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SGA

Raising a question about inclusiveness

By Rachael Schuit Staff Reporter

Medallion Hunt heats up Across Central Michigan University, the search is on.

Best friends since high school, Phillips, Ahmeti making most of experience as offensive linemen »PAGE 1B

Despite an announcement made Monday during Central Michigan University’s Student Government Association meeting, the addition of a question about LGBTQ student living preferences will not be implemented by Residence Life.

“The incoming student residence hall questionnaire is not

being changed,” reads a statement released Tuesday by Shaun Holtgreive, executive director of Campus Life. “The Student Government Association had asked the Office of Residence Life to add a question about an applicant’s comfort with sharing a living space with a student who identifies as or is lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, transgender, intersex, asexual or queer.

“We had assured the SGA representative that we would review the request as it pertains to next fall’s residence hall questionnaire. However, we did not say it was approved.”

Holtgreive added that the university has some specific concerns about the ramifications of the proposal – issues that would prevent them from approving the measure altogether.

“We will be scheduling a meeting with SGA to review this decision,”

he said. “We regret any misunderstanding that led SGA members to erroneously announce that the question would be added. It will not.”

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A-Senate Senators tackle changes to classes on discrimination Academic Senate abruptly voted to adjourn its meeting on Tuesday after discussing changing the University Program Group IV-C guideline language.

The motion to change the language is still active. Some senators felt the decisions were moving too fast, and they were afraid they would make a mistake.

“This is huge,” said Joe Finck, a physics faculty member.

“Making a decision right now, we may make a decision that we regret later.”

UP Group IV-C covers “Studies in Racism and Cultural Diversity in the United States.” Classes included in this course must focus on “one or more of the major groups which experience both racism and invidious discrimination in the United States.”

Group IV-C classes could also include courses that focus on groups that are discriminated against because of gender, ethnicity and sexual orientation.

ASL 100, an introduction to the deaf community, the cultural aspects of deafness and the deaf community, was added to the group at Tuesday’s meeting.

Currently, classes focus more on racism in the United States.

Tracy Brown, director of the General Education Committee, said the group is meant to study the ethnic and racial diversity in the world and the U.S. Senators were quick to make a motion to change the language of Group IV-C course guidelines to include more classes like ASL 100. Some, like Nancy Eddy, a communications and dramatic arts faculty member, said the language of the course guidelines could limit classes that discuss other forms of discrimination.

“I would say if I was going to offer a class on LGBT (discrimination,) this would be the category,” Eddy said. “It’s discrimination. If it doesn’t go into cultural diversity, where does it go?”

Katrina Piatek-Jimenez, a math faculty member, said racial discrimination is important to study, but other forms are just as important.

“While I do agree that discrimination due to race has been a huge problem, our country is changing,” she said. “Some of these other discriminations have been hidden or not spoken about.”

David Smith, a philosophy and religion faculty member, said that he was shocked the discussion was going so quickly.

“Not to disparage other forms of discrimination as worthy studies, but I believe it needs to be more than a discussion in the General Education Committee,” he said. “We need to have a discussion university wide.”

Academic Senators will discuss sending the language changes back to their departments. It is still unclear if there will be action on the motion at the Oct. 14 meeting.

Katherine Ranzenberger, News Editor

LIFE INSIDE EDITORIAL: This month, our community comes together in support of the cure »PAGE 4A

Month to remember

Katy Kildee | Staff Photographer Mount Pleasant sophomore Maddi Klause keeps the pink hat her mother wore during chemotherapy with a photo of her mom. Klause lost her mom to breast cancer. She plans on pinning a small square of the fabric to the inside of her graduation gown in remembrance of her mother.

Students share stories of support, loss in the fight against breast cancer

By Sydney Smith Assistant Student Life Editor

When she was 11 years old, Maddi Klause began an exhausting journey of watching someone she loves fight for her life.

“My mom was diagnosed when she was 37,” Klause said. “They told her they caught it early enough, but they did not.”

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to show solidarity with those who are fighting breast cancer. Pink, the official color of breast cancer awareness ribbons, serves as a reminder to show support for others and to get checked for signs of breast cancer.

Klause’s mother, Sheryllin, was diagnosed with breast cancer, an illness that one in eight women will develop in her lifetime. She went through a double mastectomy, the removal of both of her

breasts. After the procedure and a few months of chemotherapy and radiation, the doctors told her she was cancer-free.

About a year later, the cancer cells returned. This time, the cancer spread through her mother’s bones, which affected her ability to walk. Klause’s mother required a walker by the age of 39. Although the cancer had returned, she decided not to endure the pain of chemotherapy, and instead took a different route of treatment, traveling to Mexico for herbal treatments and following a very restrictive diet.

“The breast cancer cells took over and attacked her brain by the time she was 41,” Klause said.

“Two months after getting a brain tumor and refusing chemotherapy because of how it destroyed her body, she lost her battle.”

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ore than 3 million people living in the United States are survivors of breast cancer. Today – the first day of Breast Cancer Awareness Month- we celebrate those who have persevered through the disease and we extend an empathetic hand to those enduring it. For the second year in a row, Central Michigan Life has "gone pink," like so many other organizations around the nation, to raise awareness for breast cancer research, prevention and care. We encourage our students, faculty and staff members to learn more about breast cancer, its causes and ways to protect themselves and their loved ones from a disease that claims so many each year. We encourage them to visit University Health Services for information, or to visit the American Cancer Society website for tips on how to stay healthy. Most of all, we hope that our community can chip in whatever donations they can to the Susan G. Komen Foundation to help find a cure.

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My mom is much more than just a cancer survivor My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was in middle school. Some may say I was too young at the time to fully grasp what was happening, and I would have to agree with them. But I would also say it was something that has left an impact on my family.

I was always optimistic about it. It never once occurred to me that my mom wasn’t going to be OK. But I was always very reserved about it, too. I think I felt if I kept my distance from the situation, I could handle and cope with it better.

Everybody handles sickness in their own way, and if I could offer any advice to anyone in a similar situation I

Andrea Peck Senior Reporter would say the most important thing is to just offer companionship, offer friendship and offer love. Sometimes that’s all you can do.

I don’t remember everything about what happened during that time, but I can say with certainty that some small details stand out with startling clarity. Crying and hugging my mom after she first told me, walking into the kitchen one

night to find my dad shaving my mom’s head because she was sick of her hair falling out; my mom asking me to put together a playlist of happy songs for her to listen to during chemo, the first Race for the Cure we walked after my mom was in remission.

When it’s all said and done, I think my mom’s diagnosis was just a chapter in her life. She always emphasized to me and my sister that this was something that wasn’t going to bring us down, and it hasn’t. It will always be something none of us will ever forget, but it’s in the past.

My mom, the complexities of her personality and her being, can hardly be summed up by

the two words “cancer survivor” and I don’t think she’s ever let it encapsulate who she is. She’s always been so much more than it.

When someone in your family gets cancer, I’ve come to the realization that it’s either going to break the family apart or its going to bring them closer together. And my family was fortunate, because my mom is doing great today and so are we. As a daughter it is so indescribably painful to have to watch your mother go through something like that, but I now see my mom is a fighter and a survivor. Her diagnosis didn’t and still doesn’t define her. And she constantly amazes me.

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LGBTQ | continued from 1A The legislation will allow students to choose whether they are comfortable living with someone who identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersexed, asexual, pansexual or someone whom supports those who are LGBTQIAP. “They’re aiming for it to be implemented in the incoming student questionnaire for next year,” said Rebecca Detroyer, chairperson for the SGA Diversity Committee.

SGA requested that a question be added to the residence life roommate selection questionnaire for students who live on campus next fall. It reads, “At Central Michigan Univer-

Sarah Roebuck Student Life Editor

Hearing a family member has breast cancer is one of the scariest moments a person can experience. It doesn’t matter the age or how the family member is related to you, it still comes as a shock and an overwhelming sense of sadness.

My great aunt, Neva, was diagnosed with breast cancer, and although I was extremely young at the time, I still playback the memories from the day of her funeral.

Seeing what Neva’s death did to my grandma, her sister, still haunts me to this day.

My grandma was never really the same person after that. I never saw someone cry that hard until that moment.

Breast cancer is something that all women have to be aware of, and unfortunately breast cancer has a trend in my family.

There are many types of cancers that are unique

sity we strive to maintain a diverse and inclusive campus.

With this in mind, would you consider yourself comfortable sharing a living space with an individual who identifies as or is, lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, transgender, intersex, asexual, or queer?”

The question is designed in a way that doesn’t force individuals to disclose their sexuality to the Office of Residence Life. Detroyer helped formulate the question that would go on residence hall roommate selection questionnaires.

The idea for this legislation originated from campus groups Spectrum and Transcend, Detroyer said.

One goal is for rooms to have people who all answered yes to this question or all answered no to the question residing together.

Shayna Haynes Heard, the College of Business Administration SGA representative, was the RHA representative to SGA last year and introduced this legislation to the house along with cosponsor Precious-Angel Jennings.

Haynes says this legislation is about helping people to feel safe where they’re living.

“At Central one of our core beliefs is an inclusive community and an inclusive environment,” Haynes said. “So having this inclusiveness in residence halls is essential.”

David Burney, president of the Residence Hall Assembly (RHA), helped to get Detroyer in contact with RHA. He said CMU is a leader with legislation like this.

“Not a whole lot of colleges are doing this,” Burney said.

“It’s great to see CMU leading an effort like this.

Family is everything to the female body, which is extremely terrifying. I always make sure to check for bumps and make sure to take care of myself, because someday, the fears of getting breast cancer could become a reality.

This is not something I’m saying to sound bleak, but it is the truth. I am aware I am not invincible, nor am I immune to cancer. It’s a scary thought, but it’s a reminder to take care of myself.

My mother, one of the strongest women I know, is a nurse at the University of Michigan hospital.

She has always been tough on me, but she definitely reminds me to recognize when something is wrong, and when something is not.

My mom went in for her yearly mammogram, and she always had a normal result. A couple years ago, the doctors found a cyst.

Knowing about the signs of breast cancer, a cyst can be the beginning of a cancerous growth.

The doctors remained calm and asked her to come back in to check and see if it was cancerous. Luckily, it was not.

