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WEDNESDAY, AUG. 28, 2013 | MOUNT PLEASANT, MICH. | ISSUE NO. 3 VOL. 95

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Dance team strikes a pose with celebrity choreographer By Megan Pacer Senior Reporter

ALMA, Mich. — A few lucky students found themselves dancing with a woman who has worked with the likes of Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez and Usher on Monday. The Central Michigan University dance team enjoyed a two-hour session with choreographer and performer Danielle Polanco at the DuHadway Dance Dimensions studio in Alma. The lesson focused on a particularly feminine and sensual style of dance known as “vogue femme,” which Polanco now teaches all over the United States as well as overseas. Polanco, who began her professional career at 17-years-old working for Beyoncé,

said teaching people to vogue is important to expand their skill set when it comes to dance. “Every style helps something else,” Polanco said. “My ballet, believe it or not, helped me with hiphop. When people stop themselves from doing other styles, they stop themselves from getting better.” The concept of “vogue femme,” a style of dance that originated in the Harlem ballroom scene in the 1980s, was new to the women of the CMU dance team. Many of them were visibly uncomfortable with the deeply feminine movements Polanco demonstrated. “It was definitely something different from what I’ve ever done,” team captain Stephanie Brantigan said. w DANCE | 2A

Taylor Ballek | Photo Editor Choreographer and performer Danielle Polanco teaches the CMU dance team the style of “Vogue” Monday night at DuHadway Dance Dimensions studio in Alma.

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Welcome Weekend citations on the low end Police arrest 47 last weekend

GLUTEN-FREE? LACTOSE INTOLERANT? DON’T WORRY. CAMPUS DINING HAS GOT YOU COVERED Campus dining oﬀers new tools for students with food allergies w 6A

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AVOID THE FRESHMAN 15 New weightlifting equipment, amp system and more added to the SAC w 5A

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A liberating lens Mark Cox | Courtesy Mark Cox, CMU professor, documented his daughter’s battle with cancer through photography. Check out a full gallery at cm-life.com.

Music instructor documents his daughter’s fight with cancer through photography GET TO KNOW YOUR NEW STARTING QUARTERBACK Cody Kater sits down with CM Life and outlines his hopes for the season w 1B

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As Central Michigan University music instructor Mark Cox walked protest lines with his daughter Sarah, the demonstration took on a meaning more tangible for the family than collective bargaining or shared governance. Suffering from acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a severe form of cancer, Sarah’s medical coverage hung in the balance. Negotiations between faculty and administration came to a halt in the fall of 2011, resulting in a work stoppage of the CMU Faculty Association. Two years, and more than $1 million in medical expenses later, Cox and his family are proud to say Sarah, 13, defeated her illness and can return to her life of opera singing, acting and playing the French horn.

She received cutting-edge treatment at Devos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids. “This is one of the reasons we fight so hard for good health insurance,” Cox said. “Out of all our (medical) expenses, we only paid a fraction. That’s why it’s worth going on strike. Sarah walked the line with me.” Cox is so proud of his daughter’s victory that he is planning an art installation to commemorate her fight as part of Art Drive, a contest hosted at Grand Rapids restaurant San Chez. His 3-by-7-foot entry is comprised of a large “S” for Sarah – and for “strength.” “It hits close to home with Devos being nearby,” said CEO of San Chez Cindy Schnieder. “Community outreach is definitely in our culture. Mark and his family frequented our restaurant a lot, even before Sarah got sick. They’ve

been a strong fan base and are super protective of one another. They celebrate life together.” Along the path of the “S,” Cox fastened several photos taken during the illness. The project will contain about 10 pictures, which will document her almost threeyear ordeal. Images during Sarah’s chemotherapy will be presented in black and white. In early July, Cox opened an account on Kickstarter, an online funding program for creative endeavors, to help cover the costs of his vision. He estimates the overall cost to be between $3,500 and $4,500. Registration for the contest begins on Sept. 14 with the contest opening on Sept. 18. A first-place entry will receive a prize of $200,000, but Cox said it’s about more than winning. w COX | 2A

The Mount Pleasant Police Department responded to 439 calls over Welcome Weekend, resulting in 219 citations and 47 lodgings in jail. According to a Mount Pleasant Division of Public Safety news release, these numbers are significantly lower than those seen during last year’s Welcome Weekend festivities, when 58 more citations were issued and 11 more people were jailed. MPPD Public Information Officer Jeff Thompson said this year’s lower numbers could be related to a smaller number of officers patrolling areas near campus and throughout the city. “I believe that if we had more officers available, there could have been a higher number of citations and arrests,” Thompson said. “But with the number we had, we were able to maintain a level of safety.” The most commonly addressed crime last weekend was open intoxication, accounting for 140 citations and four arrests. Other prevalent crimes that attracted the attention of MPPD were nuisance parties (14 citations, 22 jailed) and counts of minors in possession (59 citations and six jailed). Other, “less commonly committed crimes” included disorderly conduct, trespassing, assault, resisting or obstructing an officer and indecent exposure. According to Thompson, police ran into no unforeseen problems throughout the weekend, and the police department operated as usual, with no changes to the strategy or procedures used last year. “Most of the activity takes place in the student section,” Thompson said. “Primarily in the 800-1000 block of South Main Street.” The city installed new lighting on South Main Street to promote safety in the area in response to previous incidents, including on previous Welcome Weekends. Rumors of a stolen police car and a police car window damaged by a thrown brick were circulating around Twitter over the weekend. Thompson said the rumors are false. Thompson said the process of educating students on rules and regulations prior to the weekend is a new for MPPD. “We have also had an increase in remodeled or new housing in the student section that has created a greater sense of pride in the property for both the landlords and the tenants,” Thompson said. metro@cm-life.com

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EVENTS CALENDAR TODAY w An American Red Cross blood drive begins at noon and runs through 6 p.m. in the Bovee University Center Terrace rooms. w Get Acquainted Day, featuring student organizations, local businesses, departments and more, begins at 4 p.m. in front of Warriner Hall. It runs until 7 p.m.

TOMORROW w The School of Music’s Honors Convocation, featuring selected scholarship award recipients performing in recital, begins at 11 a.m. in the Staples Family Concert Hall in the Music Building. The event is free and open to the public. w The Red Cross will host another blood drive from noon until 6 p.m. in Kulhavi Hall room 142. w Finance and law faculty Ken Sanney and sociology faculty Mary Senter will host a discussion on how to develop professional relationships with faculty. The hour-long discussion begins at 7 p.m. in the UC Auditorium on the third floor.

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COX | CONTINUED FROM 1A

“Originally, I wanted to take pictures for our family history, nothing sensationalist,” he said. “It was about the beauty of the person, not the ugliness of cancer. When you’re in the middle of treatment, you can lose hope.” And when a reporter from Yahoo! found the entry online, the family was launched into the national spotlight. “It was a complete and utter surprise,” Cox said of the media attention. “All of a sudden, I started getting funding from people I didn’t even know. A bunch of other websites kept asking if they could use our story.” Aggregated across the web on MLive and even Disney’s parenting site Babble, the family remained firm that the mission was to show the optimism in Sarah’s recovery.

