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PRIMARY POLITICS Millennials can influence the presidential primaries, all they have to do is vote

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CMU employees donate $1.4 million to university campaign Annual University campaign dollar results

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YEAR tion, which has been raising funds for its Grawn Hall renovation since 2014. Funds are matched at the end of the fiscal year. CBA had the highest amount of dollars pledged in a college with 100 employees or more, at more than $500,000.

The college also had the most participation for a college with at least 100 employees, with almost half of its employees contributing.

Griffin said he tries to increase donor count each year.

This year 1,107 people donated.

Griffin’s goal was 1,200.

CMU employees also have the option of payroll deduction. Employees can specify an amount to be taken out of their paycheck, which is given back to the university. Griffin said employees are encouraged to participate — almost 450 of them do, including

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Central Michigan University asks its employees to be the first in line to make philanthropic investments to university projects.

In its 2015 Annual University Campaign, CMU raised more than $1.4 million. Those donating were current staff and faculty, as well as retired faculty.

The campaign allows employees to pledge money back to the university and choose what it is used for. Pledges are made between October and December.

The university matches those donations dollar for dollar.

Matched funds are taken out of the university’s general fund, made up mostly of state appropriations and student tuition.

Money raised this year was more than any amount since the campaign’s inception in 2005. The last record set was in 2010, when the campaign generated $1.2 million.

“The purpose (of the campaign) is to support different areas — scholarships, the Student Emergency Fund, public broadcasting, the Grawn (Hall) renovation — it’s just to give money back to things on campus that you love and would like to support,” said Bryan Griffin, director of Annual Giving.

The most dollars pledged this year were raised and given to the College of Business Administra-

$1,500,000

participating. The physician assistant program was highest for a department with 25 employees or less, contributing $44,639.

The Faculty Association Scholarship Endowment was created by the Faculty Association after students showed support for faculty taking a job action in 2011.

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“It just goes directly into the account you want to give to,” he said.

Out of those who donated, 398 were faculty members, 54 office professionals, 267 were professional and administrative staff and 36 were senior officers.

Athletics took second in contributions, at $67,759, with 100 percent of its employees

teaching classes, because their relationship with CMU’s administration was at an “all time low.”

“The FA called a job action, and we were on the sidewalks with posters all around campus,” said English faculty Daniel Patterson. “My students came out with hugs, asking if I needed anything to eat or drink, expressing their support and understanding. I had no idea students would support us as much as they did. That made me want to establish a scholarship sponsored by the Faculty Association.”

The scholarship was finalized in 2015. The fund yielded one $1,000 scholarship this year.

Patterson said this year FA will have raised more than $53,000 total. This will allow two $1,000 scholarships to be granted.

“The goal is to develop indefinitely into the future,” he said. “My dream for the fund is it to grow to $2 million and be able to give it to 100 students every fall.”

Patterson said the scholarship is looked at as a bright spot in the history of the relations between faculty and students.

Griffin said highlighting the scholarship shows the university is focused on student needs.

“They’re funding students who demonstrate need,” he said. “It’s something unique and different that faculty had the initiative to start.”

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University Events works behind-the-scenes of Chromeo concert

By Mason Kastraba Staff Reporter @Masonk007 | news@cm-life.com

Late into the night on Thursday, Feb. 25, University Events employees were at Finch Fieldhouse, hard at work setting up for Chromeo and Slaptop to perform.

University Events is a department whose work often goes unnoticed. Its job starts well in advance of almost all events hosted at CMU. Workers set up and run everything that is required for an event to take place at the university, and tear down after the event.

“We are always busy from setting up an event to tearing one down,” said Riverview freshman Ryan Delorme. “I chose this job because I’m always doing something interesting and it keeps me active. It’s

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hard work, but it’s rewarding.”

Workers unloaded equipment from one of the vans parked by the cargo door of Finch Fieldhouse, bringing in long grey platforms which would serve as the stage for the DJs later that night.

To set up for Chromeo, the crews started by erecting the stage for the concert. Each crew had a supervisor who quickly explained orders to their respective crews. Immediately after being instructed, the workers

would disperse and commence working on their assignments.

Speakers and tall black curtains were wheeled in for set up. The curtains, which would bracket the gymnasium, served as a way for the crews to move behind the scenes during the show should any technical difficulties arise.

Opposite of the main stage, where Chromeo and Slaptop preformed, a smaller sound stage was set up which allowed technicians to control the sound and lighting during the concert.

“Program Board comes up with what events will be held at CMU, then we figure out who needs to be contracted in for the job. (We) handle everything from building stages, to rigging lights, to furniture and sound checks,” said Shepherd junior Ben Olson. “On an

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Chromeo preforms to a small crowd at Finch Fieldhouse, on Feb. 26.

average event, we have around 26-28 hours to work. We usually go all day working.”

Some hauled equipment and materials while others were

busy assembling the parts that would become the stage. The crew had little free time during its setup, stopping only to receive further instruction from

one of the supervisors.

The crews were on-call during the event. After Friday’s concert the crews dismantled the stage until the next show.

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Two students recovering from injuries after being hit by car on mission street Two students injured by a vehicle on Mission and Broomfield streets have been identified as Freeland senior Benjamin Dans and Roseville sophomore Richard Campbell Jr. Dans’ sister Catherine said he and Campbell were hit by a sedan on South Mission Street while walking home Friday night. Dans suffered a broken arm, leg, shoulder and major facial trauma, she said. Both men were rushed to McLaren CentralMichigan. Dans was airlifted by helicopter to the Hurley Medical Center in Flint and admitted to the

Neuro-Trauma ICU. Campbell said he suffered some scrapes, bruised ribs and lungs, short-term memory loss and amnesia. He said he was released from McLaren Central-Michigan on Sunday afternoon.

Campbell said he and Benjamin were drinking at O’Kelly’s Sports Bar and Grill before the accident and left around 11:30 p.m.

“We went across the street to Burger King, ordered some food and then we tried to cross Mission,” he said. “That obviously didn’t end well.”

On Sunday, Catherine

said her brother responded to his name when taken off of sedation.

“This week is going to be hell for him, he has many surgeries to come, a whole lot of healing and rehab down this rough road,” she said in a Facebook post.

Catherine said her family will release more information once her brother’s surgeries are complete.

“We would really appreciate everyone’s prayers right now. It’s helping him a lot through it all,” she said.

Officer Angela Brown of the Mount Pleasant

Police emphasize keeping belongings safe during spring break Spring Break is on its way, but before students leave for vacation, they should prepare their rooms and secure their belongings.

Associate Director of Residence Life Michelle Veith said students should lock the doors and windows to their residence hall rooms before leaving and close their curtains.

All electronics should be turned off and unplugged, with the exception of fish tanks and refrigerators. Veith said trash should be taken out to prevent odors and mold from spreading.

Veith said the last student to leave should make sure the heat dial is set to three to prevent pipes from bursting.

Bedroom and bathroom doors should be left

open to allow more airflow within the room and prevent the walls from sweating.

She also encouraged students to take items of value with them, such as laptops and televisions.

Veith said each hall has its own checkout procedure for students to follow before leaving.

All residence halls will be closed except Celani, Herrig and Saxe halls.

Veith said students leaving apartments should take similar precautions.

Hall staff members will perform a check after students have left to make sure all rooms are secure.

Veith said the last person leaving should check in with hall staff to let them know the room is empty.

Students should also make sure their vehicles are locked and secured to prevent larceny.

Lt. Cameron Wassman said if students do keep valuables in their cars to keep them in the trunk and out of sight.

