projects
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SUPER BOWL XLIV
jake may/staff photographerBaton Rouge native Jon Alvarado, 24, hugs his girlfriend Jessica Yaxley, a Sterling Heights senior, after the Indianapolis Colts failed to complete a touchdown on fourth down near the goal line, effectively giving the New Orleans Saints the Super Bowl XLIV victory.
This Sunday’s for youMount Pleasant and CMU celebrate, take in the ‘Big Game’
nathan kostegian/staff photographerFrom right: Nashville junior Kyle Pash, Adrian sophomore Jon Vallejo, Nashville sophomore Chris Caldwell, Rodchester Hills sophomore Amy Lindstrom and Saginaw junior David Cornish watch the Super Bowl Sunday evening in Lexington Ridge.
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sibs Weekend brings family togetherCarnival, dancing and food among the attractions
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sean proctor/staff photographerMike Ely, 27, formerly of Dowagiac, pulls a pizza out of the oven at Pizza King, 600 S. Mission St., during the Super Bowl around 8 p.m. Sunday.
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Libby march/staff photographerGabbie Sanchez, 6, of Macomb, squeals in response to a color command in a game of Twister during the Sibs Weekend carnival Saturday in the SAC’s lower level.
By Amelia EramyaSenior Reporter
Leah Borkowski did not know she was receiving a 10 percent tuition discount while taking Central Michigan University classes until last semester.
It is because CMU’s Board of Trustees approved a tu-ition rate specifically for CMU parents in April 2009.
Borkowski is the mother of Jacob Wonders, who gradu-ated from CMU in 1997. She has been taking off-cam-pus courses from Sterling Heights since 2004.
“I didn’t know (the discount)
was available,” she said. “It’s the best thing for the buck, es-pecially in this economy.”
Borkowski, 55, graduated in December with a Bach-elor of Applied Arts degree and hopes to return to CMU next year to receive a Mas-ters of Science and General Administration.
“I think it’s a unique ben-efit,” she said.
In order to qualify for the discount, the parent’s child must be enrolled at least half-time or be alumni, said Pat Davison, director of fi-nancial planning and opera-tions for ProfEd.
follow your childThe idea behind the mea-
sure is a lot of parents get
Parents enjoy tuition discountProgram promotes some to extend education with child
Inside trackParents of CMU students or alumni can qualify for a 10 percent discount on their tuition.w The student must be enrolled at least half-time or be an alumni.w This year’s rate: $304 per credit hour for parents, compared to $338 for students without the CMU Promise. ($401 per credit hour for a parent’s graduate-level courses compared to $446 for students)
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Yaxley said she wanted to take him somewhere local. The two met through a mutual friend in Annapolis, Md., eight months ago while Alvarado was attend-ing the United States Naval Academy.
Alvarado planned his leave around the Super Bowl after the Saints clinched their berth in the Super Bowl against the Colts two weeks ago.
He came to the bar Sunday wearing his Drew Brees jersey, and Yaxley wore a homemade Reggie Bush shirt.
Sunday was the first Super
Bowl the Saints have ever ap-peared in — something Alva-rado has been waiting for his whole life.
“I’ve waited 24 years for this game,” he said. “If you had Saints tickets, it was just a bonus reason to go to New Orleans. They’ve never had anything, and now they have the Saints.”
By Ryan Czachorski, Sarah Schuch, Sherri Keaton and Heather Hillman
Staff Reporters
Mount Pleasant was alive with the glow of television sets Sunday.
Area football fans and casual viewers alike congregated to watch the New Orleans Saints beat the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 in Super Bowl XLIV.
But it was more than the average Super Bowl for Louisiana native Jon Alvarado and his girlfriend, Sterling Heights senior Jess Yaxley, who went to O’Kelly’s Sports Bar and Grille, 2000 S. Mission St.
Alvarado, a lifelong Saints fan, had traveled 12 hours from his Marine Corps base in Quantico, Va., to watch the game with Yaxley.
“Because of the Super Bowl, I wanted to be with her to watch it,” he said.
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members and partners Borgess and Bronson met with the Liaison Commit-tee on Medical Education about achieving prelimi-nary accreditation.
Oakland University has already received its prelim-inary accreditation from the LMCE, said Ted Mont-gomery, the university’s di-rector of Media Relations.
Oakland will house the medical school in a cur-rent structure in Rochester Hills, he said. The univer-sity plans to begin instruc-tion in August 2011, and has a founding dean in place, Dr. Robert Folberg.
in compArisonCMU has restarted the
search process for a dean after interim Cam Enarson turned the position down for personal reasons in January.
Central has plans to
break ground Feb. 18 on a $24 million, 60,000-square-foot building to house its proposed medical school, whereas WMU has not yet decided on constructions plans for its school of med-icine.
The university will set aside $5 million from its operating budget each year toward the project for five years.
CMU announced a partnership with Central Michigan Community Hospital. However, the uni-versity continues to search for other medical partners, said Steve Smith, director of public relations.
“We are going to need a number of medical part-ners to meet the needs of the new medical school,” Smith said. “We are look-ing at Saginaw and other cities in the area for affili-ations.”
TodAyw African American
women of hope will take place at 8 a.m. in the Mult icultural Educat ion Center inside the Bovee Universi ty Center.
w A rock and jewelry sale hosted by the Geology Club will take place at 10 a.m. in the Bovee UC lower lobby.
w interview practice “open house” will take place at 3 p.m. in the Bovee UC Maroon and Gold Rooms.
w supporting innovation of Tomor-row’s entrepreneurs will take place at 6 p.m. at the Art Re-search Center.
TuesdAyw speed dating for
a cause will take place at 6:30 p.m. in the Bovee UC Rotunda.
w A word hammer slAm poetry meeting will take place at 9:30 p.m. in Moore Hall Room 206.
w A wind symphony and symphony Band concert will begin at 8 p.m. in the Music Building’s Staples Family Concert Hall.
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w The 12th Annual poker walk will take place at 11 a.m. in the Indoor Athlet ic Complex Turf Bay.
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From Friday’s edition of Central Michigan Life:
w George Ross will earn $350,000 per year, plus a $50,000 signing bonus, once he takes over as CMU’s Pres-ident on March 1. Incentives include a provided house, car and $10,000 to spend on furnishings per year.
w CMU football coach Dan Enos, at a base sal-ary of $250,000, is the Mid-American Conference’s sev-enth highest-paid coach. His contract includes bo-nuses if, for example, he wins a MAC Championship ($10,000) and/or is named the conference’s coach of the year ($10,000)
w A non-partisan guberna-torial forum is scheduled to take place from 7 to 9 p.m. May 12 in Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium. The
event is sponsored by Con-servAmerica and the Michi-gan League of Conserva-tion Voters Education Fund. Seven candidates were sent invitations, but their names were not released.
w Isabella County unem-ployment jumped to 9.1 percent in December (from November’s 8.5 percent), pushing it from the No. 1 spot in the state for lowest unemployment rate among Michigan counties. The state’s unemployment rate, however, decreased for the third consecutive month, to 14.6 percent from 15.1 in November.
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excited and interested when their child is preparing for college. It gives parents the opportunity to further their education and stay interest-ed in their child’s education as well.
ProfEd and Off-Campus Programs are geared toward working adults. Parents who want to earn a bachelor’s or master’s degree can do so without changing their life-style at a lower rate.
The program is already reaching non-traditional students, said Brian Bell, as-sistant director of financial operations for ProfEd.
“This was sort of a reverse alumni rate,” he said.
This year, the rate is $304 per credit hour for parents compared to $338 for stu-dents without the CMU Promise. For graduate level courses, it is $401 compared to $446 per credit hour. The rate may change annually.
Jeanne McCormick, 50, and her son began taking online classes this semester at CMU. She is taking FNS 370: Nutrition from Besse-mer, Ala., where she moved to last February.
McCormick, a former CMU employee, never thought she would continue her education.
“All this time, I really want-ed to go back,” she said. “I’m really happy that I have this opportunity.”
McCormick said it is a nice break to pay cheaper tuition.
reAching ouTAlthough the idea of a dis-
count may attract parents, the rate is fairly new and not many parents are enrolled.
“There are fewer than 100, but we think that will go up,” Davison said.
Since it was approved less than a year ago, publicity has been limited.
“We definitely plan to do
more (publicity),” Davison said.
The parent tuition rate is going to be publicized at freshmen orientation. Par-ents usually attend along with their future CMU stu-dents, and ProfEd plans to promote the rate.
“It should get more rec-ognition,” McCormick said. “It’s a good program.”
However, the rate can only be used for standard under-graduate and graduate pro-grams.
“It can’t be used for special-ty programs,” Davison said.
In order to be eligible for the rate, parents must first apply to CMU and be ac-cepted. If their son/daughter drops out of CMU or goes be-low half-time, the parent then loses the rate, Davison said.
“I think it’s a great thing,” she said. “It’s just a little ex-tra ability to grow in their own way.”
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT...
By Jared SeymourStaff Reporter
The smell of chili wafted through the air, and pi-natas and col-
ored streamers hung from the ceiling.
