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Life in brief Business New entrepreneurship department names chair Kenneth J. Sanney has been appointed to lead Central Michigan University’s new entrepreneurship department as founding chair. Sanney became a faculty member of the College of Business Administration’s finance and law department in 2009. He serves on the CMU Research Corp. board of directors. In collaboration with the Isabella Bank Institute of Entrepreneurship, the new department provides the entrepreneurial program with a curriculum that prepares students to start or take on business opportunities. The institute and the new department will be heavily integrated in order to provide students with the tools they need to be successful entrepreneurs. By Zahra Ahmad News Editor

Engineering Engineering program recognized by Ford

Central Michigan University’s engineering program has been designated one of a select number of universities to be invited to participate in the Ford College Alliance. CMU’s participation in the Ford College Alliance means the Ford Fund will award $10,000 in Ford Blue Oval Scholarships to qualified CMU students. Two College of Business Administration students and three College of Science and Technology students already have been designated Ford Blue Oval Scholars and will each receive $2,000 each. The new initiative is managed by the Ford Motor Co. Fund and supports the company’s U.S.-based Premier and Standard Recruiting colleges and universities. The Ford College Alliance allows CMU students to benefit from vehicle team support and $25,000 in scholarship money as a result of this collaboration. Ford is providing CMU $5,000 in financial support split between two engineering and engineering technology student vehicle teams on campus: the Society of Automotive Engineers Baja team and the Formula One team. Four students have been conditionally approved to receive $2,500 through Ford Blue Oval Vehicle Team Challenge Scholarships. By Malachi Barrett News Editor

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CHSBS changes minors to certificates Program restructuring downgrades American Indian studies minor due to low enrollment By Megan Pacer Staff Reporter

A reappraisal in the College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences has caused a restructuring of several programs, including what used to be the

American Indian studies minor. As of the 2014-2015 school year, the American Indian studies minor has been changed to a certification along with several other programs in the college. CHSBS Dean Pamela Gates said every time the college programs

are looked at, they must be ordered and grouped into categories one through five. Programs in category one are considered the healthiest and generally will receive additional funding. Those in category five are considered to

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“The best part of being on the fire department is knowing that at the end of the day you did everything you could to try to help someone else” Jennifer Herrema, volunteer firefighter

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Junior Jennifer ‘Jenni’ Herrema has experienced many intense situations as a volunteer firefighter, but helping revive a patient whose heart had stopped was an experience she will never forget. “I will always remember my first time doing CPR in the back of the ambulance on the way to the hospital with another medical first responder and getting pulses back on the patient,” she said. “There’s no feeling quite like that.” Herrema is a volunteer firefighter and medical first responder for the Custer and Scottsville Fire Department, being the youngest member of both. She has been volunteering at the Custer department for two years, and Scottsville for five months. John Allisonn, Herrema’s father, was also the chief of the Custer fire department, when she joined at 18. He died last year, when he had a

cardiac episode after responding to a trailer fire. “I learned so much from him throughout my life and could not have asked for a better role model,” Herrema said. “Last year he passed away in the line of duty, but he will forever remain my hero, and my inspiration to give whatever I have to try to help someone in need.” Herrema completed her medical response training in her senior year of high school. She has also completed additional medical training in areas such as CPR, bleeding and shock, trauma assessment, febrile seizures and diabetes. w fire | 2

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Be the Match registry draws wide support for Nash By Megan Pacer Staff Reporter

Community support for Derrick Nash made the first Be The Match registry event held in his honor a success. A Saginaw freshman on the Central Michigan University football team, Nash has been dealing with a relapse of his acute lymphoblastic leukemia for about two months and is in need of

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a bone marrow transplant. “I was down at Central being on the football team and going to class,” Nash said. “I’m not going to say I wasn’t mad, but things happen for a reason.” Caitlin Regan, a marrow recruitment specialist for Michigan Blood, said the registry event held outside the Kelly/Shorts Stadium prior to Saturday’s game ended with 30 new

registered donors for Be The Match, which met her goal for the day. “Everyone has been very aware of the situation,” Regan said. “Everyone knew that Derrick was going to be honored today. The awareness has been through the roof.” Regan said a majority of those who joined the registry came from the CMU Athletics tent set up outside the stadium. Several new registered donors were also students, some

of whom had questions about the process of donating, which Regan and her partner Katie McClain, a marrow recruitment specialist, were happy to answer. “I made sure they were aware of what they were signing up for,” Regan said. “I don’t think that all of them signed up, and that’s a win in our book because we don’t want people signing up who aren’t committed.” w nash | 2

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Courtesy Photo | Jenni Herrema Since she was a young child sophomore Jenni Herrema looked to her father as a role model and hero. “Last year he passed away in the line of duty, but he will forever remain my hero, and my inspiration to give whatever I have to try to help someone in need,” Herrama shares.

Fire | continued from 1 This past summer, she completed trainings including pumper, search and rescue, boat training, jaws of life and extrication. Herrema goes home to be on call every other weekend and holidays. “Being on two volunteer departments, I have my pager on 24-7 when I am home, and I try my best to respond whenever I am called,” she said. “It’s hard to leave my pager behind when I come to school during the week, but my education is also very important to me.” Erica Buter, who also serves on the Custer and Scottsville Fire Department, said that she has seen Herrema respond to a variety of calls in the past two years including fire, medical emergencies and rollover accidents with grace and professionalism. “She is very passionate

nash | continued from 1 McClain said the registry events are also helpful for those who registered with Be The Match in the past, but are are still curious about the process. “We’ve had a couple people at the table say ‘I joined a few years ago, am I still on it?’” She said. “It’s great to know that it makes them think about it again.” Assistant Director of the Chippewa Athletic Fund Tara Bergeron was one of the 30 new people to register with Be The Match, and

about helping people on medical calls,” Buter said. “She has the ability to be really calm and look at the big picture.” Mark Wahr, volunteer on the Custer Fire Department, said that he has been on the department for 32 years, and Herrema is one of the best newcomers he has ever seen. “She is just a ball of excitement,” Wahr said. “She puts 100 percent into everything she does plus another 50.” Herrema said the other volunteers in the department are like family to her. “The support and love I have experienced through the tight bond we share is like none other, and I can’t thank each of them enough for what they do each and every day for other people,” she said. Herrema is a member Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity, and Speech-Language Hearing Club. She is also a part of the Honor’s Program. She said when fellow students learn that she is a firefighter, they are often surprised and fascinated.