Breast cancer runs in my family, so when my mom told me they found a cyst in her breast, it was extremely alarming. Thankfully, my mom has lived a happy, healthy life since then and continues to be healthy.

Cancer is the worst kind of evil that has come to our earth, in my opinion. Unfortunately, it is something we have to live with and it is something we have to fear.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and it is very important for women to be aware of their bodies and take the extra steps to detect the disease at an early stage, if it happens.

Life happens fast, and the best thing someone can do is to be one step ahead if possible. Everything happens for a reason, even when it is unclear why devastating events happen to people.

Remember | continued from 1A Klause remembers her mother’s will to fight. Sheryllin he was not a woman to sit back and let cancer happen. She had six ‘favorite’ wigs when she was going through chemotherapy. Being a mother was the most important to her.

“Whatever it took to keep herself around her kids, she did it,” Klause said. “She lived like cancer wasn’t even a thing in her life.”

Whether it is a mother taking care of her children while battling breast cancer or a grand daughter taking care of a grandmother, sacrifices are a common part of human emotion when put through a hard time unexpectedly. Holland junior Samm Grubbs knows what it’s like to sacrifice parts of her own life for the sake of someone else.

About seven years ago, Grubbs’ grandmother was diagnosed with breast cancer.

‘It was a really long road and a lot of never knowing if I was going to have her around the next day,” she said. “It was a lot of chemo, hair loss, a small, sick looking woman, hospital visits and a lot of worry.”

Because her grandmother lived in Chicago, Grubbs took time away from school

and her personal life to be with her grandmother. By putting her own emotions on the back burner, Grubbs was able to focus on making her grandmother as comfortable as possible.

“I focused all my attention and emotions on her and making her more comfortable, telling her she is loved,” Grubbs said.

About two years ago, Grubbs’ grandmother went into remission, a huge relief to Grubbs and her family.

“We’ve only had two scares since remission,” she said. “She got her second chance at life.”

While being a woman and getting older are the two primary risk factors for breast cancer, it can affect a person at any age. Many other things are the the minds of young college students, so Grosse Pointe Park senior Sarah Lanyon took immediate action when her doctor discovered a lump in her breast.

“At first they just wanted to leave it because they kept telling me it didn’t feel cancerous,” Lanyon said.

“My mom and I didn’t feel comfortable just leaving it” Lanyon said her great grandmother and grandmother both had breast cancer, so making sure she was healthy was a priority.

Though the lump was not cancerous, it was a reminder Lanyon needs to take care of herself, especially considering her family’s history.

“This definitely has made

me more conscious,” she said. “I check myself more than I did before and I make sure that I go to the gyno regularly.”

Watching their loved ones fight and going through a cancer scare has made these women stronger advocates for breast cancer awareness.

From donating money to the cause or participating in breast cancer walks, these students joined the fight to end breast cancer in honor of their family members.

“I was lucky enough to have a tumor that wasn’t cancerous, but I tell all my friends to wear pink and support the fight against breast cancer because there are other people who are not as lucky as me,” Lanyon said.

Although supporting someone through cancer is extremely challenging, hardships often bring out a person’s true character. For Maddi Klause, seeing her mother’s determination was the ultimate inspiration for her.

“My mother was not a woman to let cancer ruin her life,” she said. “She was the ultimate definition of a fighter.”

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Beddow Hall sophomores Sarah Scalici and Amy Wilson prepare for the beginning of the medallion hunt Sunday night.

Medallion Hunt continues

By Kelsey Smith Senior Reporter

Across Central Michigan University the search is on.

Taking to the furthest corners of campus, Shelby Township sophomore Sarah Scalici and her team of Beddow Hall residents are desperate to uncover the elusive Medallion.

“There’s a fire in me,” Scalici said.

“This will be my last year in Beddow, so I need to find the medallion.”

As clues have been revealed, the team has been debating on possible locations and made future plans for the hunt. Petoskey senior Alexis Denoyer is on her fourth medallion hunt. Teamwork this year has been what keeps her

going this year, she said.

“The hunt is going super great, I love every minute of it,” Denoyer said. “We’re doing really well, I’m proud of our team. We have multiple ideas for every clue that we’ve been given. We are ready to find it.”

Scalici said the hall has split up into three teams: one “hub” team stays in Beddow and plans strategies, and two ‘running’ teams go out and search campus.

Waiting on more clues to further their progress is what the team is focusing on right now.

“We are slowly but surely getting there,” Scalici said. “Only having a few clues, it’s been hard, but with the team we have, we have some good things going. Teamwork makes the dream work.”

Shelby Township sophomore Austin Sarhan has enjoyed the hunt so far and has found ways to ‘deceive’ other teams. Sarhan is excited to go out each night and further the team’s progress during the search.

“We were only outside, for like, an hour the first night,” Sarhan said. “It’s been fun, I wish they gave more clues though. I was talking on the phone, and when each person would walk by, I asked, “Wait who told you that it was in the library?” so they would get distracted and head over to the library.”

Sunday night’s first search was a basic layout for how the rest of the week would go for the group.

Splitting up into separate groups to cover more ground is what

has worked the most effectively, Shelby Township sophomore Makenzie Furber said.

“Last night we were kind of running all over the place, we have all of these ideas. Hopefully we get more of a centralized clue so we kind of know better of where the area is,” Furber said. “We split up and covered more areas last night, we have a good team dynamic going.”

Communication between the teams is helping them focus and plan a clear strategy, Furber said.

“A lot of people are getting involved and thinking outside of the box, which is nice,” she said. “We talk about updates with everyone, we have good communication. It’s only day two, but it’s been a lot of fun.”

Students score points during Maroon Mania Instagram challenge

By Brianne Twiddy Senior Reporter

Frantically running around campus, smart phones in hand, students hunted and competed for images.

Students were tasked Tuesday to fulfill their photo goal list during the annual homecoming Maroon Mania Instagram Challenge.

Registering by giving their Instagram handles to the judges, student photos were scored as they were posted. Each group was given a list of 100 goals to complete, with up to three being allowed per photo.

“I had to do this because I’m vice president of my hall but other than that, I wanted to do it to meet new people and get involved on campus and show my CMU spirit,” said Kit Skoog, a sophomore from Royal Oak. Students only had one hour to complete the goal list of 100 photos.

The time restraint added some pressure to the competitors, some who had entered the competition determined to win.

“Our hall came in fourth place last year and we want first place this

year,” said Nick Gembarski, a sophomore from Harrison Township.

However, not every competitor came with only winning in mind.

Samantha McAllen, a senior from Grand Blank, decided to participate in the competition to show her school spirit, while teammate Diana Sanchez, a senior from Mount Clemens, admitted to using it as a bonding experience for her sorority.

“This is our way of integrating the Littles to our group, so it’s kind of just bonding and building some good skills together, so that’s why we primarily do it,” Sanchez said.

The teams also had the opportunity to win three extra bonus points by being awarded best campus-based photograph, funniest photograph, most impressive photograph, most scholarly photograph, most spirited photograph, best decades photograph, best squirrel photograph and most dramatic photograph.

Once the hour was up, the groups rushed back to the Finch Fieldhouse to tally up their scores.

“We got quite a few down but it’s not just about getting about that be-

Emily Brouwer | Staff Photographer Harrison Township sophmore Nick Gembarski, center, takes a photo of his group during the Maroon Mania Instagram Competition on Tuesday evening.

cause you get extra points for getting more than one thing in each picture,” said Bridget TimBook, a junior from Ohio.

They didn’t find the time restraint too restrictive because of the simpleness of some photos, like “do a duck face” and “take a selfie.”

“We’re also competing for the Maroon Cup, so we kind of have

to get points so that’s why we’re here,” said Stephanie Oldeck, a senior from Tecumseh.

Maroon Mania is one of the competitive events of homecoming week. Students earn points for each event they compete in. At the end of the week, the points are totaled and the winner is announced at Saturday’s football game.

Food Relay and Field Games offer distraction for students

By Alaina Jaster Staff Reporter

Walking into the Finch Fieldhouse on Monday, the sounds of chanting and cheering students waiting to compete in annual Food Relay and Field Games echoed throughout the athletic complex.

Beginning at 7:30p.m., residence halls and fraternities squared off in a series of food eating events and games.

The event was hosted by the office of Student Activities and Involvement.

While many people were experiencing the games for the first time, there were a few upperclassmen that were even more pumped to be returning for another round.

This was our first year at the competition as an official fraternity,” said junior Tyler Judd, a member of Sigma Pi. “The twinkie challenge was a little much, but we love to get involved with everyone and compete with our friends.”

The food relay included challenges that went along with this year’s homecoming theme of “decades.” There were fruit rollups, a Hubba Bubba

challenge and students even had to eat baby food out of a jar without using their own hands.

“I’m glad that the food was better this year compared to last,” said sophomore DaRon Turner. “Team Cobb is really excited to be a part of homecoming and we’ve got a great group of residents this year who were ready to compete.”

During the field games portion of the event, each team was put at the starting line, and when the whistle blew, students tried their hardest to get the shortest relay time. The events within the relay were also related to the “decades” theme and included things like unraveling a cassette tape, mummifying a team member with toilet paper and an oldfashioned egg toss.

Larzelere’s team had signs, banners and even a fan group.

“Larzelere is extremely involved in a lot of things on campus and especially homecoming,” sophomore Emileigh Stoll, president of Larzelere hall said. “This is my first year at the games, but I know we’re all super excited to be involved, and

Greg Cornwell | Staff Photographer Sandusky junior Bryan Kohn feeds baby food to Alma freshman Danielle Francis.

it’s great to see the pride being brought out of each organization.”

The teams for the event were split into two main groups. Group A got to do the games first and Group B was the relay. Each hall or organization got to compete in each of the challenges and nine people were chosen for each thing. This way of organization made things smoother and raised competitiveness between the teams.

Each team was timed during their challenges, and the teams with the fastest times were the winners.

“We wanted to find events that not only went with the theme,” said senior Rachel Quinn, Public Relations and Marketing Chair for the games.

“But also events that every student could find a strength in. The games are all about people having fun and getting some CMU spirit.”

Central Michigan University has been named as one of the best colleges in the nation for improving the earnings and attaining quality employment of students.

