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8 EDITORIAL: You owe it to yourself and your partner to get checked for STIs

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9 Safer Sex Patrol takes to the streets to educate students

16 Men’s, women’s basketball teams differ in attendance, atmosphere at McGuirk Arena

10 Sports management

Petzold leave a legacy with the CMU gymnastics program

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six games to go: CMU men’s basketball is one of seven teams with a MAC record of 7-5 or 6-6.

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Going up: Despite the rare person getting trapped in an elevator, CMU maintenance on its elevators is above what’s recquired.

Feel the Love: Former student shares more than a decade worth of experience in the adult entertainment industry.

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State of the students: SGA announces plans to host a State of the Student Body address.

A chart published on Feb. 11 misidentified four CMU employees: Steven Johnson, vice president of Enrollment and Student Services, Kathy Wilbur, vice president of Development and External Relations, College of Medicine faculty member Dr. Meredith Goodwin, and Edward McKee, senior associate dean of research. A graph also incorrectly contained a figure for 2005 employee compensation for CMED. Several senior officer positions have been eliminated since 2005. Central Michigan Life regrets these errors.

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SGA to host State of the Student Body on Feb. 29 By Jordyn Hermani News Editor @h3rmani | news@cm-life.com

The Student Government Association will present its first State of the Student Body address at 8 p.m. on Feb. 29 in Powers Ballroom. The address will be available to watch on video or through Periscope @CMUSGA for students who cannot attend. College affordability, recent tragedies that have affected campus and continuing a positive relationship with the city of Mount Pleasant are some topics that will be discussed, said SGA President Chuck Mahone. SGA has reached out to several on-campus groups and invited them to attend the address. Mahone anticipates at least 300 people in attendance including Mount Pleasant Mayor Kathy Ling,

city commissioners and “higher administration from CMU.” Mahone said the State of the Student Body will become an annual event future SGA presidents will host. “(My hope for the address) is that we as a student body can come together not to just complain about these things, but to do something,” he said. “It’s important for us to communicate to (students) what SGA is doing, where we’re going and the current state of student affairs at Central.” Mahone said the address will have a format similar to President George Ross’ “Walking Together” conversation about inclusion and diversity in December. He hopes to get input from students online, possibly through Twitter or AskFM, an anonymous question-submitting website. Notecards will be available for students at the address to physi-

cally submit questions. SGA representatives will be available for follow-up questions after the event for students unable to submit questions during the address. “We want to get this right so we can set the tone for future (SGA) presidents and their administrations,” Mahone said. “Whoever wants to be (SGA) president next year is going to be in that room so I want them to know this (address) isn’t optional; this isn’t something I thought would be cool to do because I’m leaving. This something they need to do in order to communicate with students.” The address will cost SGA more than $300 to rent out Powers Ballroom. The money comes out of an Executive Projects Budget, Mahone said, which is used to fund projects done by members of the SGA’s Executive Council.

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ATTACHED Students navigate relationships, sexual health in hookup culture By Brianne Twiddy Staff Reporter @Brianne_esque | news@cm-life.com

After another woman showed interest in her during class, Katherine Visger friended her on Facebook and asked if her classmate was interested in casually hooking up. The woman agreed, and the pair met at Visger’s apartment. It was established that Visger wasn’t interested in a relationship. Bad sex soon ensued, and the woman rode home in a taxi while Visger slept off what the December graduate dubbed a bad night. She didn’t prepare for the extreme awkwardness that would soon follow during their next class together. Valentine’s Day is over, but students are still thinking, talking about and having sex. How do students navigate their sexuality when they get to college?

Ask an expert Communication faculty member Alysa Lucas conducts research focused on the nuances of the sexual decisionmaking process in college-aged students and the role communication between friends has in preventing or encouraging risky behavior. Last fall, she performed a study on first-year college students to see how long it took to talk about sex with their new friends. She expected the frequency of discussion would increase throughout four surveys that were given every three weeks. The survey revealed 95.9 percent of the 148 participants had already talked about sex with their new friends only two weeks into the semester. The fourth survey, issued 12 weeks into the semester, revealed that 63.4 percent of participants now talked about sex with their friends “occasionally to all the time.” “Making friends was like, ‘Where are you from? What’s your major? Have you had sex yet?’ It’s becoming one of

those topics, which may imply that there’s an expectation to have sex by the time they come to college,” Lucas said. “College is a prime environment for these conversations and behaviors to happen because we are in such close quarters.” Lucas said discussing sex early is a way students get to know each other, obtain advice and determine what’s considered “normal” sexual behavior. It also might help students feel like they fit in, while establishing a “sexual social status” among peers. Compared to past generations, sex has become a more comfortable topic among friends. “It used to be, you go to college to get married and then it’s done. Now people might not get married until maybe 28,” Lucas said. “Until marriage, friends are extremely important, especially during particular moments of life, until family becomes a focus and friendships aren’t as prominent.” Visger, who is a transgender woman, said sex in college played a part in discovering and understanding herself. College students are more open to sex because a hotel room isn’t needed to have it, just a roommate being gone an extra hour, she said. “There’s an understanding that if there’s a tie or sock on the door, someone is discovering themselves in an atmosphere that should be happy,” Visger said. “It’s the positive exploration of not only their partner’s (body), but their own.” The days of students waiting to explore their partners may be gone as the era of dating slowly subsides. The millennial generation doesn’t live in a dating era, but one of “talking,” said Lucas, who is unsure if anyone knows what “talking” means. “Dating is so ambiguous nowadays that until someone says that you’re official, then people don’t really know,” Lucas said. “That allows the opportunity for friends with benefits or hooking up. We are definitely in a hookup era, where people think that’s what is going on, but I don’t necessarily think that’s what everyone is doing.”