“Most people ask, ‘what’s the craziest thing you’ve seen?’ which is a pretty hard question to answer because it’s always changing as time goes on,” Herrema said. Next semester, Herrema will take Isabella County Fire Fighting I and II, where she will rotate at different departments while taking college classes. “The best part of being on the fire department is knowing that at the end of the day you did everything you could to try to help someone else,” Herrema said. “Even if it’s just being there to go through it with them. I love seeing the incredible ways God works even in the toughest situations.” Herrema wants to a speechlanguage pathologist after she graduates, but also plans on continuing to be fight fires. “I see myself being a firefighter for the rest of my life, at least as long as I am physically capable of doing the things expected of me,” she said.

said she had heard of the organization before. “To have it here on campus and be able to ask questions was nice,” she said. “It’s such a little thing I can do in my life to be able to give back and help someone who is obviously going through such a big thing.” Bergeron said being able to support and possibly help a CMU student is important to her as a CMU alum. The next registry event will be held from 3-7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 19 at Ames United Methodist Church in Saginaw. This will be followed by four registry tables on campus on Thursday, Nov. 20. Three tables will be set

up in the Health Professions Building, the Charles V. Park Library and the East Campus Residence Halls from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., and one table will be hosted by the CMU Football Team from 4 - 8 p.m. outside the Student Activity Center. Anyone ages 18 to 44 is eligible to register with Be The Match. There is no guarantee that the registry events on campus will produce a match for Derrick, but Regan said diversifying the registry is always helpful, and Nash is grateful for any community support. “It just feels good that there’s a lot of support,” Nash said. “I don’t have to go through something like this by myself.”

have the least enrollment, and face either deletion or alteration. “A couple of years ago, the whole university went through academic prioritization,” Gates said. “As the largest college, we had 103 programs to review deeply and to assess where their strengths were,” Gates said. “The very lowest ones were programs that were not addressing the needs of students and not meeting the objectives of the programs.” Up to this point, the American Indian studies minor had been a part of the cultural and global studies program. The program was found to be inadequate in meeting students needs, and Gates said they were lucky to have as many as four students enrolled at one time. The American Indian studies minor, along with several others, was altered into a certification that could go along with virtually any major. Several new certifications were also created so that the cultural and global studies program had a variety of culturecentered certificates for its students, including east asian studies, european studies, middle east and islamic studies. “We were not doing the program justice,” Gates said. “When it was designed it was great, but it had outgrown what the intent was. We’ve actually taken the energy of really important studies and programs and grown them.” A few classes had to be cut from the American Indian studies minor to make it into a certification, which is gener-

ally only between 16 and 18 credits. Gates said those who started in the American Indian studies minor before this change will be able to complete it as designed. Professor Jeffrey Fortney, who teaches HST 323, History of Native Americans, said it is important to keep courses like his available because they are helpful not only to students but also to members of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe looking for information outside their local tribe. “What many of my Native students know is the local experience, and that’s definitely important, and I’m definitely still teaching that,” Fortney said. “However, many of them come in with certain stereotypes themselves based on their own experience and the assumption that it extends to all of Indian history.” Fortney said interest in a more diverse education is what his Native students bring to the classroom, while his non-Native students bring traditional assumptions about native culture that his class helps to dispel. He said he makes his class a safe environment to ask questions that might go unasked in regular society. “For some of my nonnative students, they have questions and a lot of them feel like they’re trapped in potential political correctness,” Fortney said. “They’re so afraid that what they say is going to be offensive, and many times for good reason, that they’d rather not ask the question and they’d rather live on assumptions.” For Fortney, keeping courses in Native American studies around is vital for continuing conversations about controversial topics that hit close to home at Central Michigan University, such as the Mount Pleasant Indian Industrial Boarding School. “Questions come out

where otherwise they wouldn’t,” Fortney said. “Especially being at Central and looking at what our nickname is, and current mascot controversies, I’m getting many, many papers about that.” Jerome Pigeon is a senior and member of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe. While he took a few courses within the American Indian studies minor, he took most of his classes at the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College as they transferred easily. Pigeon said he would like to see Ojibwe language classes made available to students who want t apply it to a bachelor of arts degree. “That would be really awesome if I could study Ojibwe language as it’s not really a foreign language but kind of is a foreign language,” he said. “But right now you can’t take Ojibwe and apply it to your Bachelor of Arts.” Pigeon recounted living in Holland, where his classmates would be surprised at his Native American heritage, and voice assumptions that Native Americans were no longer among them. He said keeping courses focused on Native American history and culture is important for overcoming these assumptions. “It’s not that way today in most communities, but as things change, a lot of those changes happened because people were teaching classes like this,” Pigeon said. “I think it’s important that they maintain classes that focus on Native American culture, the history the current issues and all of those things.”

