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Several witnesses report altercation, stabbing at Deerfield Apartments

By Adam Niemi Senior Reporter and Rachel Harrison Staff Reporter

JEFFREY SMITH /STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Jack Rivett, 5, of Swartz Creek reacts to butterflies in a cage during the Monarch Butterfly Celebration Saturday afternoon at the Ziibiwing Center. “They’re so beautiful,” Jack said.

Up and away Sixth-annual Monarch butterfly event draws 175

By Adam Niemi | Senior Reporter

It’s been said one out of three bites of food we eat are involved in insect production, through pollination and other processes.

The Monarch butterfly is an instrumental part of that process.

The Monarch butterfly, an essential pollinator of much of the food that is harvested for human consumption, is also celebrated in another way. It teaches kids about the fragility of life, the importance of all living things and, at the Ziibiwing Center, 6650 E. Broadway Rd., stimulating the minds of children.

“The Ziibiwing Center is not just for the scholars and historians that come here,” said William Johnson, Ziibiwing Center curator.“The Ziibiwing Center is for young people, too.”

About 175 people came to the sixth-annual event Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. to learn, celebrate and paint the Monarch butterfly.

At least two people were stabbed outside of Deerfield Apartments early Sunday morning according to residents.

The alleged suspect, described to be six-feet tall and about 250 pounds, was arrested by the Michigan State Police, witnesses said. The names of the alleged suspect and the victims have not been released by police. The medical conditions of the alleged suspect and victims are unknown.

According to witnesses, a fight broke out at about 1 a.m.

Sunday at the apartments, 3400 E. Deerfield Road, near Building G as the alleged suspect attacked those who surrounded and tried to keep him calm.

“People were everywhere, the suspect pulled a knife and things obviously escalated from there,” Shelby Township Senior Kyle Thompson, said. “Police came, and I saw the suspect head-butt a victim. That’s what started the fight to begin with.”

Zach McCallum, a St. Clair junior, said the man pulled a knife and chased after people.

About 50 people were in the

parking lot between the ‘G’ and ‘H’ apartments, said Farmington junior Woody Gioia. Gioia said five people jumped the man as he pulled out his knife and broke bottles over the knifewielding man’s head.

Gioia said he heard the bottles break over the man’s head.

A spot of blood drops, about five feet wide, could be seen on the pavement near Building G on Sunday, with trails of blood drops leading to other spots. It was not clear if the blood came from the victims or the alleged suspect.

“I was holding him off because he was trying to hit my friend,” McCallum said.

Witnesses said the man wasn’t a CMU student or Deerfield resident. McCallum said the man had been kicked out of a cab as it stopped in the complex because he had put out a cigarette on another person in the vehicle. Central Michigan Life could not confirm that claim after calls to eight taxi companies Sunday.

Deerfield residents, finding that those involved could not settle the situation, reached out to police.

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CMU to receive $1.8 million one-time funding from state

By Catey Traylor University Editor

JEFFREY SMITH /STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

St. Louis resident Ana Rapin makes a foam butterfly with her daughter Willow, 1, along with her husband William and daughter Aeriana, 2, during the Monarch Butterfly Celebration Saturday afternoon at the Ziibiwing Center.

The event started with the Fancy Shawl Dance, an interpretive dance by young tribe members intended to emulate the life of a butterfly.

Some kids had butterflies and other designs painted on their faces. Some also painted butterflies on tiles or paper.

Michael LeValley, education coordinator at the Isabella Conservation District, said this time of the year is about the time butterflies migrate through mid-Michigan.

This year, the butterfly generation is low compared to last year, most likely because of July rains, LeValley said.

“The rain probably killed a lot of the caterpillars,” he said.

LeValley participates in a University of Kansas study tracking migration patterns of Monarch butterflies. LeValley captures and attaches an adhesive sticker under the aft wing. The small tags contain the identifying information that other participants can use to track the route and timing of the particular butterfly.

LeValley said butterflies move south as far as Mexico and as far north as Manitoba.

Last year, about 12 Monarch butterflies were released during the Monarch Butterfly dance. Since the rain killed off so many caterpillars, LeValley only had two Monarchs on display in the Ziibiwing Center.

Johnson said traditional teachings of the tribe emphasize the belief that all living things have their own place in life, even if it’s seen as small or insignificant.

“The ultimate significance that a Monarch butterfly has to anyone, we believe that the spirit of the creator of all things is in every living thing,” he said. “The underlying current of what’s important is everything has its place under the sun.”

Johnson said the teachings emphasize the respect for people of all colors, animals, plants and so on.

“We’re all cogs in the same machine,” Johnson said. metro@cm-life.com

Central Michigan University will receive almost $1.8 million from the state of Michigan after qualifying for a tuition restraint incentive appropriation.

The appropriation was part of the education omnibus appropriations act that Gov. Rick Snyder signed in June as a reward for public universities that limit their tuition increase to less than four percent.

CMU’s tuition increase was the lowest of all the public universities, only increasing 1.96 percent.

The allocation pool has $9 million in it. CMU will receive about 20 percent of those funds.

“The additional $1.8 million in state appropriations for CMU is appropriate given the fact that over the past three years combined, CMU has had the lowest increase in tuition of any university in Michigan,” University President George Ross said in a news release issued Friday about the state funds.

The appropriation is onetime funding for the 2013 fiscal year.

“We are pleased with the results,” said Kathy Wilbur, vice president of development and external relations.

“Although, I believe there is enough money in the state that we should receive an up in our

base allocations as opposed to just one-time funding.”

Wilbur said draft budgets will be constructed in February after the election cycle and debate about increasing base funding for universities will take place then. “(This appropriation) sets higher education up for next year in being a partner with the state,” she said. “I’m anxious to get through the election cycle and see draft budgets and continue the debate.”

Wilbur said she didn’t know exactly how the additional funding would be used, but she said some funding will go toward supporting enhanced financial aid for students.

According to the news release, CMU, will also receive nearly $1.5 million in performance funding from the state.

Due to CMU’s reverse transfer agreements with community colleges, college credits earned while still in high school through dual enrollment programs can count at CMU, and students can participate in the Michigan Transfer Network.

“We must continue to be sensitive to ensuring that higher education is accessible and affordable to our students and their families with academic programs that are relevant in preparing students for today’s job market,” Ross said in the release. university@cm-life.com

Title IX committee to meet Wednesday to update findings on new women’s sports

By Jackson Seedott Staff Reporter

Wednesday could bring updates of Central Michigan University adding new women’s sports.

CMU’s Board of Trustees Finance and Facility Committee has been in the process of reviewing its compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.

Title IX is a federal civil rights statute that prohibits sex discrimination in educational programs, including athletic programs, which receive federal financial funding. This means CMU must constantly be vigilant in making sure men and women are given an equal opportunity to partici-

pate — meaning a closed gap in the number of scholarships awarded for men and women — in varsity athletics.

The 15-person committee, made up of CMU coaches, faculty, administrators and students, will meet on Wednesday to present a historical overview of Title IX implications as well as its preliminary findings regarding CMU’s current compliance.

The meetings are free and open to the public in Grawn Hall Applied Business Studies Complex 178 from 5 to 7 p.m. and from 1:15 to 2:45 p.m.

Thursday in the Bovee University Center Auditorium.

Since University President George Ross charged the committee in January 2012, mem-

bers have been reviewing the compliance with Title IX, the primary focus being to provide equal varsity athletic participation opportunities for both male and female students.

According to a March Central Michigan Life article, in 2009, CMU worked closely with the U.S. Department of Education in efforts to ensure that the university was in compliance with the interpretation of Title IX. At the time, CMU was found to be in compliance with the statute, and it was concluded that an equal number of men and women’s varsity sports were being offered after a survey of the programs offered had been conducted.

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Current Women’s Sports Basketball Cross Country Field Hockey Gymnastics Soccer Softball Track and Field Volleyball

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EVENTS CALENDAR TODAY w Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish

New Year, begins at sundown.

TOMORROW w The School of Music will

present faculty artist and clarinetist Kennen White in the Staples Family Concert Hall in the Music Building at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $3 for students and senior citizens and $5 for everybody else. w The football team will

be hosting its weekly CMU Sideliners Luncheon at Hunter’s Ale House, 4855 E. Blue Grass Rd. Lunch costs $8 and begins at 12 p.m. w Spanish classical and

flamenco guitarist AnnaMaria will be in the Bovee University Center’s Rotunda Conference Room at 7 p.m. for Hispanic Heritage Month.

CORRECTIONS Central Michigan Life has a longstanding commitment to fair and accurate reporting. It is our policy to correct factual errors.