The Isabella Commu-nity Soup Kitchen had the appearance of a south-western invasion Saturday afternoon, as the fifth an-nual George Dalton Great Chili Cook-off was under way. The cook-off was sponsored by the soup kitchen, 621 S. Adams St., and brought many Mount Pleasant residents out of the cold weather.
Sister Meg Majewski said the annual event is a great help in raising funds to sustain the soup kitchen’s operations.
“This is a good fund-raiser. There is no fee, just donations by good will. Sometimes, you get $15 and, other times, $5,” Ma-jewski said.
The late George Dalton, a former Campus Dining employee and frequent soup kitchen volunteer,
started the event, and now it is held in his memory.
Barbara Dalton, widow of George Dalton and a Shepherd resident, was one of the judges this year.
“It’s a way of keeping him alive,” Dalton said of her husband’s memory.
Winner: GeorGe’s AmiGos
Judges said competition this year was fierce.
Contestants were judged on the categories of spice, texture, visual, taste and flavor, and how likely they were to serve the chili at home, said Jan Trionfi, di-rector of risk management at Central Michigan Uni-versity.
“The last category is tough,” Trionfi said. “I have to think of my husband at home.”
Mount Pleasant mayor Jim Holton and state Rep. Bill Caul also were mem-bers of the judge’s panel.
Eight teams of cooks competed this year, and prizes went to the top three.
The winning team this year was “George’s Ami-
gos,” a duo of Jane Wilsher of Campus Dining and Cassie Philips of Beal City.
Wilsher has been a volun-teer at the soup kitchen for 14 years. She and George Dalton used to be partners in the competition.
“It takes a lot of work, but it is worth it,” Wilsher said. “Plus, I have the help of my partner.”
Second place went to the Potlickers, Eric and Keryn Anderson of Mount Pleas-
ant; third place went to the Chili Trios, a team of three members from Campus Dining.
At the end of the day, it is the chili and the cause that matter, participants said.
“It’s very good,” said Charles Novitski, Mount Pleasant resident and as-sociate professor of biol-ogy. “It’s a good cause, I am glad I could come.”
Jewelry saleThe Geology Club is hosting a
rock and jewelry sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today in the Bovee Uni-versity Center’s lower lobby. The sale will benefit the club’s trip to Utah.
Interview practiceAn interview open house is tak-
ing place from 3 to 6 p.m. today in Bovee University Center’s Ma-roon and Gold Room. The event will include seven short interview stations where students can re-ceive feedback on the interview process. The Interview Practice “Open House” is free, open to all students and is sponsored by CMU Career Services.
Speed datingCentral Michigan University’s
Physical Therapy Student Orga-nization will hold a speed dating event from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Bovee University Center Ro-tunda. The group is raising money for the Hands for Health Pro-bono clinic. A donation of ten dollars buys participants ten dates. A CMU ID is required.
Haiti fundraiserFraternity Phi Sigma Pi is hold-
ing two events today to benefit Haiti. The group will be at the Bo-vee University Center from noon to 3 p.m., and will hold a fundrais-er from 6 to 10 p.m. at Coldstone Creamery, 2330 South Mission St.
College Republicans meeting
CMU’s College Republicans will meet at 9 p.m. Tuesday in Anspach Hall Room 169. Bill Schuette will speak at the meeting about his campaign for Attorney General. This event is free and open to the public. For more information about the College Republicans, check out CMURepublicans.com.
Retention MattersA discussion on student reten-
tion at Central Michigan University will take place at 9 a.m. Tuesday in Rowe Hall Room 229. “Reten-tion Matters” will cover university retention data and the next steps for CMU to take in order to ensure student success. This event is free, open to the public and sponsored by CMU Human Resources.
Wind Symphony and Symphony Band
The Central Michigan University Wind Symphony and Symphony Band will perform at 8 p.m. Tues-day at the Music Building’s Staples Family Concert Hall. The concert is free and open to the public.
Poetry slamThe Word Hammer Slam Poetry
Group will meet at 9:30 p.m. Tues-day in Moore Hall Room 206 for its weekly poetry slam. The event is free, open to the public and spon-sored by the College of Communi-cation and Fine Arts.
Painting ClassesArt Reach of Mid-Michigan, 319
South University Ave., is offering various art classes this month on topics such as knitting, soap-making, ceramic tile making and watercolor painting. More infor-mation about the classes can be found at artreachcenter.org.
Art exhibitionAn exhibit of artwork by CMU
alumnus Keli Mozzenga and cur-rent student Alyssa Andrews is on display in the Charles V. Park Li-brary’s extended hours study room until Feb. 25. The exhibit features sculptures, drawings and photog-raphy. Admission to the exhibit is free and open to the public.
Fiction readingDarrin Doyle, an assistant pro-
fessor at Central Michigan Univer-sity, will present a reading from his new novel, “The Girl Who Ate Kalamazoo,” at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Charles V. Park Library’s Baber Room. This event is sponsored by the department of English lan-guage and literature, and is free and open to the public. “The Girl Who Ate Kalamazoo” is Doyle’s second book.
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photos by paigE calaMari/staff photographerA group waits as chefs serve chili Saturday during the 5th Annual George Dalton Chili Cook-off at the Isabella Community Soup Kitchen, 621 S. Adams St. George Dalton, a former CMU chef and volunteer at the soup kitchen, began the chili cook-off as a fundraiser for the soup kitchen. After Dalton’s passing, the tradition continued. “It’s a way to keep him alive,” said Dalton’s daughter, Paula Buning.
Coleman resident Father Martin dePorres eats a bowl of chili Saturday during the 5th Annual George Dalton Chili Cook-off at the Isabella Community Soup Kitchen, 621 S. Adams St. Eight contestants entered their chili during Saturday’s event. “I’m going to try as many as I can,” dePorres said.
Chili ChampsCook-off at soup kitchen brings feel of south of the border
sEan proctor/staff photographerFarmington Hills resident Evan Sherman, drummer of the Detroit-based band Bloomill, performs at The Underground underneath the Riverwood Resort, 1313 E. Broomfield Road, during the venue’s grand opening Friday.
By Amelia EramyaSenior Reporter
Central Michigan University has changed the way it handles Free-dom of Information Act requests.
FOIAs require full disclosure of public records unless such records are exempted under the Act. Previously, FOIA requests were tended to by Barrie Wil-kes, associate vice president of financial services and reporting, and Bob Martin, associate vice provost of faculty personnel ser-vices.
Now all requests are to be sub-mitted to the office of General Counsel Manuel Rupe. Rupe said his office asked to be the FOIA designate and Interim University President Kathy Wilbur approved. Fifteen other public universities in Michigan have a designated FOIA officer that receives FOIA re-quests.
“We made a decision to line up with the other public universi-ties,” Rupe said.
eAsier processNot only is CMU
following the paths of other uni-versities, Rupe said, but having one location for FOIA requests makes it easier for those who are turning them in and receiving them.
Kathleen Kelly, legal assistant to the counsel, said this process will take less time, and will not require communicating back and forth with Wilkes and Martin.
“It makes a lot of sense,” Wilkes said, explaining how the general counsel did much of the work al-ready.
Traditionally, Kelly handled the gathering of information and re-cords for Wilkes and Martin.
“It’s beneficial,” Rupe said. “We’re just doing the same thing that other public universities are doing.”
fOiA requests change hands at CMUWilbur approves general counsel as Act officer
P u b l i c R e c o R d s
By Sarah SchuchSenior Reporter
Central Michigan Univer-sity President-designate George Ross was making a base salary of $192,937.50 as Alcorn State Uni-versity president.
When he takes leadership of CMU on March 1, he will make a base salary of $350,000 —
$157,062.50 more. That change represents an 81.4 percent in-crease.
ASU’s enrollment is 3,339, compared to CMU’s roughly 32,357.
When negotiating what to pay Ross, Board of Trustees chair-woman Stephanie Comai said the salaries of other university presidents were considered.
“We looked at that as our starting point,” she said.
With the differences in Ross’ contract and the change in benefits, the total compensa-tion is what needs to be looked
at, Comai said.
BenefitsSome of the benefits found in
former university president Mi-chael Rao’s last contract will not remain in that of Ross’.
Comai said Rao had a couple bonuses he would have received had he stayed, which were elim-inated from Ross’ contract.
According to Rao’s contract, if he remained president be-yond July 1, 2005, he would re-ceive an amount that equaled his 2004-05 salary to be paid in installments. Rao would receive
50 percent at the end of his sixth year, 30 percent at the end of his seventh year and 20 percent at the end of his eighth year.
Ross’ bonuses will be based on performance, not retention.
If Ross achieves the goals set by the Board by March 30 of each year, he will receive a bo-nus of up to 20 percent of his first year’s base salary, which equals a maximum of $70,000.
“We hope and expect that (Ross) will perform and reach measurable goals,” Comai said.
Rao and Ross also will have different base salaries. Rao
ended his eight-year tenure at CMU with a base salary of $302,557, and Ross will begin with $350,000.
Comai said part of that dif-ference is because Rao’s wife, Monica, also was receiving a salary of around $30,000.
