February 11, 2011

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Student status no longer enough for Bridge Card Eligibility changes go into effect April 1

By Brad Canze News Copy Chief

CMU students who are enrolled in Michigan’s Bridge Card food assistance program could see that monthly allowance of money for food come to a complete halt.

Beginning April 1, being a college student will no lon-

ger be enough to qualify for the program.

“In order to qualify for food assistance, a student must be working at least 20 hours a week or have a child under the age of six,” said Mark Stevens, director of the Midland and Isabella County Department of Human Services.

Previously, status as a college student could be a determining factor in the application for a Bridge Card.

The decision, made by the state DHS, could affect up to 15,000 of the 25,923 college students statewide receiving

food assistance, according to a Wednesday report by the Lansing State Journal.

The new eligibility requirements for food assistance, which can provide up to $200 a month for students, will go into effect April 1, and all current food assistance recipients who do not meet the requirements will see their aid end that day.

Stevens said the DHS will begin the process of closing accounts electronically in mid-March, so they will all close on April 1. He also said everybody whose ac-

count will be closed will receive a letter to inform them of such.

The Lansing State Journal reported Isabella County has the second-highest number of students on food assistance with 3,433, behind only Ingham County, which contains Michigan State University.

Trenton freshman Brenden Sall said he believes the new eligibility requirements may take food assistance away from students with a legitimate need.

“They’re using it to their

need,” he said. “Obviously if they’re applying for it, they need it.”

Ohio sophomore Scott Meyer receives food assistance and is unsure of whether or not the changed eligibility requirements will affect him. If he is affected, it is only by the narrowest of margins on his time card at work.

“I work 10 hours (a week) at one job and close to ten hours at another job,” Meyer said. “It would affect me because I don’t receive any money from my parents.”

Illinois junior Tricia Henry said, coming to Michigan from an outside perspective, she saw the food assistance program as overly generous.

“When I first came here I was like, wow, they’re just giving things away for free,” Henry said. “I think it’s a good program, but maybe a little too generous. We don’t have anything like that in Illinois, not to that extent.”

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Medical marijuana moratorium adopted for six months Officials work to ensure proper zoning

By Jordan Spence Staff Reporter

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Medical marijuana dispensaries and apothecaries cannot be developed in Union Township for six months as officials determine how to best work with them.

Township board members approved a moratorium Wednesday night after attending seminars on the subject and recent changes in related laws. “(Isabella County Judge Paul) Chamberlain’s decision with a local apothecary has made an impact with the state,” Zoning

Administrator Woody Woodruff said. “Therefore, we need to make sure we stay within the parameters of the law.”

After the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act was adopted, it became legal for patients to possess two-and-a-half ounces of marijuana and have up to 12 plants kept in an enclosed, locked facility, or have a registered caregiver grow it for them.

Woodruff said the township must clear up uncertain areas and it must take its time in considering the issues.

If apothecaries are here to stay, the township needs time to come to a resolution, Woodruff said. He said there has to be proper zoning and a need to

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Holland sophomore Matt Broyles stands in the entrance to his bedroom in the Woldt residence hall rooms Thursday afternoon. “It’s pretty comfortable, it is a little cramped sometimes since I have five roomates,” Broyles said.

Close Quarters Some residence hall rooms smaller than prison cells

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tudents who live on campus might find roomier living arrangements if they get brought in to Isabella County Jail over the weekend.

CMU students living in Carey, Cobb, Wheeler and Troutman halls have less space than many prison inmates in Michigan. The state’s jail standards mandate that inmates be given at least 70 square feet of space each. There are no laws mandating residence hall room size.

Students who live in the older Towers halls have 71 square feet and 25 square inches per person, whereas 79 percent of those incarcerated at Isabella County Jail are allotted 72 square feet each.

“The people in the old area receive 52 square feet because the older cells were built before the standard was set,” said Lt. Tom Recker, Isabella County Jail administrator. “The newer area was built for 72 square feet per person.”

Students living in Campbell, Kesseler and Kulhavi halls inhabit 84 square feet and 5 square inches per person.

“The square footage that we do have for our students on average is greater than most public schools in Michigan,” said Bill O’Dell, Trout-

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Journalist and author Yvonne Latty speaks to students Thursday evening at Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium as Black History Month’s keynote speaker. Latty shared excerpts from her books about black war veterans.

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Yvonne Latty is determined to not let black veterans be forgotten.

About 80 people, CM Life estimates, attended Latty’s Black History Month keynote speech Thursday night in Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium.

“Ms. Latty is one of the only people that share these kinds of stories, so we were really excited to bring her here,” said Keisha Janney, assistant director of Minority Student Services.

Latty, an award-winning journalist, author and professor at New York University, told the stories of 10 black veterans of wars as far back as World War II and as recent as the Iraq War. “I was a reporter with the

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Philadelphia Daily News and (the Sept. 11 terrorists attacks) happened,” she said. “It was traumatic and upsetting for me, like it was for everyone, but I didn’t really feel connected with this country like some people did. But after interviewing these veterans, I felt connected.”

Latty said she is concerned with treatment of veterans when they returned to the U.S. “I believe with all my heart that we have to support them no matter what,” Latty said.

“No matter if they’re black or white, Democrat or Republican — it doesn’t matter.”

Latty spoke to one WWII veteran who was shot during his service as a medic in the D-Day invasion. He worked through his wounds and saved many

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The nation was anticipating an address that would mark the end of Mubarak’s 30 years in power but instead was told he was going nowhere. Protesters shouted “leave, leave,” and chants of disapproval echoed across the Nile at the prospect that the 17-day standoff with the government was not over.

“For the benefit of this country,” Mubarak said, “I have decided to assign the tasks of the president to the vice president according to the constitution.”

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working two part-time jobs to support himself and his school expenses.

Although it would directly affect him, he said he agreed with the state’s decision to

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men, though he was denied the Medal of Honor because he was black.

“When I interviewed some of these veterans I learned a lot about grace under fire and dignity,” Latty said.

She also told the stories of poor black Iraq War veterans who had to live in assisted housing or work minimum wage jobs when they returned.

and preparing a transfer of power leading to September elections.

None of that satisfied protesters whose central goal is for the 82-year-old former air force commander to leave office.

Delegating more authority to Vice President Omar Suleiman was viewed by many demonstrators as keeping intact the vestiges of Mubarak’s ruling establishment.

Mubarak did not make clear what duties Suleiman — the country’s former intelligence chief and one of his confidants — would assume.

Hours before the speech, a senior army commander appeared in Tahrir Square and told protesters that all their demands would be met.

Their rallying point has been Mubarak’s removal from office. It was later announced that the president would be addressing the country. A mood of celebration settled over the square.

But after the speech, Tahrir filled with chants of “Down, down with Mubarak!”

The announcement came after two days of warnings by top Egyptian officials, including Suleiman, 74, that the army might stage a coup if protests didn’t stop.

“They left the physical war to go to a mental one,” Latty said.

The audience was allowed to ask questions following the presentation. Several wondered what they could do to help veterans who had been neglected.

“I’ve never been more moved,” Dearborn junior Margaret Humenik said. “I genuinely want to get involved with a veteran’s organization and do something to help. Really and truly, it touched me.”

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With his legs crossed and head resting on his jacket, Haslett junior Travis Sohn takes a nap Thursday in the Music Building after his ENG 175: Nature of Language class. “I don’t have time to go home and nap,” he said. “I have choir at 4 p.m.” Sohn said his MusicBuilding nap is a weekly occurrence and he usually tries to use the same bench. “It’s nice because it has this wall.”

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inches each. They only have one room, compared to CMU’s suite-style rooms.

“The state requires an inmate to have more space than a student,” Recker said.

Howell freshman and Towers resident Hannah Kremhelmer said she was bothered that residents in the smaller rooms have to pay the same price as students who live in larger rooms.

“That’s ridiculous,” Kremhelmer said. “Since we suffer from a lack of comfort and space, we shouldn’t have to pay as much as the people who have much more room.”

Lapeer freshman Lisa Dinsmore said she understands the university’s policy.

