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A Great Migration Students, visitors keep police busy during Welcome Weekend By Sydney Smith Managing Editor @SydneyS_mith | news@cm-life.com
This weekend, a migration was upon Mount Pleasant. As a quiet summer came to a close, students and visitors traveled from near and far for Central Michigan University’s annual Welcome Weekend. Welcome Weekend marks the start of a new school year, and Lt. Larry Klaus of the CMU Police Department knows students are excited to be back. On a typical Welcome Weekend night, Klaus patrols campus and student-neighborhoods in the city, keeping an eye out for celebrations that may get out of hand. On Friday, Aug. 28, parties began around 10 p.m., pulling Klaus in different directions throughout the night. An officer with 30 years of experience, Klaus said Welcome Weekend is a last-chance end to a generally dull summer. When Klaus pulled out of the CMUPD station, Police Chief Bill Yeagley said there wasn’t much happening yet. Klaus knew this was the calm before the storm. “At 10 or 11 p.m., we usually see this big north migration of students,” Klaus said. On patrol with Klaus were officers from Mount Pleasant, Midland, Clare, St. Louis and Gratiot County. Driving through campus is almost eerily quiet. When Klaus travels further north there are masses of students, laughing and chatting, seemingly anxious to cross Bellows Street, off school property and into Welcome Weekend madness. The migration is underway Before making his way north, Klaus makes one last drive through campus. He passes an event near The Towers residence halls called “Main Street Central.” Put on by Residence Life, Student Activities and Involvement and University Recreation, it featured many activities, food and music. Klaus recognized the work the
Kaiti Chritz | Photo Editor Six police officers gather between sweeps of Main Street on Aug. 28 during Welcome Weekend. One officer in each group carried a red medical bag with them for emergencies.
university did to put on events for those who may not be interested in drinking. While walking around the event, Klaus stops to chat with Michelle Veith, the associate director of residence life. The two agree the night seemed more calm than last year. Central Michigan Life spent the night on patrol with Klaus, documenting calls, crying drunken partygoers and a surprising amount of blood. 10:03 p.m.: Seeing the carnival is well-attended and pretty calm, Klaus ventures north again, stopping in Lot 3 outside of Grawn Hall. “When this fills up, you can tell a lot of people from out of town are here,” Klaus said. On Thursday night, this parking lot was nearly empty. On Friday, the lot was full. Klaus said Lot 3 gives him a “birds-eye view” to the activity just north of campus. Klaus scans the
streets, concerned about the change to two-way traffic on Main and Washington. “Hopefully students will keep the two-way streets in mind,” he said. “I don’t want them stepping out in front of cars.” 10:06 p.m.: Klaus takes his first drive down Main Street. Students line sidewalks on both sides, and Klaus inches his car slowly because a couple students have already ran out in front of it. A group of officers interrogates a group of students at a house on Washington. Since it’s not very busy, Klaus drives back to campus to find there are large groups of people heading north. Klaus knows there will be more chaos soon. 10:22 p.m.: A group of students waves Klaus down from the traintracks by The Towers’ parking lot. The group is hovering over something. When they move back, Klaus sees a man laying
on the ground with blood staining most of his shirt, hands and face. A woman is crying — the students are intoxicated. Klaus walks onto the tracks as Yeagley pulls up to assist him. An ambulance is called after Klaus observes that the man has a large gouge on the side of his head from a fall on the train tracks. As the student tries to sit up, Klaus tries to calm him. “You’re going to be alright, buddy,” he said. “You got a knock on your head, but we’re going to get you to a hospital.” Residence hall staff arrives to wrap layers of gauze around the man’s head. They ask him simple questions, but the man is having trouble answering. When asked what day it is, he says, w Migration | 4-7
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Police work to identify on-campus vandal Police have found video footage of a person of interest in connection to rocks thrown through windows at Warriner and Grawn halls. At 3:30 a.m. on Aug. 28, the Central Michigan University Police Department received a call about a broken door window found at Warriner Hall. Police found a large rock was thrown through a door on the northeast side of the building. When investigating further, police found
a window on the southwest corner Grawn Hall had been broken as well. Lt. Cameron Wassman said rocks were thrown through each window, but no evidence was found that someone entered either building. Though video footage was found, Wassman said it is still difficult to identify the possible suspect. Wassman said no other damage or evidence was found. Windows were repaired on Aug. 28.
