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ENROLLMENT

Enrollment drop, budget spell trouble for CMU

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Maiden voyage CMU Graduate student Andrya Whitten, 23, uses a hose to wash a plankton net before using it to collect plankton and algae from Lake Michigan on Friday aboard the RV Chippewa on Beaver Island.

By John Irwin Editor-in-Chief

The $440.7 million 2013-14 operating budget approved by the Board of Trustees on Thursday points to larger problems ahead for Central Michigan University.

This year’s budget is about $1.1 million smaller than last year’s $441.8 million budget. That’s due in large part to a projected 5-7 percent decrease in on-campus undergraduate enrollment, a projected 7-percent decrease Brain Fannon in on-campus credit hours taken, a $12-million general fund deficit and a $6 million auxiliary fund deficit.

“This is a difficult budget,” Vice President of Finance and Administrative Services David Burdette said at the meeting. “That much is clear.”

Projected revenue in the general fund from on-campus tuition and fees is down substantially from last year due to the enrollment decrease. The university expects about $196.7 million from oncampus tuition and fees this year, down more than 4-percent from last year’s $205.6 million.

Likewise, revenue from residences and auxiliary services in the non-general fund is projected to be down nearly 8 percent from last year, to $68.2 million from $74.1 million, as a smaller number of students live on campus Total revenue is down $1 million from 2012-13 after factoring in increased state appropriations, small increases in revenue from Global Campus tuition and fees and in other areas, and a combined $13.5 million from taken from CMU’s general reserve and auxiliary funds to cover the deficits and balance the budget.

In total, the university will spend $227.6 million on employee compensation this year (up roughly $7 million from last year), and about $34 million will be doled out to scholarships and financial aid, up slightly from last year’s $32.6 million.

Notably, the athletics department will receive an additional $820,000 from the university for “Title IX/gender equity” projects and for other operations. Outside of salary adjustments and financial aid, that’s the largest new strategic investment CMU made in this year’s budget.

However, the university will spend more than $10 million less on supplies and equipment this year ($179 million, compared to last year’s $189.1 million) to make up for lost revenue.

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New research vessel takes future biologists out of classroom and into water

By Adrian Hedden Staff Reporter

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s the sun beat down on the clear waters of Lake Michigan, a father and his son were hard at work preserving the future of the Great Lakes and propelling Central Michigan University to the forefront of their restoration.

Aboard the RV Chippewa, a research vessel owned and operated

by CMU’s Biological Station on Beaver Island, 32 miles off the coast of Charlevoix, captain and director of the station Don Uzarski and his son Donnie, 15, were happy to bring students out into the open waters.

The university purchased the boat this summer for $350,000.

“When it comes down to it, this is research equipment, not just for classes but to leverage for external researchers as well,” Uzarski said.

“This was, with respect to Great Lakes research, one of the last pieces of the puzzle to get us out into that open water of the lakes.”

The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative sees at least $300 million of federal funding going into Great Lakes research each year from 2010 to 2014.

CMU received a $10 million environmental protection grant this year from the GLRI. Urzarski said the vessel can assist in generating even more funding.

“CMU has already received a significant amount of those grants,” he said. “The vessel can be leveraged to get more of these grants” Graduate students have already put those dollars to work. Biology instructor Donna King takes her Ecology of Great Lakes Algae class out to the island to collect samples twice a year on the Chippewa for eight days of intensive study.

“We are so amazed and awed to have this boat,” she said. “It’s just amazing how CMU is supporting the biology. This is the first largesized research vessel they’ve had since the 1960s. Both teaching and research on it will really help the program go forward.”

King attributed the stability of the larger vessel, as well as its ability to lower big pieces of equipment,

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Captain and director of CMU’s Biological Station Don Uzarski works with biology grad student Dave Schuberg on the deck to prepare the RV Chippewa for a ride Friday on Beaver Island.

CAMPUS MASTER PLAN

Ten-year plan calls for CMU to spend $400 million

By John Irwin Editor-in-Chief

Central Michigan University could look significantly different 10 years from now — to the tune of $400 million in instruments.

The Board of Trustees was presented last week with a draft of a capital plan that would, if approved, have the university spend $400 million 10 years on 18 different projects.

The 10-year capital plan, part of the campus master plan, was presented at the Finance and Facilities Committee meeting ahead of Thursday’s Board of Trustees meeting at the Bovee University Center.

It calls for spending $64 million on new undergraduate housing to replace aging north campus residence halls and $70 million on a College of Business administrative building, among other projects.

The trustees did not vote on the plan, but Associate Vice President of Facilities Management Steve Lawrence said a final report will be presented to University President George Ross in August, and a final plan will be presented to the board in September.

Lawrence said the 18 projects were narrowed down from an initial plan of over 200 before being cut down to 43 projects that would cost a total of $700 million. The campus master plan steering team, comprised of a variety of campus figures in academics, student government, administration and elsewhere, prioritized 18 projects for the university to consider.

