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Heeke named to NCAA athletic directors committee ‘Honored to be one of 10 directors around the country...’ By Kristopher Lodes Managing Editor
Dave Heeke has many duties that go along with being the athletics director at Central Michigan University. Along with managing the ins-and-outs of all 16 athletic programs, Heeke is on the Division
I Baseball Committee, the second-highest grossing championship in the NCAA behind the Final Four, Heeke has been named to NCAA President Mark Emmert’s new 10-member Athletic Director Advisory Group. “I’m honored to be one of 10 directors around the country to serve on an
advisory committee with Dr. Emmert to help with communication between the NCAA, executive committee and the athletic directors,” Heeke said. “Over the years ... the voice of the athletic directors in NCAA governance and decision making has kind of been lost.” Emmert said that’s one of the key reasons he formed the committee.* “It’s clear right now where the association has gone, it’s pushed the
pendulum too far in one direction,” Emmert said in the interview with Wall Street Journal. Dave Heeke “It really has cut athletic directors out of the national discussion.” Heeke said his role in the group is to represent the non-automatic qualifier
schools, which are schools in of conferences that do not automatically qualify its champion into football’s Bowl Championship Series (BCS). Six of the 10 athletic directors come from schools in automatic qualifier conferences (Kentucky, Kansas State, Connecticut, Clemson, Arizona and Ohio State). “I’m very cognizant of my position being one of the non-AQ conference ADs, so I have a different representation,” Heeke
said. “How can I represent non-AQs, how can I keep perspective overall for the betterment of college athletics with that in mind?” The Wall Street Journal reported that Emmert’s decision to form the group came as a surprise as there has been a nearly 20-person group that served in the same role as the new council. A HEEKE | 2
UAW reaches second tentative agreement with university Ratification voting begins today CM Life Staff Reports
After rejecting a previous agreement, UAW Local 6888, which represents Central Michigan University’s office professionals, has come to another tentative deal with the university. The union’s bargaining team agreed to terms with CMU on Monday, and members will vote this afternoon in the Bovee University Lakeshore Room and on Thursday in the Charles V. Park Library Auditorium. The current contract with the university is set to expire on Monday. The new agreement is similar to the contract CMU and its supervisorytechnical employees agreed to last week. Like that contract, the one the UAW tentatively agreed to would give office professionals a 2.5-percent base wage increase during the 2013-14 school year followed by 0.5-percent increases during the following two years, according to an email UAW Local 6888 President Karen Bellingar sent to union members. The agreement, if ratified, would have office workers contribute 10-percent
UAW LOCAL 6888’S TENATIVE AGREEMENT w Wage adjustments
- 2013-14: 2.5% base increase - 2014-15: 0.5% base increase - 2015-16: 0.5% base increase w Insurance rates
-Office professionals to pay 10% toward premiums
*Positions can be filled with a temporary employee for up to 12 months.
toward their health insurance. It would begin on Monday and take the workers through June 2016. Last week, the UAW members overwhelmingly rejected a previous collective bargaining agreement, with 75-percent of its members rejecting it. Details of that contract are unknown. Bellingar could not be reached for comment in time for publication. Check cm-life.com for more as this story develops this week.
CMU professor Merrill’s sentencing date rescheduled for July 23 CM Life Staff Reports
William Lord Merrill, the former Central Michigan University professor convicted of possession of child pornography, had his sentencing delayed until July 23 by the U.S. District Court in Bay City. Merrill, 58, was previously set to be sentenced on July 11 by Judge Thomas Ludington. One of Merrill’s attorneys, confirmed the delay, but it remains unclear why the court decided to reschedule the sentencing for nearly two weeks. Merrill, who taught, among other courses, classes on Internet censorship, was arrested for possession of child pornography Dec. 19. He entered a guilty plea in March, admitting to receiving child pornography. In exchange for the guilty plea, federal prosecutors dropped a second charge of the same crime and another count of child pornography possession. He faces between five and
20 years in prison. He is currently free on bond. Merrill resigned from CMU in November. William Lord Merrill According to court documents, Merrill knowingly received child porn on or about July 26, 2003. The items of the pornographic material had been mailed, shipped or transported by a computer. The former professor said he knew the material constituted child pornography as defined by Title 18 in the United States Code 2256. The FBI seized Merrill’s hard drive from his CMU office, in addition to the hard drive that contained child pornography. Merrill allegedly possessed more than 65,000 images of child pornograph news@cm-life.com
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THURSDAY-SUNDAY w Department of Journalism
Digital Discovery Week begins at 8 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m. in the Caponigro Multi Media Lab.
