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As university officials weigh the possibility of building a nursing program to boost enrollment, other area colleges that host similar programs have weighed in with mixed feedback. Saginaw Valley State University’s Dean of Health and Human Services Judith Ruland is worried a nursing program at CMU might upset a statewide balance for clinical training. “I don’t know how this would work,” Ruland said. “Part of the issue is delicately balancing the number of nurses we need to produce to serve our population. At the same time, we have to think about not overtaxing our clinical patients in the hospitals. I’m a big proponent of increasing capacity, and it’s not that we’re not supportive, but one more nursing school in the area could really upset that balance.” Strong words like those characterize the kinds of internal and external challenges that lay in wait for a CMU nursing program. Everything from available facilities, massive Chris Ingersoll start-up and maintenance costs, and a lack of faculty available top the bill for Ruland, who has expressed her concerns through conversations with CMU’s Chris Ingersoll, dean of health professions and human services. “These are all things I’ve spoken with Chris about,” Ruland said. “Nursing programs are very expensive to run, and they take a lot of resources to operate. Our program is built heavily with simulation as a part of the curriculum, and we require four hours of simulation every week. Aside from those physical resources, having staff to run that lab or faculty that are prepared by specialty is key. You can’t start off small.” In order to maintain its program, Ruland has 17 full time faculty members and nearly 90 clinical instruction faculty and staff members. Each faculty member, she said, must be highly specialized and highly trained. Finding that kind of faculty base was one of her biggest challenges. “It took me a few years to put together the necessary amount of faculty,” Ruland said. “The people who work in the clinical setting need to be at least bachelor’s or master’s prepped, and we need at least one faculty member to eight students at all times. We have a huge need for our student population, coupled by a terrible shortage of these available faculty.” w NURSING | 2A

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Common prescription drugs are being used and abused by students, residents Megan Pacer

Senior Reporter This is the first story in a three-part series on prescription drug abuse within the community of Mount Pleasant and Central Michigan University. Mount Pleasant is no exception to the nationwide pharmaceutical drug abuse epidemic. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, 12,000 people in the United States died from unintentional overdose on prescription drugs in 2008, most of which were prescribed to treat pain. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that drug overdose death rates had, by 2008, more than tripled since 1990. “America has a bit of a prescription drug problem,” said Officer Mike Covarrubias, a drug recognition expert for the Bay Area Narcotics Enforcement Team. “In 2011, more people were killed by prescription drugs than by street drugs.” At Central Michigan University, the problem occurs when students share prescription drugs with a friend or sell them to others if they have extra. Some of the most common prescriptions abused by students are anxiety medications, which depress the central nervous system and help the user relax. “We hear a lot about Adderall,” Covarrubias said. “Given to children, it calms them down. But in adults, it does the opposite.”

Covarrubias, who is specially trained to see the effects of prescription abuse said the trouble for law enforcement is that in many cases there is nothing for them to measure the severity of the situation. It is also difficult to tell how long or how much a user will be affected by what he or she has taken. “Alcohol you can measure by blowing in a tube,” Covarrubias said. “Pills don’t do that. That’s the difficulty for law enforcement when it comes to drugs.” One of the easiest ways for people to begin abusing their prescription drugs is by adopting a habit Covarrubias terms “doctor shopping,” in which patients request the same prescription from multiple doctors without authorities realizing what is going on. When this happens, it is up to both doctors and pharmacies to report and double check all prescriptions in the Michigan Automated Pre-

scription System, which holds the prescription record of every patient a doctor sees. According to Covarrubias, a drug abuser will go to extraordinary lengths to obtain drugs to feed their habit, even if it means abandoning a job or family. Some will even go so far as to trade Bridge Cards for the drugs they need. Students themselves serve as another avenue for drug abuse. When a university is home to students for many different states, students bring with them the connections they have in other parts of the country. Through these connections, some are able to purchase and transport drugs into the area from buyers in their home state. According to Mount Pleasant Police Public Information Officer Jeff Thompson, students who are first-time or casual users are not the main focus of police officers dealing with drug use. “That street-level user is not the main goal there,” Thompson said. “It’s not the college kid with one ecstasy pill. We want to get to the dealer.” Although police officers are trained to recognize smuggling, Covarrubias said following the trail of drug transportation and putting a stop to it is a constant struggle for law enforcement. Some known borders used for drug trafficking includes the Mexican-Texan border and the one located between Canada and Montana. When it comes to the numbers of students and residents affected by drugs in the Mount Pleasant area, nailing down specifics can be difficult. “I do not have a specific number, but I have experience in talking with specific users,” Covarrubias said. “The overall goal is not about the arrests, it’s about the help.” According to Thompson, help can sometimes be difficult to give to victims of drug abuse, many of whom will slip back into bad habits even after being arrested. “The majority of people who you deal with do not go to rehab,” Thompson said. “We cannot mandate that a person goes to rehab. The courts can mandate it.” Thompson said until a conscious decision to stop using is made, no amount of help provided by police will likely make a long-lasting difference. As a specialist with BAYANET, much of what Covarrubias does is damage control after something has already been abused and an addiction has most likely already formed. “That’s the bummer about being a police officer,” Covarrubias said. “You are reacting. Something has already happened. The only way that you can stop people from using drugs is if you prevent them from starting in the first place.” metro@cm-life.com

Student Government Association representatives might soon be excluded from a top Academic Senate committee if a proposed membership change passes at today’s meeting. The membership amendment directly applies to the A-Senate’s Committee on Committees — a non-policy making committee that helps populate other policy-making committees. Among the proposed changes, the amendment calls for the removal of three seats allocated for SGA representatives appointed to the A-Senate body. The rationale for the removal of student participation cites “a long history of unsuccessful recruitment and poor attendance” from SGA. The implication from A-Senate leadership that SGA has in some way been derelict in its duties has upset Student Government Association President Marie Reimers. “I’m frustrated and tired of the Academic Marie Reimers Senate implying that the SGA drops the ball on these kinds of things,” Reimers said. Filling the seats is difficult when the SGA is unaware of its vacancies, Reimers said. “We were never asked to fill these seats,” she said. “We were not aware of their existence until after we were informed they were going away.” Reimers said SGA only learned about the empty Committee on Committees seats once the proposal landed as an agenda item, becoming aware after SGA Senator and A-Senate member Sandy Lane personally presented the issue to her. The problem she sees, as evidenced by this amendment, is not their attendance record, but rather a severe lack of communication between the faculty government body and its student government counterpart. However, Committee on Committees Chair Roschelle Heuberger, who has chaired the committee seven times over the past several years, said it has been exhausting trying to recruit responsible students who take the committee and its duties seriously. “Student participation is just completely non-existent,” Heuberger said. “In order for me to even just get two-thirds quorum, I need to have every student member there for one meeting, but time and time again, the students might not even show up. I can’t even get a quorum. It has become absolutely tiring for me to have to hunt down students over email just to get a vote — emails that they don’t answer. “This is in no way an anti-student move. It’s to reduce the workload, especially if I have to call a new meeting just to get a vote.” Wherever the blame belongs, Lane said that there is only one way to solve the problem — to get students involved again. “I understand that there have been some legacy issues between (Reimers and her predecessor, Macomb senior Justin Gawronski),” he said. “There was a gap there, and the administration just wasn’t aware of it. It doesn’t matter where the fault lies, though. Let’s just get to work.” w A-SENATE | 2A