That was not continued with Ross’ wife, Comai said. So, to equal it out, more was added to Ross’ salary.
“We want to be competitive, too, but be aware of limited re-sources available,” Comai said.
Ross’ pay an 81.4 percent bump from ASUComai: Next president will not get Rao’s bonuses
By Mike NicholsStaff Reporter
The basement of the River-wood Golf Course and Resort is going to see fewer golfers and a lot more rockers.
A new music venue called “The Underground,” below the 1313 E. Broomfield resort, opened Friday, said Jeremy Lawless, the resort’s director
of operations and marketing.“I’m looking for local bands,
breakouts and kids who just need a venue to showcase their talents.” Lawless said.
He said the venue will only be open Fridays and hopes new bands perform every week.
The grand opening fea-tured local bands Day In Day Out, That Mustache Feel-ing and The Bloomill, who played to a crowd of about 100 people.
The venue can hold about 200. The front corner is lit with sound equipment and speak-
ers for the bands to play. There also are games such
as darts and pool, and tables for beer pong.
its BeGinninGThe rock bar is occupying
space left by Gimmie’s Pub, a former burger joint for golfers. During the winter, no golfers were coming through and the space was used for storage.
Lawless started discussing the idea of turning the empty room into a music bar with Troy junior Andrew Nalian, a
new bar a weekly local music venueThe Underground opened Friday with three bands
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With CMU’s budget in a crisis and Michigan’s economy continuing its struggles, it is difficult to justify paying Ross so much money in his first year at CMU.
The Board of Trustees would say Ross’ salary is comparable given infla-tion and necessary to bring in a quali-fied candidate. But the university is taking a risk in potentially overpaying
someone who does not have years of experience to back such a high salary.
Ross’ previous experience as a university president consists only of his two-year term at Alcorn State Uni-versity. Before that, he served as vice president of Finance and Administra-tive Services at CMU from December 2002 to March 2007.
But the issue goes beyond the salary.
Besides having a university-provided house, Ross will receive $10,000 a year for furnishings, a bonus of up to 20 percent each year if performance goals are met and $16,500 a year for his re-tirement fund. How the Board of Trust-ees will go about evaluating which goals are met remains to be seen.
These perks, although not uncom-mon in a president’s salary package at other schools, could be trimmed to save the university money at a time when the budget is a concern. Taxpay-ers and students, who are already struggling, will bear the burden of pay-ing for Ross’ contract.
Meanwhile, every entity on campus is getting nickle-and-dimed amid a tight budget. The math and writing centers — skills that are the backbone to a student’s education — could face reduced hours if funding is cut. Com-puter labs are no longer open 24 hours every day of the week to ensure every student can get their homework done.
Departments are to propose a plan
by today that would cut either 3, 6 or 9 percent of their budget. All these reductions have an effect on students’ academic success. The administration defends these budget cuts by saying they are essential for CMU’s survival.
But what is more important? A fat paycheck for a president or intelli-gent students who can work to make the world a better place? The answer seems quite obvious at CMU.
The Board of Trustees should have kept Ross’ salary in the $300,000 range, an amount that remains competitive compared to schools of similar size, and would still be attractive to a man who had a base salary of $192,937.50 — more than $100,000 less — in his previous presidential position.
CMU needs to reassess where its priorities lie. It needs to refocus on what it takes to provide students with an all-around quality campus life.
That starts with great professors and great students who are given the op-portunity to succeed.
George Ross will earn $400,000 in his first year once he assumes his position March 1 as university president.
This is a $47,443 pay increase over former uni-versity president Michael Rao, who had been with Central Michigan University for eight years before leaving for the same position at Virginia Commonwealth University.
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“gentle friday. Those two days
before finals week. They really help to unwind
and relax.”Robert Dolecki, farmington hills
junior
“our basketball games. They’re a little underrated. people need to make the time to support the
teams.”Cierra Wallace,
oak park sophomore
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“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
– The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
By Jeff GrayCity Planner and Chair for the Mount Pleasant Complete Count Committee
In less than two months, all resi-dents, including CMU students, will be asked to complete a 2010 census form that is delivered to their resi-dence in Mount Pleasant.
A column recently published in Central Michigan Life asked why students should bother to do so in a city they reside in temporarily.
To answer this question, one must first examine the column’s suggestion that students can choose where they are counted in the census. In actuality, the U.S. Census policy states that “students living away from home while at-tending college are to be counted where they are living at college.”
The 2010 census form will also instruct parents of students: “Do not count anyone living away either at college or in the Armed Forces. Leave these people off your form, even if they will return to live here after they leave college.”
More importantly, students should take the initiative to fill out their Mount Pleasant census forms for the sake of benefiting their uni-versity and community in both the near and distant future.
Today’s CMU students are direct-ly benefiting from the efforts made by their fellow students during the 2000 census. These benefits include the expansion of Mount Pleasant’s park system to include the intercon-nected trails, skate park and soccer fields; the increase in downtown stores and other businesses, and much more.
More recently, the student popu-lation has played an integral role in the development of the Downtown to Campus Connection project, which strives to transform Main Street into a compelling, walkable and bicycle-friendly connection between downtown and Central Michigan University’s campus.
With the help of university of-ficials, students and numerous other stakeholders, this project was designed with students’ safety and desires in mind.
Not only were the aforemen-tioned improvements to our community impacted by the data collected by the census, but services that students utilize on a daily basis are also affected. These include public transportation, educational grants, road rehabilitation, and police and fire protection.
The average CMU student’s length of stay in Mount Pleasant may be four to six years. However, their college degree will forever connect them to their alma mater and this community. Because of this ever-lasting connection, CMU students should always wish for the success of their school.
By taking 10 minutes to complete the upcoming census, students can have an impact on university tuition grant and loan programs, provide necessary data for ground-breaking research done by students and faculty, and ensure the pres-ence of affordable student housing.
For these reasons and more, we urge students to perform their civic duty and participate in the 2010 census. Students who live off campus will receive a form in the mail in March.
These students must, by law, fill the form out and be counted at that local address. Students residing on campus will be counted as living in Mount Pleasant by a “group quar-ters” process in April. Students who wish to learn more can do so by vis-iting mt-pleasant.org/2010census or the U.S. Census Bureau’s Web site at 2010.census.gov.
On Friday, Central Michigan Life published a letter to the edi-tor allegedly from “Campus Con-servatives Board of Trustees.”
While the authenticity of Cam-pus Conservatives’ authorship is still under investigation, one thing is clear — there was a severe failure to check the accuracy of the claims made in that letter.
Specifically, there were three misstatements directed at either myself or the College Republi-cans. I would now like to publicly correct those misstatements.
First, I never harassed any candidates or media outlets con-cerning Campus Conservatives’ gubernatorial debate.
Second, I never threatened to protest the debate, in fact, I even confirmed this to the president of Campus Conservatives (Bryant Greiner) the week before the de-bate was supposed to take place.
Third, the College Republicans have not volunteered for guberna-torial candidate Mike Bouchard,
and have in no way been con-nected to his campaign any more than the other gubernatorial campaigns.
Nathan InksCollege Republicans chairman and CM Life columnist
Victoria says:So this is where our partial tuti-
tion dollars are going, to fund the Ross’s $350K salary and $50K sign-ing bonus. At least they told us one of the reasons for the expo-nential tuition spike. Yes, I know the state cut CMU’s funding by a lot, but I also know that $400K for one person’s first-year salary doesn’t help the students’ wallets either. Thanks CMU. Thanks a lot.
ME says:Must be nice when half of the
students cannot even find jobs because CMU is just in the busi-ness of taking money.liz says:
Great job Lonnie! Hopefully, the university will find this a call to action. I am a non-traditional and more professionally experienced student as well. Often times, I feel discriminated against too, whether it is from RSOs, faculty, students or staff, it does happen.
Before now, there were many pro-fessions in which one only needed experience in the field to secure employment, management was one of them. Now, it is to our own detri-ment if we do not seek higher level education.
I would assume there are many who may not understand this issue. However, I do know many others like myself who pay the same tuition and expect the same treatment. Typically, that is not an extreme expectation.
steve says:I think age is really overlooked,
too. It happens a great deal. But it’s not as cool or sexy a topic or agenda as racism. Good job raising the issue!
Campus Conservatives’ letter Friday contained several inaccuracies
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Sherri KeatonSenior Reporter
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In the 1960s, a generation of people protested for change with the likes of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other world heroes through marches, rallies and cries for freedom.
They were true pioneers. The next generation rose up
with many individuals focused on becoming leaders in their commu-nities. They, too, fought at home and abroad for causes they believed in.
My generation uses Facebook, Twitter and other networking sites. Because who has time for a cause when a new Lil’ Wayne song blasts out the airwaves? Or when there is an urgent message on MySpace that must be responded to?
Am I, along with millions of internet users and music crazed fans, wrong to enjoy these modes of communication and entertain-ment? Of course not. However, we need to re-examine our culture, our direction, and our priorities.