CRIME LOG The following incidents occurred from Thursday, Aug. 22 through Sunday, Aug. 26, as reported by the Mount Pleasant Police Department. Aug. 23 w 9:27 p.m. – A 20-year-old Livonia man was charged with open intoxicants and marijuana possession. w 10:24 p.m. – Officers lodged a 22-year-old Mount Pleasant man for disorderly conduct at 899 Main St. w 11:28 p.m. – A 23-year-old Mount Pleasant man, a 22-yearold Caro man and a 22-year-old Plymouth man were cited for allowing a nuisance party. A 23-year-old Canton man was cited for attending a nuisance party at 809 S. Main St. w 2:26 a.m. – A 26-year-old man was taken to jail for trespassing at 2000 S. Mission St.

w 3:55 a.m. – Officers investigated a resisting and obstructing incident at 599 S. Main St. The case is being turned over to the prosecutor’s office. w 4:30 a.m. – A 22-year-old Pontiac man was lodged for aggravated assault at 1619 S. Mission St. w 11:54 p.m – Officers lodged an 18-year-old Swartz Creek man for assaulting an officer and open intoxicants at 199 W. Gaylord St. He was also charged as a minor in possession of alcohol. Aug. 25 w 1:44 a.m. – Officers responded to a fight in the street and arrested a 21-yearold Mount Pleasant man for disorderly conduct.

w 4:18 a.m. – A Royal Oak man was lodged at the Isabella County Sheriff’s Department as a minor in possession of alcohol. Officers are also seeking a warrant for indecent exposure. w 6 a.m. – An officer investigated an assault and possible trespassing at 1624 Canterbury. w 3 p.m. – Officers lodged a 19-year-old Davidson man for larceny from a person and obstructing at 100 E. Gaylord St. Aug. 24 w 2:01 a.m. – A 29-year-old Mount Pleasant female was charged with disorderly conduct when she was seen throwing a bottle at another person at 123 S. Main St.

“When you’re in the middle of it, you just take it one step at a time,” said Sarah’s mother, Mary Jo. “Just go through the steps. Each day was a check off. We also had confidence in what (doctors) were doing. That was a big help.” Diagnosed in June 2010 at the age of 10, Sarah went into remission one month later. She estimated that she was given about 40 injections during her treatment, which lasted until January 2013. She sustained nine spinal fractures as a result of the illness and had to wear a back brace for nine months to be stabilized. Sarah said her main concern throughout the ordeal was for the waist-length hair she was so proud to have grown beforehand. During chemo, Sarah was still able to act in plays at Shepard Middle School, but refused to wear wigs and was happy to play male roles instead. “I was most scared about losing my hair,” Sarah said.

w 2:37 a.m. – A 24-yearold man and a 28-year-old man, both from Ohio, were arrested for simple assault and aggravated assault, respectively, at 430 W. Broomfield St. w 3:34 a.m. – A-20-year- old Gladwin man was arrested for disorderly conduct at 599 S. Pine St. Aug. 26 w 12:06 a.m. A 25-year-old Mount Pleasant woman was lodged at the Isabella County Sheriff’s Department for operating while intoxicated at 100 N. Fancher St.

“I always wore hats and bandanas; no wigs. That’s just not who I am and I don’t really care what people think.” At home, during the longest leg of her recovery, Sarah’s parents worked hard to not only provide her with the necessary care, but to strike a balance with her little brother, seven-year-old Liam. “Keeping the balance with Liam was difficult,” Mary Jo said. “One of us would always stay with him to try and keep things as normal as possible.” Cox hopes that the project will not only showcase the strength of his daughter, but will provide optimism for families during times of turmoil. “It’s been great showing what can be done about cancer,” he said. “The message is just hope. As a parent, hope can really fade. But there is a good end.”

PHOTO OF THE DAY Samantha Madar | Staff Photographer Millington freshman Hailee Hall listens to music outside of Larzelere Hall Tuesday afternoon.

DANCE | CONTINUED FROM 1A

Polanco used her disarming humor and playful critique of the team to ease them out of their comfort zones until the dancers resembled nothing close to those who first walked in the door. Brantigan said Polanco’s attitude during the session helped the team get out of the regular routine they’ve adjusted to in preparation for athletic events at CMU. “She was just kind of wacky and silly,” Brantigan said. This playfulness allowed the women to relax so they could fully experience something new. Throughout the

session, Polanco motivated and galvanized the team with phrases such as “time to wake up and dance,” and “alright ladies, good luck.” In general, Polanco receives the same reactions each time she teaches voguing to others, so the initial reluctance of the dance team posed no problem. “I’m used to people letting themselves go eventually,” Polanco said. “This didn’t surprise me. I’m like, ‘Oh, they’ll be fine in two seconds.’” One of the reasons that Polanco travels so far to teach vogue to students is to increase their confidence and share they would not normally have access to. Voguing is an extremely feminine dance style, and learning even its basic elements re-

quires dancers to be comfortable with their bodies. “(It’s important) being comfortable in your own skin,” Planco said. “And not being afraid to not know things. It’s OK not to know.” Polanco, who has also choreographed for Janet Jackson and Chris Brown, is now back in New York where she was scheduled to teach her usual classes the following night. She will continue to travel and teach wherever others reach out for her help. Those interested in keeping up with the CMU Dance Team can follow them on Twitter @CMUDanceTeam, or on Instagram @CentralMichiganDance. metro@cm-life.com

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Officials at Central Michigan University say non-tenured faculty members are still a minority at CMU, against a national trend that sees fewer tenure-line faculty members on campuses nationwide. According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, 70 percent of instructors at all colleges and universities in the United States are ineligible for tenure. The study found 60 percent of teachers at four-year schools and 85 percent at community colleges are off the tenure line. Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Ray Christie said CMU has maintained a higher number of tenure-track instructors to keep in line with the university’s goals of providing quality research and curriculum development. Tenured instructors, whose contracts are much longer than nontenured or fixed-term instructors, are required to engage in research developments and services to the college. Fixed-term, he said, are only required to teach. “We have deliberately invested in more tenure-track lines,” he said. “That is to support a desire to increase research and creative endeavors. You definitely need them to bring up new programs. We’ve done a fine job in maintaining the balance.” Christie estimated that out of about 1,000 instructors at CMU, 650 are tenured or have been guaranteed tenure in the future. This means they operate under six-year contracts and cannot be terminated without specific cause. Fixed-term instructors are hired on for one-year contracts, whose positions may be eliminated at any time simply based on need. “Fixed-term ranks provide flexibility,” Christie said. “As enrollment ebbs and flows, so do our needs. I’m proud that CMU has done better than the national data. It’s ideal if your goals are research and creative endeavors.” The Faculty Association at CMU is designed to accommodate collective bargaining and represent tenureline instructors at the university. FA President Joshua Smith said having more tenured instructors is optimal for higher education. w TENURE | 7A

Mount Pleasant

Man arrested Saturday for attempted murder By Adrian Hedden Staff Reporter

A 21-year-old Mount Pleasant man was arrested at 11:30 p.m. Saturday for assault with intent to murder at in the 2000 block of S. Lyndale Lane in Union Township. Police say Hieu Trong Nguyen allegedly stabbed a 42-year-old Mount Pleasant man in the upper body following an argument, Isabella County Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski said. He was arraigned on Monday for two felonies at the Isabella County Courthouse. “They got into an altercation,” Mioduszewski said. “It does happen once and a while. We are certainly not immune to this sort of thing.” Nguyen was charged with assault with intent to murder, which can carry a sentence of life in prison, and assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder, which could send him to prison for 10 years or require a $10,000 fine. Detective Dale Heugel made the arrest, and Nguyen was lodged in Isabella County Jail on $1 million bond, due to the “severity” of the alleged crimes. According to Mioduszewski, the incident occurred in a private residence and had no ties to Central Michigan University, despite its close proximity to students celebrating Welcome Weekend. Mioduszewski said alcohol was not involved during the incident. “They had nothing to do with CMU,” he said of the two men. The sheriff’s department is still investigating continuing to gather evidence, Mioduszewski said. Since the investigation is still active, he declined to provide information regarding witness statements gathered at the scene. “We make sure all the evidence is collected, so we can conduct a thorough investigation,” he said. “We want to make sure we have all the facts.” metro@cm-life.com

Emily Brouwer | Staff Photographer Mount Pleasant resident Kati Mora poses in her shop, the Plate Boutique, on Monday afternoon at 120 E. Broadway St. The Plate Boutique is a nutrition-inspired kitchenware shop and has been open for a little over a year.