“We really tried hard to get as many people as possible and to give them as many ways to participate as possible,” Lawrence said.

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CMU Graduate students Alicia McGrew, left, and Andrya Whitten look closely for signs of life in a water sample from Lake Michigan taken in a plankton tow Friday on the RV Chippewa on Beaver Island.

such as bottom samplers for studying the deepest waters, to a powerful electronic pulley system.

“For research, the possibilities are endless,” she said. “Before you had to think nearby, but now you can go way out and carry a lot of equipment and students into the water. There are a lot of things to talk about in the classroom, but to actually see it is awesome.”

Comprising 20 percent of the world’s surface freshwater, King said CMU should lead the lakes’ defense.

“We have the best freshwater in the world, so it’s our responsibility

help us do that,” she said. “Limnology has many facets, and now we can better identify things and answer questions. Getting out of the classroom and onto the water is the experience of a lifetime.”

Among King’s graduate students, Andrya Whitten, a Wisconsin native, was the first student to study for her master’s degree using an $850,000 mesocosm system located at the boathouse.

Her studies focus on how invasive species of muscles affect the native zoo plankton.

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Projects in 10-year capital plan draft w Biosciences Building *(95.2 million) w College of Business Administration Building ($70 million) w New undergraduate housing ($64 million) w CMED East Phase I *($25.2 million) w CMED East Phase II ($25 million) w College of Health Professions Building Expansion ($20 million) w Parks Library Learning Complex ($20 million) w Athletic North End Complex ($16.3 million) w Pearce Hall renovations ($15 mil.) w Robinson Dining Renovations ($4 million) w Brooks Hall renovations ($9 million) w East Utility Loop *(5.4 million) w Robinson basement ($5 million) w Rose-Ryan Pool ($5 million) w Lacrosse athletics renovation ($4.5 mil.) w Students Services Center ($3 mil.) w North Quad improvements ($12.5 mil.) w South Quad improvements ($1.5 mil.) * - already approved

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CMU junior caught in middle of Egyptian protests city and in other parts of the country resulted in numerous deaths and injuries, and she was forced to cut her stay in Egypt short by returning home on Thursday.

She said she was “grateful” for the support she received from friends and others at Central Michigan University. Rife recently talked with Central Michigan Life for a conversation about her experience.

By John Irwin Editor-in-Chief

When Plainwell junior Jordan Rife left for Cairo, Egypt, on June 1, she didn’t expect to witness a military coup.

Rife was in Cairo as a volunteer teaching English to children in the nation’s capital. She was only able to do that for three weeks, however, before massive nationwide protests shut down the school and much of the country.

Former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi was elected in 2012, a first for the ancient nation, but was quickly tossed from power only a year later as pro-democracy and anti-Muslim Brotherhood protesters flooded the streets of Egypt demanding he step down for suppressing citizens’ rights.

The military stepped in, giving Morsi a 48-hour ultimatum to step down peacefully or be forced to resign.

Jordan Rife

Soon later, Morsi was no longer in power.

Rife was staying in downtown Cairo just blocks from Tahrir Square, the heart of the protests. While she said the protests around her were largely peaceful and even jubilant, other protests on the outskirts of the

What did you see from your vantage point as the protests started heating up?

RIFE: At first, we didn’t really know the significance of the June 30 protests. We knew that they were going to happen, and we knew they were going to call for Morsi to step down, but everyone expected them to be really violent and dangerous.

Everybody was telling me to stay in my apartment and to not go out for the week, so those days leading up to

it, I stocked up on food and water.

But then comes Sunday, and it’s like a party. It’s like a celebration out in the street. It wasn’t that scary, dangerous protest or riot. Yes, it was a protest, but it was the Egyptian people uniting under one common cause. I didn’t ever feel like I was in danger. The second day I went out in the protest and stayed for about four hours. It was kind of refreshing to see this country that has gone through so much kind of uniting for one cause and everyone being so happy and excited.

There were violent clashes, of course. People were killed, sadly. But, we have to put it in perspective. This was the world’s largest peaceful demonstration overall. Only a handful of people lost their lives. Yes, it’s tragic, but it could have been so much worse.

Were there ever any moments when you felt in danger?

RIFE: We went over into the middle of Tahrir Square because I was feeling adventurous and brave. At one point, a group of people surrounded us and started flashing photos with really bright lights at us. We didn’t mind, but we almost couldn’t see anything because the flashes of light were so bright. So, with the help of some friends, they kind of guided us out very quickly. That was really the only big problem we had.

The protests kept growing beyond the first day, eventually resulting in the military coup. What did you experience over the next several days?

RIFE: People were expecting the protests to eventually turn violent, so a lot of the shops downtown closed.

There was a little market across the street from us, and that closed down because, obviously, people are trying A EGYPT | 2

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VESSEL | CONTINUED FROM 1 Comprising of large tanks which can draw water from the lake, replicating the temperature and other characteristics, the mesocosms were acquired through a grant from the National Science Foundation.

