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Track & field program in disarray, Randolph under fire by players Five players leave, assistant coach fired, current athletes say program in ‘downward spiral’

By Justin Hicks Senior Reporter

Five members of the Central Michigan men’s track and field team have left, an assistant coach has been fired, and now some current athletes are unhappy with program director Willie Randolph,

Witnesses: FBI raids apartment on Gaylord

according to a week-long investigation by Central Michigan Life.

Following the indoor Mid-American Conference championships last month, senior Greg Knaus and juniors Ross Parsons, Cory Noeker and Ryan Brooks quit the team within two weeks of

each other. Redshirt freshman Derek Thornton left two weeks prior.

Knaus, a former captain, said Randolph has shown a lack of respect for his athletes, implemented poor training with a lack of results and believes more athletes will soon follow suit in leaving.

“Things are going so poorly at the top that I believe we won’t be the only ones to leave the Willie Randolph team,” Knaus said. “I think more people will leave at the end of the season.”

Parsons, another former

captain, said he signed his letter of intent on Sunday to transfer to Michigan State to continue his track and field career. Noeker has been offered a preferred walk-on spot at MSU and says he has committed to run track there.

“While I have enjoyed competing for Central (Michigan) and cherish the great friendships I have developed, for personal reasons, it is time to take my passion for the sport elsewhere,” Parsons

$374 per credit hour CMU increases undergraduate tuition 2.47 percent, room and board rates 2 percent

By Tony Wittkowski Senior Reporter

FBI agents raided an apartment in Franklin Village on Gaylord Street Thursday morning, but the agency isn’t talking, and witnesses aren’t sure why.

Several witnesses heard loud knocking on the door of apartment 4E, located at 1333 Gaylord St., before noticing FBI vans outside of the apartment building.

“There were FBI officers down in the parking lot using their walkie-talkies,” Farmington senior Nicole Spencer said. “They kept knocking, and I heard one of them say, ‘We don’t have time for this.

Open up,’ so I guess there must have been some kind of exchange, because they got into the apartment.”

Spencer lives next door to the raided apartment but said she did not know the man who lived there and had only seen him on moving day.

“He had a grill on his porch, and he was never out there, plus there was no light that ever came through his door,” Spencer said. “I only saw him once when he was moving in.”

Shortly after Spencer and her boyfriend heard the knocking, they looked outside and saw men with the letters “FBI” on the front of their bulletproof vests, with some sitting in a van.

“We did go out and ask the officer in front of the door what was going on and if everything was OK,” Spencer recalled. “He said, ‘You’re really safe,’ and ‘We can’t say what is going on,’ and ‘It is just an investigation right now.’ We saw a police car leave, but we didn’t see anyone in the back of it.”

Spencer’s boyfriend, Novi senior Colin Bart, said it was just after 9 a.m. when they heard the first knocks.

“It was around 9:10 a.m. when we first noticed that there were FBI agents. They had the whole building surrounded, and they saw us in the window,” Bart said. “You could tell there were vans surveilling the area with tinted windows. I only saw two or three (agents) who were outside and the one outside the door.”

Bart said he thought it was odd that the blinds were always drawn shut in the neighboring apartment and that they never had any lights on.

“We did hear noises sometimes that seemed like it was coming from their bathtub, but we just thought they were into some weird activities,” he said.

The FBI Detroit Division’s Media Coordinator Simon Shaykhet was unable to find any information in connection to the raid that took place in Mount Pleasant.

Olivieri Management, which owns the apartment complex, declined comment. metro@cm-life.com

said Tuesday.

Parsons will be eligible in the fall and will have two years of outdoor eligibility and one year of indoor eligibility remaining.

All five former CMU athletes were members of the sprints and hurdles group — one of the largest on the track and field team, with 32 total members — before their leave.

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Officer caught playing on his computer reprimanded

By Tony Wittkowski Senior Reporter

“I testified before the House subcommittee on higher education appropriations a month or so, and I was asked that question,” Ross said. “I don’t know where the budget will end up ... but our decision had nothing to do with tuition restraints.”

Two years ago, the tuition restraint limited increases to below seven percent. CMU increased tuition by only 3.47 percent. Last year, the restraint was reduced to four percent. CMU raised tuition by only 1.96 percent —the lowest increase in the state.

The Central Michigan University police officer caught playing Solitaire on his computer while on duty has been given a written reprimand.

Officer Carl Williams was caught playing the game when a student was nearly hit by a vehicle, CMU Police Chief Bill Yeagley confirmed to Central Michigan Life on Thursday.

“The internal review by CMU Police has determined that a Facebook post earlier this week alleging that an officer was playing solitaire while on duty is true,” Yeagley said. “We have addressed the situation and have taken corrective action to ensure it does not occur again.”

Yeagley said Williams was given a written reprimand, which is “not a good thing in a profession.”

“He was very apologetic, he understands that it was a bad decision and that he shouldn’t have been doing it,” Yeagley said. “There was no trying to defend it; he accepted fully that he should have not been doing it.”

Flushing senior Austin Boulter posted the photo of Williams on Facebook Tuesday, which has since been shared more than 900 times.

“I did not originally make this post to get a cop in trouble,” Boulter said. “I made it to see what people had to say over the subject matter. Maybe get a couple ‘likes’ on the photo here and there, maybe a couple sarcastic comments or possibly a debate about campus safety.”

Still, Boulter said he was surprised by the immediate impact the photo had.

“I’ve seen people ‘like’ the comments on it and share it,” Boulter said. “I was surprised how negative and insulting people were acting toward the CMU Police.”

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Vice President of Finance and Administrative Services David Burdette speaks about tuition rates for the university during the Board of Trustees meeting Thursday morning in the President’s Conference Room in the Bovee University Center. Also discussed during the meeting was a facilities management update and biosciences plan, CMED funding and update and the CMU Gobal Campus Bookstore.

Ross: Snyder budget had no effect on our decision

By Kyle Kaminski | Senior Reporter

Undergraduate students will see a 2.47 percent tuition increase next fall, which translates to a $9 hike, bringing rates to $374 per credit hour.

Tuition rates were set at Thursday’s Board of Trustees meeting, and the board approved the increase to undergraduate tuition as well as increases for graduate students and global campus students.

On-campus graduate students will see a 1.89-percent increase, to $485 per credit hour, for master and specialist degrees. Doctoral graduate tuition will also increase by 1.82 percent, to $558 per credit hour. Both undergraduate and graduate students enlisted in the military will continue paying tuition at the same rate — $263 and $288 per credit hour, respectively.

“We contemplate these rates with a deep sense of responsibility,” University President George Ross said during his opening remarks.

“We’re serious about tuition restraint.”

In accordance with cuts being made to the state’s public university system, Gov. Rick Snyder and Republican members of the legislature established bonus payments to schools that kept their tuition increases to under four percent, under Snyder’s proposed budget. But, in a discussion with media members after, Ross said Snyder’s proposed budget had no effect on CMU’s tuition decision.

Students struggle to identify others’ sexual orientation at ‘Gaydar’

By Ryan Fitzmaurice Senior Reporter

Students were tested on their ability to recognize others’ sexual orientation Thursday night, with less than successful results.

About 100 students attended the event, “How Good Is Your Gaydar?” Thursday night. It challenged students to guess the orientation of 13 different panelists after asking the panelists a variety of questions.

The panelists included a wide variety of people, including President of Transcend and Royal Oak freshman Kai Niezgoda, Ortonville sophomore and President of Students Advocating Gender Equality Hannah Mollet and newly elected Student Government Association President Marie Reimers, a

Saginaw junior.

Students were able to identify the participants with several different orientations, including straight, bisexual, asexual, straight and pansexual. Many were surprised when a person’s sexual orientation was revealed.

Marissa Woodliff, a Dearborn freshman, said it was much more difficult to identify a person’s orientation that he originally thought. “... You can always put a label on people, but you don’t truly know until you ask them,” Toney said.

Troy freshman Adam Toney said he also took away a new understanding of sexual orientation after the event.

“I think that it was actually eye-opening,” Toney said. “It’s really hard to understand a person after only a few minutes and

yet we label them anyway.”

Contestant Julius Cantuba said he has experienced this problem first-hand. Cantuba said the majority of people instantly label him as straight.

“After (I was identified as straight), a lot of people were surprised. Look, just because I like sports doesn’t instantly mean I’m straight,” the Keego Harbor sophomore said.

