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Man fled across campus after home break-in By Gabi Jaye Senior Reporter

Mount Pleasant police are still searching for a 22-yearold man accused of breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s house with a gun. MPPD Sgt. Dan Gaffka said Richard Chamberlain is suspected of entering the woman’s residence at 615 1/2 E. High St. Saturday at 12:47 p.m. Chamberlain is believed to be an Alma resident but also has an address listed in the Detroit area, Gaffka said. A crime alert was sent to students in regards to the off-campus crime, and that the search for an armed 200-pound white male with black hair, blue jeans and a black and red jacket was ongoing. “The city (police) had a complaint where they were tracking a suspect of something that occurred at the city,” said Central Michigan University Police Chief Bill Yeagley. Police were called to the scene by a witness, Gaffka said. Chamberlain had fled the scene by the time police arrived. Gaffka said Chamberlain is believed to have fled by foot. Footprints from the scene were tracked through campus. Chamberlain is also believed to have access to a vehicle. There allegedly was a confrontation between Chamberlain and the woman when she came home, Gaffka said. The gun was recovered by police at the ex-girlfriend’s residence. Yeagley said the suspect was originally seen at High and University streets. He then headed south on University Street. The crime alert was sent out to students because the suspect fled close to campus, Yeagley said. The suspect was tracked to Bellows and Washington A burglary | 2A

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Northville senior Aaron Ozimek, also known as LymeLight, performs a mix of electronic and dub-step music as hundreds of people dance Saturday night during Electrify CMU at Finch Fieldhouse. “It’s cool to see (the rave) come together,” Ozimek said. “We started working on this in November.”

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he dance floor in Finch Fieldhouse Saturday night was full of students feeling heavy electronic beats in white shirts, glow paint and bright colors. Tyler Belote helped with crowd control during CMU’s first official rave, Electrify CMU, and said students would love the atmosphere once they entered. “It’s set up just like a rave,” the Oakland freshman said, “so it’s going to be fun for students.” Port Huron sophomore Kierstin DeWitt helped organize the event and said all 350 wrist bands were given out, but that attendance exceeded that number. “We had just under 500 people show up,” she said. The inception of Electrify CMU came with Northville senior Jesse Ozimek’s experiences with electronic music in metro Detroit. The Merrill Hall resident assistant said she wanted to bring what she loves about the genre to Central Michigan University. “I’m an electronic freak so I decided to put this event into action. I’ve been to so many different electronic events in Detroit it makes it feel as if electronic music is unknown

on campus,” she said. “This is my way of showing CMU students what the electronic scene is and what it has to offer.” Lake Orion resident Brad Lawrence trekked from the Detroit area to Mount Pleasant so he could sell glowing t-shirts and show off colorful paintings. “I’m here today to spread color to the show,” he said. “I know people who are here so I came out to bring visually stimulating paintings under black light.” Several disc jockeys took turns spinning different kinds of electronic music during the night, each with a different A rave | 2A

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Mount Pleasant resident Kalan Hubbard, 16, spins glow sticks and dances Saturday night at Finch Fieldhouse. Hubbard, who moved to Michigan six months ago from New Mexico, has been pleased with the electronic music scene. “In New Mexico, I didn’t hear any good electronic music, this has been my saving grace,” Hubbard said.

Elkton freshman Marquerite Mears dances with friends and holds flashing lights Saturday night. “We didn’t have anything better to do so why not (rave),” Mears said.

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The effects Stasi Russell, co-president of Spectrum and a Howell senior, has been a resident assistant for three years. She has witnessed the effects of transgender students being placed in a room alone and agrees with Gawronski that CMU should follow in MSU’s footsteps. “Many of these students have depression as it is, significantly higher than the straight community, and I see this increase even more when they’re put in a room alone,” Russell said. Right now, Holtgreive said, CMU takes the same route for transgender students as it does concerning students with disabilities, athletes, international students, and others regarding their housing. When asked about gender-

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Two new trustees take office Feb. 17 By Maria Amante Senior Reporter

Senior forward Will McClure fights for position as he attempts a layup during CMU’s 41-38 loss at EMU Convocation Center in Ypsilanti.

At the end of last semester, Robinson Resident Hall Director Bridget Dunigan submitted a proposal to Residence Life supporting gender-neutral housing on campus. Currently, there is no policy for gender-neutral housing at large on campus. Dunigan’s motive for suggesting the proposal was to benefit certain groups of students on campus, specifically transgender students who are having difficulty with their on-campus living situations. “This would benefit (transgender students) the most,” Dunigan said, “but other groups such as siblings could find this helpful as well.” Although Residence Life works with transgender students on an individual basis, the office is working on language that will likely see approval within the next week or two, said Shaun Holtgreive, associate director of Residence Life. This language will indicate to students that Residence Life will work with them to accommodate their needs. “Central Michigan University doesn’t have a good way to house transgender students, except for making them live alone,” said Macomb freshman and Spectrum member Justin Gawronski. “Michigan State University has been using gender-neutral housing for two years and so far it’s been successful for them.”

Gov. Rick Snyder has chosen Dr. Patricia A. Maryland and William R. Kanine to fill the two vacancies on CMU’s Board of Trustees. Maryland and Kanine will replace outgoing board members Stephanie Comai and Gail Torreano, whose terms expired Dec. 31, 2010, pending confirmation from the state Senate. “Both of the new trustees will be great additions to the board (because) they bring experience that will be very relevant to CMU and its long-term strategy,” said Sarah Opperman, chairwoman of the CMU Board of Trustees. “Bill is not only a CPA with a strong financial background, but also a fellow alum. Dr. Maryland, with her experience in the medical profession obviously will be very

helpful to the board.” Kanine, a certified public accountant, lives in Petoskey and received his B.S. and B.A. degrees from CMU. He previously served on the Petoskey Area Public Schools school board and is managing partner in William R. Kanine, P.C., a CPA firm. Kanine also serves on the College of Medicine’s steering committee, he said in an interview with Central Michigan Life. “I’m totally honored to even be considered, and totally honored at the opportunity of the appointment,” Kanine said. Maryland lives in Bloomfield Hills, is president and CEO of St. John Providence Health System and was named one of Crain’s Detroit Business’s Most Influential Women in 2007. She received her B.A. in applied mathematics from Alabama State University, master’s degree

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in biostatistics from the University of California-Berkeley and doctorate in public health from the University of Pittsburgh. She was unable to be reached in time for publication. University President George Ross released a statement Friday in an internal communication on Maryland and Kanine’s appointments. “We welcome the Governor’s appointments of individuals who have diverse professional expertise, which will provide valued insight into board deliberations,” Ross said. Under state law, the appointees will be able to serve at the February board of trustees meeting unless the Senate rejects their appointments. Snyder also announced trustee appointments for Grand Valley State University

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State of the Union a ‘fundamental moment’ for President Obama

w The Wellspring Literary Series will be hosted from 7 to 10 p.m. at The Art Reach Center, 111 E. Broadway St. w The first Student Government Association meeting of 2011 will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. in Dow 171. w The CMU & WMU Blood Drive Partnership will take place from 12 to 5:45 p.m. in the Sweeney Hall lobby.

TUESDAY w Graphic Protest will be on display from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the University Art Gallery. w “What’s the deal with Michigan? An Economic Outlook” will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Bovee University Center Auditorium. w The Powers Woodwind Quartet Hindemith Concert will take place from 8 to 9:30 p.m. in the Music Building’s Staples Family Concert Hall.

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burglary | streets. “We are assisting the city and alerting the students of a potentially dangerous situation,” Yeagley said. Chamberlain is not suspected to be armed and dangerous, Gaffka said. The Mount Pleasant Police Department was assisted by CMU police, the Isabella County Sheriff’s Department, Saginaw Chippewa Tribal police and state police from the Mount Pleasant post. The investigation is ongoing and Chamberlain is still at large, Gaffka said. metro@cm-life.com

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to use his State of the Union speech Tuesday to articulate a centrist vision that will shape the remaining two years of his term and provide a template for his re-election campaign. Obama has been moving steadily to the political center since his midterm election drubbing two months ago, agreeing to extend tax cuts for the richest Americans, calling for businessfriendly regulations and attempting to repair his relationship with the business community. His speech Tuesday is an opportunity to showcase that transformation, especially for independent voters. “This is a fundamental, if not the fundamental, moment of the Obama presidency,” said Douglas Schoen, who was an adviser to former President Bill Clinton. “He has been moving to the center by fits and starts. But he has yet to declare where he stands and what he wants to accomplish. This is his chance to eschew the partisanship of the first two years, to put himself in the center and be responsive to the mandate that elected him.” In the speech, set for 9 p.m. EST, Obama will lay out the steps he’ll take to boost an economy bedeviled by high unemployment, while summarizing the progress made to date, according to White House aides. He will also address the whopping federal debt, a topic that contributed to voter angst in November when Republicans won control of the House.