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There’s an understanding that if there’s a tie or sock on the door, someone is discovering themselves in an atmosphere that should be happy. It’s the positive exploration of not only their partner’s (body), but their own. Katherine Visger, Alumna

Physical health Though navigating relationships is sometimes confusing, keeping physically healthy doesn’t have to be. However, students come to CMU with a wide range of knowledge about protecting themselves against sexually transmitted infections. Grand Rapids senior Abigail Miklusicak’s high school had abstinence-based sex education. This restricted her from learning information about STIs in a classroom setting. “They essentially scared us into not having sex. For those of us that were brave enough to venture into the sexually-active world, we were unprepared because no one was talking about it,” she said. The most common reportable STI in Isabella County is chlamydia, with a reported rate of 235 cases in 2014. It is recommended that sexually active students get tested annually, because the symptoms of chlamydia sometimes aren’t obvious. However, this number could be higher because if a student has their home address as their primary one, the data

will not be counted in Isabella County. CMU ranked 98th out of 140 major universities in the Trojan Sexual Health Report Card for 2015 based on sexual health resources available to students. Students can meet with a health educator at University Health Services to learn more about STIs. Health educator Lori Wangberg is a certified HIV test counselor at CMU, which allows her to provide testing and counseling to students on a self-referred basis. These appointments include risk assessment, an educational component and a blood test. Medical providers are able to prescribe hormonal contraceptive methods. “It is important to remember that oral contraceptives do not protect against STIs,” Wangberg said. “Barrier methods such as condoms help to protect against contracting some STIs and offer some protection from pregnancy, especially if they are used consistently and correctly.” w Strings | 7

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Former student talks career in adult entertainment industry By Jordyn Hermani News Editor @h3rmani | news@cm-life.com

A quick Google search of the phrase “Central Michigan University notable alumni” returns links for musicians, actors, athletes and more. It will also bring you to the website of wife, mother and adult film actress, Tracey Livermore. While she didn’t graduate from CMU, the Dearborn native was working toward a degree in exercise science and a minor in business communication until 1994. It wasn’t until she married her husband, CMU alumnus Chris Potoski, that the couple moved to Florida and established careers in business. From managing her own custom wine label company to working in sales and marketing for Harley Davidson, Livermore made the switch from “the boardroom

to the bedroom” after Potoski suffered a stress-induced heart attack. Doctors urged her and her husband to take up a less strenuous lifestyle. So the two had sex. Filming their own in-home adult movies, Livermore shed her given name and started going by her professional name: Brandi Love. Since her career began in 2004, Livermore has performed for Brazzers, Girlfriends Films, Hustler Video and other adult film companies. In addition to her movies, Livermore has released a sexthemed book, appeared on talk shows to debate the concept of monogamy and has spoken to college students about open marriage. Signing a 12-scene deal with Brazzers in February 2015 that would mark the final performances of her porn career, Livermore looks back on her career and her

roots as both a Chippewa and an actress in adult entertainment. How and when did you get into the adult entertainment industry? My journey into adult entertainment is atypical. My husband and I had been married for nearly 10 years and were doing very well in our white-collar careers. And then everything changed. My husband had a heart attack. His cardiologist found that this was a stress-induced event which left no permanent damage to the heart muscle. (The doctor) encouraged him to consider a career change. Ultimately, we decided to start a company called Grapevine Greetings, which created custom wine labels for special events as well as a commercial line which served essentially as greeting cards for wine bottles.

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We began networking in Raleigh, NC and were introduced to some people who knew how to develop and market websites. They came to us with a proposal in the adult entertainment industry. At that time, the “solo model” site was very popular and the decision that had to be made was “Who would be our first model?” It took me about two seconds to say “What about me? What about us?” My husband just about fell out of his chair. We had been sexually adventurous and in our version of an open relationship for years. Now, the only difference would be the cameras. I also knew I could trust us to have fun, show up for the shoots and take it seriously while having a great time. I knew we would protect our investment and I was really turned on by the prospect of all this. I have always had a bit of an exhibitionist fetish in me. What was life like when you went to CMU? Back when I was on campus I had two major goals: Maintain a 3.5 (GPA) or higher and spend as much time as possible at the (Student Activity Center). I was addicted to fitness and trained about two hours a day, everyday. I loved my time at CMU. Amazing campus with so many opportuni-

ties to get involved. I wish I had gone to more football games. What was your first shoot? My first professional shoot was with a company that I simply adore: ‘Naughty America.’ Truth is, their ownership, executives and producers are class acts. The truth also is my very first scene was eye opening. It doesn’t really matter if you are just beginning a job at Starbucks, Google or in adult entertainment, the first day, those first weeks, are nerve-racking. And so it was for me. I was used to how my husband and I shot for our site, just us making love and having sex with multiple stationary cameras playing voyeur. Now it was lights, camera, action. (There were) lots of people on set, lots of personalities to manage and a raw, unfiltered Los Angeles attitude towards sex. I had no idea what half of the positions were called or what I should be doing when they said “OK cut. Lets shoot the next segment in the pile-driver position.” It really was shocking that first day but at the same time, it was exhilarating. What’s an average day on set? I always have a fantastic time on set. I genuinely like the people I work with. In many ways the adult industry, at least at this point in

my career, is like a fraternity. That said, people often have this idea that a day on set is one big part. It’s not. If you take your profession and performances seriously, it’s demanding work. A typical day of set involves eight to 12 hours of makeup, stills, waiting, sex, waiting, sex, waiting, sex and repeat. In order to showcase sexual adventures in a way that is truly erotic, the positions must naturally be unnatural. I would encourage whoever reads this to stand under a heat lamp and attempt a standing 69 for 15 minutes then break for 15 then repeat four times. And while it is actually demanding work, I love it. You’re obviously not working all the time. What do you do on your days off? My husband and I are pretty driven people and have three companies. True days off are few. That said, because they are our companies we have more flexibility than most. Our personal time weaves in and out of business on a daily basis. In my leisure time, however, I enjoy spending time with family and friends, getting outdoors, wine, fitness and the arts. If you looked in on my private life, I’m just the girl next door who is fortunate enough to experience some pretty cool adventures.

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STI testing available outside of on-campus medical facilities By Jordyn Hermani News Editor

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With testing for sexually transmitted infections no longer free at University Health Services in Foust Hall, students may want to turn elsewhere after Valentine’s Day for their yearly check-up. They should, however, still be ready to pay a fee. STI testing is available around the city of Mount Pleasant at McLaren-Central Michigan’s emergency room, Central Michigan District Health Department and by asking a general physician. A 2015 report from the Center for Disease Control stated three notifiable STIs — chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis — have increased for the first time since 2006. Nationally, there has been 1.4 million documented cases of the STIs since the diseases were researched in 2013.

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Still, students rarely discuss serious sexual health-related topics with friends and instead tend to only participate in what Lucas calls “whether or not to” discussions. These can happen when students ask their friends for advice, like if they should have sex with an ex-significant other or for the first time in a relationship. “People don’t want to talk about these things because they’re a downer. I think our sex education in high school is lacking in that students aren’t prepared for sex or sex on a college campus,” Lucas said.