“It does make me mad that we pay the same amount because they have so much more privacy and alone space,” Dinsmore said. “But at the same time, I can understand because I think everyone would want to get into these dorms if they were cheaper and then people who didn’t care would end up needing to pay more.”

the new suites were built, the pricing has always been the same in all of the other halls because you have at least one other roommate per bedroom in them,” Fisher said.

He said there has been some talk over the years about reducing cost and/or occupancy of the towers.

“I think the institution will pursue reducing the occupancy in the towers as a long-range goal,” Fisher said.

“Instead of four, they could hold three students each or ideally, maybe even two.”

Kremhelmer was shocked that her space was less than an inmate.

“That’s insane,” Kremhelmer said. “It’s good that I like the people I live with.”

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John Fisher, associate vice president of residences and auxiliary services, said the administration is considering changes to fix these issues, but not immediately.

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ensure safe usage.

He said the township is not disallowing the use of medical marijuana and does not want residents to think they cannot partake in the medication.

“This is an appropriate item to bring to the board,” township trustee Phil Mikus said.

“Personally, I appreciate the people of Michigan accepting the initiative.”

The Union Township Planning Commission will carry out the research and fact-finding, Woodruff said. The Lansingbased Hubbard Law Firm P.C. will attend the Feb. 16 planning tighten the requirements to receive assistance.

“I don’t know about having a strict number of hours, but requiring students to have a job is a step in the right direction,” Meyer said. “I know a lot of kids who do abuse it and mooch off the program.”

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“This will also give time for our citizens to express themselves,” township supervisor John Barker said.

The township only wants to know the names of the people running apothecaries — not patients. Woodruff said the township needs to make sure the privacy and security of patients is not compromised.

“I think the dispensaries are fantastic for people with needs,” trustee Tim Lannen said. “I don’t see many drawbacks to them.” metro@cm-life.com

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“I know mine said I was approved until Sept. 2011,” he said. “I feel you should remain eligible for that stated time and then just not be eligible for the next period.” studentlife@cm-life.com

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Prof OK after reports he was attacked in Egypt Friend, alumnus says protests driven by social media

By Ariel Black Senior Reporter

Associate political science professor Moataz Fattah is fine after unconfirmed reports earlier this week indicated he was in a group attacked while protesting in Cairo.

Political science department chairman Orlando

Perez said Fattah was okay, though he did not confirm or deny the attack.

“He is active on Facebook and has communicated with colleagues via e-mail,” Perez said.

He said Fattah has continued work with his students at both Cairo University and at CMU. Justin Hoyle, Saginaw Valley State University adjunct faculty member and CMU alumnus, attended the American University of Cairo for his master’s degree in Middle

East studies. He said Fattah was instrumental in his decision to move to Cairo for school.

“I catch up with him every few months, and it concerns me to hear about a supposed attack on someone I know,” he said. “But it doesn’t surprise me to hear this. He is confident in his beliefs, so it makes sense he was out protesting.”

Hoyle said the government has a strict monopoly on media. In the past it could cut media it disliked, but with Fa-

cebook, Twitter and other social networks, it has become complicated for the government to hold that power, he said.

“The issue with marriage being near impossible (because of government restrictions) and little to no career options are the root of why young people are protesting,” said Dave London, professor at the American University of Cairo and former CMU advertising professor.

It gives a sense of hopelessness to the youth, London

said.

While living in Egypt, Hoyle made many close friends he said he is worried about.

“During my first year there, my wife and I lived in an area with no foreign influence except us,” Hoyle said. “I have close Egyptian friends there.”

Hoyle said Egyptians go to school for years studying to become doctors and lawyers, but often cannot work in their field after graduation unless they have connections. He said the burdens on young

people have driven them to make up the bulk of the protestors.

“It’s not like the economy is booming or anything,” he said.

Hoyle will host a Skype interview in his class at SVSU Monday with his friend Muhammad Gamel El-Din, who has been active in the protests in Tahrir Square, to help his students at SVSU understand the reality of events in Egypt, he said. university@cm-life.com

Former CMU wrestler found with stolen parking permit

By Theresa Clift Staff Reporter

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Holly junior Raychel Payne stands aside Detroit sophomore Kortez Buckner during “Thinkfast” trivia game as part of the Black History Month Exhibit at the Bovee University Center Wednesday night. Buckner sang a song during the talent competition segment during the game with Payne as his background dancer.

cultural cuisine 200 play trivia, enjoy dinner at reunion event

By Tony Wittkowski Staff Reporter

The Black Family Reunion brought students, faculty and staff together in a celebration of cultural food and fun Wednesday night.

“It has been a pretty good turnout this year,” said Charmaine Edwards, a graduate assistant for Minority Student Services. “It is just one of the many events in honor of Black History Month held annually by Minority Student Services.”

MSS estimated 200 people attended the event Wednesday night in the Bovee University Center Rotunda and

Terrace rooms. The dinner menu boasted a buffet with spare ribs, macaroni and cheese, fried cabbage and bacon, collard greens, 7UP cake, sweet potatoes and fried chicken.

Guests were invited to take part in a ThinkFast trivia game after the meal.

“It’s just a game with some buzzers that eliminates everyone who got the question wrong,” said Connie Neuenfeldt, a Bay City junior. “It’s multiple choice and includes a cash prize for the winner.”

Neuenfeldt said she has gone to the reunion for all three years she has been at CMU and enjoys it every time.

The cash prize was awarded to the last group left with the sum of $200. Each group could include one to 10 people.

It was MSS Director Keisha Janney’s first year in her position, and her first year coordinating the reunion. She said she jumped at the opportunity.

“I think it is great because it always draws a big crowd,” Janney said. “I mean, who doesn’t want food and a chance for cash?”

It is one of those times where different people can come and share the same aspects of themselves with one another, she said.

Kenneth and Mika Lenorr, both freshmen from Chicago, enjoyed the family reunion as well.

“I found out through my wife (Mika),” Lenorr said.

“It really feels like a community here. Everyone is together and having fun.” university@cm-life.com

West Bloomfield sophomore Leo Wilson attempts to answer Jeopardy questions during the “Thinkfast” trivia game Wednesday night.

“I just froze up there,” he said.

A former Central Michigan University wrestler faces an additional charge after being accused in January of violating the Michigan Sex Offender Registration Act. Prosecutors have now charged Zeeland freshman David A. Cheatham, 19, with receiving and concealing a stolen university parking permit.

CMU Police Lt. Cameron Wassman said Cheatham’s vehicle was issued a parking violation ticket on Jan. 12. The person who wrote the ticket noticed the permit number matched up with a different vehicle.

It was later discovered Cheatham’s vehicle never had a permit assigned to it.

He was arraigned on a charge of receiving and concealing stolen property at a value less than $200.

Cheatham was dismissed from the wrestling team in January after state police said he failed to notify them he was attending CMU — a requirement of the registration act. Failing to comply with the act carries a maximum four-year prison sentence and Cheatham faces up to 93 days in jail if convicted of the most recent charge.

Cheatham was placed on the Michigan Public Sex Offender Registry at the age of 14 for second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a person under the age of 13.

He currently lives at Tallgrass Apartments, 2040 E. Broomfield Road.

The prosecution and defense will meet Feb. 23 to discuss the charges and a possible plea deal, said Risa Scully, Isabella County chief assistant prosecutor. If they cannot reach an agreement, the next step would be to set up a court date.

“At this point I don’t know what to anticipate,” Scully said. “Most cases are resolved through pleas.”

If Cheatham pleads guilty or is convicted of a felony, his sentence will be determined through Michigan’s sentencing guidelines.

The guidelines divide people into categories depending on their offense. Prior record variables and offense variables are also considered, Scully said.

“If Cheatham is convicted of what he is charged with, the most he could possibly get is a maximum of four years in prison,” Scully said. “But that will not happen because his guidelines could only allow him to receive local (jail) time.”

