February 11, 2016

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LIFE Central Michigan

DR. George Kikano: $500,000

GEORGE ROSS : $450,000

JOHN BONAMEGO : $357,000

KENO DAVIS: $306,000

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HIS HOUSE CMU We spoke with Crystal and Hannah; co-captains of team HIS HOUSE CMU Tell us a little bit about your team!

Crystal: Yea! We have 12 girls and two guys to help develop and coach us, Matt and Ryan. All 12 girls are very unique and we all walk to His House CMU, so it’s a ton of fun. When the idea of this team came along, we thought of it as an opportunity to build intentional relationships with people we live life with daily.

What does your team like best about CMU IM Sports?

Crystal: One of our favorite things is the diversity of the teams and the different things that are done for us to be able to do this,

other captains and all the other people we get to love on and not win.

Hannah: It gives us the chance to play competitively again after high school, but in a really fun way. There are actual organized games but it’s not overly competitive. It’s not really intensive; it’s just a lot of fun with friends.

Is there anything you’d like to say to your team?

Hannah: I’d like to say how happy I am to be playing with them and how proud I am for having the His House logo on our shirts and being the His House team. We expect a high standard and I

think our team does that really well and we just have a lot of fun when we’re playing. I think our team does a great job being good sports and really enjoy playing and not being sore losers… we’re just really proud of our team!

Crystal: Their ability is just out of this world, their ability to just love others. Going that extra mile, inviting others to get a meal with us after games, those types of things we’re extremely proud of our team for loving on and off the court.

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Gov. Snyder proposes $1.4 billion in higher-ed funding

By Malachi Barrett Editor-in-Chief @PolarBarrett | editor@cm-life.com

Gov. Rick Snyder announced today that his 2017 budget proposal recommends restoring funding for Michigan’s 15 public universities to what it was in 2011, the year he took office.

That year, Snyder cut higher education funding by 15 percent.

Snyder proposed investing an additional 4.3 percent, or $61.2 million, in state university operations. Central Michigan University would receive $81.1 million and $4.2 million in performance based funding, a 5.2 increase from last year.

“If the governor is able to get us back to (what appropriations were before he took office), I am happy,” said President George Ross.

“But our state appropriations are around $80 million. Our state appropriations in 1991 were $91 million. Not accounting for inflation, we are way behind.”

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Our state appropriations are around $80 million. Our state appropriations in 1991 were $91 million. Not accounting for inflation, we are way behind.

George Ross, University President

nantly from 2002-03 through 2011-12, causing Michigan universities to substantially increase tuition. Vice President of Finance and Administrative Services Barrie Wilkes said if CMU received the same amount of appropriations as in 2001, adjusted for inflation, it would reduce tuition by $100 per credit hour.

Tuition accounted for 36 percent of CMU’s revenue in 2001, but now comprises almost 60 percent.

Ross added that when appropriations are

Kaiti Chritz | Photo Editor Gov. Rick Snyder delivers the 2016 State of the State Address on Jan. 19 at the State Capitol in Lansing.

higher than the previous year it impacts tuition, but did not say whether it will increase next year.

“We have set our tuition in April for the last four years not knowing what the budget is,” Ross said. “I will remind you that we have had the lowest cumulative increase out of any university in the state of Michigan.”

This increase brings total operating funds for universities to over $1.4 billion. Half of it is earmarked for across the board increases to all the state’s universities and the other half is added to performance based funding for the universities.

“The state of Michigan in its support of higher education is still toward the bottom of the country,” Ross said. “(Snyder) promised he would put appropriations back (to what they were before he took office). If he follows through and gets the legislature to pass the budget, I applaud him for doing that. It’s a step in the right direction.”

Michigan’s public support of higher education earned an F- grade, according to the 2016 state report cards released by advocacy group Young Invincibles.

According to Snyder’s budget proposal, Grand Valley State University would receive the largest boost in performance funding — 6.8 percent. It was followed by Oakland University, which would see a 6.1 percent increase.

Wayne State University would see the lowest percent increase in performance funding —3.5 percent.

In addition, universities would be required to limit any tuition increases to 4.8 percent — double the level of expected inflation — or less to receive any performance funding, according to the proposal.

Snyder’s recommended budget will now be reviewed and acted upon by the Legislature in the coming months with the target of having the budget signed in early June.

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Lawsuit filed against former St. Mary’s priest

By Sydney Smith Managing Editor @SydneyS_mith | news@cm-life.com

For nearly two years, St. Mary’s University Parish Priest Denis Heames asked a Central Michigan University student to keep his sexual relationship with her a secret, according to a lawsuit filed in Isabella County’s 21st Circuit Court.

DeWitt senior Megan Winans is asking the court to consider whether she was abused by Heames, who was removed from St. Mary’s in June, during her work as a “media intern” at the church from 2012 to 2014.

A civil lawsuit was filed Jan. 14 claiming battery, defamation, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligent supervision and retention.

Winans is suing for economic losses equivalent to $25,000 for each count and any other costs she may be entitled to.

Heames, who now resides in Canada according to the documents, was placed on leave for “boundary violations.” No other specific details were given in a press release from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saginaw other than to point out the violations had nothing to do with minors.

“It greatly distresses me to know that any person entrusted to our care has been harmed by the minister of our church,” said

Bishop Joseph Cistone in the press release.

Among those named in the lawsuit are Heames, a woman described as his “spiritual director,” Trudy McCaffrey, the Diocese of Saginaw and St. Mary’s.

According to the lawsuit, Heames met with Winans in fall 2012 to discuss her involvement in the church. Winans said she opened up to him about her struggles with faith and “emotional issues.” She claims Heames persuaded her to attend weekly meetings with him for “spiritual direction and counseling.”

Heames initiated a sexual relationship with her, Winans said.