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Police need assistance identifying hit and run driver The Mount Pleasant Police Department is asking for assistance in identifying a person of interest involved in a hit and run on Washington and Cherry streets. At 2:11 a.m. on Aug. 29, a 22-year-old Flint man was struck by a black sedan while crossing Washington Street. The sedan fled the scene. Officer Jeff Browne said the man hit is not a Central Michigan University student. He is still receiving medical care, and has some debilitating injuries, Browne said. Officers are relying on the help of the community since they don’t have a lot of information about the driver.
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Police are working with local body shops, having shops report if a car fitting the description has consistent marks or dents associated with the accident. Browne said police are being proactive in looking for cars around the community that match the description. When the accident occurred, police were not able to obtain a license plate number. MPPD asks that anyone who may help identifying the driver call (989) 779-9111. By Sydney Smith Managing Editor
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“Tuesday.” 10:41 p.m.: The stretcher arrives, and Klaus assists with carrying the bleeding student to the waiting ambulance. 10:56 p.m.: Though he was driving fairly slowly, Klaus speeds up suddenly toward Bellows Street. Dispatchers alert Klaus via radio to nearby incidents. He pulls up to the entrance of Northwest Apartments, where two men are sitting on the curb. One of the men has a small pool of blood around his feet. Officers surround them — Klaus is there for backup. 11:03 p.m.: Klaus gets an update from his fellow officers, finding out the two men were in a fight. The bleeding man, an 18-year-old from Lake Orion, explains to police that he was trying to get the other man away from a woman he was “creeping on.” Police cuff the other man and put him in the police car. He has no visible injuries, and is arrested on assault charges. Officers begin questioning the 18-year-old about the contents of his backpack. He tells them there is only a sweatshirt inside. The officers keep questioning him, and the bloodstained kid finally admits there are two beers in the bag, which police confiscate. The officers convene and then give the student a citation for minor in possession of alcohol. The man becomes upset. Tears mix with the blood running down his face. “You can’t give me a ticket, I just got sucker-punched,” he says. Later, Klaus says both men received MIPs because it’s “problematic to have them drinking.” “Of course I feel for these kids. But they’ve got to understand that alcohol causes people to make bad decisions,” he said.
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Police officers cleared Main Street as early as 11:30 p.m. during Welcome Weekend on Aug. 29.
11:24 p.m.: Klaus quickly returns to the station to wash blood from his hands. He speeds through campus because multiple officers on his radio are getting to get ready for “The Push.” He explains this as a tactic of breaking up congestion on Main Street so emergency vehicles could get through if they needed to. Police walk south down neighborhoods north of campus, encouraging students to move off the sidewalks and onto the lawns. 11:31 p.m.: When he reaches Main Street, Klaus passes a patrol car block-
ing the end of it. He decides to assist in blocking traffic, so students who are being moved down the sidewalks can cross streets safely. Klaus notes how busy it is, but says last year there was much more activity. Now the migration is moving the opposite direction. “They shut down Main Street,” one student says. “They walked from one end to the other and got everyone out.” Klaus said police do this maneuver two or three times a night if cars can’t drive safely down the street.
Michigan State Police Hart Post: 4
Gratiot County Police: 4
MSP Lakeview Post: 4
Clare County Police: 4
Other departments from Big Rapids, Midland City and Midland County were present.
11:40 p.m.: Students filter south, stopping to congregate near Klaus’ patrol car. They look nervous as they decide whether to go back north, entering Klaus’ field of vision. One group of students stops to take selfies with his car. Klaus laughs. “Like I said, alcohol really hinders your decision making,” he said. “My dad used to call it ‘liquid courage.’” 11:49 p.m.: A residence hall director alerts Klaus to a suspected drug deal in Lot 3. He describes the person
in question as a white man in a Red Wings hat. When foot traffic starts slowing, Klaus gets in his car and makes a lap around the lot, keeping his eyes peeled for the kid in the hat. With no luck in his search, Klaus heads to the front of the parking lot, back to his birds-eye view. As the night went on, activity continuously dulled. Students and visitors headed back to their beds and couches until a quiet Saturday morning, when they would prepare for the night’s next migration.
