February 25, 2016 by Central Michigan Life

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If the goal is to stay active all year round, what other IM sports does your team play? We play volleyball and this year we did soccer as well but never made it into the play-offs. What’s the story behind the name? We were trying to be a little creative with it and crack a smile, but actually Magic Johnson is one of my favorite players. I’m a huge Lakers and Michigan State fan and he’s a good role model, I think. …And if you couldn’t tell The Magic Johnsons is a pretty good innuendo.

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Staff Editorial Editor-in-Chief Malachi Barrett EDITOR@CM-LIFE.COM Managing editor Sydney SMith NEWS@CM-LIFE.COM Design editor Michael Farris News editor Kate Carlson News editor Jordyn Hermani Sports editor Taylor DesOrmeau SPORTS@CM-LIFE.COM Assistant Sports Editor Andrew SUrma Photo Editor Kaiti Chritz PHOTO@CM-LIFE.COM Assistant Photo Editor Monica Bradburn Multimedia Editor Jared Saigh video@cm-life.com Multimedia Coordinator Rachel Harrison

Advertising Manager Jasmine Mims

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against Toledo in McGuirk Arena.

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9 Students spend more than $40,000 replacing ID cards last year 10 EDITORIAL: We commend CMU’s student athletes their fall semester grades

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business development manager Angela Carollo

Street squad MANAGER Maranda Doney

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w See Page | 15 Dodgeball: The club dodgeball team is stocked with former high school baseball players and other athletes aiming to become competitive on a national stage. PRIEST UPDATE: A national expert gives insight into the abuse of power and the lawsuit and university investigation of former St. Mary’s priest Denis Heames.

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show drop in fans during 2015 midweek games in exchange for large national audience

18 MAC releases 2016 football schedules, CMU will open conference season at home against Western Michigan

lawmakers must give in on gun control

12 About 300 freshmen didn’t return to CMU this semester.

multimedia listen: Unsportsmanlike conduct The guys talks about the slump the Red Wings and Pistons are currently in, and how it will affect of the rest of the season.

MAKING A WRESTLER: Chippewa wrestlers balance diets and workouts to make weight.

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Expert: ‘The sin is his’ in Heames case By Sydney Smith Managing Editor @SydneyS_mith | news@cm-life.com

A therapist who has sex with a client could lose their license. The same goes for a doctor who has sex with a patient. In some states, it’s illegal for a priest to have sex with a parishioner. Michigan is not one of these states. In June 2015, former St. Mary’s University Parish priest Denis Heames was placed on leave for “boundary violations” related to his priestly conduct, said Bishop Joseph Cistone of the Saginaw Diocese. A complaint about Heames by a Central Michigan University faculty member launched an internal investigation, which found Heames sexually harassed DeWitt senior Megan Winans before and during her time as a parishioner and media intern for the church. Winans filed a civil lawsuit in Isabella County Court in January against Heames, his spiritual director Trudy McCaffrey, St. Mary’s

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and the diocese. Heames’ status as a priest is unclear, as is his affiliation with the Diocese of Saginaw. Central Michigan Life asked for this information

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multiple times, but the diocese declined to comment. Heames has not responded. A.W. Richard Sipe, a nationally-recognized author and leading researcher on celibacy, said silence from the church on inappropriate priest behavior is typical. Sipe has served as an expert witness in hundreds of cases regarding clergy members’ abuse of parishioners. “I’ve had cases where a person has been raped — in the absolute sense of that word — and they call it a ‘boundary violation,’” he said. “It’s professional degradation of duty to use that kind of defense. That kind of irresponsibility is what is destroying faith.” Sipe is a certified mental health counselor who spent almost 20 years as a priest. He conducted a 25-year ethnographic study, which was published in 1990, on the celibacy and sexual behavior of Roman Catholic priests. He and his wife, a former nun, reside in California. Winans’ case against Heames points to a few themes in the Catholic Church: Secrecy, power and a tendency to blame women. Sexual deprivation within clerical culture is a “breeding ground” for sexual misbehavior, said Sipe, who appears as a character in the movie “Spotlight” about clergy abuse in Boston. After becoming familiar with Winans’ case, Sipe said it points to a core of abuse he has seen throughout his career: A person in a position of power who takes advantage of the people he serves. “In our culture, women are more easily demeaned than adult men,” Sipe said. “Adult women in the general culture become more and more vulnerable as objects, both of desire and of violence, and it is under the guise of love, and the love of God. As I read case after case after case, the basis is, ‘You can trust me, because I speak for God.’” Winans is 25 years old. Sipe said abuse with an adult woman should be taken as seriously as those that involve a child. He said sexual relationships between priests and parishioners

are sometimes based on false trust — preying on the vulnerable. Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests is an advocacy group that supports people who have been victimized by clergy. David Clohessy, executive director of SNAP, said the organization firmly believes Winans isn’t the only woman Heames “preyed on.” “At this point, there are two simple choices: we can assume he has hurt no one else. That would be reckless. Or we can assume he has — that would be prudent,” Clohessy said. “Unless church officials aggressively spread the word and use church bulletins to seek out other victims, the only compassionate response is to assume there are others.” Even if there aren’t others who Heames used for sexual gratification, Sipe said what Winans is alleging must be taken seriously, though he believes Heames’ behavior is patterned. “Adult women have a right to be respected. That’s not said often enough,” he said. “Did she fall in love with him? Yes. But when we’re young we make those kinds of mistakes. The sin is not hers; the sin is his. He has a responsibility; the bishop has a responsibility.” Cistone arrived in Michigan following controversy from his last posting in Philadelphia. In 2012, a judge found Cistone witnessed the shredding of documents in 1994 when he was a church official in Philadelphia. The documents identified 35 priests that were suspected of sexual abuse of children, according to MLive. In 2005, a grand jury documented hundreds of accounts of children abused by priests. It states Cistone participated in the cover up of multiple cases of child sexual abuse committed by priests. In 2009, when he became the bishop in Saginaw, Cistone told Midland Daily News he would not approve the transfer of any priest, accused or known to have committed sexual abuse, to anywhere within the diocese. “I assure you this will not happen. Priests can only be transferred with permission and approval of the local bishop,” he said. “It absolutely will not happen during my time as Bishop of Saginaw.” It is unclear whether Cistone followed through on this promise. During its investigation, CMU attempted to contact Heames, and had to go through the Diocese of Saginaw to do so. It is unclear whether anyone outside the church is aware of his whereabouts. Winans’ attornies believe he is residing in Canada. A court date has not yet been set.

