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CENTRAL MICHIGAN LIFE | CM-LIFE.COM | FEB. 11, 2019

President Davies addresses enrollment decline in open letter

By Melissa Frick University Editor news@cm-life.com

In an open letter to the Central Michigan University community published Friday afternoon, President Robert Davies addressed the university’s declining enrollment by outlining causes and offering ideas on how the university can improve.

CMU enrollment for Fall 2018 dropped 7 percent from the previous year.

The university has seen a 10-year decline of nearly 21 percent, with a trajectory that has steepened in the past five years, Davies said.

In his President’s Report at the Jan. 15 Academic Senate meeting, Davies announced CMU has lost market shares in Michigan by more than 3 percentage points, especially in metro Detroit and the Grand Rapids area. He cited this loss as a major key in CMU’s enrollment decline.

To combat this, Davies

proposed in his letter that the university recapture lost market share, grow CMU’s reach to Michigan’s neighboring states and build on recent progress in Illinois, develop a strategy to attract more international students and attract adult learners through online and satellite locations.

Davies stated that enrollment is not only the job of admissions teams, but it also reflects how the public distinguishes CMU from its competitors.

“Enrollment is the reflection of the university: how the public perceives our strengths, weaknesses and the value we add to students’ lives through academic and co-curricular programs,” he wrote.

He urged faculty and staff to focus and build upon CMU’s strengths: nationally recognized programs in health care, business, STEM, education, an accredited medical school; preparing students not only to find jobs but lead fulfilling lives and being among

Cody Scanlan | Photo Editor CMU President Robert Davies gives a statement during the Board of Trustee formal meeting on Dec. 6 in the Presidents Conference Room.

fewer than 1 percent of U.S. universities with AACSB International accreditation for CMU’s College of Business Administration and accounting program.

He said CMU’s shared vision shouldn’t aim to be the biggest university, but one which values student success, small classes and a strong sense of community.

Davies said data shows that there may be yet another decline for the enrollment class of Fall 2019. Recruitment of first-time-in-any-college (FTIAC) students — a leading component of total enrollment — must start 18 months or more before their first semester.

CMU will focus on returning to a student population of

22,000-25,000. This would include 5,000-6,000 graduate students and 18,000-20,000 undergraduates, Davies said.

He said CMU should also increase the number of countries represented (now 21) and include students from all 50 states (currently missing Louisiana, Rhode Island and Nevada).

Davies said that CMU’s problem has been in “closing the deal” with prospective students.

According to a 2018 National Center for Education Statistics IPEDS report, CMU receives more applications than its peers, and receives ACT/SAT test scores from more students. CMU’s struggle is in converting applicants to enrollments, which is done at a lower rate than the university’s peers, Davies said.

He listed actions that CMU will pursue, which include concentrating on next year’s FTIAC and transfer class, focusing on a more “personal” recruiting and admissions

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process, and fortifying CMU’s messaging to potential students and families.

It is also a matter of branding CMU as a welcoming university.

“Every interaction with a student or potential student is a moment to expand our brand,” Davies said. “Our actions can and do impact enrollment.”

He urged the CMU community to share university news, videos and photos via social media, and wear maroon and gold.

Davies closed the letter by urging the university to continue this discussion.

Enrollment will be a main point of discussion at Board of Trustees committee meetings, set to take place Feb. 13 with a formal session Feb. 14.

“Enrollment recovery will happen with an unwavering focus on students and boundless passion for CMU,” he said. “Together, we can and must make Central Michigan University better than ever.”

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Documents detail more allegations of drugging, sexual assault

By Emma Dale Editor-in-Chief editor@cm-life.com

Documents filed Thursday in Isabella County District Court in the Ian Elliott sexual assault case gave insight on new allegations against him that included an alleged attempt to drug a woman and a sexual assault reported by a sorority member after a Tau Kappa Epsilon event.

Elliott, 24, of Cheboygan will appear in Isabella County Trial Court on Monday, Feb. 11 for the first day of a possible twoday preliminary examination. Elliott who previously served as the Student Government Association president, is charged with two counts of third degree criminal sexual conduct and one count of assault with intent to commit sexual penetration.

According to court records filed last week, a sorority woman told Tau Kappa Epsilon members that she was assaulted by Elliott at a 2014 fraternity party. Investigators said the woman, described as Witness 10, said Elliott forced her to perform oral sex on him.

According to the court documents, Witness 9, who was a Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity brother of Elliott’s in 2015, stated

Cody Scanlan | Photo Editor Ian Elliott sits in the Isabella County Trial Courthouse for a preliminary hearing on Jan. 10.

he was contacted by the sorority member who said Elliott assaulted her. The sorority member told him she was at a house and that she and Elliott were intoxicated. She told the fraternity member that while she was in a room alone with Elliott, he “pulled off his clothes, aggressively suggested the two have sex and indicated to the female that this is what she was there for.” The statements say that when she refused him,

Elliott sexually assaulted her. When the sexual assault incident was reported to the fraternity, Elliott sent Witness 9 text messages apologizing for “what he may have done and blamed the conduct on intoxication and the death of his mother.”

Witness 8 told Michigan Attorney General case investigators he was also a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon in 2015. He described Elliott to investigators as being

“very popular, but manipulative.” The man told investigators Elliott was removed from the fraternity after incidents of Elliott being intoxicated and due to his behavior with a sorority member. The witness states he met with the sorority member who alleges that Elliott sexually assaulted her. The witness also said after Elliott’s removal from the fraternity, Elliott threatened to “involve his lawyer.”

Another person interviewed, Witness 6, told investigators about a 2017 incident on a boat with Elliott in Cheboygan. The witness states Elliott approached him and asked him to give one of the girls on the boat a pill. Witness 6 told investigators he believed the pill was a “date rape” drug and believed the substance was Molly. The witness states he refused and Elliott responded to him by calling him a “p***y.”

Elliott is accused of sexually assaulting CMU graduate student Rachel Wilson on Aug. 31, 2016 after meeting her at The Cabin. In an interview with Central Michigan Life, Wilson described feeling that disoriented after meeting up with Elliott even though she had only consumed 1 1/2 beers.

Later, Elliott took her to his apartment where she vomited and passed out. She told police he sexually assaulted her after she regained consciousness.

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Multicultural Academic Student Services hosts Black History events

By Benjamin Ackley Staff Reporter news@cm-life.com

Hunter McLaren | Staff Photographer Students showcase African-inspired fashion during the third annual Sankofa Pan African show on Feb. 9 in Plachta Auditorium. The event was hosted by the African Student Association.

Throughout the month of February, Multicultural Academic Student Services will be holding events on and off Central Michigan University’s campus for Black History Month.

Students will have the opportunity to learn about black history and culture through films, games, showcases and more.

A majority of the on-campus events will take place at the Bovee University Center.

These events include the upcoming Feb. 16 Multicultural Student Leadership Conference, a program designed to help students explore multiculturalism and develop their leadership skills.

Events like these hosted by Multicultural Academic Student Services are meant to share a celebration and knowledge of many cultures, said Wade Tomson, MASS executive secretary.

“We want students to feel comfortable living in a global society,” Tomson said. “It’s about allowing other students to get some experience of these cultures.”

All events are free and open to the public.

