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Hidden from public view: CMU’s cadaver lab is kept under tight security and does not allow public access.

professor published: CMU professor publishes book about theories on alien life.

We review the new Ghostbusters trailer, Harry Potter and talk about the new Deadpool Movie.

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Mount Pleasant Country Club

Get to know your rso: baja The Baja team works to build two different vehicles and race them against teams from around the world.

Correction EDITORIAL: With St. Patrick’s Day coming this Thursday, here are some tips to stay safe.

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18 Transfer guard Marcus Keene aims to lead the Chippewas in 2016

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Season in review: The CMU women’s basketball team falls short in MAC Tournament Championship.

15 Freshman forward Reyna Frost reflects on growing up playing basketball

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A story published on Feb. 29 incorrectly identified the date of the Michigan presidential primaries as being “less than a week away.” At the time of publication, the primaries were nine days away, on March 8. Central Michigan Life regrets this error.

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from Lainsburg and the secretary of Student Advocates for the Medical and Responsible use of Cannabis, said he was reported to police his freshman year when another student smelled marijuana from his room. Brown has a prescription for marijuana to treat pain caused by migraines and irritable bowel syndrome. Since he is not allowed to store marijuana on campus, Brown keeps it at a friend’s house.

Brown has never been fined or caught using marijuana illegally, but he has been questioned by police.

“We pay them $20,000 to watch us like Big Brother,” Brown said.

“They’re just causing more trouble for themselves and more trouble for the students.”

Wassman disagreed with Brown.

“Obviously our job is to keep members of CMU safe,” he said.

“Enforcing current drug laws is only a part of what we do.”

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Of the 286 drug incidents reported between July 30, 2012 and Feb. 5, 2016, 96 percent have involved marijuana use, according to data provided by the Central Michigan University Police Department.

The data does not include reports of incidents involving alcohol.

Lt. Cameron Wassman of CMUPD said he has seen an increase in marijuana wax and prescription drugs during the last few years. Prescription drugs were involved in 3 percent of drug incidents over the last three-and-a-half years.

Most incidents happen when a resident or staff member in a dorm reports the smell of marijuana coming from a particular room. Police arrive and confront the suspect and collect evidence of drug use.

Most cases are then forwarded to

the Office of Student Conduct.

“That’s mostly how we find the drugs,” Wassman said. “We have the discretion as to whether we want to charge criminally, or put them through the OSC.” Wassman said police will refer incidents to the Isabella County Prosecutor if a large amount of drugs is involved, or the suspect is uncooperative.

Two 18-year-old students in Cobb Hall were referred to the prosecutor this semester after 20 grams of marijuana was found in one of their residence hall rooms. Possession of marijuana in Michigan comes with a maximum sentence of one year in jail and up to a $2,000 fine.

Wassman says he has also seen more medical marijuana cards, but that marijuana possession is still banned on campus.

“It’s still illegal, and it’s still a big deal,” he said.

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Gentle Thursday, Friday dates to change this spring

By Jordyn Hermani News Editor @h3rmani | news@cm-life.com

Gentle Thursday and Friday will change dates from the last two days of the school year— April 28 and 29— to March 31 and April 1.

The change in the calendar was voted on during the Feb. 12, 2013 Board of Trustees meeting, said Jill Noch, administrative aide to the Academic Senate. Gentle Thursday and Friday were given off to students so they had more time to study for final exams.

The decision was made in order to have Gentle Thursday and Friday coincide with the spring break of the Gratiot-Isabella school districts.

One of the reasons for the change was to allow faculty

and staff with children enrolled in local schools to have the same break.

University President George Ross said the change in dates shouldn’t affect students’ abilities to study for finals.

“I think (over) the course of a 16-week semester, hopefully, students would have studied three hours per hour in class each week throughout the semester,” Ross said at the Feb. 18 Board of Trustees meeting.

Some students are indifferent to the change.

“I only have one class on Thursday, and I’d have time on Friday and during the weekend to study for my exams,” said Livonia senior Rebecca Folsom. “I understand if other people have classes on Thursday and Friday that they might have a little time crunch for studying. I know it

kind of frustrates some students.”

Other students were not as happy.

“I don’t really like the idea,” said Sturgis junior Caleb Northrop. “It can kind of cause problems because you still have other things you have to (work) on for classes, so not all your focus on those days can be on exams or relaxing before studying.”

Grand Rapids senior Ernie Morton said some of his classmates have misused Gentle Thursday and Friday in the past.

“It doesn’t matter to me, days off are days off,” Morton said.

“Honestly, I don’t even study on Gentle Thursday and Friday.

Most people don’t. They just party most of the time.”

Keeping Gentle Thursday and Friday at the end of the semester is “like a tradition,” said Sanilac

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“Having Gentle Thursday and Friday the week before (exams), I’ve always kind of liked it,” Sertich said. “It’s also nice to have a break in the middle of the semester too. I

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In previous years, Gentle Thursday and Friday has not just served as a day off for students, but a day of relaxing activities. Program Board’s Maroonziee event will still be

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Students learn about anatomy through donated cadavers

By Emily DeRuiter Staff Reporter @DeruiterJoy | news@cm-life.com

When Kathleen Kramer walked into a cadaver lab for the first time, what hit her was the smell.

The senior from Lincoln described the chemical scent of formaldehyde and phenol, used to preserve human bodies, as strong and unique.

“Once you smell it, you’ll never forget it,” she said.

Those chemicals are used to preserve cadavers located on the second floor of CMU’s Health Professions building, where two laboratories are kept under tight security.

One lab is located in the College of Medicine, and the other is on the Health and Human Services side of the building. Inside are several human bodies donated to teach students about human anatomy.

The only people allowed in the labs are undergraduate students registered for a course or those with key fob access like graduate students, lab instructors and department faculty.

No cell phones, backpacks or coats are permitted.

Manager of the Human Anatomy Laboratory Shawna Rodabaugh said the strict security policies are designed out of respect for donor’s family members.

“The decision to donate your loved one is a very difficult decision to come to,” Rodabaugh said. “I’ve sat in front of them as they wondered how the students will react, how (the donor) will be treated and I’ve always reassured them that students are very grateful for the experience.”

Last semester Kramer took human anatomy HSC 214, an undergraduate course that uses the Health Services cadaver lab.

“I thought it was really cool, the fact that somebody would donate their body for my education,” Kramer said. “The first time I saw one, I got this overwhelming sense of thankfulness.”

