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CMU prepares for Homecoming game against Eastern Michigan, 1B
Central Michigan University
| Friday, Oct. 14, 2011
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Alcohol unlikely to be sold at games
FA to be in parade, no pickets at tailgate
By Matt Thompson Assistant Sports Editor
By Mike Nichols Senior Reporter
West Virginia Athletic Director Oliver Luck said he expects a profit of about $1 million for selling alcohol at football games this fall. Multiple sources report the possible profit, but Central Michigan University doesn’t sell any alcoholic concessions at Kelly/Shorts Stadium or other events and Athletic Director Dave Heeke said it’s not something he plans on changing. No other Michigan university sells alcohol at concessions either. “Certainly there’s significant revenues that can help the athletic program and lessen the burden on the university,” Heeke said. “There is that concern over what type of message that sends to your fans and student body.” While CMU brings in an average of 17,215 people a game, the West Virginia Mountaineers have an average attendance of 55,501. If WVU’s expectations transferred to CMU it could mean more than $300,000. That’s the same amount CMU paid South Carolina State to come for the home opener. Though the idea has been looked at by Athletics, Heeke said the decision hasn’t been considered “seriously.” CMU does sell alcohol to private parties and some suites in the stadium. But smuggling drinks into the stadium inevitably happens and Fraser senior Victoria Grace thinks she’s seen almost everything. “Some girls hide it in their purse,” Grace said. “I’ve seen guys put it in their pants.” Grace didn’t agree with Heeke’s philosophy about selling alcohol having a negative message. “I think there is no right message to send to students,” Grace said. “They’re either going to drink or not drink (while) tailgating. It’s their choice and whether or not CMU sells it in the sta-
The Faculty Association will walk in the Homecoming Parade Saturday but will not picket during the football tailgate. “The parade walk will be a great way to show faculty unity and support,” FA President Laura Frey said in an email. CMU and the FA, which represents about 650 tenured and tenure-track professors at the university, have been at a stalemate in contract negotiations since June. The FA’s contract expired June 30. The group voted to strike during the first day of classes at CMU. CMU and the FA spent four days in fact-finding through September and Barry Goldman, the fact finder, is in the process of producing a recommendation, which will be nonbinding. The last formal bargaining session took place Sept. 30 on the eve of CMU and You Day. There was no significant progress made. The parade starts at 11 a.m. near Lot 22 on the corner of Washington and Preston streets, before winding through Bellows Street and down Main Street. It will end at Sacred Heart Church, 302 S. Kinney Ave. Instead of picketing, the FA will have a canopy at the pregame activities from 1 to 3 p.m. where they will serve free refreshments. “We welcome any faculty who want to tailgate and join us to hang out in the FA canopy at pregame,” Frey said. At the last home football game on Oct. 1, the FA picketed outside the front gates of Kelly/Shorts Stadium. The FA’s decision not to picket Saturday was not influenced by the university, Frey said. Director of Public Relations Steve Smith said there are rules in CMU’s advocacy policy about the appropriate methods
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St. Johns junior Chelsy Billips poses with a bike wheel that will added to one of her many bikes she is putting together. Billips pieces bikes together with parts she gets from her dad. Her dad works at a junk yard and brings her home different parts so she can make a full functioning bike. “The best part is the final product after piecing together everything and making it look good,” Billips said.
repair, recycle St. Johns junior starts refurbished bicycle business By Sean Bradley | Staff Reporter
Junior Chelsy Billips combined her passions of being creative and fixing things into a job of refurbishing and selling bicycles. Billips started a bike repair business called Recycled Bikes. The St. Johns native said she has grown up around recycled materials and found a simple — yet — constructive way to utilize the spare parts she has accumulated. “I’ve always had creative ideas and a creative mind and a creative outlook,” Billips said. “It’s kind of a creative approach to making a couple extra bucks.” Billips runs the business by herself and does the repairs and refurbishing out of her garage. “I take parts from other bikes and put them onto the bike I’m wanting to fix,” she said. Rebuilding things runs in her family, she said. Her father worked at a junkyard and her uncle owns a junkyard in Charlotte.
“I’ve always been around recycled material,” she said. “I grew up fixing bikes, taking them apart and putting them back together. It’s been a hobby of mine.” So far, Recycled Bikes has had only one customer but in September Billips began posting fliers around campus to advertise. She said her business is targeted toward students who are interested in conservation. “The main audience is people who are wanting to conserve energy by riding bikes and people who want to use the materials we already have instead of going out and buying new bikes,” Billips said. East Lansing junior Lexi Wilson said she saw Billips’ flier outside Wightman Hall after searching for a 10-speed road bike over the summer. Wilson said she purchased a bike from Billips’ business
because the price was affordable and of good quality. “(The bike) is extremely (of) impressive quality for only $50,” Wilson said. She said she thinks students should take advantage of secondhand materials. “We are all struggling and we all are trying to find creative ways to make ends meet,” she said. “People still need to get from Point A to Point B and people still want bikes, so this way offers them a more affordable option for purchasing a bike.” The business is environmentally conscious and cost effective in Michigan’s currently down economy, Billips said. “(Recycled Bikes) gets the word out there that we can fix things we already have,” she said. studentlife@cm-life.com
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Students participate in adaptive sports By David Oltean Senior Reporter
Students raced across the basketball courts in the Student Activity Center in wheelchairs Thursday night as they participated in Adaptive Sports Day. Wheelchair basketball was just one of the four sports set up for students to try at Adaptive Sports Day, part of Disability Awareness Month this October. For the second year, Adaptive Sports Day was held to show students common adaptive sports by giving them the opportunity to participate. The other sports played included goal-ball, where students were given a blindfold to simulate blindness, adap-
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tive golf and sit volleyball. Mary Lou Schilling, assistant professor of recreation, parks and leisure services, said she set up the event to encourage students at the Student Activity Center to try different adaptive sports commonly played by disabled individuals. “It’s a good opportunity for (therapeutic recreation) students to not only try out the equipment, but also encourage others,” Schilling said. “We feel very fortunate that we have (the equipment) to train our students on how to use the devices, and then they can work with individuals with disabilities.”
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Lansing sophomore Curran Macholz, left, and Shelby Township senior Gino Aquino reach for the ball at the start of their wheelchair basketball game Thursday evening during Adaptive Sports Day in the Student Activity Center.
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