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CMU students pay 10% more than competing institutions, study shows By Andrea Peck Staff Reporter
Students at Central Michigan University pay 10.3 percent more to attend school than students at its peer institutions, according to the recently released Michigan Performance Tracker. The MPT, run by Business Leaders for Michigan, shows the total cost for an on-campus, in-state undergraduate to attend CMU in 2010 was $21,391, while the national average is $19,182. The tracker provides an overview of Michigan’s higher education achievement as compared to other universities both statewide and nationally. CMU’s tuition for the 2012-13 academic year was set at $365 per credit hour for in-state students, an increase of 1.96 percent from the $358 per credit hour students paid during the 2011-12 academic year. Eastern Michigan University students pay $256 for courses with designators of 499 and below, while Western Michigan University students pay a
$4,569 flat rate when taking between 12 and 15 credits, which transfers to about $342 per credit hour, and Grand Valley State University students pay $420 per credit hour when taking 11 credits or less. Using research made available from Michigan’s public universities, it seeks to determine the measures and outcomes Michigan’s public universities generate and what aspects can be improved. It works to make Michigan a top higher education center and produce qualities in Michigan universities that will benefit the development of the local economy, according to the MPT website. According to MPT, in 2010-11 Michigan’s public universities had a total enrollment of 301,734 students. Of that, 28,292 students enrolled at CMU, making it the public university with the fourth-highest enrollment for Michigan in those years, behind the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Wayne State University.
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The Graduate Student Union began bargaining Feb. 15 on the smaller issues of its platform. GSU President Michelle Campbell said Sunday the GSU is bargaining on a specific schedule, and they have started with some of the smaller, more detailed issues in the platform. She said so far they have talked about the exit survey and the arbitrator selection process. “I don’t think we’re going to get into the fairly huge
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Canton freshman Alexander Roth cheers while wearing a horse head mask during the filming of Harlem Shake Central Michigan University in front of Warriner Hall Friday afternoon.
issues like health care and salary for a little while,” she said. While the bargaining process is still in the early stages, Campbell said the GSU’s general goal is to achieve better working and living conditions for graduate assistants. “We have a lot of things we want to talk about, and we don’t know what’s going to happen with those until we get to the table and hear what the other side has to say,” she said. Campbell said the GSU had originally hoped to get the contract bargained quickly, because the GSU bargaining members are busy with school, work and their graduate assistantships. A GSU | 2A
By Katelyn Sweet | Staff Reporter
Only “The Harlem Shake” could bring together a cow, Waldo, Gumby, Pooh Bear and someone in a taco suit. About 200 students gathered in front of the Central Michigan University seal outside of Warriner Hall Friday to make their own version of the viral video trend that has swept schools across the nation. Alexander Urban, who wore a cape and wrestling singlet for the video clip filmed on campus, said he wanted to make an appearance during the video as something funny to look back on. “I want to show my kids one day ... for them to see how crazy I was during my
Mount Pleasant senior Kalah Springer hula hoops during the filming of Harlem Shake Central Michigan University in front of Warriner Hall Friday afternoon.
college years,” the Troy junior said. “Now is the time to do these wild things.” “Harlem Shake” by Brooklyn D.J.e Baauer has hit the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 and the iTunes charts and has accumulated 103 million weekly streams on YouTube.
Although the song made its debut in May, it wasn’t until recently that the song started to lay claim to fame as a result of fans posting 30-second clips of dances to the songs. Saginaw junior Oladipo Jibowu said he saw the YouTube videos and got interested in the ‘Harlem
Shake’ craze. “It’s so random, which is what is funny about it,” Jibowu said. Most videos begin with one person, usually wearing a helmet or something on their head, dancing to the song alone for 15 seconds in the beginning, A SHAKE | 2A
Chippewa Challenge Triathlon draws participants from all over Midwest By Sam Fitzpatrick Staff Reporter
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CMU alum Ryan Hackett runs during the 2013 Chippewa Challenge Indoor Triathlon Saturday afternoon at the Student Activity Center. Participants ran as many laps as they could in 20 minutes as the final event in the Triathlon. Other events included biking and swimming. Hackett entered as the defending champion but was unable to defend his title.
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Sweat, exhaustion and teamwork — all in the name of good sportsmanship and event coordinating for the Chippewa Challenge Indoor Triathlon. Central Michigan University’s Triathlon Club hosted the third-annual Chippewa Challenger Indoor Triathlon Saturday at the Student Activity Center. About 90 students were brought in from all over the Midwest to participate, including students from Michigan State University, the University of Michigan, Kettering University, Alma College and the University of Chicago, to gain conference points for the Midwest Collegiate Triathlon Conference in hopes to qualify for nationals. Grand Haven junior and
CMU Triathlon Club Treasurer Kelsie King has noticed more volunteers and participants than in previous years. “Each year, it’s been getting better,” King said. “There’s more community involvement.” Earlier that morning, before the event started, student and non-student volunteers flooded the SAC. Volunteers were assigned tasks including scorekeeping, welcoming, athlete registrations and working the aid and refreshment stations positioned throughout the SAC. Volunteers could be seen assisting racers and observers in every room of the event. The event spanned six hours Saturday morning from 6:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. The triathlons consisted of nine waves, with 10 participants per wave. Waves consisted of SAC pool swimming, station-
ary biking in the SAC Fitness Center and running at the SAC indoor track. Although primarily hosting college students, the event was also open to the public. The ages for the non-collegiate participants ranged from 10 to 65 years in both male and female divisions. First-time participant and St. Johns resident Carlone Bellant expressed nervousness as she anticipated her wave at 8:30 a.m. “Running — that’s my least favorite,” Bellant said. “I like biking.” The event also caught the attention of Frank Olechinowcz, a graduate school student at the University of Chicago. “The indoor biking/running was unexpected,” Olechinowcz said after his wave. A TRIATHLON | 2A
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The co-host of MSNBC’s “The Cycle” will be coming to the stage at Platcha Auditorium Tuesday night as the keynote speaker for Black History Month. Born Touré Neblett, Touré is a television personality, cultural critic and novelist. Before landing on MSNBC, Touré was a correspondent for CNN and BET. Multicultural Academic Student Services is sponsoring the event at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Plachta Auditorium in Warriner Hall. The program is free and open to the public. D’Wayne Jenkins, assistant director of MASS, said the show will appeal to both students and faculty. He said MASS is looking for a high turnout of about 500 students at the event.
SHAKE | CONTINUED FROM 1A while everyone else in the video appears unaware of the dance. Then the beat drops and everyone in the video dances wildly in usually ridiculous costumes. Manchester junior Logan Caszatt dressed up in a spaceship costume to stand out for the CMU video. “I wanted to look unique,” Caszatt said. “It’s a blast, and we have to do hilarious things to make our CMU video the best.” Students across the globe, including at the University of Texas, University of Georgia and University of Toronto, have made their own versions of the videos. Music stars T-Pain and Fat Joe and late night hosts Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon are also among the hundreds of thousands to post videos online. cent. The national average for other public universities is $174,304,075. CMU’s core expenditures are broken down as spending 48 percent on instruction, 2-percent on research, 6-percent on public service, 21 percent on scholarships, academic support and student services, 9-percent on administrative expenditures and 14 percent on other operating expenditures. CMU’s core university revenues from 2010 are $351,883,958, with the national average at $219,691,725. Core university revenues are broken down as gaining 57.4 percent from tuition, 24 percent from state appropriations, 11.5 percent from grants and contracts, 5.5 percent from investment income and 1.6 percent from other core revenues. In 2010, CMU’s total research expenditures were at a level of $7,886,198, with an annual growth rate of 10.5 percent. The national average was $9,884,843, and the U.S. Public Peers Top 20 Percent level was $19,416,581.
“He is an individual that appeals to a wide range of people,” Jenkins said. “Both students and faculty will be able to relate to him.” Jenkins said Touré is relatable because of his stature as a television host. “Just being a host on MSNBC makes him relatable,” Jenkins said. “He is a well-known political personality.” Touré co-hosts “The Cycle” with Democratic strategist Krystal Ball, conservative commentator S.E. Cupp and Salon senior political reporter Steve Kornacki. He caused controversy on the show when he accused former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney of taking part in the “ni--erization” of the presidency by calling President Barack Obama “angry.” He later apologized. studentlife@cm-life.com
Senior Matthew Rosenbach, who was in charge of the video recording, said he saw Western Michigan University’s video on YouTube and made it a goal to try to top their version of The Harlem Shake. The Ferndale native said he thinks it was a successful event overall. “I think it lived up to the buzz,” Rosenbach said. “I think the snow throwing in the middle of the video made ours better; we didn’t let the weather stop us.” Many students didn’t let the snowfall stop them from baring some skin to try to make the video as crazy as possible. Senior Kyle Clem, dressed as a banana, said it was an exciting experience to be a part of. “It’s fun to be out here with everyone and just live a little,” the Pinckney native said. studentlife@cm-life.com
For nearly 40 years, public universities have been grouped nationally into peer categories using the Carnegie Classification framework. The framework is based on publicly available data and is the standard for higher education research. Michigan’s public universities fall into one of six Carnegie classes. The classes are Very High Research Universities, High Research Universities, Doctoral Research Universities, Larger Master’s Colleges and Universities, Medium Master’s Colleges and Universities and Diverse Baccalaureate Colleges. CMU lands in the Doctoral Research Universities category, meaning the university awards at least 20 doctorates each year but spends less money on research compared to other research universities. Nationally, other public universities that fall into the same category include Illinois State University, South Carolina State University and Tennessee State University. university@cm-life.com
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ROTC Cadet Jessica Slavin dodges a snowball thrown by fellow ROTC members during training Saturday morning next to Finch Fieldhouse.