For more information about programs available throughout the month, visit the Multi-

Hunter McLaren | Staff Photographer A student showcases African-inspired fashion during the third annual Sankofa Pan African show held by the African Student Association on Feb. 9 in Plachta Auditorium.

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Here is a full list of events to occur this month for Black History Month: Hustle Lessons, every Wednesday from

12-1 p.m., Bovee University Center 108, Sponsored by the Center for Inclusion and Diversity (Punch and popcorn provided) Spike Lee Film Series, every Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m., Wesley Church, Sponsored by Wesley Church Wednesday, Feb. 13 Poetry Showcase, 7-8:30 p.m., Featuring Nobody Big Yet with special guests, Pearce 127 Saturday, Feb. 16 Multicultural Student Leadership Conference, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Bovee University Center Rotunda “Making Waves for Flint” Showcase, 7 p.m., Pearce 127, Sponsored by Justus League Monday, Feb. 18 Black History Game Night, 7-8 p.m., Anspach 169, Sponsored by Collective Action for Cultural Unity Thursday, Feb. 21 Painting Chalices and Hues, 4-6 p.m. and 6:30-8 p.m., Bovee University Center 108, Center for Inclusion and Diversity (First 25 people per session) Friday, Feb. 22 Fashion Show, 7 p.m., Plachta Auditorium, Sponsored by Organization for Black Unity Monday, Feb. 25 Zuzu Acrobats, 8 p.m., Plachta Auditorium

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FEB. 11, 2019 | CENTRAL MICHIGAN LIFE | CM-LIFE.COM

EXPLORE HISTORY, CULTURE It’s February, a month known for cold weather and Valentine’s Day. More importantly, February is the month we celebrate African American history.

The first Black History Month took place in 1970 at Kent State University.

It was organized by university educators and Black United Students. It was officially recognized by President Gerald R. Ford in 1976 during the United States Bicentennial.

Forty-three years later, this month features events taking place to commemorate history and help all people learn about and gain a greater understanding of the Black experience in America.

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At Central Michigan University, students are able to participate in a variety of events. We urge students, faculty, staff and the community to celebrate Black History Month this year by participating in what will be offered.

Organized by Multicultural Academic Student Services, there are numerous events available for people to take part in. All events are free and open to the public. More information about the programs available throughout Black History Month can be found on the Multicultural Academic Student Services cmich webpage.

The events for the month include: Hustle Lessons, every Wednesday from 12-1 p.m., Bovee University Center 108, Sponsored by the Center for Inclusion and Diversity (Punch and popcorn provided) Spike Lee Film Series, every Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m., Wesley Church, Sponsored by Wesley Church WEDNESDAY, FEB. 13 Poetry Showcase, 7-8:30 p.m., Featuring Nobody Big Yet with special guests, Pearce 127 SATURDAY, FEB. 16 Multicultural Student Leadership Conference, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Bovee University Center Rotunda “Making Waves for Flint” Showcase, 7 p.m.,

Pearce 127, Sponsored by Justus League MONDAY, FEB. 18 Black History Game Night, 7-8 p.m., Anspach 169, Sponsored by Collective Action for Cultural Unity THURSDAY, FEB. 21 Painting Chalices and Hues, 4-6 p.m. and 6:30-8 p.m., Bovee University Center 108, Center for Inclusion and Diversity (First 25 people per session) FRIDAY, FEB. 22 Fashion Show, 7 p.m., Plachta Auditorium, Sponsored by Organization for Black Unity MONDAY, FEB. 25 Zuzu Acrobats, 8 p.m., Plachta Auditorium Photo Illustration | Cody Scanlan

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CENTRAL MICHIGAN LIFE | CM-LIFE.COM | FEB. 11, 2019

Teachers deserve to be paid more for the work they do Imagine you’re a new college graduate with a degree in secondary education. Thanks to your student teaching placement, you have a job lined up. You couldn’t be more excited to teach a seventh-grade class.

Something lingers in the back of your mind, though, when you see your starting salary of $36,620 — you’re $37,172 in college debt.

Balancing rent, utilities, insurance bills and your debt won’t be easy. Tacking on a car bill or a mortgage seems nearly impossible.

While the average starting salary for a person with a bachelor’s degree is $50,556, the starting salary for teachers is nearly $15,000 less than that.

Teachers are educating our next generation. Why are they getting paid so little?

Teachers ultimately do their job for their communities. In a report from Scholastic, 98 percent of teachers from Michigan said their profession is about making a difference in the world, and 85 percent said they do their job to make a difference in their students’ lives.

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A typical school day is six to seven hours long, but teachers work much longer days than that. When we begin to factor in grading, getting to school early to make sure everything is prepped for the day, going to meetings and making lesson plans, teachers work about 53 hours a week, according to the same Scholastic report. That is about 13 hours of overtime per week.

Outside of school, teachers must also balance their home life, just the same as other professionals. Many are working to support a family, but when they have to do so much extra work outside of the classroom, it’s not always the easiest thing to do.

A misconception about teaching is that it is an “easy” job. Teaching

is by no means easy. Demands and standards are constantly changing for teachers, and as the teacher shortage continues to be an issue across the country, teachers must deal with larger class sizes.

The average classroom size in Michigan is about 27 kids per classroom, according to a survey from Michigan Radio. However, 69 percent of teachers said their classroom size continues to grow. Michigan is one of the 15 states that don’t have laws limiting classroom size.

One of my friends who is a teacher said that she teaches 161 students across many different classes, both Advanced Placement and standard high school courses.

An expectation and goal of many teachers is to connect with their students, and be able to work with them individually. When a teacher is balancing 161 students with classroom sizes of about 27 students, that expectation is not always realistic.

I believe teachers are not making enough for the amount of work they do.

The average teacher salary in Michigan is $61,978 according to the Department of Education. This takes into account both the highest paid teachers and the lowest.

In reality, a teacher would need to teach for about 20 years before they reach this salary, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

To compare, those who earn a bachelor’s degree in business and get a job as a marketing or sales manager in Michigan make about $134,000 a year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

For the same amount of school, a business major makes a little over double the salary of the average teacher. Something about this picture is not right.

Yes, teachers do their job to have an impact on their students. Does that mean they shouldn’t be making a reasonable living?

Let’s face the facts. Teachers deserve more credit and higher wages than they are receiving now.

We need to invest in education and our teachers.

Mainstream media continuously attacks Christianity Unfortunately, the media has been doing a pretty good job of attacking Christianity, as well as Christian institutions or events.

The 46th Annual March for Life took place in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 18. Not only did the major broadcast networks like ABC, CBS and NBC barely mention the March for Life, but they gave the Women’s March three times more media coverage on-air.

When the March for Life was mentioned, it was mostly negative. For example, Huffington Post picked out a small piece of Ben Shapiro’s pro-life speech, in which he said he would not kill baby Hitler. Karen Pence also took a giant hit from the media and Hollywood for teaching at a Catholic school in Virginia.

The mainstream media has twisted or left major parts out of these stories to push their agenda or create unnecessary drama. It needs to end.

Several media outlets covered and published stories about teenage boys from Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky, harassing a man by the name Nathan Philips who is a member of an indigenous tribe. A

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video, which appeared to show the boys harassing Phillips, was quickly shared all over the news and social media. However, the media completely botched this story.