Nicholas Postelli, the former education advocacy chair for Spectrum, said Spectrum held this event to bring awareness to the student body.

“We held this event because of the stereotypes people might hold,” Postelli said. “In a nonconfrontational way, we wanted to say, ‘This is what you do every day.’” studentlife@cm-life.com

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Saginaw junior Marie Reimers waits as audience members clap to indicate their guess of her sexual orientation during the Gaydar event put on by Spectrum Thursday evening in the Bovee University Center Auditorium.

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will take place starting at 1 p.m. at the Center for Inclusion and Diversity in the Bovee University Center. All students and staff are welcome to have their photo taken until 5 p.m. w The TAI 581 Advanced

Directing class will present their final weekend of one-act plays beginning at 7:30 p.m. each night in the Theatre on the Side in Moore Hall. The free seating is limited, and the doors open at 7 p.m.

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Fun Run and Dog Jog begins at 9 a.m. at the Events Center.

Registration costs $20, and all proceeds go to the Wounded Warrior Foundation. Each participant will receive a t-shirt.

Register online at go.cmich.edu/ support_services/academic/ StudentDisabilityServices/Pages/ wounded-warrior-project.aspx. w The 15th Annual THREADS

Fashion Show begins at 7 p.m. in Plachta Auditorium at Warriner Hall.

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“In the sprints and hurdles group, things have been going downhill for a while now, but we’ve stuck together as a group,” Knaus said. “This year, it’s cultivated into something really bad. We tried sorting out problems with Willie Randolph, but things have spiraled out of control.”

A current member of the track and field team, who asked to remain anonymous, said both the team’s results and individual results have been embarrassing. The men’s team finished last at the indoor MAC championships in February, while the women’s team finished ninth.

“I know I ran faster times in high school, and I’m at every practice doing the work,” she said. “It’s not just me; freshman year we ran our fastest times out of high school, and we’re getting worse. I don’t trust any of the workouts we’re doing anymore.”

Knaus said there are concerns about injuries as a result of what he says is poor training.

“Since the beginning of the year, there have been seven or eight hamstring injuries,” he said. “I, myself, have been hurt all year and had to redshirt indoors this year because my Achilles (tendon) got hurt.”

Knaus said he reached out to different doctors and coaches about his injury, and many told him his training on hard and soft surfaces without transition periods might be a factor.

Brooks has suffered hamstring pulls in both legs and injuries to his knees, which kept him from competing throughout his sophomore year.

“I saw a doctor outside of CMU athletics, and he told me I pulled a hammy and it would take a while, but when I talked to coach, he said it would take two weeks,” he said. “Once we transitioned to outdoor, I repulled my hamstring in the first meet and took it easy throughout the year.”

The departing athletes said at least eight other track and field athletes, men and women, suffered hamstring or leg-related injuries.

Randolph, when contacted Wednesday, said, laughingly: “We’re really just focused on moving forward,” and joked about the poor weather the teams have had to deal with recently.

Two other former members of the team, who asked to remain anonymous, said a sign was posted in the Indoor Athletic Complex with photos of the four former athletes.

“Attention Desk Staff: Effective on Wednesday, March 20, at 1 p.m., the individuals below are no longer CMU athletes and are not allowed in the facility,” the sign allegedly read.

Randolph said he had no knowledge of the posting and said he could not comment.

dismissal, but he wouldn’t talk about it.

Volunteer coach Johnie Drake has stepped in to assist the coaching staff since Seminski’s firing.

The female member of the team said more athletes will leave from the men’s side, but no one from the women’s team is brave enough to quit.

“I know our passion for track is pretty much gone, and we don’t care enough to transfer to another school,” she said.

“We’re fine with getting our scholarships and just pushing through.”

issue for four years that we’ve tried to work through.”

Brooks said he would try to talk to assistant coach Glen Smith during his freshman year and Randolph would get defensive and approach him about it.

“We would go to ask advice from coaches he had hired — we’re asking these coaches for tips because they were, at one point, terrific athletes,” Brooks said. “When I did that, coach Willie told me, ‘You don’t need to worry about that; you need to worry about what I tell you.’”

Assistant coach Aaron Seminski was fired from the program at the end of February.

Randolph confirmed Seminski’s dismissal but wouldn’t comment on the reason he was fired, though multiple current and former members of the team said they did not agree with the decision.

“A lot of times, Coach doesn’t like us talking to other coaches; he was very controlling, and when coach Aaron was around, I would be talking to him after a race and coach Randolph would come up and make a point to keep Aaron away from the athletes,” said a female member of the team who asked to remain anonymous.

Seminski was fired after Brooks made his decision to leave, while Parsons, Knaus and Noeker came after.

“Our group respected him and loved him a lot, and to see him let go for basically no reason was hard on some people and not something we were happy about,” Knaus said.

“He didn’t have anything to do with us quitting or transferring; things have just been a downward spiral since the beginning of the year.”

Knaus said he asked Randolph about Seminski’s

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Randolph’s staff consists of three assistant coaches, an associate head coach and a volunteer coach.

Despite having multiple staff members for the men’s and women’s track and field teams, Knaus said Randolph doesn’t allow those coaches to work closely with athletes.

“We have sprints and hurdles coaches on staff, and they’re literally there for moral support; they’re not allowed to coach us at all,” Knaus said. “That’s a mess … and that’s been a huge

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Derek Thornton was the first player this semester to depart the program in early February.

After missing a morning practice due to illness, Thornton received a text message from Randolph telling him he had to run a certain time to remain on the team.

“He told me I had to run between a 49.5 and a 51-second 400 meter in order to stay on the team,” he said. “I was a short sprinter who moved to a 400, and he asked me to run a time his 400-meter runners were barely running. I found that unfair.”

A 60-meter and 200-meter runner, Thornton, a redshirt freshman, was moved to different events after he didn’t place highly in the first meet he competed in unattached.

Thornton said a few seniors talked him into staying. The next day, he talked to Randolph, who told him he would know if he could stay on the team the following Monday.

“I got no answer on Monday, so I came Tuesday and asked for my release,” he said. “I was sent to Benjy Wilbur, and he sent me to Randolph’s boss and

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Harmony will perform their spring concert at 8 p.m. at Broadway Theater, 216 E. Broadway St.

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was the same officer because he was in a hurry.

Yeagley said Williams was not stationed there the entire time and had left the area, but he did return. Yeagley said they have had very few complaints or reports of near accidents and said people should contact the CMUPD if they are wary of a reckless driver.

“If someone is concerned about the driving of another person, then please call us with the license plate number, where and when it happened,” Yeagley said.

Boulter said student organi-

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Boulter said the near-accident occurred on West Preston Street while he was walking from Calkins Hall Monday.

When Boulter first saw the police car, he said he figured there was not an officer in the vehicle and had been parked there simply to discourage traffic violations.

He said when he came back later Monday night, he saw another police officer on a computer but did not verify if it

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zations have been discussing what the university can do to make campus a safer environment and wrote a statement about his experience.

“Maybe instead of CMU upping the police force ... they should simply re-evaluate who they have working for them,” Boulter said. “There are many different ways that CMU could increase the safety here, and our strong student body has a countless number of great ideas that CMU should take more seriously.

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increase equates to an extra $9 per credit hour when compared to current tuition rates.

The board also voted to increase room and board rates by 2-percent, consistent with last year’s increase. Students living on-campus will now pay, on average, $8,544, a $168 increase.

Based on projections made by the finance and facilities committee, this number is below the estimated average of public universities in Michigan by $178. CMU ranks 10th out of 13 Michigan public institutions in room and board costs.

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Accordingly, CMU received the largest bonus payment for maintaining tuition restraint, as the bonus check totaled nearly $1.8 million in additional state aid.

It is unclear what level of tuition restraint will be introduced by the state this year, or where CMU will rank in comparison to other public universities in Michigan.

This year’s 2.4-percent

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me and him talked, but nothing got resolved.”

Current and former studentathletes said they had meetings with Associate Athletics Director for Business Operations Brad Wachler but haven’t seen any changes.

“We haven’t gotten a direct meeting with the athletic director (Dave Heeke), but we’ve talked to Brad,” said a second athlete still on the team who asked to remain anonymous. “A few athletes have set up meetings and voiced our concerns that he’s not the right man for the job.”