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tales of t nder Horror and success stories from students who use this popular dating app

By Brianne Twiddy Staff Reporter

True love is now only a swipe to the right away. Tinder, a smartphone dating app that allows users to swipe right to like and match with other users based off their photos and a short bio, gets an average of two million matches per day. Kentwood senior Shelby DeJong considers Tinder a new virtual dating app that could possibly replace going on traditional dates. “I think in the new technology age we live in, it’s the newest form of dating, but it’s virtual,” DeJong said. “Instead of faceto-face communication, when telephones came out, people stopped doing that. When texting came, people stopped calling on the phone. This is the new thing. Instead of just going on a date, you just chat online.” DeJong heard about Tinder prior to registering, but thought it was just a hook up app and didn’t take it seriously. Eventually, she joined and met a guy named Jared, who attended

Ferris State University. He visited her, and they went on a date at Italian Oven. Two weeks later, Jared asked her to be his girlfriend, but she explained to him that she wasn’t looking for a serious relationship. “I think he thinks we’re dating, but I tried to break up with him Saturday, but he didn’t understand,” DeJong said. “I have a big project I’m focusing all my time on, and he’s really clingy and texts me a lot and wants to call me three times a day, and I don’t have time for that.” She deleted her Tinder app shortly after her relationship with Jared began. She didn’t find deleting the app a loss. Despite her not personally using it as such, she said it id mostly a hook up app based on looks. “I think guys like everybody because every time I swipe to the right, it would be a match,” she said. “I don’t think there would be that many normally. I think Tinder is a very easy thing for guys because from my personal experience, I had two guys talk to me and one guy didn’t even say hi. The first thing he

said was ‘Hookup?’ and another was like ‘are you looking for friends with benefits?’ and I was like no, that’s not happening.” Pigeon freshman Drew Lawrence admits that while the app is often viewed as a “casual sex app,” he tries to use it to make new friends in the area. He finds it to be an easy way to get to know the students he wouldn’t usually run into around campus. “I just use it to find new friends,” Lawrence said. “I still like to meeting people in person though. I think college students are so active on it because it’s something to do and you meet a lot of new people.” He’s talked to only five people, all of whom he messaged first, but has yet to actually meet with anyone. If Lawrence did meet with anyone, he said he wouldn’t be nervous because of the verification process Tinder requires. To register on Tinder, users have to connect to their Facebook accounts. The app takes the user’s choice of photos off their profile to use on the app. From there that users will be able to view other people’s photos and

have the option to like them. “You’re not matched with people’s interests,” Lawrence said. “You can go on their bio, but even if they have it all, if she doesn’t appeal to your eyes, you just swipe left anyways. It’s an appearance based app.” Johannesburg sophomore Mattie Hummel already had a boyfriend when she joined Tinder after overhearing her friend mentioning it in a conversation. “She was talking about Tinder and I was like ‘what is this thing?” Hummel said. “I just joined to meet people at Central because I just moved here and had zero friends.” Hummel has met one person from Tinder, an act that she admitted to being nervous about, despite not viewing Tinder as possibly dangerous. She believes that to the current generation it’s “normal to meet people” online. “Some people are self-conscious and don’t want to just walk up and talk to someone and seem creepy,” she said. “If you meet on the internet and talk for a while and then meet up, it’s not as bad.”

“You’re not matched with people’s interests. You can go on their bio, but even if they have it all, if she doesn’t appeal to your eyes, you just swipe left anyways. It’s an appearance based app.” Drew Lawrence, Pigeon freshman

HALL OF FAME

Department of Journalism inducts four to Hall of Fame Central Michigan University’s Department of Journalism inducted four new members into its Journalism Hall of Fame on Saturday. Kelly Kolhagen Crawford, a 1981 graduate, spent more than 20 years at The Detroit News. In 1998, she Kelly Kolhagen was named one of the nation’s “Most Influential Media Elite.” She currently works for GM Global Communications. Rick Fitzgerald, a 1975 graduate, served as metro editor of the Muskegon Chronicle and the Ann Arbor News. Rick Fitzgerald He is the director of public affairs and internal communication at the University of Michigan. Tim Smith, a 1986 graduate, purchased the controlling ownership of Skidmore Studio, a branding Tim Smith company, in 2010. With Smith’s leadership, the design firm has grown its revenue by 200 percent. Guy Meiss joined the CMU faculty in 1977 and ended his career as chair of the journalism department. Meiss was selected Guy Meiss as a Gannett Teaching Fellow at the School of Journalism, Indiana University, and wrote and spoke extensively on journalism education. Sean Proctor, a 2011 graduate, was named the 2014 Young Journalist of the Year by the Hall of Fame. The Sean Proctor photographer for The Midland Daily News recently was named the National Press Photographers Association’s 2014 (Small Market) Photojournalist of the Year. He starts a new career with The Boston Globe in December. Central Michigan Life, Staff Reports

UNIVERSITY

Talking smack with the Yik Yak

Native American Heritage Month continues with educational events

Anonymous bulletin board app gains popularity on college campuses By Kevin Andrews Staff Reporter

Yik Yak, an anonymous, location-based app for devices running the iOS and Android mobile operating systems, has taken many college campuses by storm, and Central Michigan University is no exception. The app functions as a local bulletin board, where users can write posts, comment on posts and vote to have them featured. The app has raised $10 million in venture capital funding to expand their brand. Dusty Myers, a faculty member within the department of sociology, anthropology and social work said anonymous sites like Yik Yak raise concerns about cyber-bullying and privacy. “You are providing people a kind of space where they’re interacting in a social vacuum,” he said.

Myers stressed there are normal and acceptable behaviors society agrees upon. What he called “impression management” is constantly moving in and out of social relations tied to identity. “With the anonymity, what it seems to be highlighting is that it’s exposing viewpoints and attitudes that you normally don’t end up seeing,” he said. “People have a lot incentive to control what they do, and that’s not even generated within. You have to go outside of that and look at social forces that actually shape peoples’ behavior.” Myers discussed many factors being at play when it comes to Yik Yak and other anonymous applications and websites, including political and legal implications. “You have a technology that’s brought in and you’re able to do stuff that you were not able to do before, and culturally society has

not caught up with that,” he said. “There’s nothing on the books so far policy-wise to address it.” Royal Oak junior Kit Scoog does not use the app but said she thinks the negativity on the app can be problematic. “My roommates use it and it’s kind of funny to hear what people say, but I’m just not about all that social media like that,” she said. “Because it’s anonymous, it kind of reminds me of CMU confessions a little bit, and I know there could be some problems with that.” Alpena sophomore Bridget Moldenhauer has been using the app for about two months. She began participating at the urging of her roommate, who uses Yik Yak religiously. Moldenhauer said she enjoys the anonymity of the app, but worries that people who may post their location could run into trouble.