Scully said the case is still “up in the air” and prosecutors have not yet determined what settlement to offer. metro@cm-life.com

Fraternity sleeps outside to feed kids Members spend 54 hours in front of Bovee UC

By Maryellen Tighe Staff Reporter

Tom Clark spent 16 consecutive hours outside Wednesday and Thursday, including a night in a tent.

But the Clarkston sophomore wasn’t camping — he was raising cash for kids in need.

Clark and other members of Alpha Chi Rho spent 54 hours outside this week to raise money for Feed the Children, an international non-profit organization.

Their goal was to raise $500, enough to sponsor a child for a

year, Bay City senior Kyle Elsea said.

“It has definitely motivated me to raise more money for it in the future because I’d hate to do this on a nightly basis,” Elsea said after his night in the tent.

He said they raised $410 as of 11 a.m. Thursday.

His warm sleeping bag wasn’t enough when someone unplugged the tent heater with their feet Thursday night, he said, leaving the tent very cold by 6:30 a.m.

That morning the tent-dwellers joked about being poster children for “Feed the Children,” with bloodshot eyes in their early-morning classes, he said.

“You think after a while you will get used to (the cold),” Clark said. “But you don’t.”

Their phones could not even

charge because it was so cold, he said, instead displaying error messages.

Before the evening cooled down, the trio of campers played board games and drank hot chocolate and coffee, Clark said. Some people brought handwarmers and cookies, which acquired a hockey puck consistency by morning.

“A lady that works inside (the UC) told us not (to leave the cookies outside), because the deer will get them,” Elsea said.

He said many students still walked by without donating despite the spectacle.

“That’s the biggest let-down right now, that ‘I don’t have the money,’ or ‘debit cards,’ or ‘I’m late for class,” Clark said.

This fundraiser was first hosted three or four years ago, but

Elsea plans to make it an annual event and is already planning for next year.

“We’ll be much better prepared next year,” he said. “Next year, (we will) put a tarp under the tent so we’re not sleeping on the snow.”

They also want to make better signage so people know they are sleeping outside, not just standing in front of a tent, he said.

Even if other students did not know they were spending the night outdoors, the fraternity brothers learned a lot about life for people who don’t have as much as them, Elsea said.

Joe Drexler did not spend the night outside, but the Metamora freshman said he has plenty of time to participate. Next year he plans to sleep outside and looks forward to carrying on

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Sterling Heights senior Fred Bartolomei collects a donation for AXPosure To The Cold, to raise money to sponsor a child, from Director of Gay and Lesbian Programs Shannon Jolliff, Tuesday afternoon in front of Bovee University Center. “I think it’s awesome to see our students stand up for social justice issues like this,” Jolliff said.

the tradition.

“It’s just giving back,” Drexler said. “I feel like the starving children and homeless issue affects us more than we think. It kinda

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Small class dabbles in ‘fiber arts’

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Shepherd resident Sandi Guthrie weaves a black ash basket during the Fiber Arts Workshop Thursday night at the Ziibiwing Center, 6650 E. Broadway Road. “I love it,” Guthrie said. “It’s fun. It’s real therapy is what it is.”

A small class of 15 shuffled out a side door to watch as Kelly Church’s husband, Jeff, pounded an ash tree with a short trunk that had already been cut down.

Thirty minutes later, 14 to 15 long strips were ready to be split for basket weaving on day three of the Fiber Arts Workshop at the Ziibiwing Center, 6650 E. Broadway Road.

“Pounding is really intense and precise,” said Church, as her husband swung the side of an ax on to the trunk to bring the growth rings away from the tree.

Church, the workshop’s instructor and a member of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, said you can distinguish different tribes by the volume and frequency of their pounding during the basket weaving process.

She has been basket weaving for 14 years.

The five-day class began Monday and runs through Friday, from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m each day.

The black ash trees used for basket weaving grow in the swamp and have medicinal uses, Church said. It was named because of the dark colored bud that resembles a chocolate chip.

“The Department of Agriculture predicts that we will lose all of our black ash trees,” Church said.

Church participates in workshops and national conferences to inform the public about the emerald ash borer, a bug that infects the ash tree preventing it from seeding.

“Ash trees only seed every five years and the bug can kill (the tree) before we get the seeds,” Church said.

Not every tree will seed, Church said, so if a lone one is found, it is important to leave it be.

The ash tree is sacred to Native American tribes throughout the U.S., she said.

The ash borer came from China on untreated wood pallets. The trees in China became immune to the bug, but the bug spread to the U.S., noticed first in Michigan.

As the class traveled back inside, Church provided instructions for splitting the strips of ash tree after they have been harvested and pounded.

Mount Pleasant resident Sandy LaCross expressed an interest in the process Church demonstrated.

“I wanted to learn about the cultural traditions and crafts,” she said.

It took Church two months to learn how to split well and one month to harvest well, she said.

Church is interested in leaving behind basket weaving for future generations, as well as leaving seeds behind. She recommended the class save some for future generations.

Mount Pleasant residents like Shannon Wysinger arrived at the Ziibiwing Center in the hopes of advancing their knowledge of tribal practices.

“I’m interested in Native American culture and feel like participating in the community,” Wysinger said. “It helps me feel engaged and connected.” metro@cm-life.com

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‘A l o n g w ay i n h e l p i n g ’

CMU, WMU collect 610 units in rival blood drive Someone in U.S. in need every two seconds

By Seth Newman Staff Reporter

CMU and Western Michigan University briefly put the rivalry to the side and came together for a good cause.

From Jan. 18 to Jan. 28, the two universities were able to donate 610 units of blood after completing successful blood drives. Lindsey Mortier, American Red Cross donor recruitment representative, said she is very pleased with the results of the blood drive.

“Our main goal was to come together and help save as many lives as possible, and that goal was

achieved,” she said. “The 610 units that were collected between the two schools will go a long way in helping the American Red Cross toward its mission of supplying our hospitals with the blood they need so they can take care of their patients.”

Mortier said someone in the U.S. is in need of blood every two seconds and the Red Cross’ life-saving mission truly benefits from the support of CMU. CMU donated 223 units of blood; Mortier said the donation will help save the lives of 669 people.

“Donating just one time helps save the lives of three people,” she said.

Into fruition Williamston junior Kara Johnson helped organize the blood drive for CMU.

“I thought it would be a good idea to help organize and plan the blood drive,” she said. “I was able to contact the Red Cross, give out numbers, fill in time slots and help promote the event.”

Johnson said the blood drive surpassed the overall goal.

“Our goal was to have 45 people donate at our station, (but) we ended up having over 50 people donate so I was happy about that,” she said.

Johnson herself donates blood every 56 days. The success of the blood drive has inspired Johnson to organize another.

“We are thinking about organizing another one soon with the help of the Red Cross,” she said. university@cm-life.com

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Sing It, Act It, Play It to benefit Bike and Build today at Wesley Event will feature improv, a capella performances

By Randi Shaffer Senior Reporter

Local talent will be performing today at Sing it, Act It, Play It to raise money for Bike and Build.

Sing It, Act It, Play It is sponsored by Moore Media Records.

It will take place at CMU’s Wesley Center, 1400 S. Washington St., and will benefit Bike and Build, an organization Williamston senior James Slider is participating in this summer to bike across America and build houses for those in need.

Slider, president of Moore Media Records, said he worked with a lot of local musicians and the Trap Door Improv group to get the event set up.

“We thought it would be really cool to put on a show that would entertain a lot of people and then give all the

money to charity,” he said. “I know it’s going to be a really really excellent show just because we have a lot of talented performers.”

Doors will open at 5:30 p.m., with the show beginning at 6 p.m. A capella groups Fish N’ Chips and Ebb N’ Flow will be singing during the first act of the show. Trap Door Improv will performing at 7:30 p.m., and an acoustic concert featuring Bloomill, Joe Hertler and Chano will begin at 9 p.m.

Admission is $4 per act or $10 to see all three. Food and drinks will be served between acts.

Slider is hoping that because the show is hosted at the Wesley Center, instead of in a bar, the performers will generate a diverse crowd base.

“It’s very family-oriented,” he said.