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NURSING | CONTINUED FROM 1A For her, the placement issue is among the most important. “When we talk to the hospitals about this, they tell us that there simply is no more room for increasing clinical capacity,” she said. “I don’t know how we would find time and places to fit more students in.” Ruland said CMU has already inadvertently affected other nursing programs’ ability to precept nurse practitioners with its developing medical program. According to Ruland, students training to be nurse practitioners — graduatelevel nurses who can perform many, however limited functions similar to a physician – must fulfill residency-type precepts with licensed physicians before completing their education. Students training to become physicians must follow the same framework. Due to the introduction of CMED, Ruland explained, many physicians have put their nurse practitioner precepts on the back burner to make way for their brethren doctors. “Yes, CMED has been part of the problem,” she said. “Nobody intended for that outcome to occur with the opening of the medical school, but something has got to give. Physicians want to help medical students get their education first, we understand that. It’s become very difficult already to place our nursing students (because of CMED).” Although Ingersoll has yet to deliver his findings to his superiors, Vice President of Enrollment Steven Johnson said that all of these issues have been considered. “With any new program, we have to look at the totality of what we’re doing,” Johnson said. “We have to understand our market and be able to look and see if market potential even exists. I haven’t discussed these things with

(Ingersoll) yet, but I’m not concerned with that issue because we can’t just look at within our geographic Steven Johnson area. We have to look outside our area to make anything new work.” Johnson added that a nursing program is about fulfilling market potentials, not just about boosting enrollment. According to Ruland, it would take years for CMU to realize any tangible or diagnostic boost in enrollment. “I don’t know how much this would help with enrollment because between the cost and the lack of faculty, that deletes the ability for fast growth,” Ruland said. Conversely, Bethany Hubbard, director of nursing for Kirtland Community College — which partners with SVSU in its RN-to-BSN completion program — said an enrollment boost is always a potential outcome with nursing, no matter how long it takes. “For us, our RN-to-BSN program with SVSU was a win-win situation in terms of increasing enrollment,” Hubbard said. Much like Ruland, Hubbard said Kirtland would be willing to support CMU’s endeavors in any way, as long as the university is aware of what it’s doing to the outlook of the greater ecosystem. Johnson agreed with Hubbard’s assessment. “I have been to other institutions to look at what’s needed, and it has to be a strategic investment,” he said. “It can’t be just about enrollment. Sure we want growth, but it has to be comfortable. That has to be a big part of the decision.”

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A-SENATE | CONTINUED FROM 1A Lane’s focus is on retaining the few avenues of participation students still have, and in the interim, he and two other SGA ASenate representatives have filled the vacant positions temporarily. “Having this potentially taken away from us sparked something in SGA,” Lane said. “I don’t want to give up student representation. I don’t want to give up on student’s rights.” To do that, SGA Senator Kevin White is working on an amendment to the proposal allowing at least one student representative to remain on the committee. If the amendment passes, Reimers said that Lane would take the vacant seat. “We don’t believe we

need an overwhelming presence in Academic Senate, but we still need one,” she said. If student representation does remain, Heuberger hopes that student involved actually wants the position and is responsible enough to handle it — or rather, responsible enough to just show up. “I want someone who is invested,” she said. “Someone who is helping us and not someone who I have to hunt down to come to a meeting. They have to be vetted and be responsible and reply via email when I send one out. I didn’t anticipate this to be a firestorm, especially if they’re not even going to send someone to be on the committee. I didn’t feel like anyone would actually care because no one has in all the years I’ve chaired the committee.”

Whether or not the SGA drafted amendment will pass — let alone the initial amendment drafted by Heuberger — is still a major unknown, according to A-Senate Chairperson Andrew Spencer. “I gave up a long time ago trying to predict what could or couldn’t pass,” Spencer said. Spencer explained that before Lane informed Reimers of the potential change, the senator approached him inquiring about what needed to be done to fill the vacant seat. “It shows that they care and that there was a concern from the student senators,” he said. “I’m happy that students want to be involved.” studentlife@cm-life.com

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Issue Day informs students of service opportunities The Mary Ellen Brandell Volunteer Center hosted its 13th annual Issue Day on Saturday for students to experience the opportunities available to them in the world of volunteer and service. It only took the first 10 minutes of registration for the event to be more popular than it has ever been. “Ten minutes into registration, we had more people than we ever had before,” said Pontiac junior and Issue Day Coordinator Octavia Carson. The day was packed with keynote speakers from the community, topic discussion pertaining to global issues deserving of attention, and a registered student organization fair, where students were able to meet with various RSOs whose missions involve service to the community. “I think the best thing about Issue Day is having all the issues under one roof,” said Fowlerville sophomore Paige Litz, who was a volunteer for the day from the Honors Program. “You can get a lot of personal information from it.” Issue Day concluded with a period of reflection, where students took the initiative to discuss how they would implement what they learned into the community. “All day, we learned really important ways to become involved in service and the community, and once we’ve done that, we ask, ‘What now?’” said Shawna Ross, director of the volunteer center. To read the full story on Issue Day, check out cm-life.com. -CM Life Staff Reports

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Wellspring Series to host local talent today The second reading of the year in the fifth annual Wellspring Literary Series will feature Kalamazoo poet Diane Seuss tonight at the Art Reach Center of Mid-Michigan. Located at 111 E. Broadway St. in Mount Pleasant, the Art Reach Center has hosted the Wellspring Series since its creation in 2009. The series strives to bring local talent of all experience levels together under one roof for an evening of poetry and music. In addition to being the Writer in Residence at Kalamazoo College, Seuss served as the MacLean Distinguished Visiting Writer at Colorado College in 2012, and has received several awards for her work. “Her poems and brief lyrical essays have appeared in a range of literary magazines, most recently in Missouri Review, Black Warrior Review, Ecotone and Mid-American Review, where she won the 2012 Fineline Competition,” an excerpt from the Wellspring Literary Series Facebook page reads. Tonight’s event will feature CMU student poet and MA candidate Anthony Sassin. CMU Professor of Music Bob Lindahl will provide the musical portion of the evening with a selection of improvisational pieces on the trombone. Free and open to the public, the Wellspring Literary Series is hosted by founder and Associate Professor of English, Robert Fanning. As usual, catering for the event will be provided by Max and Emily’s Eatery, located at 125 E. Broadway St. in downtown Mount Pleasant. Students and residents are welcome to linger after the readings to mingle and discuss with the poets and each other. -Megan Pacer, Senior Reporter

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Gone Beachin’ clothing company inspired by time spent at Florida beaches

taught to ignore for the first several years of our lives,” she said. “And I think we can spend a lot of time reclaiming our gifts and such.” Indiana sophomore and Public Relations officer for the OGS Mariah Higgins said the group is available to discuss beliefs in an open, nonjudgemental way. “We are a place for questions, we’re very accepting and open,” Higgins said. “We just ask that you don’t judge us or try to change our beliefs, and we would never with you, either.” studentlife@cm-life.com

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Photo Illustration by Taylor Ballek | Photo Editor Grandville senior Andrew Russo owns and operates a clothing business, Gone Beachin’.