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Administration Day starts at 9:30 a.m. and ends at 2 p.m. in Grawn 100. w “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” takes place at 7:30 p.m. in the Bush Theater.
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CONTINUED FROM 1 Last month, House Republicans passed a bill that would have stopped interest rates from going up for now, but would allow them to rise gradually by tying the rate to the yield on the 10-year Treasury note. Obama threatened to veto that bill, and it has gone nowhere in the Democraticcontrolled Senate. “The bill’s changes would impose the largest interest rate increases on low- and middle-income students and families who struggle most to afford a college education,” the White House said in a statement. The president’s opposition comes despite a plan of his that is similar to the Republican plan. Loan rates would be based on the 10year Treasury note at the beginning of each year, but Obama’s plan, unlike the GOP’s, would set a fixed rate for the life of the loan. It would also cap what graduates owe at 10-percent of their income. Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, blasted Obama for opposing his party’s plan. “The differences between the House plan and yours are minor,” Boehner wrote to Obama earlier this month. “Republicans have worked to enact ... a responsible, bipartisan solution.”
Senate Democrats are hoping to pass a two-year extension of the lower rates, just as they passed a one-year expansion last year. To pay for the extension, tax breaks for the oil industry would end, which would not please many Republican senators. The looming hike in subsidized loan rates comes as the student loan debt crisis in America continues to grow. According to the congressional Joint Economic Committee, total student loan debt has grown to just under $1 trillion in the first quarter of 2013, up from $550 billion in 2007. About $864 billion of that is owed to the government, while the rest is owed to private lenders, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Students owe an average of $24,301, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. About 25-percent of students owe more than $28,000. Michigan students have it even worse off. The joint committee’s report found that Michigan is one of the 10 worst states to graduate with debt and find a job. The average Michigan college grad owes $28,021. news@cm-life.com
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Mount Pleasant resident Mike MacDonald, 43, works hard to complete a sit-up Saturday morning during Bootcamp in the Park at Island Park, 331 N. Main St. “A 5K would be easy compared to this,” MacDonald said. The fitness class was hosted by McLaren Fitness.
HEEKE | CONTINUED FROM 1 “That group continues to be there through our association as ADs,” Heeke said. “This is more of a defined group of athletic directors that will really tackle some of those issues that are going on now.” Heeke is joined by athletics directors Mitch Barnhart of Kentucky, Gene Bleymaier of San Jose State, Greg Byrne of Arizona, John Currie of Kansas State, Warde Manuel of Connecticut, Dan Radakovich of Clemson, Gene Smith of Ohio State, Peter Fields of Montana State and Peg Bradley-Doppes of Denver. The 10 will meet monthly, starting in July, and then report to Emmert.
has gone to a nine-game conference season, meaning all Big Ten teams will have to knock non-conference opponents off their schedules. Ohio State did just that with the Chippewas and its 2016 game. “Ohio State, because of the nine-game conference schedule, needed to change games and we were the target,” Heeke said. “We continue to
have conversations with them about a settlement, whether that would involve a future game or just a payout. We don’t know yet, but, it does illustrate the problems that challenge football scheduling. You try to schedule long-term, but that becomes very difficult with all of these conference realignment.” sports@cm-life.com
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One issue that has been apparent for a few years is the changing landscape of the NCAA and its conferences. The MAC doesn’t look like it is interested in expanding, but many other conferences are, and it recently made an impact on CMU. With the Big Ten adding Rutgers and Maryland, football
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Third-graders Caleb Neubecker, left, and Tyler Hutchins, right, practice the alphabet in sign language before showing their teacher at PEAK Summer Camp at Vowles Elementary School in Mount Pleasant, Mich.
