Aug. 24, 2009

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Monday, Aug. 24, 2009

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More than $5,700 of items stolen from Main St., Polo Village

the ‘main’ event

Police handed out 73 MIP citations during weekend

By Jake Bolitho Senior Reporter

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Monroe freshman Kara Waldecker and Egypt senior Mohamed Farag ride “The Scrambler� Sunday afternoon at MAINstage. The event also gave students a chance to check out registered student organizations and see a free concert by Eric Hutchinson.

Freshmen get a fun introduction to college

By Joe Borlik | Senior Reporter

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sports w Football team to play MSU at Kelly/Shorts in 2012, 1B

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most the night with Egypt senior Mohamed Farag, a friend she met about a week ago in Barnes Hall. The duo sported colorful balloon hats and took part in many of the event’s games and rides.

They ate free food, played A mainstage | 2A

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Pop singer and songwriter Eric Hutchinson performs as the headline act at MAINstage Sunday night. Hutchinson is known to play guitar and piano, as well as sing.

Alcohol violations In addition to the thefts, the department issued several alcohol-related citations during Welcome Weekend.

The MPPD, CMU Police Department and Isabella County Sheriff’s Department issued about 73 minor in possession citations Thursday through early Sunday morning. MPPD officers issued more than 50 citations alone.

A welcome weekend | 9A

State hurrying as it finalizes budget Appropriations expected by Oct. 1

By Jake May Senior Reporter

or Kara Waldecker, 2009’s MAINstage was an experience like no other.

As an incoming freshman from Monroe, she has never been to anything quite like the event. “This is a good way to make friends and make fun of each other,� Waldecker said. “The free food was my favorite part.�

MAINstage, held every year the day before classes begin at Rose Ponds, gave thousands of students a chance to check out student organizations, go on rides and see a free concert by recording artist Eric Hutchinson.

Waldecker came with a group of friends and spent

The Mount Pleasant Police Department is investigating the thefts of numerous items Saturday at four Mount Pleasant residences.

The first burglary took place around 5:30 a.m. in the 1000 block of S. Main Street. The MPPD valued the stolen items at $2,385.

A larceny of three laptops valued at $1,500 took place at approximately 11:34 a.m. in the 1000 block of S. Main Street.

At 1:41 p.m., an iPod, iHome and laptop valued at $900 were reported stolen from a unit in Polo Village, 900 S. Douglas St. Five minutes later, the MPPD reported two laptops valued

at $1,000 were taken from a nearby apartment in the same complex.

The close proximity and time differential between the last two crimes do not necessarily confirm they were committed by the same person, said MPPD Sgt. Dan Gaffka. “I wouldn’t speculate that it is the same person at this time,� he said.

Tempers continue to flare between state senators and representatives as they hurry to finalize the state’s budget by the end of September, hoping to avoid an Oct. 1 state government shutdown.

For students, the main concern is state appropriations through the education budget. Education is always a high priority when resolving Michigan’s budget, and government officials are arguing over the amount the state will appropriate to each university or college.

The state awarded more than $83 million to CMU for the 2008-09 academic year.

With more than a month left, Michigan’s House of Representatives and Senate agree

the education budget needs to be cut, but how much is the question they fight over.

Toby Roth, Central Michigan University director of government relations, said he does not expect any movement or resolution on the issue until after Labor Day. “I think we do know what type of money we are going to get,� Roth said. “CMU is budgeting to last year’s appropriations, as it seems very possible they will be in the same range. President (Barack) Obama’s stimulus plan is holding education harmless, or at least it should be.

The Senate wants to cut; the House won’t have it, but we are confident we will end up close to even.�

How much to give?

On the high end, the House wants to alleviate as much economic stress as possible, suggesting $82,760,500 for all

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Legislation introduced to allow concealed weapons on campus

By Hilary Farrell Senior Reporter

Legislation introduced Thursday in the Michigan Senate would allow concealed weapon permit holders to carry a weapon on college campuses, including Central Michigan University, if approved. “Students, faculty and visitors, who have permits and have undergone the proper training and background checks, should have the right to carry a concealed weapon for their protection while on campus,� said Sen. Randy Richardville, RMonroe, in a press release.

Richardville, who sponsored the bill, said the right to carry a gun at universities is important because of recent violence on college campuses. “Unfortunately, our nation has seen an increase in horrific

shootings on college campuses in the last few years,� he said. “Those who receive the training and have been authorized to carry concealed weapons should be allowed to protect themselves against this type of violence.�

Kurt Mueller, the eastern regional director at Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, said the organization wants to grant licensed adults the right to carry a gun on college campuses. He said responsible gun owners do not pose a threat and would be able to help if there was an attack on a campus. “Should an attack occur (on campus) anyway, the odds of someone being able to offer meaningful resistance improves dramatically if responsible adults are allows to carry concealed firearms,� Mueller said.

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The idea to allow concealed weapon permit holders carry weapons on campus is making headway in Michigan.

Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees voted June 19 to allow concealed weapons on its campus, although weapons are not allowed inside buildings.

There are 40 states in the nation that have right-to-carry laws and 36 of those states require carry permits.

Mueller said 19 states leave the decision to carry concealed

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Students’ reaction New Jersey freshman Dan Suarez said he has not given much thought to bringing guns on campus at CMU because it has not really affected him.

He said he feels guns on campus are not a good idea. “I don’t think there’s a need

for weapons at all,� Suarez said.

Tara Grace Hanner, a Farwell junior, said guns on campus could cause issues. “I’d be against it,� she said. “It makes it easier for problems to happen.�

In Michigan, guns also are not allowed in sports arenas and stadiums, hospitals, casinos, public and private day cares, bars, large entertainment facilities and religious buildings.

In order to apply to carry a concealed pistol in Michigan, the applicant must be at least 21 years old, a citizen of the United States and a Michigan resident for at least six months. The person also must complete a pistol safety training course and have not been convicted of a list of crimes including reckless driving and failure to stop after an accident. metro@cm-life.com

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weapons up to schools and 30 states prohibit concealed carry on campus by statute.

Donald Dawkins, public information officer for the Michigan Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau, said the federal government does not decide concealed weapons decisions. “If Michigan changes (its laws), we would just enforce them,� Dawkins said.

Decisions on concealed weapons are decided by the individual states and counties who face the issue, he said.

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EVENTS CALENDAR today w A Back to School Art Exhibit will take place during the day in the Bovee University Center’s Multicultural Education Center. w The Mount Pleasant City Commission will hold a work session on the Open Meetings Act and Freedom of Information Act at 6:30 p.m. at Mount Pleasant City Hall, located at 320 W. Broadway St. w “Envisioning: The Power of Ritual” Canadian Indian Art from the Dennos Museum Center,” will take place all day in the Park Library Baber Room.

tuesday, aug. 25 w “Envisioning: The Power of Ritual” Canadian Indian Art from the Dennos Museum Center,” will take place all day in the Charles V. Park Library Baber Room. w “Lakelight: Images from the Great Basin” will take place all day in the third floor exhibition area of the Park Library. w Intramurals 101, a meeting about IM sports at CMU, will take place at 6:30 p.m. in the NIRSA in the Student Activity Center. w State Senator Michelle McManus will speak at the Campus Conservatives meeting at 8 p.m. in the UC’s Down Under Food Court.

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education in Michigan. That total comes to $483,500 less than what Michigan gave its 15 universities and colleges last year.

While the House looks to a less costly cut, the Senate is trying to correct one of the House’s mistakes in funding from last year, asking for an additional 0.04 percent reduction of $324,500. The Senate’s budget goal is set at $82,426,000.

“The reasoning behind this is that the governor reduced each university’s state appropriations by about 3 percent last spring, but shortly after that, the House put most of that money back in,” Roth said.

“The Senate argues a prorated reduction is necessary because with the amount of money coming into education in federal stimulus dollars has been reduced.”

Obama’s federal stimulus plan allows government officials to use funding for education that otherwise would not be available.

Obama’s hope is to keep education unaffected by economic woes through 2011.

Roth said the stimulus funding provided through the program will most likely be used by next year’s budget cycle, but might leave education prone to cuts as soon as 2010 and expects

massive loss by 2012.

Education a priority Government officials are clinging closely to federal stimulus money to fill holes in the budget, Roth said, but not only for education.

He said other departments and programs with low income are seeing the stimulus money released to aid them, a decision that will hurt colleges and universities in the next three years.

State Rep. Bill Caul, RMount Pleasant, said all the budgets, including education, are tied up in conference committees, where state officials are targeting amounts for each budget and are looking for what the priorities are in each situation before cutting any major funding.

As for education, Caul said it is one of his top priorities to ensure the state continues to hold an integrity, whether it be colleges and universities or K-12 learning.

“We need to fund our universities, our community colleges and our elementary, middle and high schools,” he said. “It’s very important to have affordability for young students who need it. We need to ensure scholarships can be given out. We can’t let this go because students need the ability to continue their education.”

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soccer with the Central Michigan University Women’s Club Soccer Team, rode the mechanical bull, jousted climbed the rock wall, shot basketball and football, rode the Scrambler and went down a giant inflatable slide.

It was Farag’s first time climbing a rock wall, yet he beat Waldecker and his friend, Burt senior J.D. Sawchuk, to the top.

“It wasn’t sure how I was going to get down,” he said.

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“I wasn’t even looking as I was climbing.”

‘I kept laughing at him’ Farag said he had fun riding the mechanical bull, which he lasted on for about 10 seconds.

Although his hat survived the bull, Farag lost it while riding the Scrambler, but later got a new one.