She considers herself a nerd about “this kind of stuff ” and said she was “really excited” the first day of class.

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Kaiti Chritz | Photo Editor Caledonia junior Samantha Maher, an exercise science major, walks into the human anatomy lab on Feb. 29 in the Health Professions Building. Human Anatomy is a required course for exercise science majors.

Montcalm took the same class with Kramer that semester. She said there are differences between a real body and how they are depicted in textbooks. For example, before she took HSC 214, she assumed arteries were red and veins were blue.

Body donors are used to teach students about real human anatomy.

Rodabaugh said body designs vary from person to person, and real-life structure is not the same as the colorcoded diagrams used in textbooks and classrooms. “(In real life), it’s not going to look exactly the same and it’s not going to look quite so pretty,” she said. “There are things called anatomical variations, where just like everyone’s faces are different, some people are a little bit taller

or shorter. If I look at your circulatory system, things turn differently.”

Lobkovich said in the anatomy course she took, students don’t cut up the donors. They have already been skinned so that they can view the inner tissues and organs.

“In anatomy, (we do) a lot of identification, like if I move this muscle, what’s the muscle under that,” she said. “It’s a lot of function and structure, we didn’t do dissections.”

CMU receives donors from large Michigan universities in metropolitan areas. Rodabaugh said she cannot say how many donors CMU currently has, or which universities they come from without the school’s permission.

“Mount Pleasant is a small area,

population-wise, so it doesn’t really support a donor program like larger schools,” Rodabaugh said. “(The College of Medicine) reimburses those larger universities only for the expense of processing the donors.

There is no purchase of the donors.”

Donors are kept for one class cycle. In the CMED Lab, that means they are kept for two years. In the College of Health Professions lab, donors are kept for one year because they are used more frequently.

After a class cycle, CMU returns donors to their school of origin, then they are cremated and returned to the families.

Rodabaugh said the CMU administration does not want the CMU cadaver labs to be well-known on

campus. They feel the knowledge attracts unwanted attention from those who might want to explore.

“Part of the reason for why we don’t want a whole lot of attention to the laboratories is because they are here strictly for learning,” she said.

No pictures can be taken within the lab. Rodabaugh said this may not be done with a “malicious” intent, but it can be cruel to the donors and their families, especially if it ends up on social media.

“It’s an amazing gift to be able to walk in and work on people, as opposed to just looking at computer screens,” Rodabaugh said. “Part of my job is to remind students that this is their patient and a person. No jokes, no crude remarks.”

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Keene prepares to lead as senior class moves on

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

When Marcus Keene moved back to San Antonio for his sophomore year of high school, he was the missing piece for the Warren High School basketball team.

Because his parents were in the military, Keene moved to Hawaii for his freshman year. When he returned to Texas, he joined a group that eventually sent five players to college basketball rosters, including three to Division I. One of those three is Baylor’s leading scorer, senior forward Taurean Prince. Another was Keene himself.

“We were really needing a point guard at that time,” said former Warren Head Coach Jim Weaver.

“We had all the other pieces, but that was one piece we were really missing.”

Keene took the role of a facilitator early on and transitioned into a scorer when some of his college basketball-bound teammates graduated.

The 5-foot-11 junior guard is transitioning into the leader of a new team again in 2016-17. Keene will be eligible to play for the Central Michigan men’s basketball team after sitting out this season due to transfer rules. Keene was the leading scorer at Division I school Youngstown State last season with 15.6 points per game.

He will likely be one of the guards called upon to replace graduating senior starters Chris Fowler and Rayshawn Simmons.

Fowler has been the face of the Chippewas for the past four years, leading the team out of the basement of the Mid-American Conference into two straight MAC West Division titles.

While the Chippewas will be without Fowler’s leadership next season, the Southfield native said he has confidence in Keene’s abilities after going against him in practice all season.

“He’s going to be the guy with the ball in his hands,” Fowler said. “I hope he’s going to become one of the leaders.”

Keene’s style CMU Head Coach Keno Davis described Keene’s style as a mix between Fowler and junior guard Braylon Rayson. Keene himself said he likes to pull up and shoot from anywhere on the court like Rayson while also

driving to the lane for layups and distributing the ball like Fowler.

Weaver said Keene brings many different talents to a team.

“He was the point guard that came in and he was able to do some things that nobody else could,” Weaver said. “He plays with a high IQ. He sees things on the floor and notices mismatches and what the team’s doing defensively and how he can exploit that.”

Weaver — who has been coaching basketball for nearly 30 years — said Keene is the best point guard he’s ever worked with and one of the top three players he has ever coached.

In high school, the point guard had a knack for big moments, hitting multiple game-winning shots, including two in the same week during the playoffs.

He left Warren High School as the team’s all-time leading scorer and averaged 25 points, four rebounds and four assists per game in his senior season. “(He hits) big shots,” Weaver said. “The guy just makes things happen and plays with a lot of emotion. He’s learning how to channel that to be competitive without letting emotions get the best of him.”

From Texas to Ohio to Michigan Keene earned the attention of scouts while at Warren, but broke his ankle in December of his junior year. Weaver said he returned two weeks before the playoffs and did well, but was not 100 percent.

“It’s very surprising to me (how little he was recruited),” Weaver said. “In fact, I’ve talked to several coaches and they realized after the fact that they had really messed up.”

YSU went 15-17 his freshman year and 11-21 his sophomore year.

“When he was at Warren, our basketball team was one of the central parts of the whole school,” Weaver said. “It was tough going to Youngstown, where basketball wasn’t big and wasn’t successful.”

Keene already knew Rayson — who also played high school basketball in Texas — before taking an official visit to CMU. He said he felt like part of a family on the visit and liked the fast-paced style of play the Chippewas boasted.

“I can’t rush the process like I did in

Youngstown,” Keene said. “I felt I should (be) this and that, but it didn’t work out in my favor. But here, it’s about patience and becoming a better leader and a better teammate.”

First-year suspension Like most people, Keene doesn’t want to be remembered for a mistake he made in his freshman year.

Intensity and intimidation make up his game, but he said it went too far during a practice in February 2014. He was suspended for the rest of the season after an incident with forward Ryan Weber.

Weber suffered a broken nose and eventually transferred to Ball State, where he averaged 10.4 points per game and started all 30 contests in his senior year.