The document states Heames justified his sexual relationship with Winans by explaining it through religious means. Winans said she didn’t consent to sexual contact with Heames and feared turning him down because he is a priest. The first sex act happened at Heames’ spiritual adviser’s home in Saginaw.

After their sexual relationship began, Heames hired Winans as a “media intern” at St. Mary’s.

She states in the lawsuit the job would allow him to “work closely with her without raising suspicion among parishioners and employees.” Winans was paid a stipend by the diocese.

During her work at the church, Winans accompanied Heames on several trips required of him as a priest. The two con-

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Fr. Denis Heames preaches his homily mass on Feb. 1, 2015 at St. Mary’s University Parish.

tinued their sexual relationship during these trips.

The lawsuit states Heames breached his fiduciary duty by having a sexual relationship with Winans, while acting with the intention to mislead her during spiritual counseling.

When their relationship ended, so did Winans’ position at the church.

St. Mary’s and the diocese failed to exercise reasonable care when supervising its priests to ensure the priests were not abusing any of the parishioners, the lawsuit states, essentially subjecting Winans to a priest who abused his status to take advantage of a parishioner.

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ing Winans to cover up his relationship with her. The documents state he acted with actual

malice when he said she seduced him, acting with a reckless disregard for the truth.

The Diocese of Saginaw declined to comment.

No court date has been set yet.

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Administration Salaries for high-level executive positions rise during last decade Change in base salary by position

By Malachi Barrett Editor-in-Chief @PolarBarrett | editor@cm-life.com

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hen he arrives on campus Feb. 23, Robert Martin will be the 14th highest-paid employee at Central Michigan University, earning $230,000 each year.

In an effort to increase fundraising and more aggressively pursue donations, President George Ross hired Martin as vice president for advancement. He was recruited from Eastern Illinois University, where Martin said he was paid “close to $185,000.” The additional salary that comes with his new job is one example of the pressure of competitive salaries on recruiting in higher education.

“You want to get the best people — make sure you are doing what is right and fiscally responsible for the university and also attract the best possible candidate,” said Sarah Opperman, CMU Board of Trustees chairwoman. “If you have positions that are fairly competitive and tough to get better people, then generally speaking it will drive (salaries) up.”

In 10 years, the amount CMU spends on compensation for all its employees has increased by $97.5 million — from $186.6 million to $284.1 million. Opperman and Barrie Wilkes, vice president of Finance and Administrative Services, both said CMU must offer competitive wages to recruit good employees, but also to keep them.

“We can’t always keep up,” Wilkes said. “We can’t always pay what someone demands, and then we need to make some decisions about what needs to be done differently or if CMU can offer some things that would attract them, other than the highest salary.”

Since 2005, CMU has added 498 faculty and staff, increasing the number of

$500,000

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employees to 2,653. While the faculty and staff headcount increased 23 percent during that time, the university now spends 52 percent more on salaries and benefits.

CMU’s philosophy is to base salary decisions on market analysis conduced by the Department of Human Resources, Opperman said.

Associate vice president of Human Resources Lori Hella, said CMU attempts to offer compensation at 90 to 95 percent of what the market average salary is.

Other factors also determine salaries, Opperman said, such as the position’s duties, scope of responsibility and how it compares to other salaries

within the university.

Senior Vice Provost of Academic Administration Ray Christie, said human resources determines what the pay range is for positions at similar universities and makes a recommendation to Ross, who then makes the final decision.

Offering competitive salaries, Ross said, is one of the biggest financial challenges that the university faces.

“When we compete (to fill positions) we compete for the best,” Ross said. “We are not going to hire a faculty member because we can get he or she cheaper. We are going to get the best quality faculty that we can convince to join the team.”

During the last decade, the largest growth in compensation spending came from faculty and staff in CMU’s academic colleges, increasing by $48.9 million. The largest increases came in the College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences, from $20.4 million to $32.5 million, and the College of Science and Technology, from $19.8 million to $32.2 million.

While responsible for the largest amount, employee salaries in the academic colleges have received increases either at, or below, the rate of inflation since 2005.

The average full-time faculty member at CMU is paid $102,087 a year, ranking the university sixth among its 12 peer institu-

Source: Employee position budget

tions, and just above the peer average of $101,120. The University of Nevada pays its full time faculty members $121,932 a year, the highest of CMU’s peers.

The average associate professor at CMU is paid $78,894, the average assistant professor is paid $68,580 and the average instructor is paid $50,445, according to Faculty Personnel Services.

“Faculty members aren’t making more money,” said David Jesuit, professor in the Political Science Department. “In fact, less money is flowing toward education because basically there is a shift from hiring full-time tenure track faculty to part-time and adjunct fixed-term faculty. Those

Central Michigan Life y Cm-life.com y FEB.11, 2016 individuals earn substantially less.”

Jesuit is president of the Faculty Association, a union that represents all fulltime regular faculty and helps negotiate the collective bargaining agreement with CMU each spring. He said a 30-year trend toward increasing professional staff positions seems to have intensified in the last decade.

“The enormous increases in the number of administrators in higher education, as well as the increases in their compensation, coincides with the shift toward a model of higher education that reflects the business community,” he said.

“There is this ideology of privatization and maximization of efficiency. However, it really hasn’t maximized efficiency in terms of cost, because that has increased.”

Union of Teaching Faculty President Amanda Garrison said there are fewer tenure-track opportunities for faculty. Fulltime and tenured faculty members who retire are often not replaced, she said.

“Administrator” is not an official term for positions used by the university, however senior officers and professional staff are high-level positions that perform management tasks. These positions hold executive responsibilities on and off-campus.

Opperman said Ross can recommend a position to the board, or they can come to him with a recommendation if a need is identified.