He said students should drink responsibly on break and keep an eye on their drinks.

“Whether you’re home, or you’re on a spring break trip, always be aware of your surroundings,” he said.

There is not a significant increase in crime in Mount Pleasant during Spring Break, Wassman said. Police will be performing property checks for resident halls during the break.

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John Hogan | Staff Reporter A collision at the intersection of Mission Street and Bloomfield late Friday night, Feb. 26, left two men injured.

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How millennial voters can make a difference in the 2016 election

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We break down the field of candidates vying for the Republican Party nomination.

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n January 2017, a new president will take the oath of office on the steps of the United States Capitol building. In less than a week, Michigan residents will vote for a candidate to represent their party in the race to be the next president of the United States.

The Michigan presidential primary is a direct, statewide process of selecting candidates and delegates. Unlike the 10 states that caucus, which involve registered members of a political party gathering together to vote for their preferred party candidate, state residents cast a ballot in Michigan’s closed primary.

Under the Michigan Election Law, there is no political party registration requirement. Any Michigan registered voter can participate in the primary. By law, however, voters must indicate in writing which party they wish to vote for. This is only required in the Michigan primary elections and the resident’s choice does not affect voting in the presidential election.

Republicans and Democrats use primaries and caucuses to select one candidate to represent their party come election season.

There are two different types of primaries: open and closed. In an open primary, all registered voters can vote for any candidate, regardless of their political affiliation. However, in a closed primary, voters only select candidates who belong to the same party as them.

Political science faculty member Jayne Strachan spent much of her career studying voting and civic

engagement among university students.

While millennials might not think voting in the primaries is important, Strachan said those who take the time to vote are the people whose causes and issues are considered first by those running for president.

“The people who show up (to vote) in the primaries are the people that drag the parties,” Strachan said. “They become the core voters (their) party cannot ignore.”

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Opposes Common Core, called it a “disaster” (Jan. 2015). Said he wants to cut the Department of Education “way, way down” (June 2015).

Believes mass shootings are due to a huge mental health problem (Jan. 2016).

Laws are ineffective in preventing gun violence (Oct. 2015).

Is for vaccines but in “smaller quantities to avoid autism” (Sept. 2015). Called Obamacare “catastrophe” that must be replaced (June 2015).

Tweeted that global warming is "expensive b*******" (Jan 2014). Wants to cut the Environmental Protection Agency, believes what they do is a “disgrace” (Oct 2015).

Supports ending racial preferences for college admissions (April 2015). Wants to abolish the U.S. Department of Education (April 2015).

Obama is coming for Americans’ guns (Oct. 2015).

Believes the Second Amendment is ultimate check against government tyranny (June 2015).

Vowed to repeal Obamacare (Aug. 2012). Wants to repeal any federal health care take over (Aug. 2012).

Believes climate change is “not science” (Oct. 2013). Voted no on protecting ocean, coastal and Great Lakes ecosystems (May 2013).

Wants to put an emphasis on vocational training, believes the country has “too many four year graduates” (April 2015). Wants to give information to students on costs and benefits of student loans (Feb. 2013).

Believes people will commit murder with or without access to guns (Aug. 2015).

Believes the Second Amendment is the cornerstone of Democracy (Oct. 2015).

Wants to address mental illness with “care, attention and compassion” (Feb. 2013).

Also voted no on protecting ocean, coastal and Great Lakes ecosystems (May 2013). Wants to fix environment with free market, not government mandates (Feb. 2014).

Likes the idea of Common Core, just not the program (July 2015). Said the public school system is “broken” and beyond fixing (May 2006).

Believes registering the mentally ill is the “first priority” with gun control (Nov. 2015).

Wants to reform Obamacare, does not want to stop the program without a real solution (Feb. 2015).

Believes we should not “worship (the) environment like pantheists” (June 2015).

Believes homeschooled, private schooled children do the best in academics (Nov. 2015).

No limits on gun ownership, except in cases of insanity (Oct 2015).Believes owning semi-automatic weapons is OK but only in the country, not cities (March 2013).

Wants to give people the option to opt out of Medicare (Oct. 2015). Believes Obamacare is the “worst thing since slavery” (Oct. 2013).

Believes taking care of the environment for future generations is “logical” (Jan. 2012).

Wants to make college affordable for everyone (Dec. 2015. Wants to tax Wall Street and make public universities free (Dec. 2015).

Believes people have the right to buy guns, with sensible regulations (Dec. 2015). Said he wants instant background checks for those buying guns and no guns for criminals or mentally unstable (July 2015).

Has voted for Obamacare in the past but prefers single-payer system (April 2015). Believes health care is a right, not a privilege (Nov. 1999).

Believes climate change will lead to international security crises (Nov. 2015).

Wants to establish a right to education from pre-school through college (June 2007).

Wants to balance lawful gun ownership with keeping guns out of the hands of criminals (April 2008).

Said she is for vaccinations (Feb. 2015). Said that America needs a health care system that manages chronic diesase (Jan. 2008).

Stands for clean air and funding the Environmental Protection Agency (Sept.

2000).

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Deciding who to vote for in the primaries can be tricky. While this isn’t a comprehensive list of every issue each candidate still in the race has discussed, here is what each said about some of the most important issues to students.

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TJ Bucholz, president and CEO of Vanguard Public Affairs, said he hesitates to classify the state as Democrat ‘blue’ or Republican ‘red’ because blended beliefs make Michigan “really more of a purple.”

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“We have a real checkered (voting) history,” he said. “How Michigan votes is dependent on (political) climate and interest in primaries. There are a lot of independents (in the state) who want their say on certain candidates.”

Because the state has close ties with blue collar and union jobs — like the automotive industry — voters tend to favor candidates who value those ideals, regardless of

party, Strachan said.

When President Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008 and again in 2012, he did so with the help of millennial voters. According to the Pew Research Center, in Obama’s 2008 campaign, 66 percent of voters under age 30 voted for Obama. This made the disparity between young voters and other age groups larger than in any presidential election since exit

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Through voting drives and appealing to causes millennials were passionate about, Obama was able to go from an unlikely candidate to President of the United States.

The U.S. Census Bureau estimates the number of Americans born between 1982 and 2000 — the generation known as millennials — stands at roughly 83.1 million. They represent more than a quarter of the country’s population. Michigan, however, is one of the few states where millennials do not outnumber baby boomers.

While the youth vote is important to consider, and can be a powerful tool in winning elections, it’s difficult to depend on, Bucholz said.

“Millennials are a wild card at this point,” Bucholz said. “The vast majority of millennials are unplugged from TV, radio and newspapers. They learn everything from the Internet, especially Twitter, and they don’t do their homework.

That is the reason why campaign strategies are still centered around (appealing to baby) boomers and people that are traditionally wellversed in (major political) issues.”

To appeal to the millennial generation, a few things must be considered by candidates.

Millennials are the second most ethnically and racially diverse group in the U.S, according to the Pew Research Center. Forty-four percent of the millennial population is a member of a minority race.

The only generation more diverse is Generation Z, or Americans born from the year 2000 onward.

If you want to shape what your party stands for, if you want to have influence beyond your numbers, show up in the primaries.

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Issues concerning college debt and redistribution of wealth “resonate strongly” with millennial voters, Bucholz said, whereas baby boomers are more concerned about being conservative financially.

Executive Vice President of Marketing Resource Group, Dave Doyle, said candidates try to target the votes they know they’re guaranteed to get.

“First, (candidates) look at who has voted in the past. If somebody has a history of voting in a Democratic or Republican primary, those are your top targets,” Doyle said.