In addition to the retail opportunity they were offered, the duo put themselves in the running for the Intuit QuickBooks Small Business Big Game competition in an attempt to spread their name as far as possible. Gone Beachin’ has already made some impressive headway in the Intuit competition, as they were officially placed into the second of four rounds. If selected from 20 semi-finalists, and eventually the four finalists, a professionally made Gone Beachin’ commercial could be aired during the Super Bowl this February. “Small Business Big Game is a contest for small businesses and we’re excited to have made it to the second round just by votes from people who liked our business,” Russo said. “We shot a (promotional video) ourselves to attract voters to get us into round three.” Russo is using his design savvy skills to master the video around the clock, as most of his free time is dedicated to tasks involved with the business. “My weekends are mostly dedicated to working on things for Gone Beachin’ because I’ll have to drive (to Grandville) to do inventory, shoot footage or do other things for the business,” he said. The hard work the pair has put into the business is beginning to pay off. They are

starting to get recognized by more people, including Royal Oak senior, Gordie Morton. Morton is the co-creator of an event called Tree Love Collective that was held in Mount Pleasant Oct. 24 to bring together artists and musicians for a night of fun an inspiration. Russo was invited to set up a booth at the event to sell Gone Beachin’ merchandise, since the shirt designs can be appreciated by any artist at the event. “We chose to bring (Gone Beachin’ merchandise) to our event because I’ve known Andrew for a while through graphic design classes,” Morton said. “I thought his shirts would be a good addition to the event because I appreciate all the work he’s put into them and wanted to help his cause.” Aside from being successful, the duo wants to inspire people. “We want to bring communities together to inspire them to go to the beach and to actually have clothing that would be comfortable and nice to wear, not the cheap ones that you can buy from a street vendor by the beach,” Russo said. “We want something to inspire people to go beachin’.” To purchase some of their gear, check out gonebeachin.com studentlife@cm-life.com

Open Grove Society hosts Psychic Fair By Elizabeth Benson Staff Reporter

Amid tables of crystals, beaded bracelets and books on every thing from omens to Wicca, members of Open Grove Society gave tarot readings and other forms of divination to introduce locals to a more spiritual world. The religious diversity RSO hosted the Psychic Fair event as part of their second annual Witch Week festivities – an effort to spread awareness and clear up misconceptions about modern-day witches. A portion of the proceeds from the event were donated to a local women’s aid shelter. “We’re just trying to raise awareness of different parts of society that people normally don’t get to see on a regular basis,” said Livonia freshman Alayna Zeydel, a member of OGS. “With this event, we were also trying to give opportunities to local vendors as well, to showcase their work.” Vendors participate in the psychic fair to not only show their work, but to educate students on their practices. “I’ve been coming to the events put on by this society for about a dozen years now,” said Holly Stafford, a vendor at the event. “And it’s even more important to me now, because I have a daughter who is a student here at the university.” Stafford owns the shop Mother Moon in Saugatuck, and specializes in selling jewelry, herbs, stones, healing remedies, information books and more, much of which was showcased at her booth on Friday. “I’ve always been interested in spirituality, and I began studying shaman-

Samantha Madar | Staff Photographer Canton junior Morgan Bartos gets her future told from tarot cards at The Psychic Fair on Friday in the Veterans Memorial Library Annex.

ism around the end of high school,” she said. “I find that if I open myself up to spirituality, I know things intuitively, and if I don’t question or second guess myself, I am always right, and that’s what is referred to as clairsentience.” Stafford is mainly an astrologer, and prepares custom astrological charts and personalized horoscope interpretations in her own words. She said that most of her skills had been self-taught, but she has also had many friends who introduced her to other techniques and taught her how to better herself. “I think that we are all born with psychic skills that, by and large, we are

By Adrian Hedden Senior Reporter

Many residents of northern and central Michigan are struggling to receive primary health care. Through partnerships with regional hospitals in rural and urban areas suffering from physician shortages, CMED hopes to ultimately send students into those areas to begin working on a solution. “Appointment availability is a real problem,” said Associate Dean of Clinical Education and Hospital Relations Sean Kesterson. “With a smaller number of doctors, there is a smaller number of patients that can be treated. It’s just a normal part of life. If a family in a rural area is not getting access to prenatal care, I think we can all agree there is something wrong with the picture.” Kesterson said the Michigan Department of Community Health compares the number of physicians to population density to determine if it is experiencing a shortage. Most areas contain 300 physicians per 100,000 patients. In some rural areas, Kesterson said, doctors could be stretched even thinner at 100 or 90 physicians per 100,000 patients. “That paints a certain picture,” he said of the shrinking ratios. “The lower that ratio goes, it begins to pique the need, and those regions are identified as shortage areas.” Kesterson said “virtually all” hospitals in mid Michigan are experiencing shortages. He specifically named hospitals in Gaylord, Petoskey, Bad Axe, Pigeon and Sandusky. Aside from budget reductions, Kesterson also pointed to impending turnover of current doctors ready to retire. He estimated there will be 6,000 fewer physicians by 2020, and Kesterson hoped CMED students will soon be ready Deborah Biggs to fill the gaps, once they graduate. He said CMED has more than 30 finalized hospital affiliations in the affected areas, for clinical training during students’ third and fourth years at CMED. “All places we’ve identified are of interest,” Kesterson said. “We want to serve, but also need to an educational experience. We have to match the situations. (The hospitals) are all waiting to hear more.” In order to begin solving the doctor shortage in Michigan, students recruited to CMED were expected to be onboard with the college’s mission. Kesterson said many students come from the rural areas affected. “Obviously, our admission process is designed to select students aligned with the mission,” he said. “A lot of them are from rural areas. They tend to be in areas with physician shortages. Where you would find these places, you’ll find our students.” He said CMED students should be sent to the regions by 2015, for the inaugural class’ third year. Students will engage in a “comprehensive community clerkship,” for six months working in the communities they’ve been assigned. “You’re not here just for medical school, whatever you choose to go into, you have some sort of debt to this region,” said Ali Hachem, a member of CMED’s inaugural class and vice president of the Medical Student Council. “CMED is very direct about its mission. The shortage over here just drives you to be a part of it. CMED will bear the fruit of the seeds we’ve planted.” According to CMED’s Senior Associate Dead of Administration and Finance Deborah Biggs, the Association of American Medical Colleges first identified the physician shortage and asked medical schools to step in. Biggs said CMED hopes to address the problem, by recruiting students from the very areas affected, in hopes they will ultimately return home as licensed doctors. “Where you come from and where you do your training are the biggest predictors of where you’ll end up,” she said. “By recruiting students from those areas, we’re hoping to address this shortage.”

By Kate Woodruff Staff Reporter

No matter who you are, there is no problem a trip to the beach can’t solve. Grandville senior Andrew Russo agrees, and he’s willing to bet his business on it. In February 2011, Russo traveled to Florida for the Disney College Internship program with his best friend, Davenport University senior Dustin Cronkright, where they would inadvertently lay the ground work for the clothing business they currently own and operate: Gone Beachin’. “The name came about when we were in Florida because we would always leave our roommates a note when we went to the beach on the weekend, saying ‘Gone Beachin’,’” Russo said. In March, after reflecting on the fun they had in Florida two years earlier, Russo and Cronkright decided to apply for a limited liability company and a trademark to make their way toward launching a beach-themed clothing business. This business would ultimately hinge on the fun, carefree notion of “Gone Beachin’” the pair created in their travels together. The merchandise consists of shirts, tank tops, sunglasses and window decals. After more research and testing, the duo also hopes to dip into the swimsuit market. Like any small business, managing not only the merchandise, but everything behind the scenes can be taxing. Russo does his share with style. In addition to his Gone Beachin’ responsibilities, Russo is a full-time graphic design student at Central Michigan University. He works at the university’s MEDIAgraphix office, and is president of the registered student organization Design Herd. Russo’s determination, creativity and passion for technology and design makes him the perfect match for his business-minded partner. “Right now, I’m finishing my degree (in computer networking), but when I finish that, I want to take classes for graphic design so I can help Andrew with that side of the business,” Cronkright said. “Right now, I handle the distribution side of things.” The duo have combined their talents to help sell their products at trade shows near their hometown in Grandville, as well as dipping into the Mount Pleasant community, with an appearance at MAINstage. The majority of their sales are made through their website, but they are hopeful about getting a physical store in the future. “We don’t have our own store, so we sell mostly online because we’re using the money from our pockets to pay for this and we can’t afford a physical store yet,” Russo said. “We really want to get our own shop eventually.” While the business doesn’t have a physical location yet, this hasn’t stopped their customers from noticing the quality of the products this business offers. “We were contacted by a retailer called ‘The Hut No. 8’ in August to sell in their stores,” Russo said. “They’re a national business, but this is a franchise and they bring brand name clothing, even if it’s local, into their store, rather than having their own stuff to sell.”