Wachler said Thursday night he has had conversations with the departing athletes but declined to comment on the nature of the conversation. He said athletics administration fully backs Randolph.

“First and foremost, we 100-percent support our coaching staff,” he said. “We’re moving forward as a program, and we support (Randolph’s) direction. We all need to improve in some areas, and we will continue to assess the program as we do every program moving forward. But we fully support the program.”

When asked Wednesday if he was the right man for the job, Randolph responded, laughingly: “We’re just moving forward. We have a young team, graduated a large number, and we’re just focused on moving forward. That’s where the team and the program are at.”

Randolph, a 1998 CMU graduate and letter-winning hurdler, took the job as director of the men’s and women’s track and field and cross country teams in 2009.

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Board approves $95.2 M for biosciences building; to open fall 2017

By Neil Rosan Staff Reporter

The Central Michigan University Board of Trustees approved the construction of the $95.2 million biosciences building Thursday.

The building, which will in many cases replace the outdated Brooks Hall, has been given an

estimated opening date of fall 2017, with groundbreaking for the project happening in fall 2014.

The approval comes after years of discussion and planning from the university. The project was presented to the state by CMU representatives as the top project in 2008, but approval was pushed back at February’s

board meeting.

“Obviously, we are excited to be moving forward,” Dean of the College of Science and Technology Ian Davison said.

“We still have the final design phases to go through, and we hope to get them done by the end of the fall. It’s going to be a long process, even though there are people ready for the building

right now.”

Funding for the building will come from the state, loans and fundraising. The state has already pledged $30 million to the project, and the university hopes to raise $5 million from fundraising, which leaves $60 million to be accounted for through university reserves and loans.

University President George

Ross echoed Davidson and considers the approval of the building a significant change for the university.

“This has been an issue since 2002, and it has been the No. 1 state priority since 2008, so it feels great,” he said. “It’s great for our faculty and students.

When you double the biology enrollment in less than three

years and increase tenured faculty by 71 percent, progress like this a significant change for the university as we move forward in the biological sciences.”

Brooks has caused many issues for faculty and students in recent years, including multiple floods, inadequate lab space and outdated technology.

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Master plan to focus on making CMU ‘walkable’

By Kyle Kaminski Senior Reporter

The Finance and Facilities Committee revealed plans Thursday to update Central Michigan University’s campus master plan.

The campus master plan was first released in 2001 and was updated again in 2003.

According to Director of Plant Engineering and Planning Linda Slater, the first half of this year was dedicated mainly to data collection.

The data collection process culminated with discovery and design forums during which public comment and suggestions were welcomed and concluded with formal drafting that took place at the end of February. Both events were open to the public and encouraged student involvement.

“What we’ve gathered is an idea on how to plan the future of our campus,” Associate Vice President of Facilities Management Steve Lawrence said. “These plan for buildings, sidewalks and bike paths could potentially serve us for the next 100 years.”

While no specific plans for immediate action were established at the meeting, several renovation ideas were the focal point of the presentation. The planning of buildings, green spaces, sidewalks, bike paths and roads were all mentioned.

One of the focuses of the new master plan is to ensure CMU remains a safe and walkable campus by improving traffic flow across campus during peak hours.

Suggestions for optimizing traffic flow include large and more convenient parking lots on the campus perimeter, splitting Preston Street into two lanes and the construction of roundabouts on main streets.

Lawrence also mentioned enhancing walkability with minimized vehicle traffic by adding a “green spine” through campus.

The suggested green space, which lends to a walkable, bike friendly and publicly accessible campus, would run the length of campus and expand just south of Broomfield Road.

Included in the master planning process is a space utilization and facility condition survey, which found a potential $130 million in deferred maintenance to facilities over the next seven to 10 years.

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PHOTOS BY BROOKE MAYLE AND KAITLIN THORESEN ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

MAIN: Host Sabin collects a dollar bill from an audience member in between her performance during the Drag Show Wednesday night at Finch Fieldhouse. TOP: Eva Angelica dances while lip syncing to music while performing during the Drag Show Wednesday night in Finch Fieldhouse. MIDDLE: Bentley James lies down on the stage while performing a dance routine during the Drag Show hosted by Sabin Wednesday night at Finch Fieldhouse. BOTTOM: Delicious gently caresses her body as she lip syncs to music during the Drag Show Wednesday night at Finch Fieldhouse.

‘WE ARE ALL SEXY’ Drag show a night of many firsts, including a student who admitted he was gay

By Samantha Smallish | Staff Reporter

Dancing, lip-syncing, matchmaking and romancing were all part of the crowd-enticing drag show that took place in the Finch Fieldhouse Wednesday night.

Host Sabin kept the crowd on its toes with his provocative and witty charm. He opened the show with his dance performance to songs from hip-hop artist Nicki Minaj.

Paulina Ramirez, Kylie Star, Eva Angelica, Bentley James

and Delicious were the queens of the runway with their unique, crowd-pleasing performances. Audience members were welcomed to tip the queens, and a large number of people opened their pockets to do so.

One Central Michigan University student, Jackson senior Mersadi Sauceda, enjoyed her first drag show, although she is no stranger to drag. She attended “drag queen bingo” last semester.

“This is my first time at the drag show, but I did come to drag queen bingo last semester,” Sauceda said. “I think it’s fun. Sabin is hilarious ... it’s all good fun.”

As far as the LGBTQ commu-

nity is concerned, Sauceda said events like this raise awareness for the LGBTQ community.

“Even if people are coming (to LGBTQ events) just because they’re curious, they’re still coming, and they’re still going to find out stuff and get more familiar with it,” Sauceda said.

During the show, Sabin shared some of his personal stories, including growing up as a dancer, his various tattoos and his life as a drag queen.

He touched on a darker moment of his life, when he tried to commit suicide.

“Thank God it wasn’t successful,” Sabin said.

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Asian Pacific American Heritage Month showcase features dance, music, song

By Sean Bradley Staff Reporter

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Perry senior Courtney Kalmbach laughs while reading her eco-poetry Monday night at the final Wellspring Literary Series event at the Mid-Michigan Art Reach, 111 E. Broadway St.

A showcase of Asian talent and culture was the final event of Asian Pacific American Heritage month.

Thursday’s showcase, cosponsored by the Asian Cultural Organization and Multicultural Academic Student Services, featured opportunities for education about Asian culture and performances of traditional Asian dances and musical instruments.

“We want to showcase Asian talents,” Clinton Township senior Mickey Wong said. “...

For education, for performance and for entertainment.”

Boston senior Rocky Lo

demonstrated the playing of the flute, which comes from the Hmong Asian ethnic group, the majority of whom come from Vietnam, Laos and China.

Asian Cultural Organization member Alisha Harper presented a portrayal via PowerPoint of Asians in media, in college Greek life and in cultural trends such as South Korean pop star PSY’s ‘Gangnam Style’ dance, which became a cultural phenomenon earlier this year.

Other performances at the event included Oscoda sophomore Eric Ostrander performing the song “River Flows in You” on the piano, Wong performing the Bruno Mars song “When I Was Your Man” and a traditional dance performed by

various students.

Detroit junior Tamkia Williams said learning about Asian portrayal in the media and about traditional dances and music helped her come away with something new.

“You never get to hear specific cultural views,” Williams said. “You always see one group speaking for the collective.”

Detroit sophomore Damon Golden said the dance was unique.

“It’s something you don’t get to see every day,” Golden said. “To get to see the clothes and the dance coronation, it’s something pretty rare.” studentlife@cm-life.com

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EDITORIAL BOARD | Aaron McMann, Editor-in-Chief | John Irwin, Managing Editor | Kristopher Lodes, Sports Editor | Hailee Sattavara, Metro Editor | Catey Traylor, University Editor

EDITORIAL | Yearly tuition increases not doing college students any favors

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Here we go again hen the Central Michigan University Board of Trustees approved a

2.47-percent tuition increase Thursday, it hardly came as a surprise.

After all, the trend over the past several years has been to see CMU, and virtually every university in Michigan and the nation, increase tuition rates as state funding falls.

To University President George

Ross’ credit, he has been able to keep tuition hikes relatively low during his term compared to those of other public universities in the state, despite low funding coming from Lansing.

But this is still yet another jump

in a seemingly endless string of tuition hikes, and that leaves us wondering if getting a degree is worth the huge costs and stifling debt that comes along with it.

If loans are taken out to cover each and every expense involved with attending a university for four years, we don’t think college is worthwhile.