Mental health The emotions associated with having sex, alcohol mixed with sex and sexual assault risks are rarely covered in high school sex education classes. They are often considered too heavy of a discussion between friends, so

Central Michigan district Health department Foust Medical Clinic Students can get tested for STIs at University Health Services on 600 East Preston Street, McLaren-Central Michigan on 1221 South Drive and the Central Michigan District Health Department on 2012 East Preston Street. Students can call 211 for additional locations where STI testing is offered.

Regardless of where a student chooses to get tested, however, costs will be calculated based on the severity of the infection and

the type of insurance. Melissa DeRoche, emergency preparedness coordinator and public information officer for the

the topic is avoided, Lucas said. Students should think about how sex could change a relationship, if they have the emotional capability to handle a pregnancy and can handle any disappointment or confusion, said Safer Sex Patrol members at their Feb. 10, “Let’s Talk Sex” event. The media tends to lean toward depicting hookups as exclusively positive things people enjoy, which probably leads to disappointment when a hookup actually happens, Lucas said. “Women are more likely to experience regret after a hookup because historically, men have had more sexual freedom than women,” Lucas said. “Women were supposed to behave in a certain way, so there may still be inklings of that. If we did more research on the topic, we’d see more women are participating in behaviors much like men have done in the past.” Petersburg junior Jay Goodin

said while there are sexual health resources are available, they aren’t advertised enough that he would know where the resources actually are unless directly interested in them. The programs he’s participated in were available in residence halls. “I think it would be good to have more campus-wide sexual health education (events). Most of the time, you just see a flyer on a dorm wall,” Goodin said. “But I don’t think sexual education should be required at this age.” The gap between gender expectations may be shrinking, but the reputation for women remains more fragile when related to sex, Lucas said. Goodin thinks this varies by who you talk to. “I feel like most of the time, men aren’t as respectful as they should be,” he said. “I feel like women are held to a higher standard than men are, which isn’t right. Just be responsible and be respectful.”

Central Michigan District Health Department, said students should contact their local health department branch to figure out the costs

associated with getting tested. “We bill insurances or use a sliding fee scale for low income male and female patients,” she said. Along with STI testing, the Health Department offers pregnancy tests, morning after supplies, birth control, several programs associated with HIV care and testing and more. At McLaren-Central Michigan, students will also have to pay for STI testing. Prices are determined by insurance and the severity of the disease or infection. Kelly Jones, nurse manager for the emergency department at McLaren-Central, said students should be tested for STIs depending on how sexually active they are and the types of protection they use in the bedroom. “The piece of mind that comes with STI tests (is) to know if you actually are carrying any type of

disease so you can handle it (and) not pass it on to other partners and they’re not passing it on to other partners,” she said. “If you have a (sexually transmitted) infection and not know it, you could do damage to your body. It’s important to handle that in a timely manner.” The CDC reported nearly “half of the 20 million new sexually transmitted diseases diagnosed each year” are among young people ages 15 to 24 years. People between those ages account for almost two-thirds of the reported STI cases. Jones said this number can be brought down by doing several simple things: using protection, knowing your partner and in some cases, outright abstinence. Both Jones and the CDC recommend getting tested at least once a year.

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You owe it to yourself and your partner to check for STIs

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weekend? If so, we hope you practiced safe sex. If you didn’t use protection, it’s probably time to get tested. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly half of the 20 million new sexually transmitted infections diagnosed each year are among young people 15–24 years old. That’s us. One in every four college students has some type of STI, according to nursingschools.net. Unfortunately, many students never get tested during their four or more years at the university. We recommend every student get tested once a year whether or not they have been sexually active. About a year ago, Central Michigan University stopped offering sexually transmitted infection testing for free on campus. This does not mean you should not get yourself checked.

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STI testing is still available at Foust Hall Health Services, McLaren Central Michigan hospital and the Central Michigan District Health Department. Some young people are afraid of the stigma attached to contracting an STI. Let’s set the record straight on this. Getting an STI does not mean you are a bad person or have loose morals. It only means your reproductive organs need medicine to recover from an infection. Not addressing the possibility of an issue puts your health at risk, and the health of any sexual partner you have. The absence of symptoms does not necessarily mean you are STI-free, either.

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Some STIs such as chlamydia and gonorrhea can have delayed gestation periods and lay dormant in your reproductive system for weeks or months. If you think you might have an STI, get it taken care of before it gets worse. If you are not proactive in taking care of yourself, other people will be negatively affected by your inaction. Thankfully, our campus community is home to at least one group working toward spreading the message of responsible sexual behavior. They’ve even gone boots on the ground to try to help students. Members of CMU’s Safer Sex Patrol often walk around bars in Mount Pleasant and the residence halls passing out condoms. If you encounter these helpful Chippewas, use what they give you. They are saving you money and perhaps some serious con-

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sequences later in life. We urge you to remember contraceptives are a useful and necessary tools. The “plan B pill,” as it is commonly referred to, is a great combatant to an unwanted pregnancy. Before you have sex with someone, have an honest conversation about whether or not either of you have been tested. It might feel a little awkward. But we promise it will be a much more comfortable feeling than having to explain to that person you’ve been diagnosed with an STI and they should get tested too. If a would-be partner tells you he or she has not been tested, having sex with them is simply not worth the risk. Personal health is important for every sexually-active student to keep in mind. The hook-up culture present at almost every college campus in America is something most of us take part in. All we ask is that if you decide to get intimate with someone, please do so responsibly.

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Safer sex promoted through Mount Pleasant bar patrol By Kate Carlson News Editor @k8erzz | news@cm-life.com

Condoms and candy in hand, volunteers walked into the The Cabin Thursday night with the goal of spreading the knowledge of safe sex to fellow Central Michigan University students and the surrounding community. Registered student organization Safer Sex Patrol goes on about four bar patrols a semester to distribute contraceptives, abstinence kits and sexual health knowledge to bar patrons in the Mount Pleasant area. Bars on the route include: O’Kelly’s Sports Bar & Grille, The Bird Bar & Grill, The Cabin and Blackstone Bar. There have been seven bar patrols this academic school year with another four planned. Safer Sex Patrol facilitator Kristina Herman remembers her first bar patrol passing out condoms and abstinence kits. “I had a blast,” she said. “Most people’s reactions were positive, or confused and intrigued. When you walk away from the table you glance back and know it made their night.” Safer Sex Patrol has given out 3,587 condoms and abstinence candies this year. The group has had 509 total participants combined so far in bar patrols and other sexual education events. Thursday’s volunteers approached every table at The Cabin to give out condoms and sexual wisdom. One table seemed slightly put off by the idea, but almost everyone else accepted the candy and condoms with enthusiastic smiles. “Because we’re in a college town on a college campus, I think (lack of sexual health knowledge) is a big issue and is something that should be talked about,” said Emma Harrington, Safer Sex Patrol Co-student Coordinator. Americans 15-24 years old make up just 27 percent of the population, but account for 20 percent of STIs, according to the Centers for

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Chicago freshman Alyssa Lombardo, a volunteer with Safer Sex Patrol, hands out condoms and “abstinence candy” during a bar patrol on Feb. 11 at the Cabin, located at 930 Broomfield Street Mount Pleasant.