Setting up shop

CMU graduate expands business but chooses to stay local By Nathan Clark Staff Reporter

Many students dream of moving away to the big city lights of some far off metropolis, leaving behind the cozy, little town of Mount Pleasant upon graduation. For Central Michigan University alum Kati Mora, life is what you make of it — no matter where you are — as she has shown how successful a college graduate can be while choosing to raise a family in Mount Pleasant. Mora, who earned her bachelor’s degree in dietetics in 2006 and her master’s degree in nutrition and dietetics in 2011, has been the owner and operator of a cookware shop in downtown Mount Pleasant since its opening almost a year ago. The Plate Boutique, located at 120 E.Broadway St. across from Max & Emily’s, has a welcoming layout with shelves full of cookware and dinnerware ranging from the traditional to the somewhat unusual and fun. “The shop is a nutrition-inspired kitchenware shop that focuses on helping people build a better plate,” Mora said. “We want people to eat healthier and enjoy it. A lot of people have the stigma that healthy food is terrible or hard to put together on a budget. The shop tries to change that perception.” After starting out her college career as an elementary education major, Mora felt uninspired. With the advice of her then-boyfriend and now-husband, Aaron Mora, she found the dietetics program in the CMU bulletin and decided that was

“We want people to eat healthier and enjoy it. A lot of people have the stigma that healthy food is terrible or hard to put together on a budget. The shop tries to change that perception.” Kati Mora, CMU alum, owner of the Plate Boutique what she wanted to do. She started a nutrition blog called aroundtheplate.org, now a nationally-recognized nutrition website. It features nutrition facts, healthy eating habits and recipes, among other things. She is also a weekly columnist for the Morning Sun. Her reputation and hard work in the nutrition and dietetics community throughout the country has opened up a plethora of opportunities for her, including the opportunity to have dinner with Food Network star Alton Brown, the host of “Cutthroat Kitchen,” earlier this month at a nutritionist convention in Chicago. Mora’s passion for helping people make healthier food decisions isn’t only limited to the Internet. She offers numerous free group seminars on healthy food habits, as well as private one-on-one consultations for a small fee in her shop. “A lot of people will come in with an idea of what they want to do or what is good for them,” Mora said. “I make sure that what they know is correct, is safe and is achievable, aside from helping them with the

things they don’t know.” She recently started a program geared toward students called “30 for 30,” a 30-minute meal plan seminar for $30 that teaches students how to pick out and put together healthy meals while on a student’s limited budget. During the upcoming farmers market, Mora is running a seminar where she will take everyone to the market and introduce them to all the local sellers. She hopes to tell them about the many nutritious produce items available and then take them back to the store and show them how to cook everything in an effective way. Mora made signing up for a consultation incredibly easy, as everything is done through the store’s Facebook page. For Mora, her reason for staying in mid-Michigan is simple: family. “My husband and I grew up in Michigan, and we love the big cities, but love raising our family in Mount Pleasant,” Mora said. “This is where we want to be.” studentlife@cm-life.com

Data Center operational following relocation By Mark Johnson Staff Reporter

The new data center is finished, and almost all of the equipment has been moved to the new location. The location of the building, which sits between the Engineering and Technology Building and the Combined Services Building, was agreed upon after the center previously existed in the basement of Foust Hall. After a flood that almost wiped out all of the equipment, the server room was moved. Most of the equipment was moved from the old location to the new location in July. “It basically is a machine Katy Kildee | Assistant Photo Editor room,” Vice President of InforA student walks past the newly built Data Center on Monday afternoon. The new mation Technology Roger Rehm Data Center is located between the Engineering and Technology Building and the said. “It is what we call a ‘lights- Combined Services Building. out’ facility. It doesn’t have any 2012 after the Board of Trustees Rehm said construction was personnel stationed in it; it just approved the plan in December quoted under the original budget houses equipment.” 2011. After final approval, conof $5.4 million, but he did not As previously reported by struction began immediately. specify the final costs. As far Central Michigan Life, the data “We conducted a risk assessas upkeep of the facility, Rehm center holds servers, a backup ment on the previous facility to was also unsure of the cost. The generator and other equipment figure out whether it was sal5,000-square-foot building was used to help campus operate. vageable or whether we needed funded completely with univerThe building does not require to do something entirely differsity reserves. in-house workers, but instead ent,” Rehm said. “The result sug“We don’t know how they requires a small team to monitor gested that we should probably will compare to the maintethe equipment and make sure build something that was new, nance costs of the other facileverything runs smoothly. and really built to suit the needs ity,” Rehm said. “But essentially, “We have a team of about of what the university was lookit’s a transfer of the funding for seven,” Rehm said. “Their reing for.” maintenance that was spent on sponsibility is to the operational One risk they had to consider the old facility transferred to the hardware side of things. They’re was flooding. With all the data new one.” the groups that manage our equipment previously located in hardware and our network.” a basement, there was a signifiConstruction began in July cant risk of damage. university@cm-life.com

The Isabella County Sheriff’s Department is looking for two teenagers who have been missing Braxton Wood from their homes since Monday morning. Clare resident Jayden Nicole Thomas, 13, and 14-year-old Braxton Michael Ed- Jayden Thomas ward Wood of Mount Pleasant might be heading to Florida, according to a news release from ICSD. Their parents reported that the two snuck out of their homes and stole Wood’s father’s black 2005 Ford Explorer, license plate number “BCQ4820.” Isabella County Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski said his department has contacted every police agency “from here to Florida” with information in hopes that officers might spot the underage drivers and return them home. “It’s just a matter of time before someone spots them,” he said. “They could still be in the area. We’re not sure where they are. Someone will see the vehicle eventually.” The two have dated in the past but are not currently seeing each other, according to the release. Photos of the missing children were released on Tuesday, along with an image of the vehicle. They are classified as runaways, and anyone with information is encouraged to contact ICSD’s central dispatch office. - Adrian Hedden, Staff Reporter

Alumni

Cancer benefit for CMU alum a success The Zalewski family saw great success after a cancer benefit sale held at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 320 S. Bradley St., last Friday. The sale, which offered household items, clothing and recreational equipment, raised more than $1,140 for Central Michigan University alum Mike Zalewski and his wife, Melanie. Zalewski was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in August 2012, and he and his wife have been preparing for the subsequent bone marrow transplant the condition requires. “(The Zalewskis) are currently awaiting completion of chemo prior to undergoing the bone marrow transplant,” said retired CMU faculty member Carolyn Hoffman. “They will need to live within 100 miles from Ann Arbor for a four to six month period.” Hoffman, who played a large role in organizing the benefit, said she thinks the sale was a great success, with much support being shown to the Zalewski family, as well as a service being done for those in the community. Any extra support given to the Zalewskis will be wellreceived, as the rent for an apartment in Ann Arbor will be added onto the costs of their current mortgage and treatment-related expenses. “An account has been set up at Isabella Band titled ‘Mike Zalewski Cancer Fund,’” Hoffman said. “Donations are welcome.” Thrivent Financial, a Lutheran organization, also helped to support the Zalewskis by matching some of the funds raised during Friday’s sale. - Megan Pacer, Senior Reporter