“I lost my cool, I didn’t keep my composure during practice and I regret that so much,” Keene said. “He goes to Ball State and I talked to him when we played them. I learned from that and that will never happen again.”

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Rich Drummond | Staff Photographer Marcus Keene poses for a portrait after practice at McGuirk Arena, Monday, Feb. 29.

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Frost enjoys freshman season success with brother on campus

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

For Reyna Frost, home is close and family is closer.

The freshman forward on the Central Michigan women’s basketball team hails from Reese, a village 10 miles east of Saginaw. After a storied high school career with Reese High School, she made her way into the starting lineup for the Chippewas in her first season. She is playing with support from her brother, CMU senior Matt Frost.

Reyna grabbed 288 rebounds this season, which is the fourth-most in the Mid-American Conference at 9.3 boards per game. She also earned a spot on the All-MAC Freshman Team.

In the MAC Tournament, Reyna corralled 21 rebounds over a span of three games. In the championship game Saturday against Buffalo, she pulled down a teamhigh nine rebounds.

Reyna, freshman guard Presley Hudson, sophomore forward Tinara Moore and sophomore guard Cassie Breen make up a

I want to show them that I’ve gotten even better (than) when I came from Reese.

I’m just trying to (put) Reese on the map.

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young core that represents the future of CMU women’s basketball.

Life in Reese The Frost siblings grew up in a town in the Thumb with a population of 1,454 residents, according to the 2010 U.S. Census.

Matt said Reese is a town where “everybody knows everybody.”

Matt and JoAnn Frost are the parents of Matt, Dakota, Reyna, Kayne and Ashtyn — a family of athletes.

Matt, the oldest of the five, played football, basketball and ran track. Reyna ran cross country and said Dakota inspired her to run. Kayne is into football and Ashtyn may play basketball.

“I knew (my siblings) always all looked up to me,” Matt said. “I was just trying to make sure I was doing things right. I pushed myself and they saw that they would push themselves to try and be like me.”

Reyna began playing basketball regularly at recess, wrote a paper on her idol Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and played recreational basketball at Center Courts Field House in Saginaw.

In 2012, the Reese boys basRich Drummond | Staff Photographer ketball team played Buena Vista Freshman forward Reyna Frost for the Michigan High School poses for a picture at McGuirk Athletic Association Class C Arena, Tuesday, Feb. 1.

District Championship. Matt

scored nine points and knocked down a 3-pointer and a free throw for the final four points of the contest to help the Rockets to a 67-64 win.

“I was just screaming, ‘That’s my brother! That’s my brother!” Reyna said. “From that moment, I realized I wanted him to be as proud of me as I am of him.”

When Reyna was in seventh grade, her history teacher, Bert Hillborg, told her to have a backup plan after she said she wanted to play professional basketball.

Frost said after Hillborg saw her block a male classmate during a basketball game at recess, he almost spilled his coffee and apologized for his comment.

“He said just follow your dreams and keep working,” Reyna said.

Reyna played basketball every day from fourth grade through middle school during recess. In high school, Reyna left her own mark on Reese basketball.

She was a four-year starter at Reese, beginning in 2011. During her time at Reese, the Rockets won four Greater Thumb Conference Championships, three district championships and had undefeated regular seasons her freshman and sophomore years.

Individually, Reyna received all-state honors all four years. She holds school records in scoring and rebounding with over 1,000 in each category. Frost was named a Top 10 Michigan Miss Basketball finalist in

addition to being named the Dream Team Player of the Year by The Saginaw News and The Bay City Times.

“The captains my freshman year were great at helping me learn Reese basketball and I just carried that over to when I became a captain senior year and help the underclassmen,” Reyna said.

The Reese Homecoming Queen prepped under former Reese Head Coach Dennis Gruber, a CMU alumnus, who retired after her senior year.

“He knew how to talk to me and how to get me playing,” she said. “When I got frustrated, he knew what to do. He knew what players could help me and where my game could take me.”

While Reyna was receiving offers to play basketball, Matt was in Mount Pleasant playing on the practice squad for the CMU women’s basketball team under Head Coach Sue Guevara.

Life in Mount Pleasant Reyna received offers in and out of state to play Division I basketball. She narrowed her top three schools to CMU, Western Michigan and Bucknell.

She did not want to go to Bucknell in Pennsylvania because of the distance from her family. She thought the drive from Reese to Mount Pleasant was more accessible.

While Matt was familiar with the CMU basketball program, he didn’t want to influence Reyna’s decision.

“I knew she was going to pick where she wanted to go and I didn’t try to force her to go to (CMU) or have her make a decision she didn’t want,” Matt said.

Reyna committed to the Chippewas in August 2014 so she could focus on her senior season. She became the first Division I basketball player from Reese — men’s or women’s.

Guevara said she was “very fortunate” to receive a commitment from Reyna because she thought she offered her late in the recruiting process. Guew Frost | 17

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Sisters in the Alpha Chi Omega sorority expanded their bi-annual spaghetti dinner into a week-long philanthropy event in hopes of raising money and awareness to combat domestic violence and fund child and family enrichment services.

The event, titled The Lyre Games, is open to all fraternities, sororities and Central Michigan University student organizations.

Events begin March 21 with “Seek the Heights,” a rock climbing competition in Finch Fieldhouse from 5 to 7 p.m. The cost is $2 per entry or $15 per team.

March 22 and 23 features an all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner at the Alpha Chi Omega house at 916 Main Street from 5 to 8 p.m.

Tickets are $4 from a sister or $5 at the door.

The Lyre Games closes with an all day scavenger hunt, Little Red Carnation.

Ten red carnations will be distributed to sisters.

Participating organizations and Greek Life teams are to find them, take a photo and upload it to social media while mentioning something about domestic violence using the hashtag #AXOlyregames.

Each organization and Greek Life chapter acts as its own team. Donations will be counted as points for each.

Attendance points can also be earned by participating organizations and are based on the percentage of its members that attend the event.

The fraternity with the highest amount of points will receive $200 toward their philanthropy of choice. Other organizations will receive $100 to their philanthropy of choice or their organization.

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Alpha Chi Omega Vice President of Philanthropy Ciara Francisco said they opened the event to nonGreek organizations to make the event feel less exclusive and for the opportunity to raise more awareness.

“I want to break down the barrier between social organizations and nonsocial organizations so we can all come together as a campus,” Francisco said.