“Then they try to expand their base. If (candidates) feel they have appeal to younger voters, you’ll see them visiting college campus and advertising to younger voters.”

Save the dat e This primary election, Michigan is in a tough place.

The state falls late in terms of primary dates. Coming just after Super Tuesday on March 1, when 13 states will hold their primaries and caucuses on the same night, Michigan doesn’t hold as much political weight as it has in previous

years, when the primaries were held in January or February.

The dates are determined by the national party, Doyle said, not the state.

“There was a real effort at the national party-level that Iowa and New Hampshire went first and anyone who went before March 15 was a proportionate state,” he said.

A proportionate state does not operate on a winner-take-all system. In a non-proportionate state, a candidate who wins 51 percent or more would be entitled to the vote of every delegate in the state, instead of the proportionate amount they won.

If Michigan were to schedule their primary earlier, the state would be penalized and end up “hold(ing) less political sway,” Doyle said.

“If Michigan was going to go in January, we were going to lose around three-quarter of our delegates to the National Convention,” he said. “If (Michigan) was entitled to 59 delegates and only got 20 of those, we would have less of a say as to who’s nominated for president.”

Because Democrats have won Michigan for the past two decades,

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Doyle said the state is usually thought of as a “somewhat automatic” victory for the Democrats at the national level.

That doesn’t mean residents shouldn’t vote.

“Some of the earlier states are really important in the primary process for being perceived as a serious candidate for the presidency,” she said. “We don’t come as early in the process so we have less (political) weight. Michigan is a bigger state, so we matter (in general election voting). Candidates think about how they can take our Electoral College votes, but we’re not the same as California or Texas who have a huge number of electoral (votes).”

Michigan has 16 Electoral College votes, but this number can vary by election due to population increase or decrease.

A look ahead For the first time in history, the millennial generation outnumbers the baby boomers by several thousand. Still, baby boomers “dominate the conversation of politics” because they’re the core of regular votes politicians can count on, Strachan said.

“My generation, Gen X, (is) not as politically active as the boomers were — and even if we had been, our generation is so small by comparison that we wouldn’t have made a difference,” Strachan said.

“We just didn’t have the number of votes on our side for politicians to seriously consider us in an election.

The boomers have always gotten lots of attention. But (the millen-

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nial) generation is the first generation, with the population size, to be a counterweight to get politicians to talk about something else.”

She called millennials a “potential force to be reckoned with.”

“The more politicians have to plan what they say, the more candidates have to realize what they need to talk about to appeal to (young) voters and build that into their identity and platforms. Because they can’t win a nomination or a general election without you, the more attention the issues your generation thinks of as important is going to get,” Strachan said.

President of Central Michigan University College Republicans, Mount Morris sophomore Mackenzie Flynn, said millennials are “unplugged” from the political scene, but hopes this will change as students grow older.

She, along with other members of her RSO, has gone tabling to help register students to vote.

“It’s really important to not just vote in primaries, but to vote all the time because your voice really does matter,” Flynn said. “It’s important to look at each individual candidate, consider their promises and what they’re going to be able to do (for the country.)”

Students becoming more concerned about voting and political issues is just a natural progression of time and gaining social responsibilities, Doyle said.

“If you move down the age range you’re less likely to vote, so a 60-year-old is more likely to vote than a 40-year-old and so on,” he said. “If I’m 20 today,

as every two years go(es) by, the odds of me voting go up. That’s just because you have more time, you have a job, you’re invested in the community, you may have a relationship and have kids — voting, and the influence it has, just becomes more important.”

This phenomenon changes, Doyle said, when a candidate who gets “younger voters excited” enters the race. If a candidate can get younger voters excited, he said, especially if they talk about issues younger voters are concerned about, then voter turn out will go up.

Grand Rapids junior Tommy Berry, vice president of CMU College Democrats, said voting is one of the most important things a student can do.

“Students have a chance to decide which candidates will be on the docket for their major party.

We have a variety of options,” he said. “Your vote is your voice.”

Candidates will not prioritize the issues millennials rally around unless they show up in the primaries, Strachan said.

“If you want to shape what your party stands for, if you want to have influence beyond your numbers, show up in the primaries,” she said. “There’s a huge amount of influence and play over what the party stands for, what issues they can’t ignore and what topics (those running for president) have to address because their base is going to show up in the primaries. They can’t win the primaries without satisfying those people.”

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Up til’ Dawn raises more than $23,000 for cancer research Central Michigan University’s Up til’ Dawn program raised $23,858 for cancer research.

Allison Graf, executive director of St. Jude’s Up til’ Dawn e-board said the original fundraising goal was “around $20,000.” When the group broke $20,000 in donations by Feb. 23, she said the new goal for St. Jude’s was $25,000.

This year’s amount raised double funds raised last year, which was around $10,000. CMU students have

raised more than $120,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, in the past nine years.

The St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital was founded in 1960 by Danny Thomas. It treats life-threatening childhood diseases without billing the families they treat. Some of the things they cover include treatment, travel, housing and food. Survival rates for the diseases have also increased as a result of its efforts.

Up til’ Dawn is a national program that around 80 schools nationally participate in, with CMU beginning its involvement six years ago.

The event occurs once a year to celebrate all the funds that were raised throughout the year through the program.

To see photos from this event, go online to facebook.com/cmlife.

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Defrock former St. Mary’s priest Bishop Cistone let parishioners down by sweeping priest’s bad behavior under the rug

E

ight months ago, the Catholic Diocese of Saginaw removed Father Denis Heames from St. Mary’s University Parish for “boundary violations.”

The diocese refused to say much more about Heames’ suspension. Bishop Joseph Cistone made sure to mention in a press release the issue “did not involve minors.”

What has become clear is the Catholic Church tried to cover up yet another scandal.

Cistone has a history of covering up scandal within his jurisdiction.

In 2012, a judge found Cistone was a witness of the shredding of documents in 1994 when he was a church official in Philadelphia. The documents identified 35 priests suspected of sexual abuse of children.

This scandal involves the sexual harassment of a Central Michigan University student, according to a university investigation.

Heames, a charismatic and young priest, used his position as a religious leader to coax a female student into a sexual relationship.

To the diocese, placing Heames in a parish surrounded by a college campus made sense.

Heames won the St. Mary’s community over with his sense of humor and charm. Everyone loved the hip and energetic “Father Denis.”

We liked him, too.

We trusted him.

That is why his corrupt behavior feels like such a betrayal.

The Bishop’s response made a bad situation even worse.

The church is long overdue on a

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Editorial decision that should have been a swift and public renouncement of Heames’ misconduct. Laicization is the best solution – in layman’s terms, Heames should be defrocked.

His behavior goes beyond breaking the celibacy vow.

In the Catholic community, a priest is a guiding figure who is given respect and trust. A priest sets a tone that encourages parishioners to be vulnerable and open.

There is little chance parishioners will feel that way about Heames again.

Churchgoers should be able to confide in, and look up to, a man they call “Father.”

Searching for guidance, one female student confided in Heames at his urging and invitation.

Like many Catholics, this woman was taught from a young age to respect the church and its leaders.

She knew she would be shunned and harassed by the parish community if she brought the injustice of what has happened to her to light.

We applaud Megan Winans’ courage. She brought the priest’s shameful behavior to light.

The diocese response to the abuse was the opposite of courageous.

Veiled in secrecy, the church showed us, again, that in the face of its own sins, it rejects repentance in favor of silence.

The church has a responsibility to its parishioners to be honest about what Heames did and what the conse-

quences of his actions will be.

The problem is there seems to be few consequences for Heames’ decisions.