Ross previously explained his personal philosophy when discussing the new advancement position in an August interview. He used the example of hiring Steven Johnson as the vice president for Enrollment and Student Services in 2011 to illustrate his decision-making process.

At the time, CMU was preparing to face a projected enrollment decline after having a 10-year record number of on-campus students. Retention rates dropped because the university had lowered its admission standards, he said.

“There wasn’t what I would call a professional enrollment managing function at CMU,” Ross said. “We needed an enrollment managing professional. We needed to treat our enrollment like private colleges and universities have been for years.”

Ross said he was criticized for creating another administrative position and adding cost, but explained that Johnson was able to stabilize retention. Johnson began in Jan. 2012 when the one-year retention rate of new freshmen was 75.4 percent. A year later, this figure

increased to 76.9 percent.

“That’s not by accident, you have to put the energy and the resources into that,” he said.

In 2005-06 there were 36 senior officer positions filled. Since then, Wilkes said four senior officer positions have been created in the College of Medicine, and the Associate Vice President of University Recreation was reclassified with the enhanced title. The new positions have all been created since Ross became president in 2010 and none have been eliminated.

20 Highest-paid CMU employees Dr. George Kikano Name

GET TO KNOW THE TOP 25 Twenty of the Top 25 highestGeorge Ross salaried employees are senior officers, including Wilkes, who earns $237,211 and Ross, who earns $450,000 after a John Bonamego recent salary adjustment.

Eight of the Top 25 highest-paid emDr. Steven Vance ployees work in the College of Medicine, six are deans of the university’s eight academic colleges and four are Athletics Keno Davis Department employees. Thomas Weirich, professor in the School of Accounting, is the only non-CMED faculty member in Dr. Sandra Howell the Top 25, earning $191,138 this year.

The salaries of these 25 employees total Michael Gealt $6.3 million, but including benefits pushes that amount to more than $8.

After CMED Dean George Kikano Charles Crespy and Ross, football coach John Bonamego technically has the third-highest salary David Heeke among university employees at $357,000.

However, he will earn $482,000 a year Joel Lamphear with the addition of a $125,000 payment for media and promotional appearances.

This makes him the second-highest paid Barrie Wilkes employee at CMU based on salary.

Bonamego also receives annual Dr. Linda Perkowski retention bonuses, a feature added to Ross’ salary adjustment after he beEdward McKee came a candidate in the University of Nebraska’s presidential search in 2015.

Bonamego will get his first $25,000 Steve Johnson retention payment on Feb. 15, another $30,000 if he remains coaching at Kathleen Wilbur CMU through Feb. 15, 2017 and $50,000 if coaching through Feb. 15, Ian Davison 2018. Ross receives an additional $30,000 each year on June 30.

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$450,000 President Of Central Michigan University $357,000 Football Head Coach $331,000

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$274,666

Executive Vice President of Provost

$272,601 Dean of the College of Business Administration $254,898 $245,341 $237,211 $235,000

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$234,437

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Interim Sr. Assoc. Dean of Academic Affairs Vice President of Finance and Admin. Services Sr. Associate Dean of CMED

$230,000 Sr. Associate Dean of Research at CMED $218,081 Vice President of Enrollment and Student Services $209,100 Dean of Science and Technology $204,000 Women’s Basketball Head Coach $200,00 Dean of Communications and Fine Arts $195,019 CMED Faculty $194,650

CMED Faculty

Source: Finance and Administrative services

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ness, Athletics Director, women’s basketball coach and provost are each individually earning at least $100,000 more.

The president and head football coach are paid almost $200,000 more since 2005. Bonamego earns 132 percent more as head coach than when Brian Kelly lead the Chippewas 10 years ago.

Compensation spending in subsidized auxiliary centers like the Athletics Department, Computing Support and CMED Clinical Operations have increased the most rapidly. These centers increased employee compensation 235 percent, from $8 million to $26.9 million in 10 years.

Salaries for the eight CMED faculty and staff positions total $2.2 million.

Steven Vance, associate dean for Academic and Clinical Technology in CMED, earns $331,000 a year, followed by CMED faculty member Sandra Howell ($300,333), Senior Associate Dean of Faculty & Administration Linda Perkowski ($235,000), Senior Associate Dean of Research Edward McKee ($230,000), and medical faculty members Meredith Goodwin ($195,019) and Paul Simmons ($194,650).

Compensation for faculty and staff in the Athletics Department alone totals $10 million this year — that’s an 180 percent increase since 2005.

Bonamego is joined in the Top 25 by basketball Head Coach Keno Davis ($306,000), Director of Athletics Dave Heeke ($254,898) and women’s basketball Head Coach Sue Guevara ($204,000).

Heeke said Bonamego’s retention payment was added as a way to provide an incentive to build the program year by year and keep his salary competitive as the market changes. The Board of Trustees offered a similar explanation for Ross’ retention bonuses last year.

“The same argument is made that the market demands it and, in fact, in (Ross’) specific case I think that is probably right,” Jesuit said. “Now the problem is that bigger pushback. Why are we paying so much for these administrators in higher education?”

When accounting benefits and other budgeted compensation, the pay gap widens further between CMU’s highest paid staff and the average faculty member.

According to the employee compensation budget, a document that includes all current positions as of May, 1, 2015, Ross receives $168,324 in benefits — that’s $66,237 more than the average full-time professor’s salary and is almost twice what the average associate professor makes each year.

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CHASING MONEY Overall expenses have increased from $318.4 million in the 2005-06 academic year to $483.2 million in 2015-16. Tuition is responsible for covering more of the business of higher education than ever before.

Covering costs was easier in the past, Wilkes explained, because universities knew the majority of funding would come from state funding.

Tuition used to be “fringe money,” he said.

Today, tuition comprises almost 60 percent of CMU’s revenue.