Please e-mail news@cm-life.com. © Central Michigan Life 2012 Volume 94, Number 10

Mount Pleasant Police Capt.

Paul Lauria honored by Rep. Kevin Cotter at ceremony

By Shelby Miller Senior Reporter

Sept. 11, 2012 marked the 11-year anniversary of the tragic events that forever changed our country.

Last week, the Michigan House of Representatives met to honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice on that tragic day, as well as first responders throughout Michigan who continue to work for us everyday.

This year, Mount Pleasant Police Department Capt.

Paul Lauria was invited and honored at the ceremony as the guest of State Rep. Kevin Cotter, R-Mich.

“Each member is given the opportunity to invite a first responder from their district to join them during House session,” Cotter said.

He said he chose to bring Lauria to the event because of the hard work and dedication he puts into his job and into the department.

“Capt. Lauria and the Mount Pleasant Police Department work every day to keep the City of Mount Pleasant safe for its citizens,” he said. “It was my honor to have him join me this year.”

Likewise, Lauria said the fact that Cotter chose him as his guest was an honor he will never forget.

“It is a great honor,” he said. “He is very well-liked

amoung peers and fellow representatives from both political parties.”

Lauria said in the past he has been to several events to honor officers killed in the line of duty, but nothing on a national scale like Sept. 11.

“It was a very thoughtful and very well-thought-out event,” he said. “It was an educational and emotional experience.”

Lauria said his favorite part of the ceremony was when the law enforcement and first responders were asked to stand and were applauded by the representatives for their work in the field.

“It was a nice long, loud applause,” he said. “You could tell it was sincere.”

Aside from the acknowledgment, Cotter said the ceremony included a moment of silence, remarks by Speaker of the House Jase Bolger and individual acknowledgement of Michigan first responders and soldiers killed in the line of duty over the past year.

“As a member of the House of Representatives, it is an honor to have the opportunity to recognize our first responders from the 99th district,” Cotter said.

“Their dedication to public safety and well-being is truly commendable.” metro@cm-life.com

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Blood stains remain on the pavement Sunday afternoon in front of the Deerfield Apartments after an early Sunday morning fight ended with a knife-wielding suspect taken into custody by Michigan State Police.

“I was in my room and getting ready for bed when I heard noises outside,” said Farmington senior Kyle Liwak. “I called the Isabella County Sheriff ’s office, the non-emergency number, and told them they should probably get an officer over here.”

Ten minutes later, a Michigan State police car arrived. “(People) pointed one kid out, and the police told him to get on the ground,” Liwak said.

After the police left with the alleged suspect, some continued to party in Deerfield. Others were shaken by the incident.

New mesocosms on Beaver Island will assist in Great Lakes research

By Annie Harrison Senior Reporter

New science equipment on Beaver Island will allow Central Michigan University’s Institute for Great Lakes Research to conduct experiments like never before.

Donald Uzarski, director of CMU’s IGLR, said in an email the 23 IGLR faculty are housing more than 40 graduate and 80 undergraduate students researching Great Lakes issues. He said several of these students will be working at the CMU Biological Station on Beaver Island next year using the new mesocosm facility.

Mesocosms allow researchers to isolate a single variable when conducting experiments something they can’t do while working in the Great Lakes.

Uzarski said scientists are often criticized for not being able to control factors while conducting field experiments, and the mesocosms provide a very controlled environment.

However, he said, scientists can also be criticized for having too much control in an experiment, because it’s not the real world.

“The most powerful science comes when we can conduct paired experiments where we are essentially doing the same experiments in the Great Lakes and in the controlled mesocosms simultaneously,” he said.

“If we see comparable results with both approaches, we have tremendous support for our results and conclusions.”

The mesocosms allow the scientific community interested in studying aquatic environments to reproduce a broad range of environmental conditions present in these ecosystems, Anthony Chappaz, assistant professor of geochemistry for CMU’s IGLR, said in an email. He said sometimes questions raised by scientists are too complex to be answered by a regular research approach, because several variables are involved, including temperature and water chemistry.

“Therefore, to simplify the

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‘equation,’ we can now use these new mesocosms that can mimic any environmental conditions but authorize the researchers to control many variables,” he said.

Construction on the mesocosms began in fall 2011 and continued into early spring, Uzarski said. Testing on the system began in May, but CMU had to wait for the state to issue permits before the mesocosms could be used to conduct experiments. He said field experiments have been initiated in anticipation of using the mesocosms next spring.

The facility is located on a boathouse on Whiskey Point on Beaver Island. CMU does not have a comparable facility elsewhere, and in fact, there is not a comparable facility anywhere in the Great Lakes, Uzarski said.

He said other mesocosm facilities exist on the Great Lakes, but none have the capabilities

CMU has.

Uzarski said researchers will have access to both warm, nutrient-depleted surface water and cold, nutrient-rich deep water for their experiments.

There are several experiments planned for the mesocosms, many of which are already underway and will incorporate mesocosms in the spring, he said.

The facility is open to all of the College of Science and Technology departments, and the new Bioscience Building will house a mesocosm facility as well, Uzarski said. Although the facility in Mount Pleasant won’t have access to Lake Michigan water, researchers will be able to conduct related experiments throughout the year.

PHOTO OF THE DAY

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Cadillac senior Kirsten Rohn cuddles two cocker spaniel and beagle puppies for sale Friday afternoon on the corner of Bluegrass Road and Encore Blvd. “My roommate will kill me if I bring home another dog,” Rohn said.

TITLE IX| CONTINUED FROM 1 However, Judy Chandler, physical education faculty member and committee chair, said in a letter to the editor in March 2012 that President Obama’s administration altered the interpretation of Title IX in 2010, and, as a result, CMU was no longer in compliance with the new interpretation. In late fall 2011, CMU was notified by the Department of Education that they had decided to apply

the “new” interpretation retroactively to CMU’s survey results and that CMU would need to evaluate adding additional female varsity sports participation opportunities.

Currently, there are three women’s sports recognized by the Mid-American Conference that CMU does not offer at this time: golf, swimming and tennis.

CMU is also urged to consider what is referred to as “emerging” sports, such as equestrian and rugby.

It is unclear which women’s sport will be added, but an official announcement is expected later this

“People were freaked out,” McCallum said. “... For it to happen here where it doesn’t really happen, it freaked people out. I’ve seen some merciless beat downs, but nothing quite like that.”

Isabella County Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski and CMU Police Chief Bill Yeagley did not know anything about the incident when reached for comment Sunday. An official with the Michigan State Police said the department would not comment on the incident until Monday.

Keep checking cm-life.com for more on this developing story. metro@cm-life.com

fall. In January, athletics director Dave Heeke said it might result in the addition of more than one women’s sport. As a result, the athletics budget would require an increase in funding, Heeke said.

In an interview with the CM Life Editorial Board in late August, Ross said “multiple” sports would be added under the plan.

Currently, CMU offers eight women’s sports and six men’s sports. Women’s soccer, the newest schoolsponsored female sport, was added in 1998. university@cm-life.com

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CMu plans to increase foreign students

McLaren health clinic planned for Mission St.

By Tony Wittkowski Staff Reporter

By Emily Grove Staff Reporter

Central Michigan University is focusing on gaining more international students and increasing the number of students studying abroad this year.

Increased globalization, an appreciation of different cultures and compensating for CMU’s low enrollment numbers because of fewer Michigan high school graduates contribute to the interest in international student enrollment.

“A greater number of students from international backgrounds add an awareness of global cultures, issues and experiences to the classroom and the campus community,” said Tracy Nakajima, director of international student and scholar services.

International Affairs is working with the College of Graduate Studies and Vice Provost Claudia Douglass to establish recruitment goals and strategies. The university has not yet targeted a precise percentage of how many students are expected, but there are other things that have to be done first, International Recruiter Emily Liu said.

“We are first looking at expanding the number of countries and cultures represented on campus,” Liu said.

This semester, there are approximately 575 international students at CMU. “Although we are not at our highest enrollment for total students, our new student enrollment has increased for the fall 2012 semester,” Liu said.

Internationalization has always been critical, to not only increase the number of students, but also to bring different perspectives and points of view to CMU. “In the 10 years that I have been at CMU, we have always wanted an increase in the number of international students on campus,” Nakajima said. “It has always been recognized that they are an important part of the student body and the community.”

The university has always pursued more international students over the years, but now their enrollment is more critical to CMU due to the diminishing amount of Michigan high school graduates.

Construction is expected to begin this fall on a new office building on Mission Street that will house a ReadyCare walk-in clinic.

The clinic, part of McLaren-Central Michigan, and other offices will be built at 1523 S. Mission St. on vacant property between Qdoba and Rally’s.