This is typical for Cistone.

Secrecy seems to be typical when Cistone is involved in a controversy. If he was held accountable in Philadelphia, he, and Heames, should be held accountable in Mount Pleasant, Michigan.

CMU’s catholic community now has Heames’ abusive behavior burned into its history, forever.

Now the parish must heal from the wounds of one man’s selfish behavior.

Heames has done an injustice to not just the woman he used, but also the community he claimed to care so much for.

One of the chief principles taught in Christianity is forgiveness.

Whether Heames deserves a pardon for his sins against our campus catholic community is ultimately for God to decide.

We’re not ready to forgive, or forget, until his time as a priest has ended.

Only then, just as he told his parishioners to do at the end of each mass, can we go in peace.

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Coverage of priest situation should matter to community

When I first met Fr. Denis Heames in 2015, I was on assignment.

I was tasked with writing a “personality profile.” These are usually done on someone who’s unique in a community — someone with an interesting attribute, hobby or lifestyle.

He was an actor turned priest.

I went to St. Mary’s University Parish to interview him. We walked through the church and into his home, just a couple feet away. He was wearing plainclothes that day in February: jeans and a darkcolored long sleeve shirt. You couldn’t tell he was a priest except by looking at his left-hand ring finger, where he wore a silver crucifix-style ring.

His home was modest from what I remember, though I took note of the large windows; I could see students walking to class. Heames made me a cappuccino, and I settled on a black leather armchair for our interview.

The story wasn’t the highlight of my journalism career, but Heames stuck with me because of his charisma. I didn’t expect that in the future I’d be writing more

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stories about him.

Looking back, I see why so many have followed him, even as his trustworthiness is called into question.

We didn’t speak again until June, when he was placed on leave for what the Diocese of Saginaw called “boundary violations.” At this point I didn’t know what had occurred, except the diocese stated it didn’t have anything to do with minors.

When I spoke with him on the phone, Heames asked me to keep the situation between those it involved.

From this point, Heames was gone. Since June, the story was in the back of my mind until January, when Megan Winans filed a civil lawsuit against Heames and others.

Public documents can speak for themselves, but they often don’t tell the whole story. I had the lawsuit, I had the uni-

versity’s sexual misconduct investigation on Heames. What I didn’t, and still don’t have, are the voices of everyone involved: those who knew what was happening but chose, and still choose, not to speak.

It is challenging to complete stories when I only have testimony from one side. However, silence can be very telling. Throughout my coverage of the issue between Heames and Winans, I contacted Heames by email and Facebook messenger. I tried to get to him through the Diocese of Saginaw, through where he might be in Pennsylvania and Canada, multiple times.

CMU couldn’t get Heames to participate in its investigation, and had to go through the Diocese to send him a copy of its findings, which he requested.

The Diocese declined to comment from the start, on its involvement and the whereabouts of Heames.

So I could only read public documents and relay them to the public.

The problem is there’s no humanity in documents; unless they looked beyond the surface, readers didn’t generally

grasp why this situation matters.

Many readers questioned “Why is this news?” Both parties are of age; Heames is 43 and Winans is 25.

What’s the harm?

The harm is there’s a person on campus accused of sexual misconduct. Further, that person is a priest. Even further, he was beloved by his parishioners, who still fight for him. He lived on campus, participated in registered student organization activities and interacted with students all the time.

These questions of relevancy also arose when I used A.W. Richard Sipe as a source.

He appeared in the Boston Globe’s 2002 Spotlight coverage, portrayed recently in the movie “Spotlight.”

Sipe spent many years as a psychotherapist, studying clergy sexual abuse. He was a priest for 18 years, serving the church as a monk, teacher, parochial assistant and most importantly here, a counselor to priests. After he left the priesthood, he conducted a 25-year study, published in 1990, on the celibacy and sexual behavior of Roman Catholic priests — a study the

church tried to bury.

Maybe he seemed biased to CM Life’s audience because his expert opinions didn’t align with your amateur ones. Sipe has researched this topic for a large portion of his life.

He has seen the patterns. He knows how abusive people operate.

Heames has a lot of followers. I get that. The guy was “the cool priest.” It’s hard to admit that the people we love sometimes do wrong, especially someone you may have been trained to follow blindly your entire life.

My news stories, and my words here, aren’t to bash religion. Faith does a lot of good for a lot of people. If it’s taken advantage of it hurts people, too.

If you’re upset with our coverage, you should admit you don’t know the full story, either. My job is to tell you the best possible, most complete, version of the truth.

That truth doesn’t involve silence. In reality, only two people know absolutely what happened here.

And so far, only one side of the story is told, solely through public documents.

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A redesign can be a huge success — or a total flop. It can also be a long and tedious undertaking, which is why our redesign needs to start with a clear vision of what cm-life.com will be in the future. Our team is already hard at work identifying ways to improve our website,

but I’d like our readers to be a part of this process as well.

Our first update is mostly aesthetic and only affects the desktop version of the website. The goal was to make our top news section more distinct and a more manageable shape for displaying the best photos, and create a more prominent

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Letter to the

EDITOR

Public official’s comments on Heames investigation are scary TO THE EDITOR, This is an open letter to a commenter on Facebook who decided to shame a survivor of sexual violence in the name of her strong Christian faith.

The woman in question is also a Mount Pleasant public official.

When women come forward with their experiences of sexual aggression and violence, they ought to be met with support and solidarity. So when Isabella County Clerk Minde B. Lux commented on Central Michigan Life’s

Facebook post about the sexual aggression committed by St. Mary’s priest Denis Heames against a student, I was very disappointed.

Not only does the comment by Lux go against the teachings of the Jesus she supposedly worships, but she is a public official who is degrading a survivor of sexual aggression.

Lux’s comment reads, “Do not believe everything you read. Shame on her too for having a relationship. Two sides to every story. She is not a little

girl, she is a grown adult and wanted a relationship with him and is now upset he left her. Ugh!” What’s worse is that 13 people liked her comment. Is this what Jesus would say?

I should point out that I am not a religious person. I don’t believe in God and there are many Catholic doctrines that I disagree with. But since this aggression happened within a religious institution, I think the conversation is important to have: Why aren’t those who claim to follow the teachings of Christ caring for

“the least of these?”

Since graduating and moving to another state, Mount Pleasant has been held close to my heart. But this behavior by a city official worries me. How does Lux’s bias against survivors of aggression play into her career? What decisions have been made by her that might affect survivors and the perpetrators of violence?

A special thing about Mount Pleasant and Central Michigan University is a deep commitment for the advancement of peace amongst its residents. Between

campus activism, peace education, and even a human rights commission, there is a collective effort to enhance the livelihoods of all individuals in the community. But the behavior by Lux scares me. How do her biases influence county government decision-making?

The people of Mount Pleasant and CMU support survivors … does the Isabella County government?

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Presidential primary preview

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Democrats make higher education a campaign priority

By Ruben Juarez Staff Reporter news@cm-life.com

In the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, the contest is between a former first lady and a self-identified democratic socialist.

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are urging voters across the nation to choose them as the Democratic nominee.

In terms of delegates and superdelegates, Clinton has racked up 544, while Sanders has gained 85, The Washington Post reported.

A total of 2,383 delegates grant the Democratic nomination.

Hillary Clinton Following Bill Clinton’s two-term presidency, New York elected Hillary Clinton twice to the U.S. Senate, from 2001 to 2009.

Later, as Secretary of State, Clinton oversaw foreign affairs in President Barack Obama’s first term.