That’s not all that has changed. Teachers used to be able move up from the classroom to occupy these administrative positions, Jesuit said, but now universities hire executives with business backgrounds. He is concerned that universities are less focused on providing education and more focused on maximizing revenue.

“Higher education wasn’t built by these outside consultants, these presidents who have business experience,” Jesuit said. “We are not making widgets for cars. It’s not a business where there is a bottom line and we have to make money for our shareholders. That is not our mission. We have a public mission, to provide education, further knowledge through research and if you just want to apply dollars and cents to that it doesn’t add up.”

CMU’s funding model is closer to that of a private institution and students are the customers, Jesuit said. This has contributed to a shift in priorities among university administrators, to find external funding alternatives to student tuition.

“This shift of our model toward this business model has resulted in changes toward their duties,” he said. “I would rather go back and say ‘screw it, we don’t need to pay anyone $450,000 let’s bring up some faculty through the ranks.’

This is how we built the higher education system.

We didn’t need all of these vice presidents.”

Prior to his position as president of CMU, Ross worked in the private sector as a certified public accountant. Since then, Ross has held titles in 28 years of higher education experience like director of finance, Vice President for Business and Fiscal Affairs, Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance, and Vice President for Finance and Administrative Services.

While Ross said he remains student-focused, he acknowledged his business background gives him an advantage as the demands placed on administrators in higher education change. Ross spends a lot of his time fundraising, but does not consider CMU’s operation is comparable to a business.

“We have a financial responsibility to this institution, but I never have thought about us answering to shareholders making a return on investment,” he said.

Student Government Association President Chuck Mahone said budget-based decisions can take priority over a focus on student success.

“One of the (messages) I have heard most often throughout the university is ‘Yes we are a college, but we are also a business.’ A lot of the administration, even the faculty and students, have taken on that mentality and they prioritize business decisions a lot of the time over student or faculty success.”

Opperman said the new advancement position is part of a larger initiative to find donors and graduates to give back to the university.

“That certainly takes the stress of and reduces the overall cost that has to be placed on the student,” she said. “We’ve got to find ways to deliver high quality programs without putting any more strain on students and their families and that is the importance of advancement.”

CMU’s focus is still the same as when she graduated in 1981, Opperman said: educating students.

“I can tell you is that the focus is very much on delivering for our students the very best and highest quality education,” she said. “That includes the facilities and support functions that go with that. (My) personal view is that CMU is, when I was a student, is today and I hope always will be, about student success.

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College of Health Professions dean search continues

By Micayla Glennie Staff Reporter @Micayla_Glennie | news@cm-life.com

After more than a year with its dean position vacant, a search committee for Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow College of Health Professions has begun its interview process to hire a dean.

Four finalists have been chosen from a nationwide search: John Todorovich, Constance Qualls, Gregory Frazer and CHP interim Dean Thomas Masterson.

Dean of Faculty and Administration for the College of Medicine Linda Perkowski, head of the 14-person search committee, met with the candidates via Skype.

The ​committee is looking for someone who has “credentials in a health-related or other appropriate field and academic achievements appropriate for appointment as a tenured full professor” and “a record of outstanding administrative and academic leadership experience,” among other qualifications.

Central Michigan Life follows the finalists as they continue to complete their interviews.

John Todorovich Strategic planning was something heavily emphasized

by John Todorovich, department chair of exercise science

We need someone who will deal with funding, maintain our programs and work successfully with (CMED) to move us forward.

Jeff Betts, Chairperson for Health Sciences

and community health at the University of West Florida.

“My vision is to figure out why certain things (in the college) have happened or not happened,” he said.

Todorovich has four principles he lives and works by.

His decisions are based around family, teaching, friendship and being an administrator.

“I am very much a people person,” Todorovich said. “I enjoy challenges and problem solving.”

During the interview, the committee sat down with Todorovich and asked him questions for nearly an hour about what makes him believe he is the best candidate.

Todorovich spoke in front of the committee and a crowd of about 20 people, comprised of students and other faculty.

He spent much of the time

Chelsea Grobelny | Staff Photographer John Todorovich talks about his previous experience at the University of West Florida Monday, Feb. 8 in the Lake Michigan Room in Bovee University Center. Todorovich is a candidate to become the Dean of the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow College of Health Professions.

comparing his experiences at the University West Florida and explaining how the skills he acquired on the job would be transferable to CMU. Todorovich expressed a want to establish a nursing program at CMU to make it competitive with other universities.

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After being there for 10 years, he decided it was time for a change.

Thomas Mast erson Masterson has been in an administrative role since 2007. He has served as interim dean since the resignation of former CHP Dean Christopher Ingersoll, who left CMU in January 2015.

When facing challenges, or even just decisions in general, he is a firm believer in getting input from others in the college.

Masterson said it is important to talk to faculty members who his decisions could affect.

“There are lots of areas we need success in, but I want buyin from the college,” Masterson said. “We need to make at least

two or three goals as a college and we need to be more strategic with our planning.”

During the interview, Masterson discussed his plans for CHP. He thinks there should be more online programs, an undergraduate program that is strictly online and more investment in research.

Masterson prides himself on knowing CMU and what it’s like to work with CHP. “One of my strongest skills is that I can talk to people and build teams, Masterson said. “I have the administrative skills and institutional knowledge that is needed.”

People in the audience had their own ideas of what they would like to see from the new dean.

Physical therapy faculty member Karen Grossnickle wants a dean who has vision and innovative ideas “not just promoting programs,” but

also research.

“A dean should be able to handle the changing environments in the health field,” Grossnickle said.

Chairperson for Health Sciences within CHP Jeff Betts hopes to see enrollment for the college increase and more grants and donations come in so tuition does not have to be raised.