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Nearly 200 arrested or cited this weekend By Sydney Smith Managing Editor @SydneyS_mith | news@cm-life.com
Officer Jeff Browne of the Mount Pleasant Police Department said the majority of people he cited during Welcome Weekend weren’t from Central Michigan University. “A lot of people I was dealing with were not students,” he said. “They were either visiting students here or they came here just because they heard this was the place to be.” Last year, police responded to 568 calls, compared to 574 this year. A total of 195 people were
cited or arrested this year. The most common citation given out was open intoxication, with 107. In 2014, 74 people were issued this citation. Fifty-six people were cited or arrested for minor in possession, compared to 39 in 2014. Five were cited or arrested for disorderly conduct this year, and nine for hosting a nuisance party. Two people were cited for attending a nuisance party, which can involve alcoholic beverages that are illegally sold or provided to people in attendance, including underage people. The parties may have had excessive noise and traffic, excessive consump-
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Eight police officers clear the side walk of Main Street on Aug. 29 during Welcome Weekend.
tion of alcohol or overcrowding. Police gave out seven citations or arrests for resisting and obstruction, two for possession of drugs and one for retail fraud. Two people were arrested on warrants from other departments. Browne said rumors were
spreading on social media about a stabbing and a murder over the weekend. These rumors are untrue. Police from Mount Pleasant, CMU, Midland, Clare, St. Louis and Gratiot County were on patrol during Welcome Weekend.
Browne said police were on the lookout for people who came to Mount Pleasant specifically to harm the community. “We cite students too, but if you bring people who are destructive to our community, you are responsible for
this problem as well,” he said. “Students need to recognize that they are a student-resident population. That means this area, our area, is their area. They should treat it with pride and respect.”
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Pedestrians in parks across Mount Pleasant paused to watch coolers, inflatable tubes and Central Michigan University students as they floated down the Chippewa River. Through a Facebook event and word of mouth, nearly 100 people gathered at Chipp-AWaters park on Friday Aug. 28. The tubers tailgated in the parking lot of Chipp-AWaters park for about an hour before they entered the river at around 2 p.m. “I think (floating down the Chip is) becoming a tradition,” said Romeo senior Caitlyn Lebioda. Lebioda and the rest of the group she came with said they had never taken part in “Float the Chip” on Welcome Weekend before, but were excited to experience the CMU tradition. Most people tied their intertubes together and brought along refreshments to enhance their tubing experience. There was no set course, and some people stopped frequently along the riverbank to regroup before continuing their journey down the river. Drew Burnett said attendance
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“I’ve been doing it for four years,” the Shelby Township senior said. “You can get off at different places, but the route we’re doing takes about an hour and a half. The rapids are really fun, and you get to hang out with your friends, so it’s a really chill environment.” When asked, some tubers did not have a destination planned for exiting the river. All they knew was that they would float down with friends. “It’s a success so far,” said Pinckney junior, Ian Anderson. “I wasn’t expecting this. I thought it was going to be our little group of friends, but there are all of these people here, so it’s pretty cool.”
was a lot better than when he floated down the river last year. “I think maybe 10 people did it last year, or at least when my group went down the river,” said the Oakwood Ohio senior. The festivities never got too out of hand despite the presence of alcohol. Most park-goers were amused by watching the students yell out “Fire up Chips” as they braved the rapids. “There are two or three rapid areas down here where you’re supposed to get out and walk your tube down a little bit, but we tubed down them anyway,” Burnett said. Dominic Demark also spoke about tubing down the rapids in past years of “floating the chip.”
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RSOs engage students at Mainstage Central Michigan University students and faculty, Mount Pleasant residents, and pets all made an appearance at the University’s annual Mainstage event on Aug. 29 by the Student Activity Center.
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ot even pouring rain could stop Central Michigan University students from coming by the thousands to attend Mainstage 2015. From club dodgeball to Judo Club to transgender visibility group, Transcend, the event ensured there was something for every CMU student. Participants had the opportunity to score free posters, CMU gear and even enter to win free tickets for the Third Eye Blind concert in October. Even as the skies grew dark and shoes grew soggy, students lined up under white canopy tents to gather information about more than 300 registered student organizations present. Food and drink was also available on site, as well as free giveaways and coupons from local businesses. Check out Central Michigan Life’s photo gallery, also available online, as we take you through the sights and sounds of this year’s Main Stage 2015. Head to cm-life.com or our YouTube channel to hear RSOs answer the question “Why should I Join?” in under 10 seconds Students take turns doing pull-ups with Marines at Central Michigan University’s Mainstage event on Aug. 29 in front of the Student Activity Center.