“I got dizzy and my hat flew away,” he said.

Waldecker enjoyed laughing at Farag on the Scrambler.

“It was so funny because he

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Senior quarterback Dan LeFevour boxes junior offensive lineman Jeff Maddux in a blow-up arena Sunday afternoon during MAINstage. The two boxed for about two minutes with no clear winner at the end.

was getting scared and I kept laughing at him,” she said.

Waldecker said she beat Farag at practically everything except for the rock climbing.

Farag enjoyed every part of MAINstage, except for the free root beer floats which he said tasted like “toothpaste.”

For Farag, MAINstage was an unusual experience.

Even though he went to last year’s event, he said they do not have carnival-style events in Egypt.

One thing he did enjoy and

was familiar with was playing soccer, which he played with his friends and the CMU Women’s Club Soccer Team.

“I love soccer,” he said.

“I’ve been playing since I was six, I just love it.”

Farag and Waldecker also sparred against each other for American Gladiator-style jousting.

“Every time she (Waldecker) wanted to win, she would jump on me,” Farag said.

Free concert The two chose not to at-

tend Hutchinson’s concert, which started at 7:15 p.m.

Hutchinson performed in front many CMU students, faculty and Mount Pleasant community members in a free concert.

Hutchinson, best known for his song “Rock and Roll,” will make somewhere between $12,500 to $15,000 for the show, said Muskegon junior and Program Board President Dave Breed in June. studentlife@cm-life.com

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Brooks Hall open for classes after fire code violation repairs

By Jake May Senior Reporter

Brooks Hall is open for classes today after three days of rush construction to fix multiple fire code violations.

The building underwent a series of renovations this summer to upgrade its airflow, heating and cooling systems.

Upon the project’s expected completion, a city fire marshal checked the building Thursday, disabling the building’s use until three key problem areas were resolved.

Steve Smith, director of pub-

lic relations, said nine rooms had walls that needed drywall extensions to the ceiling, and the building needed new computer cables and fire dampers before it was given the green light.

There was a strong possibility the building could have been closed for Monday’s classes, he said, but because of 24-hour work by university employees, classes will continue.

“The fire marshal signed off on it, and we’re all clear,” said Smith. “There (was) a lot of work going on over these three days.

(They worked) heavily through

the days and the nights.”

Facilities Management employees worked on the drywall extensions and fire dampers, while the Information Technology department worked on updating the building’s computer cords, Smith said.

Brooks Hall houses the biology and geology departments.

The new ventilation system, Smith said, also had unexpected difficulties.

Although not a problem that would stop classes, Smith said faculty members are asked to shut down the unit to on a classby-class basis.

“The blowers are extremely loud,” he said. “I was in there and I know I wouldn’t be able to listen to a professor if I were trying to take a class in some of those rooms. That will be fixed in the coming weeks. They’ll just have to shut them down for now.”

Jenny Estabrook, a lab supervisor for Michigan Water Research Center stationed in Brooks Hall, said instructors were having a tough time preparing for classes.

“Some of the classrooms aren’t quite finished yet, and really some of them are bad — I

mean, really bad,” she said.

She said an average decibel level in Brooks Hall is set at about 21 decibels. She said those rooms are about three times as loud with at least 60 decibels.

Smith said university officials are investigating who is at fault. He said the problems surfaced as a result of the summer renovation project.

The contractor, Smith said, may not be at fault, as they use many subcontractors.

“We will find out where the ball was dropped,” Smith said. university@cm-life.com

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Sometimes people may get the feeling they are being followed.

But one individual had a good reason to feel that way Sunday.

A group of approximately 50 Central Michigan University students participated in a flashmob called “The Sneak” at Sunday’s MAINstage event.

The flashmob, a group that performs unusual public acts for a brief time before dispersing, met beforehand to discuss their stunt. They arranged for a participant to pretend to be clueless as they followed her around MAINstage.

The deadline to sell textbooks back to the Central Michigan University Bookstore in the Bovee University Center for full price is Sept. 1. The deadline to refund textbooks at the Student Book Exchange, 209 E. Bellows St., is Aug. 30. The back-toschool hours for the CMU Bookstore are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m Saturday. Back-to-school hours for SBX are 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

The Mount Pleasant Area CROP walk is having a recruiting meeting at 7 p.m. today at the Wesley Foundation, 1400 S. Washington St. The walk will take place Oct. 4. One quarter of the CROP Walk earnings will benefit local food providers such as the Isabella Community Soup Kitchen, the Red Cross Food Pantry and the Commission on Aging’s Home Delivered Meals Program.

Comedian

Bo Burnham coming Friday

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Coach Pat Beirne instructs Central Michigan University’s co-ed cheer squad as they execute the beginning of a pyramid Friday afternoon in the Intermural Athletic Complex gym.

Practice makes pyramid Cheerleading squad works overtime to earn the cheers

By Jake May Senior Reporter

S

helby Township senior Cara Burnett shoots into the air and soars 20 feet above the floor of the Indoor Athletic Complex.

Forty-four other cheerleaders chant her name, rooting her on to greater heights, encouraging her to fly toward the rafters.

“You’ve got it, Cara!” yelled one cheerleader, while another yelled toward the male cheerleaders tossing her airborne, “You can throw a bull, you can easily throw Cara!”

She falls just as quickly as she was thrown and lands into the arms of three male cheerleaders, all of which are relieved to have a successful stunt.

A smile graces each of their faces, Burnett’s included, as she jumped in glee on the mat at Friday’s practice.

“Wow, that was ... scary,” she said, slightly out of breath. “That was so, so very high up there. Jesus, I didn’t expect to go near that high.”

Long days Central Michigan Univer-

sity’s cheerleaders are underestimated and they will speak up about it. The 45student group is split into two squads: a 26-member all-girl cheer team and a 19-member co-ed team.

The teams traveled to a week-long camp last week to prepare for their academic season, where they cover five sports. Cheerleaders are on the sideline for football, volleyball and men’s and women’s basketball games, as well as wrestling matches.

Each cheerleader was up at 6 a.m. for a one-hour conditioning warm-up before a five-day schedule of two-a-days. Each practice was two hours, twice a day, filled with lifting, pushups and crunches and, most of all, running.

“We start with a 20-minute warm-up run before every practice then, every time we mess up, we run,” said Brittany Gribeck, a Waterford junior the team nicknamed ‘Goober.’

“People don’t think we do a lot of work to get to the sidelines, so it gets really frustrating after awhile,” she said. “We hang out with some of the football play-

“I just wanted to try it to see people’s reactions to it,” said Comstock Park freshman Matt Hapner. “My roommate got me to do it.”

The members of the flashmob walked to MAINstage to begin their stunt. After finding the woman, they slowly began to gather behind her.

She walked around, occasionally turning around to find a group of people acting like they had nothing to do with her by suddenly standing still and looking around in various directions. Eventually, the group started chasing the woman and everyone suddenly dispersed.

Some students did not un-

derstand what was going on as the event unfolded.

“I first thought, ‘That poor girl, she didn’t even do anything,’” said Grosse Ile junior Kate Coules.

However, upon realizing the group was a flashmob and the woman being followed was in on it, her reaction changed.

“I just thought it was so funny,” she said. “They just completely tricked all of us. I thought they were following a celebrity or something.”

This is the fourth time since last semester the group performed a stunt. studentlife@cm-life.com

Comedian Bo Burnham will perform his stand-up act at 8 p.m.

Friday in Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium. Burnham is known for skits on YouTube and recently released a full-length album. Tickets are free and available at the Central Box Office on the lower level of the Bovee University Center. The program is co-sponsored

by CMU’s Program Board and On the Fly Productions.

GreenTree

Take a tour of four area farms

Green Tree Cooperative Grocery is running a local farm tour Saturday with a bus, catered lunch, snacks and drinks. The grocery store will lead a tour of four area farms and the event will include activities for all ages. Ticket prices are $16 for adults and $10 for children ages two through 10. Contact Liz at liz@greentree.coop for more information.

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Meetings start up Tuesday

Walled Lake senior Nick Demeduk, coed cheer captain, coaches Livonia senior Brad Bartram as he prepares to lift Dimondale senior Tiffany Heuhs aloft at the MAINstage event Sunday evening. Demeduke and Heuhs are working to recruit new members for the cheer squad this season.

ers and they give us a hard time. They say, ‘You guys would die if you had to do our conditioning.’

“That’s a lie. They don’t do near as much running as we do. I mean, we run, we love it and I’d like to see some of the football players try what we do.”

Brighton senior Mandy McCue has cheered with CMU for five seasons. In a two-hour practice in the rain, the team had to do 2,500 combined pushups

on a wet, dirty ground.

Every time a person misses a catch as a cheerleader falls into their arms, it is 200 pushups.

“It’s hard because after we do the pushups, we have to go right back into another stunt and throw someone,” she said, rubbing her right arm as if she could feel her muscles burn. “You don’t want to miss too many catches in practice.” studentlife@cm-life.com

The Campus Conservatives will host a meeting at 8 p.m.

Tuesday in the Down Under Food Court at the Bovee University Center. For more information, e-mail the group at cmucampusconservatives@gmail.com.

Blanchard Parks

Classic steam and engine show

Blanchard’s annual Steam & Gas Engine Show is from Friday through Sunday in Blanchard.

Events include tractor pulls, steam engines and antique farm machinery, gas tractors, sawmill demonstrators, food and music. The show is sponsored by Blanchard Area Parks and Recreation. This event is a part of Isabella County’s sesquicentennial celebration. For more informationa, call 989-866-2344.