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Snow and ice removal vital to preventing campus injuries By Kate Carlson News Editor @k8erzz | news@cm-life.com

Snow and ice at Central Michigan University can provide winter fun, but also causes poor conditions for navigating campus. Almost 200 faculty and staff members reported an injury from 2012 to 2014 each year on campus because of a slip-and-fall accident, said Tammy Griffin, the manager of health and wellness at the Central Health Improvement Program on campus. The number of students injured in the same kinds of accidents is not recorded. The rehabilitation center is offered only for faculty and staff members at CMU, Griffin said. “We haven’t had as much snow this year, but I think (facilities managment) do as good of a job as they probably could,” said Muskegon junior Amanda Olsen. Olsen said a friend of hers who lives in a north campus residence hall slipped and fell a few times last year walking on campus. Facilities Management employs 15 grounds caretakers responsible for making 29 miles of sidewalks, 92 acres of parking lots and 4 and a half miles of roads accessible and safe throughout the spring semester. Last year, the university spent $178,228 on snow removal, comprised of $90,740 in salt, $70,566

in labor and $16,922 in overtime labor, said Associate Vice President of Facilities Management Steve Lawrence. Sometimes all 15 grounds caretakers will work to prepare for incoming bad weather, Lawrence said. Otherwise, most plowing and salting is completed at night. “It varies a lot; no two storms are completely the same,” he said. The salt order for CMU is placed in April every year. In his 12 years at CMU, Lawrence said they only came close to running out of salt once. “We buy our salt in a big group of universities in the state of Michigan so we get a really good deal,” he said. Salt is ineffective in lower temperatures, Lawrence said. Snow melt systems have been put into newer buildings to help the slippery ice conditions. Underground snow melt systems heat and melt snow and ice at the entrance of the newer academic buildings. People who need to be especially cautious in inclement winter weather are students with disabilities. “The hardest thing in the winter time is just being able to keep the critical path open so (students with disabilities) can get from building to building,” said Assistant Director of Student Disability Services Brenda Mather. “That’s

Kaiti Chritz | Photo Editor Facilities Management plows the sidewalk between Moore Hall and the Dow Science Building on Feb. 24 during the first few hours of a snow storm that is expected to cover the area in six to 10 inches of snow.

always a challenge when the snow falls or when the ice is out.” There is a list of students registered with Student Disabilities Services who need snow removed at their residence halls or by their on-campus apartments. These students are the first to get pathways from their residences plowed or salted, she said. Mather said Facilities Management usually does a good job and works hard to make campus accessible. CMU Police Officer Lt. Cameron Wassman shared some advice to students during the winter months in terms of driving in snowy conditions. “For parking, it’s important to realize sometimes you aren’t going to be able to see the lines

(for a parking spot),” he said. “Take the extra step to not block a spot. Make sure you’re (within the lines).” In terms of campus conditions

during the winter, sophomore Jennifer Kolar said there is always room for improvement. Mount Pleasant Street Supervisor Bob Murphy employs 10 staff

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Broadcast Student crews gain experience broadcasting CMU sports on ESPN3 By Andrew Surma Assistant Sports Editor @Andrew_Surma | sports@cm-life.com

hree-and-a-half hours before game time, sophomore Lindsay Gerber hauls boxes of equipment up the bleachers to the camera platform. She and other crew members of the Chippewa Sports Network crew unload camera equipment at seven camera locations used during basketball broadcasts. They prepare to stream a men’s basketball game against Ball State live on ESPN3 at 4:30 p.m on Feb. 13. When the Mid-American Conference and ESPN agreed to a 13-year deal in 2014, it gave students at Central Michigan University an opportunity to broadcast Division I sporting events to a national audience. CSN student crews have produced nearly 30 ESPN3 broadcasts this winter-sports season, but they have been live broadcasting CMU sporting events on the CSN — the multimedia wing of CMU Athletics Department’s news website CMUChippewas. com — long before the contract was signed in 2014. Gerber said crew members come early and work hard, but the job has become easier with repetition. The broadcasting and journalism double major is one of two female members on

the crew, which intimidated her originally, but that too has become easier with time. “It’s really cool (now) that I can come in and do all these things and the guys (crew members) will be asking me ‘Hey, how do I do this?’” Gerber said. “Now, I’m in the office so much, it’s become second nature knowing how to set up the camera and how things go.” In addition to being more lucrative for the conference, MAC Commissioner Dr. Jon Steinbrecher said the contract also significantly increased the conference’s presence on ESPN3, a live multi-screen sports network that delivers thousands of sports events online at ESPN.go.com and on the WatchESPN app. It reaches more than 93 million homes, phones, tablets, computers and other devices. “A part of (the deal with ESPN) is projecting forward and looking at where technology is going,” Steinbrecher said. “It was an opportunity to really expand our ability to bring Mid-American Conference events to our fans anywhere around the world.” Steinbrecher would not disclose what the deal with ESPN is worth or how much CMU receives, but said it is “not even in the same area code,” as the MAC’s previous 8-year, $1.4 million per year ESPN deal.. ESPN’s Brett McMurphy reported the deal is worth more than $100

million — $8 million a season and $670,000 per school if it were to be evenly distributed. Athletics Director Dave Heeke said the department received a conference payout for 2014-15 of $1.3 million. This encompasses many different elements including television rights, College Football Playoff share, NCAA payments and more. Heeke said a portion of the payout was $91,000 for upgrading CSN’s broadcasting equipment. Heeke said he was instructed by the MAC to direct questions about the contract to the conference office. That office declined comment for this story. “We are very appreciative that we received these resources from ESPN and the MAC, so we can provide this exceptional experience for our student staff,” Heeke said in an email. “This offers first-hand experience with an ESPN live production for our students which makes them very marketable as they enter the job search process.” Director of Game Day Productions Todd Edwards said because CSN already produced multi-camera broadcasts, CMU was one of the first three conference members to begin broadcasting on ESPN3. Buffalo and Northern Illinois also started producing ESPN3 broadcasts last year.

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Chippewa Sports Network use seven cameras during its broadcasts. Camera one (1) pans the court, filming the g Cameras three (3) and four (4) capture the action at floor level from midcourt and film the color commentators huddles during timeouts. These camera operators are protected by another crew member from being ran into by

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“Imagine for our students, when they (graduate) they’re going to be able to put on their resumes they’ve worked on ESPN productions.” Jon Steinbrecher Mid American Conference Commissioner

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Illustration by | Connor Byrne game’s action. Camera two (2), a high-resolution Hitachi, is used for close ups on players, coaches and fans. before and after commercial breaks. Cameras five (5) and six (6) film the action from under the hoops and team y players. Camera seven (7) is an unmanned wide-angle camera attached to bleacher railings.

“Central was an institution that was in pretty good shape from the physical elements of the things they needed, as well as have great interest in being on the front side of this,” Steinbrecher said. The contract gives some freedom on what sports schools choose to broadcast on ESPN3. Not all universities use student crews, but Steinbrecher said one of the goals is to give students professional broadcasting experience while nationally promoting MAC schools. “Imagine for our students, when they (graduate) they’re going to be able to put on their resumes they’ve worked on ESPN productions,” Steinbrecher said. Edwards, a 2009 graduate with a bachelor of arts in broadcasting, said the addition of ESPN3 broadcasts has helped CSN grow to a 29-member staff — the largest Edwards has had at CSN. “Some (students) work around 20 hours a week and some might only work 20 hours every few months. Edwards said. “You can learn a lot (at CSN). We take a lot of pride in helping students at the university develop themselves and their skills, so they can go out and get jobs later.” CSN creates video content for YouTube, Facebook, highlight packages, and streams home men’s and women’s basketball, wrestling, volleyball and gymnastics events on ESPN3, unless a game is picked up by a regional network such as American Sports Network. ESPN owns the rights to every MAC football, basketball and olympic sporting event. Assistant Athletics Director of Communication Rob Wyman said the network runs on a $10,000 operating budget and $35,000 employee wages budget. Additionally

as part of the contract, ESPN gave CSN several pieces of equipment necessary for a professional-grade self-production, such as a Hitachi camera, switchboards and computer programming.