The media was so quick to judge Nick Sandmann, the main boy in the video, before the whole video surfaced. It showed that it happened to be the other way around: Philips and his tribe actually approached the teenagers and were harassing them.

The media had already completely destroyed Sandmann’s name, his school, his family and his life for their own benefit. Once the major media outlets realized they’d messed up, instead of apologizing, they tried to do everything that they could to find evidence of any kind to destroy these boys and the Catholic school

they attended.

According Joy Behar from The View, the reason these media outlets made the mistake of judging Sandmann too early was because they’re “desperate to get Trump out of office.” That’s a great example of the media falsifying stories for their own agenda. Joy Behar just had the guts to say their motive on national television.

Another example of the media attacking Christians is the toxic comments about Karen Pence. Recently, the vice president’s wife was slandered in the news for teaching at Immanuel Christian school in Virginia.

There was an uproar in the media because the Christian school does not accept the LGBTQ dogma from the employees or the students.

The policies at this Virginia school should not be a surprise to people considering that the Christian faith has had this set of beliefs for centuries.

Lady Gaga said Mike and Karen Pence are the “worst representation of what it means to be a Christian.”

Lady Gaga claims to be a Christian, yet she condemned Mrs. Pence for her views. How can she claim to be

a Christian but does not believe in the ideology? What happened to the Freedom of Religion in the United States?

When Karen Pence was hired to the Catholic school, she was asked to take a pledge stating her religious beliefs. CNN’s Clay Cane stated that the school’s pledge is “disgusting and insults millions of taxpaying American citizens.”

Attacking American taxpaying citizens who exercise their first amendment is what is insulting.

The United States of America is the greatest nation in the world because of our founding principles, hence why so many people want to immigrate here.

If you don’t agree with the Christian ideology that’s fine. But to attack and slander a family because of it is morally wrong.

This country was founded on Judeo-Christian principles. If we lose our religious foundation, where will we be as a nation?

As a country, we really need to reevaluate how we slam people who practice religion. If religion continues to get smeared, this nation will fall into the hand of tyranny.

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FEB. 11, 2019 | CENTRAL MICHIGAN LIFE | CM-LIFE.COM

Central Michigan Social Media Influencers

SHOWING THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA W

hile most college students are only worried about the amount of likes or followers they have, some Central Michigan University students are building their own brands on social media.

They aren’t just using their accounts to interact with friends and family, but to make a name for themselves or to spread influence.

“A social media influencer is an avid social media user who has access to a broader audience and can influence others due to expertise, fame, and/or resources possessed,” said journalism faculty member Zulfia Zaher.

Zaher specializes in research of mass communication and social media. In order for someone

to become an influencer, they need to establish an “authenticity or genuineness,” Zaher said. Becoming an influencer also depends on a shared interest between an influencer and influencees.

“Anyone can be an influencer... if they have something interesting to share,” Zaher said. “It’s all about the right network, right crowd and right time.”

Zaher said social media is a highly effective communication platform on a college campus because of shared interests and locality.

Most students know almost exactly how many Instagram and Twitter followers they have at any time. According to the Pew Research

CLOUT Center, 71 percent of people ages 18-24 use Instagram. Even more use Facebook, Snapchat and YouTube. Twitter is just below Instagram in popularity. And despite a decline in popularity, Facebook is still one of the main social media apps among 18-24 year olds.

According to a study from Experian Simmons, more than 98 percent of people ages 18-24 use some form of social media. In 2014, a UCLA study found that just under a third of college students spend more than six hours on social media per week.

Three CMU students shared their unique experiences with social media with Central Michigan Life.

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CENTRAL MICHIGAN LIFE | CM-LIFE.COM | FEB. 11, 2019

Isaac Ritchey | Staff Reporter Kenny Harris, Co-Founder of Michigan Made Media, visits his company’s website Jan. 30 in his home studio. The slogan “Building Relationships, Delivering Results” is used by Michigan Made Media.

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ackson junior Kenny Harris and his friends Paul , Coltan Brennan, Jayden Stiles and Mike Callendar started a company in May 2018, which can be hired to attract followers for Instagram accounts.

Michigan Made Media, comprised of the five co-owners, is “a team of social media and content specialists who provide individuals and small businesses with services, including social media growth and product marketing,” according to its website.

The business began after Harris and Berkemeier started growing Instagram accounts for some friends. Harris said the two decided to “go all in,” started building a website and eventually added Brennan, Stiles and Callendar as equal owners and contributors to the company.

Harris said during the company’s first week it had zero sales. The team credited this failure to the high cost for services, decided to change their business model and lowered their subscription rates.

Michigan Made Media started with five to 10 influencers from CMU, Harris said.

Harris considers an influencer someone who has at least 10k followers and are promoters or brand ambassadors, whether for clothing, nutrition or fitness companies.

The company now has 40-50 influencers, many of them female.

“I am not saying girls like attention, but girls love attention,” Harris said, jokingly. “It is kind of cool seeing our influencers say, ‘I did not think (gaining 5,000 followers in a month) was possible.’”

The company has expanded beyond CMU and manages somewhere between 100 and 200 Instagram accounts across the United States, Harris said.

Collectively the accounts have more than 1.2 million followers.

Katlyn White gained 6,000 followers in three months from Michigan Made Media’s services. The fitness model said in a testimonial that increasing her followers

opened up several modeling opportunities.

While the company primarily grows personal accounts, small businesses, like Wayside, O’Kelly’s, insurance agencies and car dealerships, take advantage of Michigan Made Media’s services, Harris said.

Michigan Made Media promotes their services, festivals and parties through their influencers. The festivals and parties are put on in partnership with Prime Social Group, which Harris said is the third largest festival company in the United States.

Harris hopes by 2020 the company is making $125,000 in revenue, but realizes building a business upon a business is risky. Harris said one update on Instagram could change everything, much like “that one infamous Snapchat update.”

Although there are some foreseen risks, Michigan Made Media continues to grow.

Its newest addition is an office in Jackson where the team spends most of the day on Instagram and playing video games while their accounts grow.

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ictoria Alonge, a senior in Marketing, makes hundreds of dollars each week by running a thrifting company on social media.

Florrence Finds is a vintage thrifting company on Instagram with more than 2,000 followers.

Alonge, also known by her Instagram handle @ torrencefromflorrence, runs the company solely through social media. Florrence Finds isn’t just for CMU students — it has attracted attention from buyers in New Mexico, Utah, California and Florida, said Alonge of Mason.

On weekends, she travels to bigger cities to find more selection at thrift stores. Alonge spends hours searching for “vintage finds” that she knows there will be interest for on her account.

What sets her business apart is the vintage aspect of the clothing and jewelry that she finds and resells, she said. There aren’t many other thrifting companies or thrifting pages on social media in Mount Pleasant, either, so Alonge tries to maximize on an unsaturated market.

Alonge realized she would need to find a job in her junior year. She didn’t want to work at a fast food chain or at a retail store in Mount Pleasant.

“Last winter break I really just needed a job,” she said. “I am really good with style and fashion merchandising.”

Using her former merchandising minor, her family and friends recommended that she should start thrifting.