Open Mic Night

Flashmob ‘sneaks’ around MAINstage

By Griffin Fraley Staff Reporter

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Recruiting starts today for the CROP Walk

By Hilary Farrell Senior Reporter

It ‘just makes sense’ Consumers Energy also paired with retailers so customers of the electric company also can receive cheaper compact fluorescent bulbs, which use 75 percent less energy and can last up to 10,000 hours, Mierzwa said.

The light bulb’s price will be discounted at participating retailers in Consumer Energy’s electric service territories.

“We think energy efficiency just makes sense,” Mierzwa said.

Book returns

Mount Pleasant CROP

Consumers Energy begins recycling program

Did you empty your old refrigerator during Welcome Weekend?

Consumers Energy is starting a new program to recycle “beer fridges.” Although it is not currently picking up refrigerators in Mount Pleasant, they will start by early next year.

Customers can find information on the Web site consumersenergy.com and will be contacted once the pickup starts locally, said Terri Mierzwa, Consumers Energy manager of marketing, energy efficiency and research.

The company is making it possible for customers to save money on energy-efficient appliances and light bulbs.

An extra fridge can cost up to $170 in energy bills annually, and 95 percent of the refrigerator’s parts are recyclable, Mierzwa said.

“That’s an energy hog just sitting there,” he said.

Public Act 295, approved into law last October, requires energy utilities to meet energy reduction requirements, Mierzwa said.

Customers can recycle their old refrigerators and receive a $30 rebate, Mierzwa said. Consumers Energy has taken about 500 calls since the program’s launch in late July and has picked up about 250 fridges. The refrigerator must work to be accepted.

[Life in brief]

Rock climbing and live music

CMU’s indoor climbing wall at Finch Fieldhouse is the site of Open Mic Night from 5 to 9 p.m.

Wednesday. The rock wall will be open for climbing during the event. Admission to the wall is $7.

Harness and climbing shoe rentals are $3. Tennis shoes are acceptable. To register to perform during Open Mic Night, e-mail bruur1jr@cmich.edu.

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Traverse City sophomore Rose Kranick, a participant of Central Michigan University’s flashmob, is followed by the group while playing “The Sneak” on Sunday during MAINstage.

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Good hygiene important for students to avoid swine flu

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His House adding 90 seats

Isabella County shows more cases than other counties

By Jake May Senior Reporter

Increased attendance reason for extra seating

With flu season approaching, the dreaded spread of swine flu continues to drift from carrier to carrier throughout the state.

Local health officials are preparing for the possibility of dealing with both influenza cases, and the H1N1 virus is still a serious concern for people who live in tight quarters where germs can harvest.

Those two common areas are residence halls and classrooms, said Dr. Robert Graham, medical director of the Central Michigan District Health Department. College students are at risk, he said, and they need to be cautious and keep high personal hygiene.

“Germs can easily be trans-

By David Mrozinski Staff Reporter

Construction and remodeling is still in progress as His House Christian Fellowship Church, 211 W. Broomfield St., looks to increase attendance.

“We need to make more room because more people have been coming to the Sunday church service,” said Matt Schantz, campus minister. “I feel that people will be more comfortable with more space in the church.”

The project started in mid-July and is slated to be completed within the next month.

In order to expand, the church is putting on a Summer Chair Challenge that allows people to donate funds for 2 chairs for $90, 5 chairs for $225, a row of 10 chairs for $450 or a section of 40 seats for $1,800.

“We are hoping to open up the main sanctuary to 90 more seats, so the church service will be better for people who come and so they feel like they are participating,” said Josh Chaffin, assistant campus minister. “We used to put people in the basement and use a live video feed during our Sunday church services because it was overcrowded, but we want to move away from that so people can watch it in person.”

Along with removing the pews in the church and adding single seats, the church also is undergoing a paint job, drywalling, cleaning and making the stage larger for a worship band.

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Grand Rapids freshman Josh Sinclair, left, sits in the newly created seating area during Sunday service at His Christian Fellowship House Church, while Troy alumus Nick Talsma prays in the front row.

“We need to make more room because more people have been coming to the Sunday church service.”

Matt Schantz, campus minister “Most of the work is being done by students and people who are just stopping by to check things out,” Schantz said.

Schantz said the goal of the remodeling is to not attract more people, but to eliminate any uncomfortable feeling that anyone may have while attending a church service and to help people get closer with Jesus.

Students from Central Michigan University that attend His House think the remodeling is a great idea.

“This is good because it allows more people to attend,

and if they ever want to do more activities in the church they will have the room and the seating capacity,” said Grant Newman, a Royal Oak graduate student.

His House Christian Fellowship has three church services throughout the week.

One is at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays in Pearce Hall Room 127 and at 9:30 and 11:15 a.m. Sundays at the church.

People wishing to donate can do so through the church’s Web site, hhcf.org/cmu. studentlife@cm-life.com

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Source: michigan.gov ferred in close proximity, and that’s exactly what college students are prone to,” Graham said.

“As expensive as college is today, avoiding influenza not only makes good health sense, but also good economic sense. Students need to stay aware of their health. It’s really that simple.”

There have been 3,297 confirmed and probable cases of flu-like illnesses reported in 2009. Of that, 10 died of an

H1N1-related death.

Student concerns Unlike the regular flu, the youngest- and oldest-aged people are the most susceptible to H1N1. College students are in this crowd, said Dr. Sarah Yonder, physician at University Health Services.

She said once students are sick to use tissue and, if no tissue is available, to sneeze or cough into the crook of your elbow. Yonder said there are six symptoms that have been identified with swine flu: Cough, congestion, body aches, fatigue, headaches and fever. She said some patients have had diarrhea and vomiting.

“You won’t have all of these, but all you need is a few to know that you could very well have swine flu,” Yonder said.

“Students need to have plenty of fluids and rest for a week before worrying if it’s H1N1.” university@cm-life.com

Last one-gender hall left on campus Merrill goes co-ed, leaves Sweeney as only all-female hall

By Connor Sheridan Staff Reporter

Men who live in Merrill Hall will not able to lounge around in their boxers anymore without feeling a little weird.

The residence hall, which was open only to male students since its construction in 1960, opened its doors to female residents for the first time last week.

To Houghton Lake junior Doug Pryor, Merrill Hall’s recent gender integration is a new opportunity for the long-standing residential establishment.

“It’s kind of the new beginning of Merrill,” he said.

But the recent decision to change Merrill’s housing policy is just the most recent in a series of hall coeducation changes.

“When I came here as a freshman, Merrill and Thorpe were all male,” Pryor said.

Sweeney and Beddow were exclusively female his freshman year until Thorpe and Beddow were opened to all students in 2007.

Many residents of Merrill reported being pleased with how the integration is working so far.

“It doesn’t seem like it used to be an all-male hall,” said Amanda Todd, a Traverse City freshman.

One student in particular did not seem to be substantially influenced by the recent changes in policy.

“My second floor is pretty much all guys,” said Hemlock sophomore Jamie Hockemeyer.

So far, growing pains have been mostly absent from the rapidly diversified student base.

“People have been very good and courteous around here,”

Pryor said.

Sweeney Residence Hall, with all females, is now the only remaining hall open to one gender.

The changes in lifestyle and perspective that come from living in close quarters with strangers of both sexes are being greeted enthusiastically by the new body of residents.

“You gotta figure ‘em out eventually,” Hockemeyer said.

All four floors were given a full renovation over the summer.

“They’ve been doing an overhaul, updating, putting security cameras in ... They redid all the carpets and all the doors,” Pryor said.

In particular, a strong effort was made to ensure the comfort and security of all students returning as well as those arriving at the hall for the first time. studentlife@cm-life.com

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EDITORIAL | Diagonal parking spaces cause trouble for uses

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s Central Michigan University expands its campus and strides to be more interactive for students, redesign is inevitable. From the new EHS building to the proposed medical school, CMU is constantly changing.

One of the most notable reworkings on campus is the new one-way roads on Ottawa, Calumet and Ojibway courts.

The roads, featuring bike paths, aim to be pedestrian friendly, which might make some students feel more at home. Changing the road to one way keeps the traffic flowing and easy to manage.

But the redesign is not flawless.

Students are now required to back in if they want to park on this road. What’s worse is the parking

spots are slanted, forcing people to park in a typically unfamiliar way.

Backing into a parking spot has its advantages, particularly when students are leaving the parking lot. Students can spot oncoming traffic and cyclists easier, which could reduce accidents.

But when it comes to the actual

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act of parking, students have to be conscious of how close someone is following them. The parking spots are at an angle that requires a significant amount of space between cars. Without enough space, traffic can easily be disrupted and students may end up missing out on a parking spot.

What if you are using this road and you are behind someone trying to park in an unfamiliar manner? At best, traffic is held up.

At worst, cars are damaged from accidental bumps.

From observing Ottawa Court, several attempts at parking on this road have been awful. While many cars were within their parking spaces, several were not, which makes parking around those cars even more of a challenge.

Ottawa/Ojibway may be flawed, it would not take much to remedy the situation. The parking spots could be straightened out, giving students an easier time parking. Or, if the one-way traffic

was redirected so cars entered at Ojibway and exited through Ottawa, the parking spots would be angled towards drivers, thus making it easier to park. Students also should be able to simply pull into a parking spot instead of being forced to back into a spot. Any of these solutions would keep the pedestrian-friendly design while making parking easier.

Redesigning the campus is encouraging, especially as Central grows and changes with each year.