“We need someone who will deal with funding, maintain our programs and work successfully with (CMED) to move us forward,” Betts said.

The dean search continues at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday with Qualls and concludes with Frazer’s interview on Monday.

The committee hopes to have the new dean hired by the end of the semester, but Perkowski said how soon the candidate will arrive is largely dependent on how quickly they can leave their other job.

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Student disservice Sudden closing of Foust pharmacy shows university’s opinion of campus needs

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ate last month, Central Michigan University students received an e-mail announcing our oncampus pharmacy is closing.

The pharmacy closes its doors for good on Thursday, Feb. 25.

This decision does a major disservice to the students, faculty and staff that used the pharmacy. It is also another indication of how out of touch university decision makers can be when it comes to student needs.

The pharmacy filled 20,251 prescriptions and served 4,232 patients within the last year.

Apparently, serving students and staff wasn’t a substantial enough reason to keep the important service open.

Now, those customers will have to go off campus to get their medications. Some people have said the pharmacy closing is no big deal; A CVS and a Walgreens are close by.

This is more than a matter of convenience.

Students who can’t afford prescription costs were able to put charges from the pharmacy on their CMU accounts. That won’t be an option at the local chain pharmacies.

The pharmacy also provided a delivery service to faculty offices

Pharmacy locations

• CVS Pharmacy , 1306 S. Mission Street, Mount Pleasant, MI 48858 (0.4 miles from campus) • Walgreens, 1309 South Mission Street, Mount Pleasant, MI 48858 (0.5 miles from campus) • Mission Pharmacy, 926 S Mission St, Mt Pleasant, MI 48858 (0.6 miles from campus) • Downtown Drugs, 121 E Broadway St, Mt Pleasant, MI 48858 (1.2 miles from campus) • Rite Aid, 117 N Mission St, Mt Pleasant, MI 48858 (1.3 miles from campus)

Binge Yan | Staff Photographer Foust Pharmacy, pictured in Foust Hall on Feb. 9, will close is doors permanently on Thursday, Feb. 25.

and other on-campus locations.

For example, many female students picked up birth control pills there. It provided a necessary service within walking distance from each residence hall.

Located in Foust Hall, the pharmacy was a short walk from the on-campus health

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clinic in the same building.

Students could get a visit to the doctor and a trip to the pharmacy accomplished in one.

CMU gives plenty of resources to other student services such as the Student Activity Center and the Charles V. Park Library.

Why make these auxiliary arms a financial priority and not one

directly related to student health?

Making a decision about a service important to so many people without the student and staff perspective in mind is becoming a trend at this university.

Chuck Mahone, CMU’s Student Government president said the closing of the pharmacy was news to him, too.

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He is supposed to be our voice to campus officials.

That’s typical.

That is what is at the root of this closure: CMU’s glaring disregard for what is essential to students.

If CMU officials want students to feel connected to the university, we have a simple

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Talk to us before you make a decision that directly affects us.

CMU missed another opportunity to do so here.

And the message closing the campus pharmacy sends makes us feel uneasy about what might be next.

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Pay close attention to legislation Congress pushes through Unless you’ve been in a study coma for the last several months, I’m sure you’ve heard something about the bill moving through the House and Senate intended to defund Planned Parenthood.

But there is something more important you might not have heard.

While the crusade to kill Planned Parenthood has been a long one, and it’s had plenty of media coverage, there’s a second half to the bill that would repeal Obamacare.

That part of the bill has received much less attention.

So let’s look into it.

The Affordable Care Act of 2010 has come under heavy fire since it

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was passed into law. It has survived numerous attacks. So far, it seems to be weathering the current storm well.

However, a new attack has marked a key shift in the way the political system is trying to pass laws. Rather than focusing on two bills, one for each issue, Congress has pushed them into one bill.

Both the House and the Senate threw

this new bill against the wall, hoping it would stick.

They were optimistic, given the massive amount of flack Planned Parenthood has been taking for the alleged sale of fetuses.

I personally find this behavior disgusting and degrading.

So why should you, the voter, view this as a personal slap to the face?

Congress is treating the American voter like a toddler. They’ve taken a bill that is unpopular and jazzed it up by attaching it to a more appealing part of legislation.

Sort of like a piece of broccoli disguised as an “airplane.”

Frankly, it’s insulting.

Make no mistake about it. This isn’t a one-time occurrence. If anything it’s becoming a more popular tactic.

It’s sad how short of a memory America has when it comes to “key voting issues.”

Healthcare was a huge component of the 2008 Presidential Election.

Here we are, barely eight years later, and it feels like a non-issue to everyday Americans.

But to me, it still should be an issue.

One of the huge victories gained for young adults was the portion of the Affordable Care Act that relates to Dependant Coverage for those who are

under 26 years of age.

Essentially what the bill was trying to recognize is the difficulty of being a young adult and not having health care.

As law, Obamacare will allow you remain on your parents insurance as long as you are younger than 26.

With the rising cost of healthcare, I enjoy the peace of mind that comes with an affordable doctor’s bill, even if I don’t get the cartoon Band-Aids anymore.

It is an election year.

With the important bills Congress is trying to slide in under the table, I think it’s only fair we ask ourselves if we’re still interested in buying what they’re selling.

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Sexual assault application not a good option for survivors TO THE EDITOR: In regards to the article published

by Central Michigan Life titled ‘Mobile phone app gives options to survivors of sexual assault’: I, as a survivor of sexual assault, find this article to be insulting to sexual assault and the way it should be handled.

I am the survivor of a sexual assault from a serial rapist who I did not know.

For the last 17 months I have been battling him in court in order to send him

to prison. After my experiences, I can definitively say that had I decided to use an app like this instead of calling police that night my rapist would not be behind bars, let alone serving six life sentences.