Alonge collects anywhere from 10-15 items each weekend, while collecting inventory at thrift stores around Michigan. Then, she chooses from the items she collected and her existing inventory to put together a “drop” — a set of about 10-15 clothing items that will all go on sale at the same time on the Instagram page.

Typically, jeans and shorts sell the best and sell for about $75. After the clothes go on sale, customers contact the Instagram page’s direct messages to purchase.

“People always think that I have a lot of money coming in, but I put a lot of money into this business, too,” she said. “I go to three thrift stores in a weekend and spend almost $100 at each store.”

Alonge requires the transaction to be made within 10 minutes through Venmo, a popular mobile payment service, or the next customer will have an opportunity to purchase. Some items sell within minutes of being uploaded.

“It’s just me watching everyone DM me,” Alonge said. “I can’t be watching all my DMs and comments at the same time. Everything is high demand, so it’s hard to hold items for people.”

With help from her Zeta Tau Alpha sorority sisters, Alonge was able grow the business after its inception. Some of her sorority sisters have thousands of followers. They all help her promote her brand.

By DYLAN GOETZ, Community Editor

FEB. 11, 2019 | CENTRAL MICHIGAN LIFE | CM-LIFE.COM Megan Doyle | Staff Photographer East Lansing senior Victoria Alonge lays on a pile of her thrifted clothes on Feb. 1 in her apartment.

FROM THRIFTING TO THRIVING

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ne of the best-known Twitter accounts at CMU is @CMUConfessions3. The controversial, anonymous leaks account has more than 3,000 followers — that’s more than CMU President Robert Davies.

Students can use the Tumblr link in the account’s bio to anonymously submit a confession, whether it’s about a crush who they saw in Anspach Hall last week, or to complain about how there’s nothing to do in Mount Pleasant.

CM Life interviewed CMU Confessions.

By Dylan Goetz @dylan_goetz

SHARING YOUR SECRETS

A mark of pride for the fifth-year full-time student who runs the account is that she has never let a confession sit in her inbox for more than 24 hours. Every morning and night she runs through her system where she copies and pastes all the confessions she receives in her direct message inbox and email, despite working two jobs.

CMU Confessions has never seen someone send in a submission about themselves through DM's, but it's possible those submissions come through the Tumblr account that is fully anonymous.

Some days, she said there are only about 30 entries and other days, there can be more than 100. These topics are normally concerned with what students are talking about. For example, on football Saturdays, CMU Confessions sees complaints about the football team. Over the past two weeks when school was canceled, many submissions were about the polar vortex that swept over the Midwest. Some of the more generic popular topics include roommate problems and class crushes.

Despite some hopeful attempts, CMU Confessions said that it is rare that a relationship ever comes out of a confession. Some students try to get others to "like this tweet" so they can find their next love on social media.

"Hookups like that? I mean come on. Nothing ever comes out of a post on Twitter," she said.

Because many tweets can get vulgar, CMU Confessions is forced to filter some of the nastiest submissions the account gets. For example, the strangest was about a girl who wanted her name to be included in a tweet about a fetish for her siblings. This tweet did not make the cut.

CMU Confessions doesn't want to make people feel uncomfortable either, she said. If you think a tweet is about you and would like it removed, she said it is as simple as messaging the account and asking for it to be taken down. Because of its anonymity, CMU Confessions receives a lot of backlash, which prompted the warning tweet, which is pinned to top of the account's page.

"I’ll say it again for the people in the back," the tweet reads. "If you don’t like this account un-f****** follow it. If you have a problem with what I do or don’t post, feel free to start your own page.”

CMU Confessions is dedicated to staying anonymous, she said. The purpose for this account is clear: She wants this to be a way to spread positivity among students in Mount Pleasant.

She said she started the account because @CMUConfessions2 was no longer posting anything. The account manager speculated that the student might have graduated. Bored on a weekday night after classes, her and her roommates decided that she was going to make a new account.

"I would say there is about 10 of us or so that know (about the account)," she said.

The account took about a year to get up and running with more followers and submissions.

Today, the account has 4,817 followers.

"I just kept following as many people that I could and basically every year or semester now I get a jump in followers from the new class coming in," she said.

After graduation, she is considering passing the account information off to a younger student to keep the tradition alive. She is considering either a competition or application process, but nothing has been finalized.

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12 WAYS TO FIND DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE LIVING FOR THE 2019/2020 SCHOOL YEAR? WHAT IS A

Housing Crawl?

It is your opportunity for you and your future roomies to visit each of these housing units in Mt. Pleasant. You will get to know the staff, see the rental properties and get all your questions answered.

At the first complex you pick, ask for a CMU Housing Crawl Passport book.

You will need this as you tour each of the 12 facilities.

At the end of each tour, the housing company will stamp your and your roomies books.

A completed passport (with a minimum of six stamps) gets you entered into a drawing for a: $300 visa gift card. (You are not required to sign a lease, but you must tour a minimum of six properties.) The first 50 to fill a passport book get a CMU Housing Crawl T-shirt

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Student magician reflects on life in the circus

By Teresa Homsi Staff Reporter news@cm-life.com

Retail and restaurants are the typical jobs college students are familiar with, but Rockford junior Evan Priem works in a more mysterious industry.

Priem is currently studying psychology with a behavioral focus, but he also performs magic at birthday parties, corporate events and conventions on the side. He has been performing magic professionally for about a year and a half and found his footing in magic after he joined Circus Smirkus, an international youth circus based in Vermont.

There, Priem spent his high school summers from freshman to senior year working as a clown and a juggler before gravitat-

ing towards magic. He sat down with Central Michigan Life to talk about his time in the circus and life as a part-time magician.

Those interested can visit Priem's website.

Central Michigan Life: Why were you drawn to magic?

Priem: The community I grew up in was more conservative, and I wasn’t able to express myself as freely as I would have liked to.

And so magic was always a way to be creative and have an unfiltered expression of what I come up with.

Do you ever get hecklers?

I think this is true for all of my magician friends too: every single show that involves children, kids say, ‘I know how you do it.’ It doesn’t matter if they know how you do it, they will say they know how to do it. And when that arises,

you say ‘I do too! High five!’ and continue with the show.

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I’ve never seen people that are more passionate about their job than in the circus because it’s a lifestyle.

Evan Priem Rockford junior

How did you hear about Circus Smirkus, and why did you apply?

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for summer camps. At a circus camp, there was this guy named Rob, Rob the Clown, and he said, "Evan, you should join the circus." And I tried to join the circus and somehow it worked.

What did circus life look like?

You pile into these vans with a bunch of other people and you go to the city and set up huge tents.

You’re usually there for two days setting up the tents and then the next day, you have a show for a couple of days. You stay in the town for three to four days at a time, doing shows before you pack down the tent and go to the next place.

Any really memorable moments from your experiences?

There’s this man named Crosby. He was 4’9” from Louisiana, and he was heavily tattooed from his toes to his forehead.

He talked with a heavy smoker’s accent combined with a Louisiana accent. I didn’t find out until halfway through the tour, but during the shows, he would climb to the top of the tent and stay there, look around and throw stuff into the audience, like popcorn, just for fun.

Would you say you’ve met a lot of unusual characters from working in the circus?

It’s weird how in my friend group and community, I was the weird one. But then I went (in the circus), and people were like, “Evan, you need to loosen up. You’re way too normal.” And I had to work about not caring as much because I guess when you’re back home, you act a certain way, judging by the people around you. There, you act like how you want to act.