The effort to make the campus more pedestrian friendly shows the university is thinking of how students are navigating around the school.

But designs that need improving should be done so as quickly as possible before people are too comfortable with the change and a new project is started.

Hopefully CMU will continue to incorporate pedestrians and cyclists in their plans as they redesign the campus.

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Keeping the peace Local police need to focus on community The police are no doubt in need during Welcome Weekend.

Students are squeezing the last of their summer fun into one weekend and are expected to make questionable decisions.

Students drink excessively during this time.

Although being in college is not an excuse to break the law, issuing MIPs should not be the main focus of the law enforcement during Welcome Weekend. Dangerous activities such as drunk driving and fighting should be their main focus.

This year, police issued 73 MIPs during Welcome Weekend.

Although the MIPs were issued out legally, it can seem more like harassment than protecting the public when so many college students are getting in trouble.

There are a few things the police can do to ensure the well being of the community is at the top of their priority list. Roadblocks should be established at entrances and exits of apartment complexes to cut down on drunk drivers. Police also should stay focused on apartment parking lots and patrol streets known for troubling parties, such as University and Main streets. Stopping students who are walking from an apartment complex to another party takes the focus away from places that need to be monitored.

Unless they are being a public nuisance or part of a disruptive crowd, small groups of people should be ignored.

The Mount Pleasant police force does a good job of keeping CMU under control during Welcome Weekend, even if it does seem excessive at times. But the police should not have their focus on issuing as many tickets as possible, even if students are caught doing something illegal.

During a time when things have the potential to be chaotic, law enforcement should be looking the bigger picture.

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‘Shanks’ for the memories The Amy Otteman Memorial Classic came to an end this year with our final event on Friday, July 17. After Amy passed in May 1995 due to a stroke, we put together the AOMC 45 days later. The purpose was to raise money for nurse education and to help the family deal with our grief by having something positive happen from such a terrible tragedy.

Now, after 15 years, the AMOC has raised more than $185,000 for the Amy Otteman Memorial Scholarship at Mount Pleasant High School and for nurse education programs at Central Michigan Community Hospital. In fact,

with this last event, the Amy Otteman Nurse Education Endowment has been established at CMCH, further insuring money for nurse education into the future.

The final AOMC raised $19,787.47 through its traditional golf tournament and sports memorabilia action and a couple of new special events added for this final year. The ‘Fault Family Dunk Tank Revenge’ at O’Kelly’s raised $1,177 and the ‘Pennies For Heaven’ penny collection campaign raised $6,168 through a variety of small events throughout Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan University and the greater midMichigan community.

The Amy Otteman family wishes to thank everyone that has been involved over the last 15

years. Your financial and emotional support has allowed us to keep Amy’s memory and giving spirit alive while also benefitting her passion — the nursing profession. From golfers to sponsors to volunteers, your efforts have not only been selfless, but have touched us in ways we cannot put into words. What we now realize is that the Amy Otteman family is not just made up of brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews, but everyone that has ever been involved with AOMC. We can never repay you for your kindness, but can only say... shanks for the memories!

-2009 Amy Otteman Memorial Classic Even Committee and Amy’s family.

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Band still knows how to rock Blink 182 age well, put on a good show I attended a decent number of concerts the last few years.

I have been to concerts that seat more than 15,000 and others that saying 100 people were there was stretching it. I have felt old at a concert, but also young.

But never have I been to concert that stretched across almost every single age group until Saturday night.

That day, Blink-182’s tour came through the DTE Energy Music Theatre and there came the collective gathering of almost every single age group imaginable.

While walking through the parking lot, I saw grown adults hanging out and blasting music, and I also saw fans I’m pretty sure were not even born when the band started.

The mix of fans at that show was honestly refreshing. Everyone just came to have a good time.

Many times when I go to concerts, I see people almost too worried about looking cool and judging other people for not looking cool instead of just having fun with everyone while watching a band everyone loves.

I saw friends from high school, friends from college and attended the concert with three of my best friends. All of us have slightly different tastes in music but, that night, it did not matter.

The Blink-182 show was probably the first time I have ever been to concert where I felt like no one was out of place being there. The 40-year-olds and the young teenagers all rocked out together, just enjoying the star-studded show of the reunited trio, Fall Out Boy, Panic! At the Disco and Chester French.

Everyone sang along with Fall Out Boy (joined by Panic!’s lead singer Brandon Urie) as they covered Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing” and sang along with what seemed like every Blink song.

Quite honestly, it was one of thee most memorable concerts I have ever been to.

Regardless of my somewhat lukewarm expectations for the show, it blew me away. Band members Tom, Travis and Mark all played with tons of energy, despite the fact that it has been a decade since they were seen running naked in a music video.

You could tell they were loving every second of their set and, as a music fan, that makes the experience so much better.

One of my favorite band’s is Brand New and when seeing them this summer, I was a little disappointed in their lack of enthusiasm.

Although Blink sold more than ten million copies of albums, they still played with the same youthful joy that a band with a lot less prestige does.

They get it, they are playing a show for the fans and are entertaining them. That’s what has made them so successful, they get what people want and they give it to them.

Everyone got it Saturday night: have fun.

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Hotel lawsuit court date set for January 4, 2010

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LaBelle in discovery phase, preparing depositions

By Jake May Senior Reporter

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Soul singer Monique Berry performs at the finale of the Max and Emily’s Summer Concert Series on Thursday in downtown Mount Pleasant.

Downtown concert series ends on a ‘groovin’ note

By Amanda Oboza Staff Reporter

Mount Pleasant residents ended the summer singing, dancing and clapping their hands at a concert downtown Thursday night.

The concert was the final part of a three-concert series put together by Max and Emily’s and sponsored by Isabella Bank and the City of Mount Pleasant.

Singer Monique Berry ended the summer performing to about a crowd of 200 people.

Berry, who grew up in Mount Pleasant but now resides in Los Angeles, closed the concert series and is responsible for inspiring the series.

Tim Brockman, owner of Max and Emily’s, said Ber-

ry was supposed to play a small concert inside of the restaurant last summer, but the turnout was so large, the concert moved into the street.

People had such a good time, they demanded more and the summer concert series was born, Brockman said.

While the concerts bring business to Max and Emily’s, Brockman said the point of the concert series is to get more people downtown.

“We’re doing this for the community. It’s a free show for people to come downtown and enjoy themselves,” Brockman said.

Mount Pleasant resident Karen Kraf attended two concerts in the series and said they increased the amount of people downtown.

Kraft and her friend, Lori

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Swanson of Mount Pleasant, spent the evening dancing and enjoying themselves to Berry’s voice.

“Any city that can close down streets downtown is hot,” Kraft said.

After Berry’s encore, the audience was chanting for one more song and she delivered, but with one exception: everyone had to dance.

Children were welcome on stage to finish off the night with dancing on the stage to Berry’s song, “Feel the Fire.”

Swanson said she the summer concert series would be welcome to come back next summer.

“They absolutely need to do this again,” she said. “This brings together people of all ages.” metro@cm-life.com

The development of an oncampus hotel and conference center is no further in development than it was in November, and university officials do not anticipate any progress until 2010.

Central Michigan University and LaBelle Limited Partnership continue to build cases against each other for a pending January trial after a lawsuit was filed against the university’s Board of Trustees in November.

The proposed six-story hotel, approved for a go-ahead by trustees to sign a lease with a development company in July 2008, is planned for construction at the Center for Applied Research and Technology on south campus. The lawsuit halted any leasing agreements between the university and Lodgco Management LLC, the hotel’s developer.

The two parties are in the discovery phase of the lawsuit, transferring documentation as each prepares for a deposition.

“Each party can take depositions, bring somebody in and get sworn testimony in front of a court recorder,” said Manuel Rupe, CMU’s general counsel. “You can seek documents from either side. It’s how they can build cases against one another.”

The trial is set for 9 a.m.

Jan. 4, 2010, at the court of claims in Lansing.

Proceedings A typical trial of this nature, Rupe said, will take about a week in court a judge resolves the case.

He said with no significant quantity of witnesses or medical malpractice, any hearing that only deals with land issues is more straightforward, he said.

“Everybody agreed at this point to allow the court process to proceed,” Rupe said.

“Once the decision is made by the court, we will know what we can do with the hotel development. As soon as any barriers that are holding up the process with Lodgco are resolved, the development can continue.”

As of former University President Michael Rao’s departure, interim University President Kathy Wilbur, or someone she designates, will proceed to represent the university throughout court proceedings and any development plans afterward, said Steve Smith, director of public relations.

Rupe said he has seen construction companies leave development projects in previous lengthy court proceedings. He said he has no indication Lodgco, the hotel’s developer, will leave CMU’s proposal, but acknowledged it could happen at any time.

“That is potential, but we don’t anticipate their departure. It’s certainly a risk, though, as they have to make investments and find ways to make money, just like every other business,” Rupe said.

“With Michigan’s economy, in the state it’s in and unemployment spiking at more than 15

percent itself, it could happen.

“We can’t say that tomorrow, their corporate office might say this is not a smart investment and move on. But I reinforce that they have not shared that idea with us not to move forward.”

LaBelle claims contracts from 1985 and 2005 were breached and the company has “the right to sue for and obtain injunctive relief and/ or damages in the event the Covenants are breached, or to prevent Covenants from being breached.”

According to court documents filed Nov. 4, LaBelle is accusing the board of an intentional breach of covenant when it gave Rao full authority to sign a lease with Lodgco.