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feel. Emily Waddill, a Swartz Creek sophomore, said she was excited to attend Electrify CMU. “I’ve never been to a rave before so I didn’t know what to expect,” she said. “This was awesome and it shows that CMU has some pretty cool school events.” Waddill was surprised to see how much went on during the night. “The best part about this

He will try to plant the idea that things are getting better, but avoid suggesting that troubles are over. With unemployment at 9.4 percent, no one is apt to believe the economy has recovered. “You’ve got to be careful not to take too much credit when people are still feeling pretty bad,” said Mark Mellman, a Democratic pollster. “But you also have to put yourself in position to take credit down the road as things do improve.” In a short video preview of his speech on his grassroots website Organizing for America, Obama said: “My principal focus, my No. 1 focus is going to be making sure that we are competitive, that we are growing and we are creating jobs, not just now but well into the future. I’m focused on making sure the economy is working for everybody.” Building on a theme from his speech in Tucson after the shooting rampage that killed six and injured 13, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., Obama is likely to call for more civility in politics. The conciliatory message is a sharp break from some of Obama’s more combative oratory of the last two years, when he said Republicans deserved to take a “back seat” to Democrats. “This is his opportunity to close the book on the 2010 election and open up the Obama 2012 campaign,” said Neil Newhouse, a Republican pollster. “This is his initial opportunity to make the case to voters that he understands the message that they sent last November — that he’s listening and he gets it.”

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Grand Rapids junior Amber Hargett reads from the Book of Acts with Detroit resident and veteran Peter Brosing at the Detroit Veterans Center, during a His House HOME mission trip Saturday afternoon.

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neutral housing as whole, not specifically for transgender students, Holtgreive said the policy is not headed that way for approval. “It’s a sensitive topic, and the parent in me knows that I want to make everyone’s experience as positive as I can,” Holtgreive said. “Placing students in residence halls is not as simple as it seems. Everyone comes here

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and Northern Michigan University Friday. “I have every confidence

with their own personalities and ideas, and we have to make sure the living conditions are comfortable and safe for all of them.” Dunigan said she recognizes how intimidating it can seem to live with people of the opposite sex, but that it happens off-campus all the time. “I submitted this proposal not because I identify with the transgender community, but because they need people who specifically do not identify for support as allies,” Dunigan said. “Administration should not have

a blanket policy for everyone, but they at least have to say, ‘We hear you,’ in order to help these students.” Sarah Winchester, political co-chairwoman of Spectrum and Owosso senior, said this week, the RSO will inform the campus of gender-neutral housing facts in the lower level of the Bovee University Center. There will be a petition available for students who support gender-neutral housing to sign.

they will provide the leadership these universities need as we work to structure costs in a way that makes college affordable,” Snyder said in a statement released Friday with the names of the appointed trustees for the three

universities. Former Gov. Jennifer Granholm attempted to fill Comai and Torreano’s vacancies last year, but her attempt was rejected by Senate Republicans.

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event is we’re selling glow sticks and water bottles. They are going to a charity called The Go Effect,” Belote said. Members of the the charity are scheduled to head to Africa and build a hospital. All of the money raised at Electrify CMU was donated to helping their efforts. “I’m glad I could help bring this (event) to CMU,” Ozimek said. “Hopefully everyone learned about something they may not have otherwise known, like what a cool culture electronic really is.” studentlife@cm-life.com

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Before he goes to bed, Sarah Lukens reads William, 7, his favorite story. Until they move into the new house, William has a makeshift bed on the floor in Sarah’s room at her mother’s house.

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The Lukens family tries to get together to pose for a family portrait in front of their house that is being built through the Habitat for Humanity program.

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Mother of three faces illness, finds solace in effort to build her new home By Emily Grove | Senior Reporter

Today, Sarah Lukens’ daughter Rachel is coming home from the hospital. And in a few months, Sarah and her three children will move into their new house, thanks to the Isabella County Habitat for Humanity. Both homecomings have the Shepherd resident grinning from ear to ear. Overcoming and continuing to face illness is something Sarah and her children have become familiar with.

Sarah Lukens tries to get Rachel, 9, to take her medicine. Rachel has cystic fibrosis and has to be hooked up to the machine for more than two hours each day.

It first crept into their lives when Sarah’s second child, Rachel, was born. Sarah knew something was wrong and took the baby to a doctor for testing when she was four months old. “She had failure to thrive, cried all the time and just wasn’t growing,” Lukens said. “They did the tests and they came back positive for cystic fibrosis.” Rachel, 9, was in the hospital for two weeks, but as soon

as she started medication her condition improved. She started growing and is now in the hundredth percentile for her age. However, things aren’t always easy and special steps are required to keep Rachel healthy. About every other year, Rachel has a hospital stay in Grand Rapids to clean out her system. A rock and a hard place But the Lukens’ family’s

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health issues didn’t end with cystic fibrosis. Around the sixth month of her pregnancy with her son, William, Sarah was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. AML is a fast-progressing leukemia, requiring treatment within weeks of diagnosis for survival. Because of the AML, an early cesarean section could not be performed or Sarah would A in focus | 8a

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Man up, ladies Several months ago, I was having drinks with some male acquaintances — me and four guys — and I expressed my dislike for a woman we were all acquainted with. The conversation about this person was already negative, but when I chimed in, the conversation took a turn. “You don’t like her because you’re a woman.” Huh? “What do you mean, because I’m a woman?” They proceeded to tell me women hate each other, always. More often than not, they said, it boils down to petty jealousies. Instead of disliking this person for whatever reason I may have had, I had to dislike her because of jealousy. I was instantly offended. But right then and there, I gained great insight into how men think. They are impossibly chauvinistic, but without trying. I don’t think it’s done without malicious intent. For whatever reason, they feel the need to dismiss women, years after several feminist waves and various other alleged gains for women. It is very easy for men to assume when two women dislike each other, it boils down to jealousy over something ridiculous, like the other’s boyfriend, or each other’s hair. I’m quite resentful, but that’s their line of thinking. If they think this way about me, they think it about all women. Consider the portrayals of women on television. While I love “Sex and the City,” all the women are displayed doing is talking about men. What else are men supposed to think of women if this is the show that completely speaks to us? The fact of the matter is the blame lies with the women. Women, in my generalized experience, are afraid to show they are capable of intelligent conversation. Women are beyond capable of engaging in the important conversations, and yet when men are around we tend to clam up, as though it’s 1955. Women need to realize having an opinion — other than about highlights or self-tanner — is not the end of the world. This isn’t to say it isn’t fun to be silly and frivolous, but doing it in front of men makes them think that’s all we’re capable of. We don’t need to choose between Madonna and whore, Marilyn or Jackie. We can all find a happy medium, and be whatever it is we want to be. It is the responsibility of our generation to correct that perception. We need to embrace our cleverness, and not shun it. Otherwise, as a male colleague (because clearly, I cannot finish a thought on my own) said, why aren’t you all back in the kitchen?

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Former CMU Board of Trustees Chairwoman Stephanie Comai smiles during her last meeting in December at the President’s Conference Room in the Bovee University Center. Comai, as well as Gail Torreano, are no longer on the board, as their terms expired Dec. 31.

EDITORIAL | Trustee appointments confirm CMU’s true priorities

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he appointments of Dr. Patricia A. Maryland and William R. Kanine to the CMU Board of Trustees have proven the College of Medicine will continue to be CMU’s main priority years down the line.

Maryland is president and CEO of St. John Providence Health System and Kanine is a certified public accountant who serves on the College of Medicine steering committee. Clearly, Gov. Rick Snyder’s appointments, made with input from CMU figures including President George Ross and Kathy Wilbur, vice president of Development and External Relations, were squarely focused on the medical school. Whether or not it was intentional or incidental, this serves as a roundabout endorsement of the College of Medicine from Snyder, a matter that has been controversial

in the CMU community and statewide. The question is not whether these two can effectively help set up the College of Medicine, which they most likely will do admirably. The question is whether they can help govern the rest of the university, and whether they can do so in a fair and unbiased manner. Trustees are appointed by the governor to serve an eight-year term. The College of Medicine is currently scheduled to accept its first class of students in 2012. After that, Kanine and Maryland will still have about seven years left in their terms.

They need to dedicate themselves to serving the best interest of the university at large. Not just the College of Medicine, and not the personal interests of themselves or any other higher-ups on the board or at the university. Kanine and Maryland need to get acquainted with the university in order to make informed decisions based on their own knowledge — not the coaxings or demands of other board members, Ross or anybody else. And they need to do it quickly. Barring the unlikely eventuality that the Republican-controlled state Senate rejects Snyder’s appointments, Kanine and Maryland will begin serving at the Feb. 14 board meeting. In future trustee appointments, the governor and those advising him should take a holistic approach, making appointments based on who will help make the best decisions for the university at large, rather than just a moneydraining pet project.

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It appears that CM Life put more thought and research effort into this article than anyone has ever put into rating professors at the site. When looking for reviews of professors I had taken courses from at CMU, I noticed many places where students’ personal opinions of instructors led them to give very poor ratings for the very same reason I might have given them superb marks. The example: A

certain prof was given poor marks because his history class collided with the politics of a reviewer. It was obvious from the reviewer’s remarks that the instructor had elicited a great deal of thought and engagement from the reviewer — which is one of the goals of any education. I understand the temptation to pan someone with whom you disagree on fundamental outlooks, but the site doesn’t do enough to separate personal opinion from the more objective ways of looking at pedagogy: did the student learn, engage with and retain information? Was the professor similarly engaged? I once had a prof who was on the opposite side of everything I believed.