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EDITORIAL | There is no excuse for missing A-Senate

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Academic Senate can be blamed on the group’s own public perception and self image. It is clear by their lack of participation in widely-known public meetings that most SGA members have little sense of political urgency. reasonable time. The meetings are an avenue to foster greater awareness among students, while working alongside their own teachers to create a campus environment with addressing the concerns of all parties involved. It should be no secret that SGA members should be present at all A-Senate proceedings, as the inner-most decision making at CMU takes place there. These meeting are open to the public, and it would seem students involved in their supposed campus government would happily attend without a special invitation. As the SGA has earlier this semester wrangled with a lack of funding adjustments for inflation, it is obvious the administration does not take them seriously. Yet the group is idealistically positioned as leaders of our student body. The SGA needs to define itself as more than another school club, created for a specific segment of the student body. It is the best chance for our students to have a say in CMU’s inner-most proceedings, to build a bridge between the very different concerns of students and their mentors. Is the SGA an RSO based on student interest? Or is it an essential arm of our campus administration?

Does it provide a voice for students, or a venue to blissfully experiment with their own academic pursuits? Before officials at CMU can take the student government seriously, it needs to take itself seriously. Changes to personnel could easily replace the typical apathetic liberal arts student with SGA officials hoping to make a difference here and now. A-Senate meeting and committee times are widely broadcasted and open to the public. Anyone can be there and get involved, especially students eager to be a part of student government. But they don’t shoulder all the responsibility. A-Senate is one of the most important and meaningful entities on campus. By failing to attend ASenate meetings and engaging more actively and aggressively with those in power, SGA is not living up to its duties, and might not have a fighting chance. If the A-Senate cuts even one of the SGA’s seats at these proceedings, it can only blame itself. By allowing student ignorance to thrive at CMU, professors are losing out on an essential part of shared governance. If this apathy allowed to fester, the student body will be robbed of just one more way to matter.

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Kerry MacDonald is a junior from Plymouth who is majoring in therapeutic recreation. CM Life: Describe yourself in three words. Kerry MacDonald: Unique, positive and sassy-lassy. What is your favorite part about being a Chippewa? KM: My favorite part is experiencing that sense of community that I don’t find or see at other schools. Overall, the campus and people are friendlier.

What is the best piece of advice you have ever gotten? KM: If you think you’re too small to be effective, then you’ve never been in a dark room with a mosquito.

Who is your role model? KM: My best friend. She is very active and optimistic about her influence on society and inspires me to get more involved.

If you could travel anywhere, where would you go? KM: If I could travel anywhere I would travel to Narnia, just to experience a day in the life. Plus, obviously, to talk to lions.

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If someone says they are a neuroscience, biomedical engineering or computer sciences major, your first instinct is to probably say, “Wow! Great for them!” or, “They’re going to go far in life.” However, when someone says they’re studying visual arts, creative writing, theater, dance or anything like that, most people’s first reaction is to say, “Oh, so you’re going to be a teacher?” Newsflash, world: There are more things to do with an “artsy” degree than teach others. I think it’s great when someone’s passions line up with something that is guaranteed to make them a lot of money and give them a boost to achieve amazing things in the future. But some people’s passions lay outside the socially acceptable realm of “successful” occupations and endeavors. I’m a theater major. I’m probably never going to save someone’s life, find a cure for a

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recent struggles for representation in the

SGA representatives have often failed to attend committee meetings within the A-Senate, blaming their truancy on a “lack of communication” with university officials. Rather than seeking out the representation they should so hunger for, SGA passed the buck to the very people missing out on their input. But the provision of that essential student involvement can’t only be put on the students themselves. The faculty ranks of the A-Senate should recognize the importance, being a school, of student participation in these proceedings. Senators can no longer hide behind emails, claiming they are simply too tired of encouraging students to participate. Instead, the faculty ranks of the A-Senate should work tirelessly to convince the student body to be as involved in university politics as they can. As leaders of this school, they are teachers even after leaving the classroom. An instructor or senator who is too tired to call students to encourage them has given up on teaching all together. Wherever there is an optimistic student who no longer cares, a teacher has failed. The important thing is not that these meetings go along smoothly, and that everyone gets home at a

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Since the first bloops appeared on Atari’s Pong way back in 1972, video games have progressed into something incredible and truly unique. As excellent as film and books are, video games have one exclusive artistic feature that sets them apart from other mediums: Interactivity. This interactivity is able to create emotions unlike anything else. I’m sorry, but those interactive choose-your-ownadventure Indiana Jones books I read in 5th grade are not quite up to snuff with the potential of an excellent “game.” For example, in the games “Mass Effect” and “Heavy Rain,” when my actions killed characters I had grown to cherish, I was devastated. In the past three years, the only times I can recollect crying were after the first 15 minutes of Disney/ Pixar’s “Up” and near the end of “Mass Effect 2.” Seriously. These events are coded, yet entirely unscripted from their respective story’s onset. My actions alone killed my friends. The recently released “Stanley’s Parable” is essentially a satire of this aspect of “games,” and is an absolute riot to play because of this. Each playthrough is entirely different and lasts maybe 10 minutes, while the narrator mocks the player for the entire journey. It’s lovely.

life threatening disease or win a Nobel Peace Prize unless I do these things on a stage. But that shouldn’t negate my passions, goals or life choices. Because, guess what? Success doesn’t have a universal definition. We each have to decide what our version of success is. For me, it’s happiness. I just want to be happy with my life at the end of the day. I don’t care if I’m sitting in a tiny apartment with no heat eating spaghetti out of a can — if I’m happy with my choices when all is said and done, then I’ll be the most successful girl on the planet. For others, maybe they want to be rich, famous, a world-renowned surgeon by 30 years old or the voice of their generation. Who am I to say who is right, or what is practical? Sometimes, we need to remember when to bite our tongues and keep our opinions to ourselves. So what if you think someone needs a reality check? It’s not your job to give it to them. When they tell you what their plans are, they aren’t looking for you approval or opinion. They’ve already made up their mind, regardless of your two cents. Next time you get the urge to ask an art or writing or performance major what they’re planning on doing with themselves, or sarcastically wishing them luck, just don’t. Remember that they’ve already thought all of this through, and that they’re nervous about the future, too. But this is their passion and their dream, and just because they aren’t pre-med or poli-sci doesn’t mean they should be treated any differently.

Regardless of the beauty player-choice brings, the objectively greatest video “game” I’ve ever played, “Bioshock: Infinite,” contained virtually none. Instead, its robust themes of racism and oppression fused with an unbelievably dynamic world containing compelling characters utterly captivated me. The gameplay itself wasn’t too shabby, either. At “Bioshock Infinite’s” start, a festival is ongoing in the floating steampunk city, Columbia. Meanwhile, the player is the disgraced former Pinkerton, Booker DeWitt, who is attempting to rescue a girl in order to pay a debt. As DeWitt, I remember walking through the unbelievably gorgeous Columbia. It was an astonishing experience. Despite the city’s beauty, it was evident that darkness lurked somewhere beneath the shining façade. So, I strolled through the town and talked to several cordial, amiable white citizens, all the while making note of something being off with Columbia. Then from literally out of nowhere, I hear this a capella rendition of The Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows.” I could not move. I stood there on my own accord for the entire song’s duration and remember thinking, “Wow, it’s such a shame that I can experience this for the first time only once.” It was a fantastic “game.” Now, there is a reason as to why I have been passive-aggressively placing the word “game” in quotes. It’s because I just don’t think it’s an accurate term. Although I believe games I play like “Fifa,”” CounterStrike” and “Crusader Kings” are all fantastic, they are certainly more sport than art and effectively are games. But “Mass Effect,” “Bioshock: Infinite” and many other “games” like them? They have far more artistic value than some “game.” To refer to them as such feels denigrating. Unfortunately, neither I nor anybody else in the gaming community at the moment can think of a better term to call them.