PEAK summer camp gets children active and learning during the summer By Nathan Zinzi Staff Reporter
Mount Pleasant’s PEAK Summer Camp, began Monday and spans four elementary schools for the next six weeks of summer. Its aim is to give children in the city a chance to be active during the summer months. Each school hosts a certain age group, ranging from kindergarten through eighth grade, in hopes of keeping children busy and active through the summer months. Complete with both academic and leisure time throughout the day, children are able to play in the summer sun while also keeping their minds busy and learning. Mount Pleasant senior Tim Taylor runs the PEAK program at Vowles Elementary, 1560 South Watson Road. He is in charge of organizing the staff, helping to create activities for the children and making sure all codes and rules from the state are being followed throughout the camp. “PEAK gives great opportunities for kids to have fun while learning and staying busy through the summer months,” Taylor said. “We’ve had one of the biggest turnouts yet this year.” At Vowles Elementary, Taylor oversees 127 children ranging from kindergarten to third grade. He leads a 15-member staff that includes lead program assistant and Rosebush senior Kurt Kreiner. “I’m sort of like (Taylor’s) wingman or partner in crime,” Kreiner said. “I make sure everything is running smoothly. Basically, the things that Tim might not have time to get to, I make sure gets done. Having been here for four summers in a row, I know exactly what needs to be done every day.” PEAK is open for children from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. with a strict parent pick-up policy.
Activities do not begin until 9 a.m., giving all the children a chance to get to camp, based on their parent’s work schedules. These activities range from coloring and drawing, making their own personal locker tags, ice-breaker games and sports including football, baseball and dodgeball, a favorite amongst the second-grade boys. “I’m mostly excited to play dodgeball everyday and to go on our field trip to the [Soaring Eagle] waterpark,” said sevenyear-old Vowles second-grader Caleb Neubecker. “I’m really
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excited to be with my friends and not have to go to school.” The program promotes education while still keeping children entertained and creating a stress-free environment where the children learn without realizing their learning. “Rather than bog the kids down with worksheets or mundane activities, we try to pull fun from learning,” Taylor said. metro@cm-life.com
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Grand Rapids resident Alison Deutsch, 11, carves Mayan symbols into clay with her grandmother Susan Tamm, of Grand Rapids, Thursday afternoon during a Mystery of Ancient Mayans crafting workshop at Grandparents U in Powers Hall.