Another graduate student, Alicia McGrew of Midland was excited to unlock the secrets of the lakes. She was completing her thesis in aquatic ecology, focusing on algae.

“Being able to identify what’s out there and what’s being eaten will really get me some

EGYPT | CONTINUED FROM 1 to protect their goods. But then Tuesday rolls around, and after a Sunday and Monday, and people realized that this wasn’t going to be a very violent thing. People re-opened their shops, and it became almost like a party in the streets. People were definitely taking advantage of the people down there, selling anti-Morsi photos and Egyptian flags and other stuff to go along with the protest.

After getting a firsthand look at the protests, where do you think things are going to go from here in Egypt?

RIFE: I thought it was really cool to be in a country where hundreds of thousands of people can protest and something can actually happen. However, I was skeptical when on the second day of the protest, the military comes out with a 48-hour ultimatum.

You need more than 48 hours to sit down and come up with a common solution. That doesn’t happen in 48 hours especially when the government is involved. So on Wednesday, when the ultimatum passed and Morsi was out of power soon after, it was a very quick process.

I think that Morsi needed to step down, but I also think the military needs to relinquish power immediately. But, they have elections scheduled for seven months out. Egypt won’t

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ENROLLMENT | CONTINUED FROM 1 The university will also see less revenue coming in through the Events Center, public broadcasting and university health services as the number of students on campus falls.

President, trustees say CMU needs to find its ‘right size’ Students are responsible for about 71 percent of the revenue the university receives in this year’s budget.

That’s why a decrease in enrollment is so significant for CMU: even a small decrease in students would have significant effects on the yearly budget, let alone a decrease as large as the one the university is facing.

While acknowledging such a steep decline in enrollment is a serious issue and steps need to be taken to both attract and retain students, University President George Ross said the university should not aspire to be as large as it was in fall 2010, when enrollment was at its peak. That year, undergraduate enrollment stood at 19,368, compared to the roughly 17,500 expected on campus this year.

“The university will be even stronger as we look to establish the best size for CMU,” Ross said. “In the 1980s, our on-campus enrollment stood at 16,000.

CMU was vibrant, and CMU was successful.”

He dismissed 2010 and 2011 as “anomaly years” when it came to enrollment.

“Whatever we determine CMU’s best size is going forward, rest assured it will reflect the needs of our students first,” Ross said.

Ross did not specify what that size would be at the meeting or after it, saying that number is still being determined.

“We can’t just ebb and flow, though,” he said. “We can’t yo-yo like that.”

Board of Trustees Chairman Brian Fannon agreed.

“We have to figure out the right number and stay there,” he said. “It’s not very easy to do.”

Trustee Sarah Opperman

told Burdette the operating budget should “ebb and flow” with any changes in enrollment, while allowing room for increased health care, retirement and related costs.

“For me, this underscores the need to understand where we want to be and how we sustain the budget at that level rather than tactically addressing it each year,” she said.

That being said, this is the first year CMU has voted on a budget smaller than the prior year’s since at least 1999-2000, the first year that annual operating budgets are publicly available online.

Indeed, last year’s $441 million operating budget was 2.8-percent larger than the 2011-12 budget, despite a roughly 2.2-percent decline in total enrollment.

Ross and Vice President for Enrollment and Student Services Steven Johnson blamed the shrinking enrollment numbers on a smaller number of high school graduates to choose from as the populations of Michigan and the Midwest region continue to shrink.

However, the university received a record number of applicants this year. Johnson said the number of applications was up 5-6 percent over last year, but many of the students that applied did not meet the university’s standards of admission.

Johnson said the university is looking to recruit students beyond the state and the Midwest in order to maintain a steady level of enrollment without having to lower standards. The university is expanding recruiting efforts in the Southeast, including in states such as Florida, Texas and Georgia.

Johnson will present a final strategic enrollment plan to be voted on by the Board of Trustees in September.

Ross said he is confident the strength of certain programs, in addition to more specialized and more aggressive recruiting efforts, will be enough lead students to Mount Pleasant from other

answers,” she said. “We’re really lucky.”

Uzarski and Donnie went hiking among the undisturbed Native American burial grounds with CMU biology professor Dan Benjamin, who said he has been working on Beaver Island “essentially most of my life.”

Benjamin is grateful for the access the RV Chippewa has to offer to remote places like Garden Island.

“It’s not only going to be a tremendous item for research, but gives classes access to islands like we’ve never been able to,” he said. “It allows you to get over and really investigate some very unique research sites.

The numbers and the quickness with which you can shoot

out to sites are tremendously efficient.”

He said that although students taking part in the program don’t all continue the path of limnology, or the study of inland waters, their futures will be forever informed by their experience aboard the RV Chippewa.