live from CMU Central Michigan Life shadowed the CSN crew during the men’s basketball game against Ball State at McGuirk Arena on Feb. 13 to observe the production of a CMU sporting event for ESPN3. 1 p.m. Inside the control room — which is lined with television and computer monitors and switchboards — junior Anthony DiCarlo’s face is focused on a monitor. He’s busy building graphics on Microsoft Expression, which will be displayed and used as talking points for Assistant Director of Multimedia Services Adam Jaksa and senior Matt Kearney, who are calling playby-play during the broadcast. DiCarlo said Expression is linked to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, where he inputs information that shows up on audiences’ screens like the scoreboard. “This took a lot of time (to learn),” DiCarlo said. “You have all these different kinds of graphics. It’s a very tedious job.” 3 p.m. An hour and a half before game time, all 15 crew members are present and Edwards has returned from a midday nap. He arrived at McGuirk at 9:30 a.m. to begin preparations. 3:15 p.m. Edwards begins an all-crew meeting to go over the plan for the production. He informs the crew that Emmy-Award winning producer for Fox Sports Detroit and CMU Alumnus Jason Dizik will

direct the show. Dizik said the production is a scaled-down version of a professional sports broadcast, but is still great experience — experience that wasn’t offered while he attended CMU. “A standard production truck is 53 feet, so you’ve got all that crammed into this room,” Dizik said. “You got a switcher, you’re doing replays, but instead of three people on the graphics bench, you have one. Instead of four replay operators and eight output channels, you have one person and one output channel. You’re still learning all the basics. There’s not going to be a shock when you get out of school.”

3:30 p.m. Senior broadcasting major Omar Arredendo calls ESPN to run through camera checks and other last minute tests. Once the meeting is over, crew members adjourn to their assigned stations, get settled and strapped into their camera harnesses. They make checks on their equipment before final camera checks with ESPN in little more than half an hour. With all six camera operators in place, the two teams warm up and fans file into the arena. Back in the control room junior Justin Steward informs Edwards the custom-controls button on the Microsoft Expression graphics computer isn’t working. Steward said instead of being able to push the button, which was built into the computer program to cut out several steps, he now has to do the steps manually. “The only consistent thing is inconsistency,” Edwards said. “Almost every game, there is some small troubleshooting. It’s just too much technology and honestly some things can go unw ESPN | 8

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checked. The show has to go on regardless. We just deal with it.”

4:26 p.m. Arredondo is back on the phone with ESPN and begins to relay the countdown to Dizik, who simultaneously relays the countdown into the headsets of color commentators Jaksa and Kearney, who sitting courtside to call play-by-play. It’s Kearney’s third time calling a game for ESPN3. He said he takes pride in being a jack-of-all-trades, appearing on the radio, producing and doing other behind-the-scene work. “Obviously, myself as an undergraduate student to have the opportunity to be on-air on ESPN on a national platform is a really outstanding opportunity,” Kearney said. “I definitely cherish every chance I get.”

“My first thought is, I don’t want to mess up the game. I don’t want to trip any of the players. If they get hurt, it’s my fault and I look like an idiot. The second thing I’m worried about is the camera, because it is super expensive and I guess third is my health. Luckily, it doesn’t happen super often.” Duncan McKee, Sophomore Camera Operator

4:27 p.m. Arredondo and Dizik finish the countdown, senior EJ Houston plays the opening shot of the outside of McGuirk Arena while Jaksa welcomes the audience to Mount Pleasant — almost exactly at the scheduled start time. Edwards said the beginning is usually the most stressful part of the broadcast. Meanwhile, Dizik is in almost constant conversation with the crew members inside the con-

trol room and on the court over the headset. “Hot on one. Ready on two? OK, take two. Ready on four? Hot on two and OK, take four,” Dizik said. As he directed, DiCarlo pressed the buttons on the switchboard to change camera shots and the camera operators constantly stayed filming — a digital assembly-line producing a sports game. One problem, Dizik said, is his use of directing terms the

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crew is less familiar with. For example, the CSN crew refers to the two camera operator under each basket on the baseline by the color of the sideline — the maroon camera or the gold camera. Down on the gold baseline, sophomore Duncan McKee spends the second half as a utility, making sure players don’t trip over the camera’s cords as his fellow cameraman films the game. McKee said he was ran into twice while he filmed the first half of the game. “My first thought is, I don’t want to mess up the game. I don’t want to trip any of the players,” he said. “If they get hurt, it’s my fault and I look like an idiot. The second thing I’m worried about is the camera, because it is super expensive and I guess third is my health. Luckily, it doesn’t happen super often.” On the maroon baseline, junior Demetrios Sanders is more concerned about the action of the game obstructing his shot, than being run over by players. “It sounds like a simple job of just following people around, but it’s a lot more difficult than it looks,” Sanders said. “It’s makes you nervous they’re giving out

WATCH: ESPN3 Central Michigan Life shadows student crews producing CMU sports on ESPN3 on Feb. 13.

so many directions at once. The simplest mistake can ruin an entire broadcast.” Sanders admitted he has messed up, but said it happens and is something to learn from. Despite a close scoring, the crew keeps focused and unbiased. Edwards said CSN produces an unbiased broadcasts to remain professional. Many of the crew members said they were not even aware of the score, because “you’re just in a zone,” as Sanders said. Central Michigan lost to the Cardinals 75-63.

6:19 p.m. Jaksa and Kearney have signed off from the broadcast and the crew begins to breakdown the seven cameras and weaving through exiting fans to get back to the control room. Houston is getting a head start on the graphics

for the video board inside McGuirk Arena for the next game. Dizik, a board member in the College of Communications and Fine Arts said he is used to having 90 seconds during commercial breaks, “those minute breaks come quick,” and thought the crew did nicely. He said, putting on 16 to 18 home events for one sport alone per season is great exposure to new broadcast experiences. “It’s great to build to CMU brand,” Dizik said. “Any student interested in broadcasting needs to do this. It’s an opportunity we didn’t have and they’re going to be much better for it when they leave here.” Dizik said CMU has an extensive network of alumni in broadcasting throughout Michigan — close to a dozen CMU alumni at Fox Sports Detroit alone. He said all the names such as Terry Foster, Matt Shepherd and Mickey York were all involved in student-ran productions. “All the people I’m talking about, at least when I was here, worked with public television, MHTV, athletics (while at CMU) and this is why (ESPN3 and CSN) are such a great opportunity for these kids,” Dizik said.