GSU | CONTINUED FROM 1A She said even if the GSU were to get the new contract done within a couple of weeks, CMU leadership announced last week that new contracts won’t be signed until after the right-to-work law takes effect March 28. “They’re basically refusing to approve our contract,” she said. As reported by Central Michigan Life Thursday, CMU rejected requests from the Faculty Association and the AFSCME union for maintenance and custodial workers looking to add security clauses to their contracts that would keep members paying dues for several years. In a statement to faculty and staff Wednesday, the
university said it will reject all such requests by unions on campus in order to “comply with the intent of the law.” “CMU has reviewed the requests and concluded the outcomes of the proposals, while not illegal, would prevent employees from exercising their rights under Michigan’s new right-towork legislation,” Provost Gary Shapiro said Wednesday in an email issued to staff obtained by CM Life. Campbell said in a statement Wednesday night the GSU was “disappointed and disheartened” by CMU’s stance regarding collective bargaining. “We believe that Central Michigan University’s refusal to discuss legal security clause agreements before this legislation takes effect is, in part, a prioritization of concerns of retaliation from
TRIATHLON | CONTINUED FROM 1A “The bike was probably the most challenging.” Olechinowcz noted how the seats in the SAC were different from the bicycle seats from his school, saying they were made for a more rigorous workout.
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legiate Woman went to Kate Vonn of Michigan State University. Nick Vasdekas of the University of Michigan was awarded first place for Top Collegiate Man. More than 21 medals were handed out between collegiate and non-collegiate racers. studentlife@cm-life.com
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‘Deskies’ react to U.S. mail service cut
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The United States Postal Service will cut home delivery on Saturdays starting in August, and that could have an impact on how students deliver and receive mail. Sophomores Alexandra Bunce from Byron Center and Kristina Hasanaj from Sterling Heights work at the desk for the Fabiano/Emmons/Woldt lobby and have had their share of experience when it comes to sorting through the mail on campus. “People get really anxious for their packages to arrive,” Bunce said, who at the time was in the process of sorting mail. Hasanaj said the lack of delivery on Saturdays will have an adverse effect on students, because the desk normally receives the same amount of mail on Saturdays than any other day of the week. “It will definitely have an effect on students,” Hasanaj said. “They might spend more on shipping to make it come in sooner.” The entire staff working the front desk on the lobby of the dorms takes part in different shifts everyday excluding Sunday. As previously reported by Central Michigan Life, the cutbacks come at a time when the U.S. Postal Service lost more than $25 billion between 2007 and 2011. “One of the main reasons why this change is taking place is because of the financial situation that we have,” said Sabrina Todd, spokeswoman for the United States Postal Services Michigan District. “Our profits have declined significantly since 2006, and this will save us at least $2 million annually if we go from six to five days.” Post offices currently open during Saturdays are expected to remain open on their time schedule, which will be available for customers to purchase stamps and other mailing products, Todd said. People who have post office boxes will still be able to access their mail on Saturdays, and packages involving medication will also be delivered. The no-delivery policy on Saturdays will include the street addresses of first class mail, regular cards, letters, magazines and catalogs. Todd said a majority of the remaining customers support the idea of making the change on Saturdays. “The survey sent out last year found that, overall, customers had no problem with this,” Todd said. “Seventy percent of the customers were in support of what the post offices were doing.” The U.S. Postal Service said its debt could reach $45 billion by 2017 if Congress did not pass legislation allowing it to change its delivery schedule, the Detroit News reported.
The Student Government Association amended its bylaws to allow students who have been academically suspended in the past to join the group. By a clear two-thirds majority, the SGA decided to remove the stipulation banning students with academic suspensions from the wording of Article 1, Section 2 of the SGA bylaws. The removed bylaw read: “Members placed on any university probation shall be immediately removed from SGA. If a member placed on probation engages in an appeal process, he or she will remain a member until all appeals are exhausted. If an appeal is successful, the member shall retain his or her position.” The SGA also amended Article 7, Section 4, point h, to dictate that the SGA will now approve members based on the GPA requirements of their position and not their history of academic and disciplinary probation. Despite the change in the bylaws, the GPA requirements for the SGA, university students must carry at least a 2.0 GPA at all times, while graduate students are still required to carry a 3.0. SGA President Justin Gawronski said the stipulation was unnecessary and only served to exclude people from the SGA. “We’ve all made mistakes; I don’t want to turn away that person who screwed up in his freshman year and worked hard to get back into good standing,” Gawronski said. “We want to make the SGA as accessible and open as possible.” The change was also made, according to Gawronski, because of the implausibility of enforcing the rule. “The SGA really has no feasible way of easily determining whether a student has been academically suspended,” Gawrosnki said. “There’s no reason to keep a law that we can’t enforce.” SGA Vice President Michelle Vanhala said she understood the significance of the SGA keeping a strong focus on academics, but she said representing students across the university was a more important responsibility.
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Gaylord freshman Nelson Gast prepares to go the the inflatable game called “Wrecking Ball.” The game is the only one in the state and students played it during CMU’s annual Up All Night put on by the Office of Student Life Saturday night in the Student Activity Center.
clean fun Students stay ‘Up All Night’ on campus By Krysta Loftis | Staff Reporter
Laser tag, glow in the dark putt-putt golf, poker and prizes kept students up all night for the fifth year in a row. Celebrating the halfway point in the academic semester, Up All Night offered a multitude of events that served as an alternative to bar-scenes and house parties Saturday night in the
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Southfield sophomore La’Antwynette Harden smiles as she gets knocked down during an inflatable game in which participants try to knock each other off platforms with pupil sticks.
Committee members and volunteers worked until the last minute, making sure everything was perfect for the night. “We had to make sure everything was coordinated,” Up All Night committee member and Flushing senior Emily Baker said. “We wanted to be prepared for the unexpected.” Baker explained she had been a part of the planning
Student volunteers ran activities and helped serve food throughout the event. Ariel Graber found her volunteering opportunity at the Up All Night event to be fun and meaningful. “I think it is important to hold drug-free and alcoholfree events because it gives students an opportunity to do other things on the weekend besides going out and drinking,” the Milan junior said.
process since the start and supported the event completely. “It is not just about this being a dry event but more about keeping students involved,” Baker said. “It is a way to give back to the students, which is what we really want to do.” Not only were the students participating in the fun, they were also volunteering.
Graber was kept busy, like the other volunteers, working behind the scenes and keeping the event running smoothly. The event offered something for almost every student’s taste including food, music, video games and even a performance by the Fish N’ Chips a cappella group. A NIGHT | 5A
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Questions over drone program giving Obama administration headaches By Wyatt Bush Staff Reporter
The Obama administration’s controversial drone program is causing key members of both parties to question the president’s use of unilateral power. A U.S. Justice Department document released earlier this month revealed what the White House perceives to be the legal basis for its drone policy. The 16-page document obtained by NBC News said the use of drones, remote-controlled pilotless aircrafts or missiles, to execute an individual
without judicial consent is justified with a legal basis when the target in question poses an imminent threat, including American citizens affiliated with al Qaeda’s upper ranks. Since the document’s leak, President Barack Obama and his administration have been embroiled in battles with congressmen on both sides of the aisle over the program’s use and legality. Central Michigan University political science department chairman Orlando Perez questioned the administration’s stance on drone strikes. “While there might be some
justification for using drones to fight terrorists, violating U.S. citizens’ rights is not a price worth paying,” Perez said. “The ends never justify the means, particularly when those ends violate the Constitution.” Perez said the use of drone strikes against nations the United States is not currently at war with is a violation of their national sovereignty, while the lack of independent judicial oversight is a circumnavigation of due process. “Every American has constitutional rights, even those who advocate evil things,” Perez said. “Americans who support
violence and the destruction of the nation are wrong, but there are judicial procedures of punishing them. Assassinating them without a trial is unconstitutional.” Perez’s view is not universally shared. Several U.S. senators feel the new information is still less than satisfactory. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said he plans to filibuster Obama’s pick for CIA director, White House counter-terrorism adviser John Brennan, until the Obama administration is more forthcoming with its drone policy to the Senate. Additionally, Sen. Ron
Wyden, D-Ore., and Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., have demanded further openness from White House officials. “I still have a number of unanswered questions about the president’s authority to kill Americans who are deemed to be a threat to the United States,” Wyden said. Former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told MSNBC’s Chris Hayes Sunday that he was told by the administration not to acknowledge the drone program to reporters. A DRONES | 5A
‘The Old Man’s Mission’ performance displays alliance between races By Adriano Cotero Staff Reporter
A tale of co-operation between whites and blacks set just before the Civil War was the focus of “The Old Man’s Mission,” a play written by a Central Michigan University instructor. Many are aware of historical figures such as Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., who fought for their freedom against institutionalized slavery. However, the story of black and white people coming together to fight against this injustice is rarely told.
That was up until Sunday afternoon, when Plachta Auditorium hosted “The Old Man’s Mission,” a play sponsored by the English department and the College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences. The performance was written and directed by CMU English Language and Literature Instructor Diana Luehm. Luehm felt inspired by the unity between the races, which encouraged her to write the play. “I thought the newest version was more racially sensitive and historically accurate than the draft I produced four years ago,”
Luehm said. “This play brings diversity and friendship among the races. A lot of movies and stories that are about black history talk about the terrible aspects, and this shows harmony between the two races.” The performance is set in Virginia and follows the raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859, when black and white men joined together to liberate slaves. There were 21 raiders of mixed ethnicities, plus their leader, John Brown. While living in the attic of a farmhouse, the abolitionists planned a second revolution to free slaves. “Some say that John
Brown and his raiders failed miserably, others that they were the reason slavery does not exist today,” Luehm said. “The raid achieved its goal: the first battle to bring about the abolition of slavery in the land where equality was promised, but not a reality, for all. The Harpers Ferry Raid was the first giant step to make that happen.” With a cast of six actors, “The Old Man’s Mission” celebrated Black History Month by presenting a story of alliance. Detroit senior Brittany Johnson took on the role of Clara Rogers. A PLAY | 6A
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Caledonia senior Brittany Jerzyk, left, plays the roll of Annie Brown, as Grand Blanc senior Milton Grays, right, plays Shields Newby as they preform in “The Old Man’s Mission” Sunday afternoon in Plachta Auditorium.