Photos by Abbie Robinson | Staff Photographer Novi senior Meg Gaffney performs with a hula hoop for Mid-Michigan Limousines at Mainstage on Aug. 29 in front of Kelly Shorts Stadium.
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Students shouldn’t carry stigma of Welcome Weekend Visitors
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s Mount Pleasant city officials and residents condemn the quality of life in student populated areas north of campus and law enforcement tightens its grip on student behavior on Welcome Weekend, it appears that Central Michigan University is a hostile place. The perception of “crime” in Mount Pleasant has become exaggerated. Multiple groups are laying the blame squarely on shoulders of students who are tryEditorial ing to enjoy their college experience. Central Michigan University is a place where a blend of comfortable class sizes and small-town life combines to create a generally friendly student body. Police officers have often said students who party responsibly have nothing to fear from police; the real danger comes from out of town visitors who arrive at Welcome Weekend to cause trouble and make a mess in our town. CMU students have to clean up that mess. We carry the stereotype of intoxicated lawlessness which has left a visible scar on this community. CMU Police Chief Bill Yeagley and the Mount Pleasant Police Department share the concern of visitors coming to CMU to harm others. “A lot of people I was dealing with were not students,” said Officer Jeff Brown of MPPD after this year’s Welcome Weekend. “They were either visiting or just came here because this is the place to be.” Officers have routinely said Welcome Weekend becomes out of control when the academic year begins before other universities. Central Michigan Life has long documented the dangers of binge drinking, but the majority of students should not feel ashamed for partying this weekend. If you drink responsibly and treat others with respect, the police are not coming for you. Yeagley said visiting students add to the number of citations and general chaos, compelling police to increase their presence. This is especially true in the student-populated housing north of campus, where residents’ complaints during the summer prompted officials to hire an additional code enforcement officer. The biggest statistical issue police deal with during party weekends is alcohol poisoning, particularly of those who are underage or may not know their limits. That is why it is important for students to take care of one another.
Kaiti Chritz | Photo Editor
Friends gather on the porch of 1008 S. Washington St. during Welcome Weekend on Aug. 28 in Mount Pleasant.
We are back together as a community after a long summer. Don’t stand by while bad things happen this year. Drinking-related injuries and violence, sexual assault and suicide are issues that some students may deal with this year. When students are planning to bring visitors to future party weekends, make sure they treat our city correctly. We are held accountable for your disrespect of Mount Pleasant. CMU students must watch out for each other, no matter what. Don’t let outsiders dictate how we are all perceived.
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Safari welcomes largest group of freshmen to campus By Nick Green Staff Reporter @nickgreenCMLIFE | news@cm-life.com
More than 2,000 incoming freshmen and transfer students participated in Central Michigan University’s Leadership Safari this year, the largest amount of participants to date. Safari took place Aug. 22-26. It involves numerous team and community building exercises and is designed to help students become leaders, make community bonds and become acquainted with campus before the semester starts. Dani Hiar celebrated her 15th year as Leadership Safari director. Safari has grown from 887 students in 2001 to 2,002 students in 2015 under her direction. “It has grown because the people who are coming to the program are going back and telling their friends from high school and their communities what a great experience they had,” Hiar said. Leadership Safari has also
Samantha Madar | Staff Photographer Safari participants engage in a trust building exercise on Aug. 24 in Finch Fieldhouse.
proven its worth to CMU through studies conducted by the Office of Institutional Research. Students who participate in Safari are 62 percent more likely to attend CMU for
a second year than students who did not. The grade point average of students who attended Safari in 2013 was 2.82 compared to 2.69 for those students who did not.