His method of teaching and listening eventually became a useful foil and, over time, I came to agree with most of his perspective. If I had allowed his politics to eclipse entirely my own willingness to engage, then I’d be a different, worse version of myself today.

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After the last several years, I can no longer muster the naiveté to be shocked when political commentators sweepingly mischaracterize Muslims as violent enemies of freedom. I just never expected to see such vitriol spurred on by “Batman” comic books, as was the case several weeks ago. In the current storyline spanning the “Batman” comics, Bruce Wayne is travelling the world, setting up Batman Incorporated, a network of Batmen protecting major cities worldwide. The trouble started in December’s “Detective Comics Annual” #12 and “Batman Annual” #28. In those books, Batman travels to Paris, and is aided by a young French hero named Nightrunner in the Clichy-sous-Bois region of the city, eventually naming him the Batman of Paris. Several conservative bloggers, most visibly Warner Todd Huston and Avi Green spoke out when Nightrunner took off his mask, revealing Bilal Asselah, a 22-yearold French Muslim of Algerian descent. “How about that, Bruce Wayne goes to France where he hires not a genuine French boy or girl with a real sense of justice, but rather, an ‘oppressed’ minority who adheres to the Religion of Peace,” wrote Green on his blog, who must have missed the part where Asselah is written as a French citizen who has lived in Paris his entire life while he was assuredly scouring painstakingly through the issues. The idea that a Muslim cannot be a hero is terrifying. Both Huston and Green suggest the French Batman should be a “real,” Frenchman, and their comments suggest that people cannot decide what is right for themselves or where their loyalties lie. Don’t forget that American leaders and heroes like Thomas Jefferson and George Washington were born as British subjects. “Through it all (“Batman” publisher) DC makes a Muslim in France a hero when French Muslims are at the center of some of the worst violence in the country’s recent memory,” Huston said. Huston’s argument is basically that comic-book creators should not introduce a Muslim and/or Arab superhero while members of those groups of people are in a controversial spotlight. Following that argument, in the wake of Tucson, Ariz. gunman Jared Loughner’s actions, no comic-book creators should create any white superheroes for the time being. If it is that important for a nation’s fictional crimefighters to be representative of their “native” people, I assume that Huston and Green would prefer Bruce Wayne step down and hand his cape to an Iroquois or a Navajo. Yes, throwing a fuss over a “Batman” comic is silly. However, be it regarding current events or the Caped Crusader, people should not tolerate prejudices based on false logic, ignorance or hate. Batman wouldn’t.

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ALL THAT JAZZ | Family plays in Beat the Winter Blues festival

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Mount Pleasant senior Jason Nichol, a music major, plays the double bass and smiles at his father, John Nichol, professor of saxophone, as the two perform together Saturday evening during the Beat the Winter Blues festival at Buck’s Run Country Club, 1559 S. Chippewa Road. “It’s great to get out and play in the community, it breaks up these damn cold winter nights,” Jason said.

Grad students, profs spend break in India By Ben Harris Staff Reporter

A small group of students and faculty members spent their first two weeks of winter break on the other side of the world. Four professors and four business administration graduate students represented CMU in a delegation that visited three universities and three businesses in India from Dec. 10 to Dec. 22. The purpose of the trip was to strengthen relationships with CMU-connected universities in India, said Anil Kumar, associate professor of business information systems. Kumar attended the trip, which was the first of its kind at CMU. “As an institution, we wanted to expand our global footprint,”

Kumar said. Plans for the trip began to take shape in late September when the Indian universities expressed a strong interest in improving relations. “It’s part of an ongoing process,” said trip organizer Debasish Chakraborty, professor of economics. “We’ll be going in the summer again with different faculty members so we’ll have a better understanding of them and they’ll have a better understanding of us.” The group held open sessions in which Indian students could communicate with and ask questions of the CMU delegation. “It was a wonderful networking opportunity,” said Vietnam graduate assistant Hang Le. The trip was a great opportu-

nity to get to know the professors better and to meet faculty and students at foreign universities, Le said. CMU gets a number of exchange students from India, and the teaching styles in India are a little different from those in the U.S., said Randall Hayes, professor of accounting. “We needed to find out what students from India are used to so we can make our relationship work better,” Hayes said. Students on the trip mingled with others and helped them understand the admissions process, classes and the general overview of U.S. university life. “It started out as a nice opportunity for the students, but having them along opened doors and really made the occasion special,” Hayes said.

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A delegation of four CMU professors and four students affiliated with the College of Business Administration pose with associates in front of the Taj Mahal in India. The purpose of the trip was to strengthen relationships with CMU-connected universities in India and was the first of its kind at CMU.

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Dance lessons, dinner draw highlight Unity Ball About 50 attend finale event By Logan Patmon Staff Reporter

Martin Luther King, Jr. Week ended on a musical note this year night with the 19th annual Unity Ball on Friday. About 50 attended the event in the Bovee University Center Rotunda. “Last year, we had a sort of play,” said Keisha Janney, assistant director of Minority Student Services, “but this year, we decided to do dance lessons.” Janney said the Unity Ball caps off the week-long celebration of MLK Day. “I enjoyed the event,” said

Lansing freshman Kevin Reeves. “I came because I wanted to (end) MLK week with a big bang.” Thirty seniors from Southwestern High School in Flint attended the event along with university staff and students, including University President George Ross and his wife. Soon after the buffet-style dinner was served, audience members had a chance to participate in dance lessons. They could learn basic ballroom dance steps and varieties of the hustle. “I liked the dance lessons a lot,” said Southwestern High School senior Kalieha Stapleton. “I never knew there was so many different versions of the hustle.” The demonstrations start-

ed off with a thin group, but the entire dance floor was filled by the time the last hustle was being taught. A live disc jockey and The Charles and Gwen Scales band alternated in providing the music. The three-vocalist band sang their own renditions of popular tunes from artists such as Mary Mary, John Legend and Ne-Yo. A Michael Jackson impersonator also appeared wearing the star’s iconic silver sparkling gloves, red leather jacket and hat. He danced, sang and lead the crowd through some of Jackson’s biggest hits, such as “P.Y.T.,” “You Are Not Alone” and “Billie Jean.” studentlife@cm-life.com

Since the trip, there have been tentative plans for a faculty exchange program. “We came away with very much improved relations with all of those schools,” Hayes said. university@cm-life.com

A new course registration policy only needs minor adjustments before it’s implemented campus wide. The waiting list system, which was designed to prevent upperclassmen, who can register earlier, from saving class slots for underclassmen, is now in effect for health sciences and physical education and sport classes for a test run. “Our OIT (Office of Information Technology) developed it and did a good job,” said Registrar Karen Hutslar. “Right now, it is in review with colleges and other departments.” Hutslar said when a course has filled up the new system will ask the student trying to register for the course if they would like to be put on the waiting list. “The spots open up, and the students on the list go in,” she said. There is no restriction on how many students can be on the waiting list for one specific class, she said. No incidents of students abusing the system have occurred this semester among the two departments using the list. Students violate the provision in the student bul-

letin, which explains students must register for their own academic classes, when they save courses for other students. “So far, we have not received any referrals from the Registrar’s Office for possible violations of this policy,” said Tony Voisin, director of Student Life. If Student Life were to receive a case, the student would likely face a sanction of disciplinary probation for their actions, he said, though it would be dependent on the situation. Freeland senior Jon Eaton said he thinks the new policy is fair because saving classes for underclassmen was a way to beat the seniority system of class registration. He said he occasionally had classes saved for him while attending another university. “I (saw) it when I went to Saginaw Valley (State University),” Eaton said. “My brother had done it for me before I transferred.” The waiting list has not been well received among some underclassmen. “I feel like we get the dull selection of classes,” said Indian River freshman Michaela Wright. “I think it is unfair and there are other people who are still going to do it.” The waiting list will likely be back next semester. “Overall, I think it went well and only requires some small changes,” Hutslar said. university@cm-life.com

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Campus Dining works in food drive By Matt Torres Staff Reporter