Battle Creek senior Anna Trupiano is looking forward to performing with Trap Doorat the event.

“It’s a really great opportunity for us to meet different au-

diences that Trap Door Improv hasn’t gotten to perform for,” she said. “Hopefully we’ll get a different type of crowd in.”

Trupiano is Slider’s girlfriend and is extremely supportive of his dedication to bike across America.

“We really wanted to help him raise money,” she said.

“We can’t bike across America, but we’re doing our part to help.”

CMU alumus CJ Opperthauser said when he was approached by Slider and asked to play with his band Bloomill for Sing It, Act It, Play it, he immediately agreed.

“I know James is a great athlete and whenever he does any type of biking charity. It’s going to raise a lot of money,” Opperthauser said.

Opperthauser has high hopes for the event turnout.

“Between all the followings that everyone has,” he said, “it should be a pretty good crowd.” studentlife@cm-life.com

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EDITORIAL | Bridge Cards decision reasonable, but too sudden

No surprise

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hen Lt. Gov. Brian Calley said Tuesday the new state budget would be an “atomic bomb,” students probably did not expect their Bridge Cards to be carried off in the shockwave. But targeting the Food Assistance Program to trim the budget can be reasonable.

The recent decision to strike student status from qualifications could vaporize benefits for up to 15,000 of the 25,923 college students covered in April.

That the program, which is undeniably abused by many of its collegeaged users, would be one of many to feel the shears on the path to a balanced state budget was not unexpected.

It is difficult to justify snatching tax-

payer dollars to pay for fresh crab leg dinners for college students perfectly capable of feeding themselves from their own or their parents’ funds.

However, the breadth, severity and immediacy of the cuts were a surprise.

It is heartening to see Gov. Rick Snyder willing to take serious action to bring the budget in line with reality, but changes to a program that provides a staple to 3,433 students in

Isabella County alone should not be rushed.

While abuse was likely rampant, many students who take a full course load simply do not have the time to also work enough hours to pay for groceries. That is assuming they can find jobs at all when the labor market is flooded with unemployed workers with much more open schedules.

When parents cannot fill the gap because of their own economic concerns, something must be done.

Student loans and unemployment insurance can ease the transition, but there will at best be more debt or another battery of forms for students to overcome.

Greater stringency in the Food Assistance Program is not only needed, but long overdue. Unfortunately, the sweeping cuts coming to students’ wallets in April are more akin to severing the arm to cure the infected pinky than the balanced spending reform

Michigan needs.

Limiting food assistance only to employed students reiterates that this is, in fact, aid and not an allowance, but raising the bar to working 20 hours a week may be unfair. There are a number of students with on-campus jobs who work less than 20 hours, but still depend on food assistance to help support themselves.

If a student was approved for food assistance through this year and worked 19 hours, that student loses all their food assistance April 1, no questions. A more gradual approach, like allowing newly ineligible students to continue through their previously approved date, may be less problematic for those affected.

The program was excessive and overly generous and needed to be reformed.

While this sends a strong message on the part of the state government, a little further consideration could have made the change easier for those governed.

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Lonnie Allen Staff Reporter

Fear campus’ metal ‘C’

There is something dangerous on this campus, waiting to bring down students every day.

It bides its time until it can sweep its next victims: Innocent students unaware of the danger lurking underfoot.

Like gazelles grazing on the savannah, these students walk to their classes unaware of the crafty predator.

Part of the ornamental sidewalks spread over CMU’s campus, it lies docile and harmless most days. It only becomes dangerous when water, ice or snow comes in contact with its smooth, metallic body.

Surrounded by red brick, this metal “C” between Moore and Dow halls is a lion in wait.

Its slick and unassuming form has claimed me as a victim twice.

I chalked up my falls to clumsiness and haste at the time. But over the past month, I have noticed many more falling victim to this clever predator.

Like dominoes, the line of students walking by Monday slipped, lost balance and some even tumbled to the ground, brought down by the alphabetical bear trap.

It won’t get me anymore, for I steer clear of that “C.” I will not be victimized anymore.

However, I watch as students continue to feed the unholy appetite of this demon of the sidewalk.

Oh the horror caused by this vicious of pedestrian infrastructure, designed for the College of Science and Technology.

Oh “C,” I curse you; I raise my fist to you and shout, “No more! No more will you bring us down.”

We are on to you and your deadly design flaw. A flaw which twists a beautiful piece of walkway into a treacherous path of terror.

“Why,” I ask. Why does this have to be? Can we not enjoy your beauty without depending on a friend to rescue us from that terrible stumble?

I respect your power, “C.” I will look for a ribbed, rubber sole on my next shoe purchase, to protect myself from what could be a sore day.

I am aware and careful, steely “C,” and until spring, I will walk cautiously, waiting for the sun to come out and tame the letter that stalks me.

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[Your voice] In response to “Many students give up scholarships to live off campus despite increases to funds” Wow.. — Feb. 9 I’m MORE THAN HAPPY I gave up my scholarship. I’m not kicked out of my “room” X amt of times a semester because of breaks. I have a job here.

I’m also not going to pay X amt of dollars to stay in a dorm. I can easily afford $300/mo for my apartment now. And can afford food fine on my own. What’s really ridiculous is that my freshman year I took out a $10,000 loan because of the dorm, food, and campus-living expenses; I am YET to reach $10,000 in loans the last 2 years I’ve lived off-campus, still getting all the same support as I was before. I wouldn’t have stayed another year in the dorms if my life depended on it. Too many people were sick, roommates didn’t always respect you & your items, and nobody respects a quiet environment for those who want it. Off-campus>On-campus

student — Feb. 10 I find it so funny that administrators act as if students are out of their mind for living on campus. Meal plans are a joke as I can go to the grocery store and get more and better quality food for a cheaper price. Like the comment above, I too had to take out a large loan to pay to live in the dorms. The past two years that hasn’t been an issue. Dorms are small, cramped and have the feeling of a jail cell. You have absolutely no privacy and it is an overall bad situation. They like to say you’re an adult yet you are treated like a child.

In response to “Department of Human Services changes Bridge Card eligibility requirements for college students” CMUGrad — Feb. 10 I’m glad to see that the Bridge Card system is being reviewed. I worked a part-time job all through college and paid for all my groceries myself when

people that were not working and being supported by their parents were using a Bridge Card. I definitely understand that there is a legitimate need but this system is taken advantage of in so many ways. I knew of many people that were not working and claimed that there class load was too heavy to work.

Give me a break! We both graduated with the same degree and had the same number of credits. That is part of being a college student.

Joe — Feb. 9 I just don’t understand why it isn’t regulated better. Some students, like me, rely on the bridge card to pay for food. I work about 15 hours a week and with my 18 credit hours and monthly bills, losing this or trying to work an extra 5 hours a week is going to be more of a challenge while trying to maintain good grades.

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Cutting student Bridge Cards a low blow The loony Michigan legislature is at it again, blaming the problems of our state on the least among us.

This time it comes in the form of cutting benefits to college students in the form of Bridge Cards, led

by Republicans in the Michigan House.

Elected officials have once again proven they are penny-wise and pound-foolish. Instead of focusing on tax credits and tax breaks for big business, or the bloated prison budget which is estimated to be about $2 billion, they are going after Bridge Cards for students.

For perspective, according to the Michigan budget as well as a report by the state Department of Human Services, the annual cost of student food assistance is about $5.5 million.

The fact that prisons get nearly 360 times more funding than student food assistance is irrelevant to the Republican legislature. They know they can score cheap political points by doing this.

Very few people are students.

Fewer students vote than the general population and Republicans need a scapegoat for Michigan’s economic woes.

What we get is a recipe for disaster. The Michigan Promise Scholarship has been eliminated, university funding gets cut every year and that cost is passed to students.

Coupled with rising global food prices and parents who are unemployed, you have a situation in which students can barely keep their heads above water. Sadly, many have already drowned.

If food assistance to students is eliminated, it is possible academic performance statewide will drop. A diet composed chiefly of macaroni and cheese and ramen noodles is not conducive to high-quality learning.