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Students spent $42,920 in replacement ID cards last year By Micayla Glennie Staff reporter @Micayla_Glennie | news@cm-life.com

Given to every student when they enroll, a Central Michigan University ID card is supposed to stay with them from the time they’re a freshman until they graduate. That doesn’t always happen. ID cards are lost, broken and destroyed every year. The Central Card Office makes more than $40,000 replacing ID cards each year, said Coordinator of the Central Card Office Bobby Lane. In 2013 2,228 ID cars were replaced, 2,072 were replaced in 2014 and 2,146 last year. At $20 a card, that’s $44,560 made in 2013, $41,440 in 2014 and $42,920 in 2015. That’s not extra revenue, according to Lane. “Our office does not get a profit from the cost (of replacing lost ID cards), so the money is our loss too,” he said. Janel Taylor, administrative clerk of the Central Card Office, said because the service doesn’t get any of the money students spend on replacing cards, they “operate in the negatives year-round.” Taylor said the Central Card Office reports to Auxiliary Services along with all Residence Halls, University Apartments, Residential Restaurants, the

“If you have to replace (an ID card) multiple times it’s kind of outrageous after a while.” Kaitlyn Bondar, Woodhaven freshman

campus bookstore, retail dining, University Center Operations and Printing Services. Any extra funding the Central Card Office might need to pay staff or create ID cards comes from Auxiliary Services’ budget, whose goal is to break even each year according to the 2015-16 operating budget reports. In the 2015-16 school year alone, Auxiliary Services total revenue was $79.9 million. Last year, it was $70.3 million. Students who lose their cards can apply for temporary ones for $2 at the Central Card Office. This card will be active for seven days, so a student can attempt to find their missing one. Failure to return the temporary ID card after the week period can result in a $5 fine. The $20 fee does not just affect people who have lost their ID cards. Students must pay for new cards if the magnetic strip on the back is damaged and card readers

around campus, such as check-in readers in residence halls or library checkouts, cannot read them. Lane is trying to reduce the price of replacing cards by half, so students are not forced to pay the same if they have not actually lost their cards. Students still have to pay $20 to replace a damaged card. If a student loses their ID card, they can call the Central Card Office to “freeze” their account. This means if another student finds a lost ID card and attempts to use it, they will not have access to the other student’s meal plan privileges or flex dollars. Using another student’s ID card can result in a $25 fine. Students who lend their cards to others can also face a $25 “misuse fee,” as well as get their card confiscated. Taylor, however, said confiscation is “incredibly rare.” “A lot of the locations don’t take (misused) ID cards away from students, they just charge the account,” she said. “If the location does, they give it to the Central Card Office and we notify (the student).” Students can pick it up from the card office for free when this happens, Taylor said. A location where students can get their cards taken away for misuse is anywhere that requires a card for entrance, like an oncampus dining hall or the Student Activity Center.

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CENTRAL MICHIGAN LIFE | CM-LIFE.COM | FEB. 25, 2016

Athletes deserve recognition for good grades Editorial

alancing classwork, personal finances, extra curricular activities and a social life can make four years of higher education a wonderful struggle. We feel one group of CMU students deserves special acknowledgement for their effort in the classroom, given their reason for attending here. Sixty-eight percent of our 642 student-athletes earned a 3.0 GPA or higher in the fall semester — the best cumulative score in Athletics Department history. That’s impressive. We congratulate them on their demonstrated academic focus and success. It bodes well for the careers our fellow Chippewas, most of whom will not play their sport professionally after graduation. These students need their degrees just as much as we do. As fun as it might be, playing football or softball does not bring in a high income if not done at the professional level. Our athletes’ high academic marks indicate a culture of accountability and competitiveness not present in many other departments on campus. Many student athletes have study-intensive majors. A prime example of this is quarterback Cooper Rush – an actuarial science major with

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3.91 GPA. Grades like Rush’s are the result of the individual students’ will to learn and the structure for academic success the department has put in place. More than 40 tutors and designated study areas are available to student-athletes

during the semester. Freshmen are required to spend more time than upperclassmen at the study table and each team is responsible for checking up on team member’s grades. To these students, time is precious and discipline is essential. Athletes are inherently competi-

tive and goal-oriented. Something as tangible as a grade point average is essentially another way of scoring points. These student-athletes must perform well academically during a hectic schedule and with all eyes on them. When they aren’t practicing, many of these athletes are traveling

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CENTRAL MICHIGAN LIFE | CM-LIFE.COM | FEB. 25, 2016 Opinion

Republican lawmakers must give in on gun control debate I was sitting on a friend’s rickety porch with a cold drink in my hand when news of the latest mass shooting reached my iPhone. An active shooter was on the loose in Kalamazoo, and at the time, four people were declared dead. My sister is a sophomore at Western Michigan University and lives in an off-campus sorority house. Terrified, I called her. Thankfully, she was fine. When the shooting spree was finished, six innocent people had been randomly murdered and another was on life support. This latest rampage did not hit me at home. But it came too close for comfort. Because 2016 is an election

Dominick Mastrangelo Opinion Editor year, almost any major news event gets immediately politicized. Such was the case within my family the next day. My father, an aging baby boomer and 1969 Woodstock Music Festival attendee was screaming at me on the phone. “We’ve got to do something about these guns,” he said. “It’s too easy to get one. Too easy!” Then he took the conversation to another level. “Six people are dead, Dominick,” he told me, as if I had forgotten. “And the (National Rifle Association) does whatever it

wants. And YOUR party protects their interests.” I hung up. I was angry because he was right. Members of the GOP in Congress and the Senate watch as mass shootings – there have been 28 of them in two months so far this year – define a generation. Legitimate gun reform in America is long overdue. It’s time Republican leaders stop resisting change on what should be a non-issue. It blows my mind. Why fight so hard to protect the tools of a phenomenon so clearly out of control? America faces much more pressing issues like curbing our nation’s irresponsible spending and defeating the Islamic State. I’ve always thought true

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Democratic-socialism won’t work in America With Sen. Bernie Sanders’ commanding victory against Hillary Clinton in the Democratic Presidential Primary in New Hampshire, it appears a future of socialism in the United States might be on the horizon. Socialism, essentially, is an economic format that assists poorer citizens of a country while heavily taxing the wealthy. A trend toward socialism could potentially spark from a Sanders presidency. He suggests severely reduced cost and even free higher education, a $15 minimum wage and higher taxes on the rich. It is only the tip of the iceberg for what is involved with true socialism. In a socialist society, the government gets to decide what will be produced, based usually on what is most cost effective. Capitalism lets consumption dictate production.

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Say you decide to buy a new car. Unfortunately, your dream car wasn’t selling well anymore, so the government decided to have it discontinued. Socialism isn’t all bad. It can work in theory. As a college student, free education would save my family a great deal of money. A higher minimum wage would probably lead to a better quality of everyday life. But no matter how good an ideological theory sounds, there is always another side that needs to be considered. Socialism takes pride in the fact everyone is economically equal across every spectrum. To me, there is no point in

attending college if you’re going to make the same wage as someone who didn’t. Expensive welfare programs in modern socialists nations encourage a culture of laziness and entitlement. Not to mention, with Sanders’ hike in minimum wage, the value of the American dollar would continue to plummet. The country’s $18 trillion debt will continue to rise and might even speed up. Although a few of these may not be on Sanders’ platform right now, it only takes a small spark to start a “revolution,” as he calls it. We should not elect someone who belittles the economic system that grew us to be one of the greatest nations on earth. American individualism might have been hushed during the last couple of decades, but socialism will silence it for good.