“We want a really diverse group to come out so we can also learn about their philanthropies and how we can help them when the time comes.”

Each event will feature a raffle reserved for the non-Greek organizations participating.

For more information, visit the event’s Facebook page, “Alpha Chi Omega Presents: The Lyre Games.”

-Brianne Twiddy, Staff Reporter

Job posted for CCFA associate dean An open position for Associate Dean of College of Communication of Fine Arts was posted on Feb. 19.

Review of applications will begin March 15. It is anticipated that the candidate will be hired by May 1 with a start date of Aug. 1. said the Associate Dean of Science and Engineering, Jane Matty.

The goal of the search is to find a permanent replacement for the Interim Associate Dean of College of

Communication and Fine Arts, Lesley Withers, Matty said.

The search committee for the position consists of faculty members from the School of Broadcast and Cinematic Arts, the Department of Journalism and the Communication and Dramatic Arts Department, and is being headed by the Associate Dean of Science and Engineering, Jane Matty.

Matty said applicants are able to apply

internally and externally, meaning CMU employees can apply for the position.

According to the job posting, the preferred credentials of applicants include experience with collaborative and innovative program development across academic colleges and the creation and nurturing of external partnerships.

-Kate Carlson, News Editor

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University to launch diversity and inclusion assessment

By Jordyn Hermani News Editor @h3rmani | news@cm-life.com

Students, faculty and staff will participate in an assessment to identify the university’s most effective inclusion efforts and opportunities to enhance the on-campus learning environment.

Associate Vice President of Student Affairs Tony Voisin said the firm will not start the assessment until after spring break and it is expected to be completed “sometime before the end of the semester.” After the report is presented to university officials, Voisin said it would take several weeks to go over the data and figure out ways to implement it.

The assessment will be performed by the Barthwell Group, a certified female-owned minority consulting firm from Detroit.

The group was selected due to its “expertise” in the fields of diversity and inclusion. It cost the university $94,000 to hire the firm, said Associate Vice President of University Communications Sherry Knight.

The goal of the assessment is to provide an analysis of the campus’s diversity and inclusion

efforts. Upon the assessment’s conclusion, the university will get a customized strategy from the Barthwell Group as to how CMU can improve in the realms of diversity and inclusion. “(CMU) wants to run an assessment of the entire campus community: faculty, students, staff and so on and take a look at what the university has done, what have we not done, what we should be doing and what we can be doing (to increase inclusion on campus),” Voisin said.

Upon the assessment’s conclusion, the university will receive a customized strategy from the Barthwell Group as to how CMU can improve.

This assessment follows University President George Ross’ CMU Walking Together: A Conversation on Inclusion and Our Community lecture series, focused on creating a more inclusive campus.

“I’m proud of our community for continuing tough conversations during and after the (Walking Together lecture),” Ross said in a press release on March 2. “It’s our duty to continue to do all that we can to support the most inclusive experience possible for students in and out of the classroom.”

The group has worked with other colleges and universities such as Indiana University, Iowa State

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President of Central Michigan University, George Ross, listens to a question from the panel in an open discussion about inclusion at Plachta Auditorium on Dec. 4, 2015.

University, Claremont McKenna College and the University of Texas at El Paso.

The goal of the Barthwell Group is to take a closer look at how inclusive the college is and provide strategies specific to each campus.

Provost Michael Gealt, along with Executive Director Katherine Lasher, of the Office of Civil Rights and Institutional Equity, Voisin

and Assistant Vice President of University Recreation, Events and Conferences, Stan Shingles, will assist in the assessment.

“We have inclusion programs, support and a team of hardworking staff. It is important that we periodically reflect on our ever-changing community and recent efforts,” Gealt said in the same press release. “This assessment is a critical next step.”

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CENTRAL MICHIGAN LIFE | CM-LIFE.COM | MARCH 14, 2016

Stay safe on St. Patrick’s Day Editorial

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ow that you have returned from Spring Break, there is probably one thing on your mind.

“Turn up for St. Patrick’s Day!” If you’re a freshman reading this, know that things are about to get crazy on Thursday.

Central Michigan University students should have fun while celebrating the holiday.

We are not here to preach to you.

But we want to urge you to take care while partying. As we learned last year, bad things can happen when drinking goes too far.

The CMU Police Department was dispatched to 27 different incidents on St. Patrick’s Day last year.

By the end of the day, 10 students were removed from campus by ambulance because of alcohol poisoning.

Seven minor in possession citations were issued, three students were arrested for MIP violations and four were arrested for disorderly conduct.

We should learn from this and try to avoid behaving irresponsibly in 2016.

St. Patrick’s Day is consistently a favorite holiday of CMU students. Huge groups of Chippewas will fill the streets north of campus outside house parties.

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A student gets a St. Patrick’s day piggyback ride from a friend on March 17, 2015 on Main street.

Local bars will be flooded with green-clad patrons.

Here are some safety tips to remember before you head out.

Before Thursday, solidify plans with your friends and make sure to check the weather forecast.

Nobody wants to be stuck in the cold miles away from home.

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When Thursday arrives, do not act in a destructive manner while partying north of campus or elsewhere.

Charge your cell phone. Stay with your friends and recognize when you or a friend have had too much to drink.

Make sure you have had

enough to eat and are properly hydrated before consuming alcohol.

Last month we were reminded of how an innocent celebration can turn tragic when our classmate, Jon Justice, died in his Deerfield Village apartment.

Police said alcohol was involved

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in his death.

If on Thursday, you see anyone who clearly has had too much to drink, make sure they get help by calling police or medical professionals.

Don’t be afraid to call 911 if you find yourself in a dangerous situation. Michigan has

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amnesty laws that come into play when underage students report a case of someone who is incapacitated.

However you decide to get around, leave one option out of the equation.

Don’t drink and drive.

We know you will likely start celebrating early on St. Patrick’s Day. If you decide to day drink, please, do not attend class.

Showing up to any classroom under the influence is disrespectful to your instructor and fellow students. It can also lead to consequences that can destroy your college career.

Police officers will be patrolling on and off campus.

Officers have been preparing for big groups of people and typical issues associated with large parties. They know this is coming.

If they tell you to move along or put your drink down, listen to them. If you refuse to cooperate, they have made themselves clear during recent mass partying situations: You will be arrested if you insist on breaking the law.

Recently, relations between city residents and CMU students have been tense.