That’s because college is all about making connections and building skills outside of the classroom — as cliche as that sounds.

But this cliche is true, because it’s highly unlikely that anyone will land their dream job immedi-

ately following graduation.

It is more likely, however, that a recent college graduate will work a job they are mostly all right with, that will help debunk some of the sting associated with the mass of student debt they’ve accumulated.

But what if you can make these connections without worrying about tuition hikes and the prices of what it takes to make a grilled cheese?

Four years at an employer who was willing to give you the benefit of the doubt after graduation might be more likely to promote you more quickly than a recent college graduate who is about as awkward and socially as inept as the next.

Because experience is valuable. Society has passed a time where college was seemingly more worthwhile than working your way up a job, but that time has passed, and we are currently

sitting in a lame duck period of uncertainty.

Unfortunately, our society has become very degree-driven.

Without a degree, it’s hard to get a sustainable job with benefits that will support you and your family. However, if the cost of higher education continues to rise, college probably won’t be a viable option for a lot of people.

That means society is going to change.

If earning a degree becomes unrealistic for a majority of people, society won’t value a degree as much. One person won’t be viewed as better or more prepared than the other, because we’ll all be in the same, degree-less boat.

Whether that’s a good or bad thing is debatable, but, for now, something needs to be done about the continuing rising costs of education, and it needs to happen soon.

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Three weeks to freedom

[ LETTER TO THE EDITOR ] Ageism (as defined by MerriamWebster.com) means “prejudice or discrimination against a particular age-group and especially the elderly.” I, personally, never realized just how much ageism occurs on a college campus, until I enrolled at Central Michigan University.

I walk the halls, go to my classes, drink coffee and have the occasional beer ( just like everyone else here does), and yet no one will be my friend. I try talking to people in my classes, I go to meetings for group projects, (again, the same as everyone else), but, the funny thing is…I am invisible. To the so-called “normal” collegeage student, I am considered to be old and lame.

I am made to feel that what I say isn’t heard by the student body, that my presence in the classroom, or group project, is non-existent; and trying to make a friend is not allowed because they see me as invisible since I am “old.” How I am expected to fit in,

and get involved when no one will give me any chances? The campus itself offers no events based around non-traditional students, nor do they attempt to get the incoming non-traditional students involved around campus in any way, shape or form.

I sit back and ask myself three questions: (1) why are we, as nontraditional students, being treated this way? (2) What have we (the non-traditional students) done to the “normal” college crowd that has caused them to ignore us?

(3) Why has ageism become so prevalent on college campuses, all around the country? Maybe it is because society has taught us to treat older people as non-existent, by dehumanizing them; it happens to the elderly group constantly.

Just because we are older students does not mean we are lame; it doesn’t mean we don’t enjoy activities on campus; it doesn’t mean that we don’t enjoy having friends; and it doesn’t mean we don’t have feelings. We are

humans, too; we are not robots who walk the halls and sit in your classrooms just to hover over you like some crazy mother-father figure.

We want friends for hangouts and coffee sessions—just like the so-called “normal” college student. Do you like coffee, veg’ing out on caramel ice cream, video games, movies, bowling, dancing, camping, kayaking and more?

Well, so do I; the only difference between you (the “norm”) and me is that I have more aches and pains, possibly a gray hair (or two) and some crow’s feet on my eyes. Big Whoop! Age is just a number, not who someone is inside.

So, the next time you are in a classroom and you sit down next to a non-traditional student…say hello and exchange numbers. You may be surprised by how great a friend they turn out to be.

Very proud to have been part of this journey, and having seen the maturation of not only individuals, but also of friendships and ideas… and how one class can become a family. This group, including Mariah and Luke, was very special.

And it should be noted, that not every class can operate in such an open and accepting manner.

It doesn’t happen often that 25 students come together — really come together — and accept each

other without hesitation. This group grew with, for, and from each other. It was such a wonder to watch as an educator. All teachers should be so lucky to have one of these experiences in an entire career. And to know that this has continued beyond the classroom makes it all the sweeter. #whatreallymatters #lessonslearned #proudadviser #memorylane And, respectfully, a final quote: “Here’s To The Crazy Ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond

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About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world — are the ones who DO!” -Steve Jobs & Apple, Inc. -Kelly K.

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Jessica Fecteau Staff Reporter won’t make you any smarter. And, believe me, YouTube has nothing worth flunking your exam over, unless it’s the “How Animals Eat Their Food” video. I will give that one a pass.

Sure, summer is lovely to fantasize about, but it won’t be that lovely when you’re sitting in a classroom with the same professor, repeating the class you failed because you slacked the last couple of weeks.

Buckle down now and reap the benefits after with a trip to Doozie’s or something fantastical. Setting short-term goals for yourself will help you along the way to open roads and sunshine (no promises on sunshine).

If you can’t control yourself and you own a MacBook, download the Self Control app. You can block yourself from a list of specific websites for a certain amount of time.

Even if you restart your computer, you can’t get on the site. It’s a sad reality I face every day.

With all that said, any other type of motivation right now is hard to come by. If you find it, let a girl know.

Lessons learned from writing term papers

-Amber Hersey-Phillips

[ YOUR VOICE ] Online reader reactions to the April 10 Vibe column: “Take pride in yourself ”

Three weeks, ladies and gentlemen.

It’s almost time to burn your books and take your clothes off (bathing suits, come on now).

But, in order to get to that marvelous time called summer, you have to get through the rest of the semester’s heaping pile of busy work.

How do you do that, though, when you have no motivation?

Do you spend your nights Googling summer concerts, looking at puppies on Tumblr and stalking yourself on Facebook?

Yeah, me too.

It seems like as soon as we wind down to the last 20 days of school, nothing matters.

I come home from class and nap for four hours then somehow force myself to zombie walk out of my room to make coffee and write stuff.

Sitting through class is becoming impossible. I don’t care what else you have to teach me. I don’t want to study for another exam.

I don’t want to write another paper. I just want to go home.

If you’re anything like me, I am a hell of a lot better at shelling out advice than taking my own.

I might not be motivated myself (I should be writing a paper), but I can tell you a couple things: Once you accomplish what you need to get done, you’ll feel freer than a hamster in one of those plastic rolling balls.

Going on Facebook is not going to get you ahead of the game. Retweeting stupid posts on Twitter

As a veteran of this whole college thing (Dubya was still president when I started at CMU), I’ve written far more term papers than any human should.

It never gets any better or more manageable, as many grizzled and jaded juniors, seniors and graduate students can affirm. You even get oddly nostalgic for those horrible, 10-page research papers from freshman year, when you have multiple 20-page behemoths standing between you and your master’s degree.

But enough of my sob story.

I’ll save it for my post-graduation life on the streets while I’m holding a cardboard sign that says “Will Write Poorly Received Opinion Pieces for Food.”

Instead, I want to share some of the lessons I have learned while slapping together term papers, in hopes that you can learn from my mistakes.

First off, I’d encourage you not put off a term paper until the night before it’s due. Even if you mash keys like a madman and reach the minimum page requirement, no amounts of stimulants (legal or illegal) in the world will save you from producing an incoherent piece of crap.

I once drank four cups of coffee in 15 minutes and pow-

ered through a 15-page paper in six hours. The next morning, after catching an oh-so-refreshing two hours of sleep, I proofread my paper, and it read somewhat like a stream-of-consciousness rant, written by a person high on PCP. I didn’t have time to make major edits, though, and I was way too tired to care, so I turned in that masterpiece and (shockingly enough) received a lower grade than I wanted.

I wouldn’t recommend planning out a large paper in an overly meticulous manner, either. On a few occasions, I’ve used Google Calendar to create a day-by-day itinerary for a paper’s progress; however, I’ve never ended up following my itinerary, so its creation just ends up killing time.

In addition, it’s kind of sad when a calendar says I’m supposed to have half a paper finished, and I’ve only created the title page.

Also, it’s very important to avoid Facebook when you should be writing a paper. Obviously, it serves as a distraction, but it’s also pretty annoying and disheartening to see all of your productive and motivated friends bragging about being finished for the semester while you still know that hell awaits you. I’ve often feared starting Facebook battles with my over-achieving friends.

The most important thing to remember while writing term papers is that “this too shall pass,” to quote a cliché proverb. Whether you fail or succeed, there will come a time in your life when your research paper on the mating rituals of snapping turtles will be an inconsequential memory, unless you become a breeder of snapping turtles.