The university was ranked 59 out of 1,224 schools across the nation by Educate to Career.

Educate to Career is a nonprofit organization that analyzes student quality when they start college, the costs of attending and the outcome when they start their careers.

“The crisis in higher education is not one of education,” said Michael R. Havis, president and founder of Educate To Career, in a statement released Tuesday. “The crisis is one of failed outcomes, in which 50 percent of recent college graduates earn degrees that are not tracking to jobs or careers relevant to their degrees.”

Havis said 70 percent of college graduates enter the job market with an average of $33,000 in student loans and other debt.

CMU is one of two Michigan colleges ranked in the top 100.

Grand Valley State University came in at number 24.

Western Michigan University ranked 232 and Eastern Michigan University was ranked at 598.

University of Michigan was ranked 405. Michigan State University was ranked 468.

Katherine Ranzenberger, News Editor

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Annual safety report available Central Michigan University Police Department released an annual security and fire safety report, Tuesday.

The yearly report outlines crime statistics on campus for the last three years. Crimes statistics outlined include forcible and non-forcible sexual offenses, aggravated assaults, liquor law arrests and drug law arrests.

The report also includes information about crime prevention, emergency notifications, fire safety, emergency evacuation procedures and ways to report crimes.

Hard copies of the reports are available from CMUPD, 1720 S. East Campus Drive. Reports can also be picked up at the Office of Student Conduct in the Bovee University Center, the Office of Residence Life in Ronan Hall, the Welcome Center at Public Broadcasting, Ticket Central in the Events Center and the Admissions Office in Warriner Hall.

A digital copy of the report can also be found on the CMUPD website.

Katherine Ranzenberger, News Editor

CMU joins Italian university in road research Although they are on different sides of the world, Central Michigan University and Cattolica University in Milan, Italy, are teaming up for research on making roads safer around the world.

Using similar technology like driving simulators, research is conducted on attention and driving in older adults and people with attention, neurological or developmental disorders.

The main idea is that CMU is a rural area and Cattolica is in a more urban area, so researchers are hoping to collaborate on training of certain populations of drivers.

The collaboration began when a faculty member from Cattolica worked at CMU’s Center for Driving Evaluation, Education and Research, which evaluates fitness to drive and education to improve driver safety.

Representatives from Cattolica visited CMU recently to learn more about research and will be back later in the semester to collaborate further.

Sydney Smith Assistant Student Life Editor

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EDITORIAL | Our community comes together in support of cure

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Adrian Hedden Managing Editor

ore than 3 million people living in the United States are survivors of breast cancer. Today – the first day of Breast Cancer Awareness Month- we celebrate those who have persevered through

the disease, and we extend an empathetic hand to those fighting it.

Most importantly, we remember that we as a community are battling breast cancer. Shrouded in symbolic pink, we work to find a cure for the disease that has caused so many families pain and cut so many lives too short.

Everyone has been impacted by breast cancer in one way or another – whether it is the diagnosis of a loved one, a friend, a neighbor, a coworker, etc.

We find strength in the fact that, despite the heartbreak and struggle, our resolve has not been shaken. The fight to find a cure continues.

As the leaves begin changing colors during October, Central Michigan University’s campus will be flooded with pink and decorated with awareness ribbons, posters and sidewalk chalk as a constant reminder of that sentiment.

In between the typically jam-packed fall agenda of school, work, social life and Halloween festivities, we must stay mindful of a cause that transcends the normal day-to-day bustle. There are plenty of ways to a play a role in Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Monetary donation to reputable charities is one of the easiest and most common ways to contribute. The American Cancer Society, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation are among the many organizations that have made fundraising for breast cancer research their business.

Although we urge our community to support the cause, we caution them not to do so blindly. As our entire nation paints itself pink, we face the sad reality that not everyone does it for the right reasons.

Donators should make certain they know where their money is going, how the money will be spent and if any of it will be cut by the charity foundation for a profit.

The famous pink ribbon has been plastered on everything from food products to t-shirts. However, just because an item sports the logo does not necessarily mean any of your money will go to cancer research, or even that the company endorses the cause.

Beware of greedy corporations cashing

FACTS YOU NEED TO KNOW Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide and the second most common cause of death. Here are some other important statistics: w About one in eight women will

be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime, according to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

w Each year, over 220,000 women

in the United States will be diagnosed with the disease, and more than 40,000 will die.

w About 2,150 men in the U.S. will

be diagnosed with breast cancer, and approximately 410 will die each year.

w Five to 10 percent of breast

cancers occur in women with a genetic predisposition for the disease. Most breast cancer cases are not related to a direct family history of the disease.

w Breast cancer diagnosis rates

are highest among non-Hispanic white women, while breast cancer death rates are highest among African American women.

- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization

in by trying to pull at the heartstrings of customers.

Besides digging into pockets, getting involved is as easy as keeping your calendar open for breast cancer awareness events and activities.

CMU’s Colleges Against Cancer will

Breast cancer awareness, not greed In case you needed reminding, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Basically, it’s 31 days of pink.

It seems great on the surface, aside from the fact that it’s a huge gimmick that contributes to cancer – objectification of women and capitalism, that is.

I will preface this by saying that I am all for being concerned about breast cancer, especially since one in eight women will experience it in her lifetime. The problem is the way we are being made “aware” of breast cancer, especially considering that being aware is not the same as being active.

You can buy any product in pink to “support breast cancer awareness,” but these purchases are hardly meaningful. This commercializes breast cancer from a serious disease into a profitable product. My biggest problem here is that it seems like large corporations are actually concerned about something other than money, but pink products are generally more expensive. It’s great for public relations, but not so great for finding a cure.

It seems to me that if companies cared more about people and less about selling more products, they would just donate money to breast cancer research. Unfortunately, that’s not the case.

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It’s blatantly obvious that corporations don’t care about people with breast cancer because some products that are ‘pinkwashed’ actually contribute to cancer, including cosmetics and cars. Yes, you can even buy a pink car.

What really gets me is that breast cancer awareness was originally started by a group of feminist activists who were fed up with not being able to talk about breasts. Funding was extremely limited, care for breast cancer patients was hardly available and many women did not have proper access to preventative care, much less treatment.

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breast cancer awareness to even hit most people’s radar. Now, it’s contributing directly to capitalism, something I think those feminist activists would be less-than-thrilled with.

Pink ribbons were originally worn by survivors to get rid of the stigma that you had to be quiet about (gasp!) breasts. They then started being worn by supporters of survivors and are now being bought by companies to use for profit.

On top of all of this, popular campaigns for breast cancer awareness objectify and dehumanize survivors.

Campaigns like “Save the tata’s” and “I heart boobies” turn people into breasts and not human beings. In case you didn’t know, sometimes people with breast cancer have to get one or both breasts removed in order to save their life. It becomes

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We can wear all the pink apparel we please, pin as many ribbons to our backpacks as we desire and print as many pink papers as we want, but we must remember the true spirit of Breast Cancer Awareness Month: coming to together as a community in support of a cure.

less about people dying and more about there being less boobs to look at.

The bottom line is: It’s extremely important to be concerned about breast cancer. If that’s something important to you, it’s time to do some research on where your money is going.

Instead of buying that pink nail polish or water bottle, donate to actual research.

Donate to groups that may not receive adequate care, like lower-income women.

Don’t give yourself a pat on the back for “saving the ta-ta’s” or contributing to the funds of mega-corporations. Do your research and donate your time and money to something that’s worthwhile for people actually going through breast cancer.

Good doers don’t pat themselves on the back anyways.

On the campus of Central Michigan University, a powerful LGBTQ population has worked tirelessly to cultivate a culture of acceptance.

The same movement for equality occurred in the 1960s civil rights movement.

Our country rose to the occasion to erase racism.

Now we must crush homophobia.

The Student Government Association is hoping to adjust residence hall questionnaires to allow students to choose whether or not they want to live with LGBTQ roommates.

This is indulging bigotry.

Debated as a means to keep LGBTQ students safe from violence and oppression at the hands of homophobes, it is clear SGA’s heart is in the right place.

While accepting of the LGBTQ students at CMU, the SGA hopes to also accept those who would rather they did not exist.

A generation that prides itself on acceptance and forward thinking should not accept hatred under the guise of entitling everyone to their own “opinion.”

We cannot continue to acknowledge the hateful preferences of those who disagree with LGBTQ’s place in this university.

As has been explained by law enforcement officials countless times in recent years, those looking to assault students for any reason have no place on this campus.

Regardless of perceived political views, any student who would endanger another does not deserve to live on campus, and they certainly cannot hide from what they don’t understand.

As a generation we must now admit that, like racists, homophobes also do not belong here.

The debate of accepting homophobia is going on across the country. Homophobic parents become enraged that public school teachers might be gay. They believe their children should not be exposed to something parents find sinful.

Homosexuality, bisexuality and transexuality are here to stay. It’s even becoming apparent that traditional heterosexuality may not be as prevalent as some might want to believe.

Students come to this campus, to college, to become less sheltered.

The world is full of people who live and who love in ways drastically different from one another. Any student unwilling to coexist, even share a room, with someone who has a sexual identity different from their own is not ready for college.

If you do not accept homosexuality, you have a problem, not CMU. As with the racists of past generations, you’re on the wrong side of history.

This debate must end with us.

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Beaver Island offers a paradise experience for science students

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She’s been a Central Michigan Life advertising representative, Miss Michigan USA, and a Survivor contestant, but Jaclyn Schultz still identifies first and foremost as a Central Michigan University Chippewa.

The 2010 alumna is competing on “Survivor: San Juan Del Sur Blood vs.

Water” with her boyfriend, Jon Misch, a 2011 Michigan State University graduate.

Schultz, who has been an open advocate for awarness of MRKH syndrome, was Miss Michigan USA in 2013. Shultz was born with MRKH, which means she was born without a uterus.

MRKH syndrome affects one in 4,500 women around the world.

Schultz said she hopes to win the million dollars so she can adopt and find a surrogate to start a family.

CM Life chatted with Schultz and Misch about their college experiences, why they would come back during homecoming and what being a “Survivor” contestant is like.

What do you miss most about college?