Disease Control and Prevention. Before patrolling bars, student volunteers are briefed about different sexually transmitted illnesses and the different kinds of contraceptives used to prevent them from being contracted. The presentation stressed that abstinence is the only way to guard against STIs 100 percent of the time. “It’s not a normal thing to volunteer for,” said co-student coordinator Steven Taylor. “It’s something every person can connect to because every person knows something about sex and STIs.” Harrington said volunteers are often nervous to walk up to strangers in bars and offer them condoms. “We like to ask at the beginning whose first time it is and give a demonstration on how to approach (people),” she said. “A lot of people think it’s really scary but

it’s actually a lot of fun and a really good way to step outside of your comfort zone.” Approaching strangers in bars bearing free condoms is nothing new to Emily Pickney. The Adrian sophomore said she doesn’t do it for the volunteer hours; she just enjoys the experience. “(Sex) is already happening on campus, so we might as well protect everyone,” she said. “We do also promote abstinence by giving out (abstinence) candies.” The RSO puts on other programs outside of bar patrols throughout the year to educate students on sexual health. There are four more bar patrols scheduled this year that students can register for on Orgsync. All meet at 9:30 p.m. on Feb. 25, March 17, April 17 and April 21 in the Bovee University Center Lake Shore Room.

Kaiti Chritz | Photo Editor Former student Jacob Epple shows the condom he received from a Safer Sex bar Patrol on Feb. 11 at The Cabin, located on 930 Broomfield Street, Mount Pleasant. Safer Sex Patrol takes volunteers to a number of local bars to promote safer sex in the CMU and Mount Pleasant Community.

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Michigan colleges compete in organ donor competition Tables will be set up to register people to become organ donors in the Health Professions Building from noon until 3 p.m. on Feb. 17 and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Feb. 18 as a part of the 2016 Gift of Life Campus Challenge. The organ and tissue donor drive competition includes 12 colleges and universities in Michigan. Each participating school will sign people up to the Michigan Organ Donor Registry from Jan. 20 to Feb. 24. Anyone can participate in the Gift of Life Campus Challenge by signing up on the Donor Registry in honor of their favorite school. Every time someone registers under a college or university, it scores that school a point. Scores are shown in real time on Gift

of Life Michigan’s website. At the end of the five-week competition, a trophy is awarded to the school with the most donor registrations and one to the school with the most registrations compared with student population. “Signing up on the Michigan Organ Donor Registry is an easy, quick way to give hope to the 3,500 residents of our state waiting for a life-saving organ transplant, and tens of thousands more who need cornea and tissue transplants to improve the quality of their lives,” said Chief Executive Officer of Gift of Life Michigan in a press release. To sign up and credit a school, visit GiftOfLifeMichigan.org/CampusChallenge. -Kate Carlson News Editor

Rich Drummond | Staff Photographer Professor Jennifer Sieszputowski lectures during her PES 320 class on Feb. 2 in the Health Professions Building.

Sports Management program one of two accredited in state By Sarah Clinkscales Staff Reporter @SarahClinks | news@cm-life.com

Michigan has two Big Ten colleges, but neither Michigan State University or University of Michigan offer an accredited sports management program. Central Michigan University is one of 45 sports management programs in the country that is accredited, and one of only two in Michigan. Davenport University was accredited in 2015. Being accredited has increased the number of students, and in return students are applying for the program in higher numbers. The enrollment report for the 2014 Authorized On-Campus Majors lists 176 students as signing a sports management major in the fall. After being accredited in spring 2015, the number jumped to 212 this fall. Milford sophomore Julia King transferred from Oakland Community College for CMU’s sports management program. “CMU has the best sports management program in the state,” King said. “The faculty and opportunities that the program has are really amazing. I’m going into the business side of sports management and CMU has students who work for the NFL,

which is what I would like to do.” Accreditation is a seal of approval that acknowledges excellence in sports management. Becoming an accredited program is a long process. It starts with an application and review of the program, then Commission on Sport Management Accreditation members look at the curriculum and identify that the program was one of the best in the country. The program has to reach certain national standards and maintain that criteria. “For sports management to be accredited, we shared our mission and goals and worked out a five year plan,” said Scott Hirko, assistant professor and director of the sport management program. “The curriculum and learning objectives have to be measured to learn if the program continuously meets its goals.” December through January, Hirko and other faculty in the program submitted a new curriculum. The program identified strengths and weaknesses and came up with a strategic plan for a new curriculum that supports it as a leader in sports management across the country, Hirko said. Eight new classes are going to be offered to keep up-to-date with the world of sports, such as

a sports analytics class. “The sports management program is the umbrella of the business of sports. It can involve marketing, business and coaching,” said Physical Education and Sports faculty member Marcia Mackey. Mackey has worked in the sports management program since 1992. The program offers a Bachelor of Science in Sports Management, Bachelor of Arts in Sport Management, Bachelor of Applied Arts in Sport Management and a Master of Arts in Sport Administration. To complete their program, students are required to complete internships. Some notable internships students participated in were with the U.S. Olympics committee, Detroit Tigers and Pistons, NFL, WNBA and NASCAR. Alumna Sarah Cardon is working as the suite services representative for the San Francisco 49ers. She works with the luxury suite holders for Levi’s Stadium and the 49ers. “The professors at CMU’s sport management program really care about their students,” Cardon said. “They provided me with the opportunity for real world experience — which was crucial for me to be able to get started in the industry.”

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Central Michigan University chose an elevator contractor, Otis, with the quickest response time available to service its 80 elevators on campus. In all residence halls, elevators are available for students with mobility problems. Elevators go through regular maintenance, are fixed as needed and are serviced in cases of emergency. Entrapment is rare, but happens from time to time, said Director of Facilities Operations Jay Kahn. According to the Facilities Management duty log, the Otis service log and a mechanic’s own notes, there were 251 repair service calls placed in the last 12 months. Of those, 16 were emergencies where someone reported to be stuck in an elevator. Of the 16, there were five incidents where the person was in the elevator when the mechanic arrived. Saginaw freshman Cheriah Slaughter said she has been stuck briefly in the elevator in Wheeler Hall. “I got stuck for two minutes — it just stopped in between floors,” she said. “Since I’ve been here, the elevators have been broken once.” Out of all the elevators on campus, the ones that get the most use are in the Towers residence halls.

