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Reclaiming their history: We spent the last six months following cultural teachers in the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe.

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Bill could reduce punishment for minor in possession

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

A former 30-year career police officer wants to reduce the punishment for minor in possession citations in Michigan.

State Sen. Rick Jones, R-Grand Ledge, introduced Bill 332 which passed in the Michigan Senate by a 36-2 vote on March 3. The bill aims to change first-offense MIPs from a criminal misdemeanor to a civil infraction.

Jones came up with the bill after speaking with parents of students who felt it was harder for their children to obtain a scholarship or job after receiving a misdemeanor charge for underage drinking.

Right now, a MIP is punish-

able by a maximum fine of $100. A second offense carries a fine up to $200 and 30 days in jail.

The charge would be severely reduced if the bill is passed.

The first violation would be no more than a $100 fine. The second violation carries a fine of $200, with possible imprisonment of less than 30 days.

The third violation is a fine of no more than $500 with potential jail time of less than 60 days. Only then would the MIP become a misdemeanor charge and stay on a criminal record.

Substance abuse prevention services might also be mandated.

Jones said punishments are enforced inconsistently, depending on where the person is charged.

“You could have one

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prosecutor defer the case, so that person wouldn’t have any charges, but you could have

another (prosecutor) jail them for seven days,” he said. “It’s too diverse of punishment for a charge from just illegally having a beer.”

At CMU, police say whether a student receives an MIP is largely situational. Lt. Cameron Wassman said there are many different factors in play.

“It really depends on the officer’s discretion: What is the situation at hand? Is it someone who is being cooperative or is it someone who is causing problems?” he said.

The bill would also limit breathalyzer use that can lead to a MIP citation. Police officers would no longer be able to require a breath test.

Officer Jeff Browne of the Mount Pleasant Police Department said it’s not uncommon for people to get multiple MIPs — he once knew a man who racked up more than a dozen.

MIP is among the most common alcohol-related citations given out in Mount Pleasant, with 317 written in 2015. Comparatively, city police cited 222 drunk drivers last year. The last peak in MIP citations was in 2012, at 467.

It really depends on the officer’s discretion: What is the situation at hand? Is it someone who is being cooperative or is it someone who is causing problems?”

Lt. Cameron Wassman, CMU Police Officer

On campus, liquor law violations are referred to the Office of Student Conduct.

This is usually a result of minors caught drinking in residence halls, which totaled 473 in 2014.

The bill is with the House Committee on Criminal Justice. The committee receives bills to hold meetings on and listens to testimony for or against what it proposes.

Jones hopes it will be brought up in the State House soon.

If it is brought up by the committee, the House will vote.

Chelsea junior Michael Steinhauer said MIP should not be a misdemeanor charge on the first offense, but for subsequent offenses it could be for a certain number of years.

“Maybe for the third offense,” he said. “Kids who usually do something to get caught will still be drinking.”

Since it was just referred and the committee schedules about a month in advance, the bill will not reach the House for at least a few weeks.

In a bill analysis done by the Senate Fiscal Agency, an analyst found the bill could reduce incarceration and court costs at the state and local level. According to Michigan State Police data, approximately 40,000 arrests have been made for the consumption, purchase or possession of alcohol by minors.

According to the analysis, there were 9,300 convictions for a first offense MIP in Michigan.

The bill could lower court and incarceration costs, while keeping civil infraction revenue the same. This might result in a net benefit to local law enforcement.

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Office of Institutional Diversity receives $75,000 funding increase

Chelsea Grobelny | Staff Photographer Caution tape sections off an area that will become a collaborative learning space on March 22 on the second floor of the Charles V. Park Library.

Library undergoes renovations to increase group study space

By Rachael Parrott Staff reporter @RachaelParrott | news@cm-life.com

In an effort to digitize a section of its collection and provide group study spaces for students to convene and collaborate, the Charles V. Park Library is undergoing renovations.

The cost of the second floor renovations will be $500,000, given to the library by donors.

Renovations are scheduled to finish by the start of the fall 2016 semester. Reference shelves on the south end of the library will be replaced with pods — small informal presentation areas.

These areas will potentially

contain white boards and new technology like video screens, said Thomas Moore, dean of libraries.

“In the future, we will continue to have a combined collection (of paper and digital). As time goes on we see that the paper and print are not being used, only the digital (material),” Moore said. “We have digital versions of many paper copy journals, so we’re going to be looking at removing the print versions so we can do good things in that new floor space.”

Some of the reference material has been discarded, but most has been relocated to other parts of the collection. There

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will also be new furniture which students can move around to accommodate the need for a collaborative study space.

Most of these changes are a result of current group study space being hard to come by in the library.

Student opinion played a role in the renovations when more than 1,000 students responded in a survey released last fall which contributed to the development of a master plan the library has for future long-term projects.

These future projects may include renovations to the third and fourth floors, Moore said.

The Office of Institutional Diversity received an additional increase of $75,000 in funding, effective at the start of the 2016-17 fiscal year.

This will be the first time in roughly 20 years the office has received a funding increase.

Funding will predominantly go toward Native American Programs and the Office of LGBTQ Services, said Carolyn Dunn, associate vice president of the Office of Institutional Diversity.

Funding will not be allocated to the different departments until the beginning of July.

Director of LGBTQ Services Shannon Jolliff-Dettore said in the eight years she has worked at the office, LGBTQ Services

has never received a funding increase.

While she does not know how much of the funding the office will get, Jolliff-Dettore said it will be used for hiring speakers and hosting events. “(Getting the funding increase) makes us feel validated, and that the work the office does matters,” she said. “It lets us know providing these educational opportunities to students, faculty and staff matters to the institution.”

Multicultural Academic Student Services the Office of Diversity Education and several grant programs in the office will also receive a funding increase.

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Finding what was lost Native leaders revitalize tribal culture after generations of abuse

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

When Eric Isaac was caught speaking Anishinaabe while being forced to attend a Canadian boarding school, teachers punished him by striking his wrists with a rigid stick.

The language is sacred because it is a gift from the creator, given exclusively to the Anishinaabe people. Despite the punishment he received in the school he was forced to attend known as the “mush hole” — a nickname given by students who were forced to eat mushy oatmeal — he didn’t allow the forbidden language to be taken from him.

Serving as one of six culture and language teachers for the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, his grandson Nathan Isaac is one of just a few Native Americans in Mount Pleasant who is able to speak Anishinaabe. Isaac is not entirely fluent in the spiritual version of the language, but as a specialist in traditional stories and language, he is part of a larger revitalization movement in the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribal Education Department.