More than 150 community members got their fill at a Campus Dining-sponsored food drive Saturday in Finch Fieldhouse for Mobile Food Pantry. Mobile Food Pantry is a community program run by the Community Compassion Network, which Campus Dining recently partnered with to sponsor a monthy deliveries. The campus community at residential and retail locations worked from Jan. 10 to 21 to try and raise $2,200 for the food truck, or about 12,000 to 15,000 pounds of food. “This is a very great organization to get involved with,” said Bloomfield Hills senior Jasmine Crossland. “Community Compassion Network puts in a lot of

time and effort for the families.” CCN purchases food from the Mid-Michigan Regional Food Bank in Lansing twice a month to distribute to families in the Mount Pleasant community through affiliated churches and organizations. A Mount Pleasant resident, who wished to withhold her name, said the Michigan Bridge Card is no longer enough to feed a family of five with the increasing price of groceries. “Some of the repetitive volunteers remember you and give you other resources, like other places that can help us out,” she said. Crossland said she felt blessed and lucky to volunteer. “The outpour of love and gratitude from the families keeps me coming back,” she said. It was the first time CMU alumnus Andy Curtis volunteered at the pantry. He said it is important for students to help community members when

they can. “A lot of people here are in bad situations and there is nothing they can do,” he said. Real Food on Campus employee Sandra Bell said it was nice to see people give up their free time to volunteer for the event. “We all have time but we may not have money,” she said. The Mobile Food Pantry also served a hot pancake breakfast. Another Mount Pleasant resident, who also wished to remain anonymous, said it was a nice change of pace. “At other pantries you have to go grab your cold breakfast,” the resident said. “You never know, it may not be sanitary.” Mobile Food Pantry was the newest community service program added to Campus Dining’s 2010 platform, which also includes Big Brothers Big Sisters, Adopt a Family, Special Olympics and United Way. university@cm-life.com

Freshman takes position in international marketing group Traveling her favorite part of DECA job By Melissa Beauchamp Staff Reporter

Stephanie Cardaris is enhancing her educational experience outside the classroom by entering the business world. The Clinton Township freshman is a member of the 2010-11 Michigan Distributive Education Clubs of America executive council. She said she became involved with DECA, an international association of marketing students that provides members development activities, her junior year of high school and has stayed active ever since. “I’ve gained leadership skills through my involvement with DECA,” she said. “I’ve had experiences being able to work with teams and problem solving.” In high school, Cardaris competed in sports entertainment marketing and the merit award

LGBT night at Coco Joe’s brings supporters together By Jordan Spence Staff Reporter

A group of CMU students plays a game of touch football in the snow Saturday between the Health Professions Building and Finch Fieldhouse. We want you to show us Mount Pleasant’s winter through your eyes. Please submit your winter-related photos digitally to photo@cm-life.com by Jan. 30. We will publish the winner in the newspaper and a full gallery online.

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program. She advanced all the way to the international competition both years, she said. Cardaris now serves as a state secretary and district seven representative. “The state officers and I run each conference,” she said. “It is up to us to lead all the members of Michigan DECA and encourage them to do the best of their potential.” In order to become a state officer, Cardaris had to go through an application process and an interview with the state officer team of the previous year, she said. Once she got that far, Cardaris campaigned and was elected by Michigan DECA members. Michigan DECA has more than 7,500 members in five divisions: high school, collegiate, professional and alumni, according to its website. “My favorite thing about being an officer is being able to travel all around Michigan,” she said. “I have the opportunity to get to know all different kinds of people.” Cindy Olson, a Tuscola Tech-

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nology Center DECA advisor, said she is pleased with the way the state officers interact and motivate participants to succeed in the competition. “The officers are always friendly and welcoming to students,” she said. “It is a difficult thing for students to get up in front of judges … the state officers serve as mentors.” Cardaris spoke to participants at the District Competition at Northwood University in Midland on Saturday. This year, the State Career Development Conference will be held at Amway Grand Plaza in Grand Rapids, with over 2,200 members all around the state competing to advance. Cardaris is studying business as a marketing major with a concentration in communications. “CMU has helped me as a state officer because I am on my own, independent of my parents,” she said. “I solve my own problems and lead my own life.” metro@cm-life.com

CMU alumnus Myles Walsh said “it’s about damn time!” there was a LGBT-friendly night in Mount Pleasant. It was his third time attending the LGBT night at Coco Joe’s Beach House, 4855 E. Blue Grass Road, held every Tuesday. “There’s a plethora of gay people in Mount Pleasant,” Walsh said. “I’m impressed that there’s finally something.” The concept for an LGBTfriendly night began after one slow Tuesday, said Coco Joe’s manager Jamie Burke. “We noticed some people at Coco’s having to leave Mount Pleasant for Grand Rapids to go to a gay club,” Burke said. “We thought that if we do something, people could stay in town and be safe.” The first LGBT-friendly night was on National Coming Out Day in October and so far it has helped business on slower Tuesday nights, she said.

The Mount Pleasant community has been supportive and impressed by it, Burke said. “It’s opened people’s eyes,” she said. “It’s something that was growing and there was a need for it.” A drag queen was brought in to entertain the crowd for the first time Tuesday. Erika Adams, also known as Josh Kline, said the crowd in Mount Pleasant was by the far the best she has had in her two years of doing drag. The Lake Orion resident said it was a positive experience for her first time branching out of the metro Detroit area. “The energy was just fantastic,” Adams said. “Which makes my job a lot easier.” Adams first started doing drag through a friend and got “sucked into” the entertainment world. She said it is good Mount Pleasant finally has something for the LGBT community, but she would like to see more. “Everybody needs some-

where to be accepted,” she said. “Going to a normal straight bar is just not the same.” It was Joe Lawless’ first time at the LGBT-friendly night after discovering it through Facebook. He said it is good someone recognizes the LGBTQ community in Mount Pleasant. “Mount Pleasant has always been one of the most accepting northern towns in Michigan,” said Lawless, a Mount Pleasant resident. “I will definitely be coming back.” Tuesdays are not just for the people of the LGBT community; it’s an all-inclusive night. Lizzy Kipps said she frequents the establishment on Tuesday nights because she has always been around the gay scene and has many gay friends. “CMU does a lot of stuff for the gay community,” the Royal Oak senior said. “So it’s cool to have something outside the university.” metro@cm-life.com

Facebook caps Goldman Sachs offering By John Letzing MCT Campus

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook Inc. said Friday that it has opted to limit a privateplacement offering for the closely held firm’s shares to $1 billion, while receiving an additional $500 million investment from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Digital Sky Technologies that values the socialnetworking service at $50 billion. The Facebook placement by Goldman Sachs, which could have reached $1.5 billion, has drawn intense scrutiny as a means for wealthy investors to buy into the seven-yearold company at a relatively early stage. Citing intense media

attention, along with concerns about whether it would be consistent with U.S. laws, Goldman Sachs recently opted to make the Facebook placement available only to overseas investors. Facebook said Friday that the offering was oversubscribed, and while the com-

pany “had the option to accept between $375 million and $1.5 billion from the Goldman Sachs overseas offering. ... Facebook made a business decision to limit the offering to $1 billion.” The company offered no further details. A Facebook spokesman declined to comment.

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New RSO started to raise government awareness By Maryellen Tighe Staff Reporter

Nineteenth-century thinker Benjamin Tucker once said “if the individual has a right to govern himself, all external government is tyranny.� This quote is inspirational for Anarchists without Adjectives, a new registered student organization, said President Michelle Campbell. The Pierson graduate student formed the RSO this semester to raise awareness about anarchism, an ideology which regards government as harmful and unnecessary. “It’s an educational group ... for education and discussion,� she said. “If someone wants to create a revolutionary group that wants to blow up the government, they need to go somewhere else.� Group members are not required to be anarchists, only interested in free speech and open dialogue, Campbell said. Roseville junior Shanique Broom attended Tuesday’s meeting to learn more about Anarchism, a topic she wasn’t familiar with. She said she appreciated the group’s open-minded philosophy. “If everyone remembers

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when we leave the meeting ... it will make the world a better place,� she said. Campbell is a humanist anarchist, an anarchist who wants to work for human rights and gender equality, she said. She likes anarchy’s ability to destroy systems of repression, which was one of the problems she had drafting the RSO’s constitution. “My constitution originally got denied because my nondiscrimination policy was too non-discriminatory,� Campbell said. “Really, this constitution is ... operational. It’s really hard to have an egalitarian RSO if you’re required to have a hierarchy.� Plans and goals The RSO plans to treat everyone equally, and their constitution acknowledges the positions are only created because they are required by CMU. One goal of the group is to be involved in non-violent processes promoting anarchism, said Thomas Stewart, advisor for the group and assistant political science professor. The history of anarchism in the United States goes back to the very beginning of the country’s foundation, he said. “The idea of being self-sover-

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eign is definitely in the Declaration of Independence,â€? Stewart said. “The tenet that you’re born with inherent rights and no one can take them away unless you consent.â€? Stewart’s PSC 371: American Radical Thought and PSC 426: Feminist Theory classes helped inspire Campbell to form the RSO. She wrote an essay combining the two concepts and realized how little people know about anarchism. “I came to be aware of the negativity and the people that were misinformed and completely uninformed about anarchism,â€? she said. “Once you get into it, it’s a valid ideology.â€? There are two basic groups of Anarchists, Campbell said. The Anarchocapitalists would get rid of the government and let capitalism run free, but a more humanistic approach would focus on creating individual, selfsustaining communities. The second approach is the one Campbell would take, summing up her thoughts in one question: “Would you give up Oreos if everyone in the world would have equal rights?â€?