Sexual assault is one of the most horrific crimes a person can experience, but it is a crime and crime needs the intervention of law enforcement.

I fully understand why someone may not want to contact law enforcement, but this app, I’ve-Been-Violated, will not

be able to gather all the evidence the police need to get an arrest and conviction.

This app gives victims the false sense of security that their rapist can be punished whenever they decide to come forward.

The harsh reality of the situation is, in a court of law this video will mean nearly nothing as evidence.

My personal case was a juried trial.

Although my testimony and identification were strong, it was the DNA evidence that ultimately solidified his

guilty charge, not my words.

This video will also lock the victim into whatever they initially said once taken to the courtroom which can be detrimental to their testimony.

Trauma has a strong effect on the brain’s ability to store memories and recall them.

In my personal case the victim before me had difficulty recalling characteristics of her attacker. It too k months of counseling before her brain would allow her to fully recall his appearance.

Had she decided to use this app her video may have done more harm than good to her testimony.

I do agree that there needs to be easily available resources to victims of sexual assault but when it comes to reporting the crime, calling the police is the most effective manner, not making a video on an app.

Jennifer Eskridge, CMU junior

Public Broadcasting auction makes good economic sense TO THE EDITOR: Central Michigan Life has printed several letters to the editor expressing dismay at the potential auctioning of WCMU’s broadcast spectrum.

Let me be the first person to write in favor of the auction.

The case seems clear as glass to me.

Keep in mind that CMU’s annual operating budget is around $450 million.

The amount of money the auction is expected to bring to CMU is between $700 and $800 million — that is over 1.5 times CMU’s annual budget. Suppose things were different and WCMU did not exist.

What if someone said, “CMU

should get into the television business — for $750 million we can buy the spectrum rights and start a PBS affiliate.” Let me state again that $750 million is over 1.5 times the entire annual budget of the university.

This person would be laughed out of the room. Logically, if you are not willing to buy an asset for X when you do not own it, then you should be pleased as punch when someone offers to pay you X to buy that same asset when you do own it.

Universities today are in the business of so many things — food, entertainment, housing, workout facilities, security, and yes, some even run television

stations. Perhaps I am in the minority, but I think that universities should be focused like a laser on the creation and dissemination of knowledge.

CMU could take the $750 million from the auction and do many things — my suggestion would be to beef up our paltry endowment. CMU’s endowment is currently around $81 million. According to the 2013 Almanac of the Chronicle of Higher Education, we are ranked 438th in terms of endowment size amongst US colleges and universities.

Finally, all the editorials CM-Life have printed thus far have noted how wonderful PBS is — I agree! I probably

watch PBS more than any other channel.

But there are two things to consider.

First, the federal government will almost certainly take the spectrum from WCMU down the road (and sooner rather than later) in any case since the money the private sector wireless carriers are willing to offer is just too much.

This auction gives stations that want to voluntarily surrender spectrum a handsome reward for doing so. Second, I have zero worries that I will lose access to quality PBS programing. I already have two PBS stations on my cable subscription.

I’m tickled pink that Delta College

and MSU have decided not to participate in the auction as it means that PBS will still be going strong in mid-Michigan. But we Chips can fire up to the game changing tune of $50 million per year in scholarships, student research funds, student travel funds, improved facilities, and the list goes on and on.

Yes, WCMU adds value to the university right now — but $750 million? No contest. Take the money and improve the lives of our students today, and improve the quality of our university over time.

Jason Taylor, Professor of Economics

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Students have been working since the first day of school to bring hip hop and R&B to the WMHW-FM Central Michigan University student radio station. On Feb. 15, they will have succeeded.

Both student radio stations under WMHW-FM, Moore Rock 91.5 and Mountain 101.1, will undergo program changes at midnight Monday, welcomed by a full week of nonstop live DJs. The Mountain programming will stay the same, but will move to the 91.5 signal, which gets a wider reach. The 101.1 station will switch to a hip hop format. The change was driven by Moore Rock losing popularity and a need for funding.

“To my knowledge, this will be the first time 91.5 won’t be a rock station

since it first went on the air, which was 1972,” said Audio Laboratories Manager Chad Roberts.

The decision to move The Mountain programming to the larger signal was first discussed about a year ago, Roberts said.

“We are here to make money to support ourselves, and businesses really aren’t conducive to working with us because of the format that we have,” he said.

Rock music played by Moore Rock typically doesn’t get played in commercial businesses because the music is more abrasive than programming on Mountain.

This is why Mountain’s programming is switching over to the larger signal, Roberts said.

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student stations are noncommercial, they still can get money from underwriting, which means mentioning businesses on air without including a call to action, qualitative statements or prices. The option to be played in more businesses could potentially translate to more listeners and money for the station.

The signal change was an administrative decision, but students at the radio station decided it was time to reformat 101.1 to hip hop and R&B. The station will be called 101.1 The Beat, with the tagline “hot tracks and throwbacks.”

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Student can provide input on university’s re-accreditation Central Michigan University will undergo reaffirmation process for accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission on April 25 and 26.

Claudia Douglass, who works for the office of vice provost for academic effectiveness at CMU, presented the reaffirmation process at the Feb. 8 city commission meeting.

Accreditation is a validation process used by the Higher Learning Commission to evaluate colleges, universities and other higher learning

institutions to affirm that a university provides a quality education to its students.

“It looks at the university in all perspectives, from academically to financially,” Douglass said.

The reaffirmation process reviews all facets of CMU based on five criteria: CMU has a clear and articulated mission, acts with integrity, its quality of education is proven to be effective and its mission is fulfilled while planning for the future.

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CMU is re-accredited every 10 years. It has been accredited since 1915, except for the 1922-23 year.