Please keep your neighbors in mind during CMU’s favorite holiday. Try not to embarrass all of us with bad behavior.

Everyone wants to have a good time on St. Patrick’s Day. Each of us has a responsibility to make sure this year’s celebration is a safe one.

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Support Kesha, those being victim blamed outside of the spotlight Anyone who knows me is aware of my love for the glitter-covered, blue lipstickclad pop star Kesha.

I started listening to Kesha’s songs, which narrated a crazy, party-girl lifestyle toward the end of my own sheltered, shy, insecure high school years.

She taught me to be unapologetically myself in the face of critics.

While I do like her songs, I’m more a fan of her as a person.

Kesha is technically a genius, based on her extremely high SAT scores. She writes all of her own lyrics, does her own makeup and styling and produces ridiculous, powerful, unabashedly profound music. She has one of the most loyal fan

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bases and has indirectly made a positive impact on me and so many others.

She has done all this alongside her rapist.

Kesha filed a sexual abuse lawsuit in October 2014 against Sony Music and her Sony producer — known as “Dr. Luke.” In that lawsuit, she accused the producer of drugging, raping and verbally and emotionally

abusing her, among other allegations.

I can’t begin to imagine the hardships this brave woman has had to endure just to do her job. She said because of the toxic relationship with her producer, she hasn’t even had full creative freedom in creating most of her music and now is tied into a musical contract with her rapist.

Her case, however, isn’t being taken seriously.

Like every other rape case I’ve heard about, this goes beyond being violated.

This man was in a position of power and took advantage of that in the worst way possible; and the courts ruled in favor of letting him continue to do that

in one of the most important aspects of Kesha’s life — her career.

She should be applauded for coming forward after all of this time. Instead, she is met with injustice.

Kesha has gone through this with the support of other famous female pop stars and her loyal fan base tweeting #FreeKesha, but is still not immune to victim blaming.

Kesha came forward with what I’m sure has been one of the most traumatic experiences of her life and there are critics out there saying she is doing it to get more money, a better contract.

We need to remember this is not abnormal.

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We live in a society where there will always be people finding ways to blame survivors of sexual assault, but most of them aren’t famous pop stars. Rape culture doesn’t discriminate.

Everyone, regardless of celebrity status, suffers the same undeserved, harsh consequences after the worst crime is committed against them.

The legal system is not designed with the rights of survivors of sexual assault in mind.

Keep tweeting #FreeKesha, and when you hear of another sexual assault case, remember what even someone at the top of the totem pole had to deal with while trying to free herself from her rapist.

Safe zones contradict purpose of attending college Once upon a time, not so long ago, institutions of higher learning were places where new and challenging ideas could be discussed openly.

Ideas lived and died because people either believed in them, or fought against them.

The times, however, have changed.

I’m not here to bash on the idea of being politically correct. But I do have an issue with safe zones and trigger words.

In case you’re new to this debate and find yourself wondering “What are these ideas all about?” Prepare to be enlightened.

A safe zone is a place where it’s perfectly acceptable to talk about an

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issue, air your grievances and make your opinion heard.

There’s a catch. One majority opinion dominates conversation in the room.

It’s disguised as something that is meant to be an informative exchange of ideas.

Instead, what often exists is an echo chamber where people are reassured of

their beliefs rather than challenged.

This is not what college is supposed to be about.

Ideas need room to breathe.

They need to be discussed by people who both agree and disagree with them in order for them to take shape and have substance.

In order for people to learn, they need to hear all different sides to an argument.

That’s the purpose of putting yourself in a diverse college setting.

Next, let’s examine trigger words.

As a society, we have accepted the notion that words have the power to hurt people. Because of this, certain

words should be avoided.

While I agree certain obvious words should be avoided in order to prevent harm from being done to someone’s mental health, I feel people need to face things that would trigger their negative emotions that come up in daily conversation.

Take one example: “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.”

This phrase has a real nice nugget of truth buried in it.

The more you’re forced to come faceto-face with things you disagree with, the stronger you become.

The same goes with ideas.

If your idea about something differs from someone else’s but never has to be defended, who’s to say that it’s the best idea possible?

Conversely, if you have to constantly defend your idea from other arguments, you’re able to shape it to counter different flaws in other people’s arguments.

That’s what’s so great about college campuses; they’re filled with all different people from all walks of life.

Why would we ever want to create a place to shut out ideas different from our own?

Letter to the

EDITOR

Survivor thanks “Spotlight” team for exposing sex abuse TO THE EDITOR: I recently saw the movie “Spotlight,” along with my wife, Mary.

It’s a suspenseful, accurate portrayal of how a team of dedicated Boston Globe reporters began exposing what eventually became more than 250 accused child molesting clerics in one archdiocese and the shrewd cover up of those crimes for years by top Catholic officials.

“Spotlight” made a lasting impression on us for many reasons. First, it emphasized the absolute necessity for a free press.

Second, it spoke to the courage of editors and their dedicated journalists to a com-

mitment for investigative reporting.

Third, it exposed the hypocrisy of the Catholic Church leadership and its centuries-old policy of protecting pedophile priests and complete disregard of the emotional trauma laudatory, the real question is why would the Catholic Church allow John Nienstedt’s reassignment to occur in the first place?

Nienstedt has been credibly accused of committing several acts of sexual abuse in Minnesota.

The archdiocese of Minnesota currently faces criminal charges for refusing to report child sex crimes by pedophile priests,

which occurred during Nienstedt watch.

Victims of abuse have filed affidavits in these proceedings detailing the suffering they sustained during Nienstedt’s conduct.

I was sexually abused by a priest when I was 5 years old and living at St. Vincent’s orphanage in Lansing.

Just last week an incident occurred in Western Michigan again demonstrating the need for a free press and investigative reporting.

Nienstedt, a recently resigned former Archbishop from Minnesota, was appointed as pastor at St. Joseph’s Catholic

parish in Battle Creek.

After announcement of the appointment, representatives of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests issued two press releases denouncing the appointment.

Following considerable public pressure after the announcement, Paul Bradley, Bishop for the Kalamazoo diocese, which includes Battle Creek, rescinded Nienstedt’s appointment and publicly apologized to his parishioners.

The exposure by the Boston Globe together with the assistance of SNAP gave Mary and me the courage in 2010 to publicly share the sexual abuse

claim with the Lansing Diocese.

Our Constitution’s First Amendment protects a free press and all forms of public expression.