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ABOVE: Oscar Eritano and Cole Prout, both 9, carefully measure out water into a measuring cup during a hands-on experiment on the properties of carbon dioxide during a workshop sponsored by the Mount Pleasant Discovery Museum and WCMU Saturday morning at the Annex at the Veteran’s Memorial Library, 301 S. University Ave. “It’s really awesome,� Eritano said, “I love science, trying to make different liquids and making them explode, and building robots and other things.� The three-hour event featured science experiments and creative projects themed around Dr. Suess’s “The Lorax.�

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LEFT: Dart Overfield, right, helps his 9-year-old daughter, Kaylee Overfield, of Mount Pleasant, put on her latex gloves before learning about carbon dioxide with hands-on experiments during the workshop Saturday.

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Comedian Phill Hanley talks with a student in the audience while reading a monologue of the break-up with his ex-girlfiend, played by Britton senior Rebecca Unsicker, left, on Saturday night in the Bovee University Center Auditorium. About 50 people attended the show, however, Hanley took advantage of the small crowd by interacting with audience members.

Comedian gets personal 5IL>M Phil Hanley involves crowd during show By Andrew Price Staff Reporter

Canadian comedian Phil Hanley’s act was populated with self-deprecation Saturday night as well as audience participation and discussions. The self-proclaimed “stayat-home son� drew a crowd of about 50 people to the Bovee University Center Auditorium. He said his material is autobiographical, but with often fictional punchlines. He riffed on many topics including Bridge Cards, fraternities, drinking, break-ups and living with his parents.

“I can come up with material, or something can happen in my life, and I can try it out on stage the same night.� Henley said. “For example, my girlfriend really did break up with me three weeks ago.� Henley had one audience member join him on the stage during his show and act out a dialogue he had during a break-up with a girlfriend. “It’s fun doing shows on college campuses, the crowd is usually much more attentive then the drunk rowdy crowds at the clubs,� Henley said. Ruth Leibfritz said she liked how Hanley improvised much of his set. “I’ve been to one or two comedy shows before,� the Midland sophomore said. “Phil was much more interactive with the audience and talked more about college

topics� Midland sophomore Sara Frazier said she was impressed with how much Hanley involved the audience. “I liked how he said he was intimidated by our school mascot, the Flying ‘C’,� she said. Hanley said he enjoys doing comedy because of the travel and sense of instant gratification. CMU Program Board member Jena Schaner said the Program Board usually tries to bring one comedian a month to campus. She said this semester will be packed with a lot of exciting events. “We have a singer-songwriter coming next week, and we have the Ke$ha show next month,� the Hart junior said. studentlife@cm-life.com

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Sarah Lukens, her daughter Marina, 12, and fiance Lee Cater have a pillow fight. “We just try to enjoy the moments we can,” said Sarah, who tries to spend as much individual time with each of her children as she can.

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Joe Hertler and the Rainbow Seekers perform a live set of music off of their upcoming album Saturday night during the Rock Your TOMS Off Benefit Concert at Rubbles Bar, 112 W. Michigan St.

RSO, local bands benefit TOMS Shoes at Rubbles Bar Saturday Event raises $1,043 in donations By Mike Nichols | Senior Reporter

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he audience got its music, the bands got their audiences and the poor got shoes — everybody won. CMU’s TOMS Shoes registered student organization held a benefit concert from 7 p.m. to after midnight on Saturday at Rubbles Bar, 112 W. Michigan St. Terry Cole, RSO public relations executive, said the $5 cover charge was donated to help pay for Tiny TOMS, smaller shoes designed specifically for children, bound for Argentina.

was an exciting surprise. “We were only expecting $500 at the most,” she said. “We’re already thinking about making this a yearly event because it’s been so successful.” Cole credited the night’s success to people’s love of music, the talent of the bands and an attitude of generosity that caused many to give more than just the coverage donation. Hertler, who brought his backing-band The Rainbow Seekers to perform with him, said he was impressed with the turnout. “Last weekend (when we played) we had about 175 people out here, and it looks more packed than then,” the Orion senior said. Nick Elder, drummer of Saginaw-based Your Best Friend, said he is a huge fan of TOMS Shoes and was happy to come out and support the effort. “I have four pairs of their shoes,” Elder said. “I wear them all summer, abso-

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Clarkston junior Kaity Jerolamon laughs with fellow members of CMU’s chapter of TOMS Shoes Saturday night during the Rock Your TOMS Off Benefit Concert.

Bloomfield Hills sophomore Chelsea Rabano, who performs under the name “Chano,” performs music from her upcoming album Saturday night.

lutely love them.” Brighton senior Beth Wright said her favorite performances of the night were Joe Hertler and Your Best Friend. Wright is going into the music business and was looking for performers interested in doing another concert, which she invited Hertler to afterwards. Wright has

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watched Your Best Friend perform before and said she enjoys the melody of their music. “They have a sound like Joe Hertler’s group that I’ve never heard before,” the Brighton senior said. “What I love about them is their harmony, it’s so unique.” studentlife@cm-life.com

“Everyone is great now. I thank God every day for the health of everyone in my family.” Sarah Lukens, Shepherd resident

bleed to death. She had no other choice but to begin chemotherapy while pregnant. “I was worried about the baby, but I had two other kids that also needed their mom,” Sarah said. “I had to do it for them.” In January, three months after her diagnosis, Sarah gave birth to William, now 7, who was perfectly healthy. Sarah continued treatments and was soon in remission, but eventually relapsed. She would require a bone marrow transplant and a stay in the Detroit Medical Center. Sarah is now more than five years post-cancer. “Everyone is great now,” Sarah said. “I thank God every day for the health of everyone in my family.” A helping hand Health is not the only thing the Lukens are thankful for these days. About two years ago, Sarah ran into an old co-worker, Edwina Clark. Clark, Office Manager for the Isabella County Habitat for Humanity, told Sarah about a home that had been given back to the organization. The committee was trying to find a family to live in the house and Clark invited Sarah to apply. “It’s a six-page application with a lot of financial questions,” Clark said. “The applicant is then chosen by the selection committee of about seven to eight people.” The committee first approves the application and then conducts two to three interviews with the applicant and family. The Lukens family was chosen to be a Habitat family after completing the process, but did not receive the home Clark originally told Sarah about. After looking further into

that house, mold was found in the basement. Because of Rachel’s cystic fibrosis, they could not live there. “They saw a need for a clean house for Rachel,” Sarah said. “By myself, I couldn’t give Rachel a moldand dust-free house.” With Rachel’s condition, the family had always needed a new house, but it was beyond affordability. Habitat for Humanity could solve that problem.

My dent, my house Costs are kept down because volunteers build the house. The land it is built on is often donated or purchased inexpensively, though it still factors into the mortgage. Plumbing, electrical and mechanical work is usually contracted out, but Sarah had family and friends that were willing to do that work on her house. Sarah said she was in shock of how giving people have been. As part of the program, Sarah is also required to put 250 hours of equity into the organization. Those hours can be spent working on her own home, other projects or working at the Habitat Restore. “We like to call this a hand -up, not a handout,” Clark said. Sarah has no problem with the equity requirements. She said sometimes people take things for granted if they do not put in the work because they are not as invested. “I put a dent on the back wall trying to hammer in a nail,” she said. “That’s my dent, and that’s my house.” The house, located in Shepherd, is scheduled to be completed by the end of February or early March. metro@cm-life.com

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TRULY LACKLUSTER CMU shoots season-low 23 percent, falls short in comeback at EMU By Matt Thompson | Staff Reporter

YPSILANTI – Ernie Zeigler was frank in describing his team’s play Sunday. Following CMU’s 41-38 loss against Eastern Michigan Sunday afternoon at the Convocation Center, the coach said, “It was probably the worst offensive display in Division 1 history.” Even with how poorly the offense played, freshman Trey Zeigler had an opportunity to tie it at the buzzer. He caught a pass at the 3-point line with two seconds left, dribbled left, rose over three draping Eagles and missed a shot that could have put the game into overtime. “He got separation,” Ernie Zeigler said of the shot. “But it shouldn’t have come down to that.”

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Freshman guard Derek Jackson goes up for a rebound against Eastern Michigan’s Quintin Dailey. Jackson scored 7 points on 2-of-10 shooting. CMU shot a season-low 23 percent Sunday, losing 41-38 against the Eagles.

Gymnastics dominates Michigan-Illinois showdown By Nick Conklin Staff Reporter

In the first annual MichiganIllinois showdown on Sunday, the Central Michigan gymnastics team routed all three opponents to win the meet with a final score of

193.375. Facing off against Illinois State (192.025), Illinois-Chicago (189.975) and Eastern Michigan (188.975) the Chippewas jumped out to wins in three of the four individual events and in the allaround. Despite not reaching the desired score of 195 that CMU head coach Jerry Reighard had hoped his gymnasts would notch this weekend, he was pleased with the performances of some of his upperclass-

men. “We certainly had some highlights and, overall, I felt our team performed very well,” Reighard said. “I am extremely pleased with (Andrea) de La Jerry Reighard Garza with a 39 in the all-around.” De La Garza paced the team with wins in the vault (9.775), beam (9.825) and the all-around (39.025).

Junior Kristin Teubner continued her strong start to this season by winning the floor exercise with a score of 9.825 and finishing in third place in the all-around category (38.675). Freshman Alyssa Wilson also made an impact in Sunday’s meet, finishing the day with a 9.775 score on the bars, something Reighard said the team was really counting on. Reighard was also able to utilize A GYM | 3B

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Sophomore Christian Cullian winces during his match against MSU’s Eric Olanowski Friday at Genison Fieldhouse in East Lansing. Cullinan lost 8-3.