Family tradition Grandparents U gives children, grandparents a chance to bond
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By Lauren Fowlkes | Staff Reporter onna Poynor and her grandchildren
look forward to attending Grandparents U every summer. They have participated in the three-day camp since it began six years ago. The event brings families together on
gary Naeyaert, a senior adviser for policy and communications at the Center for Charter Schools at Central Michigan University, will leave CMU at the end of a week for a pro-charter schools interest group. Naeyaert will become the executive director of the great Lakes education Project, an education reform interest group that pushes for new charter schools and works to get pro-charter school politicians elected. the group recently announced its staff has expanded to include three professionals. “I’ve worked closely with gLeP for a while now,” he said. the conservative-leaning group is focused on promoting charter schools, giving schools more flexibility to fire “bad teachers” and either improving or shutting down public schools that fail to excel, Naeyaert said. “It’s about advocating for quality education and about creating choices,” he said. “our agenda as a group is not changing.” Naeyaert will take the new job on Monday. gLeP’s board of directors consists of Betsy DeVos, the wife of former Republican Michigan gubernatorial candidate Dick DeVos, former chair of the Michigan Chamber of Commerce Jim Barrett, and Republican political strategist greg McNeilly. - John Irwin, editor-in-Chief
SPOrTS
TRACK AND FIELD, AMONG OTHER PROGRAMS, LOOKING FOR COACHES track and field and cross-country are at search for a new director after Willie Randolph was not brought back for another season. former associate director Matt Kaczor has taken over as interim director of track and field and crosscountry for now, but a nationwide search is underway for someone to fill the void as director of the both the men’s and women’s cross-country, indoor track and field and outdoor track and field. “We’ve launched a national search for a new director of track and field and cross-country,” said athletics director Dave heeke. “We’ve been in that for a week to 10 days, and we are seeing what kind of a pool we can gather. We want to move quickly and Matt Kaczor will continue as head coach as we move forward with the search.” Coach Kaczor was in charge of the distance runners under Randolph, so making him the interim director makes sense with cross-country approaching. heeke also said that Kaczor is an option to take over as the fulltime director “if he wants to be.” Baseball is in search of a new assistant coach as Brett haring is no longer with the program. haring was with the Chippewas for three seasons and was the hitting coach under head coach Steve Jaksa. - Kristopher Lodes, Managing editor
campus for a chance to bond by staying in
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and participating in campus-wide activities. This year, her granddaughter, Halle Escher, accompanied her from last Wednesday through Friday. “After attending the first year, we couldn’t wait to come back every year,” said Donna, a Central Michigan University alum. Donna and Halle liked the hands-on sessions. The pair attended the bubble festival, where they experimented with tricks such as blowing bubbles inside of bubbles and being able to stick their hands inside of bubbles without them popping. They also attended a session called “Foods from Foreign Lands.” Campers experienced Mexican and French cultures by learning how to make guacamole and crepes. “They really have done an amazing job with offering the classes.” Donna said. Donna became involved in the camp because she thought it was a good idea for her grandchildren to get to know campus life at a young age. “The camp is a good way to
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Lake Orion resident Jeff Wurges helps his grandson Michael Byrnes, 10, make a castle out of cardboard Thursday afternoon during a Medieval History class at Grandparents U.
show that campus is not a scary place.” Donna said. Some grandparents enjoy the camp so much that their families sign them up for their birthday. That is what Penny Stroope’s family did for her and her granddaughter, Alyson Skogseth, last year, and they returned to CMU this summer. “We enjoyed it so much the first year, we are making it a tradition for us to go now.” Stroope said. A session called “Cause in Action” gave them the opportunity to interact with
“We enjoyed it so much the first year, we are making it a tradition for us to go now.” Penny Stroope, grandparent dogs and learn about dog safety. There was also a session in the library the two attended where they wrote a book about their experience at the camp. “All of the sessions have been a lot of fun.” Stroope said. Skogseth said the opportunity to meet new people
made the camp worth it. “I really enjoyed the personalities of the people I meet.” Alyson said. Stroope said both of her granddaughters, one of whom did not make it out to Grandparents U, plan to attend CMU in the future. studentlife@cm-life.com
Fundraising, accreditation work ahead for CMED despite ranking at bottom of the MAC By Neil Rosan Staff Reporter
College of Medicine Dean Ernest Yoder and his staff still have plenty left on their to-do list as the school prepares to open this fall. Before summer’s end they aim to gain accreditation and continuing to fundraise and breaking ground on the CMED East facility. There is still plenty of work to be done on the 137th medical school in the United States. “We are putting the finishing touches on the first year curriculum, instructions and events,” Yoder said. “We are
just finishing up prep work for the students to arrive and making sure our faculty get a chance to have a bit of a vacation and have a break before things get rolling. With the arrival of the students, we are going to be very busy in a very good way.”
tion from the LCME proves a medical school reaches the national standards and gives the school eligibility for federal grants and programs. With the LCME returning to campus in Fall 2014, many of the national standards must be met at that time.