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Sarah Klos | Freelance Photographer An elevator opens in the towers on Feb. 6 on the campus of Central Michigan University.

By Kate Carlson News Editor

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Maintenance budget In the last 12 months $627,480 was spent on elevator maintenance and upgrades which included: • $197,280 general maintenance • $35,500 Foust cylinder replacement • $34,500 Bovee University Center cylinder replacement • $135,430 Moore Hall cylinder replacement and control panels • $182,770 Pearce Hall cylinder replacement and control panels • $43,000 Larzelere Hall cylinder replacement Source: Facilities management

In residence halls, elevator keys can be obtained from the residence hall director. In the Towers residence halls — Carey, Cobb, Troutman and Wheeler — which are eight floors high, and Campbell, Celani, Fabiano, Kesseler and Kulhavi halls, which are five floors high, elevators are in constant use and available at all times. For Warren freshman Dajone Ross, who lives on the seventh floor of Troutman, using the elevators is part of her daily routine. “The elevator hasn’t been (broken) that often, but it just

seems like it because I just stay on the seventh floor if I can’t take the elevator,” Ross said. When people jump in the elevator, it can cause it to shut down. “Sometimes that causes entrapment, the governor (malfunctions) on the elevator,” Kahn said. Each Towers elevator is used more than 400,000 times per year. “If there is an entrapment, the response time is less than an hour between the time the call is placed and when someone gets there (to fix the problem),” Kahn said. There are 32 hours a week of on-site elevator maintenance performed on CMU’s elevators, but in the case of an emergency, they should use the elevator phone, Kahn said. If there is an emergency outside of when the mechanic is on campus, the call from the elevator goes directly to CMU police. Police call the Facilities service center either on campus or in Remus (after hours). The service center calls Otis, which dispatches the mechanic. Once the person calls from the elevator, the whole process to dispatch the mechanic takes less than 5 minutes. CMU goes above the requirements when it comes to elevator maintenance, Kahn said. “Generally speaking, you have one route mechanic per 100 elevators,” he said. “We have one for about 80 (elevators).”

A $33,435 grant was awarded to Central Michigan University for a pilot program aimed at educating students about sexual misconduct awareness and prevention, said Title IX Coordinator Katherine Lasher. All private and public colleges in Michigan were encouraged to apply for the grant money announced on Nov. 5, 2015 by Michigan First Lady Sue Snyder. The money was proposed to be used for new, innovative ways to prevent sexual assault.

CMU was one of 22 Michigan colleges that received funding, totaling $500,000. The grant was funded by the Michigan State Police. The money will be used to host a Peer-to-Peer Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Training sessions, Lasher said. The pilot program will be taught during five 3-hour sessions during the course of the spring 2016 semester. “These new initiatives will help ensure our students are safe where they live and learn,” said Gov. Rick Snyder

in a press release. Topics in the new program will include: feminist theory and social construction of gender equality, responding to a crisis, CMU’s Sexual Misconduct policy, cultural competency, microaggressions, safe zones, assault, trauma and intergenerational trauma. Out of the 22 colleges that received funding, CMU received the fifth largest amount. -Kate Carlson News Editor

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Student contemplates leaving university to become nun By Emily DeRuiter Staff Reporter @DeruiterJoy | news@cm-life.com

Sophomore Audrey Pottratz said she is determined to become a nun if that is God’s will for her life. This weekend she had an interview with the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia in Nashville. This is Catholic order that study to become teachers in Catholic schools, where they teach normal classroom subjects and subjects of faith. As part of the Dominican Order, Pottratz will not technically be a nun, but a sister. The terms are often used interchangeably by the public, but she said the difference is their way of life. “Nuns are cloistered. They stay in their monastery and pray, whereas the sisters work outside in the world in addition to praying a lot,” Pottratz said. You can still refer to sisters as nuns, she said, because that is how they are referred to by mainstream society. Pottratz’s decision to become a sister began with her experiences in her hometown in Carmel, Ind. During her senior year, her high school

employed some Dominican sisters as teachers. She said she admired the sisters, even though she never had the opportunity to take a class with one. “People always assume nuns are so boring, like they pray all day, so they must be so sourfaced,” Pottratz said. “(My school’s nuns) were always so friendly and joyful, and that was the thing I couldn’t get over — they were the funniest people I’ve ever met.” Pottratz said that kind of happiness was appealing to her. She wanted to experience what they had. If she is accepted, she will quit pursuing a major in graphic design and instead take courses through Aquinas College in Nashville for an education degree. At the St. Cecilia Motherhouse, she will also be taught the basics of religious life. Training ends after about 5 years. Then, sisters take vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. Then Pottratz could be sent anywhere to teach in Catholic schools.

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earned a full-ride scholarship to CMU through the Centralis program. She considered choosing a religious vocation, but said she decided to take the scholarship and see where CMU would lead her. As she took classes at CMU, Pottratz said she became more and more certain that becoming a sister with the Dominicans was what God was asking her to do. She called up the vocation’s director at St. Cecilia’s last year, but she said they told her “to keep praying.” Pottratz said she realized she had been applying for the wrong reasons, because she had been feeling uncomfortable in her new college life. “I realized I was just trying to run away, because it takes a whole year to get adjusted to college life, really meet close friends and grow in deep relationships,” Pottratz said. This year is different. Pottratz had been plugged into the community at St. Mary’s University Parish since her freshman year, but this year she started leading a small bible study through FOCUS, a St. Mary’s ministry called the Fellowship of Catholic University Students. “This extra year has been such a blessing,” Pottraz said. “I’ve learned so much more about myself and how to talk about my faith.” She began to want to become a Dominican Sister not because she wanted an escape, but because she felt God was calling her to gain a deeper relationship with Him. Jackson junior Allie Slough is a friend and mentor of Pottratz. When she heard Pottratz planned to apply to become a Dominican Sister, she was overjoyed Pottratz had figured out what “God was calling her to do.”