What did you do when you weren’t performing?

Besides (performing and rehearsing), you’re just hanging out with people.

It’s kind of like dorm life.

You go and visit people’s

Courtesy Photo | Evan Priem Rockford junior Evan Priem performs card tricks.

trailers and see what they’re up to.

Any on-the-road stories?

Usually after the show, we talk to the kids there or any parents, and then we all load up and go. The next destination was about an hour away, and about 30 minutes through, we heard something rustling in the trunk.

We open it up, and a kid tried to run away with the circus. There was child in the trunk, and he did not know his phone number or his middle name. He knew his first and last name, and that (experience) was stressful. We reunited him with his family, but his mom was not happy and his dad kind of yelled at us, even though it wasn’t our fault. He was about four.

He had hidden in a juggling bag, and the crew members lifted it up and put it into the trunk. Apparently, halfway through, he got tired of being in the bag and tried to get out, and that’s when we noticed him.

Do you think you’re going to keep some connection to the circus?

There’s a good saying for circus people: they never say goodbye to each other,

they say, "See you down the road." Because if you perform in the circus, you’ll always see other circus people again.

Would you say you’ve learned any valuable life lessons from the circus?

When I think of the circus, I think of a fun, chaotic time. I think that’s what most people think of, but everything is highly structured. There’s lots of rules during all rehearsals, and so I think being involved in the circus has also taught me a lot about how to structure anything that involves groups or how to structure my own practicing and planning and goal attainment.

Also, the people in there love the circus. I’ve never seen people that are more passionate about their job than in the circus because it’s a lifestyle. And because they love the circus so much, they love everyone within the circus a lot too, and every single person I’ve met there so far, they check in on you and make sure you’re doing okay. I feel like that’s something I’ve picked up on – always take care of the people you’re around.

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FEAR student exhibition seeks validation in the things that terrify us

By Samantha Shriber Staff Reporter news@cm-life.com

There are no surface level similarities among the pieces in the FEAR art exhibition; 14 artists were inevitably united while seeking validation in the things that terrify them.

FEAR, a student exhibition located on the third floor exhibit area in the Charles V. Park Library, was assembled in three hours during the first week of the Spring 2019 semester.

Lead curator Grace Smolinski aimed to gather pieces designed to unearth peace and acceptance through addressing troubling concepts.

“We can all relate to finding and recognizing (our) fears, although it can be very hard to do so,” Smolinski, a Rochester Hills junior, said.

“It’s not particularly about what (the artist) is afraid of, but just a fear they wanted to express and say, ‘it’s okay to have this fear’ or ‘this fear is rational (and) you’re not crazy for being afraid of this.’”

As the exhibit prepares for its conclusion on Feb. 12 and the variety

Isaac Ritchey | Staff Reporter “The Insides,” a digital collage by Jennifer Gillings, hangs Feb. 6 in the Charles V. Park Library.

of screen prints, digital photography, by-hand collages and digitally designed pieces prepare for their unavoidable removal, Smolinski said

it is important to take advantage of all the professional opportunities available through CMU’s resources.

FEAR was the first-ever exhibition

Smolinski’s art has been showcased in and she said it offered an outlet for her to dip her toes into the professional world made available with a bachelor of fine arts degree.

“Just the fact that it’s on the wall is so cool,” she said. “I feel like as a student and artist, it is very hard to find the places that will put your artwork up.”

While Smolinski said a majority of the artists were members of Design Hub, a student-organized community for graphic design, and students enrolled in the department of art and design, all of their art’s materials and framing was paid out-of-pocket by the individual creator.

But for Traverse City senior Megan Moomey, there was an emotional cost to her screen print, “F*** YOU.” “It was pretty emotionally draining to work on every day as it was inspired by an ex that put me through a domestic abuse situation while struggling with drug addiction,” Moomey said. “Everyday working on this brought up past memories that I have repressed for a long time. I used the offset red and blue to reference to the shifted perspective triggered by

an altered state of mind.”

Moomey said she felt incredibly vulnerable while designing and eventually presenting the piece, especially since it was the first time she allowed her private emotions to surface in her artwork.

Midland junior Jennifer Gillings created a self-protrait, digital collage for the exhibition.

“It was not expensive to create in the physical sense. Emotionally it was a slight challenge. I have been through some heavy trauma in the past few years and have some mental challenges,” Gillings said.

Her piece was an opportunity to process the variety of emotions that affect her daily life. Gillings said it aims to represent an individual journeying through dark and heavy experiences and longing to attain a voice in a crowd of fears, anxieties and depression.

“Underneath and inside everyone, we all carry our own baggage, traumas, fears and mental challenges,” she said. “These pieces don’t define us as we can be a work in progress, sorting it all out to overcome the situation.”

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Alumni, faculty to be shown at International Film Festival

By Benjamin Ackley Staff Reporter news@cm-life.com

Central Michigan University School of Broadcast & Cinematic Arts faculty Patty Williamson wants to shine a light on women struggling to have their voices heard in the world of radio.

Art and design faculty David Stairs wants to showcase people who use their design skills to benefit the common good instead of corporations.

Alumnus Justin Hynous just wants to scare people.

All three of these independent filmmakers’ movies will be shown at this week’s Central Michigan International Film Festival, a fiveday showcase of films from all over the world. That may seem like a tough field to stand out in, but these CMU filmmakers did just that.

Williamson is the co-director and co-producer of a documentary titled “Breaking the Sound Barrier.”

Williamson and fellow School of Broadcast & Cinematic Arts faculty Eric Limarenko conducted two years of interviews with women (and a few men) in all sorts of radio-related positions nationwide in an endeavor to answer one question: Why aren’t there more female voices on air?

While Williamson’s quest didn’t end with an exact answer to that question, it did provide an academicallyfocused documentary about gender representation in a field she worked in for a

Courtesy Photo | Justin Hynous

CMU alumnus Justin Hynous on the set of “My Soul To Keep.”

decade.

“I think we often don’t even notice (gender disparity) anymore because it’s happened for so long, and I think (‘Breaking the Sound Barrier’) helps shine a spotlight on the idea that women need to be heard in equal numbers to men,” she said.

Along with being a faculty member and a filmmaker, Williamson is also the film festival’s director, a position which might have ensured her film guaranteed

entry. However, Williamson made certain to remove this bias by leaving the selection process up to students.

Williamson’s full-time job as a BCA faculty member did at times get in the way when it came to scheduling and traveling for interviews.

However, her position was usually more of a help than a hindrance. In fact, her position training soon-to-be media professionals at CMU inspired her to create her movie.

Stairs was also inspired

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by his CMU job to write and direct his film, “Digging the Suez Canal with a Teaspoon.”

Stairs interviewed 11 people from disparate worlds such as writing, economy, history and design. His goal was to show people -- art and design students especially -- that there are job opportunities outside of the mainstream.

“I find that my students very often don’t realize that there are alternatives to commercial design,” Stairs

said. “They look at me and they say, ‘Well, how can I go to work for a non-profit?

I can’t afford to work for free! I need to pay my loans back.’

I just have to laugh and say, ‘If you think the people who work for Oxfam or the Red Cross or any of these organizations work for free you’re wrong, and if you think that those organizations don’t need designers you’re doubly wrong.’”