These are the future leaders of our state, we do not need them wanting for fresh fruits and vegetables.

Republicans ought to be aware that at the end of the day, they are angering future doctors, lawyers and small business owners who just need a little help while attending university. Within a few years, these people start paying back those programs from which they drew benefits.

You’d better believe students will remember who was on their side while they were getting their education.

A rational solution might be to simply change the name from “Bridge Cards” to “Food Welfare,” so that students know for what they are actually applying. We could ban the purchase of certain high-sodium or high-sugar foods to only allow healthier purchases.

No individual student needs $200 per month for food, so we could reduce benefits to $150 or $100 for more savings.

However, eliminating food assistance altogether is an irresponsible way to save money. There are much larger items in the budget that are actually wasteful.

College students have taken enough deep cuts to their pocketbooks, the last thing they need is a slash to their stomachs.

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‘Conserving’ Art CMU students work together, win contest with project Central Michigan Life Staff Reports

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our CMU art students combined their creative talents into an award-winning piece, even though they had never worked together before.

The Jan. 28 Battle of the Arts at Creative 360, 1517 Bayliss St. in Midland, featured students from CMU, Delta College and Northwood and Saginaw Valley State universities. Students were charged with the task of creating an original piece based on a broad theme in only three hours.

Liz Ruediger, Creative 360 executive director and contest judge, said the theme “conservation” was chosen because of how topical it was.

“We wanted to incorporate a lot of the things and wanted to show the state of affairs,” Ruediger said, “but kept the theme very broad ... there were very broad interpretations, a huge variety of ideas.”

Haslett senior Jim Carr, West Bloomfield junior Lisa D’Angelo, Mt. Pleasant senior Paz Hakoyama and Marine City senior Allen Yokom were selected to participate for CMU by art instructor Shelley Stevens.

Ruediger said there were three criteria for the entries: How the teams interpreted the theme, whether or not the team achieved what they wanted and if they completed the piece in the allotted amount of time.

She said one of the main reasons CMU’s team won was because of the direc-

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From top left (clockwise): Mount Pleasant senior Paz Hakoyama, West Bloomfield junior Lisa D’Angelo, Haslett senior Jim Carr and Marine City senior Allen Yokom work on art projects throughout the last week.

Recently, the group took first place at the Battle of the Arts at Creative 360, 1517 Bayliss St. in Midland, for their collaborative series of paintings based on the theme of “conservation.” They used the theme to illustrate the idea of conserving humanity from technology.

tion the team took the project in. The team focused on preserving humanity from technology.

Yokom said he wanted his group’s paintings to illustrate the battle many people have with technology.

“People are always so plugged into their iPods, computers, laptops and other things,” Yokom said.

“We’ve gotten to the point where we’re texting people in the same room.”

Yokom said the piece was a challenge to create, but was pleased with the final result.

Hakoyama agreed.

“I really think the pieces went well together,” he said.

“Despite the fact that all four of us have completely different, distinct styles.”

Yokom said they decided the “go green” idea would be over-done and Hakoyama said the typical green idea would have been too cliché so, instead, they put their efforts toward conserving from technology, and conserving humanity.

“The piece was beautifully painted and portrayed,” Stevens said.

Stevens said the painting

conveyed the group’s concern over potential loss of humanity through ever-encroaching modernization.

Hakoyama said the team agreed to do a series of four paintings all featuring the same subject – a human hand – as it conserved itself from technology.

“I was really happy how our collaborative piece turned out, especially since

the four of us have never worked together on a project,” Hakoyama said, “even though we were in the same painting class.”

Stevens said each student painted a panel and, then, at the end of the three hours, they combined their work.

Ruediger said she was impressed with how well the team worked together.

“The pieces flowed flaw-

lessly, especially with it being their first time ever collaborating together,” she said.

The winning piece is on display at Creative 360.

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Freshman walk-on Kylie Welch was told ‘no’ from several different colleges, but CMU and head coach Sue Guevara decided to take a chance on her. Now, Welch is making the most of it.

By John Manzo | Staff Reporter

The word “itty” applies to freshman guard Kylie Welch in many ways.

A 5-foot-4 guard, she’s just short enough to be tied for the shortest on the Central Michigan women’s basketball roster.

Itty is the nickname she was given by her coaches and teammates once she arrived at CMU. It also represents the amount of Division I colleges that took a chance on her.

Synonyms of “itty” ran frequently throughout the minds’ of any college that recruited her. Could she compete at the D-I level? Most colleges said no.

Head coach Sue Guevara was a naysayer. She wanted to bring Welch to CMU, but it wouldn’t be on scholarship.

Welch and her family decided to put the offer on hold. A scholarship was the best-case scenario.

It never happened because there were too many concerns with her size. Now what? A scholarship opportunity was bleak. The offers weren’t just magically going to appear and Welch wasn’t going to turn into Yao Ming overnight.

But all it takes is a chance. And that’s what Guevara took.

A decision was made. The under-sized guard would join the CMU women’s basketball team as a preferred walk-on.

“It came down to she didn’t receive the scholarship,” Guevara said. “They contacted us and we decided that if Kylie walks on and does the job, then we promise we’ll give her a scholarship.”

It finally happened for Welch.

She didn’t get a guaranteed scholarship, but she has a chance to get it. Bill Welch, her father, is the main reason she is playing basketball. Welch credits him for getting her interested in the sport.

“We would always play in the yard,” she said. “I have a brother and we would play and I fell in love with it.”

Welch began playing competitive basketball at the age of 10. She played AAU for seven seasons as a member of the Michigan Pistons, helping lead the team to a state championships in 2008 and 2009. In 2009, the Pistons made it to the Final Four at AAU nationals.

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Enos names Reynolds new DL coach Former Central Okla. coach added to staff, replaces Daoust

By Anthony Fenech Senior Reporter

The Chippewas have a new defensive line coach.

Just three weeks after former defensive line coach Tim Daoust left the program for an assistant coaching position at Syracuse, head coach Dan Enos has picked Vinson Reynolds to fill the position.

“Vinson brings an outstanding knowledge of the game to his

role, not to mention a lot of energy and enthusiasm,” Enos said.

Reynolds was most recently coaching defensive lineman at Central Oklahoma, where Vinson Reynolds he worked with a pair of All-Lone Star Conference honorable mention lineman in his only season with the Bronchos.

Before the 2010 season at Central Oklahoma, Reynolds worked as a quality control assistant with a focus on the defensive line at Oklahoma State during the 2008 and 2009 seasons.

During his time in Stillwater, Okla., Reynolds worked with teams

that posted back-to-back 9-4 records and appeared in the Holiday and Cotton Bowls.

Prior to Oklahoma State, he spent two seasons as the defensive line coach at Division-III Wisconsin-Plateville.

Reynolds was a standout defensive end at Northern Illinois and attended St. Martin de Porres High School in Detroit.

“He’s no stranger to the MAC or the state of Michigan, having played in college at Northern Illinois University and in high school in the city of Detroit,” Enos said.

Reynolds earned four varsity letters at NIU and was named MidAmerican Conference Defensive Player of the Year as a senior in 2003.

He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Northern Illinois in 2004, and he earned a master’s degree in adult education from Wisconsin-Platteville in 2007.

Daoust left the program in midJanuary, leaving Enos without a defensive line coach on signing day, Feb. 2. Despite being without Daoust, Enos was able to secure commitments from three defensive linemen. During a news conference with media, he admitted that being without a coach for the position worried him, but was confident in the players that signed with the Chippewas. sports@cm-life.com

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Verbal sparring at McGuirk Arena!

Tempers flare at Thursday’s practice!

Junior forward Andre Coimbra was given harsh instruction from an assistant coach in the corner of the gym during the CMU men’s basketball practice.

Coimbra barked back, strong accent intact. Then, senior guard Antonio Weary stepped in, and verbally corralled the Brazilian native.

F-bombs galore. It happened in a matter of four seconds.

And let’s be clear: It was nothing — surely not newsworthy.

Not at all.

Things like this on a daily basis on winning teams. They multiply and intensify when it’s a losing one.

