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A man mourns as he holds up an Egyptian newspaper of those killed during the protests in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday Feb. 6. Protests began Jan. 25 against the current regime and to end President Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rule. As of Jan. 29, more than 105 deaths were reported and about 2,250 people were injured, including police officers and protestors.
Two professors impacted by conflict in Egypt Protests portrayed more violently than in reality, London says By Ariel Black Senior Reporter
Unconfirmed reports that an associate political science professor from CMU was attacked with a group of protesters in Egypt have recently circulated among faculty. Moataz Fattah is in Egypt on research leave, said Orlando Perez, political science and department chairman. Fattah’s condition, additionally, is unknown and he could not be reached for comment. “He has been active with his students at Cairo University and the protest,” Perez said, “but beyond that, I would rather ask him before divulging any additional information to the newspaper.” Protests began Jan. 25 in Egypt to end President Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year reign. Fattah teaches Middle Eastern politics and Islamic studies
at Cairo University. He, however, is not the only individual close to CMU affected by the conflict. Dave London, a former CMU professor of advertising, teaches at the American University in Cairo. He is flying back to Egypt Saturday after evacuating when the political riots began. London was advised to postpone his teaching position in Cairo and fly back. He arrived in the U.S. from Egypt Feb. 1. “I was torn,” he said. “I thought of my background in journalism and that, if something important happened, I wanted to be there.” London was in the U.S. until Jan. 26, which he said was why he did not understand what began happening in Egypt the day before. London said social networking sites allowed news to leak even though the government controls the media. “I knew something significant was happening when I arrived back in Cairo,” London said. “The taxi took us to my apartment, but since it’s a gated community, the security would
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Egypt’s government at odds over role of constitution CAIRO — The embattled Egyptian government on Tuesday named panels of jurists to reform the constitution in an effort to regain the initiative in shaping Egypt’s future from protesters. Tens of thousands of antigovernment protesters who gathered in Cairo’s main square Tuesday quickly rejected the committees and refused to negotiate until U.S.-backed President Hosni Mubarak steps down. Many of
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them called for suspending the constitution and reasoned that they shouldn’t have to adhere to a rule of law that Mubarak doesn’t respect. The tug of war underscores the central question before this nation of 80 million people, the touchstone for the Arab world: Will it evolve into a constitutional democracy through a prolonged reform process or does it first require a dramatic shakeup by ousting Mubarak as head of state? Newly appointed Vice President Omar Suleiman announced in a televised ad-
Will there be changes? CMU is not considering changing its scholarship requirements because of this issue. Fleming said the university believes strongly that living in a residence hall is a very significant part of the college experience and it encourages students to do that. “All of the merit awards are constantly being reviewed to see if they should be increased,” Fleming said. “They will never be decreased.” The current values of the merit awards were increased three years ago. Next year, the Academic Honors Elite scholarship will be eliminated. This was awarded to high school seniors with GPAs over 3.6 and ACT scores above 25. This decision was made at the Office of the Provost for economic reasons. “It was felt that those
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Seventeen percent of sophomores with one of CMU’s nine renewable scholarships chose to forfeit them last year so they could live off campus. Renewable scholarships start at $2,000 a year for four years as long as full-time students live on campus for their first two years and maintain a 3.25 GPA. These scholarships are awarded to students in their senior year of high school and are used as a recruiting tool. Diane Fleming, associate director of client services for the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid, said about 25 percent of incoming freshmen typically receive a renewable scholarship. “We are the only four-year public school in Michigan that has such a generous renewable merit scholarship,” she said. The number one reason students choose to give up their scholarships to live off campus, Fleming said, is because they think it will save them money. However, she said no student has brought back data to explain that forfeiting their scholarship has that impact. “Students are convinced
that they can live more economically off campus than they can on campus,” Fleming said. “They also want the independence of living in an apartment instead of a residence hall.” Students can appeal to live off campus and still receive their scholarships because of economic and severe health reasons. Sault Ste. Marie sophomore Angela DiMartino wrote such a letter last year and her request was granted. “I explained how my dad’s income decreased last year significantly,” DiMartino said.
dress that committees of legal experts would hammer out amendments to Egypt’s constitution, which now sets no presidential term limits, restricts political candidacy and leaves little room for judicial oversight in elections. Some political analysts warn that drafting a constitution from scratch could lead to open-ended debates on minutiae. They said a more efficient approach might be for the opposition to work with committees to strip away executive powers and prepare a presidential candidate for
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Steve Jaksa likes being first. Two years ago, the Central Michigan baseball team was part of Midnight Madness and the first college baseball game of the 2009 season against Florida Gulf Coast University. The Chippewas finished first in the Mid-American Conference last season with a 20-7 regular season mark. And this year, the team will be part of the first collegiate game played at Detroit’s Comerica Park, when they renew their rivalry with Michigan State on April 20. “I always like being first,” head coach Jaksa said on Tuesday. “This is a unique thing and it’s a special thing,” he continued. “We have a really good alumni base in that part of the state and sometimes they don’t always get a chance to come up here. It’s going to be a lot of fun.”