“These are exceptional students who go on to do research for mankind,” he said. “It shows them a value for wildness. From lawyers, to doctors, to Great Lakes research, no matter what they go into, they stay connected with this experience and hopefully make some good changes in the world.”

be voting on a new president for seven months. To me, that’s sort of the military thrusting its power and saying, ‘OK, we really know who’s in charge of this country, and it’s not the president.’

After (Egyptian President Hosni) Mubarak fell (in 2010), the military held power for 16 months before they finally decided to organize elections.

For me, it’s kind of going to be those things were the military doesn’t give up their power until the people demand it.

RIFE: The people there are so friendly and so welcoming.

They always went out of their way to make me feel comfortable and to make me happy.

I thought it would be easier to adapt to their culture, but by the time I left I still wasn’t really fully adapted. But, it was so nice to see how it actually was, even though our media and our stereotypes make the Middle East, including Egypt, out to be awful. To go over there, I was actually kind of fearful, thinking about if these people are really going to hate me. I was so happy to be proven wrong.

Speaking a little more broadly about your trip to Egypt, did anything surprise you about Egypt or its culture?

Despite future cuts, the master plan still seen as viable In the future, Ross said cuts will have to be made to positions in shrinking programs in order to keep the budget under control.

“Unfortunately, fewer students means colleges will need fewer part-time and fixed-term faculty,” Ross said. “Additionally, some vacant staff and faculty positions will not be filled.”

Despite looming cuts and decreased revenue, Ross said the university’s 10-year campus master plan, which calls on the university to spend $400 million over 10 years on 18 projects, will be considered by the university come the fall.

“It’s a guide. It’s a roadmap,” Ross said. “We’re not necessarily going to take action on all those projects ... What’s really important is we have to pair those wishes on capital projects with the priorities on our academic programs and our size.”

The plan includes the $95.2-million Biosciences Building, the $25.2-million Phase I construction of the College of Medicine’s Saginaw campus and a $5.4-million east campus utility loop, which have already been approved by the trustees. The latter two were approved at Thursday’s meeting, while the Biosciences Building was approved in April.

The Board of Trustees will next meet on Sept. 19.

MASTER PLAN | CONTINUED FROM 1 The most expensive of the 18 projects has already been approved: the $95.2-million Biosciences Building, which was approved by the Board of Trustees last April and is set for completion by fall 2017.

Two projects were approved at the Thursday trustees meeting. The trustees approved Phase I construction of the College of Medicine East Campus in Saginaw totaling $25.2-million and on a $5.4-million East Utility Loop.

The utility loop will create new 16-inch steam lines and 8-inch condensate lines about 4-6 feet underground that would better meet capacity on the east side of campus.

The proposed undergraduate housing project would replace the aging north quad residence halls, which were built in the 1950s.

Other major projects presented to the board include a $20-million expansion of the Health Professions Building, a $15-million renovation of Pearce Hall, $9-million renovations of Brooks Hall and the Robinson Residential Restaurant and construction of a $20-million “learning

commons” at the Charles V. Park Library.

“This was a project that was strongly supported by the academic folks on the committee,” Lawrence said.

Specifics on each of the individual projects were scarce at the meeting.

However, a campus map Lawrence displayed to the trustees indicated where future projects might be located, including a $31-million expansion of the UC that was not listed in the steering committee’s plan but was included in the original list of 43 projects.

The map showed much of the construction taking place on north campus and south of Broomfield Road.

Projects on the initial list of 43 that were not included in the steering committee’s prioritized list include renovations of the Dow Science Complex, the Engineering and Technology Building, Foust Hall, Powers Hall and the Student Activity Center.

After Lawrence admitted there is no “signature project” in the capital plan that would add spaces for students to congregate, Trustee Robert Wardrop said he was concerned there was too little student involvement in drafting the plan.

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“Students come from all over this country already,” Ross said. “We have great programs. That’s why they’ll come.”

In spite of pushing for more of a national presence, the president maintains that CMU will remain a university focused on serving the needs of the state.

“Ninety-five percent of our freshmen and 93 percent of our students are from Michigan,” Ross said. “That’s not a bad thing, but you see these major fluctuations in enrollment because of that. I think diversifying our student population from other states and foreign countries makes us stronger.”

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University President George Ross speaks about the College of Medicine Saginaw facility during the Board of Trustees meeting Thursday morning in the President’s Conference Room in the Bovee University Center.

Intensive care Trustees approve Phase I construction of CMED East in Saginaw

By Neil Rosan | Staff Reporter The first phase of construction for the College of Medicine’s Saginaw facility is set to begin in the fall after being approved by the Board of Trustees.

The two story, 52,100-square-foot structure will be built on the campus of Covenant HealthCare and will come with a $25.2-million price tag.

Funding for the building will come from a three sources according to Vice President of of Finance and Administrative Services David Burdette: About $10 million of the funding will come for university reserve funds, $5.5 million will come from CMU medical educational partners and $9.7 million will come from fundraising.