“She has an incredibly deep resume; even compared to her husband,” said political science faculty member Jayne Strachan. “Bill Clinton, when he ran for president, was only governor of Arkansas.”

President of the College Democrats Tim Minotas said her experience is an asset, though Clinton does have some disadvantages.

Some voters look unfavorably on Clinton taking financial support from interest groups, such as banks, Minotas said. Clinton’s primary Super PAC, Priorities USA Action, has raised more than $50 million, The New York Times reported.

More broadly, Clinton faces challenges this election cycle, in part because of an antiestablishment sentiment in

politics, Strachan said.

“It’s a year that people are pissed off,” Strachan said. “Some people are mad at the establishment, so listing your experience doesn’t always resonate with people who are upset about the way things have been in the past.”

Bernie Sanders A Brooklyn native, Sanders first served public office as mayor of Burlington, Vermont as an independent from 1981 to 1989.

Next, Sanders was elected by the state of Vermont to the House of Representatives, serving from 1991 to 2007. He served on the U.S. Senate starting in 2007 and was reelected in 2012.

Declaring his candidacy in May, 2015, Sanders seeks to fix what he considers a broken financial system, expressing dissatisfaction about income inequality and

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Distinctions Clinton and Sanders have vowed to protect minority rights and confront money in politics and climate change. Both approve of a path toward citizenship for undocumented immigrants.

Minotas said the Democratic candidates disagree on how far to the political left they envision their agendas.

“Sanders wants universal health care,” Minotas said. “Clinton doesn’t want to go that far, but to strengthen Obamacare.”

Higher Education Clinton’s New College Compact proposal aims to help students leave college debt-free.

As detailed on her campaign website, the program would

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Young voters have favored Sanders thus far , CNN reported.

In the first three primaries and caucuses, more than 80 percent of voters under the age of 30 voted for Sanders according to entry or exit polls. South Carolina exit polls show Sanders won the same age demographic by eight points.

But Strachan notes skepticism has emerged about how feasible Sanders’ plans are.

“Sanders doesn’t have a real answer,” Strachan said. “His solution is that people will respond to his message, intensity and need to flip things around.”

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Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton arrive on stage ahead of the start of the PBS NewsHour Democratic presidential debate in Milwaukee on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016.

establish a system of incentivizing policies between families, government and learning institutions to keep costs down.

Sanders said he will make tuition at public colleges and universities free. He proposes to finance students’ tuition by taxing financial institutions.

Both candidates wish to help refinance loans used for education and lower student loan interest rates.

The road ahead Clinton won the Iowa, Nevada and South Carolina caucuses.

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A slew of primaries and caucuses are set for March, including Michigan’s primary on March 8. Michigan will also host a Democratic debate on March 6 in Flint.

Minotas feels confident in how both Democrat will fair.

“They’ll win,” Minotas said.

“They’re going to win because they are speaking about the issues. The Republicans are running campaigns on hatred and lies, and I think the American people see that.”

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Republican candidates promote social change, strong military and abortion should be outlawed in the exception of rape or incest. Carson is also strongly against the legalization of any drugs. He seeks to intensify the war on drugs at the federal level and to ban recreational marijuana use due to his view of the drug as a “gateway drug.”

Carson is a firm supporter of homeschooling because he believes it supports better values.

He also came out in support of school of choice because he believes it will increase the competitive nature of education.

By Mason Kastraba Staff reporter @Masonk007 | news@cm-life.com

With the upcoming presidential election, both Republican and Democrats are narrowing down their choices for who will represent their party for the November election.

The Republican side has been stirred up by political outsider Donald Trump, who has been strong in polls since the beginning of the campaign.

For the Republican Party there are five possible nominees, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Dr. Ben Carson, Marco Rubio and John Kasich.

“The millenials, this group of kids, will be the first in history to have a vote that can outweigh the baby boomers,” said Jayne Strachan, political science faculty member.

“Young people feel alienated when it comes to politics and when they see what’s going on in their country, it makes them demand changes to be made.”

Though millennials outnumber baby boomers, many young voters feel as though their vote doesn’t matter.

“Many students are frustrated by the student debt and many other social issues that serve as a pivotal part of their future,” said James Hill, professor of political science and public administration.

“In the eight years we have had with Obama we haven’t seen much change in the pivotal issues that students which could cause voters to want something different and that change is needed.”

Trump has a large following and is leading polls for the Republican nomination, with an estimated 82 delegates pledged to vote for him, according to CNN. Trump plans to fix the economy with drastic budget cuts and strict foreign policy on immigration and imports.

Among some of Trumps other plans is to cut Department of Education and Common Core funding. Trump’s proposed foreign policy is to have a registered database for Muslim refugees coming into the country from Syria. Arguably Trump’s most famous policy is on immigration from Mexico. He proposes to construct a wall, financed by the Mexican government, to keep illegal immigrants out.

Donald Trump Trump announced that he was running for president in June 2015. He is claiming that his success as a New York businessman will allow him to “make America great again.”

T ed Cruz Cruz is a United States Senator from Texas who began his campaign for presidency March 2015.

Cruz graduated from Princeton University in 1992 and

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Harvard Law School in 1995. He served as the domestic policy adviser to George W. Bush on the 2000 presidential campaign and is in 2nd place for the most recent election polls with 17 points, reports CNN. Cruz is strongly pro-life and wants to prosecute Planned Parenthood for abortions which he considers “violent crimes.”

Cruz also strongly opposes gay marriage. He believes marriage is, “one-man-one-woman,” and a building block of society.

Marco Rubio Rubio was born the son of Cuban immigrants and is a Junior Senator from Florida.

He announced he was running for president on April 13, 2015.

Rubio is in 3rd place in current polls with and is close to knocking Ted Cruz out of 2nd place.

Rubio opposes all instances of abortion and said he plans to defund Planned Parenthood.

“The barbarians of our age have murdered millions of the unborn,” he said at a Republican debate on Aug. 7.

Rubio believes the educational system is out of date and that reforms need to be made in all levels of education. He wants to create a strong foreign language curriculum in elementary schools throughout the nation.

Rubio believes addressing global warming would destroy our economy. As Rubio said as a response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address on February 12, 2013, “our government can’t control the weather.” He wants to use proven methods of energy and fuel in order to keep energy prices down.

John Kasich John Kasich is a former governor of the state of Ohio.

He announced his candidacy for president during a rally at his Alma Matter, Ohio State University on July 21, 2015.

Kasich is in 4th place with 6 points, according to CNN polls.

Kasich claims he will win Ohio over Trump and said during a rally in Nashville on Feb. 27.

“If I don’t win my home state, I’ll get out. But you know what?

I’m going to win Ohio,” he said.

Like Trump, Kasich is pro-life and has supported initiatives to defund Planned Parenthood.

Kasich turned Ohio’s $8 billion deficit into a $2 billion surplus and said he can do the same for the entire country.

Kasich plans to create a $120 million dollar college debt relief fund to help out graduating students with their college debt.

Kasich believes climate change is a threat to the environment, but does not know to what extent and said more research on the subject is required.

Ben Carson Carson is a retired neurosurgeon who declared his bid during a rally in his hometown of Detroit on May 4. Carson graduated from Yale University and the University of Michigan Medical School.

Carson is in 5th place, with 4 delegates pledged to vote for him.

Carson believes Roe v. Wade (1973) should be overturned

STUDENTS WEIGH IN An outlet for Republican students is College Republicans, a registered student organization which looks to address social issues and help get Republican candidates elected and spread their conservative message on campus.

“It’s a great organization to come into and it offers a great group to come to where everyone shares similar beliefs and interests as you,” said Mount Morris sophomore Mackenzie Flynn.