I understand that they are entertainers, but what message is imparted to the millions of fans who digest their music subconsciously? Exactly how is our generation defined? By our pop culture? Our fashion sense? Our MTV? Or by our values and strengths that produce a positive change in others?
Yes, past generations also listened to the music of their day, and en-joyed their youth. Yet their messages and ideas also shook the conscious of our country and world.
As young adults, we are in the prime of our lives, and freedom and independence are vital.
However, when will more im-portant matters outweigh the latest concert, freshest clothes and trends?
I know that the 21st century has its share of young people on their way to becoming world-changers. I know countless young pioneers who lead causes, feed dying children and make a positive impact on society as this is being typed.
Yet, for the countless others who are too busy looking for the next big fad, when their children ask, “How did you change the world?”
What is their answer going to be?
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By Ryan CzachorskiSenior Reporter
The Isabella County Sheriff’s Department and local apart-ment complexes have teamed up to fight crime through pro-active action and communica-tion.
The first phase of a Crime Free Multi-Housing Program wrapped up at the end of Janu-ary. Representatives from 14 local apartment complexes, including Copper Beech Town-homes, Lexington Ridge Apart-ments, University Meadows and Jamestown Apartments, at-tended a recent seminar on the program’s next steps.
“We attended a day-long seminar on a lot of issues in apartment communities that can deter criminals,” said Krista Gross, community manager at Springbrook Townhomes. “Ba-sically, kind of telling us what’s coming up.”
Police will tour each complex and submit a list of safety mea-sures that need to be improved to pass the program’s second stage, such as locks on doors and win-dows and bushes that need to be trimmed. The second phase has no planned start date.
Representatives from area complexes must call in to have the sheriff’s department do in-spections once they feel they have sufficiently addressed the measures.
“The second phase is to do an overall analysis and see any ar-eas that can be improved upon,” said Michelle Joustra, residential manager at Stone Crest Apart-
ments. “Is there an area that needs more lighting? It’s just kind of a proactive approach to stop-ping any potential occurrence.”
The third phase of the pro-gram will introduce members of the sheriff’s department to resi-dents of each complex to open the lines of communication.
Isabella County Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski said the third phase is key to the program’s success.
“If you know a deputy indi-vidually, you’re going to be more willing to report something suspicious,” he said. “If you can
open up the two-way commu-nication, it benefits everybody.”
Each complex involved will receive large metal signs after completing the program to be used as advertising.
But the benefits of the pro-gram reach far beyond just ad-vertising, Gross said.
“It gives our residents the knowledge that we’re partici-pating freely with this and it’s something we take seriously,” she said. “It’s not for us, it’s for our residents.”
Apartment complexes seek proactive security measures
By Jaimie CremeansStaff Reporter
Business owners say Mount Pleasant customers have remained loyal to lo-cally owned establishments in hard times, and, in doing so, have helped to support the city’s economy.
Local businesses were recently provided with fly-ers and information pro-moting the 3/50 Project, a national mission headed by retail consultant and professional speaker Cinda Baxter.
The project aims to in-form Americans the advan-tages of shopping locally and its effects on the econ-omy. Downtown Develop-ment Director Michelle Sponseller said many lo-cal stores have seen strong sales even in tough eco-nomic times.
The flyers have been great for encouraging people to buy local instead of from corporations, said Cathy
Smith, owner of the Basket-ree, 112 E. Broadway St.
“All of downtown passes (the flyers) out and we just talk about it with customers as well,” she said. “It really has made people aware of shopping locally and the ef-fects.”
Smith said her business has been up from last year at this time. She thinks cus-tomers are becoming more aware of the positive effects of shopping local.
LoCAL BeNefitFor every $100 spent in
a locally owned business, $68 of it gets returned to the community through taxes, payroll and local spending by the owners, according to the 3/50 Project. If that $100 was spent in a national chain, only $43 of it would come back to the commu-nity.
If 50 percent of working citizens in the U.S. spent $50 a month in locally owned stores, it would cre-ate around $42.6 billion total each month for the stores.
“It’s not that we wish an end to every Home Depot, Walmart and PetSmart,” Sponseller said. “It’s not an all-or-nothing message.
There are some products you can only find at chains. It’s about balance.”
Telah Hartupee, sales floor manager for Ace of Diamonds, 128 E. Broad-way St., said she thinks lo-cal customers have always stayed loyal through hard times, and does not believe it has been a problem for the city and her business.
“I just think it’s how the downtown people are, and I know employees in the downtown area keep busi-ness here,” she said.
Hartupee said some of her customers have found diamonds in Florida or Chi-cago and called to see if Ace of Diamonds had them be-fore purchasing elsewhere. She has seen, she said, that many customers like to keep supporting an estab-lishment once they find one they like.
In the end, she believes great service is the most important thing to custom-ers, and they will always be loyal to the people who are friendly and take care of their needs.
“Treat them good and they’re going to come back,” Hartupee said.
Customers buying local amid economic downturnNational retail program spreads awareness to business effects
By Connor sheridanSenior Reporter
Balancing a singing and songwriting career with col-lege life is no easy task for Mi-chelle Brooks.
The Benton Harbor senior is releasing her album, “Dying to Live,” on Feb. 15.
“Music is the blood that keeps my heart pumping,” Brooks said. “Without it, I would be lifeless.”
She describes her music as a mixture of passion and soul with gospel as her biggest in-fluence.
Brooks has been working on the album since August 2009 and wrote all nine tracks herself.
Her love for music began in sixth grade, with her first song, “I Got a Rose.”
She said the song became an instant playground hit, de-spite its dubious origins.
“It was a tulip,” Brooks said.
Becoming a realityAt Benton Harbor High
School, Bonita Mitchell, presi-dent of the I’m Saving Myself foundation, took Brooks un-der her wing.
I’m Saving Myself is a non-profit organization that annu-ally chooses to help develop an aspiring musician or, as they call them, a “diamond in the rough.”
It was just the opportunity that Brooks, a victim of child abuse and a broken family, needed.
“You can overcome any-thing. There’s no excuse,” Brooks said.
Something else that keeps her going is her faith — she attends His House Christian Fellowship regularly.
In 2003, her childhood dreams were brought to real-ity as she was flown to Dallas and performed at The Pot-ter’s House in front of roughly 5,000 people in a custom-tai-lored dress.
Like anything else in life, it did not go flawlessly.
“I’m up there in this $1,000 dress, and my music didn’t
start,” she said.When the music finally be-
gan, it was the wrong song. But Brooks’ composure and humility earned her a stand-ing ovation.
After the show, a stranger told her something that has always stuck with her.
“Your gift will make room for you, but your character and integrity will keep you there,” said the woman, who Brooks calls an angel.
‘true’ musicBrooks later won the Mid-
Michigan Idol competition in Flint and auditioned for Amer-ican Idol in Philadelphia.
She did not make the cut, but that is fine with her.
Brooks has been friends with Detroit senior Fatima Sylvertooth for years.
“I love (her music) because it’s true,” Sylvertooth said. “She brought me closer to God.”
Students who want to pur-chase Brooks’ album can do so for $10 on her Web site, michellebrooksmusic.com/media.htm.
A student’s life in songBrooks balances college with singing; releasing album Feb. 15
nathan kostegian/staFF photographerMichelle Brooks, a Benton Harbor senior, is releasing her first album Feb. 15. Brooks started singing in church and found her passion while performing a song she wrote for a play.
From the residence halls
Cheers permeated the Saxe, Herrig and Celani resi-dence halls Sunday.
The halls hosted the Super Bowl game with a require-ment that attendees bring either $1 or one can of soup for the Isabella County Soup Kitchen.
Kayla Pitt, a Grand Rapids freshman, and friend Au-tumn McDaniel, a Portage freshman, sat comfortably on top of a Lion King blan-ket in front of the television. Pitt smiled whenever the Colts — her team of choice — scored.
“I like it!” the Grand Rap-ids freshman said, beaming.
Craig Johnson, SHC Hall council president and a Lake City junior, was hoping the Saints would win.
He said the event was for fun and fundraising.
“I root for the underdog,” Johnson said. “This is their last game of the season. A ton of people are watching and it’s show time.”
Woodland sophomore Kasey Flessner said she was looking forward to the Colts winning.
“I think it is a good chance that they will win, they are playing pretty strong,” Fless-
ner said shortly after the Colts scored a touchdown in the first quarter.
Other students supported teams because of a specific player.
Highland Park Chris Thomas wanted the Saints to win because of running back Reggie Bush, whereas McDaniel had someone else in mind.
“I’m a huge (quarterback) Peyton Manning fan. I’m very excited — I love the Su-per Bowl,” McDaniel said.
From the pizza placeSuper Bowl Sunday often
means cheering on a favor-ite team — but not everyone has the chance to relax in front of the television.
For employees at Pizza King, it meant working on one of the busiest days of the year.
“The orders are a lot larg-er, and we have a lot more party pizzas go out,” said owner Kyle Schonbok.
Orders for party pizzas, which have 30 slices and an unlimited number of top-ping possibilities, started coming in Saturday night and only picked up as Sun-day continued, said Schon-bok, a 27-year-old Weidman resident.