Construction for CMED East Phase I will begin sometime this fall with plans to open up in the spring or summer of 2015 so the college’s students can complete their third and fourth years at the facility.

“It has taken a monumental effort, but we are here,” University President George Ross said. “I want to thank and applaud all the faculty members who made the opening of America’s 137th med school possible.”

Though construction CMED East Phase I has been approved, CMED’s work toward the Saginaw campus is not finished.

“The original plan for Saginaw was to have campuses at Covenant and St. Mary’s (Hospital in Saginaw),” Ross said. “That larger vision still exists, so we decided to phase it. The first phase

is the Covenant campus, and if approved, the second phase will include the start of a facility at St. Mary’s.”

The university is awaiting the arrival of the inaugural class who will attend a white coat ceremony on Aug. 4. Classes begin Aug. 12 Moving forward, Ross said about 1,100 applications have been submitted for the 2014-15 class, which will grow from 64 seats to 100.

“When we started planing, we wanted to have 100 students per year and to have an overall enrollment of four hundred,” Ross said. “During the Liaison Committee on Medical Education accreditation process, it was recommended we start with a smaller class of 64. Since the recommendation, we have had additional visits from LCME and they saw all the great work and preparation we had done. They then approved us to expand the class size to the desired 100.”

Board of Trustees Chairman Brian Fannon said the smaller inaugural class will help the college’s opening go more smoothly than it might otherwise.

“We are starting out a little lower so we can get our feet on the ground and not make any crucial errors. We want this to be very successful, so we lowered the amount of students the first year and allow everyone to get going,” Fannon said.

Ross said the focus will remain on attracting and retaining Michigan students at the university, as opposed

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Rendering of CMED East’s campus on the campus of Covenant Health Care in Saginaw.

to recruiting aggressively on a regional or national level.

“The model of 80 percent Michigan residents has not changed,” Ross said.

“We are looking for doctors who will go back to their communities and serve the state of Michigan. The projections for a shortage of physicians and doctors over the next 10 years is up to 6,000. The whole mission for the medical school is built around serving the residents of Michigan.” university@cm-life.com

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As Central Michigan University students are well aware of following January’s abduction of a student, crime happens on campus.

And while many schools work with local law enforcement to close cases and catch culprits, federal regulations require a little bit more.

Any school that receives federal funding for financial aid and other assistance is required to adhere to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act of 1998.

The law mandates that colleges and universities that employ campus police departments must maintain a detailed and readily available daily log of incidents, provide annual crime statistics and publicize their own policies in reporting such events.

They must also have in place an alert system to inform the campus of emergencies and situations that pose immediate danger. Although many colleges are glad to adhere to the regulation, some schools come up short in getting the information

out to their greater campus communities so that students and their families can make informed, safe decisions.

“As a parent myself, comparing crimes at different campuses is a piece of the decision for my family and children as to where to go,” CMU police chief Bill Yeagley said.

“Knowing what kinds of crimes and patterns occur in a community can lead to more information for residents to keep themselves and their property safe.”

Central Michigan Life asked other Michigan schools comparable to Central Michigan University for their locations and populations.

Officers in these departments explained their philosophies behind varying levels of adherence and provided summaries of the types of crimes which do occur on their campuses.

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At CMU, campus police provide an online log of incidents, updated daily with the disposition of the events and the street that they occurred on. When a case is closed, an additional entry is made on that date.

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TIPTON, DAVIS PUT ON PRESEASON AWARDS LISTS Junior wide receiver Titus Davis and senior running back Zurlon Tipton have received some preseason praise this year. Zurlon Tipton Davis was named to the Biletnikoff Award Watch List Tuesday, which is given out at the end of the season to the nation’s best wide Titus Davis receiver.

Tipton was named to the Maxwell Award Watch List on July 7, which is given out at the end of the season to the nation’s top player overall and is the No. 2 award in college football behind the Heisman Trophy.

Davis averaged 71.7 receiving yards per game last season and brought in eight touchdown passes. Tipton was a threat on the ground with 114.8 yards per game and 19 rushing touchdowns.

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“As a parent myself, comparing crimes at different campuses is a piece of the decision for my family and children as to where to go.”

Bill Yeagley, CMU police chief Descriptions are brief, comprising three-to-five-word categories which are meant to describe the nature of the crimes. There is little explanation into the details of the events. Thefts are given the briefest description as all of these events are labeled “larceny.”

“If someone has burning questions, we can speak to them with additional information,” said Lt. Cameron Wassman, who works closely with the logistics of CMU’s crime reports. “For the most part, people don’t really care that much about reading in too deeply ...

We’ve talked about adding it (more information). There are some grey areas as we’re operating fairly lean.”

In addition to publishing the crime log, CMU police’s website also contains an annual crime report with statistics, detailed poli-

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By Adrian Hedden Staff Reporter

After hitting the gamewinning shot to put Team USA in the Gold Medal game, Crystal Bradford was stellar as USA beat Crystal Bradford Russia 90-71.