While Stairs’ documentary seems specialized, he thinks that anyone who enjoys documentaries should be interested in his film about “people using what they know and love best to help other people.”

While Stairs was focusing on helping other people, ‘95 graduate Justin Hynous was focusing on scaring them.

He is the producer, executive producer, co-editor and co-writer of the Michiganmade horror film, “My Soul To Keep.”

The Exxodus Pictures film focuses on a nine-yearold boy who, like many young children, is convinced that something evil resides in his basement.

“What’s a little different (about ‘My Soul To Keep’) is it’s probably a more family-friendly horror movie, so you could bring your 12-year-old to see it,” Hynous said. “There’s no blood and guts. It’s more real horror, more psychological horror. We like to say it’s ‘Home Alone’ meets ‘Halloween.’”

Hynous’ CMU connection is really the reason that “My

Soul To Keep” ended up at the CMIFF to begin with.

“We were finishing the movie and we wanted to slowly introduce it to festivals just to mainly get a gauge on what audiences might think of it,” he said.

“As soon as I saw Central Michigan, I knew that was one I had to apply to, just because of the fact that I graduated from there. It just turned out that it was the first festival we got accepted to.”

Hynous thinks that his film is a top notch example of good independent filmmaking, and even those who aren’t interested in making movies will enjoy it.

“If you’re still one of those people that gets a little creeped out going down in your basement or still thinks some nights when you hear a thump that something might be under your bed, this is the movie to check out.”

Each of these films will be featured during the Central Michigan International Film Festival, which will take place Feb. 13-17.

They will each be exhibited in The Platform, located in Moore Hall 102. Tickets are $5 per movie.

“Digging the Suez Canal with a Teaspoon” is playing at 3 p.m. Feb. 15.

“Breaking the Sound Barrier” is playing at 3 p.m.

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“My Soul To Keep” is playing at 9:30 p.m. Feb. 16. This is the film’s debut, and the filmmakers will be present for a Q&A after the movie.

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Akey, Frye to each make $125,000 base salary, all assistant football coaches on one-year contracts

By Andrew McDonald Sports Editor sports@cm-life.com

The base salaries of all 10 Central Michigan football assistant coaches totals $957,030.

As outlined in his contract, McElwain had $1,020,000 to spend on his assistant coaches, which means $62,970 remains.

One member of the CMU Athletic Department told Central Michigan Life that Barbay will make more than his base salary of $95,000.

He was recently named the assistant head coach along with his original duties as wide receivers coach.

Assistant coaches could also experience a minor jump in salary due to bonuses and incentives.

Each contract is a oneyear deal, even for returning coaches Tavita Thompson and Cory Hall. The contracts will all expire on Dec. 31, 2019.

Offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach Charlie Frye: $125,000 Defensive coordinator Robb Akey: $125,000 Special teams coordinator, safeties coach Ryan Beard:

Courtesy Photo | Liz Condo New Central Michigan defensive coordinator Robb Akey is on a oneyear contract under Jim McElwain.

$82,500 Assistant head coach, wide receivers coach Kevin Barbay: $95,000 Linebackers coach Mark DeBastiani: $95,000 Defensive line coach Justin Hinds: $76,000 Offensive line coach Mike Cummings: $96,500 Running backs coach Cornell Jackson: $82,500 Tight ends coach Tavita Thompson: $85,000 Defensive backs coach Cory Hall: $94,530 Most are given a maximum of $15,000 in moving expenses.

In his first year at CMU, under former coach John Bonamego in 2018, Thompson earned $77,063. Now, he’s set to make $85,000 in 2019 for McElwain.

McElwain’s contract is a five-year, $400,000 base deal, as Central Michigan Life reported one day after he was hired.

The 56-year-old will earn $190,000 per year in additional compensation and a $50,000 retention bonus.

Essentially, McElwain will cash in at least $640,000 per season at CMU.

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While Central Michigan University was covered in ice, the softball team traveled to South Carolina for the College of Charleston Cougar Classic to open their 2019 season.

The Chippewas scored their first win but dropped four games, making them 1-4 following the first weekend.

On Feb. 8, CMU fell 6-2 to Wichita State.

Senior first baseman Erika Underwood was a perfect 2-2 with two singles and added a walk for a perfect on-base percentage against the Shockers.

Sophomore Cloe Mallory (0-1) came on in relief of Samantha Howell and gave up three runs on three hits over 4.2 innings of work in a losing effort.

CMU’s second game of the day was a 6-0 defeat against Virginia Tech. The Chippewas mustered a pair of hits against the Hokies.

Kaitlyn Bean was given the loss and allowed eight hits and five runs in 3.2 innings.

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pushed across centerfielder Allison Curtis for CMU’s first run against Purdue in their first of two games on Feb. 9. The Chippewas dropped their third straight game of the weekend, 11-3.

The Boilermakers chased starting pitcher Shannon Stein without recording a single out.

She gave up six runs on two hits and issued four walks.

CMU scored their first victory of the season against Pittsburgh in their second game of the day. Sophomore Shaidan Knapp scored two of the Chippewas’ 11 runs. Bean registered her first win of the season giving up five runs on six hits. Howell came on in relief and picked up her first save of the season.

In its final game of the weekend, CMU fell to the host College of Charleston, 3-1.

The Chippewas head to Tempe, Ariz. for the Littlewood Classic Feb.15-17, with their first matchup against Utah State.

-Austin Chastain, Staff Reporter

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Expressing his voice

Larry Austin Jr. brings unique emotion to men’s basketball

By Andrew McDonald Sports Editor sports@cm-life.com

Walking through the dark and silent basement halls of McGuirk Arena, it was another normal Wednesday morning of practice for the Central Michigan men’s basketball team.

The closer you creep to the doors which enter the court, you begin to hear the squeaking of shoes across the slick floor and faint yells from the players. However, there’s one voice you could pick apart from the rest and make out the words being said before opening those doors.

“Aye man, let me get it, one more shot!”

It’s the same voice you hear from start to finish, loud and clear on game days.

That voice belongs to Larry Austin Jr., who is becoming well-known around the program.

“He helps in practice more than anything,” said head coach Keno Davis.

“Obviously, Larry is essential for what we do in games but we don’t have many practices that aren’t intense.

“It’s because of what Larry brings each and everyday. There’s not many wired like him, it’s who he is.”

Austin plays with a style that comes from always having a chip on his shoulder. He’s felt since the day he started playing basketball he obtained the mentality of a grinder — a player who doesn’t stop working.

Whether it’s getting a steal or fighting through traffic to hit a contested layup, he lets his opponents know he made that play after it’s over with a flex of his muscles or a roar of emotion. The guard doesn’t think of it as cockiness, but confidence, which he instills in his teammates.

“Guys like Shawn (Roundtree) and Rob (Montgomery) get on me if I’m not being vocal enough. They say to me, ‘Man, we feed off that energy, we need your energy,’” Austin said. “We have to be a team playing with a high intensity to win games, it’s just how I play and we play.”

The 6-foot-2, 183-pound slasher for the Chippewas comes from Lanphier High School. It was there Austin began to learn to play with a “dog mentality.”