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EDITORIAL | Journal Register Co. a reminder of print journalism’s instability
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It starts with a lie Ah, yes, this will be the perfect way to cover up how you really feel. It’s innocent — just a little white lie to pass the time. Eventually, the whole thing will just go away or smooth over, you think. You smile when you’re supposed to, make plans when you want to and everything runs smoothly. There’s no skin off your back because no one knows you’re lying. It’s like a little secret you have with yourself. It’s selfish and it’s foolish, but that doesn’t matter right now. That’s until people start to catch on that you might not be genuine. You begin to lay low for a little bit, hoping they’ll forget and then pop back in when things seem to be going OK. Timing is everything when you’re lying. But now, it takes a little more expertise and a lot more game plan. You add to the lie. You draw it out a bit more, adding that you “didn’t know” certain things, but you’re still willing to move forward with it. You try a bit harder not to come off too strong, but you still want this to work out to your advantage, so you have to play it cool. Keep the game going, as long as your winning. You’re digging the hole deeper and deeper. By this time, you should just throw dirt over it and call it day. But now, it’s inescapable. The person you’re lying to now knows that you’re not telling the truth. They confront you and you begin to sweat. Your heart drops and you know this is the point where you confess how you were really feeling and try to make things seem normal again. But, the confronter is upset and they keep digging to find out why you did this. They push you until you can’t fight it anymore and you finally release what you were hiding. You tell them everything like it’s word vomit, and you can’t stop, even though you shouldn’t have said half the things you just did – even if they were true. You try to hug them, but that’s weird. They don’t like you anymore and tell you to go away. They keep asking “why?” and you have no idea what to say because you just vomited your feelings, and that was pretty awful. You leave them upset and they question if anything they did was right, wondering what’s wrong with them. They begin to dig their own hole of uncertainty and questioning everyone who has ever confessed a genuine feeling to them. They think about it for weeks and eventually move on, but never really let go. And they definitely still don’t like you. And to think: All of that could have been avoided if you were just honest to begin with.
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society, but there is no doubt the industry is in a major state of upheaval and change right now. Journal Register Co.’s decision last week to lay off 840 of its employees serves as a sobering reminder of that. The company owns Mount Pleasant’s daily newspaper, The Morning Sun, as well as three other dailies in the state and several weekly newspapers. While it is always tough to see anybody, especially our fellow journalists, lose their jobs, the company most likely had no other choice. At the end of the day, delivering news content is still about making money. Ad revenue is drying up in print across the board, and while website views continue to climb, companies simply cannot get the same kind of revenue from online ads.
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Weakening unions not a power balance I read with interest your February 22 editorial entitled “Swallow the Pill’ and your support of the University’s position not to bargain for a security clause that would delay the impact of the right to work for less law. I agree with you that the university need not feel compelled to skirt the clear intent of the legislature that passed this law. You wrote that one should “not be upset with the university for following the law. Agree or disagree, the law is the law.” Again I agree, though I suspect this was an easy path for the university to follow. You then wrote that those who disagree with the right to work for less law need to “work to elect new lawmakers in Lansing in the 2014 election that share your worldview. That’s the beauty of democracy.” I agree once again.
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The 2014 election will be a critical election since the entire state government is currently dominated by the Republican Party, and they most certainly will continue to punish their political foes legislatively if this domination continues. However, you insert a curious word in your summation. You write that “It is more effective to strike a BALANCE (my emphasis) between power on both sides and making what can be difficult compromises, and that’s what the law allows CMU to do.” How does further weakening the unions (by denying them the expectation of dues payments in exchange for protecting worker rights) amount to more of a “balance” in power? If labor unions are forced to face a well-financed management in a financially weakened state after this new law, it is not
just workers’ collective bargaining rights that are threatened. So too is the ability of unions to compete with the huge corporate treasury funds that were used in 2012 to elect anti-union legislators. Let’s be clear. Labor has done a poor job reminding workers of their value when protecting worker security and rights through collective bargaining. Unions are more than just financial negotiators. So I understand the views of our youthful student editors who look at the right to work for less laws through the lenses of those who have not yet felt the sting of a job firing or demotion for reasons wholly unrelated to job performance. However, if management rights continue to dominate worker rights through more such legislation, they will feel that sting all too soon. -James Hill
Reader reactions to the Feb. 21 story “CMU rejects requests from unions to extend contracts” George Ross thinks that the state will give him some kind of political payback for doing this. He’s sadly mistaken. Al Psholka isn’t exactly keen on increasing funds for higher ed, after all, he’s an uneducated rube. -Toka313 It is also nice to see what a hypocrite George Ross is. 3 years ago, he was a shill for the Bernero/Lawrence ticket and introduced Brenda Lawrence as “Lt. Gov. Lawrence.” Now, when the rubber meets the road, he runs from away from the Democratic opposition to RTW. -Joe Martinez Nice to see the greedy unions exposing themselves. -Peter Panner Reader reactions to the Feb. 21 story “Ross on campus safety:
‘We’re still a very safe campus. I stand by that.” What?! Wait a minute, is he actually doing his job for a change? -Alex Burr CMU does have a very safe campus. I have walked across it hundreds of times at night and have never been concerned. -Justin Orminski Reader reactions to the Feb. 21 story “Subway armed robbery suspect arraigned on $950,000 bond” Thank you, Batman!! -Michael Jarvis This guy is such a goon. Glad to see they caught him. -Mike Nowak Guess he didn’t want to use the money that he robbed to pay for his own attorney. -Lu Peng
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Get off your bum and go outside Coming in as a transfer student, I saw Central Michigan University with fresh eyes: the landscape around Brooks Hall, the interesting, yet eerie black sculpture near the University Art Gallery, the mindblowing Charles V. Park Library with its moving bookshelves, the greenhouse, ponds and people who care about activism and language and art. Having been here now for my third semester, I notice I sometimes slip into the naive student mindset of taking it all for granted. This semester, I have found myself inside more often than normal. If I’m not sitting in class, I’m sitting at a computer typing up homework. A new Danish study showed kids who walked or biked to school, rather than sit on the bus or crammed into a car, had much better concentration with positive effects lasting around four hours after the commute. Many studies show one of the big indicators of life longevity depends on time spent walking or exercising. They often make linkages between exercise and health and mortality rates. These sound like “duh” statements, but in today’s culture it needs to be said. I love that some art students wore gas masks last week and stood with signs that told of the dangers of toxic indoor air and said we aren’t getting enough of the outside goodness. And we wonder why youth are so stressed. What do we need to be doing? Step 1: Get off our bums. Step 2: Go outside. Don’t whine about the cold. Embrace it, especially if you want to call yourself a true Michigander. Step 3: Get more natural. We can do this by not walking on the sidewalks or by just touching the trees on campus, but watching the squirrels and visiting the greenhouse on campus, which is like a lesser-known paradise. It may not be practical to tell my fellow college students to go out in the cold and snow more, as they may have no incentive, but perhaps a few suggestions for cold weather activities might make things easier. How about walking the trails of the gorgeous parks in town, quit paying parking and walking instead, chasing the squirrels, playing kick the snow chunks, or even borrowing someone’s kid and having them chase you around? (You could also be smart about this one and get the parent to pay you for it.) So, the next time you look at those people jogging in crazy cold weather, join them and reap the benefits.
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zines, both in physical and digital forms, relies on them finding their niche and targeting their content toward a specific audience. That’s what the most successful news organizations have done in recent years. The New York Times, The Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal, for example, have remained relevant by catering to a specific audience and marketing their in-depth content to them, instead of the general public at large. Same goes for successful local publications such as Crain’s Detroit Business. These publications are successful, especially business publications, because they offer in-depth reporting that can’t be found anywhere else. The main mistake media made was giving away news for free across the board, and, now, we’re clutching at straws trying to grasp a way to survive that we should have thought of sooner.
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Reader Reactions to the Feb. 19 story “Porn star Nina Hartley and pastor Craig Gross debate impact of porn on women, society at Plachta Auditorium” Gross is just getting himself off by following the porn industry in this manner and making money to boot. Often he regaled the crowd with his knowledge of titles and particular scenes. He even shared a story of a performer telling him how she got ready for certain scenes. He seemed very fond of the recovering Ron Jeremy his regular debate foe. Porn has and will survive with or without the Craig Gross’s of the world. Craig Gross would not survive without porn. At least the profession of Hartley provides some “bang for the buck”, to use a term a former CMU president got in hot water for using. I don’t know what Gross does for anyone. -dweiss3
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Ohio University debates instituting frozen tuition rates similar to CMU Promise By Sammy Dubin Staff Reporter
Ohio University is exploring an option similar to the CMU Promise that Central Michigan University implemented in 2005. The CMU Promise locked in tuition for new in-state students at $213 per credit hour in 2005. According to CMU’s website, this meant that amount would not change for students for the following four years through the end of the 2009 summer term. The CMU Promise was phased out by the beginning of the 2008 academic year. According to an article in the Columbus Dispatch, the OU board of trustees discussed the pros and cons of locking in a predetermined tuition rate during a Feb. 7 meeting. West Bloomfield native and CMU alum Hayley Sitron was a beneficiary of the CMU Promise when she enrolled during the 2007-08 academic year. She said the Promise was beneficial, giving her a sense of security knowing tuition wasn’t going to go up while at CMU.