Startup app Yik Yak raised $10 million in venture funding to grow its anonymous bulletin board. Yik Yak plans to use the funding to hire more employees and to improve its iOS and Android apps, while engaging in marketing efforts to reach more college campus-based users.

Students from the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College will perform Indian Radio Days, a play written by LeAnne Howe and Roxy Gordon depicting the way Native Americans struggle with how to define themselves in modern society. The play will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the Park Library Auditorium and is free and open to the public. The Readers Theater event is sponsored by Native American Programs. From noon to 1 p.m. on Tuesday in Bovee University Center Terrace rooms A-D, the issues of stolen and destroyed ancient artifacts belonging to Native American tribes will be discusses at the Soup and Substance event, Torn: Recovering California’s Stolen Cultural Heritage.

VOICES

Four more years of Republican control for Michigan The future looks grim. Very grim. This past election was a failure. If you did not vote, then you have zero room to complain about the state of affairs for the next four years. As it turns out, I did. For the first time since the midterm elections in 2006, Republicans have taken control of the Senate. In short, Democrats losing doesn’t mean a whole lot. It’s typical every couple of cycles for the party controlling the White House to lose seats in Congress. It happened during Reagan, Clinton, Bush and now Obama. As we’ve all seen the last few years, control of the Senate doesn’t matter a great deal as long as Republicans controlled the House. And while controlling both chambers is clearly better than just one, the veto power ultimately lies with the president. It’s extremely difficult to get twothirds of both the House and the Senate to vote to override a presidential

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veto. In fact, it’s only happened 110 times in our nation’s history and only 16 have been overridden since 1980. With that in mind, it may look like Obama’s zero is a positive thing. However, it severely underscores the fact that he has struggled to work with a Congress who is absolutely incompetent and unwilling to get anything substantial done in this country. For instance, just over a year ago the Senate passed a bipartisan bill for immigration reform that President Obama said he would sign into law. However, House Republicans wouldn’t even let it come up for a vote. Now who’s at fault here? The

party that just gained more power in Congress. In 2008, this country was on the verge of complete collapse. And just six years later the American voters have given power right back to the party that ultimately lead into the worst economic cataclysm since the Great Depression. Republicans didn’t win. Democrats lost. For one reason or another, Democrats had better things to do than come out and vote, and as a result, they’ve failed the American people. They should be ashamed. And if you think Obama hasn’t done anything, remember that he has created over 10 million jobs, authorized the successful killing of Osama Bin Laden, saved the American automobile industry, a cornerstone component of Michigan’s economy, set a record for consecutive months of job growth and passed a paramount health care reform that has provided millions more

Americans with health insurance. We cannot forget the fact that Michigan voters decided Gov. Rick Snyder is the right guy for a second term. In 2011, this so-called “nerd,” as he obnoxiously referred to himself during his campaign in 2010, signed a controversial budget slashing funding for higher education by 15 percent. He and his allies claimed it was a tough-but-necessary action to get Michigan’s budget under control. I forgot. Money is more important than the education of Michigan’s future generation. He has raised the funding incrementally in the three years since, but the levels are still far below where they were before he took office four years ago. Snyder has also refused to clarify his personal stance on same-sex marriages. Democratic challenger Mark Schauer is a proponent of same-sex marriage and has called for the repeal

EDITORIAL | Gender gap in STEM stalling progression

of Michigan’s ban on it. Gov. Snyder is a proponent of fracking, a controversial technique of extracting natural gas from deep within the earth. This causes a lot of environmental problems because dangerous chemicals are mixed with large quantities of water and sand and injected into wells at extremely high pressure. Clearly, though, Michigan voters had our best interests in mind and feel Snyder does too, again. Just remember, these are the people you, the American public voted for: anti-women’s rights, anti-minimum wage increase, anti-gay, anti-education, antiunion, anti-Medicare, anti-health care, anti-abortion, pro-war, pro-religion, pro-gun and pro-rich. These people do not have the best interests of the 99 percent of this country in mind. We can only hope the next set of voters in 2018 are not as incompetent as this Congress has been and surely will be for the next four years.

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Veterans grateful for honors at CMU Meagan Dullack | Photo Editor Flint senior Adrienne Bradley, left, and Farmington junior Megan Grainer, right, work on Diabetes research in the Health Professions Building on Thursday.

Underrepresented in STEM T

he passage of Title XI more than 40 years ago meant the equality of education programs for men and women. But women are still outnumbered in nearly every science and engineering major.

With programs focusing on science, technology, engineering and mathematics, we can do better. The gender gap has shown a massive under-representation of women in STEM fields. The U.S. Department of Commerce found only one in seven engineers are female. To make matters worse, women have seen no sufficient employment growth in STEM jobs in fourteen years. Only 27 percent of computer sciences jobs are held by women, while less than 20 percent of bachelor’s degrees in computer science go to women. This is shocking since 60 percent of bachelor’s degrees are held by women. The gender-gap is in existence due to prolonged discouragement and preexisting bias about females in STEM fields. This is experienced as early as grade school for girls. Young girls are not always encouraged to pursue science and math in grade school, and when they do show interest it is treated as though it’s a miracle. When a girl does well in any STEM field she is said to be a hard worker, but when a boy does well, he is treated as though it is a natural tendency for him. The consequences of exposure to bias

this early on is detrimental to the further pursuit of STEM fields for girls. Some girls do not feel confident enough to continue their pursuit with science and math because society deems it a boys field of work. This is subtle and is intensified when young girls can’t picture themselves in these fields of study because they have no real role models in STEM fields. Pop culture depicts images of women pursuing jobs as doctors, lawyers and teachers but never computer, or biochemical engineers. The image of engineers is shown through a white male who is often deemed a geek. However, girls continue to take and perform well in science and math classes throughout middle and high school. The transition from high school to college shows the impact of underlying bias. Only 19 percent of first year college females said they wanted to pursue STEM based curriculum in comparison of 35 percent of males who also showed interest, Akhila Satish said, who serves on the board of the Women in Health-

care and Life Sciences, a global effort to promote girls in STEM. Even after pursuing a job in the STEM fields, nearly one in five women leave the work force even with a degree in STEM according to Satish. This is due to underlying prejudice and bias existing in the work force for women. The gender gap in STEM fields is detrimental to the U.S. in the future. Demand for skilled workers in STEM is linked closely with global competitiveness. This only furthers the challenges of globalization. The encouragement of women to participate in the STEM field is crucial because men will not be able to fill the need for STEM based jobs on their own. Lack of gender and ethnic diversity in students pursuing STEM is negatively affecting the progression of America. Actively pursuing the recruitment of female students in STEM departments should be a high-priority. This is done through outreach to high school students. Also, inviting undeclared and transfer students to events based around the encouragement of women