Without the courageous work of the Boston Globe’s investigative reporters, countless numbers of victims would have remained silent and their suffering would have continued to injure them for the rest of their lives. Well done.

Greg Guggemos Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests member

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Faculty member publishes book on extraterrestrial theories

By Missy Vernier Staff Reporter @MissyyGail | news@cm-life.com

Theories about extraterrestrial life are the central theme of a book published in September by Communication and Dramatic Arts faculty member Joe Packer.

In his book, “Alien Life and Human Purpose: A Rhetorical Examination through History,” Packer examines arguments from popular historical figures that connect their opinions on the absence of alien life or unity toward their logical, religious and ethical views.

Packer teaches debate, video games and communication and communication theory at Central Michigan University.

When did you first become fascinated with aliens?

PACKER: When I was a little kid. My mom told me aliens built the pyramids.

She was always interested in aliens and it got me interested in them too.

What would you say to someone who doesn’t believe in aliens?

It is very possible. I do think aliens probably exist, somewhere.

inspiration was that I coached debate, so we were researching a topic that had to do with alien life. I was doing a lot of research about aliens.

Do you think any planets out there harbor alien life?

Yes, there is a book written called “Probably One.” (The author) makes an argument that space is so big, that mathematically speaking there’s basically a 100 percent chance (aliens exist).

I don’t know if I agree with the 100 percent chance, but I do agree that the universe is so big, it’s very likely alien life exists somewhere else.

Now, are they like us? Intelligent and capable of using technology? Probably not. Alien life probably does exist somewhere. Maybe even alien life in our solar system. Some people suggest one of Saturn’s moons potentially has life on it, under a frozen layer of ice has potential water that could have some life.

In your spare time do you read scientific journals regarding alien life?

Not as much as I used to. There was a time when I read pretty heavily in research about alien life. There have been a lot of books written on the question.

I talked about some of the science in my book. It isn’t really a scientific book, it’s more of an examination on why we care about aliens.

The argument I make is that people who say alien life doesn’t exist usually use that as a starting point to make other arguments.

If we are alone in the universe, it means we are special and we have a special purpose. If there were tons of other planets with alien life, maybe we wouldn’t be so special. That is the way of thinking that existed for thousands of years, which is interesting.

Stephen McLean | Staff Photographer Communication and Dramatic Arts faculty member Joe Packer sits in his office on Feb. 27 in Moore 319.

Do you think aliens will come to Earth?

Personally no, I’m not persuaded that’s the case. I would have to see more evidence.

Did I wait too long?

Do you have any favorite sci-fi movies or books that influenced you to think about aliens?

I do have sci-fi movies about aliens.

I really like aliens. But I wouldn’t say those were the inspirations. Part of the

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through YSU and other people close to Keene before bringing him in — like the do for all recruits. He doesn’t hold the incident against Keene.

“I didn’t have any hesitation (offering Keene a spot),” Davis said.

“I think it’s a physical game and sometimes emotions get the best of you and you understand that.”

Keene, Fowler, Weaver and Davis all used the same word to describe the guard: competitive.

“His biggest strength is he’s a competitor,” Davis said. “I don’t look at that as being a weakness in any case.”

Weaver — who now coaches basketball and football in the New Braunfels, Texas area — said he’s received multiple positive texts from Keene about what’s happening at CMU and that Fowler has taken Keene under his wing.

“He’s such a competitor,” Weaver said. “As he’s matured and grown up, he’s learned how to channel that in the right direction and be a leader.”

Scout team MVP Due to NCAA transfer rules, Keene could not play in games for CMU this season or travel with the team to road games. He sat on the bench for home games and challenged the starters in practice daily.

“Not being able to help them, it hurts me sometimes,” Keene said.

Davis said Keene never goes through the motions at practices and brings experience to the scout team beyond that of the walk-ons and freshmen in the group.

“He brings up the intensity level because he’s so skilled and you want to stop him when he has the ball in his hands,” Fowler said. “And because that’s so difficult, you have to be your best every day

or he’s going to dominate you.”

Keene watches film with the team before practice and notes what the opposing team’s guard does well. Keene mixes in some of that player’s tendencies to prepare CMU for its next game.

When challenging sophomore forward DaRohn Scott in the paint during practice, Keene sometimes puts a shot up where Scott can go block the ball.

“As far as (sophomore guard Luke Meyer), I want him to get a little tougher, so I’ll go into his chest and I want him to throw me down,” Keene said. “You don’t want (a) little guard coming in here and coming in our paint, you’ve got to put him on his tail.”

Making up for a lack of height The CMU frontcourt will lack size next year, with the 5-foot-9 Rayson and 5-foot-11 Keene leading the way.

“We’ve got something to

prove, (Rayson and I) talk about that all the time,” Keene said.

“We’re undersized, but we also know that we can compete with anybody in the country. That’s how we feel and that’s how we’re going to bring it every night.”

The smaller size doesn’t deter Keene from driving to the lane. He said everybody gets blocked, so he just makes minor adjustments and keeps going to the basket.

“I’m a lot smaller and they also don’t know when I’m going to shoot because they don’t think I can shoot, but I can get the ball over taller defenders,” Keene said. “I look at it as more of an advantage. I’ve been little all my life, so I know how to play the game being little.”

Keene will watch from the bench for at least one more game, as CMU hosts a CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) game at 7 p.m. Wednesday against Tennessee-Martin at

File Photo | Stephen McLean San Antonio, Texas junior Marcus Keene dribbles down the court during the men’s basketball media day scrimmage at McGuirk Arena on Nov. 4, 2015.

McGuirk Arena. The seniors will wave goodbye to the maroon and gold faithful in what could be their final home game and put a cap on their legacy with the program.

The Chris Fowler era will come to a close as Keene watches from the sidelines, waiting in the wings as his time to step into the McGuirk Arena spotlight approaches.

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Overcoming the Odds Rich Drummond | Staff Photographer Sophomore forward Tinara Moore, and sophomore guard Cassie Breen, celebrate together after the win against Eastern Michigan at Quicken Loans Arena, Friday, March 11.

Women’s basketball team puts doubters to rest, despite falling in MAC Final

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

The Central Michigan women’s basketball team had a chance to accomplish something Head Coach Sue Guevara said most people thought was not possible this season.

As overtime expired in the Mid-American Conference Tournament Championship, Buffalo sophomore guard Stephanie Reid made a shot off the backboard to send the Bulls to a 73-71 win.