“With the Promise, the tuition was going to be what it was when you were a freshman,” Sitron said. Frozen tuition rates can help offset financial burden when applying for college since students won’t have to worry about unpredictable tuition hikes, and they can encourage students to graduate in four years so they won’t lose their locked-in rate. CMU’s tuition for the 2012-13 academic year is set at $365 per credit hour for in-state students, $152 more than the tuition in 2005, while OU’s 2012-13 tuition is $484 per credit hour for in-state students and $926 for out-of-state students. OU President Roderick McDavis told his board of trustees the concept of a frozen tuition rate is becoming more popular, The Dispatch reports. “This is a national concept that institutions across the country are looking at,” McDavis said. OU campus officials discussed two possible options for locking in tuition. The first involves a hike of 3.5 percent for continuing
students and 5.9 percent for new freshmen. After this, there would be no tuition increases for the next three years. The second option would not increase tuition for continuing students; however, new freshmen would pay 7.4 percent more the first year. A one-time 5.9-percent increase would apply to each consecutive freshman class. This plan is projected to generate an extra $13 million, according to The Dispatch. When CMU implemented the Promise in 2005, the credit hour rate decreased as students completed more credits and moved up in class standing. For example, a freshman with up to 25 credits paid $213, while a fifthyear senior with more than 100 credits paid $179. Although Sitron said the Promise didn’t influence her decision to attend CMU, her parents were both happy about it. “I’m sure it helped a lot of students who paid tuition without the help of their parents,” she said. university@cm-life.com
Program Board hosting Condom Casino Tour on campus Tuesday night By Ryan Fitzmaurice Senior Reporter
Central Michigan University Program Board is making gambling and sexual health a safe bet Tuesday night, offering a free night of entertainment and sexual education with the “The Condom Casino Tour.” “The purpose of the casino is to inform students about safe sex practices and to promote free testing for sexual transmitted diseases,” Program Board cultural chairperson and Grosse Pointe Woods senior Coi Mach said. The Condom Casino Tour will transform the Rotunda room of the Bovee University Center into a sex-themed
casino from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Students will be able to choose from 10 sex-themed casino games involving the consequences of sexual choices. “I think we have had a lot of support for it, especially because spring break is coming up,” Public Relations Chairperson and Austin senior Nicole Murawski said. Some of the games include Texas Cond’em, Lucky in Love Dice, Let It Ride, STD Bingo and Beer Goggle Blackjack, where players play blackjack while wearing glasses that simulate intoxication. Each game is meant to teach players a lesson about issues like the danger of STDs, the effects of alcohol on decision making, the use
NIGHT | CONTINUED FROM 3A On the downstairs basketball courts, students lined up to race and bounce around the inflatables, and Up All Night also offered laser tag and glow in the dark putt-putt. For those who did not want to run around, there was a casino featuring games such as blackjack
and poker. Students were able to trade chips in for chances to win prizes, including a spa package and various gift cards. The event was attended by a diverse group of students, each able to partake in activities they enjoyed. “I really liked the Fish N’ Chips performance,”
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CONTINUED FROM 3A “Here’s what’s inherently crazy about that proposition: You’re being asked a question based on reporting of a program that exists,” Gibbs said. “Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.” Gibbs called on Obama to be more transparent.
of birth control and avoiding sexually risky situations. Two thousand condoms will be used as currency to gamble with at the casino. The Program Board encourages students to keep the condoms they win. It is expected up to 100 people will attend the event, Murawski said. The casino marks the end of the Program Board’s Sexual Awareness Week. Other events included The Great Porn Debate on Tuesday, a screening of the documentary “Let’s Talk about Sex” on Wednesday and a performance of “The Vagina Monologues” in Plachta Auditorium on Friday and Saturday.
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Lincoln Park graduate student Dominique Fernandez performs a piece titled “The Flood” during The Vagina Monologues Friday night in Anspach 161.
‘Vagina Monologues’ address women’s issues in creative way By Katelyn Sweet Staff Reporter
The “darkness,” “secrecy” and silence that so often dominate discussions about vaginas was brought to the table this weekend with Central Michigan University’s Students Advocating Gender Equality’s production of Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues.” The production, a play based on 200 interviews of women of all ages, races, sexual orientations and backgrounds, has been a popular production performed on Broadway since 1996 and is famous for its celebration of female sexuality and empowerment. Washington junior Emma Spencer, who was involved in the play, said the production is a way to learn more about women’s issues as well as one’s own body and health. The play presents knowledge and personal narratives of topics including sexual aggression, rape and female mutilation that occur daily and on a global scale. Spencer said she believes it is important that students know what is going on in the world because more awareness of these issues will bring a change.
“Women face so many challenges throughout their lives purely because they are women, and people need to know that that happens,” she said. Westland senior Alexa Gholston has been involved with “The Vagina Monologues” since she came to CMU. Each year, she has played a different role in the production, and she described her role this year as a bit of a dominatrix. “(My character) loves to make her vagina happy, and she is unashamed, and I love that. She loves herself and is confident in who she is,” Gholston said. Gholston said her heart has been touched by being involved with this production. One of the aspects Gholston especially appreciates is how the proceeds accumulated by the production are donated to SAGE, Vox: Voices for Planned Parenthood Crises Pregnancy Fund, Eve Ensler’s V-Day and Sexual Aggression Peer Advocates. “We are giving money to the people who really need it, which is amazing,” Gholston said. “I know we are making changes, and these services are doing more than I can, so I
love that we give all we earn to them.” Junior Michalina Badur saw the play for the first time Friday after hearing about it last year. Badur said she was curious to see the show but did not know what to expect. “It was extremely relatable and funny, yet it was still able to address more serious issues such as rape and abuse,” the Edwardsburg native said. “It really shocked (me) with the statistics, because it’s scary to think that the probability and number of victims is so high.” Badur said she would recommend anyone and everyone see “The Vagina Monologues” because it creates an important awareness in a creative and funny way. “The Moans,” one monologue in which cast members gathered on stage to perform particular orgasmic moans connected to certain sexual situations, had the audience laughing. CMU was even prescribed a shout of ecstasy as Midland senior Sadie Quinlan straddled a chair, moaning “Fire ... up ... Chips!,” incorporating a call from the CMU Fight Song. studentlife@cm-life.com
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Metamora sophomore Samantha Zielinski said. “That was my favorite part.” Zielinski, like many other CMU students, attended the event with a group of friends and spent the night bouncing from one activity to another. “Events like this are fun,” Alpena freshman Abbigail Krawczak said. “They show people that you do not need to drink to have a good time.”
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Schools from across state complete 300 community service hours in day By Brianna Owczarzak Staff Reporter
About 130 students teamed up Saturday to complete 300 hours of community service. The Health Professions Residential College served the campus and community by participating Saturday in Super Service Saturday, where students set out to complete 300 collective service hours in just one day. About 130 students volunteered at various locations Saturday, including the Michigan Organization of Residence Hall Associations conference in the University Center, Central Michigan University Up All Night, Isabella Animal Shelter, the Salvation Army in Midland, the Red Cross Mobile Food Pantry in Finch Fieldhouse and the CMU Triathlon Club’s Triathlon in the Indoor Athletics Complex. Among these students were freshmen Elise Machusko of Dearborn and Jessica Armstrong of Howell. The pair donated their time to the MORHA conference, a meeting of leaders involved in residence life on campuses across Michigan. “Someone from MORHA came to HPRC (during) our community meeting and asked us to volunteer,” Machusko said. On-campus leaders from schools including the University of Michigan, Grand Valley State University, Eastern Michigan University and Western Michigan University attended the conference to share ideas and network with each other. The conference began Fri-
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Grosse Pointe senior Kathryn Hoffman makes her way through the crowd to receive her first place award during the 2013 Annual Juried Central Michigan University Student Art Exhibit Reception Saturday afternoon at the University Art Gallery.
More than 50 students compete for awards at juried art exhibit By Adriano Cotero Staff Reporter
University Art Gallery Director Anne Gochenour explained the importance of allowing students to showcase their work to the public. “I always say that art isn’t done until it’s seen by the public,” Gochenour said. “This is an opportunity for students to not only experience the juried exhibition, but also allow their work to be finished by giving people around campus the chance to view the art.” The gallery hosted two jurors: fine arts judge and Grand Rapids photographer Filippo Tagliati and CMU University Libraries Coordinator of Exhibits and Projects Janet Danek, who judged graphic designs. The gallery accommodated about 200 guests and 85 art pieces submitted by 54 students. Alongside Gochenour was intern and Okemos senior Karley Hoffman, who helped organize
the event. “This was a perfect opening for me to experience ... It gave me the first-hand experience with behindthe-scenes work,” Hoffman said. The works illustrated the individuality of each artist. Romulus senior and art major Kaela Torres created a 2D acrylic on canvas called “The Beasts,” which she thought would be a unique addition to the show. “This presents two dominant figures in my life, my dad and boyfriend,” Torres said regarding her art piece. “This represents how they are two big role models in my life, and it expresses my love and compassion for them.” With 85 art pieces to choose from, there were three different awards: one grand award, two juror awards, five merit awards and six honorable mentions. The jurors chose two juror awards of $100, one fitting the fine arts category and the other fitting the graphic designs. Ortonville
senior Crystal Hartman received one juror award for “Hanging Slabs,” and Mount Pleasant senior Rebecca Goulder also received the juror award for her piece, “Night Sky 1.” Winning the grand award of $200 and the first place title was Grosse Pointe senior Kathryn Hoffman for her work, “The Drop.” “I always take personal experience from my life and put them into my art work,” Hoffman said. “‘The Drop’ represents the feeling of getting to a really high point or part in your life, and then a drop comes. A bird can only fly so high.” This display presented a bird made of bronze, wood, feathers and ceramics that face-planted into the ground, signifying the drop. “Submitting this piece was probably one of the best ways for it to get seen, and hopefully someone will want to buy it,” Hoffman said.
day with a ceremony featuring mock rocks from each school in attendance, a keynote speaker and a silent auction. Machusko and Armstrong volunteered four hours that night. “The mock rock was a way of introducing their schools,” Armstrong said. “They would cut songs together and choreograph dance moves. It was a lot of fun; everyone was laughing and have a good time.” The conference offered entertainment for guests including caricature drawing, a photo booth and a DJ. Machusko’s favorite part about Friday’s event was the inflatables. “It was a lot of fun,” she said. “It was a spirit lifter to get everybody excited for the conference.” Armstrong volunteered at the canvas station on Friday. “We had a bunch of canvases and paint everywhere, and you got to paint your own canvas,” Armstrong said. “You could either take the canvas home with you or donate it to the silent auction.” All proceeds from the silent auction went toward Kid’s Food Basket, a non-profit organization from Grand Rapids that works to fight childhood hunger by providing students with bagged lunches at school. The organization has served more than 360,000 children since July 2012. Armstrong and Machusko had two shifts Saturday beginning at 7:30 a.m. The pair spent the morning setting up rooms for the presentation of residence hall programs. “You get to see other school’s programs, and the ultimate goal is to see who has
PLAY | CONTINUED FROM 3A “This play shows how true change can’t come without a collaboration of efforts of both racial groups,” Johnson said. Coleman sophomore
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Katie Murphy was one of about 100 to watch the play and said she appreciated the tale of unity. “You never hear about the Harper Ferry raid. It was interesting to learn
the best program,” Armstrong said. Their second shift began at 5 p.m., during which they helped set up the banquet that takes place at the end of the conference. “(MORHA is) really upbeat and energetic,” Armstrong said. “We ended up coming early and staying later.” Machusko said the conference made her want to get involved with MORHA.