The city approved two different site plans because of unique circumstances, said Jeff Gray, director of planning and community development.

The Michigan Department of Transportation has jurisdiction over Mission Street. The right-of-way for much of Mission is 100 feet, but in the area from about Preston Street to Appian Way, the right-of-way widens on the east side of the road by an additional 50 feet.

Though hesitant at first, MDOT is considering giving up 20 feet of the right-of-way, Gray said.

“One plan assumed the extra right-0f-way is granted and in one plan it’s not,” he said. “If it isn’t granted, the clinic will be about 6,000 square feet. If it is, they can have some extra space and move it over to have about 8,000 square feet.”

The plans propose as much as 10,000 additional square feet for other occupants, though there are no other signed tenants at this point.

Gray said if the right-of-way is given up, that would enable the construction of a paved connection between Appian Way and Fairfield Street.

“This would provide access without having to go on Mission,” Gray said.

A special-use permit was granted for both plans as part of the Mission Redevelopment Overlay Zone.

“The redevelopment plan rewards good building design and allows us to be flexible with some zoning standards,” Gray said. “With both plans, we waived the front building setback. Normally, a property has to set back at least 50 feet from the right-of-way, but we waived it to bring the building up to the right-of-way, wherever that ends up being.”

The project will be built in two phases. Once MDOT decides whether the rightof-way will change, the first phase of construction can begin.

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TOP: Midland resident Dave Rowley, left, fires his rifle at the Confederate Army while participating in a Civil War reenactment during the 8th annual Mid-Michigan Civil War Muster in Deerfield County Park, 2245 W. Remus Road.

LEFT: Grand Rapids resident John Matin, a member of the Confederate Army, smokes his tobacco pipe.

RIGHT: Grand Rapids resident Dave Fountain plugs his ear as a cannon fires at the Union Army.

back in time 1860s culture, lifestyle displayed at weekend Civil War encampment

By Adam Niemi | Senior Reporter

Capt. Jim Phillips sits on a green log looking down the hill.

The golden dappled sunlight glows through the trees like a distant lamp.

He, with five of his Confederates, sits for 20 minutes, looking for Union soldiers snaking through the trees below.

The silence in the woods is deafening, except for the distant singing of birds. Pvt.

Campaign messages topic of first Speak up, Speak out

By Cecilia Erwin Staff Reporter

The first forum of this fall’s Speak Up, Speak Out: The Current Events Series is from 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday in the Bovee University Center Auditorium.

The title of the forum is “Campaign Me$$ages: Who’s Paying, Who’s Talking and What Are They Saying?” The forum will discuss topics such as the messages politicians communicate to the public, who finances political advertising and whether the facts politicians give the public are truthful or distorted.

Andrew Blom, an assistant professor in the philosophy and religion department, will be the facilitator.

Blom said the forum will help members of the audience to sort through political issues and help them develop skills they need as citizens.

“We anticipate these forums to be well-attended because of the elections,” he said. “It would be great if we could get upwards of 200 people.”

The panelists will be Tra-

verse City senior Megan Gill, chairwoman of the College Republicans; Otisville junior Alexandra Middlewood, president of the College Democrats; Melinda Kreth, an associate professor in the English department; Christopher Owens, an assistant professor in the political science department; and William Spruiell, an associate professor in the English department.

Merlyn Mowrey, one of the organizers of the Current Events Series and an associate professor in the philosophy and religion department, said during presidential campaign years, the forums are designed to inform people about candidates, policies and party platforms and to help them develop critical thinking skills.

“We’re trying to get students to get to the real substance of what’s going on to be informed enough to vote,” she said.

Wednesday’s forum is free and open to the public. The next forum in the series will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 3. studentlife@cm-life.com

Chandler Fountain, 17, relays a message from his father at the bottom of the hill to Capt. Phillips at the top.

“At least 20 of ‘em comin,’” Fountain whispers.

Minutes later, a raucous blast rouses leaves and branches about the muzzle of a rifle. It’s a Civil War battle 150 years too late and uniquely north — at Deerfield County Park, 2425 W. Remus Rd., six miles west of Mount Pleasant. Of course, no actual Civil War battles were fought in Michigan.

This battle was an unscripted, unscheduled part of the weekend events at the park. A self-described “bushwhack,” it was the equivalent of kids setting rules and playing war games until dark. The men played

until the sun went down and gun smoke hung in the air like fog.

A group of young adults played a hole of disc golf below the hill as the Confederates waited to ambush. Later, a family walking through the park trail forced the battle to a halt.

“Hold! Hold your fire!

We got civilians,” John Loyd said.

The battle continued.

Loyd fired a shot toward the Union soldiers.

“You missed,” a Union voice said.

The Civil War reenactment was hosted by the 10th Michigan Infantry Regiment, which were also the Union soldiers and campers. The Confeder-

ates were of the 2nd Kentucky Infantry Regiment.

Civil War actors camped at the park all weekend.

Visitors walked through the campsites, asking questions about the time period, the war and lifestyles of that time. The actors play cards, sing songs, wear clothing and sleep in tents decorated with items all from the time period.

Tony Osterberg, a lieutenant in the 2nd Kentucky, has been a part of the reenactments for 17 years. He said he also has reenacted in some French and Indian War, World War II and War of 1812 battles.

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Comedian Iliza Shlesinger draws about 470 in Warriner Hall

By Ryan Fitzmaurice Staff Reporter

Comedian Iliza Shlesinger described her jokes as being “years in the making” before her set in Platcha Auditorium Saturday night.

Shlesinger is the winner of the sixth season of “Last Comic Standing” and is distinguished as not only the first woman to win the popular reality TV program but also as the youngest winner of the show. Shlesinger is also the host of the syndicated dating show “Excused.”

Comedian Al Jackson opened for Shlesinger. Jackson has been featured in a 30-minute Comedy Central special and has also been a coach for the popular MTV show “Made.”

The performance brought in a crowd of about 470 students.

Shlesinger’s performance featured a high level of student participation, including interacting with the audience about several of their majors. She even used a Central Michigan student as a “microphone stand” as she displayed her dog, Blanche, to the crowd while singing Sarah McLachlan, mocking the well-known “The American

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Iliza Shlesinger, season six winner of NBC’s Last Comic Standing, right, performs a comedic piece while Schoolcraft College student Dennis McGarry, left, plays her mic stand as Shlesinger holds her dog Blanche Saturday night in Plachta Auditorium.

Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals” commercial.

While asking a student where Muskegon was, she backed up in mock dismay as several students tried to show her the location of the city using the palm of their hand.

“Not everyone knows what that means,” Shlesinger said, referring to the popular Michigan tradition. “I feel like I just

walked into a rotary club, and this is their cult greeting.”

Shlesinger said her comedy is inspired, in part, by sketch comedy, found in several popular shows such as “Saturday Night Live” and “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”

“I really enjoy sketch comedy,” Shlesinger said. “Comedians like Chris Taylor and Adam Sandler have always been an influence.”

Shlesinger said she believed the reason she has been so successful is that her comedy is directly relatable to her audiences’ lives.

“Everyone has their personal topics,” Shlesinger said.

“My comedy has always been very strong on observational humor; it stems from what I see every day in my life.” studentlife@cm-life.com

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“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

– The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

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EDITORIAL BOARD | Eric Dresden, Editor-in-Chief | Aaron McMann, Managing Editor | Evan Sorenson, Online Coordinator | Hailee Sattavara, Metro Editor | Catey Traylor, University Editor | John Irwin, Elections Coordinator

EDITORIAL | More international students a good thing?

John Irwin Elections Coordinator

Google’s big mistake Violent protests erupted around the Middle East and northern Africa last week over a bizarre, inflammatory movie trailer posted on YouTube that portrays Islam as a fraud and Muhammad as a pedophile.

The protests have spread to 20 countries in the region and have left at least 14 people dead, including U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. Stevens was killed as protesters (or, as Department of Defense officials suspect, terrorists masquerading as protesters) armed with rocket-propelled grenades set fire to the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.

The violence has left an already unstable region on edge and American relations with some Middle Eastern states in trouble. U.S. officials warned of continued antiAmerican protests throughout the region all week.

In response, Google, which owns YouTube, blocked access to the movie trailer in Egypt and Libya. Google acted on its own power, denying a White House request to remove the video from the website by saying it does not violate its terms of service.

“This video — which is widely available on the web — is clearly within our guidelines and so will stay on YouTube,” the company said in a statement. “However, given the very difficult situation in Libya and Egypt, we have temporarily restricted access in both countries.”

That is a mistake.

While Google’s decision to side with the safety of innocent people over an abstract, pro-free speech ideal is completely understandable, the decision could have negative ramifications in the long run.