Schultz: The whole college experience in general and walking around on campus. I miss CM Life the most. I worked there for two years. It was a good group of people.

Misch: I miss playing football, the guys on the team, the locker room.

What’s the best night you ever had in Mount Pleasant?

Schultz: There’s so many.

The Wayside was probably involved. I lived on Douglas Street for a while. I lived with eight girls, and we were tailgating and walked to the game. I remember going to O’Kelly’s and Wayside after, too.

Misch: I was at an apartment complex once that I had a blast at. It was during Welcome Week. It almost made me think that Welcome Week at CMU was better than Michigan State.

What do you do now for work?

Schultz: I’m in public relations at The D, a Detroitthemed casino in Las Vegas.

Misch: I’m at The D as well. I’m the restaurant manager for Andiamo.

Andiamo is a restaurant that started in Detroit, and they added one here in the casino. I’m in charge of the wine selections as well.

What did you do in college that got you into that?

Schultz: My roommate’s boyfriend worked at CM Life. She said, “Your major is PR. You should work there!” It definitely steered me in the direction. It gave me a head start well before graduating.

What kind of advice do you have for current students?

Schultz: To be as involved as you can within your major. That’s when you figure out what you’re doing. It’s a completely different thing to be doing something and getting that experience before you graduate. It’s really beneficial.

Misch: The biggest thing I learned from being at MSU was time management. That’s probably the best thing people can learn or get a feel for. Making sure they get to all their classes. Making sure they get their work done. I had a spurt where I wasn’t doing as well. What I found was that my time management wasn’t the best. Make sure you have all your ducks in a row. Not missing class.

Once you miss one you’re going to miss 20.

What was it like being on “Survivor” together?

Schultz: Going into it, we were nervous and excited.

We knew there could be the possibility that we could have to vote each other off. We were apprehensive about that. We wanted to work together going into it.

Misch: One of the things we talk about a lot is that going into this much adversity could really bring us together or really tear

us apart. We were pretty confident going into it.

Schultz: I was nervous. I knew we would go through things that other people would watch. Allowing people inside the relationship is scary.

What was the process like of getting onto the show?

Schultz: One of the casting directors messaged me on Facebook. He asked if I was interested in doing the show. Initially, I was asked if I would be on “The Amazing Race”. It was literally a year-long process. We were sending in different casting videos.

Once they met Jon, they loved him.

Misch: They said I was very loud. That fits my description well.

Schultz: One of the other beauty queens (on Survivor is) from like Colorado. She switched from “The Amazing Race” to “Survivor”.

Misch: We were getting so frustrated because we had to put all of these videos together describing who we were. It was taking so much time!

Schultz: We were supposed to be light hearted.

Off camera, we were frustrated!

Misch: We had to act like we haven’t shot this 100 times.

Schultz: We drank wine to get through it.

Out in the middle of Lake Michigan, there’s an island where the sun shines down on the tree tops and the waves crash upon the shore.

Different ecosystems – bogs, marshes, fens, and lakes – come together to make the scientific equivalent of paradise.

For Central Michigan University students in the science fields, there’s no better than Beaver Island.

Donald Uzarski, director of both CMU Institute for Great Lakes Research and of CMU Biological Station, calls the station “one of a kind.”

“It’s a biology station, but we do more than just teach biology,” Uzarski said. “We teach classes up there, both undergraduate and graduate level classes.”

Classes taught on the island include biology, chemistry, geography, and more. On site, students have access to a stateof-the-art “mesocosm” research facility, a weather station and a 38-foot research vessel. Doors open for the island facility in April and the station is winterized some time in the summer.

This past summer, over 200 students took classes on Beaver Island, with 159 students in attendance being CMU students. A little more than 13 miles long, the only way to reach the station is by air or ferry.

Students there typically stay for three weeks during the summer.

The island serves more than CMU students, however. One “special class,” Bio 100 Z, or field biology, is open to high school juniors and seniors. Only excepting the best of the best, as recommended by their high school instructors, the experience on

the island is used to draw in prospective university students.

“It’s designed for high school students to start to obtain university credits,” Uzarski said. “So they’re getting regular CMU credits for this class but we use it really as a great recruiting tool.”

High school students are able to earn three credits, or roughly 15 weeks’ worth of material, in just two weeks.

There are several different options for students living on the island. Barrackstyle dorms are available, with males and females being separated into different wings. Students may also stay at the campground on the island, or pitch their own tent.

John Gordon, manager of the CMU Biological Station on Beaver Island, states that the cost of staying on the island as a whole is “relatively inexpensive,” totaling at roughly $33 a night for staying in the campsite.

Staying in the dorms costs slightly more, standing at $36.50 a night. The extra expense for both facets of lodging, says Gordon, is to compensate for meals and housing.

“The extra cost to take a class on Beaver Island is for room and board,” Gordon

said. “Tuition dollars are the same.”

Transportation to and from the airport is provided

by CMU, he added. The university also facilitates activities done during the duration of the student’s stay.

Other than having a unique approach to learning, Uzarski states that the main goal of having students at Beaver Island is to enable them to learn in a hands-on manner about their field of study that they “just can’t do from campus”.

“If you’re taking any kind of field biology, or geology course, or even environmental chemistry course, this is the perfect place to do it,” Uzarski said. “This small island really contains every major ecosystem that the entire mainland of Michigan contains.”

Gordon also cites the intensity and the shortened duration of courses as another draw for students. “(The classes are) three credit courses done in three weeks’ time,” Gordon said.

“Whereas on main campus those three credits would take (a student) 15 weeks.”

Students interested in attending a class on Beaver Island can visit the CentralLink on cmich.edu for more information.

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Did you ever think you’d ever do something like this again?

Schultz: I don’t regret doing it, but I wouldn’t do it again.

Misch: I would love to do again. I really enjoyed it.

Schultz: I enjoyed it, but it was a once in a lifetime thing.

Are there any similarities between college and reality shows?

Misch: I think that in college there are always people that have ulterior motives. I think that that is definitely a similarity. That would be the biggest one that I would recognize.

Schultz: There’s always haters.

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Homecoming ambassadors battle to represent CMU, student body

By Brianne Twiddy Staff Reporter

With Homecoming Week underway, the ambassadors are working hard to represent their organizations and school.

Nominated by different on-campus groups, residence halls and other registered student organizations, the group of 10 is eventually whittled down to one male and one female pair and are chosen as the de facto leaders of the Central Michigan University community during the climax of the university’s homecoming festivities.

Students can vote online for their favorite ambassador, all under the premise that the individual is the best representation of CMU’s diverse student body.

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Farmington Hills senior Lydia Miller was flattered to find out she was nominated as a homecoming ambassador

by Sexual Aggression Peer Advocates, considering it a compliment to the hard work she’s put into the school over the last four years.

She works as a sexual aggression peer advocate, lunch buddy helper, an alternative break site leader, a helper of College Against Cancer and is a member of the Greek Life community.

“It’s kind of saying congratulations and that you really do bleed maroon and gold,” Miller said. “I know how cheesy that sounds, but I really love CMU and it’s truly the best school in Michigan.”

This love and passion for CMU can be found in many of the ambassadors, including Midland senior Danielle Cowles, who hopes to use her position to inspire students to get involved on campus and get the most out of their college experience.

“I like to be involved on campus. I love CMU and I want students to know how amazing CMU is and that they can make the most out of their college experience in the long run,” Cowles said.

She compared the possibility of being crowned a gold ambassador as “the cherry on top of ice cream sundae” because to her, being in the Top Five ambassadors was a large enough compliment.

“There’s a lot of students on campus who do amazing things, so to be put in that group of students is amazing,” Cowles said.

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Westland senior Jennifer Drum also hopes to inspire students to stay involved on campus and to attend as many events as possible.

“I try to get involved with whatever I can on campus, whether it’s going to a sporting event or going to speakers,” Drum said. “I’m able to stay involved on campus and live up to what CMU’s values are.”

Drum is currently involved in the leader institute and is a alpha coordinator for one of their programs. She works in the Leadership Safari office, is a campus ambassador and is part of the honors program.

But for Saginaw senior Marie Reimers, just joining the clubs she felt passionate about wasn’t enough.

In her freshman year, she joined Spectrum, an organization dedicated to unite the LGBTQ community and their allies through diversity and friendship, before noticing an absence in feminist groups on campus. This inspired her to create SAGE, or Students Advocating Gender Equality, displaying her dedication for a diverse and equal campus.

“I’ve really grown in my CMU career and I’ve been able to experience a variety of different things, which I think makes me a better homecoming ambassador,” Reimers explained.

She was student body president for a year and is now working for Student Activities and Involvement.

Her personal growth that occurred during her time at CMU has left Lansing senior

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Tyler Bradley with a sense of purpose.

As a freshman at Leadership Safari, when her guide, also a top five homecoming ambassador, told her that an ambassador means being really involved on campus and having to be nominated, she ruled herself out immediately.

“Five years later, I’m here,” she said. “So to me, it’s an opportunity to represent my school and to be proud of myself because I was this girl who thought I’d never be able to do this and now I can represent my school and be proud of myself and Central.”

She’s now a multicultural adviser in Calkins Hall, a MAC scholar, part of the Disney college program alumni program, and is part of Alpha Psi Omega. As a dance minor, she’s performed in three MAINstage productions and two student productions, was part of Student Research and Creative Endeavors spring performances twice, is choreographing her own showcase. She is currently directing and choreographing her own dance show.

“I can look in the mirror and be happy with who I am,” Bradley said. “I found myself here and thanks to CMU, I can look people in the eye and say it’s changed me and that’s why I embody a good ambassador for the college.”

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Nominated by the Carey Hall Council, Detroit senior Chuck Mahone isn’t taking the nomination lightly.

As SGA president and as a Multicultural adviser of Carey hall, he considers himself to be someone who “chooses the things he’s the most passionate about and give 110 percent.”

He says that while it’s hard to say he’s someone who stands for what Central wants to be, he’s striving heavily towards it by constantly trying to improve himself.

“It’s really not something you could say I’ve done. It’s something you’re striving to become. You want to be that person people can say that they represent what CMU has to offer,” Mahone said.