Pizza King employees hardly had a moment to
pause as game time neared Sunday afternoon.
Their work ethic was rhythmic — one person kneading dough, another applying toppings, a third pulling fresh pizzas out of the oven — and a delivery boy was always on hand.
“I enjoy it,” Schonbok said. “All the timed orders actual-ly make it a little easier if we keep up on them.”
With two televisions in the store at 600 N. Mission St., employees were still able to enjoy the game, especially after halftime, when orders started slowing down.
Schonbok and employee Kayla Yaklin both hoped for a Saints upset.
For Yaklin, 22, the Super Bowl brings a wave of cus-tomers she is always glad to see.
“I’m hoping for a good rush,” she said before the game started. “This is our
first Super Bowl being open, so we’re hoping for a good turnout.”
From the apartment party
More than 30 people crowded into a Lexington Ridge apartment to cele-brate the big game Sunday.
The party took up room on two couches, at least five chairs and standing shoulder-to-shoulder in the kitchen.
Various snacks covered most of the counter space. Votes for the Saints and Colts were split throughout the gathering.
Nashville sophomore Chris Caldwell was energeti-
cally voicing his position as a Colts fan, yelling and high-fiving his friends standing next to the couch he was sit-ting on.
“It’s better with friends. You can really say what-ever you want and know no one’s going to be offended,” Caldwell said. “I like any football game. I just use the time to scream.”
Caldwell was positive the Colts would win, especially since the coach’s last name also was Caldwell ( Jim).
Midland freshman Jenni-fer Biber, a big football fan, had other thoughts — she was rooting for the Saints.
This year was different for Biber — usually, she spends
it with family. Sunday, she was with friends from the group Campus Crusades for Christ.
Cheers and heavy sighs filled the air and laughter erupted throughout the apartment during commer-cial breaks.
Biber said she enjoyed hanging out at someone’s place even more than being out on the town.
“This is the first time I’ve been to a big Super Bowl party where people aren’t rooting for the same team,” she said. “It’s kind of intimi-dating.”
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paige CaLaMari/staFF photographerGrand Rapids freshman Kayla Pitt, right, and Portage freshman Autumn McDaniel, react to a play during Super Bowl XLIV on Sunday in the Celani/Saxe/Herrig hall lobby. Both Pitt and McDaniel cheered for the Indianapolis Colts as they took on the New Orleans Saints. Students were able to watch the game while enjoying pizza, sandwiches and snacks after donating $1 or a perishable food item to the Isabella County Soup Kitchen.
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Libby MarCh/staFF photographerCMU alumna Ashley Montes reacts to a story told during her friends’ gathering to watch the Super Bowl on Sunday at The Blue Gator on Court Street. The New Orleans Saints beat the Indianapolis Colts 31-17.
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sean proCtor/staFF photographerHighland freshman Brittany Herrington hugs her sister while waiting in line to play Rock Band during the Sibs Weekend carnival Saturday afternoon in the lower level of the Student Activity Center.
Jake May/staFF photographerAnna Hutchinson, 11, of Farmington Hills plays a hand-slapping game called “King Kong” with her sister Eva, right, and Bay City freshman Kristen Wright while waiting in line for face painting Saturday during the SIBS Weekend Carnival. “The object of the game is to pull your hand away before the last letter of the color spells, that way you can stay in,” Anna said. “Winning is my favorite part. I am good at this game.”
nathan kostegian/staFF photographerMetamora senior Nichole Crosson dances to Lady Gaga’s “Just Dance” with sister Mackenzie, 13, as they create their own music video Saturday afternoon in the SAC.
Sibling Snapshots
This year ‘Under the Sea,’ students and sibs spend time together and enjoy all the Sibs Weekend had to offer
mixture of red, green, blue and orange. Natalie used her fa-vorite colors of blue and green to fill a dolphin.
Even Brittany had fun creat-ing her purple and pink star-shaped lanyard.
Jake was more excited for a ‘mini all star’ basketball chal-lenge. Facing Brittany seemed to be nothing new for Jake, a fan of inflatable shooting games.
“It felt good to beat my sis-ter,” Jake said after his sister
missed every shot.
Music and dancingLater, the three took their
turn at a game of Dance Dance Revolution.
The twins danced against their sister to songs such as Cascada’s “I Can’t Stop the Rain.”
“We have it at home, but haven’t played it in a while,” Brittany said of the game de-signed to play on the Ninten-do Wii technology device.
Jake’s anticipation grew when he saw the Rock Band video game.
He said he could spend all day playing and could not stop
rocking out on the drums.“My friends have this game,
so I’m pretty good,” he said.
nightcapThe three ended the day by
watching Central Michigan University face Kent State in men’s basketball. CMU lost 68-63.
Though the weekend was packed with fun, the twins’ favorite part was not anything furnished by Central Michi-gan.
“The best part is being with Brittany,” Jake and Natalie said.
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Kalamazoo resident Kristia Dunigan, 5, catches a flying pan-cake Saturday morning during the All You Can Eat Pancake Breakfast in Finch Fieldhouse. The Sibs Weekend event was catered by Chris Cakes of Michigan. Known for their “flying pancakes,” Chris Cakes holds two Guinness World Records for most pancakes made within one hour and the highest tossed and caught pancake.
paige CaLaMari/staFF photographer
Sean Butterworth, 23, carries his girl-friend’s nephew, Ty-ler Harrell-Burleson, 11, upside down, spining him around until they are both dizzy. The pair had just finished playing a game of tug-of-war basketball, where they had to pull against each other to make a basket. “I was either going to make some baskets cheating when I held onto the inflatable basket or I wasn’t going to make any,” Tyler said.
Jake May/staFF photographer
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Riverwood bartender.The venue is open from 9
p.m. to 2 a.m. Fridays with drink specials and no cover for people 21 and older. There’s a $5 charge to get in for those 18 to 20 years of age.
Shelby Township senior Terry Bishop plays bass for Day In Day Out and said he enjoys the bar.
“It’s a good-sized space and it’s cool because it’s ground level, that way you can look people in the eye,” Bishop said. “If they don’t charge cover, we’ll be bringing friends here all the time.”
Lawless said people will enjoy
hearing live music after bowl-ing.
Lupton freshman Court-ney Breining attended Friday’s grand opening and envisioned herself returning.
“I think that this place is going to become the spot to hang out every Friday,” Breining said.
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By sarah ZalewskiStaff Reporter
Kevin Cotter thinks of Cen-tral Michigan University’s Past and Present luncheon as a great way to open lines of communi-cation with the school’s com-munity at large.
The event, held last week in the Bovee University Center Rotunda, offered students and alumni in similar career fields a chance to network with one another.
“It’s a great event,” said Cot-ter, a CMU alumni and candi-date for State Representative in Michigan’s 99th District. “I am very happy I was invited. There have been great questions, and it’s a great opportunity to con-
nect with students and the uni-versity.”
The luncheon, sponsored by the CMU Student Alumni Asso-ciation, is in its sixth year at the university.
“We want to provide students and alumni a chance to net-work,” said Anne Sanders, as-sociate director of Alumni Rela-tions and CMU Student Alumni Association adviser. “By bridg-ing a gap between students and alumni, we match up students who want to be in a particular field with alumni who were in them.”
Before the participants had lunch, they spent time talking with those in attendance.
The students and the alumni had a wide variety of concen-trations, careers and studies, and the alumni had plenty of information to offer current students.
“I didn’t understand the real importance of networking,”
said alumna Michelle McMan-away. “I think that it’s a great idea for students and alumni to come together and network and learn about the real world.”
The luncheon, for many, of-fered a perspective of the every-day, corporate environment.
“This is my first event,” said Nicole Batway, a Wyoming freshman. “I wanted to be a part of it because I wanted to be involved on campus and be-cause I wanted to help build my future.”
Students also get a chance to talk about future opportuni-ties with those in their potential fields.
“I loved the luncheon be-cause you get to network and that’s something that’s not the easiest thing to do,” said Detroit sophomore Christina Clemons. “I can meet people and intern-ship and volunteer.”
Luncheon gives students opportunity to networkAlumni in similar fields offer tips and perspective
By Annie HarrisonStaff Reporter
Swing Kids at Central Michigan University wants to keep the music alive.
The registered student or-ganization spent the week-end learning new moves from swing dancer Adam Vallus at a spring workshop in Finch Fieldhouse.
Vallus, 37, of Detroit told about a dozen participants Friday that swing dance is unique because it was developed in America. He cherished the opportunity to teach them “America’s only dance.”
“Swing is part of Ameri-ca’s history,” said Vallus, an 11-year swing dance veter-an. “It’s important to keep this dance alive.”
He taught three types of dance during the work-shop: the Lindy Hop, the Charleston and Balboa.
“We had less people than we expected, but it worked out to our benefit because we got more intimate les-sons,” said Chesterfield Township senior Kevin Nevorski, the group’s presi-dent.
On Friday, participants learned the basic steps of the Lindy Hop, includ-ing triple steps and rock steps.
At the end of the evening, Swing Kids held a graffiti dance where participants were given markers to sign the shirts of their dance partners, said Gladwin se-nior Elizabeth Maday.