Flynn serves as the president of College Republicans.

“I was always interested in politics throughout high school and was always the person who knew what was happening with elections and candidates which is why I came to CMU for a degree in political science,” she said.

With the majority of college students being eligible, many will vote for the first time in this coming election.

“I side with the Republican Party because they promote a hard work ethic to become successful I also believe the policies the Republican Party stands for are attainable, unlike the idea of free college for all,” said Virginia Beach freshman Tiffany Cline.

“I’ll be voting in the this election because I am sick of the way things are currently being run and I want to have a say in who our next president will be.”

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Leap Day helps keep calendar in sync each year

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

Every four years an extra day is added to the calendar in February, though few actually know why.

A Leap Year happens in order to keep the calendar year synchronized with the astronomical or seasonal year.

Borgna Brunner, writer for the online almanac InfoPlease, said this is also because the Earth does not orbit around the sun in exactly 365 days. The extra day is added to keep years from drifting through the seasons and events. For example, the extra day helps keep Christmas on the correct date.

“It may not seem like much of a difference, but after a few years those extra quarter days in the solar year begin to add up,” Brunner said.

Leap Year means more to some people than it does to others. Westland freshman Michaela North will get to

spend Feb. 29 celebrating her birthday.

Everyone who has a birthday on Leap Day celebrates it differently, but North has always celebrated on Feb. 28 because she believes she was born in February for a reason.

“Having a Leap Day birthday doesn’t affect me much; to me it’s just another day, but it’s still exciting when that one year finally rolls around and the 29th is here,” North said.

She called being a Leap Day baby “exciting” and said it was fun to joke about how old she is because her birthday is only once every four years.

The government recognizes that every person has one birth date, however, for leap day babies, the government says that they have a birthday on Feb. 29 and March 1; they add March 1 because it is the day that follows Feb. 28.

Physics faculty member Glen Williams said our Gregorian Calendar is based off of a Tropical Year, which goes from one Vernal Equinox to the next. It is 365.24 days long, and the extra one-fourth of a day is why leap days are added every four years.

“We do this because we want the first day of spring to fall on, or near, March 21 of each year,” Williams said.

A calendar with leap days was first introduced in 45 B.C.

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by Julius Caesar, called the Julian Calendar. Williams said this worked well until the Middle Ages, when the calendars starting going out of sync with the seasons by ten days.

It wasn’t until 1582 that Pope Gregory XIII created the calendar we still use today, called the Gregorian Calendar. Other than it adding a leap day every four years, it also has two other rules. One rule is that if a year is divisible by 100, but not 400, then it is not a leap year. For instance, the years 1700, 1800 and 1900.

The other rule is that if a year is divisible by 400, it is a leap year. For example, the year 2000 was a leap year.

The Gregorian Calendar gives each year an average length of 365.24 days, which is much more accurate than the Tropical Year was.

“This calendar will only get out of sync with the seasons by one day in 3,000 years,” Williams said.

There was one problem with the new calendar. In 1582 Pope Gregory said Oct 15 would follow Oct 4, so the calendar would go back in sync with the seasons.

“People started to riot because they thought that the Pope was shortening their lives by 10 days,” Williams said.

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Sports

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The uneven bars has become CMU gymnastics’ best event

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Meyer family shows support by attending nearly every game

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A look at the MAC men’s, women’s basketball bracket

Fighting for a spot Monica Bradburn | Assistant Photo Editor Davison sophomore Justin Oliver wrestles against Oregon State’s Joey Delgado on Jan. 9 at McGuirk Arena.

CMU enters MAC Championships ranked third in conference

By Kullen Logsdon Staff Reporter @Kullen_Logsdon | sports@cm-life.com

C

entral Michigan wrestling finished the regular season in third place in the MidAmerican Conference, winning its final three meets.

The team looks to carry that momentum into this weekend’s MAC Championships.

“I think we’re in a good spot right now,” said Head Coach Tom Borrelli.

“We are happy to get (125-pounder) Brent Fleetwood back and we are excited for the tournament.”

No. 19 CMU (11-5, 6-2 MAC) will head to Ypsilanti on March 5-6 in search of its first conference championship since 2012. The Chippewas had won 11 straight from 2002-2012. Missouri joined the conference in 2013 and unseated CMU, winning every year since.

“I think it’s important to our guys (to beat Missouri),” Borrelli said. “Obviously we have a tough task ahead of ourselves, but I think we will be up to the challenge.”

The sixth-ranked Tigers won their fourth straight regular season title and are the favorites to win a fourth straight postseason championship. No. 15 Kent State finished the regular season in second place — one meet ahead of the Chippewas.

In addition to deciding the conference champion, the MAC Championships will determine which wrestlers will go to the NCAA Championships on March 17 in New York City.

Any wrestler that wins his weight class will automatically qualify for the

NCAA Championships.

The NCAA has allotted 41 spots to the MAC — the third most of any conference.

The winners of the 10 weight classes will automatically qualify. The other 31 wrestlers will qualify via at-large bids.

At-large bids are selected based off a combination of head-to-head competition, quality wins, coaches ranking, results against common opponents, RPI, qualifying event placement and winning percentage.

“Our conference finished the regular season with four teams ranked in the top 20,” Borrelli said. “What people need to understand about wrestling in the MAC is, if we have a team make the tournament in basketball, it’s a big deal and usually is only one team. But for wrestling, (the MAC has) four teams with several players all in it. I think that speaks to how good our conference is.”

The Chippewas have four active wrestlers who have qualified for the NCAA

Championships in past years: Senior Mike Ottinger (2012, 2014), senior Zach Horan (2012, 2014, 2015), senior Luke Smith (2015) and redshirt sophomore Colin Heffernan (2015).

Mixing it up When Heffernan went out with an injury on Jan. 1, redshirt freshman Justin Oliver was forced to step in for the 149-pound weight class. Since then, Oliver has won 13 straight matches and is ranked ninth in the country in the class. When Heffernan returned from injury, the two competed in practice to see who would get the 149-pound spot — Oliver won.

Heffernan says although it was difficult going against his teammate, he tries to help Oliver as much as possible.

“We were in a tough position with both of us competing for the same class, but he has the spot now,” Heffernan said. “I was

in his position last year, being ranked as a freshman and have wrestled many of the same guys he’s wrestled. I try to help him against those guys because he has the talent to be an All-American.”

With Oliver in the 149-pound spot, the coaching staff has looked to get Heffernan on the mats elsewhere. He made his debut at 165 against Old Dominion Feb. 21. Heffernan lost the match, but believes he can compete if he gains weight.

“Going forward, if I can get my weight up and keep practicing, I think I can make a difference for us there,” Heffernan said.

Borrelli said Heffernan will battle sophomore Jordan Atienza (22-17 record) for the 165-pound spot.

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Chasing Perfection Freshman and MAC Gymnast of the Week eyes 13 year-old record

By Anthony Cook Staff Reporter

I took Kasey in four months ago and I showed her that record board and I said, ‘See that score? I’m tired of seeing that name.’

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The role of a freshman in collegiate athletics is often to sit back and learn. They are rarely a team’s workhorse, as the freshman year can be used to gain experience while transitioning to the collegiate stage.

For freshman Kasey Janowicz, this is not the case.

In Janowicz’s first season as a Chippewa, her impact on the team has been immediate. The Bay City native has won the all-around competition in all eight meets this season. She entered Sunday while closing on Central Michigan’s all-around record, which has stood for 13 years.

“I’m very proud of her,” said Head Coach Jerry Reighard.