Republicans are defined by their moral values. That’s what should define us from loose and shortsighted liberal philosophies. The right to life, sanctity of marriage and fostering of the free enterprise system should mean more to us than whether or not an everyday citizen should have easy access to an AK-47. To be clear, the Kalamazoo shooter used a handgun. Let’s be honest with one another. Nobody needs that kind of firepower. The Second Amendment is not going anywhere. Every American deserves to feel safe and should be able to protect his or her family from a violent attack. But personal security does not justify fear-mongering

GOP politicians claiming the Washington establishment is “going to take your guns away.” Save it, guys … please. Statements like those make me want to crawl into a hole and keep my voting record secret forever. I understand where the emotion comes from. My anxious mind leads me to imagine from time to time what I would do if I ever found myself staring down the barrel of an automatic weapon in broad daylight. I don’t own a firearm because guns scare the hell out of me. And so does the way the Republican Party is presenting itself on gun control reform. The GOP is on the brink of colossal strategic meltdown. America’s strongest defenders are losing the fight for her

God-given freedom. Stronger scrutiny for who can have what types of guns does not infringe on anyone’s freedoms or safety. It keeps dangerous weapons out of the hands of people who seek them out to do harm. Republicans need to find as many issues as we can to unify and solidify our core principles in the changing political climate. That’s the only way the Democrats can be beaten. To win the larger political war, we need to pick our issueto-issue battles. On the fight against gun control, republican lawmakers still cling to their weapons. Sadly, each of these tragedies highlights the Republicans’ dwindling supply of ammunition.

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Democratic-socialism has worked in America before I’m not religious but there’s something I can respect about the Ten Commandments: Don’t kill, don’t cheat and help out one another. They’re ideals that many people were taught from a young age, regardless of faith: Sharing is caring. Take a stand, lend a hand. So why, when the time comes to helping out a mother on welfare do we look the other way? Why do we act as though people of all social classes, races, sexes, religions or walks of life are born with the same amount of privileges and advantages? What’s so wrong with evening the metaphorical playing field? Of all the money the federal government makes in taxes, about 17 percent of that goes towards financial aid and assistance. Most of that money goes right back into the military and other defense programs, about 25 percent. Under a democratic-socialist society, more of that money

Jordyn Hermani News Editor would go towards helping the needy. I understand the necessity of maintaining a military as a global superpower, but I would much rather that money help someone buy groceries or new clothes. Russia, the second most powerful military in the world, spends $76 .6 billion in defense. The U.S. spends $598.5 billion. We’ve had democraticsocialist practices implemented in America before. It saved this country during one of the worst times in its history. Though Franklin D. Roosevelt identified as a Democrat, he implemented many socialist policies during his New Deal Programs. These not only helped to revitalize the nation, but almost completely pulled us out of the

Great Depression. The Tennessee Valley Authority, the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Civil Works Administration, etc. — all of these programs and more were kickstarted by FDR with the mindset to help the poor and give them the opportunity to make a living for themselves. We need to stop treating democratic-socialism as if it’s some sort of Bloody Mary wives tale — that if we say the ideology three times in the dead of night with a burning candle to the mirror, Karl Marx will rise from the grave and single-handedly crush capitalism. Don’t read this as an endorsement for Bernie Sanders. If anything, this is an endorsement for the idea that democraticsocialism has worked in this country and could work again if need be. Americans just need to stop treating the concept like it’s a political leper.

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Freshman retention rate at 90 percent from first semester By Paige Sheffield Staff Reporter @paige_sheff | news@cm-life.com

About 300 first-time college students didn’t return for the 2016 Spring Semester. Of the 3,476 new, first-time college students that started at Central Michigan University in Fall 2015, 3,184 are enrolled this semester. That means there were 292 students who didn’t come back, resulting in a 91.6 percent fall-to-spring persistence rate as of Feb. 22. At this time last year, that number was 90.1 percent. Jason Bentley, director of the Office of Student Success, said CMU’s retention rate has been fairly stable, and has improved over the last couple of years. The one-year retention rate in 2015 was 78.2 percent, compared to 76.4 percent in 2014. “(CMU’s retention rate) has been fairly consistent and slightly better than other institutions like CMU across the country,” Bentley said. “Being slightly better doesn’t mean

you’re great, so the university has basically said, ‘We care about every student who starts here.’ We want them to persist and graduate.” Bentley said when students transfer, they keep information on why and look for dominant patterns. A common theme he sees is students who feel disconnected from campus. He said they continue to work on how to create a sense of belonging on campus for all students. “(Students) can have a couple bad experiences with people, but overall, if (they) feel like this is a community (they) feel safe in and people respect and care about (them), then they can deal with a couple of bad grades or a couple of difficult conversations with someone,” he said. The Office of Student Success’ goal is to have an 80 percent oneyear retention rate or higher by 2018, he said. Traditional students — Michigan high school graduates who go to college directly from high school — make up the largest percentage

Chelsea Grobelny | Staff Photographer South Campus Success Center employee from Lake Orion, Allison Winiarski, helps Chicago senior Amy DiNovo on Tuesday, Feb. 23.

of students at CMU, Bentley said. There are four main characteristics that predict whether someone will persist from the first year to their second at CMU: level of academic preparedness, socioeconomic status, whether the student is a first generation college student and whether the student is a member of an underrepresented population. Additionally, Bentley said factors in campus environment can help students be successful. A

sense of belonging and messages that show struggling students they are not alone and it will get better are a few examples. One way in which the Office of Student Success is working to improve retention is by improving its ability to know which students need more support. In the Office of Student Success, they collect realtime-data on who attended in the fall and registered for spring classes, how many students dropped and

added classes and more. When a student might be off track or not continuing with their program of study, Bentley said, the Office of Student Success calls and asks why. They ask if there’s anything the student might need, what led the student to their decision, if there’s anything the university could’ve done and if there’s any way the student could be helped to reenroll and earn a degree. “When we approach an individual, it’s with the understanding that I don’t know all the complexities of (that person), so we ask (questions) and listen. We try to figure out what is the best support structure for (them),” Bentley said. “There are things we try to do in general but it’s very personal.” The office is also working on improving retention by having reliable, timely information to provide the support students need. The university has increased the number of academic advisers and success coaches on campus. CMU is in the process of releas-

ing an advising toolkit called the Student Success Campus that will provide more information to advisers as they work with students. There are 30 academic advisers on campus. Advising services are continuously reviewed to figure out how to maximize student success, said Director of Academic Advising and Assistance Michelle Howard. The retention information the university reports to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System is set by the state and federal government. “Once we get to September of next year, there’s nothing we can do about (the retention rate for that year),” Bentley said. “That’s the number we report to the federal government. But all along the way, we’re collecting data about retention from all of these different sources and using that to pinpoint where we might be able to help support more students.” The goal, Bentley said, is not just for students to come to CMU, but for students to graduate and be successful.