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Belleville sophomore Mark Cantrell serves as MORHA co-chair and said 25 student volunteers were present throughout the conference. Cantrell’s responsibilities included organizing the volunteers, making sure the coordinators had what they needed and kept everyone’s energy high. “I’m just facilitating everything,” Cantrell said. “I’ve been here since 6 a.m., and I’ll be here all day.” Cantrell has been involved with MORHA for three years, and he said his favorite part about the conference is fresh programming and recognition. “I like networking with other on-campus leaders,” he said. “You get to take back ideas to your campus to try out.” Cantrell said the conference wouldn’t have happened without the help of on-campus resources and volunteers. Every year, schools bid to host the banquet the following year, and the location of the next conference will be announced in April. university@cm-life.com
about John Brown, an unspoken hero,” Murphy said. “It shows how there were whites that stood up for the cause to free the slaves. It was a great way to bring everything together and learn about it through a play near the end of Black History Month.” studentlife@cm-life.com
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CMU baseball goes 1-2 over weekend at Western Kentucky By Emily Grove Senior Reporter
Errors in Sunday’s game cost the Central Michigan baseball team the series against Western Kentucky. The Chippewas dropped the third and final game in the series, falling to the Hilltoppers 4-2. “We made a couple of
mistakes, but I thought overall we played well defensively,” head coach Steve Jaksa said. “It was disappointing more than anything else. We just had little things go wrong, things that are correctable, and it didn’t work out for us.” CMU was off to a promising start when, for the fourth game in a row, the
team scored in the first inning. The team tacked another run on in the third inning when an error by the Hilltoppers third baseman allowed junior Noel Santos to score. But, the 2-0 lead wouldn’t last long. A double by WKU’s Scott Wilcox was the momentum
switch his team needed, and an error allowed a run to come in, also advancing Wilcox to third. A sacrifice fly-out to left field brought Wilcox in and tied up the game. In the seventh inning, errors set up the Hilltoppers to score and claim the lead, bringing in sophomore Sean Renzi to relieve senior
starter Rick Dodridge. Dodridge faced 28 batters Sunday with no strikeouts, two walks and eight hits allowed. Jaksa said he was happy with Dodridge’s pitching. “Rick took into the seventh,” Jaksa said. “He pitched well enough to win, but the error we made gave them the opportunity to win.”
Another error when Renzi entered the game advanced two runners. A walk right after the error loaded the bases for WKU to sacrifice again for a run to make the score 3-2. A run from the Hilltoppers in the eighth and CMU’s inability to come A BASEBALL | 5B
Turnovers, rebounding cost CMU in loss
OT Eric Fisher bests Luke Joeckel at NFL combine By Ryan Zuke Staff Reporter
By Brandon Champion Staff Reporter
Former Central Michigan offensive tackle Eric Fisher only had one other scholarship offer coming out of high school. Saturday, he competed in the first day of the 2013 NFL combine, looking to prove why he deserves to be the first offensive tackle selected in April’s draft. “Obviously, I have a chip on my shoulder coming from a smaller school,” Fisher said in an interview with NFL.com. “I only got one other offer from Eastern Michigan. “It’s not up to me in the end (where he is selected in the draft), but I’m working my hardest to be the number one tackle. I’m a very competitive guy. I love being first in everything I do, and, until I’m first, I’m just going to keep battling trying to prove myself to everybody.” According to Scouts Inc., Fisher is the fifth-best player entering the draft and the second-highest rated tackle behind Texas A & M’s Luke Joeckel. However, Fisher recorded better numbers than Joeckel in three of the six drills on Saturday. Fisher ran a 5.05 second 40-yard dash, had a 116-inch broad jump and completed the 20-yard shuffle in 4.44 seconds, a top performance in that category. Joeckel ran a 5.30-second 40-yard dash, had a 106-inch broad jump and completed the 20-yard shuffle in 4.68 seconds. They both did 27 reps on the bench press and had a 28.5-inch vertical jump. Joeckel beat Fisher in the three-cone drill 7.40 seconds to 7.59 seconds. “It’s been a crazy ride,” Fisher said. “But, I came here to compete with these guys from some of the top schools in the nation. It’s a great experience for me. I really had fun today showing my skills and showing people what I’m made of.”
Few things are more important in basketball than rebounding and taking care of the ball. The women’s basketball team did neither when it mattered most in its 76-63 loss to Toledo at McGuirk Arena Sunday afternoon. The Chippewas (16-10 overall, 10-3 Mid-American Conference) held an 11-point lead at the 11:25 mark of the second half, but turnovers, poor shot selection and an inability to collect defensive rebounds doomed them throughout the second half. “Rebounding wins championships,” head coach Sue Guevara said. “In the second half, we turned it over and gave up offensive rebounds.” CMU was out-rebounded 50 to 44, giving up 18 offensive rebounds. “We have to box out,” Guevara said. “It’s not because we just weren’t boxing out; we were trying to penetrate on three people instead of passing the ball.” The team finished the game with 15 turnovers and made just two shots from the field over the final 11 minutes and 25 seconds of the game. Sophomore guard Crystal Bradford, a contender for MAC Player of the Year, scored just six points and went 2-for-14 from the field. She also led with had eight turnovers. “I thought we played way too much one on one in the second half, and we couldn’t buy a basket,” Guevara said. “We were bringing the ball down and shooting it before we even passed it. We weren’t looking for (Niki) DiGuilio. I mean. she was wide open, but we decided to go in for layups instead, and we weren’t making them.”
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Sophomore guard Crystal Bradford attempts to grab a loose ball Sunday afternoon while being guarded by Toledo Defenders. Bradford scored only six points and turned the ball over eight times as the Chippewas lost to the visiting Toledo Rockets 76-63 at McGuirk Arena.
Going cold Second-half drought costs women’s basketball in 76-63 loss to Toledo By Mark Cavitt | Staff Reporter
The Central Michigan women’s basketball was outscored in the second half 42-25 by Toledo before losing 76-63 in a first-place matchup Sunday afternoon at McGuirk Arena. The loss put CMU in second in the MidAmerican Conference as the Rockets sit alone atop of the conference with three games left before the MAC tournament. Head coach Sue Guevara said her team didn’t step up when it came to rebounding the ball, which gave Toledo too many extra chances to score. “That was a very, very tough loss,” Guevara said. “We knew all along coming into this game it was going to be a battle of the boards. I thought that’s where
we lost it. We gave up too many offensive rebounds. Their big players stepped up, and ours frankly did not. We have to swallow this one and get ready for Ball State.” Guevara also said junior guard Jessica Green will be out for the season with a torn ACL she suffered against Western Michigan
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CMU women’s basketball head coach Sue Guevara talks to her players during a timeout. Chippewas lost to the visiting Toledo Rockets Sunday 76-63 at McGuirk Arena.
on Wednesday. A surgery date is to be determined. With Green out, Guevara went with a size matchup with her starting five inserting sophomore forward Jas’Mine Bracey into the starting lineup. “Bracey gave us a bigger body on Richardson and hopefully a big body to box her out,” she said. “The
lineup is going to be based on a game-to-game basis and matchups.” Junior guard Niki DiGuilio finished the game with 17 points to lead her team as senior forward Jessica Schroll contributed with 15 points and seven rebounds. A GUEVARA | 3B
A WOMEN’S BASKETBALL | 5B
‘We didn’t look like ourselves,’ Davis says of YSU loss By Jeff Papworth Staff Reporter
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Central Michigan’s Derrick Richardson (3) goes up for a layup while being defended by Youngstown State’s Damian Eargle (21) during the first half of Saturday night’s matchup at the Beeghly Center on the campus of Youngstown State University.
The men’s basketball team was down 51-27 after surrendering two three-pointers at the start of the second half at Youngstown State. But, instead of letting the final score become dreadful, Central Michigan made it respectable as it cut YSU’s lead to as low as seven points in its 86-75 loss Sturday. “(The Penguins) were starting to feel the pressure, but we just didn’t get to the next step, to have a chance late in the game,” head coach Keno Davis said. “We just missed some easy layups, some open three-point shots.” Freshman guard Chris Fowler helped his team at the
end of the game with 12 of his career-high 19 points coming in the last seven minutes of the second half. He also delivered one of his five assists to sophomore guard Austin Keel, who had a threepoint play to make it 83-75 with 1:06 left in the game. The Chippewas started chipping away at the lead as soon as YSU tallied six quick points to start the second half, going on an 18-2 run to make it 53-45 with 14 minutes left in the game. Randall, who has shouldered a load offensively, did not lead in points for only the second time since the beginning of January in his return to his hometown. But, it was only because his cohorts were producing more
on offense. He scored 17 points in 38 minutes of play. Freshman forward John Simons made all eight freethrows and was four of five from the field to score in double-figures for the first time since Dec. 22 with 16 points. He also had four rebounds. “John is so close to throwing up double-doubles each and every night,” Davis said. “He is just not quite there. He doesn’t quite have the timing, quite have the physical strength to be able to do it. But, you see three or four balls go out of his hands that could have been rebounds.” CMU lost eight-straight games coming into the game, and venturing into the nonconference, where it was 7-6, in the last season of ESPN
BracketBusters, did not help matters. “We didn’t look like ourselves for about 24, 25 minutes tonight,” Davis said. “We didn’t bring it. We didn’t have the talk, the execution, intensity that we had for the majority of the season.” Davis was forced to call a timeout 5:35 into the first half because YSU took a 16-5 lead and had only missed one of its eight shots. Beyond the arc was where YSU did most of its damage by making nine of 18 three-pointers for the game. CMU is back in conference play when it travels to play Ball State, the last team it beat, at 7 p.m. Wednesday. sports@cm-life.com
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MEN’S BASKETBALL
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
CMU | 75 PLAYER
Kyle Randall Chris Fowler Blake Hibbitts D. Richardson John Simons O. Mbaigoto Finis Craddock Austin Keel S. Krannitz Zach Saylor Austin Stewart ASSISTS: STEALS: BLOCKS:
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CMU | 63 RB
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4 0 2 5 4 6 1 3 0 0 0
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Brandie Baker Niki DiGuilio Jessica Schroll J. Bracey C. Bradford Taylor Johnson Jalisa Olive Kerby Tamm
17 19 6 2 16 6 0 9 0 0 0
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Fowler, 5 Keel, 3 Mbaigoto, 1
Richardson, 2 five tied, 1 Richardson, 2 two tied, 2
Kamren Belin Damian Eargle Blake Allen DJ Cole Ryan Weber Shawn Amiker Bobby Hain Fletcher Larson Josh Chojnacki ASSISTS: STEALS: BLOCKS:
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31 14 38 39 30 15 20 11 2
Baker, 6 DiGuilio, 3 Bradford, 1
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Olive, 1 Olive, 1
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two tied, 3 Zanoguera, 3 Richardson, 4
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4 29 11 12 18 2 0 0 0 0
TOTALS Dortch, 2 Shafir, 1
Baumgartner, 1
Eargle, 31
WEST DIVISION MAC 8-4 8-4 5-7 4-8 3-9 2-10
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Lecretia Smith Naama Shafir Andola Dortch I. Zanoguera Y. Richardson K. Baumgartner J. Reed-Lewis R. McCormick A, Capotosto Brianna Jones
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Cole, 12 three tied, 1 Larson, 2
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MEN’S MAC STANDINGS Team WMU Toledo EMU BSU NIU CMU
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YSU | 86 PLAYER
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WOMEN’S MAC STANDINGS
EAST DIVISION
Overall 17-9 13-11 12-15 11-14 5-20 9-17
Team Akron Ohio UB Kent BGSU Miami
MAC 12-0 11-1 6-6 5-7 5-7 3-9
WEST DIVISION
Overall 22-4 20-7 11-16 15-12 11-16 8-17
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Central Michigan’s Zach Saylor (41) attempts a 3-pointer while being defended by Youngstown State’s Blake Allen (1) during the first half of Saturday night’s matchup at the Beeghly Center on the campus of Youngstown State University.