Maday said she has been swing dancing for three years and was excited to learn Balboa.
“It was a lot of fun,” she said. “The steps are less ex-aggerated (than the Lindy Hop).”
Put to the stePThe organization threw a
semi-formal dance Satur-day night for participants to show off their new moves.
“It was cool being able to remember the dances and realize how much you learned,” said Canton sophomore Katie Hensel.
Nevorski said the work-shops are a great way for people to improve their dancing abilities, whether they have danced before or not.
He has been in Swing Kids for two years and said he learned everything he knows from the organiza-tion.
“You get so much better
in a short amount of time,” he said.
Gladwin sophomore Kait-lin Thorne enjoys the social aspect of swing dancing.
“It’s nice to have a dance that’s more structured com-pared to club dancing,” she said.
Vallus hopes people who attended the workshop learned something and en-joyed the experience.
“I want them to take away good technique and an ap-preciation for the history,” Vallus said, “and to have fun.”
Swing Kids holds regular meetings at 7 p.m. Sundays in Finch Fieldhouse Room 113. Lessons and dance sessions are free and open to the public.
So you think you can dance?Student group seeks to continue American tradition
“Swing is part of America’s history. It’s important to keep this dance alive.”Adam Vallus, Detroit resident
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The CMU gymnastics team won its first State of Michigan Classic of the new millenium in what will be the event’s last year.
With a score of 194.975, the team beat No. 21 Michigan State, West-ern Michigan and Eastern Michigan on Sunday in Kalamazoo. It scored more than a point higher than last year’s Classic (193.925).
And it started from the begin-ning.
“The confidence started on our first event (uneven bars); we went six-for-six, and each routine was really high quality,” said coach
Jerry Reighard.CMU scored a
48.85 in the floor exercise and a 48.875 on the vault. Sophomore Kristin Teubner won the vault with a 9.85, .055 points ahead of second-place Nicole Argiros of Michigan State.
Senior Katie Simon claimed the all-around victory in the meet, matching a personal high with a 39.175. She won the balance beam event with a 9.8 and posted a season high on the floor exercise (9.825).
Teubner posted a 9.875 on the floor exercise and tied for first on the event. Western Michigan’s Kristine GarBarino matched Teubner’s score en route to a 38.7 all-around score.
ImprovementWith a focus on the balance beam
during the previous week of practice, Reighard said he was pleased with the scores on the event.
“We had a really good warm-up,” he said. “It was very gratify-ing to see that (hard work) pay off for us.”
Freshman Britney Taylor fin-ished third overall in the all-around (38.95), scoring a 9.775 on balance beam, floor exercise and vault.
No. 21 Michigan State (194.550) was followed in scoring by Eastern Michigan (191.250). Despite post-ing a season high (190.875), the Broncos finished in last place.
The University of Michigan, which normally competes in the State of Michigan Classic, did not compete this year.
Reighard said the impact of the performances in the competition could be a turning point.
“It was a great momentum build-er, especially going into next week’s
showdown against Kent (State).”
the ClassIC Despite the success of the State
of Michigan Classic, which has been in play for 18 years, the or-ganizers decided to end the event after this year.
Reighard said he is upset about the status of the tournament, but hopeful a new format can be ar-ranged for the next season.
“It was nice to win the last Michi-gan Classic,” he said, “and we want to make a challenge with some teams from Illinois.”
Central will return from road competition Saturday to compete against rival Kent State. The meet is at 2 p.m. Saturday at Rose Are-na.
The Chippewas host Western Michigan on Feb. 21.
Freshman 174-pounder Ben Ben-nett helped lead the way — it took him three seconds into the second period to score an escape and, ten seconds later, score a takedown to catapult himself toward a 17-0 win by technical fall.
Even with the technical fall, Ben-nett said he was hoping to work more on his offense, but was happy with his work on top.
“I would’ve liked to have gotten a shot and gotten my offense going a little more, but I got on top and got
my turns going,” he said.Bennett said the focus for him, es-
pecially during practice, is the work in neutral of getting his offense going.
“I feel pretty confident on the top and bottom and that I can get out from and ride most guys,” he said. “Some guys, I have struggled to get my takedowns against and, I figure if I can do that, I should be in good shape.”
The match started at 141 pounds with senior Conor Beebe scoring a 5-3 decision over Pat McLemore.
A two-legged takedown in the third period brought the crowd to its feet and gave No. 14 Tony D’Alie enough to take a 3-2 decision in the next match at 149 pounds.
Coach Tom Borrelli said D’Alie still needs to let himself just wrestle in-stead of focusing on each and every move he makes.
“He is thinking too much, and he is not just feeling it and letting it happen,” he said. “He is trying to think himself through a match and do everything perfect.”
The teams split the next four matches with the Huskies scoring
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West Division Team MAC OverallCMU 6-3 11-10Ball St. 6-4 12-10WMU 5-5 13-10EMU 4-6 12-11NIU 4-6 8-14Toledo 0-10 3-21
East DivisionTeam MAC OverallKent St. 8-2 17-7Akron 7-3 17-7Miami (OH) 7-3 10-13Buffalo 5-5 12-9BGSU 4-6 11-11Ohio 3-6 12-11
Saturday’s resultsKent St. 68, CMU63WMU65,BGSU 64Miami (OH) 74,NIU69Akron 75,BallSt.70(OT)EMU70,Ohio 61Buffalo 65,Toledo59
*Home teams in bold
West Division Team MAC OverallToledo 8-2 18-5EMU 7-3 17-5CMU 5-5 8-14Ball St. 3-7 9-14NIU 2-8 8-14WMU 2-8 7-16
East DivisionTeam MAC OverallBGSU 9-1 19-5Akron 8-2 14-9Kent St. 7-3 14-8Miami (OH) 4-6 6-17Buffalo 3-7 7-16Ohio 2-8 6-17
Saturday’s resultsBuffalo60, CMU 52Akron57,NIU 39WMU 75, Miami(OH)69EMU78,Kent St. 72Toledo 76,Ohio54BGSU 80,BallSt.76
*Home teams in bold
PointsPlayer (team) PPG
w David Kool (WMU) 21.1w Xavier Silas (NIU) 19.5w Rodney Pierce (Buffalo) 18.7w Brandon Bowdry (EMU) 16.0 w Carlos Medlock (EMU) 15.7w Kenny Hayes (Miami) 14.3w Armon Bassett (Ohio) 13.8w RobbieHarman(CMU) 13.7w JordanBitzer(CMU) 13.7w Justin Green (Kent St.) 13.6w Jake Barnett (Toledo) 13.6
ReboundsPlayer (team) RPG
w Brandon Bowdry (EMU) 10.0w Jarrod Jones (Ball St.) 7.6w Donald Lawson (WMU) 7.3w Calvin Betts (Buffalo) 7.2w Otis Polk (BGSU) 7.1
Field Goal PercentagePlayer (team) %
w Malik Perry (Ball St.) 56.6w Sean Kowal (NIU) 54.7w Nikola Cvetinovic (Akron) 53.8w Justin Greene (Kent St.) 53.4w Jimmy Conyers (Akron) 51.8
Free Throw PercentagePlayer (team) %
w David Kool (WMU) 89.3w JordanBitzer(CMU) 88.5w Armon Bassett (Ohio) 83.9w Tommy Freeman (Ohio) 83.6w Jake Barnett (Toledo) 82.5
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photos by ashley miller/photo editorSophomore 133-pounder Scotti Sentes got the only pin of the match, but CMU beat Northern Illinois by 23 points anyway Sunday at Rose Arena.
Daniel MonsonSenior Reporter
MAC hoMe openerThe CMU wrestling team opened its Rose Arena conference
schedule in dominant fashion with a 23-point win.
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Pinned to submissionChippewas beat Northern Illinois in all but two matches
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CMU redshirt freshman Donnie Corby lost to Bryan Deutsch 6-3 at the 157-pound weight class Sunday against Northern Illinois at Rose Arena.
Rashidcontributing
off benchTeam needs more
production from depth
Junior guard Amir Rashid had the CMU men’s basketball team
running soundly Saturday night against Kent State.
The 5-foot-9 junior point guard from Houston checked in less than 6 minutes into the game after senior guard and co-leading scorer Robbie Harman picked up his second personal foul.
Harman spent the rest of the half on the bench, while Rashid directed the Chippewas toward a 31-28 halftime lead.
“It would’ve been nice to be out there in the first half and maybe carry it over to the second half,” Harman said. “But Amir did really well for us in the first half to give us a lead going into the half.”
Rashid had seven of his nine points in the first half in 14 min-utes. He did not commit a turn-over in CMU’s 68-63 loss.
But Rashid played only 4 min-utes when Harman came back in the second half, and the offense was stalled by a lack of help from the referees — the Chippewas did not attempt one free throw in the second half.
With less than 5 minutes re-maining in the game, the team-foul tally stood at CMU 7, KSU 1.
“In the first half, we were going to the basket hard and getting the proper foul calls,” said junior Jalin Thomas. “In the second half, that kind of went away. That is a little troublesome because we were try-ing to play good defense, but they were calling fouls on us.