Generations of Native youth across the country were forced into government-sanctioned boarding schools designed to sever the connection to their heritage. During the last 15 years, tribal leaders in Mount Pleasant developed a plan for culture and language staff members to help the community recover from deeply-rooted historical trauma and begin relearning their past.

“It’s not even two generations ago that all of this was inflicted. Families

Rachel Harrison | Multimedia Coordinator Cultural teacher Cecilia Stevens lectures students on the importance and history of the Round Dance on March 10 at the Saginaw Chippewa Academy located on 7498 East Broadway Road in Mount Pleasant.

are still trying to recover,” Isaac said.

“Those generations that were taken and put in the boarding schools, they never learned how to be compassionate or express love — that was all stripped away. When that generation came back home, they didn’t know how to raise children; there was no example of a parent for them. Even today, you still see people who are lost.”

According to a 2014 report compiled by the White House to find solutions to intergenerational and institutional problems that confront Native youth, more than 200 tribal nations have created their own education departments.

Isaac, Joe Sryette, Cecilia Stevens, Aaron Chivis, James Day and Matthew Sprague work directly with 150 students in classrooms at

the tribal-funded Saginaw Chippewa Academy. Each specializes in an area of study. They also provide cultural support to about 50 students in the Sasiwaans Immersion School and 750 Native students in K-12 schools in Shepherd and Mt. Pleasant School Districts.

An outdoor teaching lodge serves as a space for cultural lessons and activities at the academy,

one of the only lodges situated at a school in the state, Isaac said.

“All the culture and language comes from the world around us,” he said. “We built the lodge to go back to traditional roots. You look at the school system historically and how it affected tribal nations across the Great Lakes, that is where a lot of our language and traditional ways were taken away. To have the

lodge behind our school, we can get back to reclaiming all of those songs and ceremonies that haven’t been practiced in a long time.”

This year, students in the academy participated in ceremonies like the spirit feast, honoring the spirits of deceased ancestors. In May, fifth and sixth-grade students will travel to Mystic Lake Camp in Northern Michigan to build

Central Michigan Life y Cm-life.com y MARch 24, 2016 lodges and perform traditional ceremonies.

“The hope is the kids that are coming up will have a strong sense of self and cultural identity but are also educated in how the modern world works,” said Melissa Montoya, director of tribal education, “Together, they will be able to get things done and make things better for the ones coming up after them.”

Discovering a lost identit y Incorporating Native languages and culture bolsters the identity and self-worth of Native youth, Isaac said. Boarding school teachers renamed many of their Native students — a procedure that symbolized Native children taking a new American identity and discarding their “savage pasts.”

It was illegal to practice Native American religions until 1978, when Congress passed the American Indian Religious Freedom Act. Many families lost their Anishinaabe names and clans long ago, and have yet to rediscover them. A large part of the revitalization effort centers around each tribal member reclaiming their personal identity.

“We guide students and families to the door of culture,” Montoya said. “It’s uncomfortable and intimidating when you don’t know where to go or who to talk to, and there is a bit of shame involved in that too. It’s like, ‘I’m Anishinaabe and I should know,’ but if we look at our history, there is a reason for that and it is OK.” There are seven clans, each with several subclans, that serve as a connection to families, the environment and the world. The traits of your family determines what clan you belong to.

Tribal communities cannot be as strong when families do not know their roles, Montoya said.

For example, those in the crane clan are leaders — often the chiefs of tribes and prominent role models. Turtle clan members are mediators — they settle arguments and bring peace, allow everyone to talk and be heard.

Montoya discovered her clan and Anishinaabe name just a few months ago. She had to wait

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Rachel Harrison | Multimedia Coordinator Participants dance around drummers during a Round Dance celebration on March 12. The Round Dance was celebrate students achievements for the school year at the Saginaw Chippewa Academy in Mount Pleasant.

38 years to learn she belonged to the Nameh, or Sturgeon clan, keepers of cultural knowledge and educators.

“If you don’t know (your clan), you don’t know your purpose,” she said. “You don’t realize that until you get it. When you do it feels amazing. It explains everything you didn’t know about yourself and fills a missing void that a lot of people carry.”

Meanwhile, Montoya said an Anishinaabe name allows ancestors to find members and provide guidance along their life journey.

Her name is Waabiziikwe, or “Swan Woman.” Swans are said to look gentle and nice on the outside, but are very protective of their young, fitting for the education director.

Erik Rodriguez, interim public relations director, is still in the process of learning his clan and tribal name.

“As we have grown, so has the hunger for knowledge,” he said. “It used to be almost an embarrassment. You would feel guilty and wouldn’t want to be associated with it two or three decades ago.

It’s something I have wanted to know for years now, but when the time is right I’ll be ecstatic to know that part of me.”

Revitalization is a two-pronged effort. While cultural leaders take roles to improve the community internally, others communicate with external organizations to develop relationships and make the tribe a traditional part of the Mount Pleasant and Central Michigan University communities.

Education in t he communit y City Manager Nancy Ridley said local government has a responsibility to support the tribe and work toward a mutual respect

Rachel Harrison | Multimedia Coordinator Nathan Isaac drums and sings at the 27th annual powwow hosted by Central Michigan University on March 19 in McGuirk Arena.

of their shared history.

Ridley said the entities work together in numerous ways, but highlighted the support of a twice

yearly distribution of gaming profits from Soaring Eagle Casino.

The first distribution of 2016 will be made in May.

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who chose to recognize the second Monday in October as “Indigenous People’s Day” instead of Columbus Day. Ridley said the more residents learn and recognize the sins of the past, the easier it will be to heal together.

“Instead of dwelling on the past and using it as a crutch, we’re learning and educating (others in the community) and presenting these issues,” Rodriguez said. “(It’s important) to communicate with external organizations — to develop those relationships outside the tribe.”

One of its biggest challenges is getting Native families to trust institutions and places of learning outside of the tribe, Montoya said. Some are reluctant to send their children to be educated off the reservation.

“Even if you weren’t in those four walls (of a boarding school), you were there if your grandmother was. It carries through your family,” Montoya said. “That is why we are working really hard to build our relationship with surrounding schools.”

According to a 2014 White House report, 22 percent of American Indians and Alaskan Natives ages 25 and older have not finished high school. Only 13 percent have completed a bachelor’s degree or higher, compared to 29 percent of the total U.S. population.

This year, 337 Central Michigan University students identified as American Indian or Alaskan Native, up 52 from last year. The number has steadily increased each year since 2010, however the group only represents 1.72 percent of students on campus this year.

Montoya and Rodriguez are both CMU alumni. They said many leadership roles in the tribe are filled by members who have a degree.

