October 24, 2012

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SGA opposes academic calendar change, Ross wants new discussion VP Richeson: ‘Something insurmountable has just occurred’ By Ryan Fitzmaurice Staff Reporter

The Student Government House and Senate both oppose planned Academic Calendar changes that could be coming in the fall of 2014. The SGA House voted unanimously to approve a motion Monday, declaring SGA opposes the planned academic calendar changes that were put in motion in

the spring. The SGA Senate also voted to oppose the academic calendar, with 15 for the motion and two against, with one abstaining. “I think that Matt Serra and Laura Frey said it best when they met with us three weeks ago,” SGA Vice President and Hesperia senior Killian Richeson said. “They stated that this would occur unless something insurmount-

President: Conversation ‘has to come back to the table’

able occurred. Something insurmountable has just occurred.” Under the change, the fall 2014 semester would begin on Sept. 2, after Labor Day, effectively eliminating one week of structured class time. The motion, introduced by SGA senators Marie Reimers, a Saginaw sophomore; Muskegon junior

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Central Michigan University President George Ross said the discussion of the new academic calendar has to come back to the Academic Senate. In a meeting with Central Michigan Life Tuesday, Ross said with Monday’s Student Government Association’s opposition to the academic calendar,

A-Senate has to recognize the concerns students have regarding the proposed changes. “The voice of the students is extremely important,” Ross said. “... What happened last (Monday) with the (SGA) House and Senate was a loud voice.” Ross said he agreed with SGA’s expressed concerns presented in the passed bill. “I don’t believe we have done enough homework,”

Ross said. “Having a longer summer to work has, of course, been presented as a positive, but what are you going to do about orientation and Leadership Safari?” Monday night, the SGA House voted unanimously to approve a motion declaring official opposition to the planned academic calendar changes. A ROSS| 2A

Board of Trustees starting review of Ross through on-campus interviews By Neil Rosan Staff Reporter

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Fraternity brothers of Kappa Sigma stand on the porch with their banner pinned to the front of their fraternity house Tuesday afternoon on Main Street. Kappa Sigma has been on campus as a colony and will be chartering, becoming a full chapter of their national organization this semester. Pi Kappa Phi fraternity will also be chartering.

Gaining GreekS Pi Kappa Phi, Kappa Sigma set to become full chapters Nov. 17 By Charnae Sanders Staff Reporter

It took hard work and dedication for Pi Kappa Phi and Kappa Sigma to be scheduled to become full chapters on Nov. 17. In order for any colony to become a chapter, there is a list of requirements.

For Pi Kappa Phi, a few of the necessities included raising $1,000 for their national philanthropy, Push America, having a minimum of 35 members, pay a chartering fee of $2,000 and writing several programs for the fraternity, consisting of scholarship programs, alumni relations programs, and fundraising programs, which junior and president of Pi Kappa Phi Matt Berlin calls “one of the more difficult” requirements to fulfill. “It is a good feeling,” the Millington native said of finally being granted the right to become a chapter this semester. “We have been working toward this for probably a year and a half now, and it’s been an extreme amount of work.” For Kappa Sigma, some of the requirements were get-

ting $150 from each member and recruitment. Also, since the colony wasn’t on CMU’s campus at the time, they had to find a house. “I think the most difficult thing was getting on campus,” Bay City senior and Kappa Sigma member Trent Grzegorczyk said. “That was our first big challenge. Without getting on campus, we wouldn’t be in the position we are now, because we had to get to 50 guys, and it was really hard to recruit when you’re not recognized by a university.” Nov. 17 will not only symbolize the official entrance into Greek Life by becoming a chapter, but more of hard work finally paying off for Grzegorczyk. “We’ve been trying to do this for five years and most colonies don’t take that long to

become a chapter,” Grzegorczyk said. For over a year and a half, the men of Pi Kappa Phi have been striving for this moment to come. Jeremy Osborne, a Rockwood junior and Pi Kappa Phi treasurer, has been there from the beginning as one of the students in the very first recruitment class. “I am very ecstatic to see all the hard work pay off,” Osborne said. “This has been my life for almost two years no, and I will never look back at the achievement we are about to obtain … we aimed high at our tasks and succeeded. This has not been a single effort by one person in our chapter. It has been a group of men that I call my brothers who helped build this fraternity from the roots up.” studentlife@cm-life.com