Steven Keene, Plymouth sophomore, was a participant in Safari last year as a freshman, and was the guide of Team Fieldmouse this year. Keene stressed the importance
of living a non-judgmental lifestyle to his participants. “They came in this week as really awkward freshman. They still had that high school mindset like they were going to be judged here if they wore a certain clothing item and they lived by labels,” Keene said. “We wanted to make it clear that this is a campus that doesn’t put a label on any certain person because of the way they act or because of their sexuality, race or religion.” Opening up was a big challenge for member of Team Fieldmouse Dontae Sumpter. “I was kind of the quiet kid in high school,” said the Mount Clemens freshman. “Safari has really helped me branch out. I was nervous about meeting a group of strangers. This whole week has helped me make great friends because I was worried about next week when everyone else moves in and it’s like you are a little fish in a big pond.” Being a guide someday is a
goal of Mylia Patwin, a Westland freshman and member of Team Field mouse. “The leadership about this is just guiding somebody and helping anyone who needs help,” Patwin said. “I was happy I did this. If I had moved in during general move-in day, I would have been very confused and not wanted to talk to anybody. This really opens up any new person that comes into this school.” The presentation by “The Dating Doctor” David Coleman, was Hannah Maze’s favorite part of Leadership Safari. Coleman is known for his speeches about dating and relationships that he gives at colleges. “We did a bunch of different partner activities and he promised that we would meet 100 new people all within the hour, and I’m pretty sure we met that goal,” said the Shelby Township freshman. “I don’t remember everyone’s name, but I definitely saw a lot of new faces there.”
Union of Teaching Faculty, university reach agreement By Sydney Smith Managing Editor @Sydneys_Smith | news@cm-life.com
Collective bargaining sessions between the Union of Teaching Faculty and Central Michigan University won’t happen again until 2020. The UTF started a new bargaining period July 1, and came to an agreement with the university on a five-year contract for several contract updates and changes. UTF President Amanda Garrison said the main goals of the organization, which consists
of about 360 members, are job security, setting base salaries and a non-interruption clause for scholarly work. This year’s bargaining went smoother than the first and only contract agreement in 2011, Garrison said. “We created a bargaining unit and had a negotiation in the same year,” she said. “It was really (emotionally) charged. This time there wasn’t any yelling. Our team had a couple late nights, but the administration stayed the same number of hours. We didn’t get everything we wanted, but
neither did they.” Though an agreement was reached, Garrison said the contract is never balanced between the two bargaining parties. “If you’re a temporary employee it’s not really an equal situation,” she said. “There are always more cards being held by people who make the cards than the people who get the box. It’s still important to acknowledge that everyone got cards from the same deck.” The UTF secured incremental raises and position title changes. Until the contract, there were two levels of
Zahra Ahmad | Staff Reporter
The Union of Teaching faculty marches to its bargaining session with Central Michigan University on May 27.
temporary faculty, adjunct faculty and lecturers. When an employee works for four consecutive years, they have the possibility of promotion to Lecturer II.
As long as there are classes for the instructor to teach, they will be guaranteed a position for two years instead of one. The UTF introduced Lecturer III, which is an employee
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Getting promoted to a higher level of Lecturer also guarantees raises for those workers. A move from Lecturer I to Lecturer II will now result in a $500 increase to the employee’s base salary. Someone who moves from Lecturer II to Lecturer III will receive a $1,500 raise. Once these amounts are given, they can never be lowered. “Unions create union minimums where all salaries start off where they’re supposed to be. That’s a big thing we’ve done here,” said union organizer Whitney Dziurka. “Incremental raises and base salaries create fairer levels of compensation across campus.” Secure time off was also agreed upon so temporary employees aren’t docked pay when they aren’t teaching in a classroom. The UTF secured two personal days employees can use aside from sick time,
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off,” Garrison said. “After that, you can have up to four years secure contract, meaning only if there are classes to teach you’ll be protected by this contract. Your work is protected for that amount of time.” The organization also secured a base salary increase for many adjuncts. After all salary adjustments have been made for an academic year, no employee will be paid less than $1,100 per credit hour, or a base salary less than $26,400. “When you get a base salary increase, you move up to this place and they can’t ever pay you less than that,” Garrison said. “Having a union in place with a work contract that protects the work allows us to negotiate for those salary floors.”
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funeral leave, military leave and others. Garrison said having a break is good for both students and instructors, as it is important for morale. They also put in place a no-interruption clause which allows employees to take professional development opportunities without interrupting their contract for promotion. This was brought up because some instructors are working professionally in their field outside of academia. Garrison highlighted that the contract is put in place to protect work, not individual people. “If you have to negotiate with the boss, you have to be good with them,” she said. “If they don’t like you, there’s nothing to protect you. We have to be protected by something stronger than the bond that’s assumed to happen between the administration and ourselves. The union is what provides that.”