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CMED is in the preliminary stages of obtaining Liaison Committee on Medical Education accreditation. The LCME is a nationallyrecognized authority for medical education programs in the United States and Canada. Receiving accredita-
CMED also is continuing as planned for the new school. According to Capital Campaign Officer Grant Elmquist, roughly $20.76 million, of the school’s $25 million fundraising goal has been met. “We are making re-
ally strong progress to be able to make it as close as we can to the $25 million goal.” Elmquist said. “I don’t know Ernest Yoder if we will quite get there this summer, but we will be close.” Elmquist says donations have been increasing as the opening of the college draws near. A CMED | 5
two new bowl games are in the works, and the Midamerican Conference could have a spot in both. Little Rock, ark., and Montgomery, ala., are looking to start up the Rice Bowl and Legends Bowl starting in 2014. the Legends Bowl would have teams from the Sun Belt, Conference-USa, Mountain West or the MaC, while the Rice Bowl would be a mini godaddy.com Bowl, pitting the MaC against the Sun Belt. “our conference is always out searching for additional bowl opportunities,” said athletics director Dave heeke. “We’ve consistently put four or five teams in bowl slots, so agreements with bowl providers in important.” the addition of bowl games could mean the end of other bowl deals as 2014 approaches and brings the new bowl format and the playoff comes into play. “the landscape changes as the new college playoff comes to reality. there is a new cycle of bowl games after 2014,” heeke said. “there may be some new, there may be some that no longer exist so we position with those that might be long term.” the end seems to be imminent for the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl as ford field is looking to run its own bowl, and it is unclear who will be licensed to that bowl. “that game will exists this year,” heeke said. “going forward, I’m not sure.” - Kristopher Lodes, Managing editor
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ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT WORKING THROUGH CHANGES Central Michigan’s athletic department is going through some changes this summer. athletics director Dave heeke said that they are looking internally and will eventually look outside when replacing associate athletics director Derek Van der Merwe and others in the athletic department. “We have very capable people inside our department,” he said. “But, will eventually fill the rest of the staff to take up some of the duties we lose with Derek’s departure.” there have a been a few changes in the athletic department this summer. Director of Communications Jason Kaufman left for a job in a new department on campus and Rob Wyman is filled his vacancy on an interim basis. With football, cross-country, volleyball, field hockey and soccer seasons approaching, a quick fix will be needed to fill the Sports Information Department, with only three employees running the web site, social media and media relations. “Rob is going to be the interim for an unspecified amount of time, so he’ll lead our program,” heeke said. “there is no way we could launch a search now with football and the four sports upon us.” this is the busiest time of year for the Sports Information Department, and it is down two-to-three people. “We have some student staffing as well. We are struggling like many departments on campus,” heeke said. - Kristopher Lodes, Managing editor
VOICES
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” – The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
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EDITORIAL BOARD | John Irwin, Editor-in-Chief | Kristopher Lodes, Managing Editor
EDITORIAL | Lawmakers must make the student debt crisis a priority
Tell Congress to act on student loans
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f there’s one thing Congress has done well over the past several years, it’s waiting until the last possible minute to address pressing issues facing the country.
It’s now facing another one of those issues: Subsidized student loan interest rates are set to double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent beginning Monday unless congressional Democrats and Republicans can come to an agreement to avert the increase. If the prospect of both parties working together makes you uneasy about the future of your student loans, we don’t blame you. After all, just about the only other thing Congress has done well since 2011 is arguing relentlessly for ages before ultimately doing nothing.