Montoya earned her Masters Degree in Administration in 2015.

“My higher education has helped me learn how (to make

MARCH 24, 2016 y Central Michigan Life y Cm-life.com change) instead of protesting — and we do (protest) — but to do it in a more organized way,” Montoya said. “There are petitions and systems and those initiatives have helped us do what our ancestors and elders have told us to do — fight for our rights — and how we are doing it in a more academic way. I feel like that is the difference you are seeing.”

CMU’s Native American Programs office helps educate the campus and serves as a liaison with tribal communities. The office organizes cultural events, maintains a Native American resource collection, helps recruit Native American students and provides support services once they are enrolled.

Wilson junior and Student Assistant in the Native American Programs office Hannah Bartol, graduated from a tribal school in her Hannahville Potawatomi Indian Community near Escanaba. She said her generation has come to the realization that their culture will die with elders if traditions are not passed on. “(My tribal language) was never written down — it’s passed down orally,” Bartol said. “If all that is gone, who are we? I need to learn what it constitutes to be a Native American — learn my language and the ceremonies behind it.

They practiced these traditions hundreds of years ago and we need to keep it going.”

Eric Isaac is 85 years old. Elder members of the tribe are the last chance to preserve their connection to the past. Soon he will also be a part of the tribe’s history.

Each year, Nathan Isaac takes a week off work to visit his grandfather and learn more of the Anishinaabe language.

“Some of the words have very deep connections, it is a spiritual language,” Isaac said. “We are all still practicing our ways our language is still living and being created. We are trying to get that message out (and allow people) to witness the celebrations that are still in existence.”

The lodge encloses the sacred fire that burns during the Round Dance on March 11 at Tribal Headquarters in Mount Pleasant.

Matthew Sprague and his third-grade class play a traditional Anishinaabe hand game on March 9 at the Saginaw Chippewa Academy located in Mount Pleasant.

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CHIPPEWA Saginaw Chippewa Academy takes strides to connect with tribal heritage PHOTO AND STORY By RACHEL HARRISON

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MULTIMEDIA COORDINATOR t the Saginaw Chippewa Academy in Mount Pleasant, a six-member team working is to restore and teach Anishinaabe language and culture to the

youngest generation of the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe.

Culture and language was ripped away during the Boarding School era (1893-1934) and had lasting affects on the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation. With these resources given to the community and children, it shows a step forward in the direction of reclaiming the tribe’s heritage.

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Director of Tribal Education Melissa Montoya (center) is congratulated by community members during a special song celebrating her achievement of obtaining her Masters degree from Central Michigan University during the 27th annual powow on March 19 in McGuirk Arena.

Alexis Trepanier, left, Brandon Wemigawns, center, Anthony Hunt, center, and Gus Hinmon, right, play on the jungle gym on March 10 at the Saginaw Chippewa Academy in Mount Pleasant.

Alaina Disel smudges herself before a culture and language lesson is taught. “It’s important to smudge yourself daily.

Smudging is a way to clear your mind, and give you a chance to really relax. Smudging is a mixture of sage and sweet grass,” said Culture and Language Teacher Matthew Sprague on March 9 at the Saginaw Chippewa Academy in Mount Pleasant.

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Support decriminalization of minor in possession Editorial

File Photo | Kaiti Chritz A beer can lies in the grass during Central Michigan University’s “welcome weekend” on August 28, 2015 on Main Street.

Punishment for violation of minor in possession law does not fit the crime

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et us be clear: We do not endorse the consumption of alcohol by people under the age of 21.

However, underage drinking is a reality of university life. Not just here, not just today. It has always been — for generations.

Minor in possession citations are handed out to Central Michigan University students every week.

Mount Pleasant police say their department issues between 300 and 400 citations each year.

Each semester, thousands of underage CMU students drink illegally. Most of them do not get caught.

For some who do, the consequences are steep.

Under state law, a first time minor in possession offender faces a $100 fine and is charged with a misdemeanor. A second is a fine of up to $200 a possible 30 days in jail and another misdemeanor charge.

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That punishment does not fit the crime.

State Sen. Rick Jones, RGrand Ledge, has extensive background in law enforcement and introduced a bill that would change first-offense MIPs from a criminal misdemeanor to a civil infraction. Under his revision, a misdemeanor would be given only after a third offense.

On March 3, the State Senate passed Bill 332. We encourage Michigan’s House of Representatives to take the next step, by passing it. Gov. Rick Snyder should then sign it into law.

Jones says the current law is inconsistent and

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depends on prosecutor discretion. We agree.

There are 83 counties in Michigan. That means there could be 83 different standards for what the appropriate punishment should be for an MIP. A misdemeanor on your record can affect someone’s ability to get a job, scholarship or car loan.

It is absurd to leave something as potentially harmful to a young person’s life and reputation up to the mood of a bureaucratic official.

A teachable moment should not be one that follows you for the rest of your college career and beyond.

The House should consider a precedent on an issue closely related to this one. The state’s medical amnesty laws often come into effect when a call for help is made to aid an underage person who has had too much to drink.

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We favor a less punishment-heavy approach based in common sense.

We encourage you to e-mail your local state rep, and lobby them to vote in favor of Bill 332. Send your thoughts to opinion@cm-life.com as well.

We’d be happy to publish your letter to lawmakers.

Laws can and should change over time. On the topic of underage drinking, they have — wildly.

Michigan once lowered the legal drinking age to 18 in 1972 before the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984. MIP became a misdemeanor in Michigan in 1995.

Our state’s legislative branch should support a society that favors modernized regulations and laws.

This is a question of fairness. The punishment for a minor in possession charge in Michigan should fit the crime.

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NCAA’s exploitation of college athletes is maddening Like many college basketball fans, I have been glued to a television set for the past week.

The National Men’s Basketball Championship Tournament now earns more than $1 billion in revenue for the NCAA. For fans like me, a NCAA men’s basketball bracket is always within arm’s reach. My productivity at work and school always plummets this time of year.

I was living in upstate New York when Carmelo Anthony and the Syracuse Orange made their NCAA title run in 2003. Those guys were like super heroes to me.

Eleven-year-old me was too naïve to ask a basic question that year. I’m ready to ask it now: What are the players getting out of this insanely popular basketball tournament?

Winning is nice. But a spot in the Sweet Sixteen does not put food in the refrigerator or heat in the apartment.

Dominick Mastrangelo Opinion Editor

NCAA student-athletes live well below the poverty line. One example of this came in 2014, when UConn’s star guard Shabazz Napier told reporters before a game he is so broke “sometimes (he) go(es) to bed starving.”