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pursuing STEM jobs. By encouraging women to positively assess their abilities in a subject, they are more likely to continue the pursuit of more classes in that field, and untimely jobs. Most importantly it is time to drain any underlying bias and stereotypes about women in the STEM fields. Research shows that stereotypes about female abilities in STEM can have measurable impacts on their performance. Institutions must create learning environments that are free of negative stereotypes. In order to reach this goal, they must develop an understanding of how bias works at a personal level. The gender gap in the STEM fields proves to be an obstacle, but it isn’t unimaginable, or impossible. Through the dismantling of outdated beliefs and stereotypes, the goal is closer than it may seem. If encouragement and reassurance are implemented early on with young girls, the future can be as bright as this technological society is.

TO THE EDITOR: Central Michigan University’s campus veteran community is grateful to all who spent a little time last week to honor and remember them. On behalf of CMU’s student veterans, the Veterans’ Resource Center staff, members of the Student Veterans of America chapter, and Peer Advisors for Veteran Education, we extend our heartfelt thanks to the students, staff, faculty and community members that attended one or more of our events for the week of Veterans Day. We offer a special thank you to President Ross and Provost Gealt for participating in our Veterans Day ceremony. The collective support speaks volumes about your appreciation for our veterans, current military personnel, and their respective family members. In addition, many CMU employees from numerous departments helped make our events successful including the Army ROTC, P&A Council, University Communications, the Park Library staff, University Events and Media Productions. We are grateful for their support and assistance. Additionally, we thank the Wesley United Methodist Campus Community for preparing and serving a wonderful lunch to our office staff and student veterans. All who participated in this week’s Veterans Day events exemplified the term ‘veteranfriendly’ and your efforts are appreciated. Steve Rellinger, Director of Veterans’ Resource Center Central Michigan University

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Hidden treasures The Antique Center of Mount Pleasant has wide collection of items with a history By Andrew Surma | Staff Reporter

ount Pleasant is filled with hidden gems — unique stores and businesses that go unnoticed

every day. One of those hidden treasures is located off Mission St. The Antique Center is jam — packed with treasures collected from all over America.

The Antique Center of Mount Pleasant has been open for 21 years. Owner Lynette Pendred and her partner Paul Micsak have owned it for 13. They combine for 50 years of experience in the antique business. “My father was in the auctioning business so I’ve been around antiquing my entire life.” Pendred said. “I don’t work. This isn’t a job when I’m here. We love what we do.” According to Micsak, the store gathers antiques at estate sales, auctions, and from

private dealers across Michigan. Micsak said the antiques bring a lot of joy to people. “People who are a bit older will come in and say ‘Oh, mom had one of those!’ or ‘I remember that!’ It evokes nostalgia in people.” Micsak said the store has many students who visit regularly for therapy. “A girl used to come in when she was having a bad day and she spent an hour looking around, (she) didn’t buy anything, but, always

thanked us on her way out,” he said. “It was her therapy.” Micsak said that sort of thing isn’t uncommon at the Antique Center. “We aren’t a museum but what makes us different from other local Antique stores is we enjoy the college kids coming in and looking at the antiques,” he said. Micsak gave Cental Michigan Life a grand tour of The Antique’s Center and pointed out some of the store’s hidden treasures.

Glass sets, sculptors, and figurines The Antique Center had more vases, glass figures, and sculptures than Central Michigan Life could photograph. With the holidays on the way, The Antique Center is a great place to buy original glass wear like these Budweiser mugs.

We Sing Diana The Antique Center is a book lover’s heaven. Their shelves are packed with literature dating back centuries. Wanda Fraiken Neff’s novel “We Sing Diana” is one of the rarest in the store and Pendred’s personal favorite. According to Pendred, the novel was only printed once.

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BREAKING THE BARRIER CMED student addresses gender gap by co-founding STEM camp Zahra Ahmad News Editor

CMED student, Madeline Palmer, provided 20 young girls with something they rarely experience, a successful female role model who is encouraging their pursuit in STEM education on a personal level. The Central Michigan University medical student co-founded STEM Powered a day camp for young girls in under-served areas of Detroit. Each girl was nominated by her teacher based on her interest in science, technology, engineering or mathematics. Palmer was able to fund-raise enough money through corporate sponsorships and Kickstarter to send all of the girls to the camp for free, while providing food and transportation. The camp was based around a hands-on learning approach. Enough mentors and resources allowed each girl to run her own experiment. Campers had daily projects and one week long project, which they presented at the end of their stay to their family and friends. The camp also provided the girls with field trips to different areas around Detroit where STEM-based programs are implemented, as well as guest speakers who were all women in Detroit that pursued a STEM-based career. STEM Powered is now accepting donations for its 2015 summer camp. Donations can be made at stempowereddetroit.com So you spent the summer co-founding a STEM camp for girls in urban underserved areas. What inspired you to do this? Three or four things that happened around the same time that allowed for this. I read a study from the University of Wisconsin that talked about differences in confidence and competency in third grade girls. On average girls are one-half as confident as boys are when pursuing science and mathematics. What struck me was the age group, just the discouragement faced as early as third grade for these girls. Right now (as a country), we’re facing a huge gender gap in the STEM field. We are unable to fill STEM jobs, and eventually, we’re going to need to fill these stem jobs. The reality is we don’t have enough men to fill these jobs on their own. My co-founder started working at a company in Detroit, and she has a real heart for service. I