As a senior, Austin had his best campaign for the Lions, averaging 22.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, four assists and 4.2 steals. He guided his team to a 25-0 start which set a new record for the high school and the city of Springfield, Illinois as a whole. The team finished 27-2 and he said it was in that season

Hunter McLaren | Staff Photographer

Senior guard Larry Austin gets past Western Michigan University defense on Feb. 2 in McGuirk Arena.

where he began to learn leadership.

He credits those skills to his former coach Blake Turner, who has been the coach of the Lions since 2012. Turner said he always held Austin to a high standard because he knew his ability to be an asset at the college level.

“I always preached him to be better than good and not just to be good but great,” Turner said. “He never took a day off. At practice he worked harder than anyone and I know people always say that about players but it was true with him.

“He set the foundation for our team that went on the 25-0 run, it doesn’t surprise me he’s chasing a title with Central Michigan and Keno (Davis).”

Andre Iguodala of the Golden State Warriors, former CMU assistant and ex-NBA player Kevin Gamble and many more professionals have come from Lanphier. What those players have in common is they all have a defensive mindset on the floor.

Austin said he looked up to players like that during his time with the Lions. He added that Turner did a great

job of teaching them how important defense is to play intensely on every possession.

“You can go out there and score as many points as you want but if you aren’t getting stops on the defensive end you won’t be winning championships,” Austin said. “I use my emotions to show I’m confident to get those stops by being vocal toward my opponents, I want to let them know I’m here.”

There were times when Austin didn’t always have the chance to be a leader — or on the court at all, for that matter.

Austin originally signed his letter of intent with Tennessee to play basketball. He later decommitted on April 23, 2014, because coach Cuonzo Martin left for California. He wanted to play for Martin because of the defensive mindset he brought to the game.

This led Austin to reopening his recruitment before electing to start his collegiate career with Xavier. He spent time with Musketeers from 2014-16.

It wasn’t the right fit, so he transferred to Vanderbilt for the 2016-17 season. He never averaged more than 11 minutes per game in a season for either school.

Turner felt it was hard for Austin to find the same groove he had coming out of high school when a majority of his contests were being spent looking on from the bench.

“Due to the his choice to leave Tennessee he only had six weeks to sign with another school and sort of rushed into the choice with Xavier,” Turner said. “It was never really the right fit.

He reached out to me after his season with Vandy and when we got to talking about Central Michigan, I told him I thought it was a chance for him to be him and make a statement.

“Now he’s getting to be himself again, playing with that scowl on his face and that light in his eyes.”

The Springfield native has made it clear he was the right fit for the Chippewas on both ends of the court.

Through 22 games, Austin currently leads CMU and is fifth in the Mid-

American Conference in scoring at 17.6 points in 32.9 minutes per game.

He also leads the MAC with 5.6 assists and is second for the Chippewas with six boards per game. On defense, he is second in the league with 2.2 steals per outing.

Austin agrees that CMU was the best thing that could’ve happened to him. He’s a firm believer that everything falls into place if you give it time.

With CMU, he is the person he was at Lanphier High School — the player with that inner-dog mentality.

“I’m just out here having fun and sometimes just having fun is the best thing you can do,” Austin said. “I’m playing for my teammates and something bigger than me, it’s for everyone that follows our team.”

When that Wednesday practice came to a close, Austin was the last player to walk off the court. The sounds of his footsteps echoed in the gym.

It was only fitting he left McGuirk Arena with its final sounds from another practice.

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Buffalo earned four points by major decision in the final match of the evening to defeat Central Michigan wrestling 18-17 in a MidAmerican Conference dual at Alumni Arena.

The match between the Chippewas (3-7, 2-3 MAC) and Bulls (3-2, 10-4 MAC) had six lead changes.

CMU has dropped three straight meets, all in conference play. It was Buffalo’s first ever win against CMU. The Chippewas are fifth in the conference, trailing Buffalo by two matches.

Collin Lieber dropped the first match of the night 6-3 to Jake Lanning but the Chippewas took a 4-3 lead after Jordan Atienza scored a major decision win in the 184-pound weight class.

Buffalo won the next match but once again CMU retook the lead by major decision as Matt Stencel defeated Jake Gunning 8-0 in the 285-pound weight class. Stencel is 6-0 on the

season.

Drew Hildebrandt extended CMU’s lead by defeating Kyle Akins in the 125-pound weight class.

After two match victories for the Bulls, including a major decision win by Derek Span in the 133-pound weight class, Buffalo took a 13-11 advantage over the Chippewas.

Momentum continued to swing as Dresden Simon defeated Jason Esteves 6-2 in the 149-pound weight class. The victory gave CMU a 14-13 edge.

After Logan Parks scored a win for Central Michigan, Troy Keller scored a major decision victory in the final match of the dual meet to defeat the Chippewas.

CMU returns to action at 1 p.m. Feb. 10 at Kent State before heading to East Lansing to face Michigan State on Feb. 22.

-Andrew Glezen, Staff Reporter

FOOTBALL SIGNS SIX RECRUITS ON NATIONAL SIGNING DAY, COMPLETES 24-MAN CLASS Central Michigan football signed 18 prospects during early signing day on Dec. 19.

Since McElwain was just three weeks into his head coaching tenure with the Chippewas at the first signing period, he had more recruiting in-store throughout the end of December, January and early February.

On Feb. 6, annual National Signing Day, CMU inked six more prospects, putting 24 new players on scholarship to join the team in the 2019 season.

Of the six recruits, offensive lineman Jake Dominguez is the only transfer signee. He comes to Mount Pleasant from Foothill College, an NJCAA program in Los Altos Hills, California.

The recent class of 2019 high school signees are defensive lineman Jacques Bristol, defensive end Fred Stokes, punter Luke Elzinga, offensive lineman Deiyantei Powell and safety Trey Jones.

Central Michigan’s 2019 National Signing Day signees (6): Foothill College OT Jake Dominguez Sarasota (Fla.) Booker DE Jacques Bristol Westchester (Ill.) Montini Catholic DL Fred Stokes Grand Rapids (Mich.) Christian P Luke Elzinga Bluefield (W.Va.) OL Deiyantei Powell Wetumpka (Ala.) S Trey Jones Central Michigan’s 2019 early signees (18): Houston grad transfer QB Quinten

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Women's basketball falters against Ohio

By Ben Zeitler Staff Reporter news@cm-life.com

Time and time again the Central Michigan women’s basketball team found itself searching for answers about how to stop Ohio’s guards from getting to the rim.

And over and over again, they couldn’t find an answer.

The Chippewas (16-6, 7-3 MidAmerican Conference) fell to Ohio (20-2, 9-2 MAC) in a marquee matchup on Feb. 9 at McGuirk Arena.

In the process, CMU senior guard Presley Hudson broke the program’s career scoring record, surpassing Melvin McLaughlin who had 2,071 points.

Early trouble Ohio sunk four triples in the game’s first four minutes to open up a 12-5 lead.

CMU looked sloppy early, forcing passes that were intercepted by the Bobcats’ defense.

“We looked like a sieve,” said head coach Sue Guevara.

The deficit grew to 12 as the first half drew to a close, with Ohio leading 42-30.