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‘David Garcia Project’ promotes empathy

By Ryan Fitzmaurice Senior Reporter

The most effective strategy was to just ram through.

The handful of participants were tasked with trying to get in one of two wheelchairs and make their way into a bathroom without help. Shelby Township senior Meggan Wesselmann said it was more complicated than it seemed, evident by the number of students who got stuck in the entrance.

“I mean, I know it was a wheelchair accessible bathroom, but it still was harder to get to,” Wesselmann said. “It was really eye-opening.”

The students were participating in the David Garcia Project, a program put on through the Mary Ellen Brandell Volunteer Center, that works to promote and advocate for people with disabilities through different activities and reflection.

Wednesday night was one of the five David Garcia meetings and open to the public, but the group gives more than 20 a year for different classes, groups and registered student organizations.

The program focuses on several disabilities, including learning, physical, auditory and visual disabilities.

David Garcia was a Sept. 11 victim who suffered from an incurable and degenerate eye disease in which his vision worsened as he aged; however, Garcia was still active in his college life, social life and now in his after life as his memory lives on. The program was named after him to pass on his legacy and educate people about disabilities.

Carleen Quint, a Farmington Hills senior and a facilitator of the program, said the program is not meant to encourage sympathy for those with disabilities.

“We’re teaching empathy, not sympathy. We don’t want you to feel bad for people with disabilities,” Quint said. “They simply have things they need to overcome, just like the rest of us.”

Students were given several activities to complete that simulated different disabilities some students at Central Michigan University students have to overcome.

One activity had students

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Hemlock sophomore Paige Clare tries to open the door to the girls’ restroom while operating a wheelchair to simulate not being able to walk during the David Garcia Project Wednesday in the Bovee University Center.

read a biography of Katy Perry on a sheet of paper that imitated the condition of dyslexia, as letters were inverted and blurred. Another activity challenged students to trace the outline of a star only looking at a reflection of a mirror.

“An individual who has a writing disorder will probably

only get a paragraph written if given a half hour,” Quint said.

“They’ll worry about keeping on a straight line and keeping their letters readable, not about length.”

The group was challenged to wear goggles that impaired their sight and walk through the Bovee University Center

while wearing them.

“If you lost your vision today, yeah, it’s going to be hard, but don’t let it stop you,” Quint said.

“This is one of the things David stood for. Every day, he woke up with less and less vision, but he didn’t let it stop him.”

Andre Sanders, an Auburn Hills sophomore, said he took a

lot away from the program.

“It gave me better insight, especially when it came to visual disabilities,” Sanders said. “It gave you first-hand experience; it was definitely a good experience.” studentlife@cm-life.com

UNION TOWNSHIP

Board approves rezoning ordinances for student housing, Olive Garden liquor license

By Megan Pacer Senior Reporter

Two controversial student housing projects moved one step closer to reality when the Union Township Board of Trustees approved both rezoning ordinances Wednesday night.

The Grove, the planned Campus Crest-owned apartment complex on Collegiate Way, and the New Grass apartment complex on Sweeney Road have been a subject of controversy in Union Town-

ship. The BOT approved special-use permits for these student housing projects at their March 31 meeting.

According to a 2009 survey, around 80 percent of Union Township residents were opposed to more student housing in the area. Both complexes lie in section 26, an already highly developed area.

“We did talk about the fact that within the community, there is high opposition to more apartments within the community,” Zoning Administrator Woody Woodruff said.

However, census data from 2000 showed that multi-family housing only grew by 1-percent, while multi-family residents increased by 17 percent.

“People throw a lot of our ills toward apartment complexes,” Woodruff said. “We can either say ‘no growth, no income,’ or we can embrace growth, we can embrace the income that it brings to the community, and we can provide better services for the people in our community.”

According to a traffic study completed by Union Township

near the Campus Crest apartment site, the wait at the stop sign of Chandler and Bluegrass roads will increase by only four seconds. For Union Township, the positive outcomes of these apartment projects seem to outweigh the negatives.

A representative of the New Grass apartments on Sweeney Road said their company plans to begin construction in July.

In addition to student housing, the board approved a liquor license for the upcoming Olive Garden restaurant that will be located at 4062 E.

Bluegrass Road, just south of Red Lobster.

Jack DeGange, a representative of both Olive Garden and parent company Darden Restaurants, expressed his excitement about the upcoming project.

“It’s our new prototype, and (we’re) very excited about bringing it to town,” he said.

Olive Garden also plans to

implement a “liquor-to-go” policy, meaning customers will be able to take unfinished drinks with them at the end of the meal, as long as they are less than three quarts.

“Planned construction start is May 6,” DeGange said. “And the open date would be Oct. 14.” metro@cm-life.com

NEW VENTURE COMPETITION

Award winners to open local veteran outreach facility

By Kyle Kaminski Senior Reporter

This year’s recipient of the 2013 New Venture Competition award for Best Social Venture was awarded to a team looking to open a veteran’s outreach facility in Isabella County.

Robert Gaillard, a CMU alum, and his teammate Julian Lacey, a Missouri senior, named their venture Hero’s Home.

Hero’s Home plans to operate as a nonprofit facility that offers veterans a safe haven to transition back into civilian society and the workplace.

The award for best social venture is given to the team whose venture offers both the largest social impact and the largest economic sustainability. In addition to the title, the award includes a $10,000 startup for the business.

According to the executive summary, Hero’s Home will offer veterans a “quiet, rural environment” that is conducive

to those going through drastic changes in life.

“I’m a veteran who served in the first Gulf War,” said Gaillard, the CEO of Hero’s Home.

“After coming back, I went through some hard times. The programs I utilized through the Veteran’s Administration were great; I just thought they could be better.”

In addition to housing up to 24 veterans and their dependents within the facility, Hero’s Home will give veterans the opportunity to participate in a multitude of programs aimed at effective societal transitioning.

“The programs, run through the VA, will include mental health, PTSD awareness, alcohol and substance abuse,” Gaillard said. “We also plan to offer an agriculture program on-site.”

While no definitive location has been established for the Hero’s Home, Gaillard said several tentative sites on the outskirts of Isabella County have been

selected, each measuring about two acres in size.

Gaillard said the house will operate using three central employees, including himself as CEO, Lacey as CFO and a social worker position that has yet be filled.

The remaining facility will be largely operated by the veterans themselves.

“Veterans will be reintegrated with work ethic,” Gaillard said. “This will be built largely on seniority and by their own rules. We will need people operating janitorial work and cooking, as well as people handling the oversight of admissions to the home.”

Former service men and women interested in Hero’s House, which will be a federally funded program, are limited to 24 months residence, in accordance with the Department of Veterans Affairs.

“Hero’s Home will offer the diversity of services that veterans need, whether that’s

the Clare or Saginaw VA, the college itself or various social services,” Gaillard said. “As we transition and prepare veterans for a return to civilian life, we communicate with the Veterans Resource Center, Student Veterans of America and the coalition of veterans groups on campus.”

The Hero’s Home is expected to be operational as soon as spring 2014.

This year marks the third year of the New Venture competition, and 30 teams of students, averaging three members per team, are given the opportunity to present their business start-up ideas to enrich the economic environment of Michigan.

“This year, we gave out $65,000 to student ventures across the university to start new ventures,” Dean of the College of Business Administration Charles Crespy said. university@cm-life.com

Central Michigan Life wins seven SPJ awards; 11 CNBAM awards

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By Neil Rosan Staff Reporter

Central Michigan Life received the first-place award for best all-around, non-daily newspaper from the Society of Professional Journalists, while claiming runner up from the College Newspapers Business and Advertising Managers Association.

The SPJ Region 4 Mark of Excellence Awards took place Saturday in Dayton, Ohio.

“It’s nice to be recognized in a region where we are up against top-notch schools. It validates the work we have done and the progress we have made as a paper,” CM Life Editor-in-Chief and Redford senior Aaron McMann said.

The photography desk was the major winner, earning five SPJ awards for sports photography, general news and photo illustrations.

“The great thing about SPJ is that they have so many categories in which you can enter photos. I submitted more than 15 entries for my staff this year

alone, which says a lot about the hard work and dedication my staff has,” Photo Editor and Bloomfield Hills senior Victoria Zegler said.

McMann also praised the photography desk for their hard work.