Veterans Resource Center to relocate to Ronan Hall By Kate Carlson, Deshia Dunn News Editor | Staff Reporter news@cm-life.com

Since its inception in 2010, Central Michigan University has had plans to update the Veterans Resource Center, said VRC director Duane Kleinhardt. Plans exist to relocate the Veterans Resource Center — located in Warriner 114 — to the lower level of Ronan Hall. The building will be renovated and expanded to accommodate parts of other student service offices such as graduate studies, registrar, scholarships and financial aid. CMU hasn’t accommodated any service office in Ronan’s

basement for a while, Kleinhardt said. “(The renovation) will be a little bit down the road, but it’ll be in a space that we want, that we design,” he said. The bottom level of Ronan Hall is one of the places the University Space Committee recommended consolidating. It also includes different offices related to enrollment and student services, said Vice President of Facilities Management Steve Lawrence. Personnel that will move to the bottom level of Ronan Hall will include 74 staff members and nine part-time student employees. “All (offices) have reception and waiting and duplicate spaces they can share,” Lawrence

said. “We don’t spend as much money on these kinds of spaces but it will be adequate for the people there.” The move will be a positive change for the office, Kleinhardt said. “We’re not as big as other veteran resource centers at other universities. During peak times it can get very crowded,” he said. The bottom level of Ronan contains more than 15,000 square feet that will be renovated. Windows and heating systems will also be replaced in Ronan Hall, which hasn’t been updated in 62 years. “It’s not the most comfortable building on campus, so we want to make some improvements,” Lawrence said.

Alanna Sparks | Freelance Photographer The Veterans Resource Center is located in Warriner Hall Room 114 on Feb. 4.

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Student arraigned on criminal sexual conduct charge By Sydney Smith Managing Editor

A Central Michigan University student was arraigned Feb. 19 in Isabella County Court and was charged with criminal sexual conduct, indecent exposure and domestic violence. Napoleon freshman Adrian Mikesell, 20, is accused of attempted fourth degree criminal sexual conduct after police say he attempted to force a woman he has been living with since December 2015 to touch his genitals. He is also accused of exposing himself to her and making numerous “pelvic thrusts” to her face and other body parts. Fourth degree criminal sexual conduct is a misdemeanor charge of one year in prison or $250 fine. Indecent exposure is also a misdemeanor, carrying a one year sentence or $1,000 fine. Domestic violence is 93 days in jail or $500.

Napoleon freshman Adrian Mikesell was arraigned Feb. 19 for attempted fourth degree criminal sexual conduct, indecent exposure and domestic violence.

According to court documents filed Feb. 19, Mikesell attempted to grab his roommate’s buttocks when both were in their kitchen on Feb. 14. The same day, she told police Mikesell made a “pelvic thrust” to her face when she bent down to pick something up. On Feb. 17, the woman was coming out of the

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bathroom when she saw Mikesell waiting for her in the hallway. He told her he had a secret. “Mikesell told (her) that the secret was his penis and she could touch it whenever she wanted,” states the affidavit. Mikesell then tried to force her hands onto his genitals. When he was questioned by Isabella County Sheriff deputies, Mikesell denied this accusation. Later, Mikesell came to his roommate’s open door, saying that he was naked and she needed to look at him. Mikesell told her, “if you’re going to be a nurse, you need to be familiar with the male anatomy.” His roommate refused to look at him, but said she saw that Mikesell was shirtless in her peripheral vision. When questioned by police, Mikesell admitted that “he had done a pelvic thrust on (his roommate’s) leg on Feb. 14. He also admitted he had gotten completely naked in his room, which is across the hall from his roommate’s, and had tried to get her attention through the open doors. He was released from Isabella County Jail on a 10 percent cash surety bond, originally $6,000. His bond stipulates he is not to contact his roommate, but is allowed go to his residence in Deerfield Village to remove personal belongings.

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life in brief

News and notes from around campus

Academic Senate endorses ASL program changes The Academic Senate passed a resolution supporting an academic policy toward American Sign Language for Central Michigan University at its Feb. 23 meeting. The resolution would “establish American Sign Language as a discipline in Humanities under Area 1 for the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science and encourages CMU to accept ASL as a foreign language, as many other reputable universities have already done.”

The senate voted 76 percent in favor of the resolution. The resolution doesn’t require immediate change, but is a vote of support for a similar resolution passed by CMU’s Student Government Association. Senator and sociology faculty member Mary Senter asked why SGA had sent the resolution for endorsement. Students from ASL courses and SGA came to the meeting to show

their support. “There are students who are in support of this kind of thing who want to see the ASL become something that they can take as a foreign Language,” said SGA senator Desirae Massey. “I don’t think that it’s too much to ask for you all to consider at least supporting the students that you serve here at CMU.” -Johnathan Hogan, Staff Reporter

Primaries scheduled for forum topic Speak Up, Speak Out will center its next forum on Monday, Feb. 29 on helping students determine who to vote for in the presidential primaries. Michigan’s primary voting will take place on Tuesday, March 8. Political science and public administration faculty member David Jesuit said there is about a 50 percent turnout for college student voters in general elections, but it decreased to about 20 percent for primary elections. The forum will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. on Monday in the Charles V. Park Library auditorium. The Detroit News political reporter and Central Michigan Life alumnus Chad Livengood will speak on the panel, along with

faculty and students to guide the conversation. Bernie Sanders’ campaign promises like free college tuition, specifically appeal to college students, Jesuit said. Although a large portion of students seem to be Democratic, Jesuit said he would like to see conversation between both parties. “There are similarities between Sanders and (Donald) Trump fighting against the status quo,” Jesuit said. “This is the marketplace of ideas. We should be able to talk about these issues, even the unpopular ones.” Jesuit said among college students, the individuals most likely to vote are those who are pursuing political science or who already have a strong preference for the Republican or

Democratic Party. Speak Up, Speak Out forums begin with a short video introduction to the issues, followed by a panel discussion led by students, faculty and staff. Audience members are encouraged to participate in the discussion and will get a chance to ask questions and give input during parts of the forum. This event is sponsored by the College of Communication and Fine Arts, College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences, Student Affairs, Office of Diversity Education, Pi Sigma Alpha, The Assessment Council and the Mary Ellen Brandell Volunteer Center. -Kate Carlson, News Editor

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Central Michigan University constituents donated a record amount of money to the university. The 2015 Annual University Campaign raised more than $1.4 million, up from last year at more than $1 million. The campaign is made so individuals on campus and former employees to give to a college, department, organization or project of their choosing. Every

donation is matched by CMU at 50 percent. This year, 1,107 donors contributed, including 398 faculty members, 54 office professionals, 267 professional and administrative staff and 36 senior officers. Most dollars pledged were from the College of Business Administration at more than $500,000, which has more than 100 employees. The

college also had the most participation. Athletics pledged the most funds for a department with 25 employees or more, raising more than $67,000. The Physician Assistant Program pledged more than $44,000, the most for a department with 25 employees or less. -Sydney Smith Managing Editor

Sports

FEB. 25, 2016

Attendance audit, TV ratings differ for weekday football

Football to begin conference season with Western Michigan

Wrestlers watch food intake, workouts to make weight

Binge Yan | Staff Photographer The CMU dodgeball team, a competitive club team that has been at CMU for eight years, practices on Feb. 18 in Rose 143.