Think about it: Google, acting on its own after rejecting the White House’s request and not receiving any pressure from Libyan or Egyptian officials, is deciding on its own what is in the best interests of the Libyan and Egyptian people.

This is different than Google abiding by strict Chinese censorship regulations or following certain American laws. This is Google essentially picking and choosing what is best for others in the region.

As a business protected under the First Amendment, Google has the right to do that, of course. But ironically, this move might undermine freedom of speech on the Internet in the future.

The Arab Spring would have never occurred if not for freedom of information online. Once impossible to imagine, oppressive regimes were overthrown in the region as videos and news were spread online. In the process, unfortunately, many died and livelihoods were destroyed.

Inevitably, uprisings will occur again. When they do, should Google censor videos and search content in the name of safety? The precedent is now there.

As the Internet continues to grow in importance worldwide, Google, arguably the most important name on the web, must deeply commit itself to freedom of speech and the unrestricted spread of information. If it and other tech giants fail to do so, oppression will be able to thrive in the Information Age. E-mail | editor@cm-life.com Mail | 436 Moore Hal Mount Pleasant, MI 48859 Fax | 989.774.7805

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Too many to handle

ast week, Central Michigan Life published a lengthy, in-depth piece about the challenges international students face when they arrive at Central Michigan University.

One student, Roberto Herrera Lopez from Mexico, arrived here without bedding, any Internet connection or a finalized place to stay. Another, Howell junior Samantha Borashko, admitted the university rarely gave her sufficient information to pick up international students from the airport.

And now, Emily Liu, a recruiter with the International Affairs office, said the university is working with the College of Graduate Studies to increase the number of international students from the 575 enrolled this semester. While that might sound fantastic on the surface — overall enrollment is expected to decline this year, so CMU will take tuition revenue from where ever it can get it — efforts should be made to improve the communication and efforts of the international office.

It is unacceptable for CMU to welcome international students without proper plans being made. But it

would not be out of the ordinary for CMU to dive into something without fully considering the consequences.

In the previous year, we have seen several buildings and projects (CMED, biosciences building and others) be continually pursued without the funds necessary or significant preparation.

It’s not enough to have a plan — it needs to be a well-thought-out one.

CMU’s track record in planning is that of a 12-year-old who wants to be an astronaut one day and a painter the next. How about instead of focusing on more money, CMU focuses its efforts somewhere worthwhile?

International students feel alienated because we, as a university, have not adequately prepared for their arrival. Maybe instead of taking an alcohol EDU course, students should take a course on cultural sensitivity.

Instead of treating international students as just another number and another opportunity to make

revenue, CMU needs to start treating them as the people they are.

When freshmen and transfer students set foot on this campus for the first time, many of them from the state of Michigan, we coddle them and hold their hands until they feel secure and adapted to the college lifestyle.

We send them to orientation after orientation, we put them through Leadership Safari — which is essentially a giant summer camp full of affirmations and inspiration — and we make sure they know there are resources on this campus to help them through every step of the way, even though we all know mom and dad call every night before bed.

But, when someone comes to this campus from another country, we assume they’ll find their way around, figure out who’s picking them up from the airport, make their own friends, heck, even buy their own sheets and figure out their own housing! Right?

Wrong.

If we don’t truly care about these students, let’s stop pretending and focus our efforts elsewhere.

Come on, CMU. Let’s get our act together.

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[COMMENTS] Online reader comments on Wednesday’s “Romney campaign bus makes stop at CMU Wednesday afternoon“ story “‘About 17 people ventured to Lot 27 Wednesday afternoon to get a glimpse of one of Mitt Romney’s campaign buses.’ I’m sure Romney will at least double the number of fired up Chips voting for him by November.”

-J.W. Harrison “If Romney is 100% focused on getting jobs back and lowering the dept and strengthen jobs in the process, how can he possibly do the two latter when 100% has been spent on getting jobs back? I’m not the greatest when it comes to math, but this sounds like “Romney Math” and not real math.

However, if this is true, then I can understand why Romney is so weak in Foreign Relations in the Middle East.”

-MarkS Online reader comments on Wednesday’s “Downtown living offers new experiences, culture” story

“So how does one go about and get a USA Today newspaper box installed in their apartment? Do they fill it M-F and if I need a paper, can I just drop by?”

-Vince88 “I was wondering how one goes about looking for downtown apartments. My girlfriend and I were considering this but couldn’t find any online. Any suggestions?”

-Austin Herman “I have mine through Apartment Management Group. United has some downtown as well. Other than that, walk down Main and Broadway and most will have a leasing sign above or on the door.”

-Kevin DeVoe Online reader comments on Sept. 10 “Radcliff struggles with consistency in loss to Michigan State” story “Losing by that much was a great time to put in a quarterback..see what he is really made of..You have to play

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these young guys or they will turn out like Radcliff. He never got to play behind Lefevour, and, when he did come in, he got sacked or threw interceptions..just like now. This is not rocket science.”

-mar “How can you throw a pass when you’re “accounting” for all the oppositions’ players?!”

-CE Online reader comments on Thursday’s “COLUMN: iHave had enough” story “I’m not really a huge Apple fan.

I have an iPad2 but I use a Samsung gallaxy Nexus phone. The iPhone 5 is nowhere near a rehash of last year’s phone.... 4G late coupled with Apple’s battery life claims alone will easily make this the best phone on the market... if true. So what’s this lady mad about? Apple making the best products currently in existence?

She has little understanding of true innovation.”

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It’s never too late to get involved Cream-colored walls and linoleum floors.

This is what I saw when I first stepped foot into my dorm room at Robinson Hall freshman year.

I remember telling my parents and roommate that it felt like we were in a jail cell.

The room appeared to be about the same size as one, and the stagnant color of the walls didn’t exactly make me feel welcomed.

After realizing this would be my new home for the next year, I felt dreadful. It wasn’t anything like my room back home, and any attempt at such would be a longshot. I wanted the familiarity I was used to, and knowing I wasn’t going to have it on a daily basis was something I couldn’t look past.

Fortunately, I live only an hour away from CMU. So, if I really couldn’t bear it, I could go home on the weekends if I wanted to, which is exactly what I did. For me, it wasn’t just missing the comfort of my home but my family as well, as they are the people I am closest to.

Almost every weekend I went home, leaving campus on Friday right after class and not returning until Sunday evening.

I always stayed until the last minute possible, not wanting to make the drive back up to a place I didn’t consider my home.

Now, as I am in my senior year of college and reflecting on my former years, there are times when I wish I would have stayed on campus more. I feel as though I missed out on a good portion of that great college experience everyone always talks about, especially during freshman year.

However, I came to realize it’s never too late to change that.

I decided to become more involved on campus and did so by going Greek. Even though it was during my junior year, I don’t regret joining, because it has made a positive impact on my life.

I’ve also joined other registered student organizations on campus such as Yellow Ribbon, a suicide prevention group, and the Fashion Association of Merchandising and Design. All three RSOs I joined later in my college years, but it’s better late than never to become involved.

There are so many people I have met with different backgrounds and life stories that I am grateful to have met.

By becoming involved on campus, you can learn things, such as how to network with people, create new friendships and even learn about yourself as a person.

It’s a choice you won’t regret, no matter what year in college you are.

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CMU students help police with embezzlement cases

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Fenton graduate assistant Jeff Horning, left, Jackson senior Richard King, center, Tamara Matthews and Grand Rapids CMU alum Jason Baird, right, listen to Lt. Jerry Carter talk about the embezzling case they helped solve Friday afternoon at the Michigan State Police post, 3580 S. Isabella Road.

By Hailee Sattavara Metro Editor and Rachel Harrison Staff Reporters

Last year, Michigan State Police Lt. Jerry Carter found himself with four cases of embezzlement and needed to utilize the expertise of accountants or the cases would have been dismissed.

But Michigan State Police doesn’t have forensic accountants to assist and act as expert witnesses with these cases, Carter said. He contacted Thomas Weirich, a professor of accounting, and asked for his top students in ACC 536: Forensic Account-

ing to assist in two of the cases.

Six Central Michigan University students assisted Michigan State Police in the two arrests in two embezzlement cases.

“We were basically trying to put a big jigsaw puzzle together,” Weirich said.

These students received recognition Friday afternoon at the MSP Jackson Post, 3580 S. Isabella Rd., in the form of MSP mugs and a gratitude that could never be fully extended, Carter said.

Students did not receive compensation for their work.

“Anytime a case is nailed down well in the investigation, there is no trial,” Carter said.

This was the case regarding embezzlement by a post leader at Veterans of Foreign Wars in Shepherd.