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Ryan Fitzmaurice

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Let’s not all twerk out at once I once promised my faithful readers—all three of them—that I was going to write Central Michigan Life’s sex advice column. Well, don’t get your hopes up. I’m going to talk about Miley Cyrus instead. My Facebook friends, who always keep me up-to-date on the most important news in the world, stopped talking about matters of grave importance — most recently, Ben Affleck being cast as Batman — to chat about something even more worthwhile, even more Earth-shattering, even more fundamental to the nature of our modern society: Miley Cyrus doing indescribable things to this guy dressed like Beetlejuice. I hear Beetlejuice’s name is actually Robin Thicke, but I don’t know him, and I don’t care, so I’ll just keep calling him Beetlejuice. Now, keep in mind, I’m no pop culture mogul. The experience I have is largely from awkward conversations with my mother as E! rambles on in the background about some Kardashian gaining 20-something pounds after her pregnancy before quickly moving into a segment about how “plussize” girls are still a valuable asset to Hollywood. You go, Adele! But, if I could just say from my completely apathetically amused standpoint, I find it hilarious that our society pressures our most visible women to gobble up pills, go on starvation diets, and embark on ridiculous exercise regimes so they can look great in bikinis. It is this same society that acts shocked when the very sexuality we’ve encouraged this entire time starts parading on a stage. Face it, you clueless sex-fiends, we’ve been pining for this ever since Madonna started singing “Like a Virgin” in un-virgin outfits. If we had the ability, we would have danced just like Miley Cyrus at our senior prom. “How did Miley Cyrus end up this way?” an admonished Facebook friend asked in what I can only presume to be self-righteous judgment. Well, she grew up making a livelihood in pop culture, which demands you conform yourself to whatever mold most pleases and entertains the largest segment of society. How do you think she ended up this way? In a completely appropriate metaphorical sense, it was you grinding up against Beetlejuice during MTV’s 2013 Video Music Awards. Listen, I have no qualms against the increased presence of sex in our society, nor am I one to commonly argue the consistent objectification of women as our greatest social ill. But please, let’s not act shocked and offended. This is what you pay for, and this is what you support. After all, I haven’t heard anyone complain about Lady Gaga’s bikini-thong yet, but she’s not quite a teenage girl. Besides, that’s just evolved to artistic expression, hasn’t it?

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Enos’ time to shine with players of his own

High hopes for football

t’s no surprise what will be on everyone’s minds come Saturday.

As the Central Michigan football team heads to the Big House to face No.17 Michigan, expectations are as high for this team as they’ve been in years. Head coach Dan Enos enters his fourth year at the helm of a football team that was coming off a MidAmerican Conference Championship and bowl win when he first arrived. However, the team he inherited was barely a team at all, with most players either declaring for the draft, graduating or jumping ship to Cincinnati to join Butch Jones. It took three years, some tough recruiting and a few hard

lessons, but the Chippewas appear ready to be MAC contenders. Obviously, games against MAC powerhouses such as Northern Illinois and Toledo are circled, but for now, Michigan is the focal point. For those three hours in Ann Arbor, the ground shakes and the lights come on. It’s a time for CMU to represent itself on the national stage. But let’s be honest, no one expects CMU to come away with a win in their first week against a ranked opponent. And the home opener against New Hampshire, a good FCS team, is no slouch either. What

will be essential to see is the last stretch of games at the end of the season, which is the weakest of the schedule. That late push could put them over the top for a second consecutive bowl appearance along with more gold in the trophy case. It’s a crucial season for Enos and his squad. This team, save for seniors who were redshirted their freshman seasons, is completely Enos’. No more talk about transition periods or growing pains will fly. It’s time to see what kind of team Enos has built over these past few seasons. Central Michigan largely struggled on the field during his first 2.5 seasons, but the team finally found its groove at the end of last season, rallying to a 7-6 record

and a bowl win. Enos deserves credit for that. Now it is time to see if CMU can sustain that type of success for a whole season. Success will largely hinge on the play of newly-named starting quarterback Cody Kater. He is a talented, motivated player, but inexperience could hinder Kater, at least early on. It’s important for him to get past that early in the season and for the rest of the team to step up and fill in should there be any early season struggles. It’s an exciting, but nervous time to be a Chippewas fan. This could be the start of another great stretch of seasons for CMU, or yet another in a recent string of mediocre seasons. The Chippewas should expect to compete in the MAC, have a winning record and play in a bowl game at the end of the season. Anything short of that would be disappointing.

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Staff Reporter someone they didn’t get a job because they are overqualified just seems like a pandering way to let someone down with a little optimism. So, for the rest of the summer, while still looking for work, I burned through my savings. I tried to soften the financial blow by applying for government aid. But unfortunately, I didn’t qualify for unemployment because, according to the system, I quit my last job. I also didn’t qualify for a Bridge Card, because I wasn’t employed often enough. First off, I didn’t quit my job. I graduated. I was a student employee at my old job. You have to be a student to be a student employee. How dare I graduate? And second, if I was employed, I wouldn’t be asking for assistance. It’s like the state won’t help someone unless they are at a point where you have become completely dependant on aid to survive. How does that help anyone? Ultimately, I never got a job. It’s not all bad, though. I did a few good interviews and a few businesses told me they would love to have me work for them when they have more open positions. So, if you want a part-time job here, start looking months (or years) before you think you actually want one.

Get to know Kayla Huebner Kayla Huebner is a Shelby Township junior majoring in accounting and minoring in applied business practices. Describe yourself in three words. Kayla Huebner: I would say I’m approachable, compassionate and “girl-next-door.” What’s the best part about being a Chippewa? KH: The best part is automatically being family with everyone and knowing you can always count on another Chippewa to have your back. Who is your role model? KH: My role model actually just left. It was (Assistant

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Director) Tori Stevens in Career Services. Her enthusiasm for everything is contagious. She got me started in Career Services and made it so easy to see all that I want. What is the best advice you have ever received? KH: Find out what you struggle with, and odds are, you’re going to find someone with the same insecurities and problems, and you can help each other along the way. I can’t pinpoint who told me that exactly, but I think it’s collective. How does it feel to be back in classes? KH: It feels intimidating and absolutely enthralling. It’s a doubleedged sword. Central Michigan Life welcomes letters to the editor and commentary submissions. Only correspondence that includes a signature (email excluded), address and phone number will be considered. Do not include attached documents via email. Letters should be no longer than 300 words and commentary should not exceed 500 words. All submissions are subject to editing and may be published in print or on cm-life.com in the order they are received.

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Get devices Daytona Niles | Staff Photographer Mount Pleasant freshman Yoichiro Nakamichi uses new equipment in the weight room of the Student Activity Center.

More than $200,000 spent on SAC renovations, more planned By Kate Woodruff Staff Reporter

The Student Activity Center has a new look this year following several updates and improvements to different parts of the building. The cost of all renovations for the 2013-14 year is an estimated $230,000. Changes to the SAC included re-painting of the indoor track area, lower-level weight room and Outdoor Sports Complex, refinishing of the hardwood floors in the racquetball courts, the addition of new workout equipment in the lower-level weight room; and new tables in the alumni center and bowling area. “(The renovations consisted of ) painting in the facility, mainly around the track area. We also did some refinishing of the wood floors in the racquetball courts, so all six courts were totally refurnished,” Demond Pryor, SAC director of facility operations, said. A new sound system that travels through the SAC, Rose Center and the Events Center was also recently acquired. The university also has plans to purchase a 600-amp system that will also be used in the Events Center. The purchase of the

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“We have so many high end concerts coming to CMU that we need a larger amp system. We have Big Sean coming in October, and this will help us tremendously to provide for entertainers and students.” Demond Pryor, SAC director of facility operations $24,000 amp was made to make CMU more appealing for concerts and other events. “We have so many highend concerts coming to CMU that we need a larger amp system. We have Big Sean coming in October, and this will help us tremendously to provide for entertainers and students,” Pryor said. According to Pryor, funding for the revamp was overseen by Residences and Auxiliary Services. “We submit a request to the university, and we’re hopefully awarded the money,” Pryor said. “The funding itself (is awarded after) an annual assessment (looks) at different needs. A feasibility study helps us prioritize the needs of the facility going forward.” John Fisher, associate vice president for Residences and Auxiliary Services,

said money provided from auxiliary reserves was used to update some of the more than six-year-old equipment in the SAC. “There was $50,000 allocated for the (workout) equipment that was replaced. The (money for) maintenance that was done came from the auxiliary reserves,” Fisher said. Students have varied opinions about the updates being made to the SAC. There are additional plans in store for the SAC this year, which include installing a new set of doors for the bowling alley, upgrading the emergency sound system and resurfacing the indoor track, which Pryor said will likely occur closer to next summer.