While CMU did not accomplish its goal of winning the

MAC Tournament, Guevara said the team exceeded expectatinos.

“No one expected us to be in this room today,” Guevara said.

Before the season, CMU was forced to replace a WNBA first-round draft pick in Crystal Bradford. Its roster featured 10 underclassmen.

The Chippewas were fifth in the MAC West Division preseason poll.

Four-and-a-half months later, CMU is 22-10 (14-4 MAC).

The team was three points away Saturday from reaching the NCAA Tournament.

CMU started the season 6-5 in nonconference play. Since

the calendar year flipped, CMU rattled off a 16-5 record, including an eight-game winning streak.

The Chippewas rallied from a 15-point deficit in Wednesday’s MAC Tournament Quarterfinal to down Western Michigan 66-62. In Friday’s MAC Tournament Semifinal, CMU used a 12-0 run in the third quarter to knock off Eastern Michigan 86-71. Another 12-0 run in the second quarter against Buffalo helped CMU grab a lead in the championship game.

“This team is definitely different,” said redshirt

junior forward Jewel Cotton.

“We all work hard and we all want it. Individually, when each person wants it, it helps us as a team. We all put in the work in the gym and it definitely helps us on the court, and we’re more disciplined and coachable.”

Guevara has said that if practice is at 8 a.m., freshman guard Presley Hudson is in the gym shooting at 6:45 a.m.

She said her team is full of “gym rats” and maintains that her group is the most coachable she’s had.

“It’s been fun,” Guevara said. “I’ve said this numerous

times. I enjoy going into the gym. They’re in the gym before I’m in there, working on parts of their game. They’re watching tape.”

CMU has also racked up individual honors. Hudson was named the MAC Freshman of the Year and also claimed a spot on the All-MAC Second Team. Freshman forward Reyna Frost was named to the All-Freshman team. Cotton was named the MAC Co-Sixth Player of the Year. Guevara was named the MAC Coach of the Year for the first time.

Sophomore forward Tinara Moore worked her way off

a bench role this season to finish second in the conference in field goal percentage (0.572). In a Jan. 9 win over Akron, Moore shot a perfect 16-of-16 from the field and became the second player in NCAA Division I women’s basketball history to shoot 100 percent from the floor in so many attempts.

She joined Hudson on the All-MAC Second Team and also earned a spot on the MAC All-Defensive Team.

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named to the MAC All-Tournament team, but she said the individual accomplishments don’t hold as much weight.

“The reason we came (to Cleveland) was to win, so I feel like we didn’t win,” Moore said.

“I mean, I don’t know what’s the big deal being on the All MAC team. I don’t get a ring for that.”

Senior guard Da’Jourie Turner relished her role as a leader in guiding a young CMU squad to the title game. She played with a bandage on her chin in the second half Saturday after taking a fall to the floor. Turner scored five of the Chippewas’ last nine points in regulation and finished with 15 points and seven assists, landing a spot with Moore on the MAC AllTournament Team.

“I thought (Turner) did

Monica Bradburn | Staff Photographer

Sophomore guard Aleah Swary lays her head on the back of teammate junior guard Jasmine Harris after the Chippewa’s loss to Buffalo at Quicken Loans Arena on March 12, 2016.

everything she could to try and take it over,” Guevara said.

“I’m not sure she really needed to. But you’re a senior, you’re

in the championship game.

Yeah, it’s going to be on your shoulders. You want it.”

Guevara said CMU will play

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on Monday. All games will be played on campus sites and the championship game will occur at 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 2.

“Let’s do something that no women’s basketball team has done in Central Michigan; let’s win a game in the WNIT,” Guevara said. “Let’s win a couple games.

So you get 24 hours. I told them when we come back into practice, you’ve accomplished too much, just way too much, but if you had to feel like caca, go ahead.”

Guevara noted her team includes many freshmen and sophomores and added the Chippewas will be back in Cleveland soon, and they will be better for it. She said it has been fun coaching this team.

“I just feel like I get to be me, I get to have fun with them, I get to tease with them while I’m still trying to get them to do the right thing,” Guevara said. “I will tell you this team has added years to my coaching life.

MAC Honors

Second Team Tinara Moore Presley Hudson

Defensive Team Tinara Moore

Co-Sixth Player Jewel Cotton

Freshman Team Presley Hudson Reyna Frost

Freshman of the year Presley Hudson

Coach of the year Sue Guevara

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vara said she discovered Reyna after watching her play with fellow freshman guard Presley Hudson in AAU ball and thought the two worked well together.

“Quite frankly, I wasn’t sure if we needed a post player,” Guevara said.

“The more I watched her play, I said we had to have that post player.”

When Reyna arrived in summer 2015, she said she struggled in the weight room and on the court. She said it took a long time to adjust and credits Assistant Director of Strength and Conditioning Taylor Larson for helping her progress.

“I still might be the weakest person on the team, but I don’t care,” Reyna said. “I’ve definitely gotten a lot better. He’s noticed my hard work and he said this summer we are still going to push at it.”

Hudson has noticed Reyna’s work ethic.

“Toward the beginning of the season, she had a rough time on the defensive end and the offensive end,” Hudson said. “She’s been working hard and she’s really improved a lot.”

Reyna started the season on the bench and replaced sophomore forward Tinara Moore in the starting lineup on Dec. 15 against Memphis. While Moore would regain a starting spot, Frost kept her spot in the starting five.

In her first MAC game, she scored a career-high 27 points in a win over Kent State on Jan. 3. Later in the month, she corralled a career-high 20 rebounds against Akron.

Matt was in attendance at the Akron game and said it seemed the entire community of Reese was present to watch the village’s first Division I basketball player.

Reyna said by the time she leaves the program, she wants to be the all-time leader in rebounding at CMU. Julie Roberts has the school record

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with 1,089 rebounds after playing from 1978-81. After 288 this season, she’s on pace for more than 1,150.

Guevara believes Reyna will break Roberts’ record.

“She’s going to be on the floor, she’s going to go for balls out of bounds. If you have the rebound, she is going to try and tie you up and she’s going to wrestle it away from you,” Guevara said.

The sponge In practice, Guevara said Reyna is a hard-worker who is very coachable. Because of her ability to absorb the game and new concepts, Guevara has labeled her as a “sponge.”