“It was definitely harder to score when we’re not able to go to the basket, knowing that we’re going to end up on the free-throw line.”
It led to 14 of CMU’s 24 second-half field-goal attempts coming from beyond the 3-point line.
Meanwhile, Harman was hounded by the KSU defense and shot 2-of-5 — both 3-pointers — and finished with six points.
“I was stiff and it was tough to come in — It’s something I’m not
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Scotti Sentes was in a pin drought head-ing into the CMU wrestling team’s bout against Northern Illinois.
After starting the season with five pins in six matches, the sophomore 133-pounder went 14 matches without another — until Sun-day at Rose Arena.
“Well before I went out there, Coach was mak-ing fun of me,” he said. “Coach (Mark) DiSalvo was saying I started the year with a bunch of pins and then I haven’t gotten one in a while.”
Sentes’ sixth pin of the season — against NIU’s Zach Taylor — capped a 29-6 Mid-American Conference win against the Huskies.
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used to,” he said.When Kent State called
timeout after falling behind 48-39 with 12:44 remaining in the game, a change in de-fensive strategy led to a 13-0 run by the Golden Flashes.
“In the second half, they went to a 2-3 zone and it was kind of hard to get inside,” said senior guard Jordan Bitzer. “We have a tendency to kind of jack up the 3-ball a little bit. We didn’t really establish an inside presence.”
CreatorRashid is not a 3-point
shooter like Harman — he is only 2-of-14 this season.
But he has a basketball savvy that allows him to find seams in the defense and create offense. And he showed why he likely is Harman’s successor at point guard next season.
“I know when Robbie leaves, I’ll be stepping into his spot and playing 35-to-36 minutes a game,” Rashid said last week. “Me and Robbie have a good friend-ship — I think he’s prepar-ing me to be the leader that he is right now.”
Rashid came into the game averaging 5.1 points per game and shooting only 27.2 percent from the field. But he made 4-of-5 Satur-day.
An early-season torn me-niscus in Rashid’s right knee limited his offensive ability. But coach Ernie Zeigler said
Rashid is beginning to get back on track.
“It was refreshing,” Zeigler said. “It’s been disappointing for him and probably even frustrating for him that he struggled up to this point offensively. But he has the ability to score, the ability to make plays, and get in the gaps.”
another shotIf CMU wants to remain
in first place, Rashid and the rest of the bench need to continue to step up in situations such as Saturday night. Rashid played well, but the Chippewas only received three other bench points — all from junior forward Marko Spica.
By no means was this a damaging loss. If anything, CMU solidified the no-tion it can play with — and outplay in stretches — the best team in the Mid-Amer-ican Conference. Now, all Central can do is work for another chance against KSU in the MAC Tournament.
“They outbattled us to-night but, at the same time, everybody on this team is looking forward to meeting them again,” Thomas said. “We’re going to make sure to get the job done and the job done properly.”
By Tim OttuschSenior Reporter
CMU looks to rebound in the last game of a three-game Mid-American Conference East homestand against Akron at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Rose Arena.
The Chippewas are com-ing off a 68-63 loss Saturday to East-leading Kent State in front of 3,142 fans, their first home MAC loss of the season.
“They were able to establish themselves in the second half, particularly offensively,” said CMU coach Ernie Zeigler. “And we just really struggled to guard and get stops and, ultimately, it was too hard to stand.”
Akron (17-7, 7-3 MAC) beat Ball State 75-70 in overtime the same day in Muncie, Ind.
Sophomore guard Anthony Hitchens led the Zips with 17 points. Hitchens was one of four Akron players to score in double figures.
Sophomore forward Niko-la Cvetinovic and senior forward Jim-my Conyers finished with a team-leading 10 rebounds.
Mc K n i g h t leads the team in scoring this year, averaging 10.2 points per game, while Conyers is the leading rebounder, averaging 6.6 per game.
The Zips have the second-best defense in the MAC, giv-ing up 62.8 points per game. They also lead the conference in scoring margin, scoring 7.7 more points than their oppo-nent per game.
CMU is 1-2 against Akron un-der Zeigler; its lone win came at home in 2007-08.
CMU (11-10, 6-3 MAC) is a half-game ahead of Ball State (12-10, 6-4 MAC) in the MAC West.
saturdayCMU senior guard Jordan
Bitzer made a 3-pointer with 12:44 remaining Saturday
and the noise inside Rose Arena reached its p i n n a c l e , s e n d i n g Kent State reeling.
But the G o l d e n Flashes, down 48-39, did not panic.
The perennial Mid-American Conference power called a tim-eout, regrouped and began to control the play, coming back to defeat the Chippewas.
“They’re a team that’s been in big games throughout their en-tire program, and getting down by nine points when we made that little run was nothing to them,” Bitzer said.
The Golden Flashes outshot CMU 58.1 percent to 48.9, in-cluding 68.2 percent in the second half.
“We were trying to switch up defense on them and keep them guessing, but they did a great job attacking our defens-es and putting the pressure on us,” Bitzer said.
The win snapped a seven-
game home winning streak for CMU and allowed Kent State (17-7, 8-2 MAC) to keep the conference lead.
CMU played without senior guard Robbie Harman for all but six minutes of the first half after he picked up two early fouls.
In the second, CMU main-tained its lead and junior guard Amir Rashid and Bitzer hit back-to-back field goals, forcing Kent State to take its timeout.
The Golden Flashes went on a 13-0 run following, going up by four.
“We were just not able to get stops,” said CMU coach Ernie Zeigler.
CMU battled back, however, and took the lead briefly after a steal and dunk by junior guard Antonio Weary.
But Kent State went on an-other 6-0 run and did not relin-quish the lead since.
Bitzer led the Chippewas with 19 points, while Thomas had 12 and Weary had 10. The Golden Flashes were led by for-ward Justin Greene, who scored 22 points on 9-of-12 shooting.
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libby marCh/staFF photographerCMU senior guard Robbie harman was held to six points, below his season average of 13.7, after getting into foul trouble Saturday against Kent State at Rose Arena. harman played 6 minutes in the first half.
Men’s basketball looks to Akron to shake lossChippewas blow second-half leadto first-place Flashes
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sean ProCtor/staFF photographerJunior guard Amir Rashid had nine points in 18 minutes off the bench, serving as senior guard Robbie harman’s replacement after he got in foul trouble Sunday at Rose Arena.
Jordan Bitzer
Upnext:Tuesday: vs. Akron
Who’shot:Junior guard Amir Rashidscored nine points off the bench while replacing starter Robbie Harman, who was out with foul trouble.
Who’snot:Team defense went cold in the second half, allowing Kent State to shoot for 68.2 percent.
What’s on tap
By Justin HicksStaff Reporter
Offense was not an issue for the CMU club hockey team as it scored 15 goals in its two-game weekend sweep of Adrian.
CMU beat Adrian 9-5 Sat-urday and 6-5 Friday in two much-needed wins as playoffs draw nearer.
Adrian scored first Saturday, but it was not long before CMU took control. It took a 2-1 lead into the second period, then added six goals.
“They jumped on us with the first goal,” said senior for-ward Jordan Jakubik, “but we came back and put them away with a good stream of goals in the second.”
Forwards Michael Lesnau (senior), Kyle Rowe (junior) and Dominic Braganini (soph-omore) each scored two goals in the win.
Any momentum Adrian built in a comeback attempt was lost when CMU fresh-man goaltender Zach Silver stopped a breakaway with six minutes remaining. Two minutes later, Lesnau scored an empty-net goal from his knees to put the game away.
Senior Max Hawkins also scored Saturday, adding to his hat trick in the third pe-riod of Friday’s comeback win.
FrIdayCMU was down 4-1 going
into the third period Friday before assembling a five-
goal spurt and winning 6-5.The team closed the last
four minutes of the game on the penalty kill, another as-pect it has shown improve-ments on this weekend.
The team’s defense and goaltending saw its struggles in the two games, said Central coach Mike Jakubik.
“It really wasn’t much of a defensive weekend, and we’d like to see that aspect of our game improve,” he said. “Both goalies played comparable to each other, but still let in five goals apiece, a stat the team would like to see lowered to three or less.”
Silver got the start in net Saturday and sophomore Zak Knauss on Friday.
The team’s fourth line, made up of Hawkins, freshman Mike Coca and Braganini, led the team in scoring in the home-and-home series.
“Our secondary scoring re-ally stepped up this weekend. We had a goal from all four lines and the fourth line led us in goals, which is nice to see,” Mike Jakubik said.
CMU (9-13-2-2) is ranked 12th, two spots out of the top 10, where it needs to finish to qualify for playoffs.
“We’re hoping if we win out,
it’ll be enough for us to make playoffs,” Jordan Jakubik said.
“We needed this weekend for momentum leading into our next game. Hopefully the victories will bring some more excitement to the arena,” Mike Jakubik said. “We play better off a couple wins, and our con-fidence is back up now.”