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Moore Dominance Sophomore forward quietly becomes low post force for Chippewas

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fter being benched because of a poor performance in a loss to Illinois on Dec. 12, Tinara Moore needed a spark to get back on track.

That spark came from a book Central Michigan women’s basketball coach Sue Guevara gave to Moore, which helped refocus the 6-foot-3 sophomore forward.

“I started reading a book called ‘The Secret’, that (Guevara) gave to me,” Moore said. “It changed how I was thinking. I wasn’t thinking the right thoughts, so I changed my mindset a little bit and it’s been working out great.”

“The Secret” claims positive thinking is the key to success.

It was on The New York Times Best Seller List for 190 weeks and was featured on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” Time magazine recognized author Rhonda Byrne in 2007 as one of the world’s most influential people.

For Moore, the book allowed her to visualize her success before it happened on the court.

“It’s because of my mindset, how I think about what I’m going to do and how I’m going to do it,” Moore said about her recent success. “It’s all in my mind. That’s a huge part of my game. It’s all mental for me.”

Guevara felt she wasn’t receiving the type of production she wanted out of the Southgate native. She called

Rich Drummond | Staff Photographer Sophomore forward Tinara Moore backs down Lauren Tibbs during a game against Bowling Green on Feb. 6 at McGuirk Arena.

for her to step up. Moore has become one of the top players in the Mid-American Conference, moving into the top three in the conference in rebounding (offensive and defensive), field-goal percentage and blocks.

“It wasn’t that benching her was a bad thing,” Guevara said.

“She wasn’t producing and she understood that. She has responded with consistency and she has really looked to be a difference-maker when she’s

in the game. She’s a doubledouble machine right now, which is absolutely great.”

Following the Illinois game, Moore responded with back-to-back double-doubles as a reserve. She regained her starting spot Jan. 6 against Buffalo after coming off of the bench for five games.

During conference play, Moore has recorded a double-double in nine of the Chippewas 11 MAC league games this season.

Her most notable perfor-

mance came on Jan. 9 when Moore scored a career-high 35 points, and grabbed a careerbest 20 rebounds in a 97-77 win over Akron.

Moore was 16-for-16 from the field and became the second player in NCAA Division I women’s basketball history to complete a perfect shooting game in so many attempts.

It was that game where Moore finally saw her potential.

“When I got the record I was like, ‘You know what, if I can

do this I can pretty much do anything,’” Moore said. “It was a stepping stone and just another pathway to my success.”

During the MAC season so far, Moore is averaging 16.7 points per game, and 11.9 rebounds per contest.

“I’ve seen someone who wants to take on more,” Guevara said. “When you want to take on more you have to do more, and she’s been more aggressive.”

Freshman forward Reyna

Frost replaced Moore as one of the starting forwards following the Illinois game, and now both players start for the Chippewas.

Frost said she noticed a change in Moore’s approach to the game after she was taken out of the starting lineup. “(Moore) has been really focusing on getting better mentally before the games and not messing around,” Frost said. “We need her obviously, she’s been a big part of us winning games, so she’s starting to understand that.”

Moore said she believes her record-breaking performances are far from over, and the best is still yet to come.

“I’m going to break another record by the time I get out of here,” she said. “I’m trying to go for more. I really want to go 17-for-17. If I don’t get that by the time I graduate it’s going to kill me. I just want to get maybe most points, blocks, rebounds or steals per game. Setting another record would be cool.”

A book, a benching and a change of attitude has flipped Moore’s 2015-16 campaign from a sophomore slump into to a potential All-MAC first team performance.

“I didn’t know what I could do, until I did it,” Moore said.

“It’s not really a shock because I knew how much work I put into it. Freshman year I didn’t really play that much so I didn’t know what real goals to set. I just wanted to be the best person I could be, and now it’s really coming out.”

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Who’s in CMU signed Chelsea wide receiver Bailey Edwards last week, the brother of former Michigan and NFL wide receiver Braylon Edwards.

In addition to him, Head Coach John Bonamego announced Bailey’s brother, Berkley, has transferred in from 2015 Quick Lane Bowl-foe Minnesota. Berkley will play running back for the Chippewas while also running track and field. He ran the 60-meter dash in the indoor season for Minnesota and the 100-yard dash in the outdoor season.

In 2014, Berkley rushed 30 times for 140 yards and two touchdowns in his redshirt freshman season with the Gold-

en Gophers. He only played in two games in 2015.

Wide receiver coach Mose Rison said Berkley has the chance to be a “super football player.”

“When Berkley was a senior in high school, he was a great running back, a physical running back, great speed,” Rison said. “I know he is going to be a tremendous asset for us. He’s a very, very good person. We’re very fortunate to have a young man of that caliber transfer to our program.”

Bonamego said Berkley may have to sit out the 2016 season due to NCAA transfer rules, but echoed Rison’s comments.

“He’s an explosive guy,” Bonamego said. “He has unbelievable high-end speed.

He’s a guy we’re going to look at as a kick returner. He’s another quality player to add into that backfield.”

Logan Hessbrook is one half of an Ithaca duo that sustained championship success at Ithaca High School. Bonamego said last week Hessbrook is enrolled but is ineligible to play this season due to NCAA transfer rules.

Hessbrook played at Saginaw Valley State University last season, where he played in seven games.

At Ithaca, Hessbrook mainly

played wide receiver and defensive back. In the 2012 Division 6 State championship game, Hessbrook came in at quarterback for the injured Travis Smith and guided the Yellowjackets to their third consecutive state title.

Smith also tried playing at another college before deciding to transfer to CMU. Bonamego said Smith is practicing with the Chippewas, but it’s not clear if he will play.

Smith was a four-year starter at Ithaca and is the winningest quarterback in the history of Michigan. He led Ithaca to four state titles and 56 consecutive wins. He was named MLive’s Player of the Year in 2013.