To me, that is unfathomable.

Don’t the athletes that I, and other sports fans, look up to deserve to be as financially comfortable while representing their universities in a million-dollar sporting event?

As I sit and watch guys like Napier play, I start to feel dirty.

Every advertisement is college basketball-themed. The spectacle is completely branded. Each second is

monetized. The barrage of “media timeouts” is calculated and constant.

It’s starting to make sense.

I want to watch entertaining basketball. The NCAA wants my eyeballs to see the advertisements during breaks in the action.

We both get what we want.

But what do the players — whose skill the entire moneymaking machine depends on — want? What do they get out of this?

They want to get paid. And they should be. They deserve it.

The NCAA calls these young men and women “amateur” athletes, and claims based on that nomenclature, they cannot and will not be paid.

Every student athlete in the NCAA is forced to sign a contract ­— a portion of which has an assumption of amateur status clause. This states they understand they cannot profit in any way from the hours of work they put in to a basketball career.

Meanwhile, high-profile basketball coaches can, and in some cases are encouraged to, sign multi-million dollar sneaker deals and basketball camp contracts.

The revenue paths for these overpaid, testosterone-fueled ex-jocks appear endless.

School administrators, who work for supposed nonprofits, are essentially tasked with finding ways to spend money. So pay your coach a fortune, update your facilities every few years and all of a sudden it looks like you are barely breaking even.

This is all to promote a public university, keep the alumni donating money and fans buying sweatshirts in the campus bookstore.

It gives the illusion that paying your student-athletes for the work they do is financially impossible.

So what forces these athletes to consent to participation in a business model rigged against them, is the

unlikely hope of a professional career.

The reality is, less than five percent of NCAA athletes end up playing their sport professionally.

Without the NCAA, basketball players cannot reach the NBA. There’s a rule in place to make sure of that.

Without the basketball players, there is no March Madness phenomenon that brings in millions of dollars each season.

The NCAA gets to make and keep money. The players become victims in an orchestrated exploitation that America can’t get enough of.

People will never stop watching the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.

It’s too exciting to take your eyes off of.

But the governing structure that subjects college students to the indentured servitude of the NCAA has developed into a racket.

And that should be something we fans should consider keeping an eye on, too.

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Stereotypes about female Muslim veiling are inappropriate TO THE EDITOR: Forget what you’ve heard: there is no such thing as “the veil” in Islam.

Given the current political climate of moral panic, it is a basic responsibility of both U.S. and global citizenship to learn about actual Islam — not just popular slanders against it — and to make an effort to understand what is important to people who live it.

Many non-Muslims fixate on women who wear head-coverings and treat them as symbols for their religion, or more particularly representations of what is bad about their religion. Like all religions, Islam is diverse in its beliefs and practices and it comes in many versions.

Muslim women around the world and within the CMU community wear a great variety of forms of dress designed to adhere to religious values of modesty, hijab and do so for a great variety of reasons.

The Qur’an, the holy scripture of

Islam, requires modest dress and behavior from both men and women.

In practical terms, the most visible sign of this requirement is special dress for women.

In its simplest and most common form, observing hijab involves a woman covering her hair when in public.

While outsiders often focus on the niqab (a form of veiling that covers the nose and mouth, in addition to the hair) and the burqa (which completely covers the head and body, with a screen to see out of), these are merely the most complete options for veiling and only specific Muslim cultures normalize them.

For some, hijab may simply entail wearing modest, main-stream, Western dress. Hijab takes many forms, which are determined by the type of Islam a woman practices, her cultural background, what country she lives in, and her personal style.

Muslim women veil for a great

variety of reasons.

Some point to the Qur’an and their desire to be the type of person that they believe God wants them to be.

Hijab can serve as a reminder of core ethical values and commitments, like a wedding ring around your finger.

Sometimes women veil because it is the traditional dress of their cultural group. Others veil because they live in a country that requires it, such as Iran or Saudi Arabia.

Especially in America, women might veil to combat Islamaphobia and use it as a way to positively represent their communities to outsiders. Through veiling, their accomplishments and good deeds reflect well on Islam and counteract stereotypes. Some veil because their families require it.

Women often veil because it reduces sexual objectification, forcing others to focus on their personality and intelligence, rather than their appearance.

Some report that they are treated more respectfully, even gallantly, when they veil: men open doors for them, listen when they speak, address them with deference, take them seriously.

Also related, many women veil because it is the way they feel most comfortable in public, the way they dress to feel safe and confident.

To explain this factor to Westerners, feminist supporters of Muslim women’s right to veil often employ an analogy: imagine how uncomfortable you might feel if required to show up at work or school without your shirt, an item of clothing you wear regularly and feel like yourself in.

You could perhaps go about your day without it, but you would feel selfconscious and awkward. Maybe you’d stop going places that didn’t allow you to wear it.

Perhaps your loved ones would be concerned about people harassing you, becoming uncomfortable with you

going out, attending school or work, visiting government buildings, riding public transportation.

If the practical goal is to support women, hijab can actually be a very useful public tool, allowing Muslim women, and those who care about them, to feel more comfortable with their participation in public space.

When you see a woman who veils, all you know about her is that she veils. That’s it.

You don’t know what type of Islam she practices — and keep in mind that there are cultural traditions throughout the world, outside of Islam, that also promote veiling — you don’t know what her politics are, you don’t know why she chooses to veil. Veiling can mean almost anything.

Until you get to know her, you don’t know her.

Laurel Zwissler, Philosophy and Religion Department

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Voting for Student Government position to begin April 4

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

Student-city relations and tickets given out by parking services are just two of the many issues Student Government Association presidential candidates promised to tackle should they be elected this April.

Cheboygan junior Ian Elliott and Owosso sophomore Andrew Zyrowski will be competing for president of SGA. Accompanying Elliott on his ticket as vice president is Lake Orion senior Jazmin Biernat.

Austin Blessing, a White Lake junior, is Zyrowski’s candidate for vice president.

Voting will be open from April 4 through April 8 online.

“I appreciate both tickets putting themselves out there,” said SGA President Chuck Mahone. “I truly believe both candidates have the best interest of the student body at heart, which at the end of the day is what really matters. Regardless of who ends up succeeding myself and Maggie (Blackmer), the students will truly have someone who

will put their best interests into action.”

Mahone and Blackmer’s last day in office is April 11. The new president and vice president will take over that same day, after being sworn in by Mahone.

The president and vice president elect will hold their positions until spring 2017.

Zyrowski/Blessing Zyrowski, who serves SGA house leader this semester, said he wants to be president to “make sure the student body’s voice is heard (by university) administration.”