Aiming for a national title Club dodgeball players use team to relieve stress, seek national championship By Ashley Szymanski Staff Reporter @aszymanski17 | sports@cm-life.com

When junior Michael Riley first started playing on Central Michigan’s club dodgeball team, he wasn’t expecting to have to dodge balls thrown at 60 to 70 miles per hour. For eight years, CMU has had a competitive club dodgeball team that faces teams around the region, including Michigan State, Saginaw Valley State and Grand Valley State, from September to April. “I was big into sports in high school and I didn’t make it in the collegiate level,” said junior Tyler Prill, assistant

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captain. “My roommate mentioned going to club dodgeball when we ran into each other coming back from class. The competitiveness of playing dodgeball really drew me in. It made me feel like I was part of something.” Many team members participated in

high school sports, especially baseball. This has benefited them, throwing with speed and accuracy. “I played baseball throughout high school and I came here to continue my baseball career, but it was a huge commitment and it wasn’t for me,” Riley said. “When someone comes to play and they’re new, you can instantly know if they played (baseball) or not.” Some students, like Peter Broe — a first year doctoral student — have learned the mechanics through practice. “I had to learn all of my throwing mechanics,” Broe said. “They can definitely be developed. You learn by playing. You get hit in the head so many times you learn not to go so close. That rubber ball is

a cruel teacher.” Broe played for the club dodgeball team at GVSU during his undergraduate, but said CMU’s team has a special camaraderie. “Their team they had back when I was playing was nowhere near (as) fun and welcoming as this team,” Broe said. “It’s really fun playing here.” CMU qualified for the National Collegiate Dodgeball Association National Championship last year, but lost to GVSU in the final game. CMU won the national championship in 2011. “Team communication was where we faulted,” said junior Bryce Belen. “You need to communicate with your team to let them know what you’re doing and

know what they’re doing at the same time.” Belen joined club dodgeball toward the end of his freshman year. He was recruited at the CMU Up All Night event. “It’s a good stress reliever to hit people with a ball,” Belen said. In a matchup against GVSU last semester, Belen was the last player standing from CMU, taking on the last member for GVSU. “It’s very intimidating and you overthink a lot of things,” Belen said. “I did it last semester against GVSU and I overthought. I thought I could catch a ball, but (I) didn’t.” CMU beat GVSU in overtime. w Dodging | 20

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national spotlight Despite sacrificing attendance, midweek football games draw large television audience

By Taylor DesOrmeau Sports Editor @TDesOrmeau | sports@cm-life.com

As technology advances and opportunities for broadcasting college football games increases, games on television still garner the largest audiences. November midweek games

typically result in a smaller crowd at CMU, but provide exposure on a national stage. After a one-year hiatus from playing in a November weekday game, Central Michigan football had three in 2015, including two that were nationally televised. Mid-American Conference

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CMU’s Tuesday, Nov. 10 game against Toledo on ESPN2 was the most-watched game at Kelly/Shorts Stadium in 2015, with 561,000 people tuned in at any given minute, according to ESPN and Nielsen ratings. Of the four nationally televised CMU games in 2015, only the Quick Lane Bowl had a higher viewership, hitting a 1.48 million mark. Television ratings are calculated on the average minute audience at any given minute throughout the duration of the broadcast. Athletics Director Dave Heeke said playing MAC games on television during the week without competition for TV slots has been beneficial for building CMU’s brand awareness. “When you’re on a traditional cable channel, there’s a lot more opportunities for people to view it,” Heeke said. “It has more sizzle.” ESPN2 broadcasted six midweek MAC games in November 2015, while five other November midweek games were televised on the less ubiquitous ESPNU. The Nov. 3 Northern Illinois-Toledo game drew the most viewers with 856,000 and all six topped the 500,000 mark. Only one of the ESPNU games topped 200,000 viewers. ESPN3, which is only available online to viewers with a participating television provider, is becoming a more common option among fans. Yet, even the most-viewed regular season game on ESPN3 — between No. 1 Ohio State and Vir-

File Photo | Greg Cornwell Fans watch CMU and Oklahoma State Sept. 3 at Kelly/Shorts Stadium.

ginia Tech on Labor Day weekend — reached only 194,000 viewers. On ESPN, the same game had 10.58 million viewers. The Toledo game was CMU’s only home game in 2015 on ESPN2. The Chippewas were also featured the next week on the road at Kent State on ESPN2, which had 106,000 viewers on ESPNU. Outside the Thursday season opener against Chattanooga, all 2014 CMU games were on Saturday, forcing the program to compete with the rest of college football for viewership on the weekend.

Getting into midweek Heeke said the MAC typically elevates the most intriguing matchups with the best teams into the midweek slot before the season starts. With a 19-30 record from 2010 to 2013, CMU football was not the most exciting MAC team to put on TV heading into the 2014 season.

“Those teams that have been more successful are the ones that traditionally have ended up on the weeknight games,” Heeke said. “We had not seen the success previously (to 2014, and) there were some other teams that were rising. Those were more attractive. In the era where we were highly successful, we were regularly on those weeknight games with big games.” The MAC announced Monday that CMU will play in three midweek conference games in 2016. The Chippewas play at Miami (Ohio) on the CBS Sports Network, at home against Ohio on ESPN2 or ESPNU and at Eastern Michigan on ESPNU or ESPN3. The Eastern Michigan road game — which is the regular season finale — is on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. Black Friday games have provided attendance issues in the past. When CMU hosted games on the day after

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If the cold weather is ever overbearing, we will just go get food, we’ll pull it up on the laptop, plug the HDMI in and we’ll watch it at home. Dan Robinson, Detroit senior

14,000 viewers shy of the inaugural Popeyes Bahamas Bowl. “(It) started with the viral campaign of the selection, through the uniqueness of a bowl game outside the United States, then to have the game that we had, to have that play — which was pretty fun that day and then for SportsCenter for a couple of days,” Heeke said. “But then (it) went on to be the play of the year and then went on to the ESPYs for the Play of the Year. That’s almost like a full year of constant exposure about Central Michigan.”

Thanksgiving in 2013 and 2015, the attendance was the lowest of the year and the student crowd was below 300 for both games.

Earning attention in December Heeke said bowl games are a large part of exposing the country to CMU. “Bowl season is becoming more like the college basketball tournament and the NCAA

Tournament. It’s got that vibe that for a two, three week period, people are pretty tuned in to wanting to watch those games,” Heeke said. “You just couldn’t begin to pay for that kind of exposure for a university.” All seven MAC bowl games topped 1 million viewers, with the GoDaddy Bowl having the highest at 2.33 million. The Quick Lane Bowl had 1.48 million viewers, approximately

Filling the stadium While midweek games allow for a larger national audience, it can pose a challenge for attracting fans into the stadium. For Chippewa fans from outside the Mount Pleasant area, a Tuesday or Wednesday night game is less feasible to attend than a Saturday afternoon game. While the student section does not take as large of a hit as the overall attendance, many students still cite homework and early classes the next day as reasons for staying in. Kelly/Shorts

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Stadium had an average of 2,906 students in the three weekend games in 2015 and 2,560 students in the three weekday games — including 2,268 students at the Toledo game. The overall attendance for the midweek Toledo game was 12,429, well below the 15,066 average in 2015 according to CMU’s 2015 Paid Football Attendance Summary. The game ranked fifth out of the six home games in total attendance and fourth in terms of the student crowd. Macomb freshman Madison McNamara, who is part of the

CMU Color Guard, said she was unhappy with the Tuesday night game this season. One out of 10 students surveyed preferred Tuesday night games to Saturday games. “They don’t end until like 12 at night and then you have class the next day,” she said. “I definitely think they should be on a Friday night or a weekend night.” Students said the top factors in deciding to go to a game is if their friends are going. Detroit senior Dan Robinson said he and his roommate will stay in and watch the game in the case of poor weather conditions. “If the cold weather is ever overbearing, we will just go get food, we’ll pull it up on the laptop, plug the HDMI in and we’ll watch it at home,” Robinson said. While some students are unaware of ESPN3, others use it to watch home and away CMU football games. Heeke said convincing fans to

watch in person instead of online is an issue that spans all of college football, from the MAC to the SEC. “It is the dilemma that you’re faced with (on) how that impacts your crowd, how that impacts your loyal fan base,” Heeke said. “But at the same time, we’re trying to grow programs, help recruiting, bring national exposure to the university. For potential students, that can be an introduction to the university.” A number of factors go into the low attendance, from the date and time of the game to the ease of viewing to the 32 degree low temperature that evening. For Heeke, it’s not a binary of picking television viewers over filling the stadium — or vice versa. “I want full stadiums and I want to be on TV,” Heeke said. “Why can’t we do both?” Staff Reporter Evan Sasiela contributed to this story.