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HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH? Partygoers question level of police presence during Welcome Weekend By Jaco b K ah n | Staf f R ep o rt er
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undreds of students lined the streets Saturday night celebrating the last day of Welcome Weekend. This year, police instituted a “zero tolerance policy,” upping their presence with officers from departments throughout central Michigan. “Last year, the city commissioners said behavior during Welcome Weekend was not acceptable, so we decided to utilize some different resources to ensure safety,” said Mount Pleasant Police Officer Jeff Browne. “CMU has a very high concentration of people partying in a very small area, so it can get out of hand.” In 2014, police apprehended two different groups of individuals who came to Mount Pleasant solely to invade people’s homes. As a town, residents and city government decided ‘enough is enough.’ With more police on patrol than last year, some students questioned how much is too much. Central Michigan Life observed Welcome Weekend activities on Aug. 29. From students in bear costumes to countless citations, here is what we saw.
A shocking sight At about 10:30 p.m. on Main and Gaylord streets, 12 police officers including a mix of city and Michigan State Police Troopers, arrested two men. Within less than five minutes of the arrest, a MPPD transport vehicle arrived and the party rapidly resumed. Trooper Trent Antclife said the two men were being charged with drunken and disorderly conduct. The sense of an almost overwhelming police force was felt by many, even those who had never experienced Welcome Weekend before. Freshman Austin Mcfarlane said he was shocked by the number of citations he observed. “I love it. Of course I do,” said Mcfarlane, who was out all weekend. “But they’re giving MIPs to everyone, everywhere.” Newcomers who thought keeping their heads
Last night there were so many cops, we were basically trapped in the party we walked into. Ty Satkowiak, Visiting student
down with a beer found out the hard way that MPPD was strictly enforcing alcohol violations. As Browne was attending to an open intoxicant citation of a 22-year-old man, he explained the level of the night’s activities. “We’re very busy,” Browne said, while simultaneously stopping a student carrying a beer can to ask for an ID. The man who was issued a citation said this year featured unnecessary police force. “This year every street is full of cops,” he said. “They’re living at the end of Main Street. They’re busting a lot of kids on foot with a beer, and it sucks because there are drunk drivers and robbers and rapists out there and they’re citing someone for beer. I don’t feel like that’s in the interest of keeping people safe.”
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Photos by Kaiti Chritz | Photo Editor Far left: Eight police officers stand on the corner of Main and Bellows street during Welcome Weekend on Aug. 29.
Left: A bin is filled with littered beverage cans Aug. 29 on Main Street.
Six police officers surround a man on Main Street on Aug. 28.
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People walking up and down Main Street shouted insults police officers stationed on corners. However, some students were empathetic to the increased burden on police. Senior Mike Sweet said police have a lot to deal with on Welcome Weekend. “CMU has the first Welcome Weekend out of all the universities,” Sweet said. “That means everybody, including a lot of people who don’t go here or live here, are coming to party. It’s definitely more secured this year than it has been in the past.” Junior Drea Ramirez said a lot of people who visit during Welcome Weekend are unfamiliar with Mount Pleasant, so they end up getting in trouble with the law. “People who don’t go here, or aren’t yet familiar with CMU, walk around with open beer. They’ll walk right up to a corner full of police. They think if they’re 21 it’s legal,” she said.
Foot traffic control A little after 11 p.m., police
began their first “Push” on Main Street. Designated as a “soft push,” officers systematically proceed south from one end of the street to the other. Roughly a dozen officers walked slowly up each side of the street in a wall formation, using only their lights and whistles to direct the crowd. These two walls were accompanied by four MPPD squad cars traveling at the same pace as the officers. The police cleared the entire street and sidewalk. Officers ordered people to get off porches and proceed north toward campus. In a matter of minutes, the entire length of Main Street was devoid of students. Main Street had yet to fill back in at 11:30 p.m., but partiers were not discouraged. Three out of town visitors, Ava Kelly, Ty Satkowiak and Tess Molinari, said they traveled from Southeast Michigan and were put off by the heavy police presence. “It could be better with less police,” Satkowiak said. “Last night there were so many cops, we were basically trapped in the party we walked into.” However, the visitors agreed