As the only junior ambassador, Josh Palmer from Livonia still believes he has a lot to offer and is fully prepared to accept the responsibilities that come along with the position of a gold ambassador. “[The gold ambassador position is] one of those things I’d be honored to hold because of what it truly represents, which is that CMU is a place that you can discover what you’re passionate about, take advantage of endless opportunities, and be part of a community that cares,”

Palmer said.

His diverse work around campus and the local community inspired him to pursue a career in higher education, a career he hopes will one day help future college students after graduation.

Troy senior Scott Stewart isn’t a stranger to helping out on and off campus. He’s President of PRSSA, a service ambassador, has done three alternative breaks, works Office of Information and Technology in Wolt as lab consultant, and is an office assistant in Towers student assistant center.

Stewart finds himself to be a good representative of what CMU stands for: Wisdom, virtue, and friendship.

“I’m happy to volunteer and I make myself known around campus. I live by those values and I live by my own per-

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sonal values,” he explained. “I try to keep a friendly face and help people out as much as possible. There’s the take care initiative, which encapsulates my own personal view on how I treat others.”

According to Novi senior Justin Mustonen, there are two types of ambassadors: The type that picks up the CMU flag, runs down Washington and has people run out of residence halls and follow them and then there’s the kind who put it around their shoulders like a cape and pretend that they’re superman and start talking to people on the street and eventually have people start walking with them.

Mustonen considers himself the latter. A listener instead of a speaker, while he may not consider himself an extrovert, he enjoys talking and making personal connections with people.

“I think I represent another avenue in that showing I have these connections to Central,” he said. “I view Central as my home, I just may not showcase that every day, it’s more subtle.

I hope people look to me and see that and some identify with that and realize that it’s okay not to wear Central gear every day, but you can still bleed maroon and gold.”

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Alumni take over Moore Hall Radio during Homecoming Week

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

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Emily Mesner | Staff Photographer A photo of the 1963 Central Michigan University homecoming queen and court is held up to the current location on CMU’s campus of where the photo was originally taken in 1963.

Days of homecoming past

By Andrea Peck Senior Reporter

Students have become familiar with Central Michigan University’s modern Homecoming, but in 1964, it was a bit different.

Homecoming activities began Friday, Oct.16 with a pep rally sponsored by the Chippewa Boosters Club.

Highlights from the pep rally included a snake dance, which began in the South Quad area, moved past the dorms, picked up the band on campus and ended at the bleachers near the football field.

During the pep rally, the court of the Homecoming queen was presented and

cheerleaders performed. The rally ended with a fireworks display and was followed by a large bonfire.

“In past years, Jim Stomer, a Chippewa Indian, has performed a ceremonial dance at the rally but appeared for the last time in 1963,” reads a 1964 article published in Central Michigan Life.

The Homecoming parade featured 26 marching units and floats, decked out in the year’s theme “That Was The Year That Was.” Spotlighted in the parade was a float carrying Homecoming queen, Niles junior Marcia Molica, and her court. The parade also featured Central’s 115-piece Chippewa Marching Band.

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Other activities for Homecoming included two Homecoming Balls, held in the Finch Building gymnasium and the University Center -formerly located in Groan Hall- class reunions for the classes of 1939 and 1953-63 and special alumni dances.

At the Homecoming game’s halftime, Queen Marcia Molica was crowned by CMU President Judson W. Foust, and the marching band presented their program, “Music of the Dorsey Brothers.”

Adding to the fan fare, CMU played Western Illinois University for their football game and lost 7-41. At CMU’s first Homecoming in 1924, the Chippewa’s played Alma College and won 13-0.

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Alumni from the School of Broadcast and Cinematic Arts are ready to take over the airwaves they once ruled when they were on campus.

“I think the wonderful thing about it is it’s alumnus from all years of our program,” said Peter Orlik, BCA department chair. “We have a rich history that dates back to 1972 and we have some folks form almost that far. When you get that generational mix that’s great for everyone, the alumni and our students.”

Tom Moore and Bill Thompson, two ‘70s graduates, threw the idea out to the department, and it was accepted. The event had minor success the first three years of the takeover, but as word traveled, Thompson said more alumni wanted to get in on the action.

A $25 per-shift donation was set as the event began to grow. Soon the event was 48 hours long, broken into two to three hour shifts where alumni could go on the air.

Thompson said the only limitations were those by the Federal Communications Commission.

“Several of my generation are out of the industry, and this was an opportunity to come back and have fun,” Thompson said.

“We’ve had some real wild shows.”

Thompson is now the audio news editor of the Michigan Radio Network, and Moore is a news anchor and reporter for WTAM Cleveland.

From humble beginnings, the alumni takeover at WMHW 91.5 FM have expanded from merely having fun to positively impacting the BCA program.

“I think the wonderful thing about it is it’s alumnus from all years of our program.”

Peter Orlik, BCA department chair The fundraising from selling time slots became so large, the alumni were able to create the Al Painter Outstanding Newcomer Scholarship in memory of Painter, who died in 2006.

“We wanted to give back, it was just stated at $100 now its $500 to a faculty selected freshman or transfer student,” Thompson said.

They have been working to raise enough funds to make it an endowed scholarship. The alumni need $10,000 to achieve this, and Thompson said he expects to reach that goal this year.

The alumni takeover will start at midnight on Friday with Ron Dewey, who graduated from CMU in ‘84 and now works at WWJ Newsradio 950, a CBS-affiliated AM radio station in Detroit. He will be playing songs from the band Yes. Dewey said this will be his third year as a part of the take over. He said he always has a lot of fun returning to his home turf.

“I did a Saturday shift (the first year), and I got the same goosebumps I

had 28 years ago,” Dewey said. “All the same feelings of excitement and anxiety came back to me.”

At 3 p.m. on Friday, there will be a live broadcast of the dedication of the radio stations to Jerry Henderson, a retired faculty member of the School of Broadcast and Cinematic Arts.

There will also be a remote broadcast in the alumni tailgating lot from 1-3 p.m. on Saturday.

Some of the other segments include “History of Military Music,” “Songs from Cinema” and “Wayback Wayside.”

Moore said alumni come from all over the nation to take part in the event.

Some even come as far as Washington D.C. and Chicago. Thompson said one alumni participated over Skype while he was in South Africa.

“I was never in a fraternity and several of the guys were, but the station is like a fraternity once you’re in it,” Thompson said. “I’ve kept in touch with these guys since I graduated.”

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World traveler, engineer plans week of presentations around campus

By Malachi Barrett Senior Reporter

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International engineer Barbara Oakley is the latest in the Teaching and Learning Collective’s fall speaker series.

From Wednesday to Friday, Oakley will give a series of presentations. She has amassed a collection of interesting adventures, ranging from being a captain in the U.S. Army, a radio operator at the South Pole Station in Antarctica and a Russian translator on Soviet trawlers in the Bering Sea. The topics of discussion are rooted in quantitative

reasoning, relating to her latest book, “A Mind for Numbers.” Oakley draws on research into how the brain works and the mind learns to reveal the secrets to learning math and science.

The first presentation is scheduled to begin 12:30 p.m. in the University Center Auditorium. It will feature a student workshop referencing “A Mind for Numbers” and reach students who feel naturally disadvantaged in math.

On Thursday, she will give two presentations.

The first, titled “STEM and Women: What Does it Take to Succeed in College and

Careers?” is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. in the UC, followed by “Learning How to Learn: Insights from Neuroscience (and Zombies!)” at 7 p.m. in Plachta Auditorium.

The TLC is sponsored by the College of Humanities, Social and Behavioral Sciences and the Faculty Center for Innovative Teaching.

This speaker series has been made possible by the Office of the Provost.

The series ends on Friday at 9 a.m. in the UC Terrace Room with a presentation titled “Teaching Quantitative Reasoning: A Conversation with Faculty.”

Student plans play to celebrate homecoming Students fire

By Arielle Hines Staff Reporter

Randall Colburn, a 2005 graduate, is now a playwright living in Chicago.

His scriptwriting journey began his freshman year in a theater appreciation class where he wrote a one-act play.

“Alpha Psi Omega, the theater fraternity, hosted a bi-annual playwriting contest, so I began writing new plays and submitting to that,” Colburn said.

Colburn has had many plays produced in numerous theaters including the Writers’ Theatre, the InFusion Theatre Company, the Mammals Theatre Company and the Barefoot Theater Company.

Colburn has written a play honoring CMU’s homecoming called “Oakton High Homecoming Dance, 1999.”

The play will premiere on Oct. 9 in Theater-on-theSide in Moore Hall.

“Oakton came pretty quickly. I started it in October of last year, I think,” Colburn said. “The first

draft I finished in about three weeks. I’ve spent the last year rewriting pretty heavily. I’m insane with rewrites.”

Lindsay Schwalm, Gladwin junior, will be making her CMU theater debut in “Oakton” and said it’s great to perform in a play written by an alumni because it shows current students what they can accomplish.

“Acting in a play that has never been performed before is nothing less than completely exciting,” Colburn said. “It’s really challenging to play a character that hasn’t been previously played anywhere else, and I think that adds a lot of fun to the role.”

Timothy Connors, director and professor in the theater department, said that “Oakton” was commissioned and written specifically for the university. He said they approached Colburn because as an alumni, he is familiar with the student body and venues of the department.

Colburn said it has been great to return to his CMU roots and to reconnect with

his former professors.

“There’s a deep well of talent in the theater department. It’s an honor to collaborate with them,” Colburn said.

Connors said the cast started rehearsing for “Oakton” in early September, five to six days a week for a minimum of one and a half hours. However, the play is written as a series of short scenes, so not everyone was required to rehearse every night, until it got closer to the premiere.

“Its not one character’s Central journey, it’s a collective groups. We see bits and pieces of everyone’s journey,” Connors said.

“Oakton” centers around students who are preparing or not going to the homecoming dance. The characters are going through growing pains and coming to terms with growing up.

“They are on the cuffs on moving onto something else in life with all the angst and drama that goes with the pressures of a social event,” Connors said.

Schwalm said she would

describe the play as “darkly comedic” and full of surprises.

“There are many genuine emotional moments in the play, as well as a lot of wellplaced humor,” Schwalm said. “I’d absolutely advise someone coming to watch Oakton to expect the unexpected.”