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Last week I took on the challenge that has been weighing on my mind for the entire semester: The Mother Trucker at The Grotto. In fact, its been something I have been anxious to do since I first heard about it four years ago during my first semester on campus. Unfortunately, it did not pan out as I thought it would over those four years. The Mother Trucker Challenge is something so overwhelming, so gigantic, that even Gabriel Iglesias would faint in its presence. Last Wednesday, myself and University News Editor Kyle Kaminski took a stroll down to The Grotto to watch the 10-pound pizza be created. Watching the crew make this pizza was like watching someone carve your tombstone. A pound of each of the following meats went on this monster pizza: whole slices of ham, pepperoni, strips of bacon, ground beef and sausage on top of sausage. I had to keep reminding myself that I could not VBGbootybingoad6730.pdf die from a food coma.

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The pizza was so enormous we pulled an adjoining table next to ours to house the doughy behemoth. The Mother Trucker was cut into eight different slices — each slice weighed as much as a medium-sized, one-topping pizza. It put me in hog heaven from the first bite. But halfway through the second piece, my stomach started to catch up with me. My partner — who is known around the office as “Wolverine” due to his facial hair and hair cut — shred his second slice into so many 1 10/24/13 10:45 AM pieces that it was equivocally

a meat salad. As a side note, he technically did not finish his first slice. The crust was still there when he started number two. To my knowledge, only one duo has eaten the pizza since the challenge’s early conception. We were not the second. Between the two of us, we consumed half the pizza, minus a few piles of meat that were too discombobulated to be considered pizza. The end result was another dash in the loss column for myself and a designated puke session for Wolverine, the guest eater of the week.

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Age not a factor for students when pursuing educational activities By Kurt Nagl Staff Reporter

They say you are never too old to go back to school, and Central Michigan University student Gary Tegge is proving that theory correct. The 48-year-old St. Louis, Mich. native is a few semesters away from earning a bachelor’s degree in psychology. After obtaining his associate’s degree from Mid-Michigan Community College, Tegge came to CMU this fall, enrolling as a junior. “At first I was worried how I would fit in here,” Tegge said. “Were they going to view me as that old guy?” He held the same worries and questions most students have when going to a new school. However, those worries soon faded. “People have been very friendly,” he said. “I didn’t know anybody before classes, but I’ve met a lot of people already.” Tegge started work when he was 18 years old, and for the next 30 years, he said he had a one-track mind. Tegge worked as a manager everywhere from gas stations to fast food chains. College never crossed his

“I’m sad I never stuck with school when I was younger. But you’re never too old to learn. Now my kids get to tell me to do my homework.” Gary Tegge, St. Louis nontraditional student

Daytona Niles | Staff Photographer St Louis Junior Gary Tegge attends class at Central Michigan University at age 48. Tegge started his schooling at age 45 and is going to continue to get a bachelors degree in Psychology.

mind as a serious possibility. “Fast food and retail management was all I knew,” Tegge said. “It was all of my experience.” An accident on the job forced him to rethink his career strategy. A serious infection from a large cut on his leg immobilized him. The only work Tegge had ever

known was no longer possible. It gave him a reason to learn a new way. “I knew it was time to go back to school and pursue my passion,” he said. According to Tegge, CMU has helped make his transition smooth. “I went through the STEP program, and it helped a lot,”

Tegge said. “(CMU) did a wonderful job with touring, advising and scheduling.” Associative Director of Academic Advising Jane Johnson said the university talks to the students about their situation and plans accordingly. “We offer advising to all undecided students, regardless of whether they consider

themselves traditional or nontraditional,” Johnson said. CMU also offers AAD 104: College Strategies for Nontraditional Students, for those seeking further guidance. Although Tegge commutes to campus, many non-traditional students live in one of the four on-campus apartments, according to Nathan Tomson, manager of university apartments. Tomson said older students are allowed to live in the residence halls, but they are encouraged to live in oncampus apartments. He said the residence hall experience is geared more toward 18 to 21-year-olds, and nontraditional students are often uninterested in it. “We try to do programs for students in the apartments, but it really depends on level of interest,” Tomson said. “We do a lot of advertising for events

Advocates fight to reform Michigan recycling regulations By Wyatt Bush Senior Reporter

A 2011 Michigan Department of Treasury study found the enactment of a 10 cent deposit on plastic bottles in Michigan, which began in 1976, has created a 95.9 percent bottle return rate — the highest in the nation. Despite Michigan’s high return rate, some people in the community are working to make that number even larger. Sarah Fiorillo, Public Interest Research Group in Michigan campus director at Central Michigan University, is a local advocate for the expansion of the return program, she hopes

to have the program reformed to include all types of plastic bottles. “We’re trying to expand the bottle bill,” Fiorillo said. “Right now, you’re able to recycle things like pop cans and beer bottles and get a deposit back. What we would like to do is put that 10 cent deposit on water bottles and juice bottles so that more are recycled.” The Lake Isabella senior said the measure would increase recycling and decrease pollution. “I think a lot of students, over the weekend, take all of their empties and get them recycled,” Fiorillo said. “They try to get their

deposit back, and by recycling more bottles, they’d get to help the environment even more.” According to PIRGIM, more than half a billion bottles are discarded in Michigan annually — enough to circle Lake Michigan about 33 times. The report finds that Michigan’s current recycling rate of 16 percent is roughly half of the national rate. PIRGIM Program Associate Eric Mosher said an expansion of the bottle law would significantly reduce this solid waste and subsequently increase the state’s recycling rate. “Basically, recycling re-

duces solid waste,” Mosher said. “Michigan has a low overall recycling rate compared to its neighbors. Only Indiana has a rate lower than ours. It will prevent hundreds of thousands of containers from going to landfills and becoming roadside litter.” Mosher said efforts to update the bottle law have gained some recent success after state Sen. Rebekah Warren, D-Ann Arbor, introduced an expansion to the Senate this year. “Right now, that bill is in committee and doesn’t have any co-sponsors,” Mosher said. “So that’s what we’re working on — building support around

the state so that more folks in the Senate and House come out in support of this measure, and hopefully we can get it through the legislature.” metro @cm-life.com

and programs on campus.” Tegge said he plans to look into extracurricular opportunities, but so far, he is still adjusting to campus life. As a father of five and a full-time student, Tegge said this semester has been a lesson in prioritizing. Family and school rank among the highest on his list. His youngest child lives with him, and he said it isn’t too overwhelming. “She’s 15 years old, so I don’t exist,” Tegge said with a smile. None of his children are attending college, so Tegge sees his experience as a way to show them it is still possible. “I’m sad I never stuck with school when I was younger,” Tegge said, “But you’re never too old to learn. Now my kids get to tell me to do my homework.” studentlife@cm-life.com

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SEASON’S END Soccer ends as women suffer heartbreaking 2-1 loss to Ball State

Women’s soccer moves forward after loss By Mark Cavitt Staff Reporter

Gregory Cornwell | Staff Photographer The CMU women’s soccer team has a moment of reflection Sunday after a 2-1 playoff loss against Ball State. Ball State won with a game-winning goal in the closing three minutes of the game.