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was looking at an 8-week summer break, and I didn’t know what I wanted to do. So we figured we wanted to help and excite young girls about STEM. We’re just building confidence in these girls to pursue it. We feel like sometimes people think that not many girls like (STEM), and I don’t think that’s true. My beliefs were reinforced at camp. They wanted to get their hands dirty and learn more. Why is this a needed avenue for young girls? Detroit students have unique sub challenges, boys and girls. In under-served areas there’s so many kids dealing with difficult home situations, there isn’t any encouragement and enrichment because they may not have a safe place to explore this field freely. It wasn’t about teaching them the subjects, I’m well aware that I’m not qualified to teach, but it was about an enrichment, opportunity and a safe place. We wanted them to understand they were not only safe literally but also among their peers as well. Even in a safe school setting boys are more likely to take on leadership roles within groups and that discourages a lot girls to speak up. STEM careers will drive innovation in the next few years, its a competitive game, there will be winners and losers, and I’m hoping females are on the winning side. How are women represented in STEM fields as of now? Really poorly, only 14 percent of the engineering workforce is made of girls. One of the mentors at the camp talked about less than five percent of computer engineers are females. How are more going to if they don’t have moms and aunts in that position? People can only dream about what they know. They don’t have the access to people who are doing these STEM careers. This is the reality of it. Females are really poorly represented. Encouraging confidence in school-aged girls is imperative. A woman named Barbara Oakley, spoke about how girls who do average at these courses don’t stay in those courses because of the challenges they face. Engineering is the easiest example, but this gender gap stretches all throughout the STEM fields. What kind of road block exist for women in the STEM fields? The experience of every female will be different. I can only think of my own and gen-

Courtesy Photo | Madeline Palmer CMED graduate student Madeline Palmer is a co-founder of STEM Powered which is a week long day camp to encourage more young women to pursue their interests in the STEM fields.

eral societal norms to come up with these conclusions. I think that barriers are subtle, but still problematic. When they do well in STEM, they are perceived as hard working while males who do well are perceived to have a natural tendency. I think even that language is damaging as well. One of the most upsetting examples in my own life, my close friend in high school is absolutely one of the best math minds I’ve ever known. She was in an advanced placement physics class getting 98 percent and 99 percent on her exams. She even performed really well on a nationwide physics exam. However, there was no one encouraging her, and she ended up going to Boston College with no engineering program. I wish her physics teacher would have encouraged her more. If we really want to close the gender gap, we need to tell girls like this what a talent they have. We grew up in a nice suburban town, and she still didn’t get that benefit. How did you make STEM based curriculum interesting for young girls? I think STEM is inherently interesting for young girls and boys. I remember that feeling in science and math courses, and I saw it reflected in this camp. They’re chomping at the bit for knowledge. I don’t think we had to make anything interesting.

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Meagan Dullack | Photo Editor During the last play of the game, junior defensive back Kavon Frazier (No. 5) prevents a Miami (Ohio) receiver from making a touchdown catch to tie the game Saturday at Kelly/Shorts Stadium. CMU won 34-27.

Chippewas stifle Miami offense on final play of game to clinch victory By Taylor DesOrmeau Senior Reporter

Greg Cornwell | Staff Photographer Sophomore quarterback Cooper Rush passes the ball over Miami (Ohio) defensive players on Saturday at Kelly/Shorts Stadium.

The clock read 0:00, CMU 34, Miami 27. Chippewas players were celebrating on the field. But the game wasn’t over. Miami (Ohio) had one more goalline chance due a pass interference call on sophomore defensive back Tony Annese. The penalty put the RedHawks on the 2-yard line. MU quarterback Andrew Hendrix, who tallied 369 passing yards and two touchdowns, threw a pass that grazed the fingertips of his receiver and fell to the turf.

“It was ugly at times,” said Central Michigan Univeristy football Head Coach Dan Enos of the last-second victory. “That’s college football week-toweek, though.” The Chippewas escaped Saturday with their seventh win of the season, and host rival Western Michigan University next weekend in CMU’s regular season finale. “That’s what we’ve been talking about the last couple weeks,” said senior wide receiver Titus Davis. Davis’ 9-yard touchdown grab with 10:03 to play broke a 27-27 tie and gave him his third score of the game. He finished with eight catches, and 102 receiving yards.

Miami’s cover one defense was something Davis said CMU receivers benefited from Saturday. “You want to take advantage of that,” Davis said. “Coach saw it and he called my number. The only thing that was going through my mind was coming through for the team.” Senior running back Thomas Rawls (knee) was limited to three carries for 16 yards, and did not re-enter the game after getting hit in the backfield during the second quarter. “Thomas felt good and then he had that one run and he cut,” Enos said. “We thought he was a little tentative. w football | 8

Davis ties single-game receiving touchdown mark in win over Miami (Ohio) By Joe Judd Assistant Sports Editor

Central Michigan University’s senior wide receiver has earned endless praise for his performances on Saturday afternoons at Kelly/ Shorts Stadium. What Titus Davis did during CMU’s 34-27 win against Miami (Ohio) only added to the league-wide applause. “You can’t say anything else about him, there’s nothing left,” head coach Dan Enos said. “I tell the coaches every day to enjoy seniors like him. Enjoy him while we have him.” Davis’ three touchdowns on eight receptions for 102 yards helped the Chippewas stay a step ahead of the RedHawks all afternoon long.