The CMU standout scored nine points in the semifinals of the World University Games against Australia, and her final bucket gave USA a 79-78 win.

She saved her best game for last.

Bradford scored 16 points, second most on the team in the finals, against Russia as USA dominated the host in the finals.

“It’s an unexplainable feeling,” Bradford said in a release from USA Basketball. “ I got out of myself, and I though to myself, ‘what do I need to do to help my team?’ I knew it was quick offense.”

cies and a chance for students and staff to sign up for the Emergency Notification System across all major electronic devices at cmich. edu/crimealerts.

No crime report is available for 2012.

But according to Wassman, CMU police have pushed to notify the public of crimes not covered by the Clery Act. He said the Clery Act only requires the reporting of sex offenses, murder and manslaughter, robbery and theft and assaults.

Referring to January’s abduction and several alcohol-related charges filed year-round, Wassman said his department is doing everything in its power to adhere to the law and to go beyond it.

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The Central Michigan University Board of Trustees approved construction of a connector street that will connect East Campus Drive and Mission Street on Thursday.

The road is designed to ease traffic congestion on the road, which often moves at a frustratingly slow pace during the fall and spring semesters.

In order to build the street, the city of Mount Pleasant requires that an easement be built on campus that is 200 feet long by 50 feet wide.

The board also approved a proposal for $5.37 million from the university reserves fund to contract for the planning, design and construction of an electric utility loop on east campus.

The line is intended to improve system reliability and to meet both current and future demands, as well as provide back-up redundancy for the campus’ steam line. It will consist of about 1,330 feet of 8-inch-wide condensate lines and 16inch steam lines. The 8-inch condensate lines will replace 225 feet of 4-inch lines.

- CM Life Staff Reports

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“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, News Editor

EDITORIAL | Students cannot get lost in shuffle as university cuts, spends

Mixed message on CMU finances

W

hen looking at the Central Michigan University’s finances and plans for the future, it almost looks like a tale of two cities.

On one hand, things don’t look good financially. Undergraduate oncampus enrollment is set to plummet by 5-7 percent from last year, resulting in a $12 million general fund deficit and a $6 million auxiliary fund deficit in addition to about $10 million in lost revenue. That means cuts are on the way soon, and it’s not going to be pretty. Belt-tightening will result in lost jobs, programs cut and less money for colleges to work with to educate their students.

It’s a dire situation, but, you wouldn’t know it if you attended the Board of Trustees’ Facilities and Finance Committee meeting last week. There, trustees were presented with a capital plan that would have

the university, with some help from fundraisers and state funding, spending about $400 million over 10 years on 18 different projects ranging from new undergraduate housing to a new College of Business administrative building to the already-approved Biosciences Building.

Of course, these are only proposals, and most have yet to be voted on, but if you did not have prior knowledge of CMU’s fiscal woes, you would be hard-pressed to think the university is having financial problems.

It seems the university is sending mixed signals.

On one hand saying it is desperate for money, and on the other saying

we must invest heavily into new projects that will pay off in the long run.

There’s an interesting debate to be had about whether these projects are worth it in a time of cutbacks. But, no matter what the university and the Board of Trustees eventually decide “the new CMU” should look like, it needs to make sure students aren’t left in the dust.

Right now, all the discussion seems to be focused on how CMU needs to make significant cuts to get back on track financially while simultaneously spending significant amounts of money to make the university more attractive to students in the future.

What about the students who are already here? Right now, it’s not looking good for them.

We are hearing little from the powers-that-be about how students will not be hurt by the impending cuts, instead getting vague promises about how CMU will continue to be a

top-notch institution and that any cuts and investments will “reflect academic prioritization,” as President George Ross put it.

What university officials need to do is go straight to students and tell them in plain English why exactly CMU is still the place to be for them. Buildings that won’t be completed by the time most of them graduate will not do them any good. Neither will huge cutbacks. So, what do students have that will be helpful to them to look forward to over the next few years?

If the administration is serious about putting its students first when it comes to addressing its finances, it should make sure they are the top priority over the next few years, not long-term capital projects that won’t pay off for CMU for years.

That’s not to say these projects should not come to fruition. But, CMU needs to set its priorities.

And they need to go beyond words and put students first in practice.

[ EDITORIAL CARTOON ]

Did I really just get a ticket?

A $10 parking ticket just added insult to injury.

Here’s the story: My 2003 Ford Taurus is in a state of limbo after its transmission suddenly stopped working on my way home from Mount Pleasant last week. Luckily, I was close to home, but when it’s all said and done, I’m going to have to fork over about $1,500 to get driving again.

Needless to say, I’m a college student saddled with thousands of dollars in student loan debt, so $1,500 is a ton of money for me.

To make matters worse, I chose to go into journalism and work at a newspaper, meaning I’m not exactly swimming in cash at the

moment.