Women’s rights discussed during Tuesday panel By Alayna Smith Senior Reporter

Women’s health and rights are an imperative topic in November election discussions, and Tuesday’s panel in Pearce Hall made audience members aware of it. The panel, called “Women and the Election: Our lives, our votes!” consisted of political science professor Joyce Baugh; assistant professor of philosophy Andrew Blom; Chuck Bowden, professor of sociology at Mid-Michigan Community College; and Donna Giuliani, professor of sociology at Delta College. Philosophy professor Joyce

Henricks moderated. Henricks began the discussion by talking about the importance of the issues and about how the issues that affect women also affect children, men and society as a whole. “I don’t know about other elections, but this election is not tweedle dee and tweedle dum,” she said. “There is a clear choice between the issues.” Giuliani shared statistics to shed some light on the current situation of women in society, including the fact that less than 17 percent of the House of Representatives are women. A PANEL| 2A

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Donna Giuliani, a professor at Delta College, holds up a folder to represent her talk on the upcoming election and the topic of domestic violence on Tuesday night in Pearce Hall.

The Central Michigan University Board of Trustees will be conducting a comprehensive review of University President George Ross this November. Interviews with 75 people across campus and the larger community will take place the week of Nov. 12. The stakeholders will consist of academic deans, randomly selected faculty members, student leaders and other important figures across campus. They will be interviewed by the threeperson Presidential Review Committee chaired by Trustee Brian Fannon. Committee member and Trustee John Hurd said former president Mike Rao went through comprehensive reviews during his time at the university. “It is part of the board policy that the president receives a board review every three years. This is the end of Ross’ first three years in office,” Hurd said. “It’s my understanding that last time

with Mike Rao, it was done a little differently, asking for input from university stakeholders. Last time, George Ross it was done by a computer-based survey with stakeholders asked to respond. This time, we asked for face-to-face interviews with stakeholders.” Hurd and the board see the review as a developmental tool for the president as the university moves into the future. “It’s an ongoing possible solution for the president, board and university as we together plan for the future,” Hurd said. “We see it being developmental as we’ll be asking university leaders and stakeholders their perceptions about Ross as a leader, and any advice, comments, recommendations or concerns they may have will be part of the information we will use as we conduct the review of Ross.” A BOARD| 2A

AP says Enos is on hot seat; coach says program has shown improvement By Matt Thompson Staff Reporter

Football head coach Dan Enos was listed in an Associated Press story Tuesday for 10 coaches on the hot seat. Since joining the program, Enos has led the team to two consecutive 3-9 seasons and a 2-5 start this year. The story by Ralph Russo pointed out that Central Michigan got accustomed to winning the Mid-American Conference under former coaches Butch Jones and Brian Kelly, but Enos has eight wins in three seasons. After practice Tuesday, Enos was asked if he feels pressure after two straight 3-9 seasons to show improvement. “No, I think we have (shown improvement),” he said. Saturday, Enos will try to get his fifth career MAC win against Akron and first conference win this season. Akron is 1-19 in the MAC during the past three years. No other MAC coach was on the AP list. Among those on it are Gene Chizik at Auburn, who won the National Championship two seasons ago, Derek Dooley at Tennessee, Joker Phillips at Kentucky, Frank Spaziani at Bos-

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ton College, Jeff Tedford at California, David Bailiff of Rice, Mike Price at UTEP, Doug Marrone at Syracuse and Dan Enos Bobby Hauck of UNLV. In February, Enos was given a one-year contract extension. His current contract would end Dec. 31 2015. If he were to get fired during this season, he would be paid $700,000 by the university. If he were to get fired after the season, or during the 2013 season, he would receive $400,000. In 2014-15, it would be $300,000 and 2016, he would be paid $200,000. “We are all-in with Dan Enos and his strong vision for and dedication to rebuilding this program into a perennial championship contender that has a foundation for sustainable success,” Athletic Director Dave Heeke said in a statement after Enos’ contract was extended. “Continuity, stability and commitment are the critical qualities needed at this point to define the next chapter of Chippewa Football success.”

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