Connors said he thinks students would identify with “Oakton” because the characters go through similar situations and feelings that student’s themselves have experienced.

“These are characters who are the students, or who the students once were,” Connors said. “High school is not so far removed from a lot of their experiences, some of those pressures and memories still hang around for them.”

“Oakton High Homecoming Dance, 1999” will be performed from Oct.9-12 and Oct. 16-19 at the Theateron-the-Side in Moore Hall.

Performances on Thursday, Friday and Saturday are at 7 p.m. Sunday performances are at 1:30 p.m.

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This Friday, students will have the opportunity to show off their school spirit at the annual Rock Rally.

There will be two events occurring, one of which is the Rock Rally, at 7 p.m., in Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium. Students of different groups and organizations will join together to compete and kick off the Homecoming game.

Homecoming facilitator and Rochester Hills senior Laura Birge said Rock Rally is almost like a pep rally but Central Michigan University’s is much bigger.

“Rock Rally has a lot of different parts, including Mock Rock routines, cheerleaders, and the dance team. It’s such a great turn out every year.

The only changes are the Mock Rock themes and the performances,” Birge said.

“However, I should say that since there is always a

good turnout, the event is first come, first serve.”

Rock Rally consists of multiple events in one, so it will offer a host of activities meant to hype up the students.

Detroit sophomore Arialle Peck, a facilitator for Rock Rally said students should expect nothing less than a day full of fun.

“They should expect to step out of their comfort zone and to have fun,” she said. “They should remember not too take the competition too seriously because it’s meant for their enjoyment.”

Mock Rock, which is one of the main events of Rock Rally, has a new theme. It is centered around the ‘80s.

Detroit freshman Ahsha Davis, the choreographer for Mock Rock, says students should expect a good time and a lot of bonding.

“Rock Rally is about diversity and good ideas being put to action. It’s about team work and having fun,” Davis said.

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Clothing line created to protest sexual aggression Engineering program grows to capacity

By Megan Pacer Staff Reporter

Multiple groups in the Mount Pleasant community are coming together to stand against domestic violence for the first time starting this month.

Sexual Aggression Peer Advocates, Women’s Aid Service, Inc., and Nami Migizi Nangwiihgan Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking Services are combining their efforts into a national initiative.

The endeavor is titled “The Clothesline Project,” which aims to educate members of the community about the ravages of domestic violence.

Student and community members alike were invited to visit the project’s unveiling from 6-8 p.m. at Art Reach of Mid-Michigan in downtown Mount Pleasant.

“It’s really powerful when you can collaborate,” said Rebecca Conway, prevention educator for Women’s Aid Service, Inc. “We had talked about how all three of our agencies were doing the Clothesline project and how much more powerful that could be if we combined all of that manpower.”

Shirts on display in Art Reach were provided by both Women’s Aid Service, Inc. and Nami Migizi Nangwiihgan, and shared messages of survival and support for those affected by all forms of domestic violence.

Conway said collaboration with the student group and the tribal program made sense since all three entities were already addressing a common issue.

“The Tribe might be far out there and campus might feel untouchable and the community might feel like something students aren’t a part of, but all three of us are saying that this is the exact same problem,” Conway said. “We’re all experiencing and seeing it in our community and it’s really a community problem. It’s not a CMU problem, it’s not a tribe problem and it’s not a Mount Pleasant problem. It’s commu-

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Courtesy Photo | Emma Tuthill Central Michigan University students decorated t-shirts in support of victims of sexual aggression. The shirts were put on display Monday night at the Art Reach of Mid Michigan.

nity-wide.”

Women’s Aid Service held a workshop in September to generate new shirts for the project. The shirts from Monday night’s display will be moved to seven other local businesses for the duration of October. Max and Emily’s Eatery, Curt’s Service Center, Inc., the Book Shelf, The Pines Golf Course, The Malt Shop, Pizza King and Dog Central will display varying numbers of shirts in their establishments, and Art Reach will keep a few shirts as well.

Conway said the community reception of putting the shirts into businesses was surprisingly positive, something she attributes partly to the event’s proximity to the Ray Rice scandal and the NFL’s reaction to it.

“People are having a largescale conversation about domestic violence,” she said.

“About 50 percent of the businesses we reached out to said ‘yes’ immediately without much question, so that felt pretty good to us. It can be intimidating to have this kind of stuff out in a business.”

To help prepare for the project’s unveiling, SAPA hosted two workshops last week during which students created new shirts sporting messages of support, personal stories and quotes. Emma Tuthill, co-coordinator of the

workshops, said they helped create 53 new shirts to be added to SAPA’s supply.

They will be added to the group’s existing shirts in the on-campus Clothesline Project, which will be displayed outside the Bovee University Center from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 1. Following the campus display, SAPA’s shirts will be moved into the extended study room in the Charles V. Park Library as a permanent art display for the month of October.

Tuthill said information about SAPA and the Central Michigan University Counseling Center will be available at the display, and shirts inside the library will be selected carefully in order to reduce triggers for those who use the extended study room.

Another SAPA-sponsored art display called “Spoken” will be available for viewing on the library’s third floor. The display will feature paintings of survivors.

Tuthill said they will be somewhat distorted to protect survivors’ privacy but will essentially show visitors the face of survivors of domestic abuse.

“It’s basically going to tie the exhibits together with a theme of sharing survivor’s stories,” Tuthill said.

Brooke Huber is a graduate student at CMU studying

professional counseling and is the sexual assault response team coordinator for Nami Migizi Nangwiihgan. She said the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, which has participated in the Clothesline Project for more than seven years, hosts workshops twice a year to generate more shirts for the cause.

“When we each do our own individual things, we’re all targeting specific populations, but when we get together we can reach them all,” Huber said.

The program’s shirts will be displayed in the Tribe’s Behavioral Health Program lobby, 2800 S. Shepard Road, Monday, Oct. 6.

On campus, Tuthill said SAPA members will be available to talk to survivors who may feel triggered by the messages displayed by the shirts.

She said she feels encouraged by the number of volunteers excited to work the Clothesline Project and hopes SAPA’s collaboration with the tribe and Women’s Aid Service, Inc. can continue in the future.

“It’s a community problem. It’s a societal problem,” Tuthill said. “And having those divides that I think just naturally happen between a campus and a community, and being able to break those and show that the community is united in trying to solve this problem, is really important.”

New figures regarding the number of on-campus students taking courses in the school of engineering and technology show that their numbers have drastically increased to the point of the school’s capacity. “(The school is) putting a plan together that will make sure that any further growth is matched with resources that will guarantee all of our graduates, as well as the targeted number of graduates, can maintain the quality of our programs,” said Mohamad Qatu, chair of the school of engineering and technology.

According to enrollment reports from the registrar’s office, undergraduate oncampus registration in the school of engineering has risen 30 percent since the fall 2010 semester. Individuals taking undergraduate classes account for a majority of this growth; their 87-percent increase helps to make up for the 8.9 percent decline in industrial and engineering technology courses taught since that time.

Qatu said in three years the number of students with engineering majors has doubled. However, the current rate of growth is unsustainable without making accommodations.

To compensate, three tenure track positions and a fixed-term faculty position will be added by fall 2015.

This is a sizable addition to the small 25-member staff.

The search has already begun for the four positions. Qatu said he has also received a commitment from the administration to give additional fixed-term positions in the future, if necessary.

There are also plans to add a Master’s of Science and Engineering degree that focuses on research, also scheduled

to start in fall of 2015.

Students who would likely have been sophomores in 2010 account for an astonishing 132 percent jump in seniors. The sudden change reflects a national focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics programs in higher education.

“I think most engineering programs across the country are growing but not at the rate that we are,” said Brian DeJong, a mechanical engineering professor. “We’re seeing a lot of students coming out of high school recognizing our program and wanting to come here.

Anecdotally, on the visiting and recruiting days, one of the top interests is in engineering.”

Joseph Langenderfer, another mechanical engineering professor, said there is a shortage in engineers in the professional world. While there is a large focus on all disciplines in STEM, he has heard personally from employers that there is a major need for engineers.

Other programs in the state are objectively comparable because of standardized accreditation, however Langenderfer said what really separates the leaders in Michigan is CMU’s lack of an independent college for engineering.

There are no immediate plans to develop this.

“We’re dead where we are, we’re not going to move forward in ranking (against other schools) to really break out to where Grand Valley or Michigan State are at,” Langederfer said.

Increasing the size of lab space is expensive in both equipment and paying new faculty.

Qatu said the school is transitioning technology labs into engineering labs, but “growth beyond that point has to be in quality rather than quantity.”

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CST brings alumni back for career advice

By Malachi Barrett Senior Reporter

Students in the College of Science and Technology will have the chance to get career advice from successful alumni who shared the same lecture halls not too long ago.

“When you have someone who’s left Mount Pleasant and found a career, there is that realization for students that if the alums could do it so can they,” said Geoff Bartlet, director of development for CST. “That’s what we were hoping in creating this day, is to find some examples of people who are successful that students can strive to.”

The college found such examples in Jay Dean and Curt White, two distinguished CMU alumni speakers who will be sharing their career experiences.

Dean, a neuroscientist and biomedical researcher, owes much to CMU and the college.

He originally came to the university as a speech and drama major but bounced around between subjects before identifying with research in the Biology Department.

CMU helped him identify his career and turn him

toward post graduate work through training on the biological station at Beaver Island.

“CMU was critical in defining the path I am now on,” Dean said. “Key faculty members that played a role in that so I found CMU to be a very nurturing and helpful environment.”

Dean stayed in touch with CMU in his lengthly postgraduate career at Michigan Tech, Ohio State and several other universities across the nation. Currently a professor at the University of South Florida, he said he was excited to return to Mount Pleasant; he hasn’t visited since 1994.

He will be speaking about his research and the ability for young scientists coming through the ranks to drive the field of scientific discovery.

Alumni Day is scheduled to begin 9 a.m. Friday with career preparation workshops. Four workshops lead off, centered around career fairs, options for CST majors, preparing for graduate and professional schools and cleaning up social media.

The day is full of events that take nearly the entire day. At 10 a.m., a roundtable

discussion with distinguished alumni will engage in an open dialogue about careers in government, non-profit organizations and industry.