It might have been an early and emotional end to the season for women’s soccer, but the team sees positives moving forward. Head coach Peter McGahey said the team will be fine thanks in part to the legacies this group of seniors will leave behind. “If you just talk about today, this is a special group,” McGahey said. “I think a lot of the things we talked about last week in terms of the legacies that this senior class will leave us with will definitely help us moving forward.” This team will lose six players to graduation, and has a lot of positive things to build off of, including the growth of several younger players and two key players returning for their senior seasons next year. Seniors Jennifer Gassman and w LOSS | 4B

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t was an abrupt end to the women’s soccer season Sunday, when the Chippewas lost to Ball State 2-1 in the Mid-American Conference quarterfinals. BSU’s Gabby Veldman put the Cardinals up 2-1 when her rebound shot trickled past the outstretched hand of junior goalkeeper Grace Labrecque with a little more than three minutes remaining in the game. “It’s hard to have the bounces end up like they did today,” said first year head coach Peter McGahey. “This was a special group.” After a first half that featured arguably the best defensive performance either team has put together this season, CMU opened the scoring in the second half. Redshirt freshman Eliza Van de Kerkhove scored her first collegiate goal on a crossing pass from

Morgan Wilcoxon to give the team a 1-0 lead with 38 minutes to play. Van de Kerkhove’s goal came just after one of the five corner kicks CMU was awarded in the first 15 minutes of the second half. “I was really pleased with how we aggressively we came out in the second half,” McGahey said. “I was ecstatic for her and ecstatic for the team because if there is anyone on this team who has that selfless spirit it is Eliza. Hats off to her.” While she admitted she was excited to score her first goal in a playoff game, Van de Kerkhove said she felt bad for her senior leaders who played in their final game on Sunday. “I feel like I am one of those girls,” she said. “We have all gone through so much and, yeah, it was great to score, but we just needed

one more (goal) and we couldn’t get it.” Ball State tied the game when sophomore Elaina Musleh buried a toe poke at the 65 minute mark. The Chippewas had many chances to score during the second half stretch in which the game was tied at one for 22 minutes, but failed to do so. “I’m going to be ready for next season starting tomorrow,” said team-leading scorer Laura Gosse. “It’s hard to see our seniors like this. We will try to put this in perspective moving forward.” Both Gosse and Van de Kerkhove will both be back in 2014 for the Chippewas. McGahey said maintaining perspective is key when dealing with a season-ending loss. “The chapter of what Grace (Labrecque) has meant to this

SCENES FROM THE SOCCER FIELD

Gregory Cornwell | Staff Photographer TOP LEFT: Sophomore defender Taylor Potts is helped off the field after a collision with another player. The Chippewas suffered many injuries this season, but were quick to bounce back. TOP RIGHT: Freshman midfielder Samantha Maher battles for control of the ball against Ball State Sunday at the CMU Soccer Complex. The Chippewas scored first in the second half, but could not bounce back after two goals by Ball State, losing 2-1. BOTTOM LEFT: Redshirt junior midfielder Tammy Long battles for the ball against Ball State Sunday at the CMU Soccer Complex. BOTTOM RIGHT: Senior defender Estee Outcalt looks downfield Sunday at the CMU Soccer Complex. The Chippewas scored first but gave up two goals later on to lose 2-1.

team cannot be defined by that (game-losing goal),” McGahey said. “It is obvious the bond these women have and how hard they fought all year. For that, I could not be more proud of them.”

Gregory Cornwell Staff Photographer Junior midfielder Emily Cooksey prepares to kick upfield against Ball State Sunday at the CMU Soccer Complex. The Chippewas scored first, but lost in the end 2-1.

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Soccer team was one of a kind The 2013 women’s soccer season will not have a storybook ending or a fairytale resolution. The Chippewas will not ride off into the sunset with a Mid-American Conference Championship, but instead were handed a heartbreaking 2-1 loss to Ball State in the first round of the MAC tournament yesterday. First-year head coach Peter McGahey called the season-ending loss “gut-wrenching.” The season CMU put together over the last three months was admirable. Central Michigan started the year 0-7-1 but finished the season 8-3 in the MAC and took a No. 3 seed into the conference tournament. How poetic it is that the season ends with such an emotional outpour from players and coaches? The 2013 campaign was born in the midst of tragedy and devastation. Josie Seebeck, a sophomore midfielder who was killed in a car accident before the season started, served as motivation for the women to make this year count. Not winning a MAC Championship does not negate the honor the Chippewas found this year. This team was unique. The loss of two senior leaders to season-ending injuries combined with Seebeck’s death stacked the odds against CMU. The group was stronger than the adversity they faced. They played

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and practiced with heavy hearts. They kept their daily and seasonlong goals in mind and were a family and acted like it every day of the season. McGahey served as a protector, strategic planner and an emotional rock for the women. He handled the tragic circumstances, the losing streaks and overwhelming success once conference play started with immense class and dignity. CMU could not have found a better man for a job no one could have seen coming. The players on this team were not your average teammates. w COLUMN | 4B

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In soccer’s 2-1 MidAmerican Conference quarterﬁnals loss to Ball State, Van DeKerkhove was that one. She scored the team’s only goal that gave it an early 1-0 lead before the Cardinals evened the game up and eventually scored their second goal late in the second half. The Chippewas season came to an end at home with the early MAC tournament loss.

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Volleyball dropped a pair of games this weekend at Bowling Green and Toledo. Sophomore Angie White was strong as the CMU block got the best of the Falcons and Rockets. White recorded six block assists and three solo blocks this weekend to lead the team and she also recorded 11 kills in Saturday’s match against Toledo.

BRENGOSZ SCORES IN LOSS Much like soccer, ﬁeld hockey also lost this weekend with a 2-1 score. Field hockey’s loss came on the road at Miami (Ohio) and Brengosz was that one goal. Unlike soccer, ﬁeld hockey gets to play another day as the MAC tournament begins Friday. The Chippewas took the No. 4 seed in the tournament after a threeway tie for second place was broken when Ohio beat Kent State and the RedHawks beat CMU.

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Despite giving up two goals in the regular season finale, Reynolds was strong in net. The sophomore made 17 saves to keep the Chippewas in the game as it went to overtime. Most of the game was played with CMU on defense with a constant pressure on Reynolds. She answered, but her offense couldn’t give her the help she needed.

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RANDALL GETS OPPORTUNITY IN NBA D-LEAGUE Former Central Michigan men’s basketball guard Kyle Randall will continue his basketball career with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants. Randall was the 13th pick in the fourth round of Friday’s NBA D-League draft. The Mad Ants are an affiliate Kyle Randall of the Bobcats, Pistons, Pacers, Grizzles, Bucks and Magic. Randall played for the Kings this summer in the NBA Summer Leagues, but he did not make the cut following that stint. This new opportunity begins Nov. 7 with training camp, as 17 players vie for 10 spots on the roster. - Kristopher Lodes, sports editor

PRESEASON POLL

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PICKED AS TOP 10 MID MAJOR Women’s basketball will start the 2013-14 season in the Top 10 of the Mid Major poll for the first time ever at No. 9. The Chippewas were unanimously picked to win the Mid-American Conference West Division and were picked to win the MAC tournament Sue Guevara after winning the tournament last season and advancing to the NCAA tournament. CMU will be competing with one of the toughest schedules in the nation with six games against teams in the Top 25 including No. 2 Duke, No. 6 Notre Dame, No. 7 Kentucky, No. 14 Dayton twice and No. 18 Purdue. Despite the preseason poll, Toledo received votes into the Associated Press poll despite finishing third and not receiving a single vote in the MAC West preseaon poll.