The Central Michigan University football program saw some familiar faces in the two championship games Sunday. Former CMU defensive lineman and Green Bay defensive end Cullen Jenkins made one tackle and half a sack in the Packers’ NFC Championship win against the Chicago Bears. Other notable Chippewas in the playoffs over the weekend included outside linebacker Frank Zombo (Green Bay), cornerback Josh Gordy (Green Bay) and wide receiver Antonio Brown (Pittsburgh). Zombo was held out of action with a knee injury that he suffered during Week 14 against the Detroit Lions.

According to ESPN.com, Carson Palmer is demanding a trade out of Cincinnati. He’s spent all eight of his NFL seasons with the Bengals. He has 154 career touchdowns and has thrown for 22,694 yards. If Palmer indeed leaves Cincinnati, his brother Jordan Palmer would be next on the depth chart. Former CMU quarterback Dan LeFevour is the third string quarterback. Carson Palmer was the first pick in the 2003 draft out of the University of Southern California

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After only scoring 13 points and shooting a season-low 13 percent in the first half, CMU put together a comeback in the second half. Trailing by 15 points, Trey made two lay-ups before junior Andre Coimbra tipped in a miss, cutting the EMU lead to single digits. Coimbra kept his moment, drilling a three and tipping another missed shot in. He finished the game with a career-high 12 rebounds and 10 points, his first career double-double. “He battled,” Ernie Zeigler said of Coimbra’s performance. “He’s getting better, getting a double-double against the best post player in the conference (Brandon Bowdry).” Trey, a freshman guard, helped climb CMU back with his 13 points, but it was on 5-18 shooting. With less than 30 seconds left, CMU trailed by four points. Finis Craddock checked into the game and on his first offensive position he drained a deep three to cut the lead to one. After EMU hit both free-throws, CMU needed Trey to make a 3-poiinter to tie it.

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No. 11 Central Michigan needed just nine wrestlers to knock off Michigan State Friday, winning the dual-meet 19-18. Normally, a victory is followed by a cliché quote on how well the team wrestled, but head coach Tom Borrelli was not pleased with his team’s performance over the weekend. “We felt like we wrestled a little flat in the match, and we weren’t as crisp as we should

have been,” he said. CMU (4-7,1-0 MAC) fell behind early after sophomore Christian Cullinan lost an 8-3 decision to Eric Olanowski at the 125-pound bout. Cullinan came out on top in their first meeting at the Michigan State Open. That would be MSU’s sole lead of the night, as Scotti Sentes and Scott Mattingly each earned bonus points at the 133 and 141-pound weight classes, respectively, to put CMU up 10-3. Sentes needed just 1:50 to pin his opponent, and Mattingly followed it up with his first major decision of the season. “I think that was the difference in the dual meet,” Borrelli said. “Those guys picking up bonus points in the dual meet, but also Ryan

Ex-Colorado Avalanche star Peter Forsberg is contemplating a return to the team he once played for. The 37-year old has 249 goals, 217 with the Avalanche. If he returns, it’ll be his third NHL team, but his third stint in Colorado. Forsberg has been out of the NHL since the 2007-2008 season.

Nabokov balks at Islanders Former San Jose Shark goalie Evgeni Nabokov was signed to a 1-year deal with the Detroit Red Wings, but the New York Islanders claimed the former Shark off waivers. Nabokov has yet to report to New York, and doesn’t plan to. “It’s nothing against the Islanders and their organization,” Nabokov told ESPN.com. “It’s just that I’m at the point in my career where I want to help a team win in the playoffs and I don’t see how I could help the Islanders or what I could do for them.” Discussions will continue though the week.

Ramirez, Damon back together The Tampa Bay Rays agreed to one-year deals over the weekend with two well-known outfielders Manny Ramirez and Johnny Damon. Ramirez began last season as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers but was claimed off waivers by the Chicago White Sox. Damon was a part of the Detroit Tigers. -Compiled by Staff Reporter John Manzo

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Miami RedHawks at 7 p.m. Thursday at McGuirk Arena. Coimbra, CMU shut down Bowdry CMU remained in the game with its defensive effort, particularly against EMU senior forward Brandon Bowdry, who came into the game second in the MAC scoring 20.3 points per game. “They did a great job shutting him down,� Rasey said. “They did a great job banging him around. They got (Coimbra) going at him, that was part of their gameplan.� Bowdry finished with six points, a season low. Coimbra played most of the game on Bowdry, but he got plenty of help from his teammates. “Bowdry is the best postplayer in the conference,� Ernie Zeigler said. “We knew we had to have him contained.� Coimbra had multiple blocks on Bowdry and a steal. The Chippewas benefited as Bowdry got into foul trouble in the first half and sit out the final five minutes, allowing them to pull within single digits, despite a poor shooting performance. Bowdry’s six points were very important in the outcome of the game, though.

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Senior guard Antonio Weary looks on as CMU struggles offensively Sunday against Eastern Michigan in Ypsilanti. Weary did not score, going 0-for-3, and had just three rebounds in the Chippewas 41-38 loss against the Eagles.

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entral Michigan’s performance on Sunday can be classified as one of the worst offensive performances in the history of Division I men’s basketball. Don’t shoot the messenger, either. That’s straight from the mouth of CMU coach Ernie Zeigler shortly after the team’s 41-38 loss at Eastern Michigan. It’s easy to put part of the blame on the absence of senior forward Jalin Thomas. He is, after all, the Chippewas’ second-leading scorer at 15.1 points per game. But not even Thomas could have fixed this mess. This one needs a more extensive explanation. Zeigler wanted at least one win over the first three Mid-American Conference road games. He got zero. Maybe the blame should start with a 13.3 percent shooting clip in the first half against the Eagles. It’ll be a cold day in Hell when shooting 4-for30 from the field results in a win. Likewise when you go into halftime with 13 points, and your most efficient first-half shooter is forward Andre Coimbra, who made 1-of-4 shots. Not a single CMU player made more than one field goal at this point.

Andrew Stover Senior Reporter And no, that’s not a joke. When you simply can’t shoot the ball — a point previously established earlier this season, but cemented Sunday against EMU — then it’s tough to speak of contending in the division, never mind the conference. It’s a trend that likely will result in missed expectations, namely falling short of a MAC West title. Clearly, the loss of sharpshooters Robbie Harman and Jordan Bitzer to graduation left CMU with a void. But this is rock bottom. Zeigler was asked afterward about the team’s struggles scoring the ball. He took a deep breath, let out an exhale and even chuckled slightly. He seemed baffled. His son and star freshman guard Trey Zeigler never found the groove he so routinely has found over the past few conference games. He finished with a teamhigh 13 points, but 27.8 percent doesn’t cut it when

you’re the team’s most explosive scorer. The blame doesn’t fall alone on the freshman’s shoulders. At the end of the day, he’s still a freshman, and somebody — anyone, please? — has to pick him up from time to time. He can’t be asked to score 27 and go on the tear he did in the second half against Northern Illinois. It’s just difficult to defense this team putting up 66 in their previous game, and stooping to the level of a 38point performance against Eastern Michigan. And that speaks to the struggles of Eastern Michigan as well. Allow just 38 points and have to squeak away a win? The Eagles will take it, no matter how unimpressive. But this isn’t about EMU winning the game, as much as it is CMU giving this one away. The Chippewas didn’t hit their first field goal of the second half until the 13:59 mark, cutting the deficit to 29-16. Take a second to let that simmer. Sixteen points scored. Twenty-six minutes into the game. Is there anything else to add? sports@cm-life.com

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Jaksa adds new assistants By Anthony Fenech Senior Reporter

Tyler Stovall made the 45minute trip last March from his Cincinnati-area home to Oxford, Ohio. With his cleats hanging up after two years in the Cincinnati Reds minor league system, the former Central Michigan outfielder said he just wanted to catch the Chippewas game at Miami University. But during the game, Stovall realized he wanted something else. “I decided I wanted to get into coaching,� he said. So after the game, he pulled CMU head coach Steve Jaksa aside and, “Planted the seed in his head that I was interested in coaching.� And this season, after trading e-mails and text messages with Jaksa in the offseason, Stovall will be back in Mount Pleasant to finish his degree and begin his coaching career as an undergraduate coach. “He’s a welcome addition to our staff,� Jaksa said over the weekend. “We’re really pleased that he’s back.� Stovall was the 2007 MidAmerican Conference Player of the Year, leading the conference with a .391 batting average and 55 RBI. He added 58 runs and 20 stolen bases and was drafted by the Reds in the 20th round of the 2008 MLB Amateur Draft. In the Cincinnati organization, he advanced to Single-A, hit .266 in two professional seasons, and decided to pursue other opportunities after the 2009 season. “Playing professional baseball was a dream come true,� Stovall said. “I’m glad I did it for a couple of years.� He graduated from Cincin-

nati’s Moeller High, the same high school that produced future Hall-OfFame outfielder Ken Griffey, Jr., and played three seasons Steve Jaksa for the Chippewas. “Being part of the team up here was probably the best part of going to school,� he said. In addition to his coaching duties, Stovall is working toward completion of a personal finance degree. He was named second team academic AllAmerican in 2007. “I’m pleased not that he’s just helping, but getting his degree,� Jaksa said. “He was a solid player and he’s a solid thinker.� Jaksa said Stovall will work mostly with the outfielders but will spend some time working with catchers as well. “Anytime you can add a coach, it’s a win-win situation,� he said. And Stovall sees it the same way.