“She’s as focused, as determined as the person who’s on that record board right now as a freshman and I love that.”

Janowicz’s 39.4 combined score against Western Michigan on Feb. 21 for the four events was .225 points short from the CMU record — 39.625. The score puts her firmly atop the MAC all-around rankings, while also being the fourth-ranked freshman in the nation.

Against WMU, Janowicz tied her career best on the floor exercise and balance beam with a 9.9 in both.

Her efforts in that meet were rewarded last week, when the MidAmerican Conference named her the gymnast of the week.

The record is held by Reighard’s daughter, Kara Reighard, a record the Chippewa coach wants to see beaten.

“I took Kasey in four months ago and I showed her that record board and I said,

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Rich Drummond | Staff Photographer Freshman Kasey Janowicz poses for a portrait during her practice on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016 at the Rose Center.

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when I was 2 years old,” Janowicz said. “My parents put me in because I was walking on a piano.”

From then until high school graduation, Janowicz trained at Bay Valley Academy in Bay City alongside current CMU teammate

sophomore Macey Hilliker where the two became inseparable.

“Me and Macey grew up with each other, we were best friends, she knows how I do gymnastics and how I work,” Janowicz said.

Hilliker mainly competes on floor with a season high of 9.875, but also occasionally competes on vault and beam.

“I’m not so shy anymore with her around, so it’s nice having your best friend here,” Hilliker said.

“She’s like my sister, I always have someone to talk to.”

Prior to signing with CMU, Janowicz was no stranger to highprofile competition. In 2013, she competed in the Junior Olympic Level 9 nationals and was crowned national champion.

In 2014 Janowicz was a member of the USA Junior Olympic

National Team. As a member, Janowicz was able to train with the elite at the USA Gymnastics National Team Training Center in Huntsville, Texas.

Gold medal winners Jordyn Wieber and Kyla Ross from the United States’ 2012 Olympic team — dubbed the “Fierce Five” — both competed for the same National team in 2006 and 2007 respectively.

“It was exciting,” Janowicz said. “Being on the national team gave me the opportunities to go to the Dominican Republic and Texas to the the Olympic training center.”

When it was time to decide which college to attend, Janowicz said CMU was the obvious choice, having been surrounded by people involved in the program throughout her career.

Besides CMU, Janowicz garnered 12 other offers from schools including Michigan, Michigan State, Utah, Eastern Michigan, Western Michigan and Kent State.

“Growing up, my club gym, my coach’s family, generations over generations came here,” Janowicz said. “Coming on a visit here, I really enjoyed the coaches and the team. They all made it like family and its close to home. I just love it here.”

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Uneven bars squad emerges as best event for Chippewa gymnastics team

By Ashley Szymanski Staff Reporter @aszymanski17 | sports@cm-life.com

When Central Michigan gymnastics Head Coach Jerry Reighard talks about his uneven bars team, he refers to the group as the team’s best event.

Reighard said their bond as teammates and the experience on the event gives him confidence in the group. CMU’s uneven bars team entered Sunday’s meet against Kent State ranked 18th in the country. It averages a 48.925 — the highest of the four events.

“There’s more experience on this squad than the other three events,” Reighard said. “They’ve been together the longest as an event squad. They lean on each other. It’s not all on one person; there’s six people out there that want the same thing.”

Six gymnasts make up the uneven bar team: Seniors Taylor Bolender, Megan Lamphere and Karlee Teet, junior Rachel Carr, sophomore Bryttany Kaplan and freshman Kasey Janowicz.

The uneven bars event consists of two bars placed at different heights, giving gymnasts the chance to jump from bar to bar to perform an approximately 30 to 45-second routine.

The low bar is set 5.6 feet off the ground and the high bar is 8.2 feet in the air. The bars are made up of a steel frame made of fiberglass with a wood coating.

The uneven bars event is scored on a 10.0 scoring scale, like every other event. Judges seek out how well gymnasts can land handstands, twist their arms and rotate their

Photo Illustration by Rich Drummond

Freshman Kasey Janowicz works on the bars during her practice on Wednesday, Feb. 24 at the Rose Center.

bodies. They also judge how much their legs resemble perfect straight lines, how well they are “in cone,” or on top of the bar, and how well they stick the landing.

“It requires a lot of strength and mental talk,” Teet said. “It also requires a lot of concentration. It’s not an event you have to go full force into. You can be

calm but still be aggressive.”

Kaplan said the hardest part of the uneven bars are the “rips.” The bubbles and blisters that form on gymnasts hands from the bars.

“The hardest part about bars is when your hands are hurting,” Kaplan said. “It’s a complete mental game to block out the pain and finish

your assignment anyways. You just have to push through it.”

The uneven bars provide a rewarding feeling, too, when the gymnasts complete their routine.

“Our dismounts, where we release at the end of our routine, is the moment you feel like you’re flying and gravity doesn’t matter,” Kaplan said. “It’s just something so special that we get

to experience that nobody else does, especially on bars.”

Bolender earned the team’s highest personal best score at BYU earlier this season with a 9.9. Entering Sunday, Kaplan and Teet were ranked 43rd nationally.

Kaplan had an average score of 9.822 and Teet had a 9.803 while Janowicz was tied for 121st.

The uneven bars team has

scored above a 49 (out of 50) three times this season, the only event out of the four to do so.

It’s highest was a 49.1 scored at the Chicago Style Quad Meet.

“That number is huge to us,” Kaplan said. “We can hit it every single day in practice.

It’s just having the confidence to not change what we do in practice going into a meet.”

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Meyer family supports son by attending home and away games

By Evan Sasiela Staff Reporter @Salsa_Evan | sports@cm-life.com

Sophomore forward Luke Meyer has started every men’s basketball game since he set foot on campus. His parents have been on the trek with him the whole way.

Fans can spot Rick and Nikki Meyer on the northeast side of McGuirk Arena, directly across from the Chippewa bench.

Though parents can now follow their student-athletes through live streams online, the Meyer family travels to watch Luke play. The only game his parents missed this season was Dec. 3 at Grand Canyon.

“Even though it’s only four years, talking with some of the parents of the upperclassmen, they say how fast it goes by,” Rick said. “Before we know it, (it’ll) already halfway (be) through Luke’s Central Michigan career. We just don’t want to miss anything.”

Attending all of Luke’s games has been a tradition for the Meyer family since Luke was prepping at Addison High School. Rick did not miss a single high school game and Nikki missed only one game in Luke’s freshman year.

Nikki planned her schedule accordingly so she could attend every game that season, but a snow day postponed one game. She was in California on the day the game was rescheduled. She said she cried after.

“We support our son,” Nikki said.

“We know this is a limited time and they’re only so young for so long. We want to be there for him.”

Luke was a four-year starter at Addison and was a Mr. Basketball finalist in the 2013-14 season. He received offers from Wisconsin, Texas A&M, Belmont and Western Michigan, among other schools.

He also received an offer from Toledo, the alma mater of both Rick and Nikki and the team CMU beat 76-74 on Saturday.

Nikki played college basketball for the Rockets and is the all-time leading scorer at Dundee High School. Rick said basketball is how the two met. The couple’s daughter, Cassie, is a senior at Mercy College, also located in the Toledo area.

Toledo is the closest Mid-American Conference school to Addison, with about 55 miles separating the cities.

Luke ultimately chose CMU, a two-hour, 125-mile drive from his hometown.

“This was a good fit for Luke,” Nikki said. “We knew he would come in and make an impact right away. He said it felt like home when he came here. We let him make his decision.”

Luke averages 8.7 points and 4.7 rebounds per game and leads the team with 30 blocks.