After more than 300 hours of pouring over banking documents, Wade Davis now sits in a Jackson prison. He was caught embezzling more than $1,000, but no more than $20,000, from the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Shepherd over the past three years.

Weirich and his students estimated Davis’s actual embezzlement was closer to $80,000, but the conviction would not have been possible without the group.

Each of the two cases took about two months.

CMU accounting students helped build the credibility of the case, as there was a great deal of documentation they had found leading to the conviction, Carter said.

“I think with these cases put to rest, the communities can now start to heal,” he said.

The most rewarding part was not the conviction but getting to know the students, Carter said.

Davis will spend at least a year in jail after more than 300 hours was spent working on the case, which would otherwise be dismissed due to lack of funds available at the VFW. “In many of these cases, they have many bank accounts (that) they transfer money from one to another,”

Carter said.

CMU alum Jason Baird was one student who helped MSP. “This case was such a great resume builder,” Baird said. “It was the first thing that was brought up by my interviewer.”

Baird has since graduated from the MBA accounting program and started a job in Grand Rapids.

“I also was trained on how to be unbiased, which is a huge attribute to the accounting industry,” Baird said.

The second case involved a man from Harrison, which Weirch and his students are estimating at $20,000 embezzled.

“If they could not have had our help, they would have dropped the investigation,” Carter said.

The suspect has been arrested but has not been sentenced as of Friday.

This year marks Weirich’s 40th year at CMU, and he hopes MSP will utilize him and his students in the future.

“From my perspective, students got to apply what they learned in the classroom to the real world,” Weirich said.

Other students involved include alums Dedrea Flattery and Andrew Barclay, graduate assistants Jeff Horning and Tamra Mathews and senior Richard King. metro@cm-life.com

Human rights ordinance proposed on Wednesday for Union Township

By Brittany Wright Staff Reporter

A human rights ordinance for the Charter Township of Union was presented at Wednesday night’s town hall meeting.

Norma Bailey, president of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Michigan, and United Methodist church Reverend David Hills teamed up to give the presentation.

The ordinance, No. 201206 called “Human Rights,” would not be the first in the area, as such ordinances exist on the campus of Central Michigan University as well as in the city of Mount Pleasant, as previously reported

by Central Michigan Life.

As stated in the ordinance, “the township intends that no individual be denied the enjoyment of his or her civil rights or be discriminated against because of his or her race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sex, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, family status, sexual orientation or gender identity.”

“As a business owner, it is perfectly normal to kick someone out of a restaurant because of their sexual orientation,” Bailey said. However, this ordinance would protect

citizens from situations similar that might occur.

The purpose would be for everyone to be able to be safe and contribute to their social and economic life in the township.

A 2010 poll conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research reported 65 percent of Michigan voters support basic rights of employment, housing and public accommodations for people who are LGBT. On Nov. 19, 2011, the same survey was conducted amongst Mount Pleasant voters: 88 percent of the voters support these basic rights.

“We are not in search of a solution for a problem,” Hills said. “People in our society don’t recognize that all means all. The discrimination based on a person’s innate being is beneath who we are as humans.”

There are currently 701 supporters of the ordinance living in the 48858 zip code; 13 community leaders, eight business leaders, nine clergy and faith groups and 11 CMU students, faculty and administration.

This ordinance has yet to be approved but remains under consideration. metro@cm-life.com

150 Community members, students participate in annual Central AIDS Walk

By Anamaria Dickerson Staff Reporter

Angie Evans first became involved in the Central AIDS Walk after a friend admitted to her in college he was infected with HIV. The Troy native and current CFX radio afternoon host said the disease later advanced to AIDS and he eventually passed away.

Evans said before her friend died, he made it a point to share his story with others and how having the disease affected his life.

“He informed all of his

friends about what it meant and didn’t mean,” she said.

“He was an educator, and now I am big on anything that can educate our community so they’re not so scared about a disease that is preventable.”

About 150 people attended Saturday’s walk at Island Park. This is the third year the Central Michigan Health Department has hosted the event.

Evans stressed the importance to get tested for HIV and said she and her friends try to make it a big deal when it comes to that time

of year to get tested.

CMHD Health Officer Mary Kushion said the idea to host a walk came from other walks around Michigan.

“It’s a statewide thing,” she said. “There are AIDS walks all over Michigan in cities such as Ann Arbor, Jackson, Detroit, Flint, Lansing, Bay City, Midland and Saginaw.”

Peter Gulick, an associate professor of medicine at Michigan State University and this year’s Central AIDS Walk keynote speaker, also helps spread awareness

about prevention of HIV. Gulick first became interested in AIDS research more than 30 years ago. Over the course of time, he has has done community service, educating people around Michigan, including teaching AIDS courses at MSU. “What I hope people learn about this education and research is the changes we’ve seen in HIV,” he said.

“It’s encouraging to see a terminal illness become a chronic illness.”

Gulick said even though the survival rate of AIDS went up, it’s still important

to know about prevention, because it will reduce the chance of the disease being spread.

“Back in the ‘80s, the survival rate of the AIDS disease was two years,” he said. “Now it’s 38 years.”

Melissa DeRoche, health promotion and preparedness supervisor, said in addition to educating people about the HIV disease, the walk also helps to raise money for infected patients.

“We help raise funds for those who are infected with HIV/AIDs to meet their daily basic needs,” she said.

“All the money we raise goes to the local community, and we help with needs they might not otherwise be able to get such as things like gas or medical costs.”

For Canton senior Brittany Turner, she has done the walk since it first started.

“I chose to do the walk, because I think it (the disease) is a constant concern for students,” Turner said.

“It’s a really big issue and needs more time spent on research to prevent it.” metro@cm-life.com

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Four hospitalized in Saturday M-20 crash Tickets on-sale for All-American Rejects, Boys Like Girls, The Ready Set this morning

By Adam Niemi Senior Reporter

Four people suffered nonlife-threatening injuries after a two-car accident near Mount Pleasant Saturday afternoon.

The accident occurred at Meridian Road and M-20, about four miles west of Mount Pleasant.

At about 2:10 p.m., a white Nissan Sentra entered the intersection and was broadsided by a green Chevrolet Lumina traveling eastbound on M-20, an Isabella County Sheriff ’s deputy said. The Nissan stopped on the northern shoulder of the highway while the Chevrolet tore through the fence of an apple orchard and stopped.

1,800 B.o.B seats sold

By Ryan Fitzmaurice Staff Reporter

Brooke Mayle/Staff Photographer

The Mount Pleasant Fire Department carries one of the victims out of a Chevy Lumina after a car accident Saturday afternoon on the corner of M-20 and Meridian Road.

The deputy said two people traveled in each car, and identities have not yet been released.

Those involved were

international | continued from 3a “It’s also important as the size of Michigan high school classes decline,” Provost Gary Shapiro said during an interview with the Central Michigan Life Editorial Staff.

“We want to maintain, or at least moderate, enrollment declines.”

When Liu has been out recruiting internationally, she has begun to notice that students are excited to learn about the programs that CMU has to offer, as well as the services available.

“This combination helps me distinguish the university and attract students who are

excited to join the campus,” she said.

Increasing the international student presence has become a campus-wide effort, with academic departments contributing through internationalizing their curriculum and the search for an executive director of the Office of International Affairs.

The number of students studying abroad continues to gain support among administration.

“We have recognized that not everyone is able to (study abroad), so we need to

civil war | continued from 3A “After I got out of the army following the Gulf War, I missed the flare of the military,” Osterberg said.

His mother suggested he go to Hastings, where the 2nd Kentucky is based, and consider joining. He took his wife and three of his four children there. A colonel in

the 2nd Kentucky signed him and his wife Jackie.

The 2nd Kentucky does about one reenactment a month.

“We gave our modern equipment to our kids,” Osterberg said. “The Coleman stoves, tents, all that. It all went to them.”

taken to McLaren-Central Michigan Hospital for treatment.

Tickets for the Oct. 14 show featuring the All-American Rejects, Boys Like Girls and The Ready Set at the CMU Events Center go on sale this morning at Tickets Central.

Tickets for students are priced at $15, $12 and $10.

Tickets go on-sale to the public Thursday and will be priced at $22, $19 and $15.

AAR’s most recent hit,

“Gives You Hell,” hit certified platinum four times for sales of more than four million in the U.S. About 1,800 tickets have been sold for the upcoming B.o.B concert, who will come to Central Michigan University in a little more than a week, according to Damon Brown, assistant director of Student Life and adviser to Program Board.

The concert, produced

by Program Board, will feature the popular hip-hop artist, along with popular rap act The New Boyz on Sept 28.

B.o.B is well-known in the music world for his popular hits, including the song “Airplanes,” which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Top 40. The New Boyz are also known for several songs, including top 40 single “Better With The Lights Off.” The show will be held at the Events Center, which has a capacity of 5,300.