Jaksa, along with CMU Athletics Director Dave Heeke and 2009 MAC Freshman of the Year Dietrich Enns, will be on hand at Comerica Park today for the game’s official announcement at a 10:30 a.m. news conference. Representing the Spartans will be head coach Jake Boss and senior first baseman Jeff Holm. “I’m really pumped,” Enns, a sophomore lefthanded pitcher, said. “It’s a great opportunity for us to play in a major league park. We all watched those games growing up and it’s going to be a great honor.” In his rookie campaign, Enns compiled a spotless 7-0 record out of the bullpen, appearing in 20 games while recording a 2.12 ERA. The April 20 meeting will be the second time he competes on a major league diamond. In high school, the Frankfort, Ill., native pitched in a showcase game at historic Wrigley Field in
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the process of pushing amendments through parliament, robbing the protesters of the symbolic victory of seeing him overthrown. “At this point, the hard reality is that we may not get the cathartic moment of Mubarak’s plane departing to the cheers of millions of Egyptians celebrating a new era,” the Middle East scholar Marc Lynch wrote on his blog for Foreign Policy magazine. “The struggle is now shifting to the much messier terrain of negotiations over the
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not let us in.” When he finally gained entry, phones and Internet were not working and there was no form of transportation. Signs of a problem London walked a mile and a half to the bank and supermarket, but everything was either closed or running short on supplies. He said banks were running out of money, stores were running out of food and gas stations had fuel shortages. It was obvious the economic infrastructure was beginning to collapse and most Western media did not understand that, London said. Print media is heavily regulated as well as broadcast, he said, but online media is more difficult for the government to control. News of organized rallies spread across the networks in hours rather than days or
everyone is really antsy for that.” CMU leads the all-time series against MSU, 62-46, dating back to 1911. Jaksa said the idea was born after the annual game between the two teams at Dow Diamond in Midland fell through because of a scheduling conflict. After contacting the Spartans, Jaksa reached out to former Chippewas player and current Detroit Tigers suite sales manager Dan Griesbaum to get the ball rolling.
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terms of Egypt’s transition.” The ruling National Democratic Party says Mubarak is committed to the reforms and parliament will approve the constitutional amendments, which are expected in March. “We need to focus on what guarantees we can formulate and what reforms we can put in place in coming weeks to build an electoral bridge to the summer,” said a government aide who spoke only on the condition of anonymity because he isn’t authorized to give public statements. “We’re trying to translate, ‘Your voice has been heard’ into initiatives that are actually clear.” Such reassurances ring hol-
low to the opposition, who do not believe the ruling party would legislate itself out of power. The committees began work Tuesday with the wary approval of a handful of opposition factions. Parties involved in talks led by Suleiman say they expect little debate on setting term limits and bringing back judicial supervision of elections. They said the real fight will be over Article 76, which lays out narrow limits on candidacy. Presidential hopefuls must gain the endorsement of 250 elected officials, including 65 members of the National Democratic Party-stacked parliament.
even weeks. London was 20 to 30 miles outside of Cairo, and since he could only speak about 30 words in Arabic, all he heard were rumors. “We would hear screams at night from outside my apartment,” London said. “It was mostly mobs of people running around, but nothing violent was ever really happening.” London said he never felt fear. He said in his several years experience living in Egypt the country’s people are some of the most welcoming he ever met. He described the media description of the rallies as misleading and blames Western media partly for the misinterpretation of events They have been peaceful, he said, and especially when considering the composition of the people protesting, it is easy to see this was not meant to be violent. If a reporter goes into the action and are perhaps attacked,
he said they focus the story on their personal violence, spurring them to potentially lose sight of what’s truly remarkable in the news. “They are fighting for more freedom,” London said. “There needs to be more free speech and a rewrite of the constitution, and more monitored elections. It could be a very healthy move for the Middle East.”
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CMU maintains no formal list of banned persons By Kurt Nagl Staff Reporter
CMU does not monitor or keep an official list of people banned from campus, but university police have a record of those restricted. The University of Michigan has restricted about 2,000 people from its campus since 2001, according to documents released by the university. The high number has raised some concern and caused a review of the policy. Department of Public Safety officers can issue trespassing
warnings for committing or being suspected of committing a crime at U-M, refusing or failing to follow university rules, disrupting the operation of U-M or showing a risk of physical harm. The U-M police department told the Detroit Free Press their policy follows state trespassing laws and most of the warnings issued are related to campus crimes. CMU Police Sgt. Mike Morrow said CMU has banned very few from campus, and has had little trouble keeping out those who are.