Slough said she chose to mentor Pottratz because she considered her “Teachable, available, has a contagious personality and is solid in her faith.” Since the fall semester, Pottratz has also been meeting with St. Mary’s Father Thomas Held. He is Pottratz’s spiritual director, an advisory position that people might request if they are considering life in ministry. Held said he considers Pottratz to be a devoted servant of the church. “She is just so joyful, so happy,” Held said. “Her whole life is the church and prayer, but that doesn’t prevent her from being fun. She has a real nice balance.”

Persona l sacrifices and vows It takes a lot of sacrifice to become a nun, but Pottratz said it also reaps great rewards. She said her friends and family are what she will miss the most during the five years in Nashville. Pottratz will be able to see them minimally, as most contact will be limited to hand-written letters and rare phone calls. “I think I will get five days to go home and be with my family every year,” Pottratz said. “It is not like I’m dead to the world, it is just that those first five years are when you live in community at the Motherhouse. It’s more of a time to grow in prayer and let go of worldly things.” Snapchat is another worldly comfort she said she is going to miss. However, there are things Pottratz is excited to experience while at the St. Cecilia Motherhouse. “I would get 300 new sisters,” she said.

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Men’s basketball falls to Ball State, moves to eighth in MAC

File Photo | Daytona Niles Kiki Petzold competes on the balance beam during a competition on Feb. 26, 2015 in McGuirk Arena.

Men’s, women’s basketball attendance close to national average

Women’s basketball wins eighth straight against NIU

File Photo | Paige Calamari CMU all-around freshman Brittany Petzold performs her floor routine during Sunday afternoon’s meet against NIU at McGuirk Arena. Petzold recorded a 9.8 on the floor and an all-around score of 39.150.

The Petzold Legacy As Kirsten Petzold’s career ends, family reflects on sisters’ journey

Petzold sisters’ career High scores

By Anthony Cook and Ashley Szymanski Staff Reporters sports@cm-life.com

When senior Kirsten “Kiki” Petzold comes to practice, her older sister’s banner hangs in the gymnastics practice room in the Rose Center as a reminder of her contribution to the program. Brittany and Kiki Petzold created a lasting legacy in the Central Michigan gymnastics program during the last five years. Brittany graduated from the program in 2014, leading the team to the NCAA Regional Championships in all four seasons. Kiki followed her sister’s success, competing in regionals in her first three seasons. Her senior season and career unexpectedly ended when she suffered a lower-body injury warming up for the first meet of the season in January. Since the beginning of Kiki’s career, Brittany has been there to support her. “I was able to guide her through her first couple years at Central,” Brittany said. “Everything she was experiencing her first couple years, I had already lived through. It pushed me to work even harder because I knew how

I was able to guide her through her first couple years at Central. Everything she was experiencing her first couple years, I had already lived through. Brittany Petzold Former gymnast and 2014 alumna

much she was watching me.” Brittany began flipping from couches in the Petzold household when she was 3 years old. Soon after, she found her passion for gymnastics and Kiki followed when she was 1 1/2. Brittany graduated from Eisenhower High School in 2010 and was named Michigan Graduating Gymnast of the Year. She chose to continue her academic and gymnastics career in Mount Pleasant. “I chose CMU because of how welcoming and close the girls were,” Brittany said. “I went on a visit there and knew that I would fit in and love it.”

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kiki Petzold Brittany, a health fitness major, competed in all four events during her career. She placed first on the uneven bars at the Mid-American Conference Championship and received All-MAC honors her freshman year. In 2012, Brittany won the all-around title at the MAC Championships. “I love the feeling of competing,” Brittany said. “The adrenaline pumps you up and gets you excited to compete. I love the feeling of being able to do something that not very many people can do.” In 2012, Kiki joined her sister at CMU. During Brittany’s junior and senior year, she

was captain for the Chippewas. Brittany was named MAC Co-Gymnast of the Year in 2013. In 2014, Brittany and Kiki led the Chippewas to their fifth consecutive MAC Championship. “My fondest memory performing was one of my last bar routines in my career at the MAC Championships,” Brittany said. “I performed my bar routine and the excitement of the crowd after our final bar rotation was unbelievable.” Head Coach Jerry Reighard said the Petzold pair brought different attributes to the program. w petzold | 15

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MAC Tournament looms as CMU grasps for first-round bye Men’s team drops to eighth in conference after Saturday’s loss By Evan Sasiela Staff Reporter @SalsaEvan | sports@cm-life.com

Senior guard Chris Fowler said the last three weeks of the regular season for the Central Michigan men’s basketball team aren’t about warming up for the Mid-American Conference Tournament. It’s about focusing on winning each game. “Every game is the biggest game of our lives,” Fowler said. “We don’t want to take the game for granted.” CMU plays the first of its six final games of the regular season Tuesday against Toledo at McGuirk Arena. The Rockets are tied with Ball State for first place in the MAC West Division standings. Both teams are 16-9 and 7-5 in the conference. CMU is 13-12 and 6-6 in MAC play. On Saturday, the Chippewas will travel to Kalamazoo for a matchup with rival Western Michigan (10-15, 4-8 MAC). CMU’s final four games include a home contest against Northern Illinois, which is tied with CMU for second place in the MAC West Division (17-8, 6-6 MAC), then

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The top four teams in the MAC get a first-round bye, while seeds five through eight will host seeds nine through 12 in the first round * SOSR is strength of schedule remaining, in terms of opponent winning percentage.

road trips to Toledo and Ball State before the season finale on Friday, March 4 versus WMU at McGuirk Arena. In total, the Chippewas will face four MAC West Division teams in six games leading up to the MAC Tournament, which is March 10-12 at Cleveland’s Quicken Loans

Arena. The top four teams in the MAC are automatically sent to Cleveland. Seeds five through eight will host the ninth through 12th seeds in first round games March 8. CMU will play for its seed in the tournament during w MAC | 15

Rich Drummond | Staff Photographer Senior guard Chris Fowler attempts a layup against a duo of defenders during the game against Ball State on Saturday, Feb. 13 in McGuirk Arena.

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the next three weeks after dropping its third straight game Saturday at home to Ball State, 75-63. CMU would have been tied for second in the MAC with a win, but a loss drops the team to eighth. “Hopefully in the next week or so, we’re pretty solid on what we need to do,” said Head Coach Keno Davis. “To be able to advance in our conference tournament, we’re going to have to win multiple games.” Fowler, a four-year captain, said the key to halt the Chippewas’ three-game losing streak is to simply keep working. “We want to get better,” Fowler said. “We want continue to go out and improve every day. Each game is its own separate entity and we will treat it as such.”