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PAST THREE GAMES
PAST THREE GAMES
Feb. 13 vs Ohio L, 82-63
Feb. 16 @ Miami W, 72-60
Feb. 16 vs Toledo L, 73-64
Feb. 20 @ WMU W, 77-53
Feb. 23 @ YSU L, 86-75
Feb. 24 vs. Toledo L, 76-63
NEXT TWO GAMES Wed. @ Ball St., 7 p.m. Sat. @ NIU, 8 p.m.
NEXT TWO GAMES Thurs. vs. BSU, 7 p.m. Sun. @ NIU, 4 p.m.
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Senior forward Jessica Schroll gets bumped Sunday afternoon while being guarded by Toledo defenders. Schroll scored 15 points against Toledo but it wasn’t enough as the Chippewas lost to the visiting Toledo Rockets 76-63 at McGuirk Arena.
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Junior forward Taylor Johnson drives the ball Sunday afternoon while being guarded by Toledo defenders. Johnson scored 12 points against Toledo, but it wasn’t enough as the Chippewas lost to the visiting Toledo Rockets 76-63 at McGuirk Arena blowing a first half lead.
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Central Michigan Life || Monday, Feb. 25, 2013 || 3B
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Wrestling finishes regular season with 27-10 win at Michigan State By Bryce Huffman Staff Reporter
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Sophomore guard Crystal Bradford gets a turnover for CMU Sunday afternoon while being guarded by Toledo defenders. Bradford scored only six points and turned the ball over eight times as the Chippewas lost to the visiting Rockets 76-63.
Toledo’s Naama Shafir bests Bradford By Mark Johnson Staff Reporter
Women’s basketball was unable to hold onto its halftime lead against Toledo in part due to a big game from senior guard Naama Shafir. Shafir, native of Hoshaya, Israel, had a huge game for the Rockets, scoring 29 points, five rebounds and three assists, leading them to the win and keeping them in first place in the Mid-American Conference. “She’s played very well in this building in her last two trips,” Toledo head coach Tricia Cullop said. “In a game where she knows she has to rise to the top and make some key baskets, she is not afraid to step up and make that happen for us.” At halftime, the game was close with CMU holding a slim 38-34 lead after the Rockets trimmed a 12-point lead down to four. Shafir had managed to score 11 points with two rebounds and two
assists, but, shortly after, she got going. “Right before the half, she decided she was going to take over,” Cullop said. “When we needed to make that run, when we were down 12, you could tell she was not rattled, and she was going to weather the storm and help the team maintain their composure.” In a matchup between two MAC Player of the Year candidates, in Shafir and CMU’s sophomore guard Crystal Bradford, Shafir had the clear advantage. After a strong showing in Toledo back in early January, with 27 points and nine rebounds, Bradford hit a shooting slump and was unable to get anything going. This time, it was Shafir’s turn. After tearing her ACL in their last game, the loss of sophomore guard Jessica Green hurt, and now they will have to adjust to playing without her for the rest of the regular and post seasons. Sophomore forward
Jas’Mine Bracey was added to the starting lineup, and senior Brandie Baker was moved to the point and will continue to play at that position. The rest of the lineup will continue to be adjusted. This loss puts the team at 10-3 in the MAC, tied with Ball State for No. 2. It’s also two games behind Toledo, who will look to clinch at least a share of the regular-season MAC title in its next game against Western Michigan. CMU still has a chance to finish the year strong and can receive strong seeding in the MAC tournament. It has three games left, one at home against the Cardinals and two on the road against Northern Illinois and Eastern Michigan. With both the Chippewas and BSU tied for No. 2, Thursday’s matchup will be for sole possession of second-place and a bye to the semi-final round in the MAC tournament. sports@cm-life.co
C M L I F E P L AY E R O F T H E W E E K
Pitcher Jordan Foley helps CMU get only win of weekend against Western Kentucky By Emily Grove Senior Reporter
Baseball head coach Steve Jaksa said he’s always looking to put a guy at the mound to keep his team in the first game of a series. Sophomore right-handed pitcher Jordan Foley was that guy on Friday. Foley was the starting pitcher against Western Kentucky in the first game of the weekend’s three-game series, and, in the 4-2 win, Foley took a no-hitter into the fifth inning and struck out eight. “When you have a guy doing that, it gives the offense a chance to get on track, and we were able to score,” Jaksa said. “That’s the consistency we’re looking for. I’m always looking for a guy that I can run him out on Friday to keep us in the game against their best guy. Jordan was able to
GUEVARA | CONTINUED FROM 1B Senior guard Brandie Baker had nine points and 11 rebounds, while junior forward Taylor Johnson finished with 12 points and nine rebounds. The game was physical throughout the first half. Coming in, rebounding was going to be key as both these teams started the game with bigger lineups. Guevara said her team’s inability to hold its composure in the second half was due in part to some players trying to win the game by themselves. “I thought a couple of our players were trying to do it on their own and lost their composure,” Guevara said. “We turned the ball over and gave up offensive rebounds. It’s not that Toledo was doing anything different, it’s that we were not boxing out.” The Chippewas were out-rebounded 26-21 in the first half but had the lead at the half, 38-34. The Rockets were able to score most of their points inside, thanks
do that.” Foley allowed just two hits over six scoreless innings in Friday’s game. In his two Jordan Foley appearances this season, he’s walked four batters and posts a 0.69 ERA. In the opening weekend against Louisiana-Lafayette, Foley pitched seven innings for CMU in the second game of a four-game series. In that game, he allowed just five hits and one run, striking out seven batters. Jaksa said he hopes Foley stays where he’s at because of how well he’s doing but also knows there is always room to grow. “This was just a glimpse of seeing what he can do,” Jaksa said. “We can see him work-
ing toward putting together a full game. Once he’s at a full game and can command all his pitches on a particular day, he’s going to be tough to handle, I mean, he’s tough to handle now.” Seniors Patrick Kaminska and Rick Dodridge pitched the other two games in the series against WKU. In the third game of the series, CMU had trouble stringing hits together, Jaksa said, but there were players who did their jobs. Sophomore Nick Regnier had another good weekend with the outfielder getting four hits and three RBI’s for the weekend. Junior shortstop Noel Santos had five hits and an RBI on the weekend, while senior infielder Jordan Adams had a hit and RBI on Sunday.
to 12 offensive rebounds in the first half, scoring 20 points in the paint. DiGuilio was three-forthree from three-point range in the first seven minutes of the game. She had 14 points in the first half and was four-for-four from three in the half. Schroll came up big in the first half, scoring 13 points while bringing down four rebounds, while Baker had seven points and five rebounds. Forcing the Rockets into uncomfortable situations was key in the first as CMU was able to cause seven turnovers, scoring 11 of those turnovers. Sophomore guard Crystal Bradford scored her first basket of the game at the 18:14 mark in the second, putting her team up 42-34. She scored six of her team’s first eight points to begin the second. Johnson gave the team the biggest lead of the game, to that point, at the 13:45 mark, 52-40, after sinking a three-point basket. But Toledo answered with a 22-6 run to end the game due in part to its ability to get offensive rebounds. The Rockets had
18 in the game, winning the battle in the paint, 44-24. The Chippewas will look to rebound off this loss at 7 p.m. Thursday when they welcome Ball State.
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No. 10 wrestling concluded its regular season on a 10-dual winning streak after a 27-10 win at Michigan State on Friday. “The team is really focused on the post season now,” head coach Tom Borrelli said. “So, it’s always good to end the regular season with a win.” Junior Scott Mattingly began the night for the Chippewas with a 4-0 win against Nicholas Timble at the 141-pound weight class to give his team an early 3-0 lead against the Spartans. Senior 149-pounder Donnie Corby won a close 3-2 match against Dan Osterman to increase the team’s lead to 6-0. Corby won on a late, third period, takedown. After Ryan Watts decreased MSU’s deficit by winning 7-3 against freshman Luke Smith at the 157- pound weight class, sophomore Mike Ottinger
got his team back on track, increasing the lead back to six by defeating Nick Proctor Tom Borrelli 3-2 at the 165-pound weight class. This victory marked Ottinger’s 10th straight. Junior 174-pounder Craig Kelliher would give his team an even larger lead, after winning a major decision match against Jordan Wohlfert 10-2, increasing the lead, 13-3. The high-scoring matches would continue at 184 pounds as senior No. 2 Ben Bennett won his fourth-straight technical fall match, defeating Eric Ford by a score of 15-0. “Ben’s real good on his feet and on top,” Coach Borrelli said. “He’s been really focused on scoring often and early. He has been dominating matches; this is what we’ve come to expect.”