At 6-17 and 3-7 in Mid-American Conference play, CMU qualifies as a losing team.

There was nothing strange about this, or the fact that coach Ernie Zeigler let the minor cat fight sizzle without having to saying a word.

But strange came next.

A team manager approached, politely saying “Coach Zeig doesn’t want reporters in until the end of practice.”

There’s nothing wrong with that, either. Coaches at many schools around the nation close practice to the public.

But it’s been loose around CMU lately. It’s never happened before when a visit is made in the final 10-15 minutes of practice. So it begs the question: Why now?

It is tense times for the Chippewas. A 72-43 thrashing from Buffalo on Tuesday night didn’t help things.

Try reaching Zeigler after a road loss. It’s easy at times. Other times, not so much.

After Buffalo? No answer.

“You have reached Ernie Zeigler, head coach of Central Michigan Men’s Basketball. Please leave a detailed message…”

That’s called cool-down time. It’s been needed lately.

“We feel very — I’m very disappointed. I think our guys are disappointed in our ability to play hard here Tuesday night,” Zeigler said after Thursday’s practice. “I think we did not play as hard as we can play.

That comes back and falls on my shoulders, first and foremost.”

CMU can’t figure out road basketball, it appears. It is 0-6 on the road in MAC play. In those games, the Chippewas average just 48 points per game. That’s 22 points lower than their mark (70) in four conference home games, where they are 3-1.

But the problems seem more fundamental than road/home splits.

They seem more in-house, more

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High School.

She lettered in basketball and lacrosse.

Welch didn’t have to choose between basketball and lacrosse. She could play both.

“I did consider it because I have a friend from high school on the team,” she said about playing club lacrosse at CMU. “I really wanted to play basketball more and that’s what I’ll solely focus on.”

Coming into her own So now it begins for Welch.

The recruiting process was brutal. Her talents outweigh her size, but size over-looked talent. It doesn’t matter how many people criticized her now. She’s a Chippewa.

However, now it’s her turn to prove the doubters that she can do it.

Welch won’t impress anyone in the box scores, but not everyone has to do that to be successful.

One day, Los Angeles Lakers guard Derek Fisher will be inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame. He averages 8.8 points and 3.1 assists in his 14-year career. Neither stat is eye-popping, but Fisher is a game manager.

And that’s what Welch is.

She has played in 13 of 22 games for CMU this season.

In those games she has just nine turnovers.

“She has the ability to get the ball to everybody and her ability to defend makes her stand out,” Guevara said. “It doesn’t matter what her size is because she plays hard and she’s even keel.”

Size issues have followed the 5-foot-4 guard through-

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Golden Flashes in first-place tie with BG in MAC East

said. “The more educated we are the better.”

Aside from the Pink Zone cancer awareness event that will take place there will be a basketball game played with big implications.

CMU currently sits in a second-place tie in the Mid-American Conference West Division and two games back of Toledo. Toledo’s only division loss this season came at the hands of the Chippewas at McGuirk Arena back on Jan. 19.

KSU is in a first-place tie in the MAC East with Bowling Green.

“We are trying our best to win right now and Kent State is first in line for us,” said freshman forward Taylor Johnson. “We have got to take it one game at a time.

We have got one goal, this team will be ready to go.”

CMU is currently on a three-game win streak after last week’s back-to-back road wins against Miami and Ohio. The team had a bye week in college basketball terms this week, with no mid-week game scheduled.

The Chippewas have six games left on the schedule and four of those games

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Welch turned down offers from Eastern Michigan, Miami and Toledo to play at CMU.

“She has the ability to get the ball to everybody and her ability to defend makes her stand out.”

Sue Guevara, head coach out her career. She finally earned a spot on a D-I roster. The short jokes are over.

Wrong. On Feb. 5, they continued. CMU was in Athens, Ohio, to take on the Bobcats. The band made sure Welch knew about her size.

They shouted, “Do you want a juice box?” “Shouldn’t you be in day-care?” “Are you going to the prom?”

Welch didn’t let it distract her. She went out and did what she does. The stats are a fabrication of what she can really do. Once again, she managed the game.

“I never heard it, but I give her credit because she played right through it,” Guevara said.

In the end Welch wins again. The original doubters criticized her size. She responded with a chance at a scholarship at a D-I school.

The Ohio band doubters criticized her size. She responded with quality game management, no points but a steal in 14 minutes off the bench, and most importantly a win.

“It’s fun to play against these teams,” Welch said.

“I’ve played some of the teams in the Mid-American Conference that were looking at me and it’s kind of cool to be playing on the court and being able to make an impact against them.”

The ball is finally in her court. She just has to decide what she wants to do with it.

“I knew it would take a little bit of time,” she said.

“I had confidence that I’d make an impact this year. I just needed people to recognize that I belong here.”

It’s also about a lack of communication between veterans and the coaching staff, maybe.

It’s why senior guard Amir Rashid left; that’s for sure. You don’t have to poke or prod too hard to find a real disconnect in that situation.

It starts with rumors about a really hectic, heated ride home from Ypsilanti after the Eastern Michigan game.

Rashid has kept quiet. Zeigler and CMU won’t comment on the departure at all, besides something about “academics” and Amir “pursuing a degree.”

The truth is hard to distinguish.

But it’s easy — and at this point, not irresponsible — to assume there’s program-wide

tension, because it can be felt.

It’s tangible, at this point.

Winning is the only foolproof way to erase it.

Senior Jalin Thomas still has the goal of somehow, some way making the NCAA tournament, but the only way for CMU to do that is to beat the East Division powers in the MAC tournament.

“From here on out, we’re going to have to be right on board with Coach Z,” he said.

Start small.

The odd are against CMU doing anything from here on out, but Step 1 calls for some house cleaning.

It’s just too uneasy around here.

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Sue Guevara knows a little something about cancer.

The CMU women’s basketball head coach has lost her mother to cancer and two aunts to breast cancer.

“My family has been hit by cancer,” she said. “It’s in my genes.”

At 4 p.m. Saturday at McGuirk Arena, Guevara and the rest in attendance will honor the Kay Yow Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Cancer Fund when the Chippewas host their annual Pink Zone game against Kent State.

Wrist bands and ribbons will be sold for one dollar each during the game and there will also be opportunities to make monetary donations to the Kay Yow Fund.

“The more financially we can help as far as research and making people aware of signs and symptoms to be preventative,” Guevara

will be played at McGuirk Arena.

A strong finish to the season at home will be key for this teams success after the regular season finishes.

“The most important game we are going to play is the one we are ready to play, against Kent State,” Guevara said. “You don’t look ahead you don’t look behind you look at right now what is staring us in the face, and it’s the Golden Flashes.”

Some would argue this is the most important game of the season for CMU. Crossover play in the MAC is almost finished and Kent State is one of the stronger opponents CMU will face the rest of the season.

The Golden Flashes are led by Taisja Jones and Jamila Humes, who averages 16.8 and 14.2 points per game, respectively.

This game will have the expectations as being one of the bigger games on the schedule for this weekend in MAC play.

“I don’t think there is any doubt,” Guevara said. “This team will be ready.” sports@cm-life.com

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“It’s not about worrying about sensitivity or being sensitive to guys’ feelings,” Zeigler said. “This is what it is. When we step between these lines, it’s about representing that “C” and competing as hard as we can compete. It’s not about trying to be choir boys to do it.

“We definitely have had guys struggle with the intensity level, and the sense of accountability that we talk about in terms of certain pillars in our program.”

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Zeigler: ‘No time to coddle emotions’

Gymnastics

Season’s biggest meet Saturday CMU travels to face off against rival Kent State

By Nick Conklin Staff Reporter

By Andrew Stover Senior Reporter

Ernie Zeigler blamed himself first for his team’s poor showing Tuesday night in Buffalo.

The Central Michigan men’s basketball coach said there is no time to coddle emotions after a 73-42 loss to the Bulls.

Heading toward the 6:30 p.m.

Saturday tip-off at McGuirk Arena against Bowling Green, he intends to push harder.