Tickets continue to be sold at Ticket Central priced at $12, $15, $20 and $25, depending on seating. studentlife@cm-life.com

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make some efforts to include international aspects in our curriculum,” Shapiro said.

Through the process of reaching out to colleagues abroad, International Affairs has increased the university’s recognition internationally, Liu said.

Shapiro and University President George Ross have contributed by allocating increased resources to recruitment for a more specific focus on international students as well.

“The student body contributes by providing a welcome atmosphere to our current students, thus encouraging word-of-mouth recruitment to friends and family back home,” Liu said. university@cm-life.com

Osterberg shuffles Civil War era cards in his hands as a group of others sings with the playing of a guitar in the distance. A group of curious visitors watches and listenes.

“I enjoy the camping, the night life,” Osterberg said. “Once my wife and I picked up the equipment and started doing this, we haven’t looked back.” metro@cm-life.com

Campus Grow maintains two gardens for advocating healthy people, planet

By Arielle Breen Staff Reporter

Jackie Maggioncalda can usually be found walking on the freshly mulched paths going past sunflowers and tomato plants full of fruit.

The Waterford senior is the co-coordinator for Campus Grow, a registered student organization that values healthy people and a healthy planet.

“Developing community collaboration, promoting physical health through proper diet and exercise, advocating hunger and poverty solutions (and) offering food education and research opportunities for students,” reads the group’s mission statement.

Campus Grow maintains two gardens. One is The Children’s Garden, which the Child Development Learning Laboratory children on campus help with, and the other is known as the ‘Big’ garden and is located west of Theunissen Baseball Stadium.

Anyone can rent a 10’ by 10’ plot in the larger garden for $10 a year.

The group has donated food to several places in Mount Pleasant, and they

encourage plot renters to grow a row for the hungry, which is donated to those in need within the community, she said. “(We) have another (spiral designed section) where we try to donate all the produce,” Maggioncalda said.

She said Campus Grow plans to collaborate with other RSOs. “We need to (get) more groups involved, and one of our big goals is to (get) volunteer groups and other RSOs (to) help weed the garden,” Maggioncalda said.

Canton senior Jack Distel planned to join Campus Grow since he was a freshman.

“I like their outlook on sustainability on (CMU)’s campus and their (urging) to have more students and everyone around the community to participate with us,” he said.

Campus Grow works with Kaya Coffee House, 1029 S. University Ave., using their coffee grounds as a nitrogenrich compost.

Kaya barista Libby Motzenbecker said there is a mutually beneficial arrangement.

“We keep a lot of the coffee grounds back (behind the counter) for composting, and

I know (it’s good because my parents have always gardened) a lot, and (coffee makes) really good compost,” the Troy senior said.

Motzenbecker said she has seen a growth in student interest in sustainability since her freshman year.

“A lot of the people here are involved with Campus Grow, (and we) work with them a lot,” she said.

While the coffee grounds might be excellent compost, Maggioncalda said CMU’s food scrap-based compost gathered from the dining halls is a different story. “(CMU) got all this money to build a compost, but they haven’t really been taking good care of it,” she said. “And it’s been smelling, and they don’t use the proper techniques to make that accurate compost. We can’t use it.”

Maggioncalda said while she is really glad CMU is doing a compost and that it is a step in the right direction, she wouldn’t recommend using it.

She said that some gardeners have used it, but that Campus Grow is not affiliated with CMU’s composting. studentlife@cm-life.com

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Field hockey winless at MSU Invitational

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Kristopher Lodes Staff Reporter

By Jeff Papworth Staff Reporter

The Michigan State Invitational gave the field hockey team its second and thirdstraight one-goal defeat this weekend.

Central Michigan suffered its second overtime loss of the season against Louisville 3-2 Friday. In the consolation round Sunday, the team lost 2-1 to American University.

The Eagles had the Chippewas frazzled at the start Sunday, scoring a goal in the first minute.

“We got caught on our heels a little bit,” head coach Cristy Freese said. “In those situations, we just needed to step up.”

Freese said the long passes

by American hurt the defense of CMU, but she was satisfied the team was able to keep the game within a goal at the half so it could make adjustments.

CMU responded after American widened the lead to two in the 42nd minute with a goal of its own less than a minute later from junior forward Erica Garwood.

“We needed a goal, and that’s what we got,” Garwood said. “In the second half, we definitely brought it together.”

It was Garwood’s second goal of the season, making her the third-leading scorer for the Chippewas.

Freese credited Garwood’s recent scoring on the hassling she received for missing an open-net goal in the season’s opening weekend, calling the junior a “workhorse”.

The Chippewas have failed to get the edge in penalty corners in six of seven games.

It hurt them again against the Eagles, who scored its second goal directly off of a penalty corner.

The team, after playing their first seven games on the road, returns home next weekend to play Miami (Ohio), in their first conference game, followed by a visit from Iowa.

“It’s difficult to lose a game,” Freese said. “But we’re playing against quality competition. On the one hand, we’re doing a good job; we’re competing. We’re right with these teams. We just have to shore up a few things and get a little more disciplined.”

GAME ONE

Overtime has been commonplace for the field hockey team this season.

The opening match of the Michigan State Invitational against Louisville Friday was no exception for CMU. The Chippewas lost 3-2 in double overtime, succumbing to their second defeat after regulation in three games.

CMU took the lead twice in the first period, but the Cardinals answered back on both occasions.

“It was a very even game,” head coach Cristy Freese said. “This game was backand-forth from both ends ... It was a good game.”

Junior Abby Roth, who Freese called a utility player, scored the first goal in the 16th minute.

Sophomore Mary Alice Moore also put the Chippewas in the lead momentarily, scoring off a deflection from the left corner in the 21st minute.

“We knew (after I scored the second goal) we still had to play hard,” Moore said.

“Louisville is a good team, so definitely, we had to get more scoring opportunities.”

Louisville back Alyssa Voelmle scored off a breakaway drive, 60 minutes after the tying goal was scored, to win the game. sports@cm-life.com

Team needs to wake up for MAC play

ANDREW KUHN /STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Freshman middleblocker Angie White spikes the ball against IPFW Saturday night at McGuirk Arena. The Chippewas lost to the Mastodons, 3-1.

missing maxwell Without star setter, volleyball drops final non-conference game to IPFW, 3-1

By Morgan Yuncker

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Staff Reporter

Freshman Jordan Timmer got the call to start at setter Saturday night in place of the injured Kelly Maxwell.

She led the Central Michigan offense with 48 assists as the Chippewas fell to Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne 3-1 at McGuirk Arena.

“We had a very good player (Maxwell) on the bench tonight, and those are some of the intangibles that she brings; she brings a lot of heart,” head coach Erik Olson said. “Jordan did a good job, but you can’t learn that in your first match.”

Despite scoring at least 23 points in each set, CMU dropped its secondstraight match to wrap up its non-conference schedule.

The Mastodons (103) came into the match fresh off a 3-2 loss to the Oakland Golden Grizzlies Friday night, while the Chippewas had a week off prior to the start.

CMU (6-5) lost its first set to the Mastodons with a score of 23-25. The team made a comeback after falling behind 13-6, setting a point-for-point game tempo until IPFW squeezed out the win.

After pushing the second set to extra points, the Mastodons prevailed, scoring 27 points over the Chippewas 25.

The Chippewas won the third set 25-23 but were unable to hold on in the final set, despite leading most of the game.

“We need to focus on finishing, even though we should have been up in a lot of (the sets) – we still should have finished

ANDREW KUHN /STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Freshman setter Jordan Timmer attempts to block a shot Saturday night against IPFW at McGuirk Arena. The Chippewas lost 3-1.

them,” freshman middle blocker Angie White said.

Olson said he felt his team didn’t play to its potential.

“Every position on our team combined made 10 mistakes, mentally or physically, in every match that could have made this a better match,” Olson said.

IPFW’s Tessa McGill had a season-low 16 digs in the match – 2.59 less digs than her average per game.

“We certainly were following a game plan tonight, and I think our hitters did a good job at that,” Olson said.

The Chippewa offense was lead by Lindsey Dulude, who had 16 of the

60 team kills on the night.

Angie White had 11 kills and four blocks.

“I had a big night tonight, but, going into practice next week, I’m going to continue to work hard and focus on my blocking,” White said.

Timmer led the team to a .259 hitting percentage filling in for Maxwell.

Junior defensive specialist Jenna Coates led CMU’s defense, digging up 18 balls.