It is inexcusable that our elected leaders have continued to push off this loan interest rate increase for months on end. After all, student loan rates, along with the rapidly expanding loan debt bubble that many economists argue is the next big threat to the American economy, were one of the key issues in last year’s presidential election. Both parties, more or less, agree that student loan interest rates should not spike in a week. Both the House Republican plan and the plan put forward by President Barack
Obama tie rates to the yield of 10year Treasury bonds, with differences lying in the details. While the plans are not necessarily ideal, they should be seen as progress. After all, the parties’ plans are close and only some of the details need to be worked out. Yet, virtually no progress has been made on the issue over the past several weeks. To say it is disheartening that our lawmakers do not see the loan rate increase as a priority is an understatement, but it is not too surprising. Lawmakers are in the midst of a heated debate over immigration reform and other pressing issues, and an issue that affects college students, who do not show up to the polls in the same numbers as older voters do,
simply does not demand the attention that it should. Students have the power to change. Over the next several days, write and call to your representative (If you live in Mount Pleasant, that would be Rep. Dave Camp, R-Midland.) and senators (in Michigan, Democratic Sens. Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow). Make your voices heard, and lawmakers will have no choice but to listen. That’s the only way our democracy can properly function. Time and time again throughout our history, Congress has been forced to act on an issue by the people they represent because they make it known they want to see action. Make that the case this week.
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Shadowing the Tigers
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Twitter Jake Crowley @OrdinaryClone 65% of sports here are funded by subsidies. It’s nice to see my future liabilities are paying for the athletes to have free shirts
Scott Stewart @ScottStewart93 Over the course of two years, I’m already $30000 in debt. If the interest rate doubles, I don’t think I’ll ever get rid of my debt.
Subsidized student loan interest rates are set to double if Congress doesn’t act. How would that impact you? beefsquatch @thehootgibson I am already going to die in debt. Why not make the amount owed even more impressive/depressing?
Travis White @Twhite12ster I’ll die in debt... That’s all there is to it..
[ YOUR VOICE ] Reader reaction to the June 19 column “Media have failed in covering NSA scandal:” John, first problem is you quote 3 extreme left-wing Democrat Party stenographers and PR people. No George Will, Bill O’Reilly, Rush, Hannity, Nolan Finley from the Detroit News. All you seem to know is Democratic Party journalism. The media has been asleep since 2008 giving Barack Hussein Obama a free pass, including CM LIFE. CM LIFE endorsed his reelection last fall despite Obama, his left-wing Attorney General Eric Holder spying on the Associated Press and Fox News and the parents of reporters. Lying about
it. That’s one scandal. Then, there’s the Obama Internal Revenue scandal. The IRS hassling the Tea Party and then taking the 5th Amendment. Then, there’s Benghazi-gate. Obama, Hillary Robbem Clinton won’t disclose how the four Americans got killed last fall. Another scandal. Then, there’s the NSA. Obama’s people were spending time listening to phone calls and reading emails of 70 year old grandmas in Mt. Pleasant instead of listening to the Russians about the Boston Marathon Islamic Muslim youth who killed four and injured and maimed for life tens of others. Obama and his people are the most dishonest and scandal-filled
administration in history—-worse than Richard Nixon. No one died at Watergate. More scandals are coming out. CNN poll this week (Clinton News Network) put Obama at a low 45 percent approval. Yet, CM LIFE’s editorial board endorsed this crook over Mitt Romney. When is CM LIFE going to admit they screwed up, apologize to its readers and say they made a mistake–it should have been Mitt. Most of your columns are PR pieces for the Democrats. This is another. Let’s see CM LIFE apologize for the Obama endorsement. — michmediaperson
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Sports writing is a tougher gig than it appears. It’s a battle for time, articles and eyes. I spent Thursday shadowing MLive Tigers beat writer Chris Iott as the Tigers took on the Boston Red Sox and while a game between two first-place teams was in front of me, my main focus was what was going on around me. It’s a 7:08 p.m. start time, so the media members show up at around 3 p.m. to do pre-game interviews with manager Jim Leyland and the players. The question on everyone’s mind was whether Jose Valverde, the embattled Tigers closer who was designated for assignment the next day, would remain the team’s closer. It seems like a yes or no question, to those on the outside. For those inside Leyland’s office at 3:30 p.m., it was a game of dodgeball. Leyland could not have seemed more mellow as he reclined on his love seat in compression shorts