“I’m proud of them,” he said. “They are consistently producing quality images, and I wasn’t surprised when they won them. The photographers here are some of the best, and I would put them up against anyone in the country.”

Zegler won third place for her photo illustration about a New York Times study about screen addiction illness, which she said is one of her favorite illustrations she has done.

“I shot a studio portrait of a student here at CMU and then took a whole bunch of screen grabs from my Internet browser,” Zegler said. “From there, I superimposed them over top of his face to make a lasting effect.”

The CM Life Advertising Department won 11 awards, including second place in Col-

lege Newspaper of the Year category from the College Newspapers Business and Advertising Managers Association in San Diego, Calif.

“The awards spur our morale, but they also give our staff a sense of reward for all their hard work over the semester,” Assistant Director of Student Media Kathleen Simon said.

“They motivate them and enforce everything that we have been teaching them.”

One of the 11 awards was for Advertising Manager of the Year, which was won by Saginaw senior Megan Schneider.

“I wasn’t expecting to win, because I didn’t want to get my hopes up,” she said. “I think it allows me to end my two-anda-half year career at CM Life on a high note. The award also allows me to know that I left a mark during my time here.

The department also won awards in incentive programs, training programs and social media and phone application strategy. university@cm-life.com

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‘Between the chopsticks’ a hit event

By Sam Fitzpatrick Staff Reporter

David Miller has always loved food.

As a boy, his father passed away, and he soon had to help his mother with cooking.

“I just fell in love with cooking,” he said. “Not much about food I don’t like.”

Miller hosted “Between the Chopsticks” Wednesday night in the Bovee University Center Rotunda as a part of Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

The event gave students and staff a chance to learn about the art of sushi rolling. Free samples were ready to eat immediately after being rolled and cut.

Before rolling veggie rolls, California rolls, spicy tuna roles and frushi with chocolate dipping sauce, Miller gave a very brief history on sushi. He said sushi started in Japan centuries

ago as a way to preserve fish but would take months to prepare since it was salted and left under rocks for a few months. It wasn’t until the 1700s that raw fish was used and vinegar was added, Miller said.

Miller has been in the cooking business for 25 years in Grand Rapids, primarily in country clubs and fine-dining steakhouses. He spent about 10 of those years rolling sushi.

Before Wednesday, he hadn’t rolled for five years.

“Most of the sushi rolling I did was at the country club and the steakhouse; we were kind of across the bridge in between for people who don’t just want to go for a steak,” Miller said.

“Sushi’s gotten so popular, that was the way to go with it.”

Miller said the TV show “Sex and the City” played a major role in introducing sushi to American society.

“They ate a lot of sushi in that

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show,” he said, adding that his wife was a huge fan of the show.

Bronson senior Jonathan Milliman said it was his first time trying sushi.

“I’d probably try sushi again.

Maybe not the fish ones, but vegetarian or fruit,” Milliman said, explaining he isn’t a fan of raw fish. “Maybe if it was cooked it would taste a little different.”

Whether or not someone has a palette for raw fish, seeing a professional chef make sushi still provided a great learning opportunity.

“It was really entertaining to see how sushi was made,” Milliman said. “I liked being able to hear him talk about why he likes doing sushi and how easy it is, then being able to try the sushi afterwards. I think (it) worked well together.”

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CONTINUED FROM 3 Sabin thanked his mother for helping him get through that rough time. Her advising words inspired Sabin to later get the tattoo, “Why so serious?” in honor of what his mom told him.

“As I was laying in the hospital, she told me, ‘You don’t have to be a superhero. It’s OK to just be Batman,’ and it clicked,” Sabin said.

Sabin’s influence and success was so profound that one CMU student, Gaylord junior Adam Lynch, decided to come out publicly for the first time at the drag show.

Lynch, another first-time drag show member, said he enjoyed the drag show and the comedy at the event.

“I figured (coming to the

BIOSCIENCES | CONTINUED FROM 3 “Brooks is a Sputnik-era building whose builders never could have imagined the type of growth we are experiencing,” Biology Department Chairman Steve Roberts said during February’s Board of Trustees meeting.

“One out of every 15 majors at CMU is signed in biology. In a matter of years, we have gone from 450 biology majors to 1,000. Based on my experiences at two other universities where medical schools have been founded, it is expected that the

amount of biology majors will rise.”

With the approval and addition of the new building, Davison said student recruitment will be affected.

“In the short-term, it won’t do a whole lot. Students who arrive this fall will have a chance of having classes in the building their senior year. In a few years, it is going to be a massive recruiting tool for students and for faculty,” he said. “We will finally be able to give them the kinds of

drag show) would be a fun and funny experience,” Lynch said.

“It’s very comedic. I enjoyed coming.”

As for opening up, Lynch said he hadn’t planned on doing so at the drag show.

“I absolutely did not plan on coming out, but I’m pleased.

This was my first time coming out to the public,” Lynch said.

facilities and infrastructure they need to be successful in their research and teaching practices.”

The Washington Street Apartments, which are located on the future site of the biosciences building, are expected to be torn down during summer 2014 to make room for the project.

“The goal is to take down the apartments in the summer of 2014. Once the 2013-14 school year is over and people have moved out of the apartments, demolition will start in early summer, with ground breaking starting in the fall,” Board of Trustees Chairperson Brian Fannon said. university@cm-life.com

Chef David Miller prepares California sushi rolls during “Between the Chopsticks” Wednesday evening at the Bovee University Center’s Rotunda.

In response to Lynch, Sabin spoke about when he came out, at the age of 19.

“It was the scariest moment of my life, but, here you are, always part of a beautiful family,” Sabin said.

Sabin found Lynch his first date, another audience member.

It was a night of many firsts and unplanned events for Lynch. He also performed a strip tease for the audience to Michael Bublé’s cover of “Feeling Good.” He received a standing ovation from the crowd for his dance moves.

“It was not planned. I do that (dance) a lot, normally with close friends only, just joking around,” Lynch said.

According to Director of LGBTQ Services Shannon Jolliff-Dettore, the drag show, which was put on by the Office of LGBTQ Services, cost roughly $5,500.

“We paid for everything; we bring in the queens and take care of everything,” JolliffDettore said.

Jolliff-Dettore was pleased with the way the night unfolded.

“So far, it’s great. The

MASTER PLAN | CONTINUED FROM 3 The facility condition assessment ranked buildings on campus on a scale from one to five, five meaning equipment is nonfunctional and requires attention within the next one to two years.

The assessment found $87.9 million in category three buildings, meaning they will need repair within the next seven to 10 years. An additional $41.1 million in repairs were assessed in category four and five buildings, meaning equipment is either nonfunctional

or soon to be nonfunctional.

Priorities listed in the update include repairs and improvements to life safety systems, protecting the building envelope and utility maintenance.

DEFERRED MAINTENANCE More than $4 million in funding for maintenance projects was also approved Thursday, including $1.7 million in roof replacements across campus.

students seem to be enjoying themselves and having a lot of fun. The queens seem to be having a lot of fun as well. It’s historically one of our most fun events that the students really love to come out and show support for,” Jolliff-Dettore said.

Throughout the show, Sabin highlighted an important aspect of living for all people: being true and happy with yourself.

“We are all sexy, we’ve just got to make our own sexy,” Sabin said. university@cm-life.com

More than $900,000 was allocated for infrastructure improvements to Anspach Hall, part of the building’s second phase of renovations scheduled for the summer.

An additional $406,000 will be spent on exterior lighting across campus.

Other projects include window replacement ($272,000) and HVAC upgrades ($140,000) and locker room upgrades ($129,000) to the Events Center.

—Editor-in-Chief Aaron McMann contributed to this report. university@cm-life.com

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Senior infielder Jordan Adams looks to pick up where he left off last season after earning a Mac All-Tournament Team selection after batting .360 with three doubles and two home runs. Adams led the Chippewas with 16 doubles and tied for team lead with 22 extra-base hits during the 2012 season.

Waiting his turn Jordan Adams brings senior leadership to youthful CMU baseball team

By Emily Grove | Senior Reporter

Jordan Adams does not like the word “pressure.”

As one of five seniors on a 35-man roster, Adams knows what’s expected of him and has every intention of following through.

There’s just something about pressure, a negative connotation, he said, that makes him dislike using the word to describe how he feels being an upperclassmen on his team.

“You definitely feel different than as a freshman or sophomore,” Adams said.