“Allowing the University President to enter into lease negotiations with Lodgco for construction of a six-story hotel complex is a clear statement of (their) unequivocal intention to breach its contract(s) ...,” the lawsuit document reads.

A lease was never signed with Lodgco, Smith said, but LaBelle still claims numerous breaches of their agreements have occurred. university@cm-life.com

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Local man to stand trial on animal cruelty charges

By Jake Bolitho Senior Reporter

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Marne graduate Christie Lobbezoo and Ortonville senior Daniel Inman perform a skit Saturday morning in Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium during the “No Zebras, No Excuses” program.

A trial date is not yet set for the 47-year-old Isabella County man charged with cruelty to 10 or more animals.

At a preliminary hearing August 20, Trial Judge William Rush said Denver township resident John Huguelet will John Huguelet stand trial on charges of animal cruelty, citing there is enough evidence to do so.

If convicted, Huguelet could face up to 4 years in prison.

He was arrested earlier this summer after officers from the Isabella County Sheriff’s Office and animal control received a tip that Huguelet’s 11 horses were severely ill.

Seven of Huguelet’s 11

horses were euthanized since late June with Huguelet’s permission.

Local veterinarian Rachel Damore, called to examine one of Huguelet’s horses at his Leaton Road residence in June, testified as a witness at the hearing.

“It was a responsible decision at that point in time,” she said about the initial decision to put down one of the horses.

The horses appeared to be living under very harsh conditions and all of the horses were very thin and looked like “walking skeletons,” Damore said. Some of the horses had overgrown hooves, which can cause severe pain to a horse if left untrimmed, and at least two of the horses had infections.

Huguelet’s attorney, Colleen Davis, asked if an illness called colic could have played a role in their starvation.

Severe colic would typical-

ly become fatal in a matter of days, Damore testified. “(Colic) is a common term for abdominal pain,” she said. “Eating is generally not associated with that word.”

Davis then asked if it is true Arabian horses tend to weigh less than other species.

“I wouldn’t necessarily say that — they are what’s called a ‘hot blood’ horse,” Damore said. “They have a lot more energy, there’s a lot more strength behind them.”

Still, their nutrition needs are mostly equivalent to any other horse, she said.

Near the end of the hearing, Davis asked if the first horse to be euthanized could have become ill after giving birth to a foal earlier in the day.

Damore said in some cases, horses may weaken after birth, but not as quickly as Huguelet’s did.

ergy and enthusiasm to the stadium.

“I like all three names — they bring a unique blend to the student section, and the athletics department and CM Life both came up with ideas and we wanted to incorporate CM Life to help name the student section,” Dabbs said.

Bentley sophomore Carissa Schmidt wants to make the student section’s name Chip Crew.

“I like that name because it

sounds better and it is shorter and easier to pronounce.

And it fits our school better and unites the students more as a crew,” she said.

“And I like the idea of spicing up the section name.”

The winning name will be announced on cmuchippewas.com. The hope is to set the name before the first home football game (Sept.

19 vs. Alcorn State), Simon said.

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By Mara Kieren Staff Reporter

Orientation for freshmen did not end in June.

New Central Michigan University students attended three mandatory seminars last weekend on issues such as cultural diversity, sexual aggression and crimes of consequences.

“Through the Eyes of Jo,” a skit performed in Bush Theatre, focused on diversity and acceptance among students.

Southfield senior and Student Director of “Through the Eyes of Jo” Bridgette Wynn said the seminar is needed every year.

“I think this seminar benefits student by reiterating CMU’s dedication to diversity and speaking up about issues that are, often times, swept under the rug,” Wynn said.

Among the issues discussed were the use of prejudicial words, offensive stereotypes and teen suicide.

Each skit had a different situation in which at least one individual was being offensive and another individual confronted and corrected the error.

“The hope is that when students encounter situations like this that they remember the skits and reflect back on how to react,” said Director of Gay and Lesbian Programs Shannon Jolliff.

Respect authority “College Life and the Law” was performed in the Music Building by the CMU Police on safety precautions and the consequences of activities such as underage drinking, nuisance parties and possession of marijuana.

Each skit showed students in situations that happen on a regular basis on- and offcampus, and the ramifications of their actions.

“I thought they did a great

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By Sherri Keaton Senior Reporter

Sexual Aggression Peer Advocates director Steve Thompson addresses Wheeler and Kesseler Hall students Saturday morning during “No Zebras, No Excuses” in Warriner Hall.

job showing the scenes and we got to see the results of their actions,” said Rochester Hills freshman Kelsey Rich.

After the skits were performed, the five different police forces of Isabella County answered questions from students about laws and any other concerns they might have.

“I think the skits showed the precautions to take and the consequences for your actions, but also what to watch out for as a student,” said Harbor Beach freshman Christijana Bender.

No Zebras “No Zebras, No Excuses,” a seminar held in Warriner Hall, addressed sexual aggression. Actors portrayed real college situations such as party scenes, in which wrongful sexual behavior may become an issue.

Each scene used graphic and blunt language and derogatory remarks that made each scenario seem realistic.

“That seminar made me want to cry. It’s sad to think that sort of thing happens all the time,” Bender said. studentlife@cm-life.com

There are four days remaining to vote for the name of the student section in Kelly/Shorts Stadium.

And Kathy Simon, assistant director of Student Publications, wants to make sure students get their vote in before midnight this Friday.

“I think students should take time to vote on the name change because it is their section, their name and their chance to leave a legacy behind and name something at CMU,” Simon said.

Students can log on cm-life.com to vote for the name choices of “Maroon Platoon,” “Chip Crew” or “Pleasantville.”

“I think the narrowed down choices are very good and any of the three would be good,” Simon said. “So far, the voting process has been a lot of fun and we’ve had a great response already.”

Last Thursday, the voting started and, Sunday at MAINstage, students were able to vote.

The decision to set the student section name came up in the past couple of years, said Mike Dabbs, director of marketing and community relations for athletics.

“We wanted to build identity with students and we thought those three names would fit our student crowd,” Dabbs said.

He also said they narrowed down to those three names because the students bring so much en-

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Au Gres junior Clark Larson and Saginaw senior Jaime Leyrer answer a resident’s questions regarding his move Friday afternoon at the Celani/Saxe/Herrig hall desk.

Desk manager an overlooked job during Welcome Weekend Students work to organize residence hall rooms

By Amy Crockett Staff Reporter

The first week of college can be explained as nothing less than chaotic.

With incoming freshmen getting acquainted with campus, upperclassmen moving back in, MAINstage events, meeting up with old and new friends and organizing residence hall rooms, the job sitting at a desk directing all of it can be a long, tiring one.

However, it is the job of the many Central Michigan University students to try and put things back together.

Laura Heck, a Celani/ Saxe/Herrig hall desk manager, said it is a tough job being a “deskie,� but someone has to do it. “( We) organize some of

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the chaos around us,� she said.

In addition to all of its normal duties, the desk staff is responsible for checking every student in to the building as they arrive to begin the fall semester. This includes making the students feel welcome, as well as handing out keys, room inventories, alcohol policies and planners.

Throughout the weekend, the desk managers also have an almost constant stream of students at the desk asking questions about parking, computers, directions to different buildings and the hours of the dining halls.

There were periods in which there were at least ten people around the desk needing assistance. And then the phone started ringing.

Au Gres junior Clark Larson, a second-year manager at Celani/Saxe/Herrig, has been through Welcome Weekend at the desk before.

He said Welcome Weekend was pretty hectic, but he could handle it for one weekend. “I’ll take that one or two bad days of work for a good year,� he said.

Larson said despite the stress of Welcome Weekend, he is glad to have more people in the halls again. The fact he gets to meet a lot of people is the best part of his desk manager position, Larson said.

However,Saginaw senior Jaime Leyrer said since this desk staff is responsible for three buildings, it is a little more difficult to get to know all of the residents. “We’re required to be social and say hi to everyone,�

Leyrer said.

Customer service is the main responsibility of the desk staff, Heck said. “We try to help every single person that comes through our lobby,� she said. studentlife@cm-life.com

The MPPD handed out one citiation to a 12year-old girl attempting to take a fifth of vodka valued at $8.25 Friday from Meijer.

The CMU Police Department issued four oncampus MIPs during the weekend, said Chief of Police Bill Yeagley. Other reported offenses by the department included two DUIs and a possession of marijuana case in Woldt Hall. One individual was lodged for disorderly conduct.

Yeagley said all of those statistics are fairly typical at this time of the year. “There are no surprises here,� he said.

The sheriff ’s department reported numbers similar to last year, said Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski.

The department issued 16 MIP citations over the weekend. In addition, three individuals were arrested after resisting and obstructing an officer. The sheriff ’s department broke up 99 parties

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and stopped two naked individuals who were cited for indecent exposure.

A total of 21 misdemeanor arrests, including DUIs, were reported.

There was one illegal entry and one case of furnishing alcohol to a minor. “The stats we have are pretty similar to last year,�

Mioduszewski said. “The students overall were very cooperative with us.�

Last year, the departments handed out one more MIP than this year. throughout the weekend. The MPPD handed out 43 MIPs, CMU Police handed out 16 MIPs and the Isabella County Sheriff ’s department handed out 19 MIPs. He added that regardless of the numbers, it was a relatively successful weekend for the department. “I think the students had fun,� he said. “We were able to keep the peace for the most part.�

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Participating retailers are Meijer, Home Depot, ACO Hardware, CostCo and Menards, and the discount program will be in place until the end of this year. Mierzwa said Consumers Energy is not sure what will happen to the discount program in 2010.