SEASON OPENER

WRESTLING OPENS SEASON WITH MAROON-GOLD INTRASQUAD MATCH Wrestling displayed its 2013-14 team during the annual Maroon-Gold Intrasquad match. The maroon team won 19-13 with wins from senior 133-pounder Joe Roth, sophomore 144-pounder Zach Horan, junior 157-pounder Dakota Cooley, redshirt freshman 165-pounder Nick Becker, sophomore Tom Borcelli 197-pounder Jackson Lewis and freshman 285-pounder Newton Smercheck. The gold team opened up with a 4-0 lead with a win by redhshirt freshman 125-pounder Corey Keener and took a 7-6 lead following a win by senior 149-pounder Scott Mattingly and a 13-12 lead with a win by senior 184-pounder Craig Kelliher. Lewis and Smercheck finsihed the night with back-to-back wins to give maroon the overall win.

MAC MEET

CROSS-COUNTRY TEAMS FINISH THIRD AT MAC CHAMPIONSHIPS Sophomore Nate Ghena and redshirt freshman Spencer Nousain lead the men’s cross-country team and junior Krista Parks lead the women to third place finishes at the Mid-American Conference championship meet. Ghena finished fourth and Krista Parks Nousain finished seventh earning both All-MAC honors. Parks finished seventh to give her AllMAC honors as well. Both teams will continue to run at the NCAA Great Lakes Regionals on Friday, Nov. 15 in Madison, Wisc. to qualify for the NCAA Championship meet. Nate Ghena

Central Michigan Life | cm-life.com | Monday, Nov. 4, 2013 | 3B

After mid-season lull, receiver Flory stepping into his desired role By Aaron McMann Senior Reporter

After Andrew Flory stepped up for the absent Titus Davis in last year’s Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, it appeared Central Michigan had found its No. 2 receiver. Throw in a five-catch, 86-yard performance in the season opener at Michigan and the 1-2 combination of Davis and Flory seemed like a real possibility. He followed up the next week against New Hampshire with four catches for 32 yards and a touchdown, but his contributions — and presence — soon dwindled. Things appeared to boil over after the Sept. 28 game at North Carolina State, in which the sophomore receiver had just one catch for 9 yards, when Flory took to Twitter to let out his frustrations. “Not being used like how I should. That’s all I’m saying ... Now onto Miami of Ohio!” He later deleted the post

Andrew Kuhn | File Photo Sophomore wide receiver Andrew Flory directs the CMU Marching Band in the Central fight song following a Nov. 12, 2012 game against Eastern Michigan at Rynearson Stadium in Ypsilanti.

my name is called.” He likes it when his name is called. Last year, knowing Cody Wilson was on his way out, Flory latched on to the fearless slot receiver. They became close friends as he watched the way he ran his routes and conducted himself on the field. “I put that pressure on myself,” Flory said of trying to fill Wilson’s shoes. “I just try to do it as good, if not better.” While trying to solidify the run-game has been a key for the CMU offense, Enos has also stressed the need of having a second, reliable threat at receiver. Davis has more than lived up to expectations, leading the team 627 yard and five touchdowns

despite missing a game. After that, it’s been a crap shoot — with Flory (279 yards, 2 TDs) having breakout games and junior Courtney Williams (200 yards, 1 TD) stepping up when needed. “The more playmakers you can put on the field, obviously, the less chances they’re going to have to key in and hone in on what you’re doing,” Enos said. Ironically enough, that’s just what Flory wants to be in this offense. “A playmaker,” Flory said. “That’s how I put it: Playmaker.” sports@cm-life.com

Ball State up next, CMU faces strong offense By Aaron McMann Senior Reporter

Ball State quarterback Keith Wenning is good. “He makes it all go,” said Central Michigan head coach Dan Enos. “I catch him in all the crossover video when watching other opponents’ defenses. Very smart, very accurate thrower. They haven’t changed much, but they’re very good and I think Wenning makes the whole thing tick for them.” In the same vein as Northern Illinois quarterback Jordan Lynch two weeks ago, containing Wenning will be key for CMU when it travels to Muncie, Ind., to play Ball State (8-1, 5-0 Mid-American Conference) in a mid-week league game on Wednesday (8 p.m., ESPN2). Wenning’s 2,865 yards passing is tops in the MAC and sixth nationally, helping set the tone for one of the most prolific offenses in the league. While Lynch can scramble and use his legs when receivers aren’t open, Wenning relies on his arm to make plays – and he’s safe about it, having only thrown five interceptions in nine games. “The most notable jump from last year to this year is how well he’s throwing deep balls,” said Ball State head coach Pete Lembo. “He’s always been efficient with the short and intermediate throws, but this year he’s taken a definitive step forward with deep balls and that’s good to see.” The Cardinals’ receivers have come up clutch, too. Junior receiver Willie Snead is first in the conference to 1,000 yards (1,057), with sophomore Jordan Williams (792) and senior Jamill Smith (592) also clinching the Top 10. Even with such a highpowered offense, Enos couldn’t help but compliment Ball State’s defense. The Cardinals are giving up 422 yards of total offense per game, but possess a better pass defense than

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and followed up two days later with a quasi-apology, writing: “Made a dumb mistake. I’m proud to be a member of this team! #BeatMiami” “Me and (Coach) Enos have been going back-and-forth in this offense about little things, like fixing up my routes,” Flory said. “I’m really getting intuned, with the offense, and me and Cooper (Rush) are getting on the same page.” Flory about matched his season-opener performance against Northern Illinois, catching five passes for 81 yards, including a 36-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter. Enos later voluntarily called it Flory’s best game of the season. “We were very encouraged by it,” Enos said. “He looked fast, he looked explosive. I hope that’s a real confidence builder for him.” Flory agreed. “I felt like I was in to the game a lot, helping out teammates and all that,” he said. “I was just making plays when

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Samantha Madar | Staff Photographer Sophomore running back Saylor Lavallii moves the ball down the field during CMU’s 38-17 loss Sept. 21 to Toledo in Kelly/Shorts Stadium.

Northern Illinois. That, in turn, will encourage Enos and his staff to turn to the rungame on Wednesday. With four games left on the schedule, three of which are against opponents with a combined 3-24 record, improving CMU’s ground attack is key to success, Enos said. “We need to finish and continue to run the football,” he said. “We know the formula is to run the football on offense, and defensively we’ve got to tackle and tackle in space and make teams one-dimensional.” CMU (3-5, 2-2 MAC) has lost three consecutive to the Cardinals, its last win, a 35-3 blowout on a Wednesday night in Muncie in 2009. A win this week helps put the Chippewas into the driver’s seat for its first regular-season winning record since 2009, but a loss amps up the pressure to win out like they did last year. “It’s pretty much going to define our season,” sophomore receiver Andrew Flory said. “We need to get this ‘W’

if we want to put our self in a good situation.”

CMU BIG UNDERDOGS

To little surprise, CMU enters Wednesday’s games as big underdogs. Las Vegas oddsmakers opened the week with the Chippewas as 17.5-point underdogs, per sports betting website VegasInsider.com.

The 17.5-point spread, which grows to 19 when the website takes into account offshore and other sports betting websites, is similar to the one CMU faced against Ohio and Northern Illinois. sports@cm-life.com

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Field hockey loses in double overtime to end embattled regular season By Cody DeBona Staff Reporter

For the second straight season, field hockey suffered a double-overtime loss to end Mid-American Conference play with a 2-1 loss at Miami (Ohio) on Saturday. The winning goal came from RedHawks junior backline Ali Froede, giving the RedHawks the No. 3 seed and the Chippewas No. 4 in the upcoming MAC tournament. Despite the loss, sophomore goalkeeper Sadie Reynolds had a stellar game with 17 saves. However, the Chippewas failed to test Miami keeper Sarah Mueller, as she only had to make two saves the entire game. The match brings CMU to 6-11 for the regular season and Miami to 9-9. After another loss on the road, that brings the team’s away record to 1-7. CMU will take on No. 1 seeded Kent State on Friday. The Golden Flashes have broken the Chippewas hearts many times. They suffered a 3-2 overtime loss earlier in the season, a 3-2 loss that ended the season last year in the MAC tournament and a 1-0 doubleovertime loss to end the regular season last year that kept the Chippewas from winning the regular season championship. In fact, The Chippewas haven’t won in this matchup since 2007. sports@cm-life.com

Katy Kildee | Assistant Photo Editor Junior back Jordyn Brengosz looks up to pass the ball to a teammate during CMU’s Oct. 26 victory over Missouri State at the CMU Field Hockey Complex.