After a break, the event continues with a networking reception from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

“It’s always a lot of fun for students to meet with alumni because a fair number of them don’t always get back and see the classes for a long time,” Bartlet said. “They are amazed at how things have changed but still stayed the same.”

The day will be closed by White, who will give lessons from his journey through school, science and business. White is no stranger to speaking at CMU. He was selected as a keynote speaker for May commencement last academic year.

White is the chief technology consultant and president of White IEQ Consulting and has been involved in the research, development, registration and commercialization of antimicrobial agents since 1962. He has served as a teacher and worked at The Dow Chemical Co. and Dow Corning, among others.

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WMHW to dedicate studios to former BCA faculty member

By Andrew Surma Staff reporter

Central Michigan University’s School of Broadcast and Cinematic Arts is set to honor one of its own.

Moore Hall’s radio broadcasting studios and the adjacent control rooms that house CMU’s two studentoperated radio stations will bear the name of retired BCA professor and WMHW Radio station manager Jerry Henderson. The studios will be dedicated at 3 p.m. on Friday.

Five years after the end of his teaching tenure, Henderson’s career of dedicated work in the Central Michigan Broadcasting Department, now, will serve as a lasting legacy that will be upheld with great respect, said Peter Orlik, director of the School of Broadcast and Cinematic Arts.

The Dr. Jerry Henderson Radio Complex, Orlik added, is a fitting new title for the WMHW radio studios. “(Henderson was) of the most innovative figures for

Central Michigan broadcasting,“ he said. “He took the WMHW radio station from a small 340 watt college station to its current 13,000 Watt level as station manager.”

Henderson’s work expanded the station’s signal outreach beyond Mount Pleasant and Isabella County, Orlik said. WMHW’s signals currently cover a radius from Frankenmuth to Big Rapids and Cadillac to St. Johns.

Henderson’s contributions to WMHW as station manager allowed the voices of CMU’s aspiring broadcasters to be heard by thousands of ears throughout mid-Michigan daily.

Now, with more listeners and more exposure than ever before, Orlik said current broadcasting students of CMU are the main beneficiaries of Henderson’s work.

This is a final product that denotes a teaching career that was dedicated to working for his students, Orlik said.

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Timothy Jackson, who graduated in 1986, is one of the alums who studied under Henderson and saw this dedication come to fruition.

“The renaming had been discussed for a while,” Jackson said. “A lot of us (alumni from all different decades) felt that Henderson had the biggest impact and influence on us as students and professionals.”

Henderson said he is surprised his former students came together to honor him with the studio naming.

“I’m overwhelmed,” he said. “Honestly, I am shocked and surprised, but, mostly delighted. It is even more fulfilling that former students nominated me.”

The dedication of the studio will be held in the Townsend/ Kiva Auditorium Lobby in Moore Hall. It will be followed directly after by a reception in Moore 182—Studio A. Students, faculty and community members are welcome to come to the dedication in honor of Henderson.

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On Guard Together Best friends since high school, Phillips, Ahmeti making most of experience as offensive linemen

By Mark Cavitt Staff Reporter

When the Central Michigan University football team travels for road games, a fair amount of bonding between team members takes place.

But no bond on the 2014 squad is stronger than the one shared by senior Andy Phillips and junior Ramadan Ahmeti — two offensive linemen who specialize in stuffing linebackers and keeping each other entertained in the process.

Ahmeti’s bellowing laugh can be heard down the hall at the team’s hotel after any

given Chippewas road victory. He and his best friend stay up well past curfew.

“We room together during away games. He cracks me up all night,” Ahmeti said.

Phillips has seen his fellow Lansing Waverly graduate at his best and worst moments.

“My favorite part about him is his different

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Club lacrosse team standouts receive little interest from varsity coach

By Ian Callison Staff Reporter

Rachel Krasavage was the first Central Michigan University club lacrosse player to learn that CMU was forming a varsity squad.

A standout sophomore on CMU’s club team, Krasavage received a text message from her high school lacrosse teammate.

“Hey, you go to CMU right?” asked Emily Handrahan, a friend who plays lacrosse at Augustana University in Indiana. “Our coach quit here and is starting a program at Central. Do you think you’ll try out?’

Krasavage said she was quick to answer the question with a resound-

ing yes.

Krasavage wont be playing for the varsity team, however.

CMU Athletics has indicated that newly hired women’s lacrosse coach Sara Tisdale is primarily focused on the recruitment of incoming student-athletes.

“I’ve been playing for 10 years or so. I figured maybe I’d make the (varsity) team. I was discouraged when I found out (coach Tisdale) wasn’t taking walk-ons,” said Krasavage.

Krasavage has been playing lacrosse since sixth grade. She coaches high school students in her hometown of Lake Zurich, Ill., during the summer months.

Jen Herzfeld, the club team’s

president, said Krasavage is a great player and would easily be competitive on a varsity level.

Herzfeld added that she personally made an effort to contact Tisdale earlier this semester to talk about walk-ons, but was unable to reach her.

Students say they hoped to counsel Tisdale for some coaching advice for the club team, at the very least.

Tisdale, a Central Michigan University alumna, played for the club lacrosse team during her time as a student in Mount Pleasant.

Meanwhile, the 2014 club team struggles to gain substantial and committed members. w lacrosse | 2B

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guard | continued from 1B High school best friends playing Division I football together is not something you see everyday.

It is a relationship that both men have shared for longer than any other two members on the team.

“We met playing football,” Phillips said. “(Ramadan) started out on the junior varsity team and by the end of the season he was up to varsity with me. Just from there we kind of grew a friendship in the weight-room and in the offseason.”

Both linemen considered committing to a school other than CMU as they finished high school.

The choices available between them included University of Michigan, Michigan State University, University of Wisconsin and Notre Dame.

The Detroit Free Press listed both Phillips and Ahmeti in the top forty on their Fab 50 list

of recruits at the end of their senior seasons.

The Detroit News included both men on the all-state blue chip list coming out of Waverly High School.

The pair of linemen each say that they appreciate the less-than-usual time they have spent together both on and off the field.

“Just playing D1 football is amazing,” Ahmeti said. “But playing with one of my best friends and playing right next to him at the same position is pretty unique. That doesn’t happen too often.”

CMU offensive line coach Butch Barry said Phillips and Ahmeti are the two of the closest teammates he has ever been around.

“You’re looking at a nine-year relationship going on,” Barry said. “The communication level is exactly where you want it. They have a unique way of pushing each other.”

CMU was the first team to offer Ahmeti a scholarship following his junior year.

With Phillips already in Mount Pleasant, Ahmeti said his

friend at the program was not the only reason for deciding on the Maroon and Gold uniform.

“I wasn’t going to let him being here be the deciding factor,” Ahmeti said. “I wanted to go somewhere I would be happy and make that decision on what I wanted to do.”

The duo did not keep their friendly competition to the gridiron during their times at Waverly.

“We grew our friendship playing sports like track and basketball,” Phillips said.

Four years later, Phillips was named CMU’s Offensive Upfront Player of the Year. His streak of consecutive games started now stands at 35.

Last season, Ahmeti was given his first chance to start alongside Phillips against University of Nevada Las Vegas on Sept. 14, 2013.

“We had immediate chemistry,” Phillips said. “It has a lot to do with how close we are. We can be hard on each other but at the same time we expect so much out of the other person. We always have each other’s back.”

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at first, but I reminded

“We only got 15 girls’ names at MAINStage,” Herzfeld said. “Some girls want to play varsity, so some are confused about the new program and took a year off.”

Herzfeld said she speaks to many young women that are excited about club lacrosse, and expected the club team’s numbers to grow.

However, she said the creation of a varsity squad hinders their recruiting efforts significantly.

Still, the new varsity program is a testament to the sport’s growing popularity.

“I hope it will bring more eyes to the sport,” said Scott George, assistant director of competitive sports and summer camps.

While it remains unclear if Tisdale will ever pluck players from the CMU club team to play on the varsity

myself that the club team was the reason I came here in the first place.”

Rachel Krasavage, club lacrosse player

squad, Herzfeld said she is looking forward to a successful season with the club.

“You don’t have to be good to join the club team,” Herzfeld said. “As long as you want to learn something new and make friends, this is an awesome experience. The club is very laid back and fun.”

After a rough freshman year, finding community within the club lacrosse team convinced Herzfeld to stay at CMU. Krasavage said playing a club sport at CMU is one of

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Three days after a blowout loss in the Central Michigan University football team’s conference opener at Toledo, the squad’s most experienced and vocal unit is reflecting on what went wrong for them.

Junior wide receiver Jesse Kroll caught two touchdowns on seven receptions for 83 yards in the best game of his career against Toledo.

Yet Kroll said he and the Chippewas came up short in the most important statistical category: Winning.

“Winning is everything to us,” Kroll said. “That’s what we all play for. If I catch four touchdowns and we don’t win the game then it is all really for nothing. It’s just that simple.”

Kroll said against Toledo, the CMU offense failed to create

enough big plays to make a difference in the game. CMU’s longest play from scrimmage against the Rockets was a 40yard bomb from quarterback Cooper Rush to returning senior wide out Titus Davis.

“We look back at our performance and we see the good things but we see the bad things more,” Davis said. “You learn a lot from losing. That is the time to come together. As an offense, we need to stay on the field more on third down. We have to be better.”

Fellow senior pass catcher Courtney Williams has caught seven passes through five games for 71 yards and one touchdown in the Chippewas home opener.

“I’ve just been trying to play to the role they have been giving me,” Williams said. “As a senior, they look for leadership in you.

We’ve had a couple of lows.

After the win against Purdue,

we got a little too high. It carried over. We were not as prepared as we wanted to be (the next two games). “ Both Kroll and Williams admitted that having Davis back opened the Rockets defense up and allowed for more room to get open down the field – something the team struggled with in his absence.

“Titus is an explosive player, (opposing teams) have to respect that,” Williams said.

“When the ball is in his hands … you’ve seen what he can do with it. Having him back is going to be a huge success for all of us.”

Davis suggested despite the losing streak, there is hope for his unit and the Chippewas team as a whole.

“This team is different than in years past,” he said. “Just the atmosphere out here in practice … We all have come together with one goal in mind.”

the best decisions she has ever made.