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By Andrew Stover Sports Editor

Matthew Stephens/Presentation Editor

Four years after enduring Hurricane Katrina, Willie Randolph takes over as the director of track and field and cross country at Central Michigan University. Randolph graduated from CMU in 1998 and he participated on the men’s track and field team.

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There was a time four years ago when Willie Randolph refused to take calls from his own mother.

No, there was not a rift in his family. In fact, his mother is a cornerstone in his life.

“You only get one mom,” Randolph said.

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ut Hurricane Katrina had just ripped through the heart of the University of New Orleans. Suddenly, coaching became less of a priority. Randolph no longer was just a coach, but a surrogate father to his athletes.

Some of them came from other countries – Uganda, France and Zimbabwe, among others – with distant support systems, and many just needed someone to lean on.

Although he did his best not to show it, the pressure and emotional turmoil surrounding him began to crack his shield. The circumstances would affect him for quite some time after he left UNO. Even now, as CMU’s new director of track and field and cross country, he still recalls the struggle.

“I did go through a certain amount of depression,” Randolph said.

His mother wanted him to come home to Nashville in the aftermath of the storm, and it forced him toward a critical decision. He could listen to his mother’s plea, or do what he felt he was set out to do. A spiritual man, Randolph knew he could not leave. He had a greater purpose. He had to stay and be the shepherd to a herd of sheep.

Willie Randolph had to do what he does best: lead people.

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A lasting impression New leader of track program leaving a mark

t started as a simple interview about being the new leader of a track and field/ cross country program.

Clearly, it became much more. Willie Randolph had a story. But more importantly, he had a personality.

From the second I walked into his office, there was a certain level of comfort that was present. That was created by the way he handles people and the way he treats his relationships. Willie did not insinuate that his col-

Andrew Stover Sports Editor legiate coaching resume put him at a different level than myself. I am just a college journalist. He has an established career. But that is not the approach he takes.

From my conversations with him to the talks I have had with the people around him — his mother, Athletics Director Dave Heeke, previous track and field coach Jim Knapp and others who

Michigan State will play at Kelly/Shorts Stadium for the first time in 2012.

“We’ll set the all-time attendance record — I’m very confident of that for a home football game here,” said Athletics Director Dave Heeke. “It will be the biggest event, in my mind, that has ever happened in Mount Pleasant.”

Michigan State will play Central Michigan, Western Michigan and Eastern Michigan four times each between 2011 and 2020 in what is being called the “Celebrate the State” series. Each Mid-American Conference school will play at East Lansing three times and host MSU once.

“Quite frankly, I think that’s great that (MSU is) going to reward the MAC schools,” Heeke said.

Heeke approached MSU Athletics Director Mark Hollis numerous times about playing a game in Mount Pleasant, but he said he was not sure it would come to fruition.

“I never say never. I want to do big things here,” Heeke said.

“We’re a Division-I, highly competitive football program. I want to find ways to bring the best opponents we possibly can to Mount Pleasant.”

CMU will play at MSU in 2011, 2015 and 2018. The Sept. 12 game at MSU this year is not associated with the deal.

Eastern Michigan and MSU will play in East Lansing in 2012, 2014 and 2016. MSU will travel to Ypsilanti in either 2018 or 2020. Western Michigan and MSU will play in East Lansing in 2013, 2017 and 2019, and will play in Kalamazoo in 2015. Michigan was contacted

by Hollis, but it declined.

Hollis issued a statement at the press conference Aug. 20.

“The series provides an opportunity for competitive games, positive celebrations and economic

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Senior forward Amanda Waugh had an assist in Saturday’s 4-0 win at IPFW.

Chippewas defeat IPFW to start season Four players score first collegiate goal of career

By Matthew Valinski Staff Reporter

The women’s soccer team started its season with a decisive 4-0 victory Saturday against IPFW at Hefner Soccer Complex in Fort Wayne, Ind. The win marks the fourth consecutive year the team started the season with a win.

Sophomore Liesel Toth started the scoring in the 18th minute with her first

collegiate goal, shooting the ball into the lower left corner of the net. Sophomore Claire Horton assisted.

“The ball popped out of the box and I was outside the 18,” Toth said. “I took one touch to slow it down and I was just hoping it would deflect off someone and that the goalie was screened, and she was.”

Toth said part of the team’s hopes were to come out quick and keep the pressure on the Mastodons. She said the team accomplished that.

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knew him from his previous coaching stops — it became blatantly obvious Willie Randolph is sincere.

He really does care about the people around him. He is personable, approachable and, most of all, he is normal.

Throughout my time working on his story, I talked to Willie on a regular basis. I met him for two lengthy interviews and two photo sessions, among other things. And like I was a colleague, he joked with me about college, work and life in general. He is quick to make fun of himself just as much as he pokes at Ashley Miller/Photo Editor

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Senior setter Stephanie Budde, left, calls for a play during the team’s exhibition alumnae match Saturday in Rose Arena.

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major opportunity for the Chippewas came with the announcement Thursday that Michigan State, Western Michigan, Eastern Michigan and Central Michigan will be part of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Celebrate the Stateâ&#x20AC;? series.

While many look at this series and any other planned games involving MSU and one of the latter three teams as a no-win situation for MSU, this gives CMU a no-lose situation.

On Sept. 12, CMU will play in the first of now five planned games against the Spartans. Although four of those five will be on the road, it will be a short trip down US-127.

The five games are five great opportunities for a boost in morale and, more importantly, they provide a golden opportunity for an upset.

It is not the same for MSU. The Spartans are expected to win all five games. If they lose, it is an embarrassment.

MSU is reminded constantly of the back-to-back upsets in the early 1990s and, with the way CMU is playing, a win against MSU is a possibility these days.

Really, an MSU win at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo or Kelly/Shorts Stadium could be difficult if those two programs continue to build.

Finances The stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unstable economic climate was one of the reasons given in all the press statements Thursday for the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Celebrate the Stateâ&#x20AC;? deal. While Kelly/Shorts Stadium has had some better attendance records the last couple years, only a few games really packed the place to near capacity.

This year will be even tougher for CMU with a Wednesday night game and another game the day after Thanksgiving. The other three home games are not high-profile games. The Central-Western game is at Kalamazoo this year.

What this â&#x20AC;&#x153;Celebrate the Stateâ&#x20AC;? deal does is put more people into Waldo, Kelly/Shorts and Rynearson stadiums. The departments will see more revenue from not only ticket sales, but parking, merchandise, concessions and other moneymaking ideas.

But who will probably end up profiting the most from this deal will be Mount Pleasant. Although MSU is only an hour away, the city will see a boom in hotel room reservations and the restaurants will be constantly filled.

The city is filled with people, young and old, when the Central/Western game is at home. The game in 2012 against the Spartans will bring more than that and will no doubt set the new attendance record at Kelly/Shorts.

Coupled with the CMU/ WMU game, which should be a home game that year, attendance for the total season should also be a record.

Even the taxi companies will see large profits when MSU students come up for the weekend to party.

The money the city will see will be greatly appreciated, especially if the state is still struggling come 2012.

MSU may be questioned for the move to go into the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Celebrate the Stateâ&#x20AC;? deal, but great opportunities lie ahead for CMU. sports@cm-life.com

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benefits,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Coming off the 2009 NCAA Final Four in Detroit, Michigan State continues to provide positive economic stories for the state of Michigan.â&#x20AC;?

Hollis also said it gives MSU fans another way to watch live football games. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The series also provides an opportunity for Michigan State fans to celebrate Spartan football at locations across our state,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Financially, the guaranteed portion of the contract for payouts has not been finalized.

everyone else. He has a sense of humor, and he knows how to use it.

Willie Randolph is a class act.

No respect Heeke said MAC schools get degraded too often. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are a bona fide Division-I competitive football program,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And the quicker people start to realize that and understand it and believe in it, the better off weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll all be.â&#x20AC;?

Last year, CMU beat Indiana on the road 37-34 and lost 32-25 to Purdue in West Lafayette, Ind. During 2007â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Motor City Bowl, they lost to Purdue 51-48. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think programs like Boston College, Indiana and now

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CMU plays MSU in 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2018 as part of new agreement.

Michigan State have seen we are a very competitive program,â&#x20AC;? Heeke said.

However, the Chippewas also lost by a wide margin to Michigan (41-17) in 2006, Kansas (52-7) and Clemson (70-14) in 2007 and Georgia (56-17) in 2008.

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You can take away something, both positive and negative, from anyone, regardless of their profession or how they live.

Willie Randolph can separate person from profession, and that is admirable. He was not talking to a reporter. He was talking to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Andrew.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; The respect he gives is refreshing. He could tell I was putting my work in, and he rewarded me with genuine respect to go along with a mind-boggling story.

And when he told me about the Hurricane Katrina situation, the only thing on my mind was how real this was. How real he was â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the emotion he was showing and the affection he had for his athletes in New Orleans.

He kept telling me throughout the process of writing the story how difficult a time it was for his athletes. He was taking attention away from himself and place it elsewhere.

However, that attention is much deserved.

The flip side On the other hand, it would be inaccurate to say he is too nice to handle athletes. Talking with one of his athletes on the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cross country and track and field team, she described him with one word: intense.

He also told me he is a different type of person when he gets on the track.

Watching him coach during a photo session, he was calm and instructive.

But it was only warm-ups.

He has a look about him that suggests he will not take any nonsense. When I left the practice with two colleagues, it was agreed that Willie Randolph was a straight-shooter. He handles the transition from coach to person with ease.

