labs | woldt, grawn trim computer hours, 3A | soccer Team returns with 10 freshmen, 1B
acquainted| Food, games greet students, 7A
Friday, Aug. 28, 2009
Central Michigan Life
Mount Pleasant, Mich.
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ta i l g at i n g
Procedures limit alcohol amount, sound systems Increased safety one of the reasons for additions to policy By Lindsay Knake Metro Editor
New tailgating procedures at Central Michigan University will include a limit of six beers or one plastic pint of alcohol per person and a ban on external speaker systems. A committee made up of students, administrators, faculty and police performed a comprehensive review of the entire process, adjusted tailgating procedures and defined current poli-
cies through the spring and summer, said Senior Associate Athletic Director Derek van der Merwe. In July, Director of Public Relations Steve Smith said the limitations on alcohol would be difficult to enforce. Athletics Director Dave Heeke said security will be looking at what people bring into the lot. “We hope students will be responsible,” Heeke said. The student tailgating lot, 63, has more than doubled in space and vehicles will be broken up and dispersed throughout. To increase safety, cement barriers will maintain an emergency lane at all times. A rules | 5A
Main Street may be scene for those displeased with procedures
Tailgating procedures w Limit of six beers or one pint of alcohol per person. w No external sound systems. w Parking passes required. w Countdown clock and siren to announce kick off.
By Connor Sheridan Staff Reporter
Tailgating outside Kelly/Shorts Stadium is becoming a more regulated affair, and some participants are objecting. One student is organizing a movement to gather Greeks and other students to move the tailgating to Main Street. Warren senior Joshua Thomas of Alpha Kappa Psi believes the policy changes are unnecessary. He said it feels like the university is
confining what students can do, and that tailgating is a tradition it should not tamper with. “We would probably still tailgate because it’s a tradition, but we’d expand around (as well),” Thomas said. Mount Pleasant sophomore Tay Jackson’s efforts can be found on the Facebook group, “Student Tailgating on Main St.” The new tailgating policy includes a limit of six alcoholic beverages or one pint of alcoholic beverage per person. Sound systems beyond stock car radios are no not permitted. The group currently has more than 400 members.
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Parking snafu angers residents
in their time of need
Washington Apt. tenants lost spots amid redesign By Joe Martinez Staff Reporter
Mount Pleasant resident Corey Snow works on a new Habitat for Humanity house in Rosebush. The house is being built for Jason and Amanda Baird and will be completed in November.
Neil Blake/ Senior Photographer
Community comes together to help Rosebush family with home “The Habitat requires anyone in the family that is 18 years or older to put in 250 equity hours on the building of the house,” Clark said. “Jason was naturally distraught because he wouldn’t be able to put his 250 hours in, and was worried his family would lose the house.” But Jason Baird is part of the armed forces and
By Chelsea White | Staff Reporter
ROSEBUSH — The Mount Pleasant and Central Michigan University communities are coming together to help a local soldier’s family. Volunteers are teaming with the local Habitat for Humanity to build a house for Jason and Amanda Baird on Monroe Street in Rosebush and make up volunteer hours the family cannot maintain.
[inside] NEWS w Online radio booming with college students, 3A w CMU patrolling campus billboards, 6A
sports w Volleyball team travels to Florida to begin season, 2B
By Brad Canze Senior Reporter
CM-LIFE.com w Check the Web site for a video on Get Acquainted Day
weather w Rain showers High 65/ Low 53
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Calumet reassigned In response to the complaints, Calumet Court was reassigned to the Washington Apartments, according to an email obtained by Central Michigan Life from Parking Services Office Manager Kim Roshak. But while Calumet Court was reassigned, the signs on the lot were not immediately changed, so faculty contin-
Other issues But the lack of ticketing illegal parkers is another problem for Hawks. “I paid $150 to park my car at Washington Court for a year, and there are often not enough spaces available,” she said. “I risk being ticketed in non-approved parking areas on a daily basis simply because the campus police are not actively enforcing the parking rules. “These lazy students disobeying the rules and parking illegally should be charged more than $20 for breaking these rules.” Schmidt said CMU Police has been reluctant to ticket those without the proper permits for Washington Court spaces because of the change in the Calumet Court lot and also because of the influx of residents moving in over the past few weeks. “I am very concerned that not everyone is skilled in backing their automobiles and I fear that my car is going to be hit,” Hawks said. university@cm-life.com
Bud Light “Fan Cans” leave bad taste in some mouths U-M threatened lawsuit against Anheuser-Busch
w Students have until midnight to drop classes, 6A
was deployed to Iraq, said Office Manager of Habitat Edwina Clark. And Amanda Baird has been putting her time in with the house, but finds it hard with two kids, said site supervisor Jamie Smith. There have been about 45 to 50 people out to
Several Washington Court Apartments residents are unhappy with the revamped parking situation between Ojibway and Ottawa courts. Arkansas graduate student Erin Hawks is one of them. “It is completely nonsensical,” she said. Problems arrived when the complex’s residents began moving in after the courts were redesigned this summer. It became apparent there were not enough spaces for the 64 residents. Joan Schmidt, associate director of Residence Life, said the problem occurred when Calumet Court was reassigned as a faculty and staff parking lot. “We called parking services immediately when it became evident that there were not enough spaces available,” Schmidt said. “We need adequate parking available.”
ued to park in the lot. “Currently, the sign is not up, but Facilities Management has put a rush on the order for the sign and it should be up by no later than (today),” said CMU Police Chief Bill Yeagley. “We hope to have lot 56 open for faculty to park in no later than three weeks, and that should resolve all parking issues at Washington Court Apartments.”
Notice something different on your can of Bud Light? Anheuser-Busch recently began a “Fan Can” promotion, distributing limitededition Bud Light beer cans patterned after different universities’ colors.
Included in this are cans available in the area surrounding Central Michigan University patterned in maroon and gold — sort of. “Those are national-level colors — those are not our colors,” said Athletics Director Dave Heeke. “They can be used for many universities that have red and yellow colors throughout the country.” Madison Heights sophomore Nicki Rowlett said although the cans are a novel idea, associating the university with drinking may not be
entirely responsible. “I saw them on Welcome Weekend,” Rowlett said. “It’s cool that they have Central pride, but I don’t know if it’s the best thing to do with beer.” CMU: No problems here Heeke said the university worked with the Licensing Resource Group, the company that handles CMU’s licensing, to assure the campaign complied with university policy. A cans | 5a
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