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“Kiki became a very valuable asset to our program. She is very multi-talented,” he said. “Brittany was nose to the grindstone every single day. She would come into the gym (and) do what she needed to do to prepare herself.” Kiki said coming to CMU was an easy transition. “With my sister already being here, I knew all the girls on the team,” Kiki said. “It just felt like I fit in already.” During Kiki’s sophomore year, she was named MAC Co-Specialist of the Week on the vault. She scored a 9.825 and placed third on the vault in the MAC Championships. “This team taught me a lot about myself and about what I can do,” she said. “It really pushes you to your limits. It’s really fun competing with everybody because this team

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Senior forward John Simons said the team is not thinking about Cleveland and won’t until the team makes it there. Sophomore guard Josh Kozinski echoed Fowler. “We’re just taking it one game at a time,” Kozinski said. “We know we’re expecting to go to Cleveland this year and we’re hungry.” CMU lost in the MAC Tournament Championship to Buffalo 89-84 and lost to Louisiana Tech in the first round of the NIT. Last year’s format gave CMU a double-

bye into the semifinals. The format is changed this year, only giving single byes to the top four teams. This benefits the lower seeds, making it so the bottom eight teams only need to win four games in six days to win the tournament instead of five. Kozinski said Fowler told the team since the beginning of the season to treat every game as if it were a championship game. Talk of Cleveland still makes its way throughout the team, Davis said. “What we want to try and

(is) like a family and you do everything together.” When recruiting Kiki, Reighard asked Brittany about the sisters’ relationship. “I loved being teammates with my sister,” Brittany said. “I wanted my coach to recruit her so badly. He had asked me several times if I thought it was going to work out being on the same team as her. We have a very close relationship and I think my coach was worried that if she came onto the same team as me, it would ruin that. But I think it brought us even closer.” Sherri Petzold, the mother of the sisters, said Kiki missed Brittany when the older sister left for CMU. “Those two are so close, they’re like best friends,” said Sherri. “They do everything together and support each other. When Kirsten chose CMU, I know Brittany was so happy about it. She showed

her the ropes and helped her learn. Kiki loved it. She missed her sister when she was gone. Things just weren’t the same. When she got there, she was really happy to be with her.” Kiki will be graduating after this year with a major in social and criminal justice and a minor in psychology. Brittany graduated two years ago and is in graduate school in New York pursuing her M.B.A. in management. She is a graduate assistant for strength and conditioning at New York City’s Wagner College. “Both of them have grown tremendously as people through the program and became more independent and strong,” Sherri said. “They are more outgoing than they used to be, they believe in themselves. They have friendships they have made through the years and now they’re family. If they need help, they can always go to them.”

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do is get as many wins as we can to be put us in the best position for Cleveland,” he said. “Our guys have been thinking about Cleveland since last year. They’re focused enough to know that you can’t look past any team.” Davis referred to the 201112 Ohio Bobcats, who reached the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament after winning the MAC Tournament as the No. 6 seed. He reiterated anybody in the conference can beat anybody on any given night. “There’s no teams in this

We know we’re expecting to go to Cleveland this year and we’re hungry. Josh Kozinski, Sophomore guard

conference that haven’t won big games,” Davis said. “We know we’ve got an opportunity to have a really good seed for the conference tournament, but there are going to be some teams with not as strong seeds that can still win it.” Davis said one of the best parts about this stretch of the season is that while some coaches may have to motivate players to keep competing, his team is already inspired.

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“We’ve got a lot of opportunities to play very meaningful games,” Davis said. “We know that our crowds and our fans are starting to come out in large numbers to support us. We want to be able to have great effort each time we step on the court and hopefully win our share.” CMU is one of seven teams in the MAC at 7-5 or 6-6 in conference play. Davis said it is important to learn how to win close games, even though the Chippewas have not won a game by double digits yet this conference season. “We know in the back of our minds, the conference tournament is important to us,” Davis said. “If we continue to get better and stay healthy, we’re going to be good as anybody in the conference going into the tournament. And that’s a nice place to be.”

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Home-court advantage Men’s, women’s basketball teams differ in attendance, atmosphere at McGuirk

Regardless of how well the men’s and women’s basketball teams are performing, one constant remains — the men’s games draw a larger crowd than the women’s. Sometimes they outdraw the women by hundreds of fans, other times by thousands. The women’s team (17-7, 11-2 Mid-American Conference) has won eight straight games while the men’s team (13-12, 6-6 MAC) fights to stay in the hunt in the MAC. The women fall well below the men in terms of attendance, although the trend is more extreme nationally. In 2014-2015, the average NCAA Division I men’s basketball home attendance was 4,754. CMU averaged 2,709, a significant increase from the previous four seasons. The national average for the women was 1,565, while CMU averaged 1,484 per game. “Women’s basketball, not even on just the college level, but even the professional level, doesn’t get as much love or support as I think it should,” said senior guard Rayshawn Simmons. “They go out there and they work just as hard as we do.” Simmons and senior forward John Simons said there are small differences between the men’s and women’s games, including the faster pace of men’s games. Both said they’ve been to almost all of the women’s games this season. “It’s a little bit different than a men’s game, just in the fact that you’re not probably going to see any dunks,” Simons said. “(Women), especially our team,

can really shoot the three, so that’s fun to watch when they get going.”

Building the homecourt advantage Sophomore guard Cassie Breen said her team’s games have a larger ratio of community members to students than men’s games. While she said the home-court advantage isn’t the sole motivation, it provides an additional burst of energy when fans recognize their effort. “They help a lot when we make big plays or people take charges or people just make hustle plays,” Breen said. “They just always have our back. Even when we’re in slumps, they’re always trying to cheer us on.” Associate Athletics Director for Marketing and Ticketing Mike Dabbs said trying to gain a home-court advantage is one of the main goals of his work. “Our existence and why marketing departments exist around the country is to really generate interest to a program and really build excitement,” he said. “(We want) to gain that competitive edge and really build a place where opponents don’t look forward to coming to.” Davis said he doesn’t think his team has more of a home-court advantage than the women, even though the men’s games draw a larger student crowd. Senior Josh Lustick, who has been to three or four men’s basketball games this season, said he prefers the men’s games because of the atmosphere. “I go to men’s because I think it’s a better environment. More people typically go to them,” Lustick said. Senior Ryan VanNieuwkuyk said he also finds the men’s games more entertaining, which

is part of the reason why he hasn’t attended a women’s game this season. He also said the women’s games are more difficult to hear about. “I really don’t even know when they are, normally,” he said. “I get updated on my Twitter when there’s a men’s game coming up, but I don’t know when the women’s games are, typically.”