CMU hosts Lake Superior State in a two-game weekend starting at 9 p.m. Friday and ending with a 9 p.m. game Saturday. Both games will be played at the Isabella County Events Arena.
victories with junior Bryan Deutsch against redshirt freshman Donnie Corby at 157 pounds and freshman Zach Benzio against fresh-man Dillon Kern at 184 pounds.
The Chippewas took the fi-
nal four bouts while giving up a lone takedown.
too muCh depthThe team extended its win-
ning streak to nine matches in a row Friday against Michigan State with a 23-10 victory at Rose Arena.
“Our conditioning is pay-ing off,” Borrelli said. “We can wrestle a really hard third pe-riod when other guys are start-
ing to tire out.”Michigan State earned wins
from its ranked wrestlers — No. 4 senior 133-pounder Franklin Gomez earned a 5-3 victory against No. 8 Scotti Sentes and No. 12 David Cheza beat No. 14 Tony D’Alie 7-3.
However, Central earned victories in seven of the re-maining eight weight classes.
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Men’s club hockey sweeps AdrianCentral scores 15 in two-gameweekend series
Motivation needed for MAC dualsAttendance drops from more than 3,000 to 600
pinned | continued from 1B
Upnext:Friday: vs. LSSU
Who’shot:Max Hawkins scored three goals in the third period Friday and another on Saturday.
Who’snot:The team struggled defensively in the series, allowing five goals in both games.
What’s on tap
ashley miller/photo editorRedshirt freshman 174-pounder Ben Bennett beat Joe Clothier 17-0 by technical fall, giving CMU a 14-3 lead en route to a 29-6 win against Northern Illinois Sunday at Rose Arena.
Scotti Sentes
Upnext:Sunday: @ Buffalo
Who’shot:Sophomore Scotti Sentes got his first pin in 14 matches against NIU.Redshirt freshman Ben Bennett beat Joe Clothier 17-0 by technical fall.CMU won all but two matches against NIU.
What’s on tap
By Matthew ValinskiStaff Reporter
CMU wrestled MSU in front of a little more than 3,000 fans on Friday.
On Sunday, the Chippewas took on Northern Illinois in front of a little more than 600.
The disparity between the two Rose Arena matches over the weekend was notice-able, said s o p h o m o r e 133-pounder Scotti Sentes.
“It is re-ally hard to
go from wrestling a Big Ten school like Michigan State with a stadium packed to wrestling a (Mid-American Conference) school with less people, so it’s hard to get mo-tivated,” he said.
In his second year in the starting lineup, Sentes said he remembers how big of a difference it was for him last year, and he knows that each match is important because it could affect seedings at the MAC Tournament and at Nationals.
“We have to think that we are setting ourselves up for Nationals,” he said. “We got to get the best seed at MAC if we want the best seed at Na-tionals.”
Sometimes, it is up to the individual and his teammates to get up for the match, and athletes cannot always rely on the crowd because they also need to be ready for road matches and Nationals, Sentes said.
“Just the crowd alone, it is a big difference,” he said. “We have the people cheer-ing for us, and it is rumbling real loud and you get really pumped. Here, you have to motivate yourself when there are not as many peo-ple in the crowd.”
sCorIngCoach Tom Borrelli said he
was happy with most of his team’s performance against NIU, with each individual’s ability to make matches com-petitive even if they did not score the win.
“To be in every match with an opportunity to win every-one is really important,” he said. “That is going to be the difference at the MAC Tour-naments if we want to win a MAC Championship.”
Redshirt freshman Ben Bennett said he goes into ev-ery match knowing he needs to work on things in order to
obtain the ultimate goal of winning a national champi-onship, and that is what he and all his teammates think about heading into matches.
“No matter who I am wres-tling, my focus is to get my of-fense going and just try to get out in the first period and get on top,” he said.
The Chippewas’ focus is on being the aggressor in the match and going for points.
“Coach makes us to try to keep scoring, scoring, scor-ing, and he isn’t really wor-ried about the outcome of the matches as long as we are try-ing to score the whole time,” Sentes said. “We’re worried about Nationals, and we are going to need to be able to score points at Nationals in order to win.”
By Aaron McMannStaff Reporter
The CMU women’s basket-ball team shot a season-low 26.8 percent from the floor in a 60-52 loss to Buffalo on Saturday at Alumni Arena in Buffalo, N.Y.
It was less than 48 hours after shooting 30 percent in a loss to Akron. CMU finished the game 19-of-71, including going 4-of-28 — 14.3 percent — from be-hind the 3-point line.
“Against Akron, we took too many contested shots,” said
coach Sue Guevara. “To-day, we had wide open looks that just did not go. We have to make the ad-justment to take the short jumper.”
Buffalo (7-16, 3-7 MAC) got out to an 11-2 lead four minutes into the game after the Chip-pewas started 1-for-10 from the field.
Guevara said there was a lot of one-on-one play from her team, something it did not show in practice beforehand.
“It’s really perplexing,” she said. “We just stood and kind of watched.”
Senior forward Britni Hough-ton helped keep CMU (8-14, 5-5 MAC) in the game early, scoring nine consecutive points to close Buffalo’s lead to 15-11 midway through the first half.
Houghton scored a team-high 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, bouncing back from her two-point performance against Akron.
“She really responded,” Gue-vara said. “She let the game come to her and did a better job of attacking the basket.”
After pulling within seven points less than a minute before halftime, the Bulls made two quick shots to take a 37-25 lead into halftime.
Brown led the Bulls with a game-high 19 points and 14 re-bounds and had three blocked shots.
“We weren’t able to penetrate all the way in because (she) was there,” Guevara said.
After trailing 48-34 with 10:39 remaining, CMU made a late charge led by junior guard Shonda Long (13 points, five rebounds) to trim Buffalo’s lead to 48-42. But that was as close as CMU could get.
more playIng tImeGuevara may have found
more help off the bench, howev-er. Junior guard Camille Ramsey scored two points, grabbed one rebound and had three steals in 14 minutes.
Ramsey had a good practice Friday and will begin to see more playing time, Guevara said.
“She was a spark off the bench and gave us lots of energy,” she said. “She did a really nice job of pushing tempo and picked up the pace.”
CMU remains in third place in the Mid-American Confer-ence West Division. However, wins by second-place Eastern Michigan (7-3) and leader To-ledo (8-2) on Saturday puts the team three games back in the standings.
CMU starts a four-game homestand at 7 p.m. Wednes-day against Bowling Green at Rose Arena.
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Upnext:Wednesday: vs. BGSU
Who’shot:Junior Shonda Long was the only CMU player to score in double figures in losses at Akron and Buffalo.
Who’snot:Senior Heidi Warczinsky scored two points and grabbed one rebound in 24 minutes total as a starter during the road trip.
What’s on tap
Shootingstruggles continue
w o m e n ’ s b a s k e t b a l l
Guevara finds bench help in loss
File photo by matthew stePhensSophomore Skylar Miller finished with four points in the team’s 60-52 loss to Buffalo on Saturday. The team shot 19-of-71 from the field.
Britni Houghton
By John ManzoStaff Reporter
The CMU men’s club la-crosse team used a high-scoring offensive attack to win its season opener against Ferris State 21-6 on Friday at the Indoor Athlet-ic Complex.
“It’s very important to be able to put in anybody and be able to count on them to put goals in the net,” said senior defenseman An-drew Tillman. “Tonight, we put up 21 goals and it was a team effort by everybody from top to bottom.”
CMU used a balanced at-tack; sophomore Jeff Wood scored five goals, sopho-more Dane Woody scored two and sophomore Nick Culp scored two as well.
Despite a preseason Oc-tober scrimmage between the two teams, it took al-most half the first quar-ter for the first goal to be scored.
Ferris State scored first, but CMU responded with
five unanswered goals and never looked back.
“I felt our effort was tre-mendous for all four quar-ters. The defensive inten-sity was there,” said CMU coach Brad Thomas. “We made mistakes, which will come in a first game, but they were full-speed mis-takes, and it wasn’t like we were making half-speed mistakes. The players didn’t sulk about mistakes; they got after it and finished the play.”
CMU pressured Ferris State into mistakes; those allowed CMU to control the offensive tempo of the game.
“Everything was 100 per-cent, and I was very pleased with the effort,” Thomas said. “I couldn’t have asked for more out of these 31 guys tonight.”
CMU next plays at noon Saturday on the road against Adrian.
“I can’t even explain how important a win to begin the season is,” Thomas said. “We have a tough game next week against a Division-III school in Adrian. Then, we have our first top 25 oppo-nent in two weeks, and it’s unbelievable to have mo-
mentum going into that.”
Club lacrosse wins big in openerTeam wins home game, on roadfor four weeks
Date OpponentFeb. 5 21-6 W vs. Ferris State
Feb. 13 @ Adrian
Feb. 20 @ Minn-Duluth
Feb. 21 @ Minnesota
March 20 vs. MSU- Mankato
March 21 @ Lindenwood
March 27 vs. Michigan State
April 3 @ Michigan
April 10 @ Ball State
April 11 @ Indiana
April 16 @ Western Michigan
April 25 @ Eastern Michigan
*All home games played at the Indoor Athletic Complex
2010 Schedule