they will be back next year. Main Street was still notably less crowded at midnight after police worked to clear the streets. Lt. Larry Klaus of CMUPD said he expected Main Street to fill back up. Officers work to clear students two or three times per night. “Main got so congested that you couldn’t get a car through, which presents a safety hazard,” Klaus said. “That’s why officers cleared the street.” Main and Washington streets were too congested to bring a car through around 1 a.m. MPPD Lt. Andy Latham radioed for another soft push. Even amid a second clearing of the streets by law enforcement agencies, some partygoers remained determined to stay out. Senior Carl Spradlin said most people won’t be contained by an increased police presence. “People will do what they want to do,” Spradlin said. “Police are trying to demonstrate a strong presence this year, and they are, but everyone is still here to have a good time. Maybe (CMU doesn’t) don’t want to be seen as a partying school anymore, but that
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Field hockey starts season 0-2, aims to improve defense By Ian Ashbury Staff Reporter @ashbury_ | Sports@cm-life.com
Two teams near the top of the NCAA Field Hockey rankings came to Mount Pleasant this weekend, outscoring the Chippewas 15-4. The Central Michigan University field hockey team hosted Delaware and Michigan State on its opening weekend, losing both games. On Friday, Head Coach Molly Pelowski said improving the defense was key for the team moving forward, especially with the team hitting the road for a four-game stretch away from Mount Pleasant. After allowing six goals and 14 shots in the first half against UD, the Chippewas tightened up on defense against the Spartans. MSU was only able to generate eight shots and one goal in the first half on Saturday. Senior Kaysie Gregory scored her third goal in two games against MSU. In the second half however, MSU flexed its muscle with four unanswered goals. Claire Johnson of MSU scored two goals in the game
and Sophie Macadre assisted on two goals. Coming off a six save game on Friday against UD, goalkeeper Sadie Lynn Reynolds had 15 saves against the Blue Hens. This season, CMU lost two defensive backs to graduation in Jordyn Brengosz and Chloe McIlwaine. Now the back line has only two seniors, as the other three are underclassmen. Spreading out and trusting each other is important to improving the defense, Pelowski said. “We’re not getting open in the middle of the field, we have to make the field bigger,” she said. Looking forward, Pelowski pinpointed a few things which need to be fixed. “Corner defense, outlet passes and individual defense. It’s not brain surgery, we just have to think about what we’re doing,” she said. “Physically we never quit, mentally we lost it and were not organized. But for 70 minutes we’re going to stick in a match,” Pelowski said. The Chippewas go on their first road trip of the season next week, traveling to Richmond, Virginia to take on Virginia Commonwealth on Friday.
Monica Bradburn | Staff Photographer The Central Michigan University field hockey team listens to Head Coach Molly Pelowski during halftime of the field hockey game on Aug. 8 at the Field Hockey Complex.
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Bennett Field sits empty on Aug. 28 on the campus of Central Michigan University.
Replacing Bennett
New sports complex opens in October,
leaving uncertain future for Bennett Field
By Cody DeBona Staff Reporter @CBonez8 | Sports@cm-life.com
Starting in October, the Central Michigan University soccer team will be taking a 100-foot walk from Bennett Field to the new artificial turf field. The new field will be used for varsity soccer, varsity lacrosse and club sports organizations. The biggest change will be the switch from real grass to lighted synthetic turf in the $8 million complex, which will also include
locker rooms, concessions, coaching offices and a training room. There are benefits to turf surfaces, like draining systems and consistency of field positions – especially in Michigan weather. Newly constructed stands and a press box look over the field with the action C decorating the midfield. “I think it’s an honor to be able to break in a new turf field and hopefully put some records up on the board before I graduate,” said junior goalkeeper Maddy Bunnell. The fresh turf is nearly complete and ready for action, but the
Chippewas leave memories made at Bennett behind. “I would say in the fall of 2013 when Nikki Samuel scored the game-winning goal on senior day (is the most memorable),” said Head Coach Peter McGahey. “I thought that was a pretty special moment for us.” After the construction is completed, Bennett Field may be finished with all competition, although the surrounding track will continue to be utilized. The field will still be used for practices when the new turf field is unavailable.
“They will be using this as a more true infield for track and field and there are some opportunities for other events,” said assistant director of competitive sports Scott George. “The challenge is that surface is very sensitive and cannot take much use, which is why it has been only used as a competition field up to this point.” It is not known when the Chippewas will play their first game at the new field, but the team will begin a four-game homestand Oct. 2 against Miami (Ohio).