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‘allergy Zone’ stations added to residential restaurants By Ryan Fitzmaurice Staff Reporter

Katy Kildee | Assistant Photo Editor Norway junior Shayla Johnson examines the menu for the day on a newly installed iPad station Tuesday at the Fresh Food Company cafeteria on East Campus.

Campus Dining will make sure students with food allergies have an easier time finding safe options at residential restaurants this year. New “allergy zone” stations will be present in all residential restaurants this semester. In addition, Campus Dining has relocated all special dietary items and equipment to one central location inside each residential restaurant for greater awareness and visibility. No changes or additions have been made regarding food offerings. However, meals specific to students with allergies have been moved into one general area inside each restaurant, Nikki Smith, marketing manager for Campus Dining, said. “Last year, we surveyed our current allergy students and discovered that greater awareness and visibility were needed regarding the options available for indi-

Dressing the part: ‘First Impressions’ to provide students with business attire By Adrian Hedden Staff Reporter

Central Michigan University students who could use the right attire to get the jobs they want – and need – will be able to acquire some professional fashion this fall at First Impressions. The clothing shop, to be opened in the Bovee University Center sometime in late September or early October, will offer donations of professional clothing for students going to internship or job interviews. “We know there is a need for professional dress,” Director of Career Services Julia Sherlock said. “They can be quite pricey. (First Lady Elizabeth) Ross had a vision to assist students in becoming professionals, and career services is excited to be a part of it.” University President George Ross said First Impressions is

largely the result of an idea his wife had about a year ago. “It was born of her interactions volunteering with students,” Ross said. “She has mentored students, and she continues to do that. It came to her attention that some of our students came dressed without business attire. She thought she’d help address that.” First Impressions was then developed by Career Services. Director Julia Sherlock said all of its employees, including interns from the apparel merchandising program, will work on a volunteer basis. “They hope it will be kind of a lab experience,” Sherlock said of the student employees. “We’ve had significant donations over the summer.” Sherlock said she hopes the project can address the difficulty many students face in acquiring work attire and is honored to be part of the initiative.

UC Manager Chad Garland said the shop will open in the office space on the first floor, across from Microchips near the Down Under Food Court. He said he was unable to track down the cost of utilities and the space needed, but said any cost would be “minimal.” The catering department, Garland said, will be moved to the old Student Employment office. Until Student Employment figures out where to go, he said they will reside in an office space on the third floor. “Personally, I think it’s a great service to the community,” Garland said of First Impressions. “Anything to help out our students is great for the university and the community. That’s what our student center is all about.” To donate to the cause, bring clothing to First Impressions when it opens. university@cm-life.com

viduals with food allergies and intolerances. Information has been available at communication stations inside the restaurants for several years,” Smith said. “However, through the survey process, we discovered that most students were not aware of this information. Therefore, Campus Dining made a commitment to create better awareness and visibility of the program within the restaurants.” Implementing allergy zone stations at all four residential restaurants included spending roughly $300 for marketing purposes, Smith said. In addition to marketing expenses, $6,800 was allocated for eight iPad kiosks. Campus Dining will use the iPads this year to make NetNutrition, an online menu and nutritional information website Campus Dining utilizes, available to students within each restaurant this year. The iPads were first introduced to residential restaurants last

“We wanted stickers identifying what ingredients were used at each station, but we felt this was a strong compromise.” Nikki Smith, marketing manager for Campus Dining fall, when two were placed in Real Food on Campus in the Towers residential halls. Six additional iPads were purchased when the program was expanded to the other three residential restaurants. “NetNutrition puts the knowledge and awareness of what you are eating right at your fingertips,” Smith said. Due to decreased on-campus enrollment, residential restaurants will be running with lower operating costs this year than in the past, Brenda Marquardt, director of Residential Dining, said. Food and labor expenses will be cut between 5 and 10 percent based on the location and item. “Our goal would be to de-

crease our operating budget at the same rate as the decline in student enrollment,” she said. Student Government Association President Marie Reimers said SGA met with Campus Dining in the summer about labeling meals for those with allergies and were impressed with the changes that had already been made. “We were pleasantly surprised at what was offered at the cafeteria,” Reimers said. “We wanted stickers identifying what ingredients were used at each station, but we felt this was a strong compromise.” university@cm-life.com

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UTF President and philosophy instructor Mark Shelton sees the university in the middle of that financial struggle. CMU’s success in maintaining tenureline numbers, he said, is due to continued financial stability. “CMU has been fairly stable in its ratios between tenureline and fixed-term faculty for a while, because it has found ways to keep its financial situation reasonably stable over those years,” Shelton said. “In order to be successful,” Shelton said, “all instructors must be able to execute research in their fields. Research can be difficult for fixed-term faculty. According to Shelton, they are required to teach 12 credit hours, whereas tenure-lines are only required

CONTINUED FROM 3A “Ultimately, it’s about high-quality education,” he said. “Non-tenure are very dedicated instructors, but there’s a high turnover rate. Who knows how long they’re going to be here? The continuity is less likely to be there for the student. We have a good faculty association that has made the case that a good university is one that has that continuity.” To the Union of Teaching Faculty, which represents fixed-term instructors, the balance is a matter of funding.

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Former CMu professor urns a living in the death industry By Ben Solis Staff Reporter

Searching for fundamental truths and running a profitable company don’t go handin-hand. For Jordan Lindberg, a former Central Michigan University professor-turnedentrepreneur, melding the two together is the key to success in business. His latest venture, Stardust Memorials, an online seller of funerary cremation urns, is set to reach $1.1 million in sales by the end of this year. “At the end of the day, it’s just a high-growth market,” Lindberg said. “More and more people are going for cremation, and the Boomers who are using these services usually have deep pockets. They resist authority. If a funeral director says, ‘You have to buy this urn from me for $800,’ a boomer would respond saying, ‘Like hell I do!’” Created in 2011, Lindberg based the company out of his hometown of Traverse City. Lindberg’s company is quickly becoming a go-to online destination for cremation accessories, a market relatively untapped by large online retailers.

The lack of a large urnselling online marketplace has given the company an edge, but that’s not to say Lindberg doesn’t have competition. Lindberg admits the idea itself was not wholly original. His success, he says, has hinged chiefly on the unique end-of-life needs of an evergrowing and ever-aging baby boomer population. A quick Web search for “funerary urns” brings up a multitude of results, many of which are from online sellers like Lindberg’s. The funeral home industry itself is a $16-billion cash cow, according to a July 25 article published by PracticalEcommerce.com. Even with healthy competition, few companies have seen the kind of growth in such a short period of time that Stardust has. So, what separates the company from the rest? According to Lindberg, it might have something to do with his ability to see potential in places where others see nothing at all – a skill, he said, few intellectuals or business people possess. “Most business people can’t see opportunities when they present themselves,

and then sometimes they see them and can’t do anything about it,” he said. “Being an intelligent person is an absolute good thing, but at the same time, a lot of people who are smart have a hard time in business because they can’t see it, either.” Recognizing these opportunities takes craft, Lindberg said. It also takes a healthy dose of fearlessness. When he left CMU in 2006, Lindberg was at the top of his game. He was well-liked by his department and students and was known to engage in random philosophical discourse with anyone who would walk into his office, said philosophy professor John Wright. Lindberg had a comfortable position, but often went above the call of duty for a non-tenure track professor, Wright said, contributing to research and essays, and even publishing a book while employed at CMU. “We all like the intellectual discussion that’s involved with philosophy, and Jordan did that in both a vigorous way but also in a way that reached out to students,” Wright said. Leaving academia for the business world was a shock