“I want to fight for the issues that are important for the student body,” he said. “I’m a dedicated and hardworking leader. When I put my mind to an issue, especially when it’s important to the student body, I would do everything in my power to make sure it is accomplished. I think that’s the most important (thing about me).”

Zyrowski and Blessing have three major policy points they hope to accomplish if elected: improving the quality of SGA particularly in the senate, addressing a “parking issue” with administration regarding over-ticketing students

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Brianna Hughes | Staff Photographer Vice President candidate Jazmin Biernat, Presidential candidate Ian Elliott, Presidential candidate Andrew Zyrowski and Vice President candidate Austin Blessing answer question for SGA’s Presidential Debate on Monday, March 21 in Anspach 161.

for parking on campus and insuring transparency in university decision making.

Prior to running for president, Zyrowski served as the SGA representative for CMU College Republicans and Sweeney Hall. Blessing is a senator and vice chair of the governmental affairs committee, and has past experience standing in as house leader.

Elliott/Biernat Elliott said he should be president because he “fell in love with the campus” and wants to make sure students are properly represented.

“I believe I have the skill set to (represent) not only the community I love, but the people I love and make (life) even better for them,” Elliott said.

“I’ve been vocal, active and engaging with the student body in terms of advocacy on different issues since literally my first week as a freshman here. I can tell the student body we will, with passion, represent them and come up with solutions to their problems.”

Elliott and Biernat have four major policy points they hope to accomplish during their time in office: increasing transparency between the university and its students, working on student and city relations, increasing voting registration for local, state and federal elections and education for students and expediting the creation of a Gender Equity Center.

The center, Biernat said, is almost already completed.

“As of now (the bill to create the Gender Equity Center) is sitting on President (George)

Ross’ desk, waiting for his approval,” she said.

“We really want to push (university) administration to get that through. Once it is hopefully approved, we want to get the ball rolling on setting (the center) up.”

Prior to running for president, Elliott created the student organization Student Advocates for the Medical and Responsible use of Cannabis. He is serving as the SGA-appointed liaison between the campus and the Mount Pleasant communities.

Biernat has worked as a reporter and news anchor at News Central 34 and serves as the SGA governmental affairs committee chair.

Other positions Candidates for the treasurer and several senate seats were also announced.

Detroit sophomore Luke Anderson is the only candidate for treasurer.

Those running for senator include junior Evan Wittenbach, freshman Boomer Wingard, sophomore Sam Bork, freshman Caroline Murray, graduate student Rahul Gopireddy, senior Kaitlyn Oracz, sophomore Shyam Patel and freshman Nick Tyburski.

Mahone said despite pushing back candidate applicant deadlines, the senate still does not have enough members to hold a competitive race. He said it is likely an additional election will be held at the start of the fall 2016 semester in order to allow the senate body to have a quorum, he said.

The senate is typically 23 members large, making the number of senate members necessary to hold a quorum 16 people.

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SGA committee to push for increase in student printing funds

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

Each semester, undergraduate students are given $10 for printing on their student accounts meant to last for the duration of each semester. Graduate students are given $15.

In spring 2015 2,115 of the 18,413 on-campus undergraduate population exceeded the allotted printing amount. In fall 2015 semester, only 1,954 of the 19,387 on-campus undergraduates went over their $10 printing allotment.

Based off the fall 2015 undergraduate enrollment numbers, the average student only spends about $4.88 on printing, as calculated by the Office of Information Technology.

However, Student Government Association senator, Desirae Massey said $10 is not enough, especially compared to other universities.

She, along with the Academic Affairs Committee, wrote a resolution to increase the base allotment for student printing services at Central Michigan University earlier last month.

The resolution asks the university for an increase to $15 for of printing at the start of each semester. For undergrads, that initial amount is $10 for 250 black and white pages.

“I’m still working on trying to talk with (those in charge of)

Chelsea Grobelny | Staff Photographer DeWitt junior Oliver Yockey prints a document while at the Charles V. Park Library on Tuesday, February 16.

Printing Services here on campus so we can show them that this is something students want and this is something (the university) can afford for their student body,” Massey said. “We give students on the Disney College (Program) printing money, which doesn’t make sense because they won’t ever be on campus to use it.”

Kole Taylor, interim associate director for web and custom applications in the Office of Information Technology, said he said he wants to work with SGA to reach an understanding.

“Our goal in determining the right amount was to meet the needs of the vast majority of students without going

overboard,” Kole said. “This is in line with CMU’s sustainability goals to promote thoughtful, responsible printing and reduce waste. Over 80 percent of undergraduate students never go over their allocation.”

The $10 allocation for printing and $15 for graduate students has been in place since “the inception of PrintQ” the university’s student-printing services five years ago.

This was determined by looking at “similar sized” universities and data gathered from surveying students on how much they print in a semester.

Funds given to students haven’t changed since.

Students can purchase more pages to print online by going under their Central Link account

dents are given $24, or 400 black and white pages.

Davidson sophomore Sally Crane said she hasn’t used printing services much in the past but anticipates using it more as she gets further into her college career.

“My classes are becoming more paper and project based, rather than online homework,” she said.

“Right now, I’m probably printing 10 to 15 pages every other week, so I feel like I’m definitely going to go over that $10 amount.”

Massey met with members of the Office of Information Technology on March 15 to discuss the feasibility of the bill. “(The representatives) believed this is a good proposal and we could potentially have the increase in allocation take place incrementally over a period of semesters (or) years,” she said.

settings. Students can see how many pages they have left under their account settings, and how much money that equates to.

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The additional $2 put on a student account, along with the initial $10 allotted for printing services, does not carry forward into the next semester.

Western Michigan University gives its undergraduate students 500 “printing tokens” to use over the semester, worth 500 black and white pages. Their graduate students receive 750 black and white pages. At WMU, students are charged three cents per black and white page whereas CMU students are charged four cents.

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Moore Media Records to host sampler release concert Three bands from Michigan will be featured on Moore Media Records’ annual sampler CD. The CD will debut during a concert where the bands will perform at 10 p.m. April 2 at Hunter’s Ale House.

The sampler CD, “Sonic Retribution,” and release concert will showcase Virgo, Dead Rover and Air is the Arche.

Each ticket purchased for the 18-and-older show will also include a copy of the nine-track CD. Presale tickets can

be bought for $5 during business hours Monday through Friday in Moore Hall Room 315. Tickets can also be purchased at the door for $8.

“The creation of the CD and production of the show is 100 percent student-run,” said Jack Cafretsas, a Tustin junior and member of Moore Media Records. “It’s definitely something we’re proud of.”