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STARTING A SEASON OF UNCERTAINTY Chippewas enter season with high expectations, but there are reasons to be concerned
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ith days left until kickoff, fans still don’t have a very clear idea of what this year’s Central Michigan University football team could be capable of. The highprofile offseason is finished and fall camp is wrapping up. The Chippewas open the season at 7 p.m. on Thursday at Kelly/Shorts Stadium against Oklahoma State. Here are three reasons to be excited and three reasons to cover your eyes when the CMU football team takes the field.
p.m. Thursday at Kelly/Shorts Stadium against Oklahoma State. Check out our football coverage in Thursday’s edition of Central Michigan Life, with stories on Bonamego’s journey, Derrick Nash’s influence, the new defensive scheme and a game-by-game breakdown of the schedule.
Reasons to be Optimistic
Reasons to be Pessimistic
1. Count On Cooper Junior quarterback Cooper Rush had his most public offseason yet following his impressive performance in the Bahamas Bowl to end his sophomore year (Seven touchdowns and 485 yards passing). Rush enters 2015 confident he can lead the Chippewas into several key games this year, If leadership and confidence becomes something the team is looking for at any point this season, they will know exactly where to find it.
1. Cornerback Controversy We know CMU is thin and inexperienced at cornerback.What fans don’t know is how well young players like Amari Coleman and Stefon Armstead will respond to guarding the MidAmerican Conference’s best receivers. If these players don’t get help in the secondary on deep passing routes, it could be a long season for Colby and the CMU pass protection unit. 2.Out manned out wide Jesse Kroll will be CMU’s No. 1 wide receiver this fall, but it remains unclear who will provide him support and take pressure of Rush and the CMU pass-blocking unit. Tight end Ben McCord might provide a safety valve for Rush on occasion, but to score like they did last year, the Chippewas will need another deep threat to get open consistently.
2. An iron curtain The CMU defensive line is loaded with talent and experience. Regardless of what happens behind them in the secondary, on paper this unit appears to be CMU’s strongest. Led by upperclassmen Blake Serpa and Joe Ostman, the D-Line should create major headaches for opposing offensive playmakers New defensive coordinator Greg Colby will likely be counting on this group for his offensive schemes to fall into place. 3. An intangible offseason Oftentimes in sports, underdogs are inspired to do things critics say they can’t because of a deep connection to personal pride or a team identity. The death of teammate Derrick Nash after lengthy battle with cancer and first-year Head Coach John Bonamego’s bout with a less severe diagnosis of cancer has provided a spark to this team’s motivation, regardless of physical skill or raw talent. Believing you can make someone important to you proud and playing for a purpose higher than winning can put a team in a place to prove the pundits wrong.
COOPER RUSH
3. We’ve gotta play who? CMU’s schedule is brutal this year. Especially to start the season. Facing Oklahoma State, Syracuse and Michigan State in a span of four weeks is about as close as you can get to murder’s row for a MAC team. Not to mention two of those games are in opposing stadiums and one of them requires a trip of more than 600 miles. Once the conference schedule starts, things don’t get any easier. Opening the MAC slate against preseason favorite Northern Illinois and Western Michigan will be early tests for a likely to be banged up and perhaps discouraged Chippewa team. Staying healthy and staying positive will be important if CMU wants to finish the year with a record better than .500.
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does attract people. You can get a good education at lots of universities, why not go to the one where you can have a good time too?”
The strange and somewhat genius Twenty-eight-year-old Mount Pleasant resident Ed Rath said he looks forward to Welcome Weekend each year. Other residents may disagree, but they don’t cash in the way Rath does. “I love it,” he said. Standing over a metal crate stuffed with recyclables, Rath said all the major weekends yield thousands of cans and bottles to return for the 10-cent deposit. “Last year between Welcome Weekend, tailgating — and of course Western Weekend — I returned a little over $2,000 in cans and bottles.” A crowd gathered on Washington Street a little after midnight to watch junior Tim Brown dive into a kiddie pool on someone’s front lawn. Brown, who was dressed as a brown bear, said he felt at home in his natural habitat. “This is not my first Welcome Weekend,” Brown said. “I love the atmosphere, people mixing and having fun, and everyone enjoys the bear costume.” Senior Desirae Lamoreaux
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Friends play bubble hockey during Welcome Weekend on Aug. 30 on the corner of Bellow and Douglas streets.
was working at the Shell Station at the intersection of Mission and High streets. She was visibly disturbed by the condition of people meandering in and out of her workplace. “This weekend is definitely
worse than normal,” Lamoreaux said. “Of course we have the drunks who make the bathrooms nasty, but now we’ve had somebody rip the lid off our trash can and break things. People come in and
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