Volleyball falls short of upsetting Toledo, swept by Bowling Green By Taylor DesOrmeau Staff Reporter

Volleyball (11-13, 5-7 MAC) was four points away from upsetting Toledo (1610, 9-3 MAC) in four sets Saturday after getting swept by Bowling Green on Friday. The fourth set was back and forth, with nine tie scores and six lead changes throughout the set. The score was tied 21-21, but a pair of kills from Toledo followed by a pair of errors

loss | continued from 1B Kaely Schlosser were lost for the year after both suffered injuries in the beginning of the season. They will be back for the Chippewas next season, bringing with them both leadership and talent. The senior class for next season looks to be a strong one. Juniors Laura Gosse, Emily Cooksey and Morgan Wilcoxon will join Gassman and Schlosser as senior players looking to lead this team to another Mid-American Conference tournament. McGahey said one of the

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“We have all become best friends. These are my favorite people in the whole world,” senior forward Nicole Samuel said during what would become the final week of the season. Samuel maintained a posi-

from CMU helped the Rockets tie the match at two sets apiece. The Chippewas took a brief lead at 5-4 in the final set, but couldn’t hold on, as Toledo took the set 15-11. CMU took the first and third sets Saturday in their first five-set match since Sept. 7. Saturday was the first time CMU lost a match after winning the first set since the opening game of the season against Oakland. CMU continued to be

strong in the blocking game, racking up 17 total team blocks to Toledo’s 11. Senior middle blocker Danielle Gotham recorded nine blocks, including two solo blocks Saturday, equaling her previous career-high set in 2011. She also had the best attack percentage for CMU Saturday, tallying 12 kills and only three errors. Junior Hallie Enderle had seven total blocks. Junior outside hitter Kaitlyn McIntyre led the team

positive things this team can take moving forward is that these girls can draw off of each other’s strengths going into the offseason. “As you can see, they really care about each other,” McGahey said. “They’ll take and draw on their strengths.” A few younger players who stepped up this season include freshmen Eliza Van de Kerkhove, Kaylin Hoomaian, Samantha Maher and Michelle Brownlee and sophomores Kaelyn Korte and Taylor Potts. These six players, although inexperienced in terms of games played coming into this season, proved their worth over the course of the year, making big plays and scoring important

goals for the Chippewas. The team will return 13 of the 17 goals scored this season with Gosse, Cooksey, Van de Kerkhove, Maher, Korte, Wilcoxon and Gassman all coming back next year. Gosse led the team with five goals and eleven points this season, while Cooksey was tied for second with three goals. McGahey said after the loss to Ball State on Sunday he told his team how proud he was of them. “In terms of what they have accomplished, I told them I could not be more proud,” he said.

tive attitude no matter how many times tragedy haunted the team. It was a difficult balance: Finding the sensitivity required to cope with loss while retaining the starkness needed to have success on the field. The Chippewas stood in a circle, holding each other during the emotional display. There were laughter and tears, just as there had been

all season long. This team had been through it all together. “For everyone who played on this team this year, we have a lot to look forward to, both in soccer and in life,” she said. “We have all grown after going through a season like this. Josie is going to be with all of us in everything we do.” I never had the opportunity to meet Josie Seebeck, but I’m sure she would be proud.

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with 17 kills after only having seven against Bowling Green Friday. With the loss, CMU Danielle Gotham falls to the eighth in the MAC. The top eight teams advance to the MAC tournament Nov.

22-24 in Geneva, Ohio. The Rockets were hot coming into the contest, having only lost one MAC Kaitlyn McIntyre game since they lost to CMU and EMU in the opening weekend of the MAC season.

Three of the Chippewas final four matches will be at home, with Northern Illinois (15-11, 7-5 MAC) and Western Michigan (14-11, 7-5 MAC) coming to visit Friday and Saturday, and Eastern Michigan the following Thursday before ending the regular season at Ohio on Saturday, Nov. 16. sports@cm-life.com

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After record-breaking freshman season, Fowler shows improvement By Seth Newman Staff Reporter

With five minutes left in regulation against Lake Superior State, Central Michigan sophomore guard Chris Fowler took over the game. Fowler created space with his defender at the top of the key and drove in for a lay-up. Again, and again, and again. Fowler would not be denied. “The guys around me give me the confidence to do that,” Fowler said. “I gain confidence every practice we work out together. They give me the confidence to take those shots. Coach Davis gives me confidence and puts me in those situations. I’m using all I have to capitalize. I just have to keep working.” Head coach Keno Davis said the aggressive play of LSSU on the three-point line allowed Fowler to drive. “Fowler was able to go one-on-one.” Davis said. “It’s tough to be able to defend a player one-on-one, and I think Fowler was able to exploit that, and he will only get better at that as the season goes on.” Fowler went nine- for- 17 from the field, and sevenfor- nine from the free throw line for a total of a

game high 25 points. It was during the summer workouts that Fowler developed his offensive game. “I feel like I worked hard this summer to improve my offensive game,” Fowler said. “I’m going to see a lot of people closing out on my shooters, and the lane is going to be open. I’ve got great guys around me, I have to credit them for the fact that I can get into the lane; it makes my job easy.” Fowler is coming off of an impressive freshman season. Starting all 31 games, he broke the record for assists in a season as a freshman with 176 assists, which also ranks third in CMU history. He also finished as runnerup for Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year. Davis believes that despite all of those accomplishments as a freshman, Fowler has learned a lot since last year. “I think Chris Fowler is much improved,” Davis said. “That’s saying a lot from the last season he had. He works as hard as anybody who I have been able to coach. He is very comparable to some of the top workers, and as a result he is becoming more of an all around player.”

Simons stepping up in the 2013-14 season By Kristopher Lodes Sports Editor

Morgan Taylor | Staff Photographer Sophomore guard Chris Fowler dribbles down the court against a Lake Superior State University player Oct. 28 during their exhibition game in McGuirk Arena.

“I’ve got great guys around me. I have to credit them for the fact that I can get into the lane; it makes my job easy.” Chris Fowler, Sophomore guard

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After being undersized and outmatched in many games last season, sophomore forward John Simons is looking to take a step forward for men’s basketball. Simons nearly had a double-double in last Monday’s 92-88 overtime exhibition win against Lake Superior State, as he racked up nine rebounds to go along with his 21 points. He also was the one the team turned to in the clutch situations. With 2:43 left to go in overtime, the Chippewas were in desperate need of a spark, as they were trailing 83-77. Sophomore Chris Fowler drove the ball and kicked it out to Simons, who connected for the three pointer. “That’s something we work on every day in practice,” Simons said. “Chris pushes the ball up the sideline and kicks it up to me just like that. It’s just something we’re trying to get used to, and credit to Chris for getting the ball there. I just knocked the shot down.” Those three points started CMU’s game clinching 15-5 run. Simons scored seven of those 15 points. Up three points with 10 seconds, left he hit a one of two free throws to put the team up four, and then with the Chippewas up two with four seconds left, he made

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