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Jordan Lindberg, a CMU Philosophy professor, also owns a company called Stardust Memorials with his wife, Marcy. The company is an online retailer of urns.

to many close to Lindberg, including his wife Marcy, who now runs Stardust Memorials with him. It was a considerable risk, Marcy said, but it was one that paid off. Fortunately, the entrepreneurial spirit runs in Lindberg’s veins. He began working with his father, John, at eFulfillment Services – an online resource for business owners to order merchandise – shortly after departing the university. That experience helped Lindberg when he sought out to create Stardust Memorials, citing a large

Working on campus convenient, helpful for students By Kate Woodruff Staff Reporter

Central Michigan University students looking for a job this semester can use CMU’s Student Employment Services to help find an on-campus job that suits them. Links to many vacant positions, including work-study programs and General Student Assistance positions, are available on the website for students to apply. Manager of Student Employment Services Jon Goodwin said GSA positions have funds that are equipped to pay student employees, whereas work-study positions pay students as part of their financial aid packages. The university draws

information from a student’s FASFA to determine eligibility for work-study. Although the type of job and having the necessary experience for a said job play roles in who gets hired, most on-campus jobs typically pay a minimum wage of $7.40 per hour. Macomb senior Robert Kirchhoff, who started his second year working with Campus Dining this fall, said he was given consistent hours for his job, allowing him to plan accordingly for class. “Most student jobs have certain days and hours you will be working, so this way, you will know your work schedule for the entire semester,” Kirchhoff said. The ease and practicality

of working on-campus was a large selling point for Kirchhoff. “Overall, I believe that an on-campus job is much more efficient and practical than working off-campus,” he said. Milford junior and Charles V. Park Library employee Taylor Stringfellow said her job benefits her both financially and academically. Working in the library, she has been made aware and takes advantage of the many free services available within the building. “Working in the library means I know all of the services that it has to offer, and I can take advantage of those services since I’m already there,” Stringfellow said. “I see different sides of the services that are offered, and I see how

much work goes into making (them) possible, so I appreciate it more than students who don’t know the hard work and creativity that goes into helping them be successful.” Although Goodwin urges students to make use of the SES website, not all on-campus employers utilize this tool. “Do not hesitate to approach a department you would like to work for, even if they do not have a job posting on the SES site,” he said. “There are departments that don’t use the posting service, and approaching those departments can prove a student will take initiative and is eager to work.” studentlife@cm-life.com

pool of data showing what usually makes businesses succeed and fail. But in the end, it was Lindberg’s taste for the analytical when it came to solving the great mysteries of e-commerce. “Those skills were useful,” Lindberg said. “A good example was that I had a deliberate approach in going after that market. I had to ask, ‘What do they really want from this product?’ It was another opportunity for me to solve a unique problem.”

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MAN Central Michigan Life staff reporter Jeff Papworth recently caught up with Central Michigan’s new starting quarterback, junior Cody Kater, and asked him a few questions about his journey to Mount Pleasant. When was the ﬁrst time you had thoughts of wanting to be a quarterback, and what attracted you to the position? Cody Kater: I think I started playing quarterback at a very early age. I want to say first or second grade. My dad and my brothers all played football, and they all played different positions, and I guess maybe they saw something different in me. So, at a very young age they were throwing me in there, and you know, it just kind of stuck with me throughout. What is your favorite pre-Central Michigan football memory? CK: Definitely winning the (high school) state championship my senior year (in 2009). You know, Montague has a good football program. We never really got over the hump until my junior year, but we lost one game. So the next year, we just wanted to come in and go undefeated, and we worked very hard toward that goal and it all ended up working out. Looking back, after spending some time at the FBS-level, was there anything that made your time at Grand Rapids Community College special? CK: Oh, yeah. You get to meet people all around that couldn’t make

(the Football Bowl Subdivision) because of grades or because of ability and all of that type of stuff, but they all just worked their butts off and they all just loved the game of football ... But, winning and doing all that hard work, it definitely makes you remember all the people who are a part of the program. Was it an unusual situation for you to be on the sideline last year after leading GRCC to an 11-0 season and with your success in high school? CK: No, not really. When I committed here, you knew it was (Ryan) Radcliff ’s team. “Talent-respects-talent”-type of thing. And you can’t have a guy just barging in and trying to take over the team when it was his team for the past few seasons. That would just create controversy, and that’s not what the team needed. It was Ryan’s team, and I wasn’t ready. Ryan was definitely the guy for that job w Q&A | 5B

Kater completes journey from small town underdog to starting CMU quarterback By Aaron McMann Senior Reporter

“I just felt comfortable putting almost my life – my football life – into these coaches’ hands more than the other coaches’ hands. It’s not a bad thing that you went from a MAC school to a Big East school. I mean, do you want to fight to get into the Top 25, or do you want to fight to win a national championship? Of course, I’m a competitor, and that’s what I chose to do.” – Cody Kater, January 2010, on his decision to decommit from Central Michigan and sign a letter of intent to play at Cincinnati. A few weeks earlier, Butch Jones had left CMU to become the

Bearcats head coach. Cody Kater recalls saying it. All of it. Like it was yesterday. “That sounds exactly like what coach Jones was saying to me,” Kater says, more than three and a half years later. Butch Jones had told him of the grand plans. The bright lights of the city, winning a Big East title, and a shot at the BCS national championship. Kater, an impressionable 17-yearold in his senior year of high school, wouldn’t get that chance in Mount Pleasant, Jones said. But he would in Cincinnati. Sold. “These guys like you, they offer you, why don’t you follow them to a bigger school and do bigger things?,” Kater recalls. “That’s what your parents think, and that’s what the town thinks. And the town was pushing me to go big, too.” At Montague High School, Kater was used to being “the guy.” There, he started three seasons at quarterback, leading the football team to

back-to-back Division 6 state championships in 2008-09 and still holds the school’s all-time scoring record in basketball. But, in a town with a population of less than 3,000, it’s hard to get noticed. It took a state title in 2008, after losing in the semis the season before, to drum up interest from schools. And it came fast and furious, led in summer 2009 by Butch Jones and his offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, Mike Bajakian. They called Kater and his parents frequently, attended his games and were the first to offer him a football scholarship in the summer of 2009. They made it known that he was a priority for their 2010 CMU football team. “They were very personable, very friendly, kind of took us in – and it wasn’t just Butch. It was all of the coaches,” said Dee Kater, Cody’s mom. “We knew all the coaches. They knew about us, and we knew about them.” Other schools (Northwestern, Cincinnati under Brian Kelly, several other MAC schools) offered Kater scholarships to play football, but he had different reasons for turning each down. The school wasn’t right, he wasn’t sure about the coaching staff, or he didn’t feel like he would have a shot with the guys ahead of him. In reality, he was dead set on playing for Jones at CMU. Then came the call, an early December morning. It was Jones, to inform the Katers that he had signed a contract to become the football coach at Cincinnati. While media reports at the time said Jones’ phone call was to encourage Cody to de-commit from CMU and follow him to Cincinnati, Dee Kater insists that it was to only to tell them that he was moving on. “He talked to me first,” she said. “And the minute I heard his voice – because we were paying attention to all the things on TV about him being interviewed here and there – I kind of knew he was going to tell us something.” In an interview following Saturday’s team scrimmage, Cody declined to discuss the call. w KATER | 5B

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CMU Cody Kater: Junior quarterback Cody Kater has been tabbed the man to lead the offense into the Big House. It’ll be his first start at the Division 1 level.

New targeting rule forces players to think before they hit

U-M Devin Gardner: After longtime starter Denard Robinson went down, redshirt junior Devin Gardner made the move from wide reciever back to quarterback. Gardner is looking for big things in 2013.