“You feel so much responsibility,� he said. “[Coach Jaksa] and CMU did so much for my career. This is a great place to start for any young coach, but to give back is amazing.� Simmons added Also new to the Chippewas staff in 2011 is Derek Simmons, who will work with infielders and give additional hitting instruction. Simmons graduated in May 2009 from Georgia State University, where he was the first player in program history to earn all-conference honors twice in a career. He finished his career with top-10 marks in school history for batting average, RBI, home runs and runs scored. “It’s been great so far,� he said. “I’m very excited. It’s going to be hard work to defend our title, but this team is capable of not only winning the MAC Championship but also advancing to NCAA Regionals.� sports@cm-life.com

CMU was limited to its lowest point total of the year because of the Eagles’ defensive pressure against Zeigler, who came into the game leading the Chippewas in scoring. “He’s the only guy on their team that was playing today that averaged in double digits,� said EMU head coach Charles Ramsey. “We said let’s make other people beat us.� The Eagles gameplan worked. EMU put its 6-foot-9 center Jamell Harris on Trey Zeigler for much of the game. Harris blocked five shots, three of those on Zeigler. The Eagles also doubled-teamed Trey Zeigler when he got the ball in the paint. The problem for the Chippewas, however, remained their shooting game. They made only 14 of 60 shots, good for 23.3 percent from the field, a season-worst. “It was so, so pathetic,� Zeigler said. “We were frantic, rushed on point-blank shots around the basket.� CMU drops to 5-13 and 2-3 in the MAC. It hosts the

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NOTES: The 41-38 final was the lowest combined score of any MAC basketball game this year. ... CMU’s 38 points is the lowest point total ever for an EMU opponent. Western Ontario scored 39 against the Eagles in 1954. ... Ernie Zeigler said he is hopeful Jalin Thomas will be ready for Thursday’s game against Miami (OH). ... That’ll be my prayer this week. ... Andre Coimbra fouled out of the game with 1:50 left. He finished with 10 points, 12 rebounds, three blocks and a steal in 33 minutes. ... Brandon Bowdry’s last game with less than six points was March 4, 2010, against CMU. sports@cm-life.com

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Trey Zeigler (CMU) G 13 points Derek Thompson (EMU) G 11 points Darrell Lampley (EMU) G 11 points Andre Coimbra (CMU) F 10 points Rebounds

Andre Coimbra (CMU) F 12 rebounds Jamell Harris and Brandon Bowdry (EMU) 8 rebounds Will McClure (CMU) F 7 rebounds Blocks

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CMU suffers blowout loss at B.G. After losing 9062, Guevara says team ‘choked’

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A statement was made Saturday afternoon. The Central Michigan women’s basketball team went into Anderson Arena in Bowling Green, Ohio, looking to be the first team to defeat Bowling Green at home. Instead, it lost 90-62. The Falcons (17-2 overall, 5-1 MAC) had five players in double figures, including 16 points from senior forward Lauren Prochaska, the second leading scorer in the Mid-American Conference. BGSU was one point off its season high of 91 points. The win pushes the Falcons home court record to 10-0. “We choked,” said CMU head coach Sue Guevara. “We didn’t match their defensive intensity and it was a pretty big setback today.” After a career game from freshman forward Taylor Johnson, the Falcons held her to 5 points on 2-of-6 shooting and kept her frustrated throughout the afternoon. The leading freshman scorer in the MAC, guard Niki DiGuilio, also had offensive woes. She went 0-for-3 from the field for 2 points in 37 minutes. In the win

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sophomore Britney Taylor in three of the meet’s events. Taylor finished the day with a third place finish on the vault, scoring a 9.725, and a 9.750 on the floor. Reighard said his team’s inability to meet his desired score highly on not being able to utilize score-building during the events. Reighard said that falls during the beam was an example of lost momentum.

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Junior forward Skylar Miller drives to the basket against Toledo on Jan. 19. Miller scored 8 points and grabbed seven rebounds in Saturday’s loss at Bowling Green. CMU is 12-6 overall and 4-2 in the Mid-American Conference.

against Toledo on Wednesday night at McGuirk Arena, she was held to 2 points. The Chippewas (12-6 overall, 4-2 MAC) were figured to out-rebound a much smaller BGSU team. That wasn’t the case, as the Falcons held a 4435 advantage. The top two scoring offenses in the MAC were set for an offensive show, but only one team provided it. CMU shot a

mere 31 percent from the field and went 3-for-18 from beyond the 3-point line. On a positive note for the Chippewas, senior forward Kaihla Szunko scored a gamehigh 27 points on 9-of-12 shooting and hauled down 9 rebounds in a losing effort. “She played well,” Guevara said on Szunko’s performance. “When she went out with two fouls it was tough for us be-

cause you can’t win a basketball game with one player.” Sophomore forward Brandie Baker scored 14 points, but took 19 shots to do so. She went 3-for-19 from the field, but did manage to make all six of her free-throw attempts. CMU returns to McGuirk Arena at noon Wednesday when it hosts Buffalo.

“We opened the door a few to many times, as far as getting that 195 threshold,” Reighard said. “When you look at it, we need to improve by two points, which basically is a tenth per routine.” The beam event was one of the areas of struggle, Reighard said. With two falls in the rotation, the team struggled to score highly, fishing with a total of 48.350. “That’s just gymnastics,” he said. “You have to be able to count on your teammate, and right now we’re

just making some mistakes that are really affecting our total team score.” However, CMU would make up for the low score in the remaining events, posting a 48.425 on the bars, a 48.375 on the floor and a 48.225 on the vault. Senior Cheryl Conlin was held out of action this weekend due to a lower leg injury following a fall during practice last week. Although able to participate, Reighard held the senior out of action as not to further exacerbate the injury.

Conlin tied for fist in the floor exercise (9.80) at Ball State on Jan. 14. “We just played it really safe, so we didn’t use her,” Reighard said. “Which certainly had an effect, but we were able to put some other people in and take a look at them.” The Chippewas return to action at 2 p.m. Sunday when they compete in their first home meet of the season at McGuirk Arena against Northern Illinois.

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The Central Michigan men’s and women’s track and field teams were in action Saturday afternoon at Michigan’s annual Simmons-Harvey invitational in Ann Arbor. CMU had two women take home first-place finishes on the day, as freshmen Shawntoreah Turk took first in the 400-meter dash with a time of 58.71. She also took second in the 200 meter dash. Senior Raeanne Lohner won the 3000-meter run with a time of 10:04.65. “We had a solid meet with a lot of top five finishes,” said track and field director Willie Randolph. During the field events, freshmen Kelly Morrissey finished fifth in the pole vault with a height of 3.40 meters. Fellow freshmen Samantha Stein also finished fifth in the high jump, recording a height of 1.62 meters. It was during the track events when the women shined. Seniors Shanaye Carr and Brittnee Shreve finished third and fourth, respectively, in the 60meter hurdles. Senior Jordan Dunn finished third and freshmen Kirlene Roberts finished fourth in the 60-meter dash. In the long-distance runs, senior Danielle Dakroub finished third in the mile while teammate sophomore Maddie Ribbant took fifth. In the 600meter run, senior Alexandria Sissions finished second, junior Stephanie Hurley took third and freshmen Raquel Gibbs came in fourth. In the 800-meter, junior Charnele Lyons finished second with a time of 2:16.21. CMU’s main goal of the season is winning the MAC championship at Bowling Green, where many athletes will be head next week for a meet. “We still have work to do to get ready for the MAC championships, because that is when it really matters.” Randolph said. Senior thrower Whitney Johnson finished sixth in the

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weight toss Saturday with a throw of 16.67 meters. Although she was unhappy with her performance, she still said the day was good for the team overall. “We had a pretty good day, we had a strong showing in the sprints and hurdles,” Johnson said. “I am pretty happy where we are as a team right now.”