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The Mid-American Conference released each member university’s 2016 football schedule on Monday. Nonconference opponents were announced earlier in the offseason. Four of Central Michigan football’s 12 games are midweek games. This includes the season opener at Kelly/Shorts Stadium on Thursday, Sept. 1 against Presbyterian. It will be the first game featuring a MAC team of the college football season. CMU’s other midweek games come during the final three weeks of the regular season. The Chippewas play a road game against Miami (Ohio) on Friday,

Nov. 4, a home game against Ohio on Tuesday, Nov. 15 and a road contest against Eastern Michigan on Tuesday, Nov. 22. The Miami game will be broadcast on the CBS Sports Network. The Ohio matchup will be on ESPN2 or ESPNU while the Eastern Michigan game will be on ESPNU or ESPN3. CMU hosts rival Western Michigan in the MAC opener Oct. 1. Homecoming is Oct. 8 against Ball State. The game times of the first three games will be announced in June, while the other nine game times will be announced 12 days before each game. The MAC Championship will be at Detroit’s Ford Field at 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 2 and be broadcast on ESPN2.

Central Michigan 2016 Football Schedule Sept. 1: Presbyterian Sept. 10: at Oklahoma State Sept. 17: UNLV Sept. 24: at Virginia Oct. 1: Western Michigan Oct. 8: Ball State (Homecoming) Oct. 15: at Northern Illinois Oct. 22: at Toledo Oct. 29: Kent State Nov. 4: at Miami (Ohio) (CBS Sports Network) Nov. 15: Ohio (ESPN2/ESPNU) Nov. 22: at Eastern Michigan (ESPNU/ESPN3)

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Everything that goes into the body of Central Michigan wrestlers is strategically designed to get the best results. Wrestling has 10 different weight classes ranging from 125 pounds to heavyweight. Wrestlers can weigh in under the designated weight, but cannot go over in order to compete, which requires them to constantly track their weights. Wrestling is a test of the athlete’s body. It requires stamina, agility, flexibility and power to go again an opponent. “(Wrestling) is mandated

by weight. We have to keep them within a certain range to make weight,” said Taylor Larson, the assistant director of strength and conditioning at CMU. “You are physically grappling with somebody and trying to overpower them to get points. It’s probably the closest sport (to compare) to combat in college athletics.” Larson has been with the Athletics Department since 2009 and is primarily responsible for the wrestling team. He gives the wrestlers nutritional advice, designs their workouts and monitors their physical health overall.

Eating the right way What a wrestler eats is essential to performance on the mat. A wrestlers diet mostly

includes chicken, eggs, oats, vegetables and fruit. Larson is a believer in healthy nutrition. He constantly reminds the wrestlers of the importance of good eating habits. “I always tell the guys, ‘what you put into your body is what you’re going to get out of it,’” Larson said Larson is not part of the coaching staff. He is not able to travel with the team for away meets. This poses a challenge because wrestlers are weighed before each match and need to be at expected weight. Larson says the team knows which foods they’re supposed to eat and how Stephen McLean | Staff Photographer those foods will benefit them Rochester Hills sophomore Kyle Noonan, Detroit freshman Diallo Matsimela and Wyandotte freshman Collin Vargo eat dinner in Fresh Food Company on Feb. 17 after wrestling practice. in competition.

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“I like to keep our guys on fresh fruits, vegetables, some type of protein source,” Larson said. “The food is going to help decide how well you weight manage and how well you participate in the event.” Redshirt freshman and 197-pound wrestler Tyrus Kemp has been wrestling since high school. He has been practicing these habits for many years. He believes it’s important to know when your body has had enough to eat — to prevent from overeating. “I think the biggest thing is feeling satisfied and not full,” Kemp said. “If I stuff my face and I’m feeling full, I know I’m going to gain weight.” The days leading up to a match are the most important for making sure you’re at your target weight. Kemp says he tries to limit his carbohydrate intake on those days and replace it with healthier alternatives. “I try to cut back on carbs. I eat a lot more green vegetables —

something that fills you up — and I soak those in olive oil. I try to cut my calories in half,” Kemp said.

Working Out While eating healthy is very important for a wrestler, it means little if they’re not hitting the gym. The Central Michigan wrestling team workouts at least three days a week, not involving what they do at practice. The workouts consist of full body exercises, but each day usually has a primary focus. One day focuses on posterior exercises, while the second will focus on lower body, and the last will focus on single body movements. Each workout is designed to help with a certain movement on the mat. “For them to have a successful shot at a takedown may depend on if you can grip them

or not,” Larson said. “You’re going against somebody else, so to give yourself a competitive edge, you either need to be stronger, more explosive, exploit their weaknesses as well as work to your strengths.” Larson knows he has to be careful he doesn’t overwork his wrestlers. He has to work around their matches and make sure the days before and after they aren’t lifting too much. “My guys that are redshirting can handle full weight all the time because they aren’t wrestling this year. The guys that wrestled the night before are gassed from their match, so we will do a supplemental lift,” Larson said. “Instead of doing a front squat, we will grab a dumbbell and do a goblin squat. We’re helping these guys maintain some strength, but more importantly we are helping them recover.” No matter if they are squat-

Rich Drummond | Staff Photographer Sophomore Jordan Atienza does his best to escape a hold during the meet against Wisconsin on Feb. 18 at McGuirk Arena.

ting, deadlifting or bench pressing, each exercise is part of a program that is predicated on success.

“We do some Olympic lifting. We do some powerlifting. But at the end of the day, these kids are wrestlers. Each

thing we do in the weight room is a stepping stone to March, when the NCAA tournament is.”

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where the dodgeballs hit you,” Prill said. “The worst place I’ve been hit — besides the face — is the back or right in the stomach.” A face shot is comparable to a big hit in football, Riley said. “When you get a face shot in dodgeball, the crowd lights up, the team lights up, even their own team does,” Riley said. “It’s awesome and euphoric.” The team prepares with drills and by practicing communication. “We do a lot of catching drills. It’s really important since you get

someone out and get one of your own players back in,” Belen said. Club dodgeball brings students together to form lifelong friendships and memories, Prill said. “It really gives you a sense of belonging,” Tyler Prill said. “It’s incredible to be a part of something when you get into this new world (college) and you feel like belong. It’s something I look forward at the end of the day every day.” The team travels to East Lansing on Saturday for the Michigan Dodgeball Cup.

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