By Seth Newman Staff Reporter

The hits have been replayed over and over on television. Football players remain on the field, dazed and confused, following a brutal, high hit. It’s a familiar image to football fans, but this year, the NCAA is enforcing a new rule on intentionally targeting a football player above the shoulders. If a player is found targeting another player above the shoulders, he will be ejected from the game. If it happens in the second half, the ejection will carry into the first half of the next game. The ejection can be overturned by replay officials, but a penalty of 15 yards will still be enforced. Like the rules of the game, the defensive players have evolved, as well. Two of Central Michigan’s big-

gest hitters – defensive back Avery Cunningham and linebacker Shamari Benton – are adapting to the new rule. “We just have to make adjustments,” Cunningham said. “I’m all for making the game safer. We just all have to adjust our hitting style, whether you’re a lineman, linebacker or defensive back.” Benton still plans to play aggressively. “You can still play aggressive,” Benton said. “But, you can still play by the rules at the same time. The referees came in and discussed with us what they expect from us. We have to practice it, just like everything else.” Head coach Dan Enos said officials spoke with the team for about an hour to discuss the rule and what it means. Enos and the other coaches have instructed players how to properly

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tackle an opponent to avoid an ejection. “We practiced hitting below the shoulders,” Cunningham said. “We have also tried to hit on the outside. Sometimes when guys launch, they get out of position, so we’ve tried to keep guys in position.” The prospect of being suspended for a full game is powerful enough to stay in the mind of players right before a tackle. Both Cunningham and Benton plan to position themselves to hit the right way. If they don’t, the suspension will not only hurt them, but their team. “It’s definitely in the forefront of my mind,” Cunningham said. “Now you can get suspended and get kicked out of the game. I don’t want to hurt my team in any way, so I have to play the right way.” sports@cm-life.com

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Kater looks to prolong QB history By Kristopher Lodes Sports Editor

If you look at the football program’s record books, you’ll see several names repeated over and over again. In the top six of career yards passing, passing attempts, passes completed, touchdown passes and total offense, the names Dan LeFevour, Ryan Radcliff, Derrick Vickers and Kent Smith are all found. That position has been given to Cody Kater, and he has some big shoes to fill. Derrick Vickers, 2000-03 Under head coach Mike DeBord, things were unstable in the football program. But, in his career, he threw for 5,358 yards (fifth all-time), completed 494 of his 907 passes (fourth all-time) with 34 touchdowns (fifth all-time) and 5,747 yards of total offense (fifth all-time). Kent Smith, 2004-05 2004 was a year of change for the football program. DeBord was out, former Grand Valley State University head coach Brian Kelly was in, and he needed to replace Vickers. Kelly, now the head coach at Notre Dame, turned to Kent Smith, who, much like Kater, had two years to replace a longtime starter. The Chippewas went 10-12

in Smith’s career, but in his senior season, the team had a winning record (6-5, 5-3 MAC) for the first time since 1998. Smith threw for 5,179 yards (sixth all-time), with 453 passes completed (sixth all-time) in 785 attempts (sixth all-time). Of those completions, he threw for 33 touchdowns (sixth all-time) and accounted for 6,079 yards of total offense (No. 4 all-time). Dan LeFevour, 2006-09 This four-year span is arguably the greatest in the history of the program, and it was led by Dan LeFevour. Beginning his career as a backup to Brian Brunner, LeFevour got a chance to shine early when Brunner went down in the first game of the 2006 season at home against Boston College. He took full advantage of his opportunity. LeFevour holds all passing records: 12,905 yards, 1,763 attempts, 1,171 completions, 102 touchdown passes and 15,853 total yards. Ryan Radcliff, 2010-12 Ryan Radcliff had big shoes to fill, and it was a new era for CMU after head coach Dan Enos took over for Butch Jones, who followed in Kelly’s footsteps and took the head coaching gig at Cincinnati. Some fans might cringe when thinking about Radcliff ’s tenure and the drop-off in wins, but he is No. 2 all-time in each of those categories behind LeFevour. He had 9,917 yards passing, 1,349 attempts, 810 completions, 63 touchdowns and 9,747 yards of total offense. Cody Kater, 2013-present Two completions in four attempts for 12 yards. sports@cm-life.com

CM Life Mid-American Conference Football Preseason Poll Kristopher Lodes

Kelly/Shorts Stadium is no Big House. At full capacity, Kelly/ Shorts Stadium holds 30,255 fans, and even when Central Michigan is playing well, packed crowds, while often loud and raucous, are few and far between. But CMU won’t be playing at the friendly confines of Kelly/Shorts for its season opener on Saturday. Instead, it’ll be playing at Michigan Stadium, the largest stadium in the United States, home to the No. 17 Michigan Wolverines, along with 109,901 screaming fans. If the Chippewas hope to pull off an upset, preparation is needed. Lots of it. Senior defensive back Avery Cunningham said the team has been preparing for the opener throughout the summer. “During the offseason, we did a little bit of stuff for Michigan,” Cunningham said. “We have some extra time, because they are the season opener, but, at the same time, we don’t know what they are going to do. We try to watch what they did last year and anticipate what they are going to do this year.” Last year, the team opened the season against Football Championship Subdivision opponent Southeast Missouri State at home. Needless to say, preparing to play the winningest program in college football history on the road requires a different form of preparation.

The Big House is known for being loud, and senior linebacker Shamari Benton said the team is preparing for the crowd noise during practices. “We have our scouts blasting the crowd noise at practice,” Benton said. “It’s real loud at practice; the speakers are on full blast, trying to prepare us for the crowd that we will face on Saturday.” To help fight against the noise, the team has been practicing hand signals. “I can hear a little bit,” Benton said. “We have practiced hand signals and visuals to help everyone on the team stay on the same page.”

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The team has been preparing for the season opener throughout the summer, but the team didn’t start practicing solely for Michigan until last Tuesday, head coach Dan Enos said. “We go through and really game plan our first four opponents of the year,” Enos said. “We have done that offensively, defensively and special teams-wise in the summer. We do it very thoroughly, and then we go back and do it again based on the new information we get on our opponents before we play them.” sports@cm-life.com

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Lackluster defensive has new hope There is no doubt the Central Michigan football had its problems on defense last season. The mess that was the defense revealed itself to everyone in its first game in 2012, when it spotted lowly Southeast Missouri 24 points in the first half. All those woes began on the defensive line. CMU was ranked 100th in sacks and 119th in tackles for loss in the FBS last year. Luckily for them, there are players who can step in and make a difference this season. The first is a transfer who could not have come at better time and must have elicited pure jubilation from head coach Dan Enos when he got a call from Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio asking if he wanted a defensive end. The player is senior Jeremy Gainer, who just arrived from MSU and will be able to play immediately. “He’s very good. He’s explosive. He’s strong. He’s got long arms,” Enos said. “Early in camp, he was playing a little slow, I think, because he didn’t know what to do. But as camp picked up, he’s been very good.” The senior does not possess otherworldly statistics, with his best year coming in 2011, when he tallied 11 tackles and two forced fumbles. However, things might open up this year when he is going against the offensive linemen of the Mid-American Conference. As a bonus, it does not seem he will be a detriment to team chemistry during his one-year stay, even though he is battling for a starting spot with players who have logged more hours at CMU. Alex Smith, a possible player on the side opposite of Gainer, had good things to say about the two-time academic all-Big Ten selection. “He’s been great,” Smith said. “Really nice kid. He brings a really good rush off the edge. He’s got really good moves. He’s fast. He’s smart, too.” Smith, a senior, could be another player to step up, slotted at defensive end for the second-straight year after playing linebacker at the start of his career. He was granted an extra year of eligibility, or new life, after being told in March the 2012 season would be a redshirt year, despite playing in four games. “For five months, I had no clue if I was playing or not, so it was tough,” he said. “I was doing all the therapy and stuff, not really knowing if I was playing.” Defensive lineman Jabari Dean, the 2012 CMU defensive Rookie of the Year, is another player to watch. The sophomore, who had the most starts among the freshman class last season, tallied 28 tackles, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and a sack. “He’s an explosive kid,” Smith said. “He’s strong, and has the biggest arms on the team. He’s really smart, too. He just plays hard each down.” There will be an extra effort needed from every defensive lineman if it looks to transform into a formidable unit. sports@cm-life.com