Men The men also put together a strong performance, with junior long jumper Kevin Bacon winning with a season-best 23foot jump. In the throwing events, senior John Calvert took third in the shot put, finishing one spot ahead of sophomore Alex Rose. Junior Josh Kettlewell cleared 15 feet, 7 inches, in the pole vault, his best mark of the season. High jumpers Andy Kruskamp and Jacob McDonald tied for second place with jumps of 6 feet, 2 1/4 inches. The running events were highlighted by the performances of a senior and a freshman. Freshman sprinter Ross Parsons continued to impress, winning the 20-meter dash with a time of 22.08 seconds. “Ross is doing a great job,” Randolph said. “Even though he’s a young guy he’s really showing the others that freshman can come in and do some things too. It really motivates the team to see a young guy step up like that.” The Chippewas also benefited from the return of senior Branden Post, who did not run in last week’s Chip Invite. Post won the 600-meter run with a career best time of 1:22.58. The Chippewas are next in action when they travel to Bowling Green, Ohio, for a twoday meet beginning Friday. “We had a solid meet with a lot of top five finishes and a few victories, but we still have a way to go,” Randolph said. “We are starting to come together as a team, but the real focus is to keep improving for the MAC. That’s when it really matters.” sports@cm-life.com

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Fans get glimpse of 2011 Tigers team at local event Former CMU baseball player Scott Pickens returns By Matt Thompson Staff Reporter

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Senior 165-pounder Mike Miller tries to gain position while wrestling Michigan State’s Ben Boudro on Friday at Jenison Fieldhouse in East Lansing. Miller defeated Boudro 6-2.

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Cubberly picking up the overtime win. Those matches were real big.” Cubberly wrestled into a second overtime round before finding himself on top of his opponent by 4-2 decision. Senior Mike Miller and sophomore Ben Bennett each picked up decisions as the team split the last six matches of the contest. “(Ryan) has been one of those guys who have really stepped in and picked up the program as far as doing what he needs to, and being a role guy,” Borrelli said. With the match out of reach for MSU, the team did not wrestle junior Jarod Trice to close out the night. “First of all, we’ve had had some injury issues with him a little bit this week,” Borrelli said. “We wanted to wrestle McClure, who’s their starter and ranked guy, but they didn’t send him out there. We decided it’d be best just to forfeit.” The win was CMU’s 10th consecutive against the Spartans, improving the all-time series record to 13-13. After two consecutive interstate matches, the Chippewas will play host to Old

Dominion at 2 p.m. Sunday at McGuirk Arena. Ashland Open As 10 wrestlers headed down to East Lansing to compete in a dual-meet against MSU, 13 others traveled to Ashland, Ohio, to compete unattached at the Ashland Open Saturday. Three wrestlers – redshirt freshmen Joe Roth and Kyle Waldo and junior Eric Cubberly — all took first place in their respective weight classes, and three others finished in the top six spots. “We ended up with six placers, but we had about nine guys really fighting all the way down to the last placings,” said graduate assistant Steve Brown. “We started a little slow, but everyone wrestled really tough.” Brown said Roth has had some consistency issues this season, but he was opening up and really finding his shots. His teammate, Kyle Waldo, has wrestled as a 125-pounder when he’s appeared in matches this season, but moved up to 133-pounds for the event and finished first. “Waldo, who was up to 133, looked 100 times better being up a weight class and he wrestled really well,” Brown said. “Eric Cubberly went up to 165 and I think he’s looking a little fresher.” Eric has bounced between

157 and 165 this season to fill in for injured Mike Miller and Adam Miller. He came into the contest with a 14-11 season record. True freshman Ben Matthiesen took third place, knocking off Tyler Keslering, who finished fourth in the consolation round. Freshman Malcolm Martin finished sixth. Out of the 13 Chippewa wrestlers to participate Saturday, seven of them recorded pins in the event – an unusual occurrence. “You don’t see (pins) much,” Brown said. “Some of the guys, they just caught fire and next thing I know I wasn’t standing in corners very long. Our guys were rolling people up in the first period and things just started clicking for them.” Although the event wasn’t an official tournament, the team found it to be useful. “A lot of it’s confidence, and it helps them to believe in themselves,” Brown said. “When they know that they’re out conditioning their opponents and their technique and training is starting to pay off, the next step is having them believe they can do that. It’s a mini goal; a mini step towards the larger scheme.” sports@cm-life.com

Third period proves to be costly for CMU club hockey Power plays hurt team’s chance of continuing streak By Jeff LaHaye Staff Reporter

Costly penalties and questionable calls from the referees proved to be the difference Friday for the CMU club hockey team. CMU went into its game against Grand Valley State on Friday looking to continue a season-high 10-game winning streak. The chances of a win looked good early when it scored during the third shift of the game, but the Lakers quickly answered back with a goal of their own, tying the game at one. In the second period the close game play continued and the team capitalized on a scoring chance to make the

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score 2-1 entering the third period. But it was the third period that cost CMU, as the Lakers scored four goals to pull ahead and earn a 5-3 win. “The power plays against us really hurt us,” said head coach Mike Willett. “We should have beaten them and continued the streak.” CMU played without team captain and scoring leader Jordan Jakubik. To combat his loss, the CMU coaching staff switched up a couple of lines to better work the game plan. “This game was a great opportunity to prove to the league that we could win without Jordan,” Willett said. “I’m not disappointed in the effort from the team, I’m just disappointed we couldn’t come out with the win.” With their 10-game win streak snapped and the feeling of defeat in the locker room, the team was looking to get

their revenge Saturday when they were to play GVSU for the second time of the weekend. There was just one problem, the game never happened. Officially, the game was canceled due to weather and the Lakers’ safety on the drive home from the game Friday night. Several CMU players, however, have their own opinion on why the game was canceled. “I have never been so upset at another opponent in my life,” said junior Nick Badder. “They blamed it on the weather, but it was blue skies and sunny. They knew they were going to lose and didn’t want the loss to hurt their ranking.” The current ranking period closed last Sunday and a win the day before could have given CMU a boost in the rankings. A make-up date for the game has not officially been set yet. sports@cm-life.com

It felt like spring Friday morning as sun beamed through the Events Center atrium and on members of the Detroit Tigers. The club came to Central Michigan University for a private “business over breakfast” event with the Mount Pleasant Chamber of Commerce as the days until spring training in Lakeland, Fla., draw closer. “I think everyone is pumped,” Tigers third baseman Brandon Inge said during the event. “It’s the best I’ve felt in two years. I can go to spring training and just focus on baseball (two previous season had knee injuries). We got a good team.” The players aren’t the only ones that expressed their excitement to the Chamber of Commerce crowd. “With this team, we can get to the playoffs,” said Tigers Vice President Al Avila. “We wanted to go out and get Victor Martinez from the get-go. We said we wanted to get Joaquin Benoit from the get-go.” Avila had a busy offseason snagging both desired free agents. Martinez was picked up from the Boston Red Sox after hitting 20 home runs and driving in 79 runs in 2010. Benoit comes from the Texas Rangers, where he recorded a 1.34 ERA last season out of the bullpen. Some young Tigers still want to prove that they belong on this team. “I want to show what I can do this year,” said left fielder Brennan Boesch. “I want to show I can be consistent. … Spring training can’t come soon enough.” Pitchers and catchers report to Lakeland on Feb. 13, with the first full-team work out on Feb. 19. The CMU baseball and softball teams were two student groups that were invited to the Chamber of Commerce event. “It was a good event,” said assistant baseball coach Tyler Stovall. “You see those guys on the field, you don’t hear them talk. It was a good experience for our players to see how to conduct themselves.” Avila gives projected lineup During the event, Avila gave a glimpse of what the 2011 Tigers will look like. Alex Avila and Victor Martinez are expected to split duties at catcher, while Miguel Cabrera re-

turns at first base. S e c o n d base will be the most interesting situation as an injured Carlos Guillen Scott Pickens may not be ready to start at the beginning of the season. Backing him up is Scott Sizemore, Will Rhymes and Danny Worth. Jhonny Peralta (shortstop) and Brandon Inge (third base) round out the infield. In the outfield, Magglio Ordonez and Austin Jackson will play in right and center field, respectively, while Ryan Raburn is the anticipated starter in left. However, Brennan Boesch, Clete Thomas and Casper Wells will also be right there in competition. Pickens returns to CMU Tigers bullpen catcher Scott Pickens came home today during the winter caravan. As a catcher, Pickens was a captain on the 2002 CMU baseball team. After spending a few years playing in the Frontier League, along with other minor league teams, Pickens came back to CMU as a coach. The Rosebush native and Mount Pleasant High School graduate even recruited current assistant coach Tyler Stovall in his playing days. “It’s really cool to see (Pickens),” said Kipke. “He’s does a lot for CMU. He’s a great spokesman for CMU

and is the closest we have to someone in the majors. He’s a great guy.” CMU head coach Steve Jaksa was an assistant while Pickens played for the Chippewas, but brought Pickens on as an assistant coach when Jaksa got the head job. “It’s good to see him come back today,” Jaksa said, after explaining Picken’s CMU ties to the crowd before the Tigers arrived.

CMU teams excited for 2011 CMU baseball won the MidAmerican Conference title and softball finished second in the MAC West division in 2010. Both programs are trying to build off that success heading into the 2011 season, which is set to kickoff next month. Jaksa emphasized “the ability to repeat” during his speech to members of the Chamber of Commerce and invited guests. He stressed the importance of trying to defend their title. “The ability to repeat is predicated on commitment, pride in performance and a certain attitude,” Jaksa said. Softball coach Margo Jonker also had time to speak, expressing her optimism for this upcoming season. “This year is going to be a great year,” Jonker said. “I’m proud of our past and where we’re going. We have heart, passion and desire. We’re working hard in the weight room, conditioning and practice. How can we not be successful?” sports@cm-life.com

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