Junior forward Gabrielle Bird recovered her own miss and

Kyle Tanner | Staff Photographer Sophomore guard Micaela Kelly, left, talks to senior guard Presley Hudson, right, during a game against Ohio on Feb. 9 at McGuirk Arena.

dropped it in for two with a minute to play in the second quarter, then converted 1-of-2 free throws after being fouled as she attempted to beat the buzzer.

Going into the half, the Chippewas trailed, 45-34.

CMU gave up an appalling 10 offensive rebounds in the first half,

something that made Guevara very upset.

“We didn’t box out and we got outhustled for rebounds, especially on the weak side,” Guevara said.

Second half surge Ohio started right where it left off to begin the second half, going on a speedy 8-0 run to stretch the

lead to 53-34 in the first two minutes of the third quarter.

A block by freshman forward Jahari Smith led to ball movement on the offensive end and resulted in a Hudson 3-pointer. The crowd roared as the Chippewas cut the lead to 14 on the play.

The Bobcats’ lead remained close to 15 for most of the third quarter. Hudson’s winding layup trimmed the score to 67-54 as the third quarter horn sounded.

Crowd noise reached new heights as Hudson drained a triple from the left wing, making the score 67-63 with 6:37 to play.

The Chippewas slapped on some intense pressure, which caused Ohio to scramble and become careless with the ball. After forcing a pair of turnovers, CMU found itself down 69-67 with 4:26 remaining.

Unable to clinch It was the Chippewas’ turn to get sloppy coming out of the media timeout. Ohio went on an 8-1 run to make it 76-68 at the three minute mark.

Ohio began stalling with just less than two minutes to play. CMU opted to let them hold the ball, but then committed a foul with 1:19 on the clock.

The Chippewas got the ball back

on an Ohio turnover, but CMU was unable to convert even after two out-of bounds calls were given to the Chippewas following official reviews.

Two missed free throws by the Bobcats led to a bank-in triple by Hudson, cutting the lead to 76-73.

Ohio then converted two free throws, making it 78-73.

Kelly missed two 3-pointers on the other end. By the time Kelly rebounded her second miss and was fouled on the putback, only 0.3 seconds remained.

The Chippewas could not foul quickly enough out of the timeout.

The game ended with the Bobcats prevailing, 78-75.

Hudson led CMU with 28 points in her record-breaking performance, while Reyna Frost contributed 18 points and 10 rebounds.

CMU finished 14-of-24 from the free throw line, which Guevara cited as the deciding factor in the game.

With the loss, the Chippewas are still atop the MAC West Division standings, but Ohio strengthens its grip on the No. 1 overall seed in the MAC. CMU will face off against Western Michigan (8-11, 2-6) on Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. in Kalamazoo.

Men's basketball jumps to big lead, loses tight game to No. 23 Buffalo

By Andrew McDonald Sports Editor sports@cm-life.com

Hunter McLaren | Staff Photographer Senior guard Shawn Roundtree gets past Western Michigan University defense on Feb. 2 in McGuirk Arena.

In front of a 6,000-plus crowd at Alumni Arena, the Central Michigan men’s basketball team came out and silenced them with a double figure lead in the first half.

However, the No. 23 ranked Buffalo Bulls had every answer it needed.

The Chippewas just fell short of having enough.

A once 18-point lead for the Chippewas (16-7, 5-5 Mid-American Conference) was shot down before the end of the first half and UB (20-3, 8-2) proved to be too strong with a 90-76 win.

“The run we put together early I think shows we have improved as a team since early December,” said head coach Keno Davis. “It was

a physical game and we weren’t strong enough to play through some of the contact, we will learn from it.”

What happened Senior guard Shawn Roundtree hit two of the three triples for CMU in the opening six minutes and it resulted in an 11-10 lead.

CMU then started to find slip passes inside for junior forward Rob Montgomery who cashed in a pair of layups. It led the Chippewas on an 11-2 run and they led 19-12 nearing the 11 minute mark of the opening half.

The 3-pointers kept falling for CMU as junior guard Dallas Morgan and Roundtree drilled back-toback triples putting CMU ahead 32-14. It was a 24-4 Chippewa run over a span of over nine minutes.

Then the Chippewas

completely imploded on both ends. UB put together a 24-6 run and tied the game at 38 all with 1:52 left in the half. However, CMU ended the half on a 5-0 run and carried a 43-38 lead into the break.

To open the second half, junior forward David DiLeo sunk a corner 3-pointer to give CMU a 49-46 lead at 15:45.

However, that lead would finally fade away for CMU. For the first time since 10-8 at the 15:23 mark in the first half, UB had a 50-49 lead at the 14:23 point of the second half.

The Bulls continued on a 16-0 run and forced seven more CMU turnovers in the first eight minutes of the second half, resulting in a 58-49 lead.

CMU tried to answer, but senior guard Larry Aus-

tin Jr. fouled out at the 9:19 mark, followed by junior guard Kevin McKay at the 6:27 mark.

“We could’ve fallen apart down the stretch without our starters but we didn’t and that says a lot about this team,” Davis said.

CMU turned the ball over 22 times which resulted in 28 points for the Bulls. UB also scored 27 bench points compared to just 16 from CMU who had bench players on the floor for most of the second half.

Roundtree led the Chippewas with 26 points while adding five rebounds and three assists. DiLeo totaled 12 points, Morgan added 11 points and Montgomery tallied 10, respectively.

CMU will stay on the road at 7 p.m. on Feb. 12 for another test with MAC East leading Bowling Green at the Stroh Center.

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1. Peter, Paul, and Mary 6. “Across ____ Mountains” (Reyna Grande novel) 14. WWI menace 15. Bird’s-eye views 17. “Crackers” 18. Stem (from) 19. Footnote references 21. Chew on 22. Tempestuous 23. Captain’s command 25. Ending for rest or fest 26. Not barefoot 28. Pass ___ (make the grade) 29. “Star Trek: Voyager” character 30. Warm hellos 32. Sci-fi creatures 33. He played Sgt. Donny Donowitz in “Inglourious Basterds” 34. Two, in Latin 37. Cook’s creation 38. Not old (abbr.)

41. Jealous one 43. Taiwanese manufacturer of thin computers

45. Shoe designation 46. Singer Morissette 47. Sailor 49. Pasternak heroine 50. Earth’s life zone 52. Wandering 55. Firms (up) 56. Peculiar 57. Girl in a Beethoven title 58. Enclosed, in legalese 59. Tries out

Down

1. Part of Quebec 2. Hurtful 3. Words to live by 4. Studio item 5. Mall units 6. Pontifical 7. “____! The Herald Angels Sing” 8. États-____ 9. Seasonal drink 10. Soft & ___ (antiperspirant brand) 11. Kitchen fixtures 12. Come forth (from) 13. Researcher’s raw material

16. Underground waste conduits 20. Asthma sufferers’ needs 23. Certain athletes 24. Expression of disdain 27. Ill-fated liner Andrea ___ 31. Sidewalk game with chalk 33. Part of a famous palindrome 34. Thingamajig 35. Open the door, perhaps 36. Greed 38. Some Middle East residents 39. Least remote 40. Very beginnings 42. More silly 44. Quintet plus two 48. Word before wheat or milk 50. Italian seaport 51. Monogram letter, for short 53. Compass pt.

54. Pret-a-porter (abbr.)

SOURCE: www.printable-puzzles.com

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