“There’s definitely been a slower learning curve in terms of those things,” Zeigler said.

“But we’re going to continue to stay the course and continue to push in the same manner and hold guys accountable to the pillars of our program.”

Those pillars may refer to the team’s back-to-back run to Mid-American Conference West Division championships.

The Chippewas are just 3-7 in the MAC this season — 6-17 overall — and have yet to win a road conference game (0-5).

It has been a different story at home, however. CMU is 3-1 at home in the MAC. Its most impressive home win may have been its last, as CMU opened up offensively and beat Ohio 91-85 on Feb. 2.

But CMU largely has lived and died with the performances of freshman guard Trey Zeigler and senior forward Jalin Thomas, scoring-wise, at least.

On Tuesday, the duo combined for 7-of-29 shooting from the field for 24.1 percent.

“This season is going to go as far as me and Trey,” said Thomas, regarding the team’s

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Senior forward Jalin Thomas is second on the team in scoring, averaging 15.7 points per game. He scored 18 points on 4-of-16 shooting against Buffalo on Tuesday.

scoring, before pointing out the amount of help he got from the rest of the team against Ohio. CMU shot 50 percent against the Bobcats.

Bowling Green (12-12, 7-3 MAC) will prove an admirable test at McGuirk Arena.

The Falcons are 3-2 away from home, including a 74-71 double-overtime win on Jan. 8 against the same Buffalo team that just beat the Chippewas by 19.

Bowling Green will attack CMU in a different way than its most recent MAC foes.

Where Buffalo used guards Byron Mulkey and Zach Filzen to score 44 of its points, and Ohio guard D.J. Cooper and Northern Illinois guard Xavier Silas each had big days against CMU with 30 and 24 points, re-

spectively, Bowling Green will try to run its offense through its front court and, more specifically, through 6-foot-7, 205-pound junior forward Scott Thomas (11.8 points per game) and 6-7, 234-pound sophomore forward A’uston Calhoun (11.6).

“Our league is a guard-heavy league,” Zeigler said. “But Bowling Green, they do pose a different challenge because of their two leading scorers being a small forward and more or less a power forward.”

Scott Thomas, the small forward, leads BGSU in points (11.8 per game), rebounds (6.7) and steals (2.39) and is second on the team with 3.43 assists per game. sports@cm-life.com

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Creepin’ on coach

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H

e says, “You’re on time.”

I think, how? How am I on time? I went to bed at 5 a.m., woke up 10 minutes ago, couldn’t find my keys five minutes ago and definitely forgot about this meeting a day ago.

“Always on time,” I say.

We walk into his office. He takes a seat in a black computer chair behind his desk. I take a seat in a comfortable maroon chair in front of his desk.

He asks if my recorder is running again.

“Always,” I say again.

There’s a color-coded schedule on the screen to his left. I think the time to invest in one might be right.

He tells me I can shut the door. On the back is a 1979 jersey — white with “Central” in maroon script across the chest, the No. 22 underneath and to the left.

“I think we have a good group of guys that learned a lot last year,” he says. “And I think that there’s still some unfinished business that they want to accomplish.”

He talks about winning the regular season again. About winning the tournament to get in.

“It’s not something I need to bring up everyday,” he says. “I think it’s just there.”

He wears a fat championship ring on his right hand. You can’t help but notice it there.

He talks about playing day-in and playing day-out. About playing with fundamentals and playing to a potential. He talks about pitching, about defense and rarely, if barely, about offense.

“You want guys that can get you runs,” he says. “But you have to make sure you’re not giving the runs back to them.”

He talks about more pitching, more defense, and his phone rings.

The intro to John Fogerty’s “Centerfield” sings.

He takes the call and I creep on the plaques decorating the back wall.

There’s plaques celebrating a quarter century of leadership and devotion to baseball, his

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And then there’s a plaque with Derek Jeter; the Yankees shortstop standing in the back row of a picture at the 1992 Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association All-Star Game.

“We knew he was going to be good,” he says of the former Kalamazoo Central product. “I mean how good, well, nobody knew that.”

He stands in the picture a row below the future hall-offamer.

“He just wanted to play in Tiger Stadium,” he continues.

“There were no guarantees he was ever going to be a major leaguer so he just wanted to play.”

And eight days from the start of his ninth season at the helm of the Central Michigan baseball program, he just wants to play.

“I think we’re ready,” he says. “I’m getting excited.”

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The game circled on the calendars for most Central Michigan athletics teams all year is usually against Western Michigan.

But for the women’s gymnastics team, the one meet that stands out among the others is Kent State. This weekend the Chippewas will renew that rivalry when they take on the Golden Flashes at 1 p.m. Saturday in Kent, Ohio.

“We’re really looking forward to this weekend because right now they are ranked higher than us,” said junior Kristin Teubner. “But I think we have a very good chance of beating them.”

CMU will take its 9-1 record on the road to face off against a Kent State (7-1-1) program that currently ranks third in the Mid-American Conference and No. 14 nationally.

The team enters the matchup with a 30-24 lead in alltime victories, which has given them a boost of confidence going into the weekend.

Although Teubner has compiled a personal record of only 1-3 against Kent State, she said the team has tapped

into their full potential and is on a level playing field with their rival.

Because of the important implications of this meet, the regular season winner of the meet typically takes a commanding lead of the MAC. CMU is coming off a 2009-10 season that saw it lose in the regular season, but win the MAC title at the end of the season.

Head coach Jerry Reighard said the key to his team being successful in this meet will come down to the changes made from last weekend.

“We know we have to be our best this week in order to win the regular season,” Reighard said. “This is a big meet for us. We most definitely need to be a lot cleaner and have to execute.”

Teubner said that despite the pressure surrounding this meet, the mindset in practice has not wavered from their usual weekly preparation.

“It’s basically business as usual,” she said. “We have been a little bit more intense because this is a very important meet for us and it will be the deciding factor on who may be the conference champion.”

Numbers don’t lie Statistically, CMU ranks above Kent State in both the team all-around (195.75), balance beam (48.9) and floor exercise (49.125). The Golden

Flashes lead the other two categories, the vault and uneven bars, within the league.

Because of the higher scores throughout the season, senior Cheryl Conlin said that one of the reasons why the competition is so tight between these two is because of the high performances both teams produce on a year-toyear basis.

“The other MAC teams are not where (we) and Kent are, so we’re the only ones in the MAC that have the potential to go to nationals so that plays a roll in how competitive we are against them,” Conlin said.

Individually, the Chippewas have been paced the past few weeks by Teubner and Conlin, who sit at first and second, respectively, in the MAC on the floor. Senior Andrea de la Garza will also look to continue her point streak, coming off her team-leading third place finish in the allaround (39.025) category last weekend.

For the Golden Flashes, their season average of 48.700 on the vault has landed them No. 22 nationally. They also rank No. 4 nationally on the uneven bars with a average of 49.060.

Comparatively, CMU has only garnered one Top 25 ranking and that is on the balance beam, (12th) with an average of 48.600. sports@cm-life.com

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GVSU Big Meet CMU throwers travel to Akron, rest of women another opportunity travel to Allendale to compete at Grand Valley for men to compete Freshman sprinter Ross Parson hopes for three solid races

By Brandon Champion Staff Reporter

The term “competition� can be taken in many ways in track and field.

While an athlete competes against those from other schools around the country, they are also in competition with teammates and, most importantly, with themselves.

This weekend, members of Central Michigan’s men’s track and field team will be focusing on those “personal competitions� as they travel to Allendale to compete in the two-day Grand Valley Big Meet.

The Chippewas will face more competitive competition than they did last weekend at Notre Dame, but the meet is still very important to the team. “Even though this meet might not be as big as last weekend, any competition is important at this point,� said Willie Randolph, director of track and field and cross country. “We need to remain focused, despite who we’re competing against.�

With the MAC Championships right around the corner, the pressure is beginning to mount for the Chippewas and dealing that pressure is the key to any success CMU will have in Bowling Green later this month. “We have been working too hard to let the pressure get to us,� Randolph said. “Everyone feels the pressure at this point, and we know that not everyone can deal with it.