Work began on the CD last year, Cafretsas said.

“We’ve got some really great bands,” said Moore

Media Records president Thibault Ruellan. “I like the flow of the CD.” Producing the sampler cost about $1,200, Reullan said.

The project is funded by admission to concerts hosted by Moore Media Records, as well as headphones and audio adaptors purchased by students through the university in BCA 222: Audio Production.

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Actuarial science major receives national attention for ‘bracketology’

By Andrew Surma Assistant Sports Editor @andrew_surma | sports@cm-life.com

T

he science of picking NCAA Tournament basketball games — bracketology — is not a new field of study, but one Central Michigan senior has taken the science a step further.

Delton senior Elizabeth Jackson, an actuarial science major, is receiving national attention for her honors capstone research project, focused on forming the best mathematical NCAA Tournament bracket.

If she is right, North Carolina will beat Kansas in the National Championship.

Jackson’s formula, which includes over 60 variables based on 30 years of past tournaments, is unlike most other formulas.

Jackson said her study changes the variables of the formula as the tournament progresses from round to round, taking new variables into heavier consideration.

Her work was featured by USA Today article and The Washington Post asked for a copy of her bracket.

“It’s definitely nerve racking knowing everyone is watching

Rich Drummond | Staff Photographer

Delton Senior Elizabeth Jackson poses for a portrait on Tuesday in Moore Hall.

after (my research) came out,” Jackson said. “Everyone wants to know my picks, so if my picks are wrong, it definitely puts a lot more pressure on.”

Jackson is a sports fan who

plans to work in the insurance industry as an actuary. She said the project was the perfect way for her to apply her area of study to her hobby — sports statistics.

“I grew up in a household

that loves sports. My parents and brothers were huge sports fans,” she said. “When I had to do my capstone project, I knew I wanted to do something with sports statistics.”

With help from Felix Famoye, a statistics professor in the College of Science and Engineering, Jackson proposed the project last semester. She began the extensive process of gathering

tournament history data from online sources during winter break.

“The number crunching I liked,” she said. “Gathering data was stressful. It was hard to find because it’s not like all the data can be found in one place, especially finding all the RPI rankings from 30 years ago. (That’s) a bit of a struggle, but luckily I found some good and consistent data sites that gave me a lot of information.”

Although her bracket isn’t doing as well as she hoped, the experience has garnered more interest than she expected.

She predicted 21 of the 32 first round games correctly and nine of her Sweet 16 teams remain after the second round.

“I never really expected (my work) to get this much attention and fame, but it’s been really, really great,” Jackson said. “It’s been really cool to combine something I love and use it academically and also something that can help other people and other people are interested in.”

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Water collected at basketball games yet to be delivered to Flint

By Andrew Surma Assistant Sports Editor @andrew_surma | sports@cm-life.com

More than 9,500 bottles of water collected by the Central Michigan Athletics Department in January have not yet been delivered to Flint.

Women’s basketball junior guard Jasmine Harris, a Farmington Hills native, announced the initiative on Jan. 23 after the team’s home game against Akron.

She asked the community to bring bottled water to the team’s next home game on Jan. 30.

The men’s basketball team and members of the community joined the cause, donating 9,591 bottles of water to aid Flint residents affected by the city’s water crisis.

More than a month later, the bottles remain “in storage” according to Associate Athletic Director for Marketing and Ticketing Mike Dabbs.

The team plans to hand deliver the bottles “very, very shortly,” Dabbs said, but it experienced logistical issues during the season that withheld the team from making the delivery to Eastern Michigan Food Bank.

The department has worked with the Flint-based organization in the past.

“The Eastern Michigan Food Bank was slammed during that time period when a lot of the celebrities and groups were delivering water,” he said. “It was really, really difficult to match up a time when we were able to get in

The Eastern Michigan Food Bank was slammed during that time period when a lot of the celebrities and groups were delivering water. It was really, really difficult to match up a time when we were able to get in there and deliver.

Mike Dabbs, Associate Athletic Director for Marketing and Ticketing

there and deliver.”

Women’s basketball Head Coach Guevara said she told Dabbs to wait until the season was over to make the delivery, after a previous scheduled delivery date fell through because Harris was unable to make the trip.

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“The plan, I think initially, was to get it delivered earlier than have it sit where it is right now. But because of our schedule, to get everything in, we just couldn’t do it,” Guevara said. “I wanted all of our kids to go, but between the hour and 45 minute (drive)

there, then distributing, then coming back, somebody was going to miss class. I didn’t really want that either.”

Guevara said it was important the team hand-delivered the water to serve as a lesson in giving back to the community.

“When you look in the eyes of somebody you’re helping and see the gratefulness and thanks, I think that makes more of an impact,” she said.

“You’re doing something really good and you can feel good about it. We’re still going to be able to help the people of Flint. It’s just going to take us a little longer to deliver than what we anticipated.”

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their campus communities, Harris said. She is proud of the team’s efforts despite the delay in delivery.

“I think it’s more important to deliver the water to Flint as a team, instead of one individual person. The fact that we are taking this down there together is what is most important,” she said.

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more than 100 hours since December analyzing every team and round of every NCAA Tournament game from the past 30 years, Jackson concluded which variables were the most significant as the tournament progressed.

The four main variable categories include: — Ranking – Seeding and strength of schedule.

— Historical – Team’s success in previous years when advancing to Final Four and championship games.

— Season performance – Number of wins and field goal accuracy percentage.

— Coaching – Team’s coach’s success in previous tournaments.

Jackson found a team’s seed-

I never really expected (my work) to get this much attention and fame, but it’s been really, really great. It’s been really cool to combine something I love and use it academically and also something that can help other people and other people are interested in.

Elizabeth Jackson, Delton Senior

ing is typically only relevant in predicting games in the first round of the tournament.

To find which teams will advance to the Elite Eight, the Simple Rating System — which considers teams’ average point differential and strength of schedule — and total wins become important variables. As for the Final Four, the most important variable becomes the head coach’s

previous tournament success.

“Something that’s very predictive (for the Sweet 16) is the number of Final Fours a team has made it to in the past, as well as the number of Final Fours the coach has made it to,” Jackson said. “The (team’s) total number of wins as well as the SRS rating, those were a few of the strongest variables and predictors for the Sweet 16.”

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Jackson’s model gives each team a probability of the likelihood of advancing to the next round. She picks the teams with the higher probability.

But the formula doesn’t always pick the higher seeded team. Jackson said her model predicted multiple first-round upsets, including No. 11 Gonzaga over No. 6 Seton Hall and No. 10 Virginia Commonwealth over No. 7 Oregon State.