CMU will start MidAmerican Conference play at 7 p.m. Friday against Northern Illinois at McGuirk Arena. sports@cm-life.com

Football team getting back to basics during bye week

By Matt Thompson Senior Reporter

Without a game this weekend, the Central Michigan football team had time to work on fundamentals in preparing for Iowa.

Last season, CMU played all 12 games in consecutive weeks — since the Chippewas are playing on Black Friday this year, they get a bye week.

Defensive backs coach Kirby Cannon said before the team could worry about getting back to the fundamentals or think about Iowa, they needed to fix things.

“I think (the) first thing to attack the next practice after a loss is mistakes,” he said. “We are focusing on cleaning those up so kids have confidence — if they made a mistake on Saturday, we fix it on Tuesday, and we move on from there.”

Those corrections are coming off a 41-7 loss to Michigan

State on Sept. 8. CMU head coach Dan Enos said he would rather have a bye week, opposed to last season.

Enos and senior quarterback Ryan Radcliff both said it is important to work on the basics, while still working toward Iowa, during the added practice time.

“We’re obviously looking ahead to Iowa because that is the next opponent on our schedule,” Radcliff said. “But at the same time, we are working on ourselves again. Getting the normal ABCs of practice: the normal routine, normal fundamentals.”

Enos said the team would be able to have extra time off during the bye week, though senior captain Jahleel Addae said he would be in the film room anyway for at least an hour every day preparing.

Saturday, CMU will travel to Iowa (2-1) to face its second Big-Ten opponent in as

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Senior wide receiver Jerry Harris looks up the field after making a catch Aug. 30 against Southeast Missouri State at Kelly/Shorts Stadium.

many games.

“We’re using these practices to prepare for Iowa, but the best way to beat Iowa is being fundamentally sound,” Cannon said. “Also, doing a lot of day-one type drills (last week). Then (this week), it will be all about Iowa.”

Enos would not comment

on the injury status of Jake Olson, Eric Fisher or Jerry Harris, saying “we’ll wait and see.”

Fisher and Harris both returned to play against the Spartans after getting banged up, but Olson did not return. sports@cm-life.com

They’ve won the matches they should have but haven’t won a match they could have.

That is how Central Michigan women’s volleyball head coach Erik Olson thinks of his team after going 6-5 in the non-conference portion of its schedule.

The Chippewas have beaten every team that, on paper, they should (UW-Green Bay, Drake, UMBC, Oakland, Campbell and Western Carolina), but when it comes to the teams that look to be stronger, they’ve come up just short.

“My thing is, when is this team going to wake up and say ‘hey, we’re really good,” Olson said. “We can dictate every, match we step into and take the win.”

That being said, the nonconference schedule is behind them, and it’s time for CMU to make a run at a Mid-American Conference regular season title.

Coming into the season, the Chippewas were picked to finish third in the MAC West, but given the quality opponents they have faced and how they’ve looked for most of the non-conference schedule, Olson isn’t weary to put his team on top.

“I believe (the teams to beat in the MAC) are us, Ohio and Western (Michigan),” Olson said. “Ohio has an easier schedule than us, because they play the (MAC) East twice and the (MAC) West once, and the West will create problems for each other.”

That is the challenge for CMU: can they overcome a strong division and hold off the Bobcats who, coming into the season, looked to be the clear—cut favorites in a weak division?

That’s where the turn around Olson was talking about needs to come. Can the Chippewas beat the teams they should in the MAC and then also take down the Broncos and Ball State – two teams picked ahead of them in the preseason?

“It’s going to come down to which team gets hot at the right time,” Olson said.

Last season, the Chippewas got hot and took a turn in program history by winning its first MAC Tournament championship. This season, they are looking for a regular season title, but they have to answer Olson’s question first.

When will this team make a turn in the season and realize its potential?

That answer could come as soon as Friday when MAC play begins at McGuirk Arena against defending regular season champion Northern Illinois, followed by a potential season-changing match with WMU on Saturday.

CMU might be playing these pivotal matches without one of its key players, junior setter Kelly Maxwell, who sat out Saturday night with a leg injury. But in her absence, freshman Jordan Timmer filled the role as well as she possibly could with 12 assists per set.

Even without Maxwell, the team could have won against a top-40 opponent like IPFW, according to Olson. So the team can still make that turn without their star setter and then continue the run when she returns.

The Chippewas have shown that they are a good team.

But they still need to show that they’re more.

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AROUND THE MAC WEST DIVISION Team BSU Toledo NIU CMU WMU EMU

MAC 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1

Overall 2-1 2-1 2-1 1-1 1-2 0-3

EAST DIVISION Team Ohio Buffalo KSU Akron Miami UMass BGSU

MAC 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1

Overall 3-0 1-1 1-1 1-2 1-2 0-3 1-2

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Rating

Receiving yards

1. Jaime Wilson, Western Michigan 2. Alonzo Russell, Toledo 3. Marquelo Suel, Akron 4. Martel Moore, Northern Illinois 5. Shaun Joplin, Bowling Green

330 275 260 229 208

170.8 157.0 156.3 151.3 135.1

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Yards

Interceptions

INTs

1. Dalton Williams, Akron 2. Alex Carder, Western Michigan 3. Tyler Tettleton, Ohio 4. Terrance Owens, Toledo 5. Zac Dysert, Miami (OH)

1004 812 781 737 705

1. Lewis Toler, Western Michigan Pat Hinkel, Miami (OH) 3. Jermaine Robinson, Toledo Jelani Woseley 5. 16 tied

3 3 2 2 1

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Yards

Average tackles per game

Total

1. Beau Blankenship, Ohio 2. Branden Oliver, Buffalo 3. Jahwan Edwards, Ball State 4. Jordan Lynch, Northern Illinois 5. David Fluellen, Toledo

379 349 332 304 262

Aug. 30 SEMS, W 38-27

Yards

1. Alex Zordich, Buffalo 2. Jordan Lynch, Northern Illinois 3. Tyler Tettleton, Ohio 4. Terrance Owens, Toledo 5. Dalton Williams, Akron

1. Justin Cherocci, Central Michigan 2. Dan Molls, Toledo 3. Jimmie Ward, Northern Illinois Travis Freeman, Ball State Luke Wollet, Kent State

Sept. 8 MSU , L, 41-7

Sept. 22 Iowa, TBA

Sept. 29 at Northern Illinois, 3:30 p.m.

Oct. 6 at Toledo, 3 p.m.

Oct. 12 Navy, 8 p.m.

Oct. 20 Ball State, 3:30 p.m.

Oct. 27 Akron, 3:30 p.m.

Nov. 3 Western Michigan, 1 p.m.

Nov. 10 at Eastern Michigan, 1 p.m.

Nov. 17 Miami, 1 p.m.

Nov. 23 at UMass, TBA

12.5 11.7 11 11 11

SATURDAY’S RECAP

WMU 23 - Minnesota 28 NIU 41 - Army 40 EMU 16 - Purdue 54 Morgan State 6 - Akron 66 UMass 13 - Michigan 63 Miami (OH) 12 - Boise State 39 Ohio 27 - Marshall 24 BGSU 15 - Toledo 27 Ball State 41 - Indiana 39

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WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Kent State @ Buffalo, 7 p.m.

SATURDAY’S GAMES

UMass @ Miami (OH), noon BGSU @ Virginia Tech, noon Central Michigan @ Iowa, noon Norfolk State @ Ohio, 2 p.m.

UConn @ WMU, 2 p.m.

Kansas @ NIU, 3:30 p.m.

EMU @ MSU, 3:30 p.m.

South Florida @ Ball State, 4:30 p.m.

Coastal Carolina @ Toledo, 7 p.m.

Akron @ Tennessee, 7:30 p.m.

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Junior running back Zurlon Tipton slips a tackle Aug. 30 against Southeast Missouri State at Kelly/Shorts Stadium. Tipton had 180 yards rushing in CMU’s 38-27 win.

Week 3: Mid-American Conference football roundup

By Matt Thompson Senior Reporter

The Ohio Bobcats are the last undefeated football team in the Mid-American Conference following the third week of the season. Their threegame streak began when Ohio knocked off Penn State in its season opener in State College, Penn.

Two programs pushing elite MAC status in the other division are Toledo and Ball State, both 2-1 and have the only two conference wins so far this year.

Here’s a look at the conference a quarter off the way into the season.

Akron: (1-2) New head coach Terry Bowden won his first game with the Zips in style Friday, beating Morgan State 66-6. Akron has now matched its win total from each of the past two seasons.

During MAC Media Day, Bowden said win number two will get the monkey of their back.

Ball State: (2-1) The Cardinals made a 42-yard field goal at the end of regulation late Saturday night to beat Indiana. The only loss for Ball State this season came by No. 11 Clemson.