Three touchdowns are the most Davis has ever tallied in a single game during his time at CMU. He caught nine touchdowns this season so far. “I just wanted to come through for the team,” Davis said. “I didn’t care how I was going to do it. How many catches I had, how many touchdowns I had, I just wanted to come out with the win.” Before the game, Enos made sure Davis and the other senior Chippewa leaders understood the importance of Saturday’s clash with Miami. “Coach (Enos) was talking about how it was the biggest game of the season so far. We needed it.,” Davis said. No one was happier than Davis when true freshman Devon Spald-

ing ran for 51 yards on one of his two touchdowns. Davis applied a crucial block down the field on the play. “I love blocking,” he said. “Anytime I throw a touchdown block, I’m going to sell out for the team because I love it.” Spalding boasted about his senior leaders’ multi-faceted offensive abilities. “You all saw Titus on that run,” Spalding said. “Dang near broke the guy’s leg out there.” Davis and the Chippewas prepare of the final game of the regular season against Western Michigan University next weekend. “It will be my last at Kelly/Shorts so it’s very bittersweet,” Davis said. “We’re excited for it.”

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The number of yards allowed by CMU’s defense. They averaged giving up 314.1 yards per game coming into Saturday.

Meagan Dullack | Photo Editor Senior wide receiver Titus Davis catches a touchdown pass on Saturday at Kelly/Shorts Stadium.

The number of consecutive games sophomore Cooper Rush has thrown for 200 yards or more. Rush passed for 218 yards and three touchdowns. He completed eight of his nine throws in the first half and went 16-for-23 on the day.

The number of points allowed by CMU, the most it’s allowed in a victory this season.

7,689 The announced attendance for Saturday’s game. CMU is average attendance is 16,114.6 per home game in 2014.

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A stroke of good luck Dominick Mastrangelo Sports Editor

If you would have told me before the season started that the Central Michigan University football team’s matchup with Miami (Ohio) would have come down to the final play of the game, I would have laughed in your face. Then again, if you told me CMU was going to lose to Kansas and Ball State, I would have done the same. In what has been an upand-down season for this team, Saturday’s victory proved that the Chippewas are capable of winning a tight ballgame. That’s a positive. What is not so promising is just how tight that game was. CMU was on the opposite side of a close contest two weeks ago, when BSU’s lastsecond field goal killed any hopes of a Mid-American Conference Championship the Chippewas had left. As the team continues to cling to bowl eligibility, a sizeable and nerve-racking task is before them: beating MAC West frontrunner Western Michigan. Despite what Head Coach Dan Enos says, senior running back and undeniable hardest runner Thomas Rawls is not close to 100 percent. Had Rawls been healthier and Enos used Rawls as much as I‘m sure he would have liked to, CMU fans would likely still have the fingernails they lost in the final moments against MU on Saturday. Quarterback Andrew Hendrix was the best pocket passer the Chippewas have faced this season. He challenged CMU’s secondary team for most of the game, making long passing plays look effortless in some cases. Meanwhile, CMU senior wide receiver Titus Davis continued to do what he does best: Put a losing team on his back and give it a chance to a win a game it ultimately deserves to lose. Without all three of Davis’ scoring grabs, MU probably runs away with Saturday’s game and ends CMU’s bowl game aspirations. Enos called the Chippewas most recent victory “ugly.” I’d say that is putting it lightly. CMU gave Hendrix and the MU offense more than one chance to tie the game. A dropped pass was the only reason MU did not send Saturday’s game to overtime. If CMU plays like it did against MU next weekend when Western Michigan comes to Kelly/Shorts, the result won’t be pretty. But then again, some wins aren’t as attractivelooking as others. Just ask Coach Enos.

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MAC television deal emphasizes game-day experience By Taylor DesOrmeau Senior reporter

There was not much motivation for fans to come to the Central Michigan University football team’s game against the University of Massachusetts last November. Temperatures barely reached 28 degrees. There was a bone-chilling wind. CMU had a losing record and the game was being broadcasted online. But the 8,763 people recorded to be in attendance that afternoon were the only people to see avid fan Dylan Banagis’ against-all-odds performance on the field, which took place during a commercial break. With the Mid-American Conference signing a 13-year

football | continued from 7 He was never pulled, but our coaches didn’t want to put him in that situation anymore, so we shelved him.” In Rawls’ absence, the Chippewas relied on true freshman Devon Spalding, who carried the ball 22 times for 147 yards and two touchdowns. Spalding’s longest run was for 51 yards and a touchdown. That play gave CMU a 27-20 lead with 3:08 to play in the third quarter. “You go into every game

television deal with ESPN worth more than $100 million, which guarantees broadcast coverage of every MAC football game, entertaining fans at games becomes even more crucial to member schools. CMU is required to have an average of 15,000 in paid or actual attendance over a rolling two-year period to maintain NCAA Division I status. Without the 5,500 tickets bought by International Management Group last season, CMU would have averaged less than 15,000 per game in 2013. “While (the TV deal) may at times have an impact on attendance—I wouldn’t say on a regular basis—it allows our fans to be more engaged,” said CMU Associate Athletic Director for Marketing Nick expecting to carry the rock a lot,” Spalding said. “If I went in there and didn’t expect anything, then I wouldn’t be ready to play.” Enos said he’s expecting Rawls to be 100 percent by next weekend. “Anytime we play (WMU), it’s going to be a dogfight,” said senior linebacker Justin Cherocci, whose sack in the final minute Saturday was dubbed ‘play of the game’ by Enos. Toledo, Northern Illinois and Western Michigan are tied for first in the Mid-American Conference’s West Division at 5-1. CMU sits a half game back at 5-2 in the MAC.

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Williams. “If you can’t be there, then you’re watching it. If you’re watching it, then you’re invested. If you’re invested, then when you do have an opportunity to be there, you’re going to be there. You’re going to put your gear on and be proud of Central Michigan University.” During home games at Kelly/Shorts Stadium, the athletic department attempts to entertain fans with contests, games, giveaways and other promotions. Banagis, a sophomore and CMU athlete, was selected to play a promotional game at one of the breaks during CMU’s clash with UMass last season. A made field goal, a feat no other contestant had accomplished, earned

Banagis a prize. “He came in and he was freezing,” said emcee Bobby St. Charles. “He had his big ‘ole boots on and he booted that puppy directly through the uprights.” The 8,763 shivering fans erupted. It is moments like that one that CMU athletics officials say they hope will bring students out of their dorm rooms for future varsity sporting events. Williams said CMU Athletics uses an engagement approach similar to that of semi-professional baseball teams and league. “Minor League baseball puts a ton of emphasis on making it fun, making it engaging, making it family-friendly,” Williams said. “We take that same ap-

proach to a certain extent.” At the Nov. 22 annual clash with Western Michigan for example, a fireworks show will take place and students will receive free thundersticks. “Every school in America is trying to do something to differentiate their game-day experience from watching at home,” said Matt Kearney, a videographer for the department. “It’s a constant battle that we fight trying to get people to come to games.” Williams said the MAC’s new contract with ESPN presents a challenge for his department. “Being there and watching on TV are two completely different things,” Williams said. “You can’t replace the experience of being at the event.”