Her model did, however, show No. 11 Michigan as more likely to beat No. 6 Notre Dame, but the Wolverines lost 70-63.

“That was a very close pick,” Jackson said. “I was sad to see it didn’t come out quite how I planned, but it was definitely interesting to see that.”

As for the second-seeded Spartans loss to No. 15 Middle Tennessee State, Jackson’s research showed the Blue Raiders had less than a five percent chance of winning the game. She had the Spartans beating No. 1 Virginia to advance to the Final Four.

“It was pretty incredible,” she said. “They actually showed it as the third-biggest upset that’s every happened in the tournament. Although Michigan State, they say, is probably the best team that’s ever lost in the first round.”

No. 15 Norfolk State’s 86-84 upset win over No. 2 Missouri in 2012 — which Jackson said had a less than one percent chance of happening — is the biggest NCAA Tournament upset of all time.

Jackson’s model didn’t predict upsets like No. 13 Hawaii’s upset of No. 4 California and No. 12 Yale’s upset of No. 5 Baylor.

“I was initially surprised by it, but looking back it seems the Ivy League schools have done well in the tournament, historically,” she said.

The first round took its toll on Jackson’s bracket, but she still has three-out-of-four teams remaining in her Final Four after two rounds.

“It seemed with a lot of these games, either team could have won — there was no clear favorite,” she said. “My bracket was really on the downside of a lot of those (close games) — such as the USC vs. Providence game and the Texas vs. Northern Illinois game — some of the games that came down to the last shot.”

Jackson plans to publish her work toward the end of the spring semester.

“I’ve just been focusing on the data and, right now, it’s actually my time to sit back, relax and watch (the tournament) unfold,” she said.

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Unsportsmanlike Conduct podcast:

Is it fair to criticize college athletes for their mistakes?

Every Tuesday, the Central Michigan Life sports desk releases a new episode of the podcast “Unsportsmanlike Conduct.” Staff reporters Kullen Logsdon, Evan Sasiela and Von Lozon discuss national sports topics.

In this week’s episode, the trio debates whether college athletes should be criticized for late-game giveaways. In the NCAA Tournament Round of 32, Northern Iowa blew a 12-point lead in 34 seconds to Texas A&M and eventually lost in double overtime.

Logsdon: Is it fair to call out college athletes for falling apart and giving away a late lead like we would for an NBA player?

Lozon: I think it’s alright.

I don’t have a problem with

(Charles Barkley) saying they completely choked that game away. Northern Iowa did. (UNI) was up by 12 with under a minute left and they lost in double overtime.

Let’s put it this way, Ben Simmons just declared for the NBA (Monday). He’s going to be hiring an agent. He can’t drink alcohol, but he’s going to be in the NBA next year.

Now let’s say this situation happens to him in the NBA next year, to where he gets the ball, (his team is) up by 10 with under a minute left and they blow it. They will say “Ben Simmons choked.”

Would that be a problem at that point, even though he’s still super young, just because he is in the NBA? It shouldn’t matter.

I don’t have a problem saying

Rich Drummond | Staff Photographer Staff reporters and hosts of Unsportsmanlike Conduct Kullen Logsdon and Evan Sasiela pose at McGuirk Arena in January 2016.

that they choked away a game when they should have won.

Sasiela: We should critique college athletes for (giving games away). Easy answer.

There should be no other way.

You look at six and seven-year olds, they are wearing Michigan (and) Michigan State apparel.

(Colleges) are building a brand.

(Games are on) national TV. We say they’re in college, (but)

they are grown men. They are all 18 years of age or older.

Some of these guys, like a Buddy Hield or Denzel Valentine, they have to be criticized because if you look at college football games, college basketball games or whatever, there is a press box with media members and there are TV cameras.

They are going to get criticized. If you blow a game, people are going to have an opinion about you.

Nobody’s going to forget about you. Everyone is under constant pressure and criticism.

Logsdon: I agree with both of you. I think high school maybe it’s not fair (to criticize as harshly) because they are still students and a lot of them walked on the

team. It’s not as big of a level.

The NCAA Tournament gets more views than the NBA Finals does. These kids work their butts off 365 days a year. They prepare for this stage. Maybe if (UNI) had a five-point lead then it’s not a choke, but a 12-point lead — maybe one of the biggest turnarounds in NCAA Tournament history — that’s a choke.

Michigan State blowing it to the 15-seed Middle Tennessee State, that’s a choke. It’s fair to say about these guys.

A lot of them are going to be in professional sports next year. If they can’t handle it now, how are they going to handle it next year?

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Kroll enters sixth season as offensive leader

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

Senior wide receiver Jesse Kroll collected more catches (61) and receiving yards (866) than any other Chippewa in 2015. Central Michigan Life caught up with the Wisconsin native after Tuesday’s spring practice.

You were listed as a senior last year. Why are you eligible for another year?

KROLL: I broke my arm my freshman year and it counted as a medical redshirt.

Then, my third year I tore my ankle up and I redshirted that year as well. Because they

“It’s not really two months off. We like to take a little bit of time off and let our bodies heal up, but then as soon as we can we’re itching to get back out there and run routes.”

Jesse Kroll

Senior Wide Receiver

were both medically-related redshirts, that’s why I could get two of them. If I wouldn’t have been injured for the first one and I’d have just regular redshirted as a freshman, then I couldn’t have gotten the second one.

What are some of the biggest changes from when you

started in this program in 2011 to where it is today?

I’ve gone through a few different wide receiver coaches.

It’s really nice because we’ve had Coach (Mose) Rison for awhile now, so I’ve got to build a really good relationship with him, be comfortable in the same system for awhile and learn the ins and outs of the

offense along with the other wide receivers.

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You have about two months off in the offseason, does it feel like a long time or does it feel short?

It’s not really two months off. We like to take a little bit of time off and let our bodies heal up, but then as soon as we can, we’re itching to get back out there and run routes. Usually it doesn’t take long until we get back on the field.

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Senior wide receiver Jesse Kroll runs into the end zone on a 46-yard touchdown on Oct. 17, 2015 at Kelly/Shorts Stadium.

What was the highlight of your time off?

I just recently got engaged to my girlfriend, that’s definitely up there. I’d have to say that tops it. We just got engaged over spring break. We went to Colorado on a little vacation.

What’s your favorite and least favorite thing about spring practices?

Least favorite, you know you have to wait a long time until you play the game. The anticipation of that is like, you really want there to be a game around the corner.

What’s kind of nice is, you still have a lot of time to improve, but the sense of urgency’s still got to be really high. This is a really great time to try to improve as a whole and improve individually.