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A month later, Cody took an official visit to Cincinnati and later signed a letter of intent to play football there. It surprised some who thought he had his heart set on CMU the school, not the coaching staff. But Cody says there were too many unknowns with incoming coach Dan Enos: It was his first season as a head coach, and he hadn’t hired a quarterbacks coach yet. So he stuck with what he knew and who he knew. Had he listened to his gut, he later admits, things might have turned out differently. Even after his official in January 2010, Kater wasn’t sure about Cincinnati. It was big and different from what he had been accustomed to. Right after moving there that summer, a shooting happened a few blocks from his residence hall. “Growing up in a small town, the only college campuses that I went to were campuses like (CMU),” Kater said. “You’ve got your student life, but not in the city. It just wore on me, dragged on me, for a really long time.” And there was Camp Higher Ground, a practice facility in rural Indiana where the Bearcats go every summer for preseason camp. Cody thought he came down with mono, Dee said, and had to miss workouts. Jones began to change, she said. He yelled at him constantly, vulgarities included, and wasn’t the Mr. Nice Guy they came to know. “They just weren’t the same friendly guys that they had been before,” Cody said. “Before, they had gone out of their way to make sure they talked to you. And then, once we were down there, it wasn’t the same kind of thing anymore.” Butch Jones could not be made available for comment. As the season went on, he struggled. Even his brother, Kyle, 29, living two hours away in Indianapolis wasn’t enough to convince him to stay. Dee said she and her husband, Brad, thought Cody was just homesick and encouraged him to at least finish out the season and fall semester. “You can just feel yourself changing as a person, being more depressed, more slow about everything. Questioning everything,” Cody said. “You start realizing that, and as the season went on, my parents wouldn’t talk to me about it anymore. I said I didn’t like it, and they wouldn’t talk about it.” Finally, Cody had enough. He called his high school football coach at Montague, Pat Collins, for advice on what to do. During the final three weeks of the semester, Kater walked into Jones’ office and told him he wanted out. “I don’t think it was all Butch’s fault,” Collins said. “There were some naive actions on our end, and we weren’t ready for that process. There are different styles of coaches out there.

Central Michigan Life | cm-life.com | Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013 | 5B There are guys that when you go there, they are still very sincere guys. They’re still connected and very successful. And there are guys who are hard coaches. They rip you up and down and don’t give you one bit of love once you’re on campus, and they believe that’s the best way to get the most of you.” Collins helped Cody find a place to transfer. CMU and Michigan State were both out of scholarships for the year, but Grand Valley State University was willing to offer him a full scholarship right away. Cody was a bit reluctant, worried that he might get stuck at the Division 2 level. He felt like he was a Division 1 player and eventually wanted to return. Grand Rapids Community College and coach Tony Annese offered him the chance to play right away. Annese knew Kater from high school, having coached the basketball team at Whitehall, Montague’s rival. “I played football my whole life, then they redshirt you and you just practice,” Kater said. “You don’t know your ability because you’re just getting crushed on by 22 and 23-year-olds, so you don’t know what you’re doing anymore. At GRCC, I just wanted to prove I could still play football, throw the football around a little bit.” And did he ever throw the ball around. Kater led GRCC to a perfect 11-0 record in 2011, throwing for more than 2,200 yards and 19 touchdowns, with another nine touchdowns on the ground. Then came a call from Dan Enos, a coach he turned down publicly two years earlier. Enos was ready to offer him a scholarship. Kater, ready to come back — ready to start over — happily obliged. “When he was a senior in high school, then when I met with him after his year at GRCC, it was like talking to a different person,” Enos said. “I went from talking to a boy to talking to a man.” Kater was brought in last year to provide competition for starter Ryan Radcliff. But in reality, it wasn’t close. “I wasn’t ready,” Kater said. “I had those types of nerves. You don’t know what’s going on, you don’t get the whole grasp of everything that’s going on. And you don’t feel prepared in your mind.” Looking back on his journey, Cody realizes he’s made mistakes. His family and support system, too. Big ones. Instead of going with his instincts, he let his emotions and relationship with Jones’ staff take precedent. On Saturday, in front of more than 100,000 people at Michigan Stadium, the spotlight on Kater — at least temporarily — returns. It’ll be the junior’s first start at the Division 1 level, some three years after telling Enos no. Kater has learned a lot. He’s seen a lot. He’s been told a lot. So, when Collins tried telling him he’s been a part of plenty of big games in his life? “I think this game’s a little bit bigger,” Kater said. sports@cm-life.com

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and for that team, so it wasn’t unusual at all. It definitely helped me out in the long run. What does knowing you’re No. 1 on the depth chart mean to you? CK: It was just a sit-down talk to (head coach Dan) Enos, and he gave me the nod. It means a lot. I haven’t played in the Division I level really as a starter. So, a lot of hard work has gone into it. I have definitely gone different paths, but to end up at an opportunity to lead the team and be able to

CK: The past experiences definitely help you. But really, it’s just preparing yourself throughout this next week and getting confidence within yourself and having the coaches and the players’ confidence behind you. With all that going into it, just get the nerves out of the way quick and focus on what you’ve been preparing for the last month. sports@cm-life.com

CMU backup QB Alex Niznak: When needed, I’m ready to play By Aaron McMann Senior Reporter

The quarterback competition seems to have been figured out, but don’t tell that to Alex Niznak. When Niznak arrived at Central Michigan in the summer of 2011, he was expected to eventually land the starting quarterback job. And after manning the sidelines during his redshirt freshman season, he is now No. 2 on the depth chart behind Cody Kater. For him, it’s a complicated situation. “I’m not OK with being the No. 2 in the sense that I’m not going to change my approach,” Niznak said Tuesday after practice. “I don’t wake up in the morning and say ‘Alex Niznak is the No. 2 quarterback.’ I understand now that I’m one play away from being the starter, but at the same time I didn’t come here to be a backup.” Niznak continues to work with the second team and got several reps in during Saturday’s intrasquad scrimmage. His work ethic hasn’t slowed down, either. While others returned to the locker room Tuesday after practice, Niznak stayed an extra 10-15 minutes to continue throwing passes. Head coach Dan Enos has been mum on plans for Niznak, but hasn’t ruled out playing him Saturday against Michigan. “I don’t know what the game plan is as far as that,” Niznak said. “I’m going to be ready whenever my number is called, if that’ll be this Saturday, the second play of the game, or if I get in at all. We haven’t talked about that.” Until then, Niznak continues to stay ready. Kater holds the edge with experience, but Niznak isn’t far behind. He’s immersed himself in the playbook the last two years, even volunteering last season to signal play calls from the sideline. He likely won’t be doing that again this season, but he realizes he is only one play away from being called to lead the offense.

“I have three years of eligibility left, so there’s a lot of football left ahead of me,” Niznak said. “Thirteen games from now, I don’t know what the story will be, but I’ll be ready to play. It’s not going to be a question of, ‘Can I get ready?’ It’s going to be a question of, ‘Can I maintain being ready?’ I’m ready right now, and we’ll see what happens.” And his thoughts on Kater starting this Saturday at the Big House? “I have confidence in Cody, he’s my teammate,” Niznak said. “But as quarterbacks, it’s our job to be ready. I think more than anything, I have confidence in this team.” sports@cm-life.com

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