Bowling Green: (1-2) The Falcons had a nice start to the season, hanging on in a close game at No. 18 Florida and beating Idaho. BGSU lost to rival Toledo in the MAC opener this weekend, though, 27-15.

Buffalo: (1-1) The Bulls’ MAC opener is Wednesday night against Kent State. They are .500 with their only loss coming at No. 7 Georgia. Buffalo had a bye week during week three.

Central Michigan: (1-1) The Chippewas are .500 with the toughest part of the schedule right ahead of them. CMU plays Iowa, Northern Illinois and Toledo, all on the road the

next three weeks before coming home to face Navy.

Eastern Michigan: (0-3) After EMU coach Ron English found success in his debut season in 2011, the Eagles are winless – including a 17-point loss to Illinois State. The schedule does not get any easier for EMU, who goes to East Lansing Saturday.

Kent State: (1-1) Like Buffalo and CMU, Kent State is coming off a bye week at .500.

The Golden Flashes prided themselves on defense last year but, allowing 34 points per game this season, ranks 99th in the country.

Massachusetts: (0-3) The Minutemen are winless in their inaugural MAC season.

UMass has only scored 19

points in three games, while allowing 48 per game. Leading rusher for the Minutemen, Michael Cox, has 108 yards on 38 carries through three games.

Miami: (1-2) Miami’s record is a little hard to read with its two losses coming at Ohio State and Boise State this season. Quarterback Zac Dysert has thrown for 705 yards and two touchdowns, though he’s been picked off twice.

Northern Illinois: (2-1) Iowa inched by NIU in week one by a single point, though outside of that, the Huskies are 2-0. Dual-threat quarterback Jordan Lynch threw for 342 yards and rushed for 125 during a NIU 41-40 win over Army Saturday.

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Fresh off its bye week, CMU will take on Iowa (2-1) at noon Saturday.

Quarterback James Vandenberg has yet to find the end zone this season, relying heavily on kicker Mike Meyer, who has made good on eight of his nine field goal attempts through the first three weeks.

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Teams finish below Willie Randolph’s expectations Friday in East Lansing

By CM Life Staff Reports

Sophomore Kyle Stacks and junior Krista Parks recorded top finishes for the Central Michigan cross-country teams Friday for the second-straight weekend.

Stacks finished ninth (25:07) in the 8k for the men’s team, followed closest by senior Jason Drudge (25:20), who finished 19th overall.

Parks led the way for the women, finishing the 6k in 21:55 – ranked 22nd overall at the annual Spartan Invitational.

“We have had two hard weeks of training, but I’m feeling the best I have since coming to CMU,” Drudge said.

Overall, the Chippewas did not contend as well as they did last week in Wisconson.

“We ran alright, slower than expected, but we didn’t have a bad finish,” Drudge said. “The course was difficult, with tough conditions, and we’re all feeling a bit tired from workouts.”

Director of cross-country Willie Randolph said his teams did not perform collectively in

the manner he had imagined.

“These are tests that you must see through until the end (of the season),” Randolph said.

“We ran OK, but it was not what we were expecting.”

Although CMU’s trip to East Lansing did not go completely as planned, the team had a good feeling about the competition Friday.

“We felt relaxed; we had confidence; we had great workouts, but what you end up doing at the race is a whole other ball game,” Randolph said.

Randolph said his teams are beginning to figure out their issues before reaching the more prominent competitions on their schedules.

“We definitely know we will have to take one step at a time,” Randolph said. “We must focus, and we have to put together the mind and body.”

Having only three top-25 finishes between both teams was not what Randolph had in mind, but there was good leadership among the upperclassmen and promise from the younger runners during the

competition.

Drudge said he knows his role on the team is to act on his experience to help his teammates in every way possible.

“It’s huge, especially with upperclassmen,” he said. “It’s important to run well with these guys and help everyone get along toward the end of the race.”

On the other side of the spectrum, freshman Bailey Parmelee finished second among the women Chippewas.

“I’m excited,” Parmelee said.

“I didn’t know what to expect, and I ran the best that I could.

I felt better than I thought I’d feel, and it felt good.”

Randolph and his team will continue their traditional routine as they get ready for more intense competition.

“We have strong plans for our workouts and our focus on working together,” Randolph said.

The cross-country team will compete again Saturday at the Northwood Open in Midland. sports@cm-life.com

Jason Wilson a silver lining in loss to Spartans

By Brandon Champion Staff Reporter

Big plays for the Central Michigan football team were scarce in its 41-7 loss to Michigan State Sept. 8 at Kelly/Shorts Stadium.

Sophomore cornerback Jason Wilson provided one of those plays, though. The 6-foot, 172-pound native from Farmington Hills accounted for the only CMU score against the Spartans when he intercepted MSU backup quarterback Connor Cook’s pass and returned it 55 yards for the touchdown.

The game was out of reach at that point, but the score kept CMU from being shut out.

“The running back went to the flat; I was able to make a play,” Wilson said. “ It felt pretty nice running for that

end zone. I just wish the game was a bit closer.”

This season, Wilson is making the transition from wide receiver to cornerback. So far, things have been going well, head coach Dan Enos said.

“He’s probably been our most consistent defensive back in two games,” Enos said. “We needed help at defensive back. A lot of the guys we recruit (are as) two-way players, and Jason was one of them.”

Last season, Wilson caught 48 passes for 526 yards and three touchdowns as a receiver. He is playing cornerback this season for the first time since high school.

“Going back to spring ball, he was struggling a bit,” senior quarterback Ryan Radcliff said. “He’s improved a lot over the summer and through fall camp, and I think that

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showed with that pick-six. He has played real well on that side of the ball, and I’d like to see more of that out of him.”

Wilson said he likes playing on the defensive side of the ball, because you can play more freely and aggressively.

So far this season, he has seven tackles in two games.

“The transition is going well,” he said. “I’m just working to get better each and every day and doing my best to learn the schemes.”

Wilson added that having veterans such as seniors Jahleel Addae, Lorenzo White and Taylor Bradley in the secondary has been a huge help to his development.

The Chippewas’ next game is Saturday when they travel to Iowa City to take on the Iowa Hawkeyes. sports@cm-life.com

Baseball tops Ontario 14-3 in opener, Rhaeult pitches two no-hit innings

By Mark Cavitt Staff Reporter

The baseball team dominated the scoreboard and stat sheet Friday as it knocked off the Ontario Blue Jays (U18) 14-3 in Central Michigan’s fall ball opener.

CMU had a total of 19 hits, while Ontario recorded 10, along with four errors. The Chippewa offense belted three home runs while its pitchers recorded 16 strikeouts.

Head coach Steve Jaksa, ANDREW KUHN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER who is heading into his Senior pitcher Pat Kaminska started Friday’s game for the Chippewas against the Ontario tenth season as head coach, Blue Jays at Theunissen Stadium.

The Chippewas defeated the Blue Jays 14-3. knows the importance of fall baseball and how it benefits replaced by sophomore fall ball. his team.

Jordan Foley, who pitched “I thought we played well “I wish we could have four innings, giving up two (Friday),” he said. “Seeing all played more guys, (but) we runs while striking out six the new guys stepping in was saw some things we wanted Blue Jays. Sophomore Sean huge. to see,” he said. “The routine Renzi pitched the final three Adams said that develof game day really helps this innings for CMU, striking oping good chemistry in team, and fall baseball allows out six. preparation for the season in us to test out batting orders, Sophomore outfielder Nick February is important with 16 find where we want guys to Regnier said he likes what he new guys on the team. play and see if the guys can saw in Friday’s game.

The first of seven intrahandle different situations.”

“We came out strong, and squad games known as the Jumping out to an early all-around, I’m happy with Fall World Series will take 2-0 lead in the first inning, the game we played (Friday),” place Oct. 5 at Theunissen senior Pat Kaminska took the he said. “It all starts now, and Stadium. mound for CMU. He gave up it will all pay off in the end.” one run through two innings.

Adams stands by his teamsports@cm-life.com Ontario came back with a mate on the importance of run in the top of the second, but the Chippewas extended their lead to 3-1 on a solo home run off the bat of redshirt freshman Neal Jacobs.

Sophomore Dylan Rheault took over the pitching duties for Kaminska in the third inning and threw two innings of no-hit baseball.

CMU tacked on six runs in the bottom of the third to increase the lead to 9-1 with contributions from sophomore Pat MacKenzie, who singled to start the inning, and sophomore Tyler Huntey, whose triple scored MacKenzie.

Jordan Adams got into the mix after his pop-fly to shallow center was dropped, scoring Huntey. Freshman Morgan Oliver added a two-run homer and senior Randon Henika homered to left field, giving CMU a 9-1 lead.

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