After freshman 197-pounder Jackson Lewis and heavyweight Jarod Trice lost consecutive matches to Luke Jones and Michael McClure, respectively, the CMU lead dwindled to 18-10. Senior 125-pounder Christian Cullinan defeated Brenan Lyon 5-0, making the score 21-10, securing the team’s 12th-straight victory against the Spartans. Senior No. 7 Scotti Sentes finished off the night by pinning Brandon Fifield in the first period, making the final score 27-10. “We could have wrestled better at some weight classes,” Coach Borrelli said. “But, we needed to end the season with a win, and we did. The team is focused on the MAC championships. But, we had to make sure to finish strong.” The Chippewas will wrestle in the Mid-American Conference Championships in Buffalo, N.Y. on Sunday, March 10. sports@cm-life.com
IN THE NEWS
NO. 7 MICHIGAN TAKES OVER, MAKES ILLINI LOOK BAD AFTER HALFTIME By Shannon Ryan Chicago Tribune (MCT)
ANN ARBOR, Mich. At halftime, leading No. 7 Michigan by three points on the road, Illinois coach John Groce reminded players of two second-half scenarios and gave them an option. Against Indiana, the Illini played with as much gusto in the second half as the first and won. After a stellar first-half effort at Michigan State, they wilted and lost. At the Crisler Center on Sunday afternoon, the Illini chose wrong. Disconnected from their first-half execution and effort, they fell apart after halftime and lost 71-58 to Michigan, ending a fivegame winning streak. “I’m going to keep it really simple,” Groce said afterward. “They were smarter and tougher than us in the second half.” Michigan outscored Illinois 43-27 in the second half and shot 54.2 percent, using a 15-3 start to establish a tone. Illinois allowed the Wolverines — one of
the nation’s best in transition — to convert 13 Illini turnovers into 27 points. “We had some errors that we had not had in this stretch,” Groce said. “Some scouting errors, some rotational errors, some mistakes. They’re already really, really good. That adds to them being even better than they are.” It’s hard to think of ways to improve upon the play of Michigan’s Trey Burke. The point guard, who is a National Player of the Year contender, scored 19 of his 26 points after halftime. He added eight assists and only one turnover. For Illinois to suffer a mental lapse at this point of the season was disturbing to Groce. “It’s unacceptable,” he said. “It’s intolerable.” There were plenty of areas over which to grumble. No Illinois player scored more than 10 points. Leading scorer Brandon Paul did not attempt a shot in the second half. The Illini had more turnovers (13) than assists (seven). “They did a good job of trapping our guards on ball
screens,” said D.J. Richardson, who scored 10 points along with Paul and Tracy Abrams. “We made some boneheaded turnovers.” After outrebounding Michigan 18-12 in the first half, Illinois was beaten on the boards 17-10 and didn’t grab an offensive board. “Twenty minutes, you’d think we’d be able to fall into one,” Groce said. Illinois cut Michigan’s nine-point lead to 51-47 after five-straight points by Tyler Griffey. A behindthe-back assist from Jordan Morgan to Glenn Robinson III for a dunk and less than 2 minutes later, the Wolverines led by 13 and eventually extended their lead to 17. Illinois has six days to recover before hosting Nebraska in the last Assembly Hall game of the season. That will provide time for guard Joseph Bertrand to heal after falling hard on his hip and for the Illini to recuperate from a brain freeze. “We have time to recover, time to get better,” Richardson said. “That’s the main thing, to get better.”
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Women’s track and field place 9th By Joe Judd Staff Reporter
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Junior Calvin Jackson competes in the weight throw during the meet on Feb. 15 at the Jack Skoog Indoor Track.
Some score points, post PRs, but men’s track finishes last at MACs By Malachi Barrett Staff Reporter
This weekend’s men’s track and field team did not come away from the Indoor Mid-American Conference Championships victorious. However, the young team gained a chance to grow. “These kids, within their youthfulness, grew together through adversity and trying to work together with what they had and putting out everything they could.” track and field director Willie Randolph said. CMU finished in fifthplace with 39 points. falling to host Eastern Michigan, who scored 157.5 points, to make sure the trophy remained in Ypsilanti. The Chippewas relied on the performances of a few athletes who were able to score for the team. Sophomore Dee Smith scored eight points by placing second in the men’s long jump with a mark of 23 feet, 4.50 inches. Also earning points was the effort given by the men’s distance medley relay who finished second with a time of 10:03.45, earning the team eight points. The relay team made up by senior Nate Sanchez, junior Ben Wynsma, sophomore
Anderson Lee and junior Clay Holman scored eight points. Wynsma additionally scored six points for his third-place finish in the mile, with a time of 4:13.06. Running alongside him was sophomore Ethan Lievense, who finished sixth with a time of 4:15.47, scoring one point. Sophomore Kyle Stacks scratched from the mile and the 3000m race on Saturday, running only in the 5000m run. He took ninth with a time of 14:54.66, not scoring in the event. Stacks was preceded by Lievense, who finished in fifth, at 14:39.61. Sophomore Nate Ghena placed seventh, with 14:49.60, a new personal record. With Lievense, the two combined for faive points. Lievense also ran the 3000m final, where he finished seventh with a time of 8:35.15. Close behind was sophomore Monte Scott with a time of 8:38.54 and a spot in eighth place. In the 800m final, Sanchez took sixth after a 1:53.69 run to score one point. Senior Alex Rose placed fourth in the shot put with a heave of 56 feet, 1.75 inches, earning four points.
Rose also finished fifth in the weight throw with a personal best throw of 57 feet, 4.75 inche. Ahead of him was junior Calvin Jackson, who took fifth with a toss of 59 feet, 1.50 inches. Together, they earned three points for the team. Freshman Craig Mauldin was another of several athletes to set a personal record this weekend with a mark of 47 feet, 1 inch in the triple jump. Mauldin finished sixth, scoring one point. Junior Tim Reynolds finished fifth in the heptathlon after scoring 5064 points and winning the 1000m race. Reynolds picked up two points for the team. In the 60m dash, junior Ross Parsons finished fifth with a time of 6.93, scoring two points. He also took seventh in the 200m final with a time of 22.21. The men’s 4x4 relay placed fifth and scored two points for CMU, with a time of 3:21.68. The relay was comprised of Parsons, Holman and sophomores Lee and Clinton Cargill. “We saw a lot of good growth today, and we hope the athletes understand that,” Randolph said. sports@cm-life.com
Sophomore distance runner Ben Wynsma places top 3 in two events By Malachi Barrett Staff Reporter
Sophomore distance runner Ben Wynsma scored 14 points for the men’s track and field team at this weekend’s Mid-American Conference championships. Wynsma ran in two events, placing in the top three for both. He took third in the mile run and was a part of the second-place finishing men’s distance medley relay. “It felt really great. Those are my first two medals from the MAC meet,” Wynsma said. “With the championship atmosphere, it feels so much better when you compete well.” In the mile run, Wynsma’s score earned his first trip to the podium after a third-place finish in the mile. He ended with a time of 4:13.06 to score six points. He was ranked fourth in the mile before the competition and wasn’t expecting to break the top three going into the meet. Wynsma said he was just trying to do the best he could for his team, regardless of where he
ended up. Eastern Michigan was the team to beat in the mile. EMU senior Terefe Ejigu and junior Grzegorz Kalinowski were ranked first and second before the race, and Wynsma said he knew they would be a force in the event. Strategically, distance races are run much differently at the MAC championships than a normal meet. Athletes competing are usually participating in multiple events, which results in the pack running the first few laps at a slower pace before turning up to a full speed sprint in the final lap. This allowed Wynsma to stay close to the leaders throughout the race before exploding in the final meters. Grzegorz and Ejigu lived up to their reputation, taking first and second respectively. Wynsma was only about a second off from Ejigu, who ran a 4:12.02. “The way it went out, everyone was together for the race; at that point, when everyone went, I was just trying to be the fastest and hold on,” Wynsma said. Wynsma also earned points
with a combined effort given by the men’s distance medley relay consisted of senior Nate Sanchez and sophomores Anderson Lee and junior Clay Holman. Freshman Ziemowit Dutkiewicz was supposed to compete in the event; however, because of an undisclosed issue, Holman replaced him in the event. Together, they scored eight points, finishing with a time of 10:03.45. The Chippewas once again found themselves behind the Eagles in the relay. The host team finished in 9:57.37, a solid six seconds faster than CMU. The relay team was able to hold off Akron and finish second. “When I got the baton, we were in second,” Wynsma said. “Really, I was just trying to put some distance on the guy behind me and do what I could do. Eastern (Michigan) was a good distance ahead of us, and we didn’t gain much ground on them.” Central Michigan finished fifth overall in the meet with 39 points, falling to Eastern, who scored 157.5 points. sports@cm-life.com
The women’s track and field team remains optimistic, despite finishing below expectations at the MidAmerican Conference championships this weekend. Held at Eastern Michigan University’s Bob Parks Track inside Bowen Fieldhouse in Ypsilanti, the Chippewas faced tough competition from around the MAC. The team finished ninth overall, with a final tally of 25.5 points, just ahead of Northern Illinois. Though not coming out toward the top of the conference, director of track and field Willie Randolph sees the recent championship trip as one his team can build on as the outdoor season is approaching, hoping his young team can take positive aspects away from their performance. “(The results) were not what we wanted,” Randolph said. “But it is going in the right direction for them to understand what they do together on and off the track makes a difference.” Though 25.5 points might not seem like an all-around stellar performance, the team had many impressive individual efforts throughout the championships. Senior Maddie Ribant finished in fourth place in the 3000m run with a time of 9:46.21, earning five points for her team. In the 5000m run, junior Krista Parks had a final time of 17:10.30 en route to four points and a fifth-place finish. The young team had a good number of underclassmen athletes perform well in this weekend’s meet. Freshman Alexandra Meilke, along with her sophomore teammates Bridget Doughty, Diamond Hamilton and Ravyn Baxter, earned two points in a seventh-place finish in the women’s 4x400 meter relay.