and a pullover while smoking a pack of Marlboro reds. But, as the questions on his closer kept coming, you couldn’t help but hear the irritation in his voice. “I would try and close the game with (Joaquin) Benoit if he’s available and healthy,” Leyland said. That answer didn’t stop writers from asking about Valverde for another 8-10 minutes as Leyland repeated that “Benoit was the closer, for (Thursday),”. Now, reporters quietly exit Leyland’s office and into the clubhouse, all looking down as they tweet the same thing: Benoit is the closer, for today. After they tweet, they look up and realize the incumbent Valverde and Benoit are side-by-side, so reporters wait for the two to separate to avoid the awkward situation. Eventually, the two split and reporters get their quotes. Now, it’s a race to the web to see who can get their stories online first and to see who wrote it best. The situation creates a test for a writer’s ability to tell a story in a small amount of time. Sometimes, a reporter is faced with a tough decision: Do you retreat to the pressbox and write, or do you stay because you have an interesting story that will attract viewers? Iott went with the second option, working on a story about Miguel Cabrera and his early days. Getting time with a player of that caliber can be tough at times. After all, the Tigers are playing the Red Sox, leaders of the American League East and one of the biggest markets in sports. Games like this draw the networks, and on this day, the MLB Network is in town. After heading to the pressbox after a failed attempt to speak with Cabrera, Iott proceeds writes two articles and continues to debate himself on if he should try again. Five p.m. rolls around, and the team is taking batting practice. He heads to the field and waits for Cabrera, the reigning AL MVP, in the hopes of catching him for a few questions, but he is again shot down as he is not allowed to ask questions until he is done with practice. Six p.m. rolls around and Boston takes the field. It’s time for dinner and a chat about the three stories that are now up and will be condensed later on in the night and about the shortcomings of getting ahold of a star player. 6:50 p.m., 18 minutes until game time, and left fielder Matt Tuiasosopo is scratched and Andy Dirks gets the start. This is when reporters play doctor and to figure out what is wrong. It gives Iott an opportunity to report on other injuries, like catcher Alex Avila, who is on the
Kristopher Lodes Managing Editor 15-day disabled list. 7:08 arrives, and the game is underway. Now is when you wait and mull for nine innings on whether or not to go for that story one more time while more stories develop over the evening. Jose Alvarez is making his second start ever for injured pitcher Anibal Sanchez. His first came a week earlier against the Cleveland Indians, where he replaced Sanchez and was impressive in the win. At 8 p.m., David Ortiz sends the first pitch in the fourth over the right field wall, breaking a scoreless tie. Do the writers awe over Big Papi’s blast? Nope. Instead, a discussion begins among writers and a poll is taken about who gives a better quote: backup catcher Bryan Pena or former catcher Gerald Laird. 9:06 p.m., In a 2-2 tie, Luke Putkonen is relieved after a perfect 1.2 innings of work. Phil Coke enters the game to face Jacoby Ellsbury. Coke gets the strikeout in three pitches. 9:21 p.m., Coke opens up the eighth with a four-pitch walk as the crowd groans. Pitching coach Jeff Jones makes a trip to the mound to which Coke responds with four more balls. The groans turn to boos. Ortiz comes up and things look like they are getting out-of-hand, but, instead of a home run, he hits a single to right to give Boston a 3-2 lead. 9:26 p.m., Drew Smyly enters the game and was phenomenal. He delivers a strikeout, popup and flyout to end the inning with no further damage. He finishes with two inning pitched, no runs allowed and four strikeouts. Despite all the pre-game hype about the closer situation, there will be no answer on this night as the Tigers trail 3-2 heading into the bottom of the ninth. 10:01 p.m., Jhonny Peralta wins the game with a two-run walk-off home run to left field. Iott now has to re-write his story in about two minutes and race down for interviews. Smyly called the walk-off home run the most exciting play in baseball, but to a writer, it can be frustrating, although it’s something Iott has come accustomed to dealing with. 10:30 p.m., some reporters grill Leyland with questions about Coke and the bullpen, while others rush to talk to Peralta and Smyly. Iott gets a story on Coke and the bullpen, but misses the chance to talk to Peralta and Smyly. This is where sports writing parts itself from news. Writers get to know their fellow reporters over a long, grueling baseball season. So, even though Iott didn’t talk to Peralta or Smyly, his fellow writers did and are more than willing to exchange quotes. Iott leaves Comerica Park having written about five articles in total, but not the one he wanted with Cabrera. So, to recap, what I learned as I shadowed Iott for the day. Sports writing is a grind with long days and high-stress situations that become second-nature with time and lots of travel. But, I wouldn’t want to go into anything else.