This is why we have put

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our athletes in pressure situations before.�

That pressure might not be as high at GVSU, but Randolph has been stressing all week to his athletes not to overlook this weekend, as every meet they attend has a purpose in preparing the team for the conference championships.

Leading the Chippewas is freshman sprinter Ross Parsons, who will be competing in both the 60- and 200-meter dash and will run a leg of the 4x400 relay.

Parsons was by far the brightest spot of last weekend’s Notre Dame meet. “I’m looking forward to having an opportunity to compete in a two-day meet, because that’s what the MAC’s are,� Parsons said. “This weekend, I want to have three solid races. I really want to have a great 200 — I struggled in that event last week.�

Also important for the Chippewas will be fellow sprinters Branden Post, Renaldo Powell and Christopher Thomas.

CMU will also need strong performances from jumper Kevin Bacon and Joshua Kettlewell in the pole vault.

Redshirt freshman Tecumseh Adams leads the Chippewa distance runners.

The only members of the team that will not be attending the meet will be the throwers, who have been impressive all year long.

They will be attending the Akron Invitational in Ohio.

CMU will also look to junior John Calvert and sophomore Alex Rose to do well in the shot put, while juniors Kevin Mays and Ryan McCullough handle the weight throw duties. sports@cm-life.com

The Central Michigan women’s track and field team is inching closer to the Mid-American Conference championships.

But before the team gets there it has two more weekends of invites to get through in an attempt to strengthen their scores and add some more confidence going into the conference championships, scheduled for Feb. 25 and Feb. 26 in Bowling Green, Ohio.

This weekend, they will head to Allendale for the Big Meet at Grand Valley State University, scheduled for today and Saturday.

The throwers will not take part, and instead travel to Akron to see some conference competition.

“Every meet at this point is imp o r t a n t ,� said track and field director Willie Randolph. “It’s Willie Randolph just a reality that we need to maintain and keep ourselves ready for what is important in two weeks.�

Randolph’s message to the team is to remain focused on obtaining their best scores and be on top come the conference meet. “Focus is always a worry for any coach when we get closer to the end and the pressure and intensity picks up,� Randolph said. “We’ve worked too hard to forget about all the fall workouts.

The day we didn’t get what

wanted, as far as losing MAC championships by seven points, and (we’ve) come too far to let somebody else take away our hard work.�

Pressure is big right now seeing how the women are a young team. That is where their senior leadership comes into play, as distance runners Raeanne Lohner, Danielle Dakroub and thrower Whitney Johnson provide a big boost for the team and their development. “We’re getting ready for MAC, seeing where we are at now and putting it all together this week,� Dakroub said. “(There isn’t) any more pressure, just enjoying it and seeing our training pay off� “It will be our last chance to look at everything and see if there are any changes needed to be made,� Loh-

ner said. “There is no added pressure.�

The women are looking forward to the MAC championships and are doing all they can in order to improve their scores and better their chances of redeeming their second place finish last year in the MAC Indoor Championships. “I’m excited just because our team took a lot of steps forward last season almost winning (MAC),� Dakroub said, “and this year we’re more confident and excited to put it all together.� “That is when you want to perform your best. Everything before is qualifying for nationals,� Lohner said. “But the MAC is most important. That is what you gear up for.� sports@cm-life.com

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Wrestling

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Chippewas look to bounce back against Buffalo Ninth ranked CMU

faces rival WMU today, Saturday

By Justin Hicks Staff Reporter

You can talk about a straight forward fact: the Central Michigan wrestling team’s 15-0 all-time record against Buffalo.

Such a forthright might suggest CMU has a strong chance of winning this weekend, but previous weeks would prove that the program isn’t exactly mirroring the dominance of recent years.

CMU (5-8, 1-1 MAC) hit the mat to take on OU a week ago, looking to repeat a 40-0 performance from the 2009-10 season. Instead, two Chippewas were pinned as the team fell to Ohio 21-17.

Head coach Tom Borrelli laughed when asked about the OU match, saying “We got some tough calls, I’ll put it that way.�

Frustrated with the referee’s judgment, Borrelli lost a point for his team and said he expected it to fire up them after losing a close match.

Sitting in fifth place in the conference, the team has big shoes to fill as a program looking for its 10th consecutive MAC title.

Buffalo (8-7, 1-2 MAC) is coming off its first conference win of the season, knocking off Eastern Michigan 20-12 Wednesday. Though UB’s conference record isn’t worth bragging about, both of its conference losses were to Ohio and Kent State, ranked one and two in the MAC, respectively.

The Bulls are led by 149pounder Desi Green (No. 14),

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Sophomore 149-pounder Donnie Corby wrestled Ohio’s Darrin Boing to an 8-2 win Friday in Athens, Ohio. The CMU wrestling team looks to avoid back-to-back losses Sunday when it hosts Buffalo.

whose 26-4 season record includes three wins against MAC opponents.

His 40 takedowns on the season leads his team – 15 more than the second highest, 133-pounder Kevin Smith (30-10). “They’re having a good year, though they’re a little deceiving as far as their MAC record,� Borrelli said. “They have some guys on their team who’ve had success in our league.�

Sophomore Donnie Corby is coming off back-to-back wins against Ohio and Old

Dominion, posting a 19-13 record, including 2-0 in the MAC. CMU came out on top of Buffalo by a 35-3 score when they met on Valentine’s Day 2010, though only the Chippewas’ big three wrestled in that match.

Junior Scotti Sentes picked up a 4-1 decision against Smith, while Ben Bennett and Jarod Trice each picked up bonus points in their respective matches.

The Chippewas will look to bounce back from a disappointing finish at Ohio when

they host the Bulls at 2 p.m.

Sunday at McGuirk Arena.

The meet is the first of three at home over the span of a week. They currently sit in third place in the MAC, behind Ohio (9-4, 3-0 MAC) and Kent State (12-5, 2-0 MAC). “We’re improving right now, and the good thing is we’ve got some time (at home),� Borrelli said. “According to our record and on paper, maybe we should be fifth (place), but I don’t think we’ll end up there.� sports@cm-life.com

The Central Michigan club hockey team’s regular season is coming down to the end.

Before the regional playoffs later this month, the team has two games against rival Western Michigan.

The first game is set for 7:30 p.m. today in Kalamazoo, with another scheduled for 4 p.m.

Saturday at Mount Pleasant Ice Arena. “This is a very important game to the players,� said center Nick Badder. “There is a huge rivalry against Western and we want to end the season on a high note before regionals.�

WMU, a Division I team, needs to win this weekend for a chance to make it into the playoffs. “They are a pretty talented team ranked 20th in Division 1,� said head coach Mike Willett. “It’s a rivalry game, so anything can go and I’m excited to see how well we match up with them.�

Last Friday, the latest rankings came out and put the Chippewas ninth overall in the Central region. “We are probably better then ninth, but even if we were ranked higher we would still need to win two games in Chicago to get to the finals,� Willett said.

The ranking is high enough for the team to go to regionals, but not high enough by the

team’s standards. “There is no reason for our ranking to be so low,� Badder said. “I think we should be at least seventh or eighth, but we just got to prove that their wrong in regionals.�

Closing out career With this being the last two games of the season, this will also be the last time senior players will have a chance to play hockey for CMU. “It is unreal, I ask myself where has the five years gone,� said senior Mike Lesnau. “I’ve been through a lot of ups and downs playing here but I wouldn’t change it for anything.�

Emotions will be running high for Lesnau and senior captain Jordan Jakubik. “I have been playing with Jordan for eight years on the same line,� Lesnau said. “We realize that it’s our last chance to go to nationals. Its also the last time I’ll be wearing the No. 11 Chippewa jersey.�

Preparing for these rivalry games is tough and the team continued to work on their power play in practice this week, putting a big stress on zone defensive coverage. “We just have to worry about not making to many mistakes,�

Willett said. “The team is trying to get geared up to the playoffs and this weekend we need to make the sure play on the ice.� sports@cm-life.com

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