So, I’m frustrated. My parents were nice enough to let me borrow one of their vehicles for the week so I could drive up here in time to edit this fine newspaper yesterday.

I parked outside of Moore Hall as I always do, not realizing this car lacks a parking permit.

As I left for lunch, I saw the parking enforcement car driving off after putting a brand new ticket onto the car as if the parking gods were taunting me for my troubles.

Make that $1,510 because of a faulty transmission.

I know that $10 isn’t too much money in the grand scheme of things, and yes, I was in violation

of CMU’s parking policy But is it that big of a deal to be parked on campus at a time when only a fraction of the university’s typical students are on campus? There were three open spots directly to my right and couple directly to my left. Not to mention, most of the Moore Hall parking lot is empty during the summer.

CMU should re-examine its parking policies.

Parking tickets bring the university a whole lot of money, of course, so I’m not expecting any big changes, but can we at least start with summer parking? Unless someone is in gross violation of basic parking rules (blocking a lane, illegally parking in a handicap spot, etc.), what motivation is there to give out tickets in empty parking lots besides money?

Beyond that, parking passes are a huge pain for most students.

Maintaining a car and paying for

John Irwin Editor-in-Chief gas is bad enough for students who are already paying a ton in tuition, but having them fork over hundreds of extra dollars just to park seems excessive.

I know the money the university receives through parking passes and tickets might do a small bit to keep tuition down, but students are hurting financially too. Can you at least give us a little break when it comes to parking?

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Christopher John @Csaur51: Maybe spend a couple hundred thousand to put some effort into evaluating the professors would be wonderful.

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Austin Herman @austin_ herman12: Cutting tuition would be nice.. that’s a project I would agree with!

Should CMU spend $400 million over 10 years on 18 capital projects as the campus master plan call for?

Ben Olson @bolsonPhoto: CMU should spend some time considering what is important here. Get rid of terrible professors and maybe save US some money too.

Christopher John @Csaur51: of course it would, but let’s be realistic here, if tuition increases by 3% that’s only $30 a class. if we got something

CMU needs to better market itself

Adrian Hedden Staff Reporter Approaching the modest hills and fresh air of Mount Pleasant and Central Michigan University, new students have little to expect.

We know this is a renowned institution and that it sits in a small, but peaceful town. But little from the school itself pulls us into awareness. One of the largest universities in the state, CMU has a proud reputation in a variety of disciplines.

Its athletic program is respected and successful in sending players up to the pros, and to the top of their fields.

But what brought a journalism student from Ann Arbor to the ranks of the Chippewa?

I graduated from the two-year program offered at my local community college – in the same field as what CMU calls one of its “premiere programs.” It would seem likely that CMU officials would reach out to students like myself and the many other success stories that lead young people further into higher education.

The other schools in my area, Eastern Michigan University and the University of Michigan, sent, and still send, numerous letters and emails to myself and other students in my area.

I’ve been encouraged to become a Wolverine, even since my abysmal high school graduation.

But where was CMU? The truth is, I didn’t even know this place existed until the last few months of my studies back home.

Exclusively word-of-mouth, the few statements and conversations I did hear about this school were largely positive and eager to recommend. But none of this promotion came from the institution itself.

With a largely absent marketing campaign, one large factor in the declining enrollment here becomes obvious. Even my own humble community college came after me, with advertising and information long before I considered going back to school.

Colleges and universities need to reach out to prospective students to let them know what the schools can offer and how students can fit in.

Even more importantly, we have to know they exist if we are to enroll and continue to build on the institustions positive reputation.

Unlike others, this university did nothing to enter my mind until I had already registered – and paid – for a commitment to academic progress.

To be an alumni is not a salaried position, but if CMU doesn’t create a stronger marketing campaign and revamp its social footprint, all those whispers of the school up in Mount Pleasant might soon be owed their own paychecks too.

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[NEWS]

Zimmerman verdict surprises students, some call for calm amid protest

By Adrian Hedden Staff Reporter

Shock echoed from Sanford, Fla. to Central Michigan when students learned of George Zimmerman’s acquittal.

Charged with the slaying of 17-year-old Treyvon Martin in February 2012, Zimmerman was acquitted of all charges Saturday as he pleaded self-defense, and a jury found him not guilty.

But, as the media and public raised questions about racism and social profiling, some people at CMU challenged the trial itself.

Martin, an African American teen, was ruled to be the aggressor in the fight, and Zimmerman’s use of a deadly firearm was deemed justified.

“I think it’s unfair. The judgment was bad,” said Ikeh Oneymauche, a graduate student from Nigeria.

“They should be able to ask why (Zimmerman) was following him.

He profiled. The police gave him instructions to not follow.”

But Oneymauche, 34, said the case was not about race. He said that the prosecution itself failed to produce adequate evidence to produce a “good” verdict.

“The prosecution didn’t present the case very well,” he said. “I think if they did a good job, the jury would have made a good judgment.”