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Saturday survival The CMU football team used its highpowered offense and a clutch fourth quarter goal-line stand to escape Kelly/ Shorts Stadium with a thrilling lastsecond victory over Miami (Ohio) and keep the Chippewas’ 2014 bowl eligibility hopes afloat.

Meagan Dullack | Photo Editor Central Michigan University Head football Coach Dan Enos and staff watch the Chippewas last-second gamewinning goal-line stand on Saturday at Kelly/Shorts Stadium.

Greg Cornwell | Staff Photographer Members of the Central Michigan University football team led by senior wide receiver Titus Davis (elevated) celebrate after the Chippewas’ 34-27 win over the University of Miami on Saturday at Kelly/Shorts Stadium.

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Greg Cornwell | Staff Photographer Senior guard Crystal Bradford scored 10 points in a three minute span during the Chippewas 72-70 win over UMass on Sunday at McGuirk Arena.

Women beat UMass despite ‘lackluster’ start By Neil Rosan Staff Reporter

A sloppy 72-70 win over the University of Massachusetts was the way Central Michigan University ‘s women’s basketball team began its 2014-15 season. Senior Crystal Bradford’s late second half run allowed the Chippewas to put the game away. Bradford scored 10 points in less than three minutes of game clock to grow CMU’s lead and clinch the put away effort. But Bradford’s effort was almost undone due to a poor performance by the CMU bench. Leading by 13 points, the CMU bench gave up 12 points in the final 42 seconds, but the Chippewas held on for the win. “It was as lackluster of a performance I have ever seen,” said Head Coach Sue Guevara. “I’m glad we won. I’m just not happy how we won. I’ve seen the group play better than how they played today. I have to be able to trust my bench. It’s a hard lesson to learn.” Four Chippewas freshmen played in the final 42 seconds. They collectively fouled opposing players three times and turned the ball over once. “When you are going to give up 12 points in 42 seconds, there is a trust factor that gets lost in all of that,” Guevara said. “If you get 40 seconds or 40 minutes, you better show me something.” Overall, the CMU offense was sluggish during its first game of the season. The Chippewas were disrupted by the Minutewomen’s

Bradford’s big second half keeps UMass at bay With Central Michigan University’s women’s basketball team in need of a spark, senior guard Crystal Bradford provided it, helping the women hold on Sunday for a 72-70 victory over the University of Massachusetts. Bradford entered the game with CMU clinging to a 49-46 lead on UMass with eight minutes remaining. The reigning Mid-American Conference Player of the Year scored 10 points, dished out three assists and had two steals in a three minute span to bulk the Chippewas lead up to 64-48 with less than five minutes to play. “(Bradford) is a competitor,” said CMU Head Coach Sue Guevara. Bradford’s third three-pointer of the half sent McGuirk Arena into a frenzy, as the Chippewas had the Minutemen on the ropes. “We’re a second half team,” Bradford said. “I’m still working on getting my game legs back, but I felt pretty good.” Bradford scored CMU’s first five points of the second half. Her 15 points, four rebounds and four assists in the second half proved to be the deciding factor in the game. “I was just watching the player’s eyes,” Bradford said. “I was just being proactive on defense.” Bradford said both she and the Chippewas could have and should have played better against UMass. “First game back, so obviously there were a couple of nerves,” Bradford said. “I don’t know if it’s a good or a bad thing. It might be a good thing, but we just played sluggish today.” Guevara allowed Bradford to see 29 minutes of action. “She (Bradford) doesn’t want to come out (of the game),” Guevara said. “She was trying to do too much too soon. When you take three steps forward, you don’t want to take four back.” By Greg Wickliffe, Staff Reporter

zone defense, which led to 20 CMU turnovers. “We just played sluggish today,” Bradford said. “We still got the win, but I think our performance could be much better.” UMass guard Rashida Timbilla took advantage of CMU’s sloppy offensive play to start the game,

scoring 14 points and grabbing 12 rebounds. UMass’ slower tempo on offense forced Guevara to change the team’s defensive scheme in the second half. Guevara changed from the newly adopted pack line defense back to her traditional model, the 2-3 zone.

With 8:15 remaining in the game, Bradford’s offensive explosion opened up a 16-point lead for the Chippewas, their largest of the game. “The run really created a bumper for us,” said senior Kerby Tamm. “We just need to have a better performance overall and improve on our defense.” While Bradford’s breakout was a welcomed success, her health remained her and Guevara’s primary focus. Playing just 27 minutes, Bradford’s time was limited. Sophomore Jewel Cotton scored 12 points and brought down 11 rebounds in her 31 minutes of play Sunday. “She’s one of the players who did a decent job with her own momentum,” Guevara said. “She didn’t try to make things happen. She let the game come to her.” The Chippewas know they have to be more efficient in order to contend this season. “We cannot have this type of a lackluster performance against Kentucky,” Guevara said. “Or we will get run off the court.”

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Monica Bradburn | Staff Photographer The Central Michigan University men’s basketball team opened the 2014-15 season with a 106-64 victory over Alma College on Friday at McGuirk Arena. Junior forward Blake Hibbitts led all CMU scorers with 14 points. He also hauled in nine rebounds in the Chippewas dominating victory. A total of five players scored in double figures during the rout. The Chippewas will host their next opponent, Youngstown State, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday night.

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