“You feel kind of responsible for more things, like expectations of the team.

You kind of have to put your own stamp on the team goals and stuff like that.”

A veteran batter for the Chippewas, Jordan, of Mason City, Iowa, has improved his batting average each year since arriving at CMU.

In his freshman year, his average was a .183, while his sophomore year, he jumped to a .261.

Last year, Adams had a .264 average, with 48 hits in 182 at-bats.

So far this season, Adams sits with a .195 batting average, with 22 hits that include three doubles, a tie for a team-high three home runs and 14 RBIs. But, head coach Steve Jaksa said the numbers and statistics are not what he’s looking at.

“Jordan could hit less or more than last year, I just want him to understand the quality of what he’s doing,” Jaksa said. “We use the term quality at-bats. Batting average will take care of itself.

The consistency and quality of what he does is really the most important thing we want out of him.”

Adams will be the first one to admit he is struggling to be consistent this year.

“I’ve had some really good games and some really bad games,” Adams said.

“So, if I could just even those out, that’d be great.”

Jaksa said improving on consistency would be the best thing for Adams, as well as something he could do to benefit the team to get the consistent mental-

ity into the minds of the younger teammates.

“This is his last campaign, and he wants to get a championship out of it, and the only way to do that is to get everybody on the same page,” Jaksa said. “In many ways, (being a leader) is really good for him, and, obviously, how he acts and how he plays, the other guys are going to look at that.”

Adams said part of him being prepared as a senior was because of the examples set by the players who went before him, leaving building blocks so Adams and fellow seniors would know what to do when they filled that role.

“My freshman year, I had a really good class and learned a lot from those guys,” Adams said. “Every year, we’ve had some good seniors that you learn from and take bits and pieces that you put your touch on being a senior.”

Adams said if teammates

come to him for advice, he’s happy to help, but, for the most part, everyone does their own thing.

Along with working on his hitting, Adams has been working hard on the field.

After playing as a catcher for his freshman and sophomore years, Adams moved to first base in his junior year and is now working on learning to play third base.

“It’s a little different for me; but it’s fun,” Adams said.

When he steps up to the plate, Adams said he is trying constantly not to think.

To clear his head, he’ll say a small phrase, such as “free and easy” or “think small.”

And although he loves hunting the fastball, Adams said he knows he’s got to connect with all the different pitches if he wants to succeed this season.

“When I’m at my best, I’m up to hitting everything,” Adams said.

“I like to be aggressive, and I need to be more open to hitting different pitches.” sports@cm-life.com

The spring game last year became an unveiling of quarterback Alex Niznak.

He carved up the defense by throwing three touchdown passes and only giving away one interception.

But that was then when he was a preordained backup.

Now Niznak, along with three others, are facing more pressure in a battle for the starting quarterback position that will continue through this year’s spring game, scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday at Kelly/Shorts Stadium.

“Last year was a great game for me,” Niznak said. “I think it was my first real opportunity to go out and play … When it’s game time and the lights are on, so to speak, I just get excited and things slow down for me.”

He said he looks forward to the closest thing to a game un-

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“I just love playing the game. In practice, you always have coaches looking over your shoulder,” he said. “In the game situation, everybody’s off the field and you get to play like it’s going to be against Michigan.”

Head coach Dan Enos did not give a pecking order of where the quarterbacks are on the depth chart.

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By Brandon Champion Staff Reporter

The baseball team is doing its best to get on schedule in preparation for this weekend’s series at Ball State.

Low temperatures and wet weather conditions led to the cancellation of midweek games on March 12 against Madonna and March 19 against Northwood.

On Wednesday, the Chippewas were finally able to play a midweek game when they defeated Oakland, 7-4, at Theunissen Stadium.

“I think you get into a situation where you’re not playing a lot when that happens,” head coach Steve Jaksa said. “Then we had to go inside a lot.

I’ve been here a while now, and this has been the worst year in terms of actually getting on a field and practicing.”

So far, that might be having an effect on the field.

The Chippewas are 4-8 since they returned from the warm climates of the non-conference season.

CMU (13-18, 3-6 MAC) will look to reverse that trend this weekend in

Muncie, Ind., where it will face a Ball State team that is 14-15 overall and 4-5 in the Mid-American Conference.

The Cardinals are coming off a 7-5 loss to Bowling Green on April 9. The Chippewas will look to continue the success they had against BSU last season when they swept them in a season-closing series.

The Cardinals come into the game second in the MAC in team ERA at 3.86. Sophomore Scott Baker leads their pitching staff with a 7-0 record and 2.06 ERA. The Chippewas will counter the Ball State pitching with sophomore Jordan Foley, who will start on Friday. Freshman Taylor Lehnert will start Saturday will start and senior Rick Dodridge in the series-finale on Sunday.

Freshman outfielder Logan Regnier, who had a go-ahead two-RBI double in the win over Oakland, leads the CMU offense with a .330 average and 18 RBIs. First pitch on today from Ball Diamond is scheduled for 3 p.m. First pitch on Saturday and Sunday is at 1 p.m. sports@cm-life.com

Three-run 6th pushes Chippewas past Oakland, 7-4, on Wednesday

By Brandon Champion Staff Reporter

The baseball team used a three-run sixth inning to pull away from Oakland and win 7-4 on a chilly Wednesday afternoon at Theunissen Stadium.

With the game tied at three, sophomore catcher Tyler Huntey led off the inning with a walk.

Two batters later, sophomore Pat MacKenzie singled before freshman Logan Regnier hit a double to left-center field to give CMU the 5-3 lead.

“We got a couple guys in scoring position, which was good,” Regnier said. “I got a fastball middle-in and put a good swing on it.”

Freshman Neal Jacobs drove in the sixth run when he doubled over the head of the left fielder, scoring Regnier.

It was Oakland that got on the board first, scoring two in the second inning off of CMU starter Jimmy McNamara. The

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The Chippewas got their first run in the second inning when Huntey doubled to centerfield, scoring junior Noel Santos.

CMU tied the game at two an inning later when sophomore Cody Leichman singled to center, scoring senior Jordan Adams.

“I thought it was good to battle because they put up a couple runs early.” Regnier said.

“We just kept chipping away, eventually got the lead and didn’t give it back.”

Leichman gave CMU the 3-2 lead in the fifth when he scored on a passed ball.

Leichman finished 2-for-4 with an RBI. Huntey was 1-for-1

with an RBI. Freshman Jason Gamble, junior Kenton San Miguel and sophomore Matt Trowbridge, who picked up his seventh save, also pitched for CMU. “Today was a good win,” head coach Steve Jaksa said. “Anytime you can win a mid-week game at home, it’s a good thing. We had four pitchers go today and offensively we got some big hits at some big times. Overall, we did some nice things today.”

The Chippewas return to Mid-American Conference action this weekend when they travel to Muncie, Ind. for a threegame series with Ball State. First pitch on Friday is scheduled for 3 p.m. sports@cm-life.com

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More than positions on the line during Saturday’s Maroon-Gold game

By Kevin Meyer Staff Reporter

Football will play its annual spring game Saturday, and there is more on the line than winning position battles.

“They have pride and bragging rights, as well as allowing the team to switch things up from the monotony of spring practices and play together and gel,” head coach Dan Enos said.

Additionally, Enos says the game is a way for the coaches to evaluate players in a game situation and will help to determine starters later in the season, but Enos stressed that the game is not a make-or-break situation for any of the players.

“Really, this is just one practice of 15; and we’ll evaluate it, and it’ll have some stock,” Enos said. “But if a guy has played well all spring but has a bad game on Saturday, it’s not going to ruin his chances of starting. Many of these (position) battles will stretch into the summer and up to the start of the season.”

Teams were chosen for the game on Wednesday, in a way that Enos has done since his arrival to CMU. The team’s seniors were split evenly to start the draft and then drafted their teammates onto the gold and maroon teams.

A few minor switches were made after the draft, but the teams are now set for the game.

Senior defensive back Avery Cunningham was one of the seniors who was heavily involved in the picking of teams.

“I felt pretty good about the draft,” Cunningham said. “I think the teams were pretty equal, both have their strengths.

I think it’ll be a fun game.”

Shamari Benton, another senior, reinforced Cunningham’s comments.

“It was enthusiastic; we got to choose different players, and it really lets you know how some of these guys match up in their teammate’s minds” he said. “This is my last spring game, so I’m really excited to be ending it in this way; it really gets the guys pumped.”