With Coach Bonamego heading into his second year, do you see more confidence in him than last spring?

Yeah, I definitely think being in the system a little bit longer (makes it) more comfortable.

He was going through a lot of really hard stuff last year. He

didn’t show it to us that it was affecting him, but for any human being going through something that difficult, it’s going to take a toll on you. It’s really good to see him now. He has a ton of energy.

It’s amazing that he was able to have as much energy as he did last year going through cancer, but now you can definitely see that he’s a fiery coach. His heart’s in it. He wants to be out here with us and he loves CMU. Looking at the wide receiver corps, who are the players that are going to be the most dangerous next year?

I think the strong point as the wide receiver group is,

we have a ton of depth.

Corey Willis, Anthony Rice, Mark Chapman, Eric Cooper.

And then we have some young guys stepping up — Brandon Childress — that we might see a little more of. We just brought in Austin Stewart, the basketball player. We have a lot of different dimensions and just a lot of talent.

For you, what are some specific goals you have entering your final season?

My number one goal is a (Mid-American Conference) Championship. Being here six years, I’ve come to realize how challenging and how rare that is. There really isn’t anything else except for a MAC Championship.

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Stewart looks to join football team

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

Rich Drummond | Staff Photographer Senior guard Austin Stewart dunks during the game against Western Michigan University on March 4 at McGuirk Arena.

Senior guard Austin Stewart’s Central Michigan athletic career seemed to be over March 16 when the men’s basketball team lost to Tennessee-Martin in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament/ The day after the loss — in which he had two points in nine minutes off the bench — Stewart sat down with football Head Coach John Bonamego.

He practiced with the football team for the first time on Tuesday as a wide receiver.

“He came to me, he had mentioned something to me I believe at the end of last year that he wanted to tryout once basketball was over,” he said. “I said to him, ‘Just

focus 100 percent on basketball and then we’ll have a discussion as soon as basketball’s over.’”

The 6-foot-6, 215-pound Stewart played wide receiver at Illinois’ Normal Community West High School.

“We’re glad to have him,” said Running Backs Coach/Recruiting Coordinator Gino Guidugli.

“I’ve seen him out here working with Dan LeFevour a couple days, but didn’t really put two and two together until seeing him in practice.”

Bonamego said Stewart is not guaranteed a spot on the team. He would have one year of eligibility.

“All of that stuff is really up in the air,” he said. “This is really only his first practice. We’ll evaluate him and find out if he has a role and can have a role with us.”

Bonamego said he and his staff

@TDesOrmeau | sports@cm-life.com

Since graduating from Central Michigan University in 2003, defensive lineman Cullen Jenkins has done plenty of traveling.

Jenkins played with NFL Europe in 2004 and has played in 169 NFL games with three teams in 12 seasons.

But until Tuesday, Jenkins hadn’t come back to Mount Pleasant.

The New York Giants lineman watched most of football practice and spoke to the team after practice.

Jenkins has ties with Head Coach John Bonamego from when the two were with the Green Bay Packers from 200305 when Bonamego was the special teams coordinator.

“From day one when I got

up there, Bono found me and let me know he was a former Chip,” Jenkins said. “We always had a relationship with each other just from that.”

Jenkins was at CMU for the day, before heading back to New Jersey on Wednesday.

“I’ll be interested to drive around and see what the city still looks like,” Jenkins said.

“Time flies. I’ll be interested to see some of the old restaurants I used to like, see if they’re still there.”

Bonamego said Jenkins has accomplished a lot in his career, going from a player who didn’t earn up a scholarship until after signing day, to an undrafted free agent to a 12-year veteran.

“Having been in the league for 16 years, guys who make it past three years is pretty rare,” Bonamego said. “Guys that make it to five years, 10 years

is really, really rare.”

Jenkins shared his message with the football team as they kneeled in a semi-circle around the 6-foot-2, 305-pound Jenkins after practice. He talked about “appreciating the process,” trusting the coaches and creating good memories.

After watching a few hours of practice, Jenkins said he believes Bonamego is leading CMU in a positive direction. Jenkins said he observed Bonamego throwing passes to players and watched the offensive and defensive lines use techniques he didn’t learn until going into the NFL. “I really saw him interacting with the kids,” Jenkins said. “(As a) player, you watch how the coaches interact with the kids.

A lot of times, if a coach has a good relationship with the players, players will play harder. I think they’re doing a great job.”

Two-sport athletes Guidugli said very few high school athletes get recruited for multiple sports at Division I schools.

At CMU, incoming freshman quarterback Tony Poljan was recruited by multiple Division I schools for football and basketball, while incoming transfer running

back Berkley Edwards has already participated with the track team.

“When you get to the collegiate level, it’s tough to be a two-sport athlete,” Guidugli said.

“Some guys can do it. I played on a college team with (Philadelphia Eagles defensive end) Connor Barwin, who started off playing basketball and played football as well, but he’s a lot better football player obviously than he is a basketball player. I think that’s always going to be the case when you get to this level.”

Junior defensive back Gary Jones tried to do football and track at one point, Guidugli said.

Outside of football, senior Blake Hibbitts spent multiple years as a pitcher on CMU’s baseball team and a forward on the basketball team, before deciding to focus on basketball this season.

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decided to give Stewart a shot because of the skill set he possesses.

“He’s big, he’s athletic, he’s got length, he can run,” he said. “He looks like he catches the ball very well. We’ll continue to train him and evaluate him as it goes.”

Stewart finished his CMU basketball career averaging 3.9 points and 2.4 rebounds per game in 13.6 minutes a game in 2015-16 — all the lowest since his freshman season.

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Staff Predictions

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Andrew Surma Asst. Sports Editor

RECORD: 29-10

RECORD: 27-12

Evan Sasiela Staff Reporter

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Von Lozon Staff Reporter

RECORD: 25-14

RECORD: 26-13

RECORD: 28-11

CMU will continue improving during the season, but I can’t see it winning more than one game against KSU. The Golden Flashes has more than tripled CMU’s win total.

Kent State has too much for the Chippewas to overcome. CMU has struggled all season long and although it was favored to win the conference, things don’t look too good as of now.

CMU has lost five straight and is playing against the only team in the MAC that is above .500. I’m predicting a weekend sweep.

While these two teams were predicted to win their respective divisions, CMU’s season hasn’t gone as planned. KSU is 14-5 and I expect them to win two of three in Mount Pleasant.

CMU finds its footing for the first time this season if the defense shows up, taking two of three from the Golden Flashes at Theunissen Stadium this weekend.

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