“She is always asking for extra,” Guevara said. “Reyna wants to be in the gym every day we have practice before practice. After every single game, she asks, ‘When are we going to watch film?’”

Guevara said she wanted Reyna to play the power forward position, and that comes with an ability

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to handle the ball. Guevara said she asked Frost to use Hudson’s ball-handling routine.

Hudson and Frost are a part of a freshman group that Guevara calls the hardest-working class she has ever had. Guevara said Frost’s offensive game will improve as her career progresses. “(Reyna’s) a small-school kid coming in with big, fat heart and a really good work ethic,” Guevara said.

Off the court, Frost carries a 3.91 grade point average and is majoring in electrical engineering. She said basketball has helped her focus to work hard in the classroom.

On the court, Reese citizens have flocked to McGuirk Arena to watch Frost, as she said her playing at CMU is a “big deal” to the community.

“I want to show them that I’ve gotten even better from when I came from Reese,” Reyna said. “I’m just trying to (put) Reese on the map.”

Monica Bradburn | Staff Photographer Freshman forward Reyna Frost passes the ball to senior guard Da’Jourie Turner during the final game against Buffalo at Quicken Loans Arena on March 12.

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The Central Michigan men’s basketball team’s seniors have at least one more chance to suit up for the maroon and gold.

CMU accepted an invitation to play in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) on Friday.

The Chippewas will host a firstround game at 7 p.m. on Wednesday against Tennessee Martin. Tickets are $20 for lower-bowl general admission and $15 for upper-bowl general admission. Students get into the game for free with a student ID. Tickets will go on sale at 8 a.m. on Monday. Parking is $10 and seasonparking passes will still be honored, according to cmuchippewas.com.

The CIT features 32 teams in a five-round schedule, with the finals

on March 29. All games will be played on campus sites.

Host teams in the CIT must pay tournament organizers at least $30,000-plus to cover the costs of visiting team travel and television and streaming expenses, according to The Star Press, Muncie, Indiana.

The first CIT was played in 2009.

The CIT Selection Committee includes 23 members, including former Kent State All-American and San Diego Chargers tight end Antonio Gates.

UT Martin (19-14, 10-6 Ohio Valley Conference) clinched a share of the OVC West Division. The Skyhawks are led by senior forward Twymond Howard, who leads the team with 15.5 points and 6.9 rebounds per game. Four Skyhawks average 11 or more points per game.

The Chippewas have never played UT Martin.

CMU compiled a 17-15 (10-8

Rich Drummond | Staff Photographer Senior guard Chris Fowler passes the ball out of a group of defenders during the game against Bowling Green at Quicken Loans Arena, Thursday, March 10, 2016.

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The Chippewas earned the fourth seed in the MAC Tournament and fell to No. 12 Bowling Green 62-59 Thursday at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland to bow out of the MAC Tournament Quarterfinal.

The Falcons shot 70 percent from the field in the second half. BGSU freshman guard Antwon Lillard knocked down the game-winning 3-pointer with 13 seconds left to end the Chippewas’ MAC Tournament title hopes.

Head Coach Keno Davis said after the game Thursday that his team would call postseason tournaments to see what his team’s standing is.

“Most teams will finish with a loss, but to be able to continue to play basketball is something that a lot of teams don’t have that opportunity to do right now,” Davis said.

Senior guard Chris Fowler scored a team-high 16 points against BGSU. “We feel terrible,” Fowler said

Rich Drummond | Staff Photographer Senior guard Chris Fowler, left, and senior forward John Simons, right, hang their heads after the game against Bowling Green at Quicken Loans Arena on Thursday, March 10.

after Thursday’s loss.

Senior forward John Simons tied a career high with 16 rebounds on Thursday to go along with eight points.

“I think it’s not going to sink in for awhile after something like this,” Simons said. “But I think when we look

back at it, we’ll be able to look back at all the great friends that we were able to make between our teammates.

I know that especially us seniors will be close for the rest of our lives.”

Fowler, Simons and fellow senior guards Rayshawn Simmons and

Austin Stewart will play at least one more game at McGuirk Arena this Wednesday night. The CIT is reseeded after each round.

Wednesday’s game will be the first non-MAC Tournament postseason home game in CMU history since

joining Division I. After No. 1 CMU lost to No. 2 Buffalo in the 2014-15 MAC Tournament Championship, it accepted an invite to play in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). CMU fell on the road to Louisiana Tech 89-79 in the opening round.

“I think when you look at (our senior) group, not only have they had a great experience, not only have they helped our program, but it’s not going to be surprising that these guys are going to have opportunities past CMU,” Davis said.

The Chippewas are 61-65 (29-41 in the MAC) since Davis took over the program before the 2012-13 season. The current senior class is Davis’ first recruiting class at CMU. “They’re going to have great careers in whatever they go in, but I think there’s also some basketball to be played for these guys,” Davis said.

“I know the opportunity to put the uniform on for as long as they can do that is something that they would look forward to do.”

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After a “competitive bidding process” with other local golf courses, Mount Pleasant Country Club reached an agreement with CMU to build an indoor facility to accommodate the team.

In March 2014, the two sides agreed to a 10-year lease. CMU pays $35,000 in rent annually to the club in addition to $5,000 in utility costs and maintenance.

At the end of the initial lease period, CMU has the option of renewing the lease in five-year increments up to four times.

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3500-square-foot turf room with a putting green, two hitting bays and a lounge/locker room area for the team. There is also a simulator within the building, although that was not part of the original design.

“That was the selling point to the members,” said Mt. Pleasant Country Club General Manager and Superintendent Jim Priebe. “We were going to build this building and the girls are going to be able to use it, but we’re going to have a section of simulator for our membership.”

Mount Pleasant Country Club — which is 3.3 miles from campus — allows CMU to use the simulator during off hours as a donated item to the team. CMU’s home course in the 1980s was Riverwood Resort.

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“From the standpoint of the Mid-American Conference, we probably have a top two or three facility, which is a great recruiting tool,” said Assistant Coach Lauren Grogan.

Also included in the lease is CMU’s ability to install a sign or other university trademarks on the building. No signs are on the outside of the facility, but there have been steps taken to identify the partnership between the club and CMU. The club has changed its colors to maroon and gold and installed a sign on its scoreboard.

Senior Associate Athletic Director Craig Willey said the athletic department has started making plans with Head Coach Cheryl Stacy for more branding within the facility, but it is still generating funds.

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