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Along with the young competitors in the relay was freshman Marsielle McBeam, who came in fourth place in the women’s high jump with a height of 5 feet, 7.75 inches. She was able to get 4.5 points for her team’s score. Randolph sees his team’s youth movement as an opportunity for improvement as the season continues. Although the results from this weekend were not necessarily what they were looking for, Randolph remained positive. “These kids, within their youthfulness, grew together through adversity and trying to work together with what they had,” Randolph said. Another freshman who
had an exemplary performance was Shaya Wilkerson. She managed to earn her team a point while finishing in eighth place with a mark of 37 feet, 9.25 inches in the triple jump. Her freshman teammate Devene Brown finished in seventh place in the women’s shot put, gaining two points with a final mark of 47’10”. The team knows that it’s filled with youth. This, to Randolph, means that it needs to continue to improve as a team. “We saw a lot of good growth today,” Randolph said. “We hope the athletes understand that.” sports@cm-life.com
Maddie Ribant scores 9 points in 3000m, 5000m, runs at MACS By Joe Judd Staff Reporter
The women’s track and field team had to rely on some veteran leadership for points in this weekend’s Mid-American Conference indoor championships. Senior Maddie Ribant was the source of this leadership for the Chippewas. Competing during her senior year of eligibility is something the Flushing native takes seriously. Being an upperclassmen, she helped calmed the nerves of some of the younger runners on the team, especially during the MAC championships. “I wanted to set an example, because I know that I was in their same position, looking for senior leadership,” Ribant said. “Trying to be there for them and help them out and lead by example was important.” Along with giving her teammates the motivational support they need, Ribant also helped her team’s cause this weekend in Ypsilanti.
She finished fourth in the 3000m run with a time of 9:46.21, and finished eighth in the 5000m run at 17:17.16, earning six points for the Chippewas. “It’s a time when your whole team is there at once,” Ribant said. “The competition level is really high, so you know you have to perform and test your limits.” The championship meet is one in which an individual’s nerves might get the best of them, but Ribant uses her nerves as an extra source of motivation for the competition. As an experienced senior, she knows that it can be difficult to rise to the occasion. “The nerves are still there, and there’s a little bit of added pressure, but it also brings out a little bit of added pressure and an excitement factor,” Ribant said. “It forces you to stay focused and bring out the competitive side in you.” Ribant, along with the rest of her team, is looking forward to moving on from a slightly disappointing
performance this weekend. She seeks to build on her performance in preparation for the upcoming outdoor track and field season. “I feel like we all left the indoor meet with a bad taste in our mouths,” Ribant said. “We’re hoping that fuels the fire; we’re going to get refocused for outdoor (season) and set new goals.” The outdoor season is something in which Ribant has had success in before. She holds CMU’s record for the 3000m steeplechase that she set with a final time of 10:34.07. Knowing this has her excited and ready to prepare for the outdoor season. “Realizing how much work it takes to do well and buying into everything is important for this season,” Ribant said. Ribant is looking to build on her previous outdoor achievements, leading into this outdoor season. She is confident and prepared to take on the competition alongside her teammates. sports@cm-life.com
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Gymnastics tied a seasonhigh 195.875 to beat rival Western Michigan Sunday after a tough loss at Kent State last weekend. The Broncos came into Sunday’s meet after a big victory at Ball State, who upset CMU earlier in the year. Junior Meaghan McWhorter and senior Emily LaFontaine strengthened the lineup with experience to give some of the extra tenths of points. LaFontaine scored a pair of 9.85s, and McWhorter scored an almost-perfect 9.9 on vault. “For us, it adds credibility and strength to the lineup,” head coach Jerry Reighard said. “I was very impressed.” The Chippewas came into Sunday’s meet after a tough loss at Kent State last week. Reighard explained the “red zone” as gymnast that break the 9.9 mark in an event. McWhorter joined the likes of teammates freshman Kirsten Petzold, sophomore Taylor Noonan and sophomore Kylie Fagan. “Practice was very different Monday,” Reighard said. “It was not easy; they paid the price for the mistakes they made last week.” The team started on bars and made their mark by sticking the dismounts. Fagan and LaFontaine took the top spots to start the meet. “The stuck dismounts gave us the crucial tenths of points we needed,” Reighard said. “We didn’t get that last meet.” The Chippewas started the meet out with a bang and never looked back, finishing every event with two gymnasts in the top three. “It was a big learning process today for us,” Reighard said. “The pressure got to
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All-around sophomore Kylie Fagan performs her routine on the beam during CMU’s Royal Rumble and Tumble Feb. 8 at McGuirk Arena. the Chippewas won 194.800 - 194.025.
“We learned a lot from Kent State; we definitely took control here. We learned a lot of growth, maturity and composure, and things just started to flow really well.” Jerry Reighard, head coach of gymnastics us a week ago, and today we applied the pressure to the opponent.” CMU enjoyed a great team performance by scoring an overall average score of 9.76. “They had a confident approach,” Reighard said. “The entire bar team especially did a great job to score over a 49 on the road.” The Chippewas made a statement by overcoming a tough loss last week to avoid back-to-back losses and gaining a crucial victory to stay alive for a possible MAC championship. “We learned a lot from
FISHER | CONTINUED FROM 1B Fisher was originally projected as a late first-round pick but improved his draft stock after an impressive performance at the Senior Bowl Jan. 26. “I knew exactly what I had to do at the Senior Bowl,” he said. “It was completely business for me. I was not down there to have
fun at all. But, I thought I had a very productive Senior Bowl, and I was very happy with it.” Fisher said he has benefited from the advice of former Chippewa and current San Francisco 49ers offensive tackle Joe Staley. “Watching Joe’s NFL tape and seeing someone who’s
Kent State; we definitely took control here,” Reighard said. “We learned a lot of growth, maturity and composure, and things just started to flow really well.” The team will be home for a 2 p.m. competition with MAC opponent Bowling Green this upcoming Saturday. They are looking to better their MAC record against a Falcons team that struggled early in the year; but are coming to Mount Pleasant with a two-meet win streak. sports@cm-life.com
been there and done that, it’s been awesome,” he said. After the combine, Fisher will have another opportunity to prove why he should be a top overall pick at CMU’s Pro Day on March 11. “I just have to keep doing what I’m doing,” he said. “I don’t really want to change anything. My work ethic is what got me here.” sports@cm-life.com
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Keith Appling suffered through his secondstraight subpar game, Aaron Craft sliced through Michigan State’s backcourt and No. 18 Ohio State came back from a nine-point deficit in the second half Sunday to get past No. 4 Michigan State, 68-60, at Value City Arena. The Spartans’ second loss of the week bleakens their Big Ten title hopes considerably. Michigan State drops to 22-6 and 11-4 in the Big Ten with three games to play — falling two games in the loss column behind No. 1 Indiana (12-2), which came back to win, 72-68, Tuesday at MSU. The Buckeyes (20-7, 10-5) earned a season split with MSU, thanks to a 24-5 run in the second half, keyed by Craft and Deshaun Thomas. Craft had a game-high 21 points and Thomas — the Big Ten’s leading scorer at 20.1 points per game entering the game — scored 14 after he was 1-for-8 in the first half.
BASEBALL| CONTINUED FROM 1B back sealed the fate of the Chippewas. “We didn’t have as many quality at-bats,” Jaksa said. “Their guy was throwing up the zone pretty good. We weren’t able to put them in play like we would’ve liked. We were ready to go and scored first in the first inning, but we only had a few opportunities.”
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DiGuilio went 5-for-5 from beyond the arc but took only one in the second half and none in the final 11 minutes. “We need to share the ball,” Guevara said. “This
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enzie scored the first run for CMU in the first inning. MacKenzie was hit by a pitch, then advanced to second on a balk, stole third and scored on a passed ball. Sophomore Nick Regnier scored the second run in the fourth inning, brought in by an RBI double from freshman Zack Fields. In the sixth, Fields hit a sacrifice fly to center to earn another RBI and make it 3-0. Soon after, redshirt freshman Neal Jacobs hit his first home run of the season to extend the lead. The Hilltoppers started a comeback in the ninth, but the Chippewas held them off and claimed the win. sports@cm-life.com
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44 Makes really angry 45 Completely absorbed 49 Lawyer’s customer 50 Accessory often carried with a wallet 54 Merle Haggard’s “__ From Muskogee” 55 N.J. neighbor 57 Lightened 58 Libertarian politician Paul 59 Sign in a limo that aptly concludes the sequence formed by the last words of 17-, 28- and 45-Across 62 Mystery novelist Grafton 63 Houston team 64 Statistician’s input 65 NHL tiebreakers 66 Tinkers (with) 67 Figs.
4 “Nova” airer 5 Ocean State sch. 6 Convent dwellers 7 Starts to eat with gusto 8 Manhattan is one 9 Golf ball’s perch 10 Choice you don’t have to think about 11 Metaphorical state of elation 12 Violent anger 14 Former (and likely future) Seattle NBA team 18 ‘90s Cabinet member Federico 22 Lug 24 Gator’s kin 25 Skier’s way up 27 Glad __: party clothes 29 Long-armed primate 30 Comprehends 31 Tick off 32 Went down swinging 33 Touchdowns require Down 1 The Good Book crossing them 2 Pricey watch with a gold 37 Leonard __: Roy crown logo Rogers’s birth name 3 Nose-in-the-air type 38 Mountain top
39 Advantage 42 Nastase of tennis 44 Security checkpoint request 46 Ultimate application 47 Big bomb trials 48 Binoculars user 51 Made in China, say 52 Look after 53 Icelandic sagas 54 Estimator’s words 56 P.O. box inserts 59 Printer problem 60 Stooge with bangs 61 Pack animal