Drawing with doubleheaders To get fans like Lustick and VanNieuwkuyk to the women’s games, CMU hosted back-toback games at McGuirk Arena when both teams played at home in the same weekend. The 1,600 fans at McGuirk Arena had to evacuate when a child pulled the fire alarm, minutes after the women’s team finished off Miami (Ohio) on Jan. 30. In men’s and women’s basketball doubleheader games, the procedure isn’t much different. Supporters must leave and reenter McGuirk Arena for the following game — something men’s basketball Head Coach Keno Davis said the program is trying to change. He said fans should be able to stay in the arena between games and the hour-and-a-half dead time in between can be shortened to encourage supporters to stay. In the two doubleheaders this conference season, the women’s game started at 1 p.m. and the men’s game tipped at 4:30 p.m. “If we can get the doubleheaders to a point where there’s not as much time in between, we’ll have a chance for people to stay,” Davis said. “In an upcoming w Attendance | 17

Monica Bradburn | Assistant Photo Editor In the most-attended women’s basketball game this season, 3,000 fans watch the Chippewas play against Memphis on Dec. 15, 2015 in McGuirk Arena.

Basketball home game attendance since 2010 3,000 2,750 attendance per game

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year or two, we (will) try to do that — not on a consistent basis — but a couple games a year where it’s really an event.” Davis said it will be a logistical challenge, but has seen other programs do it. The two highest-attended home men’s basketball games this season came on the doubleheader weekends, with 3,333 and 3,758 fans on Jan. 23 and Jan. 30. The second and third-highest attended women’s games were on the same date, bringing in 1,896 and 1,600 fans respectively. Dabbs said the connection between the programs extends to the marketing. Behind football, CMU Athletics puts its largest effort in promotion on the men’s and women’s basketball teams. Guevara, who started in 2007, has built her program’s following to where it hovers around the national average every season. Dabbs said there were about 20 season tickets sold for her first season. Now, the number is higher than 800. “I think that the women here have a really great following, a loyal following too,” Davis said. “Fans will be here whether they’re winning or losing and support them throughout. I think the support they’re getting in comparison to what you see at some other programs, I think it’s a credit to the coaching staff.” The women have won eight

games in a row and sit a half-game behind first place in the MidAmerican Conference, drawing more excitement to the program. “The community has really bought into our team,” said Associate Head Coach Heather Oesterlie. “We get a lot of text messages about how they’re listening when we’re on the road and everything like that. It’s fun to play in front of your fans when they get going.”

Packing McGuirk Dabbs worked with cross promoting men’s and women’s basketball in the past when he worked for the Detroit Pistons. Promotions included ticket packages with the Pistons and Detroit Shock — the former WNBA team that also occupied The Palace of Auburn Hills. CMU has similar incentives. When the teams collected cases of water to distribute to Flint, fans received a ticket to either the men’s or women’s game — regardless of cost differences between the two. A men’s game costs $12 for general admission, $15 for a Chippewa Athletic Fund reserved ticket and $20 for a premium ticket. The women’s games only have general admission seats, which cost $8. All tickets are free for students. The marketing department has experimented with new promotions this season for both teams. The department is not required by Title IX to promote evenly. Dabbs said the equity in having a similar number of promotions for each team is established to capitalize on the success and excitement sur-

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rounding both teams. CMU has gone beyond T-shirt giveaways with multiple theme nights this season — including Harry Potter Night, Star Wars Night and Disney Night. “Our theme nights are really kind of taking off,” Dabbs said. “It’s something new we tried this year to draw attendance, to draw people that may not necessarily come out to a basketball game that now will because they’re interested in Star Wars or interested in Harry Potter.” The theme was inserted into the entire experience — from encouraging fans to wear certain apparel to tailoring the music, starting lineup videos, in-game promotions, halftime acts and concourse games to the theme. While the attendance during the theme nights has not seen a significant spike, Dabbs said quantitative and qualitative data go into evaluating the success of promotions. The general atmosphere, number of repeat customers and fan response and engagement all go into the evaluation process. Not to mention winning. The two teams are a combined 20-4 at McGuirk Arena this season and 10-15 at road or neutral sites. “When you have a consistent fan base that shows up each and every night, it’s not always the number that you get coming, but are they into the game?” Davis said. “Are they helping affect the game? Are they supporting your team? And I think you see that from both programs right now.”

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Eight games and not one loss. It’s a feat accomplished only twice under women’s basketball Head Coach Sue Guevara, who took over the program in 2007. The other time was during the 2013-14 season when former CMU star Crystal Bradford led the Chippewas to 12 consecutive wins from Jan. 4 to Feb. 15. The Chippewas finished 21-12 that season, going 16-2 in Mid-American Conference competition, but the fate of this year’s team has yet to transpire. The winning streak began Jan. 20. After a two-point win at Western Michigan Jan. 27 and one-point wins at Eastern Michigan Feb. 3 and at home against Bowling Green Feb. 6, the Chippewas escaped DeKalb Saturday with another come-back victory, 73-67. Despite her team coming back from an 18-point second-half deficit, Guevara said her team must be more aggressive as the MAC Tournament approaches.

“I told our kids, ‘A cat only has nine lives and we’ve used about five of them,” she said. “We’ve got to come out earlier and throw the first punch. Lessons have to be learned quicker.” Senior guard Da’Jourie Turner said the team’s most recent win is a momentum builder heading into the final stretch of the season. “It means a lot to be able to pull this one out,” she said. “We just stayed focused and stayed together. Not once did we think we were going to lose that game, and with that mentality it showed on the court.” With no game this Wednesday, the Chippewas will have a week to learn the lessons Guevara referenced before they finish out the five remaining games on their schedule. Central Michigan is 11-2 in MAC play and 17-7 overall, which positions the Chippewas in first in the West Division and second in the conference behind Ohio (19-4, 11-1 MAC). If the MAC Tournament began today, Central Michigan would receive a bye in the first round (March 7) and go di-

Defending a streak

CMU Before Jan. 20 Points per game

76.5

Points allowed per game

68.4

Since Jan. 20 Points per game Points allowed per game

71.5 61.8

rectly to Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland to play at noon (on March 9) as the secondseeded team. Guevara said her team has to avoid slow starts to avoid an early elimination from the tournament. “It’s something we’ll talk about and address,” she said. “The best thing is we have a week off. This team is pretty smart, so they’ll get it.”

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