Other students stood by the court’s decision, in the face of pub-

lic outcry. Kingston junior David Hilt called for civility in the wake of the decision.

“I think it’s important to maintain law and order even when the public opinion doesn’t follow the results of the case,” he said.

“I wasn’t terribly shocked. There were a lot of details that were sketchy on both sides. Nobody knows what happened.”

Illinois senior Evan Prendergast said that Zimmerman was innocent until proven guilty and that prosecutors failed to establish his guilt.

“That’s the country we live in,” he said. “Obviously, the prosecution didn’t do enough to present the case well enough. It’s sad what happened to that kid, but there are other deaths where no one gets recognized. That is very unfortunate.”

CMU law instructor Ken Sanney said the self-defense claims made

by Zimmerman’s defense attorney required that the defendant had feared for his life, but that tragedy struck both sides of the struggle.

“The whole thing is tragic; it saddens me all around,” he said. “A young person’s life was lost, and a man’s life is now in shambles.

(Martin) seems to have been profiled by Zimmerman, yet Zimmerman is a man of color himself.

I think he profiled Martin, but I don’t think the killing was motivated by race.” “(Deadly force) seems excessive to me,” he said. “If you use excessive force it negates the defense.

clery | continued from 3 “That just points to that we are not just doing the basic,” he said. “We’re doing extra stuff to keep everyone safe. Clery doesn’t care about most of the stuff that goes on here.”

Eastern Michigan University

Lt. Doug Wing heads up efforts to publicize crime information at EMU. To provide students with information on campus crimes and incidents, EMU police provide a log and polices on their website and at an easy-to-access digital

kiosk located in the security office.

The log provides not only categories, locations and dispositions of the events but also contained sentence-long descriptions of the occurrences and what action EMU police have taken.

“The idea behind it (Clery Act) is to inform people on campus so they can make informed decisions,” Wing said. “Information is really important here as a place of higher learning. That’s one of the key elements.”

Photo Courtesy of Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/MCT

George Zimmerman listens as the verdict is announced that the jury finds him not guilty, with Mark O’Mara, left, and co-counsel, Don West and Lorna Truett, on the 25th day of Zimmerman’s trial at the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center in Sanford, Florida on Saturday. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed teen, in 2012.

People are killed in fist fights.”

Other employees at CMU believed the decision was an issue of racism. Robert Newby, professor emeritus in sociology and advisor to the Black Student Union, said the verdict was a clear violation of civil rights.

“I was stunned,” he said. “But, this follows a long pattern where blacks are killed and assailants are let off. I thought the evidence

Like CMU, EMU also allowed those affiliated with the college and local community to sign up for an alert system which broadcasts via text message and email dangerous situations that may befall the area.

“It’s important to get that out there to people,” Wing said of emergency situations.

He described the most common cases at EMU as “mainly quality of life situations.” Wing listed alcohol violations as the most common followed by disorderly conduct and property crimes.

EMU’s most recent annual report also is from 2011.

Western Michigan

University

was substantial for manslaughter.

Zimmerman was obviously an instigator. But the defense made it about Treyvon. They attacked his character. (The jury) were ignorant of the fact of what racial profiling is.”

Graduating from high school in the 1950s, Newby has seen numerous cases similar to the recent trial, comparing it to the 1955 murder of Emmett Till.

When CM Life approached WMU to request a look at their crime log and annual report, a response came after almost a week.

WMU only provides a daily log in their dispatch office, not online. But similar to CMU, the log contains only categories of the incidents without detailed description. The most common entries were labeled “property check,” without any description as to why these cases were initiated.

And a link to the annual report, is available online at the WMU police department’s website. Like other schools, WMU only lists statistics up to 2011.

The Clery Act requires the report to contain the

“I can see the connections (being made to the two killings),” Newby said. “The standards were different then, but there are connections. This case has caught the imagination of the nation.

The Treyvon Martin killing will be on the minds of black people and those of people who believe in justice for years to come.”

past three calendar years.

“The cases are redacted, and we would supply any further requests as needed,” said Lt. Scott Coy. “We believe wholeheartedly in the importance of an informed campus. Over the last few years, we have taken steps to continue those efforts.”

Hillsdale College

Providing its student population of more than 1,000 students with its own, internal financial aid and scholarships, Hillsdale College is largely exempt from the Clery Act. Its small population led campus officials to deem a police force unnecessary, according to Director of Security William Whorely.

He said the school is

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served adequately by Hillsdale city police.

“For an institution our size, it really doesn’t make sense (to have a police force),” Whorely said. “We do publish crime statistics as a part of being bound by federal regulation, but our staff are not sworn officers, and we don’t have police powers.

Whorely said many of the students at the constructive liberal arts university are military personnel and are thus provide scholarship from the US Armed Forces.

In case of emergency, he said, Hillsdale security contacts local law enforcement that put out notice to the community. metro@cm-life.com

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