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LIFE CENTRAL MICHIGAN

Central Michigan University

| Friday, Oct. 7, 2011

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Vice president forums begin, two finalists seeking position By Annie Harrison Senior Reporter

Central Michigan University is holding open forums next week for two finalists seeking the position of the first vice president of Enrollment and Student Services. CMU announced in a press release that two VPESS finalists

will visit campus after an extended nationwide search that began last spring. The forums will be held during both candidates’ visits from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Bovee University Center’s Lake Michigan Room. Steven Johnson, associate vice president for enrollment management at Howard University, will visit campus Monday.

Cherise Peters, former associate vice president for enrollment services and registrar at Georgia State University, will visit campus Thursday. Search committee co-chairman Chris Ingersoll, dean of the College of Health Professions, and Kevin Love, a professor of management, announced in the release that the candidates

will undergo a series of interviews and open forums. Three previous finalists visited campus and held open forums in April and May. Melik Peter Khoury, senior vice president for Strategic Positioning at Upper Iowa University, Eileen Coughlin, vice president for Student Affairs and Academic Support Services at

Western Washington University, Daniel Shelley, assistant vice president for enrollment management and director of undergraduate admissions at the Rochester Institute of Technology were all finalists as of April. Ingersoll and Love could not be reached for comment.

If you go... Steven Johnson w When: 4 p.m. Monday w Where: Bovee University Center’s Lake Michigan Room. Cherise Peters w When: 4 p.m. Thursday w Where: Bovee University Center’s Lake Michigan Room.

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78 fewer students on campus this year

GRIFFIN POLICY

Forum to focus on future of higher ed

Freshman class down by 316 By Mike Nichols Senior Reporter

By Alayna Smith Staff Reporter

Central Michigan University had a loss of 78 students this fall with a total of 28,311 registered. This is a 0.3 percent decrease, according to the Office of the Registrar’s annual report. Mary Meier, assistant director of institutional research, was responsible for producing the statistics. She said the numbers are taken from enrollment annually after the eighth day of classes, 10 percent of the way into the semester. They use a data freeze file that produces a snapshot of who is enrolled at the time. “We know we’re comparing equivalent points in time,” she said. “I think it’s a good way of doing it. That’s the way most other universities do it.” The most significant change was the drop of oncampus first-time-in-anycollege (FTIAC) freshmen by 316 students, a 7.5 percent loss from fall 2010. It was the largest percent loss of the one-year enrollment comparisons. Off-campus FTIAC freshman enrollment, however, A LOSS | 2

CMU FALL 2011 w Overall Enrollment: 28,311 w Undergraduate Enrollment: 21,698 w Graduate enrollment: 6,613 w Minority Enrollment: 4,718 w New Freshman (FTIAC) Enrollment: 3,899 w Other Freshman Enrollment: 1,191 w Total Freshman Enrollment: 5,090 w Undergraduate Student Credit: 284,200 w Graduate Student Credit Hours: 43,106 *Data from the Office of Institutional Research

PHOTOS BY ASHLEY MILLER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

About fifteen students stand in a circle and release yellow balloons to symbolize their experiences related to suicide as part of Suicide Prevention Week on Wednesday evening outside Charles V. Park Library.

never forgotten Students release balloons, reflect on personal experiences with suicide

By Jamie Favazza | Staff Reporter Corrine Kay was sitting by the pond west of the Charles V. Park Library Wednesday evening when she noticed balloons being inflated nearby. “The one night I decide to take a walk, and I find this happening,” Kay said. The Ann Arbor freshman found about 30 students with yellow helium-filled balloons writing thoughts, poems and prayers on purple paper butterflies they then tied to a balloon’s string. They were forming a circle and preparing to launch the butterflies and balloons into the sky in a symbolic launch as part of Suicide Prevention Week. “I found out that the event was personal, because my dad died from suicide two years ago,” Kay said. Her butterfly read, “I miss you Dad, you’re the best.” “I don’t know where that balloon’s going to land, but I know he sees it,” she said. A BALLOONS | 2

Ann Arbor freshman Corrine Kay holds on to her balloon and attached note to her father before the Suicide Prevention Week symbolic balloon release Wednesday evening outside Charles V. Park Library.

“I don’t know where that balloon’s going to land, but I know he sees it.” Corrine Kay, Ann Arbor freshman

Greeks react to suspensions By David Oltean Senior Repor ter

After the suspensions of Lambda Chi Alpha and Alpha Chi Rho, the Central Michigan University Greek community is now left with nine social fraternities. Both suspensions were issued during the month of September, but the groups faced their suspensions for different reasons. Lambda Chi Alpha was suspended for four years for an incident involving alcohol

with non-fraternity brothers, while Alpha Chi Rho was suspended until the fall of 2014 for hazing allegations. Lambda Chi Alpha’s fate was determined by the allGreek judicial board and Alpha Chi Rho’s hazing allegations were investigated and acted upon by their national chapter. Mount Pleasant senior Taylor Jackson, president of the Interfraternity Council, said he was sad to see the Greek community shrink after the

State and local politicians and university leaders will meet Monday to discuss the future of higher education in Michigan. The semiannual Griffin Policy Forum will cover “The Future of Higher Education in Michigan” and will begin at 7 p.m. in the George Ross Powers Hall Ballroom. The forum is sponsored by the Robert and Marjorie Griffin Endowed Chair in American Government, the College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences, and the department of political science at Central Michigan University. The event will be moderated by Peter Luke of Booth News Services. Panelists include Michael Boulus, executive director of the presidents’ council and state universities of Michigan, Don Gilmer, past chairman of Michigan house appropriation and higher education appropriation committees, Lou Glazer, Michigan Future Inc. President, and University President George Ross. Griffin Endowed Chair Maxine Berman said she is excited to have such a diverse group on the panel to discuss the issue at hand. “The panel will bring many different perspectives, as they can each talk separately about the issue as it ties to the budget, the history of institutions and the philosophical aspects,” she said. The forum will be structured with the first half dedicated to panel discussion overseen by the moderator, and the second half will be an open question and answer session for the audience. Sarah Buckley, CHSBS coordinator of marketing and events, said past audiences of Griffin forums have always been glad to have the opportunity to speak their minds in this format. “The forum is a good opportunity for students, faculty and the community to learn more about the issue by asking questions in addition to listening to the panel

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suspensions. However, Jackson emphasized the importance of the policies held by Greek Life. “It’s obviously a sad day any time our community gets smaller,” Jackson said. “It’s unfortunate for an organization and the alumni to lose all that history over the actions of a few members, but in order for fraternity life to grow, everyone needs to be held accountable to the same policies and standards.”

VICTORIA ZEGLER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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Alpha Chi Rho, 614 S. Main St., received a sanction of suspension from CMU until the fall of 2014 for hazing potential members.

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