I have learned as I get older that you can learn something from everyone.

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let up at all,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our goal was to come out with high intensity and get at them with high pressure and make them struggle.â&#x20AC;?

Another sophomore, Chelsi Abbott, scored her first collegiate goal to doubled the Chippewasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lead in the 53rd minute. Freshman Autumn Hawkins and senior Amanda Waugh assited on the play.

Coach Tom Anagnost said he was happy the work in practice showed during an actual game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We did really well at the things we worked on, so weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re obviously really happy about that as coaches,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The women fought real hard and hustled out there and were real aggressive. It was a great start.â&#x20AC;?

Two freshmen ­â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Laura Twidle and Bailey Brandon â&#x20AC;&#x201D; added their first collegiate goals later in the second half. Twidle, who joined the team in January,

gave the team a three-goal lead after a pass from fellow freshman Brielle Heitman.

Brandon finished the scoring for CMU, giving it a 4-0 lead.

Before the season started, Anagnost said his underclassmen would have to play a key role on the team for it to be successful. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to develop these women, and the best way to develop them is to put them in the game,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We brought 17 players and we played 17 players. Hopefully weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re better in the long run because of that.â&#x20AC;?

Junior goalkeeper Shay Mannino saved the only shot on goal to record her thirteenth career shutout after posting a school-record 10 shutouts last year.

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A first impression

Randolph, a former CMU student athlete under Jim Knapp and Craig Fuller, took the UNO job after stints as an assistant coach at both Belmont University and Vanderbilt.

UNO Athletics Director Jim Miller said he and Willie saw eye-to-eye on a number of things at their first meeting.

“He had everything I was looking for in a head coach – very personable,” Miller said. “He’d be a good guy in the living room talking to mommy and daddy about their child. He just had the whole package.”

Randolph was even endorsed by Dean Hayes, one of the most renowned track and field coaches in the nation.

“He had been at some schools and he didn’t have the real good athletes,” said Hayes, who coached at Middle Tennessee State since the 1960s. “(But) he was getting pretty good production out of the ones that he had.”

The endorsement from Hayes was enough to win over Miller. Randolph was hired to head the track and cross country program at UNO.

‘All hell broke loose’ Randolph’s transition to New Orleans was smooth.

The track program was having success through two seasons, and one of Randolph’s sisters and his nephew lived in the city.

But in 2005, his third season at UNO, the tides turned — quite literally.

New Orleans was unprepared for Hurricane Katrina.

Randolph recalled a poor level of communication in the city.

“There was no warning (issued by the city),” he said.

“It’s funny now, but it’s sad at the same time.”

Worse, the university did not know how to react, either.

Randolph was unaware of the storm because of the busy workload he had before the cross country season. Then, he finally turned on the TV.

“I’m seeing this great big blob start to come,” Randolph said, “and I’m like, ‘What do we do?’

“They basically were telling me there was no real plan (and) they were waiting to hear back from the president (of the university).”

Randolph was unwilling to wait. He took it upon himself to get his team to safety.

After a team meeting Saturday night, Randolph organized a way out of New Orleans for the 47 members of the team who stayed.

The next morning, they headed to Baton Rouge, just 50 miles away on the campus of Louisiana State, where Randolph had a contact – LSU Assistant Athletics Director Eddie Nunez.

The team made it out, but the university was left vulnerable.

On Monday, Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina, a Category-3 storm upon touching land, ravaged across the southern Louisiana landscape, killing more than 1,800 people and imposing more than $110 billion worth of damage.

“All hell broke loose,” Miller said.

Privateer Place apartment complex, where most student athletes lived, was damaged and did not reopen until May 2006. The basketball arena – Lakefront Arena – could not be used for the following three seasons because of damages. The second floor of the University Center and other student housing facilities are still closed to this day.

The death count made Katrina the deadliest U.S. hurricane since 1928 and the third deadliest of all time to hit the U.S. mainland.

“That storm was, I guess you could call it, one in a thousand years,” Hayes said.

A promise “Now think about this,” Hayes said, laying down a scenario. “All of the sudden, I’ve got to move … and I’ve got to find a place to live and somebody to live with. I’m not taking all of my possessions because I think I’m coming back

“This is home. This is where I was raised. Back to my alma mater.”

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in a few days. Only thing is, after I get there, I find out I’m not coming back for weeks or maybe months.”

This was the situation Randolph encountered, but worse.

He also had his athletes to think about. He took $800 out of his bank account before leaving New Orleans and rationed the money to his staff upon arriving in Baton Rouge.

“They weren’t taking credit cards anymore, so that money became even more important within the next two days,” Randolph said. “Everybody was evacuating now. It was like mayhem.”

Through the process, Miller said Randolph was one step ahead of everyone else.

“Willie probably did as good or better job than any of our coaches knowing the task at hand,” Miller said. “And Willie just basically scarfed up all the vacant rooms on the LSU campus for his athletes. I wish all of our coaches had done that.”

But Randolph still had a promise to keep – a promise to his athletes; a promise to their parents. He guaranteed each athlete would get an opportunity to obtain a degree through athletics, and he would not lose sight of his goal.

“I always taught him to help others more than himself,” said his mother, Grace Randolph.

The foundation she set for him as a single mother – she has been divorced since Willie was very young – was based on faith, and it forced him to stay after the storm. Although she wished him to come home, Grace understood.

Through the entire process, there were times Randolph’s tank was running on ‘empty.’

But even the smallest presence of support can change a situation for the better. Still living at Coach Nunez’s home at LSU, Randolph became reenergized.

“Coach Hayes was the first person that found me,” Randolph said. “I remember the day coming back from a cross country practice and going into Eddie’s house, playing the answering machine and hearing Coach Hayes’ (voice).”

Hayes told him he had some money coming. More importantly, he told him he had support.

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Willie Randolph, Director of track and field and cross country, observes a small group of athletes with assistant coach Dionne Henley as they prepare for a workout.

“That gave me a jolt, just knowing that I had support,” he said. “I started to find out what people really thought about people and not about the sport and not about the area.”

There were still hurdles.

Conducting a cross country schedule was manageable.

Randolph was able to get his athletes back in the classrooms in New Orleans as well.

By Jan. 2006, classes were reopened on campus and the team had returned.

However, Jim Miller was forced to drastically trim the UNO athletics budget. The department was forced to cut $1 million from a $4 million budget, and the track program – a non-profitable sport – was expendable.

“That was the most difficult day I’ve had as an athletic director,” Miller said, “when I met with Willie and told him that we’ve made the decision to suspend the track and field program.”

Randolph pleaded with Miller to let the team finish the 2006 spring season. But he knew this chapter of his life was nearing its end.

“I remember standing there in the corner in the backstretch by the long jump watching the four-by-four going on, looking in the stands, looking at the kids celebrating and talking with their other teammates,” Randolph said. “But standing there saying, ‘OK what am I going to do now? What’s the next step?’”

A new chapter By season’s end, Randolph

upheld his promise. He was able to move his athletes to other schools for the opportunity to pursue a degree.

Randolph said the trust his athletes put in him enabled them to persevere through the difficult situation. He had been through a lot by now.

He took a leadership role that bypasses the responsibility of any coach. And once the team got back to New Orleans, he had no place to live.

Randolph and his staff were living in a hotel, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency – FEMA – told him his vouchers were running out.

“I was one of those people that almost got kicked out of the hotel,” he said.

Randolph had to live out of trailers until season’s end.

After the season, he returned to Nashville where he had a house since his coaching days at Vanderbilt. His mother moved there from Saginaw, Mich., after a heart attack in 2003, and she lived alone until Willie returned.

Now he was searching for employment.

Contacted by Michigan State and Memphis for vacant positions, he was eventually passed over. But finally, he caught a break. Randolph was told about an assistant coaching vacancy at the University of Louisville and, after a slight hesitation, he pounced on the chance.

With a new opportunity, he began to emotionally heal.

Randolph could look back at the entire situation with a different light.

“I think it showed me as a

person,” he said. “The coaching piece is a part of me. But I’m Willie Randolph, with character, and I focus on who I am spiritually.”

Back home After spending three years at Louisville, Randolph is back at Central Michigan as the head of the program he once competed for. He credits his former coaches — Knapp and Fuller — with teaching him how to motivate.

And now, a sense of comfort accompanies him with his return.

“This is home,” he said.

“This is where I was raised.

Back at my alma mater, it’s more personal.”

Randolph experienced what many people never could imagine. He swears there was a lot of good to come out of the situation, including making him the person he is today. But, at one point while he recalled the situation, tears ran down his face. He still holds a lot of emotion inside.

“He’ll have a deeper appreciation for things,” Hayes said.

“All of the sudden, you appreciate each day, each hour a lot more than you did before that incident happened.”

His mother said she is happy Willie maintained his dignity while achieving success.

“He took a lot of things just to get to where he is,” Grace Randolph said. “I told him since he’s at the top, don’t forget where he came from.”

Judging from the past, that should not be an issue. sports@cm-life.com

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Chatman joins coaching staff New coach previously served as team’s director of operations

Freshman outside hitter Lindsey Dulude sets the ball during the alumnae match. Dulude was a finalist for the Detroit Free Press Miss Volleyball her senior year of high school.

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The volleyball team opened competitive play against some familiar faces Saturday at the exhibition alumnae game in Rose Arena.

The Chippewas, playing against a team of alumnae, received their first gametime experience before heading to Florida for their season-opening tournament, which starts Friday.

“We looked pretty sharp in our execution,” said coach Erik Olson. “I was very encouraged, especially with how young this team is.”