Basketball runs deep in the Meyer family. Luke’s grandfather, Norm Weyher, was one of the first 1,000-point scorers in Monroe County. Rick played intramural basketball and Luke’s sister Cassie played four years of high school basketball.

“We definitely try to cheer him on,” Cassie said. “He says he can always hear us. I think it helps him. I think it keeps him focused.”

Rick said the family spends a lot of money on travel, including $150-200 a night to stay in hotels. He said he enjoys home games the most.

“It’s overwhelming when there’s five (CMU) fans and 3,000 of the other,” Rick said of away games.

Rick works at Classic Turning Inc. in Jackson and Nikki works as a nurse at the Jackson Health Department. The two have flexible schedules, making travel easier.

Despite missing the game in Phoe-

Rich Drummond | Staff Photographer Sophomore forward Luke Meyer talks to his father, Rick Meyer, right, after the game against Toledo on Saturday, Feb. 27 at Savage Arena.

nix, the Meyer family has traveled to the Gulf Coast Showcase in Florida, William & Mary in Virginia and Brigham Young in Utah this season.

“We’re thankful gas is cheap right now,” Nikki said.

Nineteen-year-old Luke said he appreciates his family continuing to support him. Last season, Meyer led the Chippewas in rebounding in one game. In his sophomore campaign, he’s led the team in rebounding six times.

“Last year, he had very little confidence in himself,” Nikki said.

“I think this year he plays so much harder. In his mind, he wants to be able to guard those big guys. I think he’s done a much better job this year than he ever did last year.”

Nikki said during the offseason, Luke would get up at 6 a.m. and shoot at the gym while she rebounded. He would also lift weights to add bulk.

Rick said his son will be training with Assistant Director of Strength and Conditioning Taylor Larson this summer in attempts to bulk up for his junior season.

“He’s still developing,” Rick said. “He knows what he needs to do. Now that

he’s had so much experience on the floor he knows what he’s got to do as far as his body. He knows he’s got to get stronger, so that motivates him in the offseason to work.”

When Luke comes home, he tells his family to turn off basketball on the TV, as basketball is “24/7” in his house.

On the court, Luke said he can hear Cassie and Nikki, adding his family reminds him to get his hands up.

Luke committed to CMU before his junior season in high school. The Meyer family has been watching the team since this season’s current seniors were freshmen. Head Coach Keno Davis said it is important to recruit in the state to families like the Meyers to have the opportunity to watch their children play.

“We recruited Luke at an early age, so we built a really good relationship with his family,” Davis said. “I think they’re very invested in him having success, not just basketball success but making sure he’s on track to have a great career outside of basketball.”

The Meyer family returned to Toledo on Saturday to watch Luke pour in 12 points and six rebounds in the Chip-

pewa victory. Rick said about 60 family members and friends were at the game.

Nikki said three to four Addison residents follow Luke at CMU constantly.

Rick said the coaching staff said Luke can play professional ball someday.

“We just know he keeps working hard every day,” Rick said. “We just promote hard work and see where it will take you.”

Rick’s favorite moment watching Luke was when CMU defeated Northwestern in Illinois last season and Meyer scored a career-high 18 points.

Now after sitting nearly two full seasons in the McGuirk Arena stands, Nikki said CMU feels more like home than Toledo.

“It definitely feels like an extended family for us,” Rick said.

The Meyer family will travel to Ball State on Tuesday and will attend the regular season finale when CMU hosts Western Michigan on Friday.

The family will travel to Cleveland if CMU reaches the second round of the MAC Tournament.

“As long as we can still do it, we’re going to keep following him around,” Rick said.

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Men’s basketball maintains confidence in 3-point shot

By Evan Sasiela Staff Reporter @Salsa_Evan | sports@cm-life.om

During the summer, senior guard Chris Fowler set the shot returner machine at two seconds.

The goal was to catch the ball, shoot a 3-pointer and be ready to catch the next ball being shot out from the machine in the next two seconds.

Sophomore guard Josh Kozinski said Fowler couldn’t handle the speed. Kozinski sets the machine to return balls every second in order to speed his shooting release up.

“It’s not too bad,” Kozinski said. “It’s something you get used to — a lot of repetition and muscle memory. I’m trying to set goals for myself.”

CMU entered the weekend ranked sixth in the Mid-American Conference in 3-point field goal percentage (36.1 percent) and second in 3-point field goals made (10.0 per game).

Kozinski is second in the conference with 2.7 threes per game. Kozinski made his 77th 3-pointer on Saturday in his 29th game. Junior guard Braylon Rayson and senior forward John Simons are third and fifth, respectively.

CMU (16-13, 9-7 MAC) led the conference in 3-point field goal percentage (37.3 percent)

last season after making 322-of-864 from 3-point range. Simons led the MAC in 2014-15, hitting 45.5 percent of 3-pointers.

“You can make the case that if we shoot well behind the 3-point line, we are the best team in the conference,” said Head Coach Keno Davis.

Perfecting the Three The night before a game, Kozinski, Rayson, Simons and senior guard Austin Stewart compete in a 3-point shooting competition.

Simons said Rayson and Kozinski have been winning frequently after he and Stewart picked up victories in earlier contests.

“It’s good (practice),” Simons said. “We still get our shots up and still get to have fun and be competitive with each other.”

Davis said he loves to see the competition and added the camaraderie was not instilled on day one.

“Our guys are really competitive in everything that they do,” Davis said. “Part of the reason we’ve had success is because we have competitors. It’s nice to see that kind of competition having developed over the four years I’ve been here.”

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Rich Drummond | Staff Photographer Senior foward John Simons throws up a jumper during the game against Toledo on Saturday, Feb. 27 at Savage Arena.

the quickest release he has ever seen. He added he has an advantage over Kozinski by being taller and more patient.

“When you catch (the ball) in a game, you have to be able to shoot and let it go,” Simons said. “With the amount of shooters that we have and the success that we have from the 3-point line, you don’t get a whole lot of time to think about taking a shot.”

Both players prefer to shoot the three off the pass instead of the dribble.

“It’s just lock in and make it,” Kozinski said. “I put pressure on myself to make every one. If not, the next one’s going in.”

Simons set the school record for most career threes in a Feb. 5 loss at Akron, passing

former guard Robbie Harman.

Simons has 251 threes.

“When we get going and we hit a bunch of threes it’s a big momentum builder for us,” he said.

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Women’s, men’s basketball vie for top tournament seeds

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The men’s and women’s basketball teams are both 2-0 in the last week, including a pair of road wins on Saturday.

With two games to go, here’s where each team stands.

Men’s basketball After defeating the Toledo Rockets 76-74 on Saturday, the Central Michigan men’s basketball team is in second place in the Mid-American Conference West Division.

CMU (16-13, 9-7 MAC) travels to MAC West leader Ball State on Tuesday and hosts Western Michigan on Friday.

“This is the time to be playing as well as you can, and I think we have done that in the past week or two,” said Head

Coach Keno Davis.

CMU is in a three-way tie for fourth place in the MAC along with Kent State and Buffalo.

“If we win, it kind of takes care of itself,” Davis said.

Women’s Basketball After Saturday’s 73-61 win against Western Michigan, the Central Michigan women’s basketball team clinched a share of the MAC West Division title.

The Chippewas (19-8, 13-3 MAC) clinched a first-round bye in the MAC Tournament.

CMU will finish the season out at Toledo on Wednesday and home against Eastern Michigan on Saturday.

If the Chippewas beat Toledo, they will clinch the second seed and the MAC West title outright.

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