He signed on at Wake Forest but transferred out after he lost a quarterback competition.

MLive also said he was homesick. He then transferred to Eastern Michigan, but no longer is enrolled there.

Who’s out Former Central Michigan redshirt junior kicker and punter Ron Coluzzi has accepted a walk-on position at the University of Iowa.

Coluzzi said he took an official visit to Iowa City on Jan. 30 and announced his decision via a Facebook post Feb. 4.

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Because Coluzzi plans to graduate from CMU in May with honors in Marketing and Logistics Management, he is eligible to play immediately, using his fourth year of eligibility.

Coluzzi did not play against Minnesota in the Quick Lane Bowl Dec. 28. Bonamego said the team knew two weeks before the game they would be without Coluzzi for “personal reasons.”

“I just always wanted to compete at a higher level,” Coluzzi said. “I didn’t really keep that a secret.”

Coluzzi said Bonamego learned about his desire to compete somewhere else. The two talked and decided to go separate ways.

“It’s kind of self-explanatory.

When someone on your team doesn’t want to play for your team

anymore, the head coach has to go in a different direction for the betterment of the program,” Coluzzi said. “When it comes down to it, this is a business and I know that first and foremost.”

CMU’s running back group will lose its leading rusher from 2015, sophomore Martez Walker, who transferred out of the program according to Bonamego.

Walker is enrolled at St. Joseph’s College in Indiana.

Bonamego said Walker was going through some “personal stuff ” back home.

“We certainly wish him well,” Bonamego said. “It is an amicable deal. He felt like he need to be closer to home. We fully support him and wish him nothing but the best.”

Walker had 646 yards on 177 carries and three touchdowns in his Chippewa career.

The running backs who could play a role in the backfield next season include current freshman Romello Ross, sophomore

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Devon Spalding and junior Jahray Hayes.

Dakota Kupp, a member of the 2015 recruiting class, has transferred to Wayne State according to George Sipple of the

Detroit Free Press.

Kupp, who played high school football at Waterford Mott, did not appear in a game for CMU. CMU signed three quarter-

backs Wednesday as Bonamego said he will look for the “successor” to current junior quarterback Cooper Rush. The team signed Tony Poljan (Lansing Catholic), Austin Hergott

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The balance beam is one of the most challenging events in gymnastics.

National scoring trends illustrate the challenge of the event.

Only nine teams in the country average a score of 49 out of 50 or higher on the balance beam. The other three events — floor, uneven bars and vault — all have more

teams averaging at least a 49.

A beam routine requires a mixture of dance elements, acrobatic skills, leaps and poses and keeping balance on the four-inch beam for a minute-and-a-half routine.

“We’re doing skills now on the four-inch wide balance beam that a while ago was only done on floor,” said Head Coach Jerry Reighard. “It’s the tumbling and jumping (that) take a lot of courage. To be a good beam worker, you have to be really tough.”

The Central Michigan gymnastics beam team consists of seniors Jordan Charrette and Karlee Teet, juniors Caroline Fitzpatrick and Kirstin Stambaugh, sophomore Katy Clements and freshman Kasey Janowicz.

The beam team is ranked 35th in the country, tied with Western Michigan, with a 48.513 average score. Oklahoma is ranked first with an average score of 49.321 and their highest score of 49.425.

The group had a slow start to

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the season, ending their opening matchup at Temple with a 47.175, the lowest for any CMU event in the past three seasons. The team’s score has improved throughout the season, with a season-high of 48.95 in two of its last three meets.

“They’re a really talented group,” Reighard said. “But it took them a while to mesh. I think we’re at that point now where they trust each other. They’re all confident in their own way.”

Gymnasts bear a large physical toll, especially on the balance beam, including scraping their skin alongside the bar and getting bruises. Reighard said it’s part of the learning process and shows the courage of his beam workers.

“It comes down to a mental game,” Fitzpatrick said. “You can practice as much as you want. But when it comes down to the meet, it’s you and your mind and keeping

your head in the right spot.”

Fitzpatrick, referred to by Reighard as the “rock” of the beam team, has executed one of the highest scores for CMU this season with a 9.825 against Northern Illinois.

“Through practice, I’ve shown the team and the coaches that I can hit those high routines and be accountable,” she said. “That’s definitely a good feeling to have that your team and coaches trust you. It gives you a sense of calmness and confidence on the beam.”

Clements starts the beam team off. Reighard refers to her as the “anchor” of the event, even though she goes first in their lineup. Typically, the anchor of the group goes last, knowing what they need to accomplish. Clements has remained a consistent scorer for

the Chippewas, scoring a 9.825 in each of the past four meets.

“I really like the opportunity to get up there and set the pace for everyone else,” Clements said. “It’s a good feeling. I’m not as nervous going first, and halfway through my beam routine, I realize I’m competing and that’s a good feeling.”

As for every event, the Chippewas’ goal this season is to score a 49 or above overall team score and become the leading Mid-American Conference beam team. This season, they’re aiming to beat the school balance beam record of 49.475.

“This group is capable of getting that CMU record,” Fitzpatrick said.

“That’s definitely a goal for us.”

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Fowler is back to scoring in double figures and this team is poised to make a breakout run.

It starts with a must-win game against the Cardinals.

Sometimes, the Chippewas look like a MAC contender, the next game they look like an NIT team. CMU has no choice but to string some wins together.

Unlike CMU, Ball State has been able to win games away from home. I can see this being a close game, but by the time it ends, I think CMU will be 13-12.

The home-court advantage will be the difference-maker for CMU. BSU’s top defense in the MAC will slow CMU, but the Chippewas can slow this Cardinal offense.

The frontcourt will have to play well and CMU must defend against the 3-pointer, but senior guard Chris Fowler won’t let the Chippewas drop three in a row.

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