Junior outside hitter Lauren Krupsky led the team with 17 kills.

Sophomore middle blocker Kaitlyn Schultz came into the match with a nagging groin injury. However, the returning Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year was able to play and earned 13 kills.

“We were just getting her going and the injury doesn’t seem to be slowing her down,” Olson said. “She gets better and better as each day goes by.”

The six freshman on the team were able to play in Rose Arena’s atmosphere for the first time. Freshman middle blocker Danielle Gotham thrived with 13 kills.

“They played like All-MAC kids,” Olson said. “They didn’t play like freshman.”

With the team’s depth at outside hitter, the freshmen on the squad had one more chance to impress Olson before the Florida State Invitational. Freshman outside

Senior setter Stephanie Budde sets the ball for freshman middle blocker Danielle Gotham. Budde played in 97 sets last season.

hitter Lindsey Dulude added seven kills and 11 digs to the team’s total. Freshman outside hitter Val DeWeerd earned nine kills.

“Dulude looked like the best overall athlete in the gym,” Olson said. “DeWeerd, Gotham and Dulude could start, no problem.”

Returners to Rose Arena for the alumnae team included Erika Neumann, who had 203 digs last season, and Sarah Warner, who ended her CMU career last season with 979 kills.

“It was very encouraging for us to play against quality players like that,” Olson said.

CMU opens the regular season Friday at the Florida State Invitational. The team opens with North Dakota State before taking on the host Seminoles on Friday.

The team plays Florida A&M on Saturday and Indiana on Sunday.

The team’s first home game is Oct. 2 against Ball State. sports@cm-life.com

Softball

Jonker promotes assistant Staff Reports

The softball team was left with a void when top assistant coach Karen Hohs took a teaching job in elementary education.

Coach Margo Jonker decided make the top assisstant someone who was already with the team.

Sami Baugh, who coached the catchers and called the pitchers the past two seasons, is now Jonker’s top assistant.

“Sammi showed in the last couple of years the qualities I believe are critical for a top-notch assistant coach,” Jonker said.

“She basically put in a two-year interview and passed that interview with outstanding colors.”

In Baugh’s playing career at the University of Iowa, she started 171 games at catcher.

But Jonker said it was Baugh’s mentality about the game that helped her get the job.

“She does a great job of work-

ing with catchers,” Jonker said.

“But not only that, it’s her enthusiasm, her paying attention to detail and the loyalty she showed to her student athletes.”

Jonker also said part of what helped Baugh is Jonker saw Baugh coach the past two years and she knew what kind of coach she was getting.

The softball team also added Colleen Powers as an assistant coach.

“Her references were extremely positive and then we did phone interviews with four different candidates,” Jonker said. “The committee and myself were impressed with her answers. Then we brought her up on a campus interview, which went well.”

Powers played at the University of Minnesota from 2005-08, where she was a two-time captain.

Last year, Powers was an assistant coach at West Texas A&M

University. She helped the Buffalos hit a conference-leading .339 and place third in the Lone Star Conference South Division.

Jonker said Powers’ personality was a main reason she was added to the coaching staff.

“She was very positive and outgoing,” she said. “You need that positive outlook with the student athletes as well as our recruiting situation.” sports@cm-life.com

Ernie Zeigler was walking through the halls of a Detroit middle school when he recognized Terrance Chatman.

The men’s basketball coach, then a coach of Detroit Cody High School, was shocked to see the seventhgrade Chatman since he had just made Zeigler’s varsity squad just a week before.

After being persuaded to try out for the team by some older players he played pickTerrance Chatman up games with, Chatman’s stay on the varsity team was short. Zeigler had to cut him from the team for obvious reasons, but the pair formed a bond that continues to grow.

On Aug. 11, Zeigler named Chatman assistant coach of the men’s basketball team.

“I’m extremely blessed to work for a great person in Coach Zeigler,” Chatman said. “He has been nothing short of a father figure. I’m very excited and hope I can do the best job I can for him.”

Chatman has been with Zeigler as the team’s director of basketball operations since Zeigler came to CMU before the 2006-07 season.

He handled the administrative side of the team, scheduling practices, acting as liaison for travel plans and other related duties.

“I’ve know Terrance for more than half his life,” Zeigler said. “He definitely put himself in a position to take the next step in the program — his ability to interact with players and help enhance the experience as student athletes is going to be a great asset to myself and the program.”

Chatman will primarily work with the guards af-

ter playing the position at the University of MissouriKansas City. He also spent two seasons at Garden City Community College in Garden City, Kan. “He’ll definitely be a really good fit,” Zeigler said.

“As a former D-I player, he has learned a level of expertise on both offense and defense.”

Chatman spent two seasons coaching Team Detroit in an AAU league and also was an assistant at Detroit Cody prior to his arrival at CMU. Chatman will replace the departing William Eddie Jr., who moved on to an assistant coaching position at Florida International University, coached by former Detroit Piston Isiah Thomas.

The same day, Zeigler also said Marcelo Olivarez will replace Chatman as director of basketball operations and Lonnie Griffin will assume the role of the newly created video coordinator position.

“It’s a tremendous honor to work for a guy who taught me so much as a basketball player,” Chatman said. “I

2009 Team Players Name Class Amir Rashid Jr. Finis Craddock Fr. Zach Saylor RFr. Marko Spica Jr. Brandon Ford Sr. Jordan Bitzer Sr. Robbie Harman Sr. Chris Kellermann Sr. Antonio Weary Jr. Jalin Thomas Jr. Tyler Brown Fr. William McClure Jr.

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Name Ernie Zeigler Keith Noftz Darren Kohne Terrance Chatman

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think it’ll be good for both parties, I already have good relationships and being a former student athlete, I know the process they’re going through.”

Olivarez graduated from CMU in 2009. sports@cm-life.com

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Rich Rodriguez confident defense will improve this fall

Nationally respected center Nitchman on target to lead Spartans offense

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A year ago, Michigan’s defense surrendered more points than any team in school history.

That is one of the reasons new defensive coordinator Greg Robinson was added to the staff.

Coach Rich Rodriguez said he is seeing some progress on defense.

“Greg and I have not sat down and talked at length about where we’re at schemewise and all that, but I like what we’re doing, I like some of the things that Greg is teaching and our defensive staff is teaching,” he said.

“Sometimes, I get upset at a defense; as a head coach you get bothered when you give up big plays. But sometimes, it’s just a matter on offense of a guy executing and doing pretty well.”

Rodriguez admits there are major concerns with the defense’s depth, although there are probably four or five standout defenders and potential NFL prospects linemen Brandon Graham and Mike Martin, linebackers Obi Ezeh and Jonas Mouton and cornerback Donovan Warren. He did say Troy Woolfolk, a converted cornerback, secured one of the safety spots.

Rodriguez has spent more of his time focusing on the offense so far in camp, showing his trust in Robinson.

“I’ve looked at (the defense), but I’m not concerned with it until this weekend when we scrimmage,” he said Thursday. “After this weekend, we’ll start getting into our game plan and stuff for next week, throwing out what we can’t do and keeping what we can.” sports@cm-life.com

AP Top 25 1. Florida 2. Texas 3. Oklahoma 4. USC 5. Alabama 6. Ohio State 7. Virginia Tech 8. Mississippi 9. Oklahoma State 9. Penn State 11. LSU 12. California 13. Georgia 14. Boise State 15. Georgia Tech 16. Oregon 17. TCU 18. Florida State 19. Utah 20. BYU 21. North Carolina 22. Iowa 23. Notre Dame 24. Nebraska 25. Kansas

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EAST LANSING, Mich. _ Joel Nitchman had never shot a gun until this summer, when a trip to the shooting range during his internship with the Ingham County Sheriff’s Office showed him that he had a particular knack for accuracy.

“The officers said I was a pretty good shot for a firsttimer,” he said.

Not that Nitchman needs to show that type of precision on the field this fall, but Michigan State’s new starting quarterback, whether it’s Kirk Cousins or Keith Nichol, can rest assured he will take snaps from one of the nation’s top centers.

The 6-foot-4, 296-pound Nitchman, a fifth-year senior, is one of 43 candidates on the watch list for the Rimington Trophy, given to the nation’s top center. He also is ranked 26th in the nation on Phil

Steele’s list of centers.

“His experience, his ability to communicate the defenses and the fronts are really big,” offensive line coach Dan Roushar said. “I think he settles everybody in and brings a real presence about him. That provides a lot of confidence to the group that we’re on the right people.

He’s very important to what we’re doing up front.”

He might also be one of the more interesting players, as the Kalamazoo native’s interests range from politics to his major in criminal justice.

When he was not working extra hours with strength coach Ken Mannie over the summer to get his weight down and gain muscle, he spent time observing the daily workings of law-enforcement officers during his internship.

Depending on the day, Nitchman could find himself in a squad car witnessing an arrest or going through a drill

with the Special Response Team, the local equivalent of the SWAT team.

Nitchman got to participate in drills with the elite group, such as storming a bus in a simulation of a hostage situation.

“The highlight of the whole thing was that I got to go to SWAT training for a day,” Nitchman said. “I think I found something I might like to do for the rest of my life.”

WOODEN WATCH LIST MSU senior center Allyssa DeHaan was among 31 women’s players named to the preseason Wooden Award list. She is averaging 12.6 points, 7.0 rebounds and 3.9 blocks per game in her career. Already the Big Ten career leader in blocked shots with 402, DeHaan needs 78 blocks to tie the NCAA record. sports@cm-life.com

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