Saturday will not be the first time that the team has played an inter-squad game, according to Enos.

“We had an overtime scrimmage earlier in the spring, and, again, we did that, we split the team up so they weren’t always playing the same old offense-defense match-ups.”

When the Chippewas take the field, they will all be playing for the same reasons.

Individual improvement, team unity and getting the feel of the game plan in a game situation are all key concepts that Enos hopes the team will demonstrate and take away from the field. sports@cm-life.com

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47 Kyle Zelinsky LB

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59 Nathan Ricketts LB

17 Ron Coluzzi K

54 Nick Beamish OL

61 Nick Adams LS

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56 Louis Palmer DL

64 Andrew Nowak OL

18 Denzel Wimberly DB

60 Kevin Henry OL

66 Andy Phillips OL

22 Ryan Petro FB

63 Connor Collins OL

68 Dylan Anderson OL

24 Cortez Hardrick WR

71 Kevin D’Arcy OL

73 Jake Olson OL

25 Courtney Williams WR

72 Cody Pettit OL

77 Ramadan Ahmeti OL

26 Shamari Benton LB

75 Kenny Rogers OL

78 Colin Goetz OL

28 Dennis Nalor DB

80 Anthony Rice WR

81 Jerry Harris WR

29 Jarret Chapman DB

82 Defarrel Davis WR

37 Christian Conley FB

84 Titus Davis WR

30 Ben Masztak FB

83 Ben McCord TE

38 Kavon Frazier DB

86 Ryan Hansen WR

31 Kenny McClendon DL

88 Jesse Kroll WR

41 Justin Cherocci LB

87 Connor Howard WR

32 Alex Smith DL

92 Mike Zenk LS

42 Tyler Lombardo FB

89 Connor Odykirk TE

33 Mike Kinville TE

95 Shafer Johnson DL

45 Joe Bacci LB

91 Matt Russo DL

34 Colton Odykirk DB

97 Mike Jorde DL

47 Brian Eavey K

94 Lance Sanders DL

34 Zurlon Tipton RB

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CMU travels to Northern Illinois, Western for four games this weekend

By Ryan Solecki Staff Reporter

Softball is back on the road this weekend with a doubleheader at Northern Illinois today and two-game series at Western Michigan on Saturday and Sunday.

Due to weather, the team’s game against in-state foe Michigan State earlier this week was cancelled, giving the team five days of rest

following the doubleheader against Kent State.

“We always want to play as many games as possible to prepare us for conference games, and we love to play,” senior outfielder Macy Merchant said. “It’s always a good game (with Michigan State).

(It) would have been fun.”

The Chippewas were riding a six-game winning streak until the 11-inning loss against the Golden Flashes on

Sunday. The team now looks to get rid of the sour taste in its mouth and improve to 6-2 in the Mid-American Conference against the Huskies.

With an overall series record of 33-22-1, CMU has the edge with NIU; however, the Chippewas were swept in last year’s series.

“Against Northern Illinois, it’s vital that we start strong immediately and continue to realize that

things can change quickly in the game,” head coach Margo Jonker said. “We need to be on top of it until the game is completely over.”

Coming into this weekend, the Chippewas have several players swinging the bat well. Merchant is coming off a 5-for-6 game, which is a program record for most hits in a game. Also, junior catcher Cory DeLamielleure has raised her batting average

to .241 in the past month and was named MAC West Player of the Week.

DeLamielleure also continues to catch the best pitching staff in the MAC, who has an ERA of 2.21 and an opponent batting average of .234. Senior pitcher Kara Dornbos joins DeLamielleure in the accolades, receiving MAC West Pitcher of the Week.

After playing the Huskies, the team will turn its at-

tention to the rival Broncos on Saturday and Sunday in Kalamazoo. Like NIU, the Chippewas have a winning record against WMU at 65-37 all time.

“They always play well against us,” Jonker said. “We need to be ready to come with our best game, knowing there’s a little extra riding on the game with the rivalry.” sports@cm-life.com

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Club volleyball finishes runner-up at nationals Georgia State, winning silver in the silver bracket went beyond the expectations of the team coming into the tournament.

“A lot of the girls, you could tell, were definitely giving 110 percent the entire time,” Ulrich said. “Honestly, (we) didn’t expect it.”

To get to the finals, CMU beat Rutgers, Denver and Oregon State. Ulrich said the team’s performance was better than she had seen all season.

“At the beginning of the semester, we played well, but we didn’t play as well as we did at the national tournament,” Ulrich said. “Even the tournament at Bowling Green the weekend before nationals, we didn’t play as well. I honestly felt like it was an entirely new team.”

Since most of the team consists of sophomores and freshmen, many of the players are already looking forward to next year.

“I know some of the girls who are returning already have a countdown for when nationals are next year,” Ulrich said. “They’re getting pretty excited for what’s to come because of how well we did this year.”

By Taylor DesOrmeau Staff Reporter

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On May 15, 2012, junior pitcher Rick Dodridge pitches the ball to home plate during the game against Michigan State at Comerica park in Detroit, Mich.

About 400 tickets sold for third ‘Clash at Comerica’

By Kristopher Lodes Sports Editor

The third-annual ‘Clash at Comerica’ is fast approaching, with this season’s neutral-site baseball game between CMU with Michigan State taking place at 6:35 p.m. Wednesday in Detroit.

Tickets are available now for the game, the second in a three-game season series between the two schools, at $6 for adults, $5 for youth and senior citizens and $3 for any students with a valid ID. There is also a special deal for anybody with a group of 10 or more where they too can buy tickets at a rate of $3 a person.

Approximately 400 tickets have been sold already, CMU spokesman Jason Kaufman said.

There is a special event for CMU alumni before the game that begins at 5 p.m.

A taligate-style reception will be held in the Tiger Club where there will be a cash bar and a preview of the game from head coach Steve Jaksa.

All tickets are available online, and game tickets will be available through the Comerica Park box office. Parking at the game will be $6 at parking garages near the stadium.

Ticket prices have dropped this season as opposed to the previous two games, when they cost $8

for adults, $6 for youth and seniors and $5 for college students and groups of 10 or more.

CMU and MSU have been playing each other in baseball since 1911, and, after 113 games, the Chippewas hold a 62-51 advantage in the rivalry.

However, the Spartans have had their number, winning the last six meetings, including a season-series sweep last year and the first meeting this season, April 2 in East Lansing, where CMU lost 4-2.

This is the fifth season of the three-game series that features games at both sites and a neutral site.

During the 2009 and 2010 seasons, the teams

played at Dow Diamond in Midland, home of the Los Angeles Dodgers single-A affiliate Great Lakes Loons.

CMU won both games at Dow Diamond before the series moved its neutralsite game to Comerica Park.

But it has not won in Detroit, losing 3-1 in 2011 and 5-2 last season.

Attendance for last year’s game was 3,458, an increase from the 2,169 who attended the first ‘Clash at Comerica’ in 2011.

In 2009, 1,953 attended the first neutral-site game at Dow Diamond. Both schools drew 2,119 in 2010. sports@cm-life.com

One point is all the women’s club volleyball team needed Saturday to win the silver bracket of the NCVF Collegiate Club Championships.

But that point never came, and Georgia State left Dallas the silver bracket champions.

Georgia State took the next four points to steal the win in the third of three sets, ending a bittersweet week in Dallas for the CMU squad.

“At one point, we were winning 14-12, and we had to make one more point to win it and we made one mistake and they got a run on us,” Vice President Alyssa Ulrich said. “Girls were sad, we were all crying, but, at the same time, we were extremely proud of how well we did.”

The team played in the silver bracket of Division-1AA nationals at the Dallas Convocation Center from April 4-6 based on its performance at the Michigan State tournament Feb. 2 and pool play.

Marquette beat Arizona Saturday night to win the overall women’s Club National Championship.

Even though the team was only a point away from beating

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Like Niznak last year, the curtains could be drawn for another player to show off his skills in the spring game.

“The people that come out get to see guys that maybe they haven’t seen before,” Niznak said. “Maybe guys that redshirted last year or only played special teams. You get to see everybody do what they’re meant to do, so it’s always exciting to see guys on the field for the first time in live competition.”

Though predictions of who would have a Niznak-esque performance this year were not made, Enos did offer names of under-the-rader players who have performed well in practice.

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