“I’m really happy I came here and played club,” said Krasavage. “It’s exactly what I’m looking at.”

The team accepts players for both the spring and fall seasons.

“I think it’s kind of unfortunate that Tisdale is not opening it up to walk-ons,” Krasavage said.

“Obviously, I was upset at first, but I reminded myself that the club team was the reason I came here in the first place.”

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Soccer uses pin-point passing to create chances

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Halfway through the season, the Central Michigan University soccer team has an underwhelming record.

While statistics in soccer do not tell all about a 90-minute match, there is one category CMU has been lacking in: Assists.

CMU started their MidAmerican Conference schedule last weekend playing two matches, one against NIU and the other against WMU. The Chippewas have attempted 382 passes and completed 267 of them through the first half of the two conference games they have played.

Similarly, CMU has attempted 345 passes and completed 245 of them for a percentage of 71 in the second half of their MAC matches thus far.

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Against the Huskies, CMU completed 315 of the 431 pass attempts in its overtime loss to NIU, Friday.

73 percent of women’s passes were completed successfully against NIU. The Chippewas attempted 55 more passes in the

first half of that match than they did in the last half of the loss.

Against the Broncos, CMU completed 203 of 296 attempted passes for a percentage of 67.

The Chippewas attempted 135 less passes against WMU than they did against the Huskies two days earlier.

On the weekend, CMU attempted 727 and completed

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A team can have more than 80 percent of the possession time and shoot over 30 times, only to lose the match by an unfortunate own goal.

American football might be know as the game of inches, but more often than not, it is the tiniest of touches that define soccer.

As the famous Dutch soccer star Johan Cruijff said, “The difference between right and wrong is often not more than five meters.”

A minuscule deflection off of a defender or pass that pops up a right before a player shoots can drastically change the course of a match.

This is the case for the Central Michigan University women’s soccer team.

This past weekend was an unlucky one for CMU. The team was able to instill their style of play onto both matches by passing well and creating plenty of chances.

Though everything seemed to be going right for them, the team consistently remained just one or two a pass away from scoring.

CMU passes and shots would hit off their fellow

548 for a percentage of 71. C Compared to EPL club Crystal Palace the passing averages are identical.

Crystal Palace placed in the middle of their opposition, which is where CMU could be heading after this weekend.

Like senior Emily Cooksey said, the Chippewas need to string the passes in the attacking third.

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Chippewas instead of finding the desired destination.

Western Michigan scored off a deflection that happened to bounce around in the box just long enough for Aubrey Sudomier to poke it home.

Against NIU, the team put in one of its best offensive performances of the season.

The women forced the Huskies to make 8 saves, but scored just one goal.

NIU managed three shots on goal, but won because Huskie Laura Gierman mishit a free kick under the CMU wall and into the bottom corner of the goal.

Unlucky moments can be incredibly frustrating for a team and destructive to the rest of a season.

Weaker teams would succumb to this kind of irritation, but this team has said they know they must stay strong.

Head Coach Peter McGahey stresses consistency.

At some point, all of the bad bounces will start going the Chippewas way.

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Underclassmen lead volleyball team

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For Central Michigan University’s volleyball team, the energy brought to the court through youth, players said, has been one of the main reasons for the team’s recent success.

CMU has six freshmen on its roster this season, accounting for nearly half of the squad.

“It’s an ongoing process,” CMU coach Erik Olson said.

“When I see them start to get a little dizzy, I remind them of what their strengths are.”

The Chippewas started the season 0-6 but are now 6-8 on the year due to play from their underclassmen.

True freshman outside hitter Jordan Bueter is ranked second on the team in kills with 159, and third in digs with 139. Bueter’s 2.89 kills per set average puts her second among all freshmen in the Mid-American Conference.

Learning from some of the veteran players on the team is what has sped up Bueter’s development this season.

“The transition has been helped a lot from my teammates,” she said.

“The play level is definitely different and more intense. The fact that my team is as intense as I am and their attitude is the same as mine has also helped my transition.”

Freshman setter Kylie Copple totaled 372 assists and is ranked seventh in the MAC in assists per set (9.07).

Redshirt freshman Taylor Robertson has begun to earn more playing time on the court as well. Through 25 sets of action, Robertson has tallied 35 kills.

“Being a redshirt gave me a lot more time to widen my focus,” she said. “I wouldn’t have changed any

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Morgan Taylor | Staff Photographer Freshman outside hitter Jordan Bueter serves against Ohio on Saturday in McGuirk Arena. CMU lost to the Bobcats 3-1.

aspect of it, I’m very glad I redshirted.”

Even though the team has a lot of inexperienced players on the court, Robertson doesn’t see it as a disadvantage.

“Yeah we’re young, but we’re very dynamic and explosive,” she said. “We also have a good amount of seniors to lead us out of our young stage.”

Robertson said the seniors on the 2014 squad have helped her through the redshirting process.

“The seniors are very good at leading us in the

right direction. They are very good at helping us out if we are lost,” she said.

“They are doing a good job of incorporating the freshmen and not keeping us out of anything.”

Olson said the success of the underclassmen unit is vital to that of the team as a whole.

“It’s easy to get lost in what you’re doing from day to day,” Olson said. “There’s no ceiling for them. I don’t want to put a ceiling on them I want them to keep climbing and see how good they can be.”

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Taryn Wattles | Assistant Photo Editor Portage senior Ryan Jankowiak, center right, jukes Northville freshman Jacob Hanlon, center left, Sunday during a flag football game at CMU’s intramural fields.

Broomball league to start on campus next week

By Ian Callison Staff Reporter

Intramural broomball team captain Josh Barnhart saidthat broomball is probably the only sport where falling down is not a sign of failure, in fact it means the opposite.

The Intramural league’s favorite is a spin-off of hockey, played on ice but without skates. Running across the ice in shoes or boots, players aim to hit a ball into the opposing team’s net using a broom instead of a hockey stick.

Five players and a goalie take the ice at a time for each respective team.

“The more committed players are, more willing to do things that will make them slip,” Barnhart said. “I’ve done IM sports for the past four years and captained over 30 teams,

and Broomball is definitely one of my favorites.”

This year’s version of the broomball league will commence at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct 8. at the Isabella Community Events Arena. Games will take place from 11 p.m.-2:30 a.m.

“IM sports are just a fun and competitive way to continue in athletics without the commitment of a varsity sport,” Barnhart said.

Barnhart’s team, the Middle Level Monsters, is one of eight co-ed teams that will be competing in the league this year. His team is made up of education majors.

“Broomball is one of our more relaxed sports. It’s a little more low key,” said Scott George, assistant director of Competitive Sports and Summer Camps. “We play music over the sound

system and just look for that fun and social activity.”

Despite the relaxing connotations it receives, broomball is as competitive as any IM sport at CMU. The eight teams will compete in a season-long tournament, culminating in the champion being crowned at the season’s conclusion.

Senior Colin Ludema has a team by the name of Cookis Dankus. This team won the tournament last year, and they look to repeat again in 2014. A year ago they narrowly edged out the competition in their post-season games, scraping by

with 1-0 wins each game.

“We’re really trying not to mess with our formula,” Ludema said. “We’re keeping our goalie and bringing back most of our players.”

Ludema is a hockey player who especially loves broomball because it puts all athletes on an equal playing field. He also enjoys the freedom and friendships that are formed from playing in an IM sports league.

“Running on ice is not a skillset that a lot of people have,” Ludema said. “With a lot of IM sports, you’re competing with athletes who played that sport in high school. In broomball, if you try hard, you’re going to be as good as anyone else.”

“In the end there’s more laughter and smiles when you watch your buddy who just slipped and fell on the ice than there are when you score a goal,” George said.

Creating awareness of adaptive sports is the objective of an Intramural Wheelchair Basketball Tournament beginning at 4:00 p.m. on Oct. 8 at Central Michigan University’s Student Activity Center.

This fall will mark the third semester the IM Wheelchair Basketball Tournament has taken place. Margie Wallington, program coordinator, said the event provides a unique experience for participants.

“You realize it might not be as easy as you think,” she said.

Players are required to multi-task during these games, using their arms and hands for passing, and shooting, as well as pushing themselves around the hardwood.

“We have reached out to departments in hopes of informing people who are bound to wheelchairs to participate,” Wallington said.

Evan Crank, a senior at CMU and a member of what he calls the “Dream Team” has participated in the event each of the three semesters it has happened.

Crank said he believes an event like this is a great way to expand awareness for the various issues a person who uses a wheelchair faces.

“We play basketball, but they have to do it on an everyday basis,” Crank said.

“You gain a whole new respect for adaptive sports and its athletes.”

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“You gain a whole new respect for adaptive sports and its athletes.”

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47 In the U.S., it has more than 950 stations 50 Defective firecracker 51 Defeat decisively 56 Most joyful 60 Vegas hotel known for its fountains 63 Pasta sauce ingredient 65 Bacon buy 66 Longfellow’s “The Bell of __” 67 Knighted golf analyst 68 Fictional submariner 69 Nursery supply 70 Impose unjustifiably 71 Cereal “for kids”

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10 One making impressions 11 Intrude, with “in” 12 Blunders 13 “Iliad” setting 19 Childhood ailment, typically 21 Wildspitze, for one 24 Didn’t allow 26 Aromatic garland 27 Ridiculous 28 1945 conference city 29 Home to Cedar Falls and Cedar Rapids 30 Chopped down 31 “I, Claudius” role 32 Unrefined finds 33 Juicer refuse Down 1 Biological group 34 Son of Isaac 2 Graff of “Mr. Belvedere” 35 Belgrade native 3 Anti-discrimination org. 36 Like some presentations 4 Dominant, among animals 41 Letters on tires 44 Center 5 Rascals 6 In order 48 Discontinued 7 Cab __ 49 Nocturnal bird of prey 52 Lacks 8 Ocean State coll.

53 Obvious flirt 54 Biscayne Bay city 55 Many a bus. address, and a literal hint to 18-, 25-, 47- and 63-Across 56 Data in coll. transcripts 57 Middle harmony choral part 58 Doctor Zhivago 59 Jannings of “The Blue Angel” 60 Indonesian resort island 61 LAX data 62 Burglar’s haul 64 “Little Red Book” writer

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