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The Strike Out Domestic Violence fundraiser held at Riverwood Golf Resort on Thursday raised more than $2,000 for the Women’s Aid Shelter in Mount Pleasant. The fundraiser, organized by a PES 320 sports management class at Central Michigan University, featured a bowling tournament along with other activities that helped in raising money for The Women’s Aid Shelter. The Women’s Aid Service helps in providing domestic violence and sexual assault services to women in Clare, Gratiot and Isabella counties. Its mission is to provide safety and to empower victims of domestic violence and sexual assaults by working to eliminate sexual victimization and domestic violence through shelter, treatment, education and social change. Shelter Manager Dawn Jevicks said she was impressed with the fundraiser
and that every person she came into contact with at the event was excited to help. “I cannot express how impressed I was with the fundraiser that the PES 320 class put together at their ... bowling tournament, especially in such a short amount of time,” Jevicks said. “They had a great turnout.” Jevicks said that, without help from the community, it would be difficult for WAS to remain active. “Women’s Aid Service could not maintain our level of service without the assistance of our communities dollars,” Jevicks said. “Each individual, group, class, organization, and business that helps us through donations and fundraising aids in the intervention and prevention of domestic violence is greatly appreciated.” The funds go toward purchasing groceries for the women and children and helping to cover prescription costs, personal care items, bus tickets and gas cards, as well as toward the general
CMED | continued from 3 “We have gotten a good swell after accepting the first class, and I think the excitement will only grow as we get closer to the school’s first day,” he said. “With CMED being the most Northern Med School in Michigan, communities feel this could be their chance to have some quality doctors practice in their area.
CMED East construction ‘on schedule’ Shannon Millard/Staff Photographer
Dr. Keith Bever Jr., of Alma, throws his bowling ball down the alley Thursday during the Strike Out Domestic Violence fundraiser at Riverwood Golf Resort, 1313 E Broomfield Rd. The fundraiser, organized by a PES 320 sports management, raised the money for The Women’s Aid Shelter in Mount Pleasant.
operation of the facility. Jaimie Capen, who helped organize the event along with her classmates, said the event went smoothly. “I thought the event went great,” Capen said. “It always feels good to help out people who are struggling, especially those right here in your community. Everyone
who came out to support the cause was having fun.” WAS also provides women and children with support groups and opportunities to receive counseling and has a 24-hour information and crisis hotline available. metro@cm-life.com
According to Yoder, construction plans for CMED East are almost complete. The school hopes to start construction later this fall. “Our goal is a shovel in the ground this fall and right now we are right on schedule,” he said. Other projects include releasing a full class roster and reviewing the acceptance process. A roster has not yet been released because there is still a chance for student movement between schools.
“Hypothetically, there could be a student in our class whose first choice is actually University Michigan. If U-M somehow loses a student and our student is on the wait list, we would let them go to their first choice,” Yoder said. “There could be one or two of those, so we don’t want to publish an inaccurate list and make sure all of our students are really on board. Once they have paid their deposit and we know they are coming, we will have a list.” According to Yoder, there could be a final class roster released in late July. CMED will also begin reviewing the acceptance process for the second class. Though Yoder thinks the process is successful, he said they will revise the admissions process if necessary. university@cm-life.com
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