“We have maybe five (people restricted from campus) a year, and that might be stretching it,” Morrow said. Morrow said campus police work with Dean of Students Bruce Roscoe to prevent unwelcome individuals from trespassing. Cheryl Roland, executive director of university relations at Western Michigan University, said the university does not keep a master list of banned individuals either. “Occasionally there are students or people who, after a
series of interaction with our public safety department, have been asked to stay away from campus, but I don’t know that we’ve actually compiled a master list of any kind,” she said. One of the possible sanctions of WMU’s student judiciary proceedings is removing a student from the campus or residence halls for a specific amount of time, though saying a student is “banned” would not be appropriate in that scenario, Roland said. Roscoe said safety and security are his and the CMU police’s
main goals when dealing with restrictions. “I would rather ensure safety than not,” he said. CMU bans a handful of people from its campus each year for threats, stalking, excessive property damage or other violent behavior, he said. Those deemed as dangerous receive a letter from Roscoe explaining the restriction and citing its cause. Restrictions are indefinite, but may be negotiated or appealed through Roscoe. “We are very fair about it be-
cause it is a matter of someone’s freedom,” he said. “The majority of those restricted have no business here, anyway.” The penalty for violating the restriction is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for up to 30 days or by a $250 fine, or both, Morrow said. The penalty does not increase after multiple violations. -University Editor Carisa Seltz contributed to this report university@cm-life.com
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Sales program experiences 90-100 percent placement rates By Ben Harris Staff Reporter
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Canton sophomore Allison Spitzley performs a dive Monday night during Swim Club practice at the Rose Arena pool. Spitzley, the vice president of the club, has been a member for two years.
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ric Murray was ready to dive right in when the spring 2011 semester started, but he had to wait until Jan. 31. That is when practice finally resumed for CMU’s Swim and Dive Club. Murray, a Fenton senior and club president, said he was ready to start swimming again, and that the club always welcomes new members. “Anyone who has a love for swimming and is interested in staying in shape,” Murray said, “or who wants to compete to break swim records is welcome to practices.” Canton sophomore Allison Spitzley, club vice president, said she encourages anyone to come to practice and see what it is like for him or herself. “It’s a lot of fun, it comes with a lot of good memories and it’s a great way to get in shape,” Spitzley said. “You don’t need experience to come out and have fun.” Practices are from 9 to 11 p.m. every Monday and from 8 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Meetings usually consist of a variety of drills including dry-land
sprinting and four different lane strokes. Murray said the first week of practice is designed to test everyone’s abilities and gauge how in shape club members are. “After that (first week) we’ll divide everyone up into different lanes to practice different swimming strokes,” he said. Livonia sophomore Nick Szpond was unenthusiastic about the effort required to keep up with the group. “I like swimming,” he said. “But joining the club would
Alma freshman Jonathon Duffy swims a practice lap during the first Swim Club practice of the year Monday night at the Rose Arena pool.
seem like too much work. I would be interested in going to their meets, though.” The team will begin competing against other schools toward the end of March and will have meets through the first half of April. The first home meet will be against Western Michigan University on March 26 and the team will compete in several other meets and invitationals. Murray said the scheduling for the team is much different than it has been in past years. “Past seasons have normally
taken place only in the fall, but because they started in the middle of last semester, they will continue into the spring,” Murray said. Aside from staying fit, Murray said the bond formed between teammates alone is worth joining for. “It was really cool seeing strangers turn into best friends throughout the season,” he said. “We went away as a team, not a club.”
Students might fear joblessness post graduation, but the growth of one sales program at CMU is seeing successful placement rates. The Professional Sales Program started in fall 2008 with 20 members and has since expanded to include about 150. “Our placement for jobs, despite everything that’s been going on in the economy, is about 90 percent right at graduation with 100 percent within three months,” said Kenneth Cherry, assistant professor of market and hospitality services and faculty adviser for PSE. Cherry said the program’s strength is the biggest reason for its rapid growth. Alumnus Matt Schultz, former president of the sales fraternity Pi Sigma Epsilon, said the program gives students a better understanding of what profession selling is. “A lot of people have a misconception about it,” he said, “and it gives you a realistic perspective and the tools you need to get the job done. We haven’t had one person not get a job or an internship.” Concha R. Neeley, assistant professor of market and hospitality services, built the program and established the curriculum. The training package and money was donated by Jeffery Seeley, CEO of Carew International. The training is the same type of training companies like Coca-Cola use. Of the estimated 4,000 universities in the country, there are only 35 sales programs, Cherry said. Students from the program have been winning sales competitions against other Mid-American conference schools. “In the business school, I don’t know of anything that’s growing faster,” Cherry said. “Ohio State has three times as many students as we do and we just dominated them.” Sales managers from various companies come and choose which students are going to represent CMU, and the competitions are judged by business professionals rather than academics, Cherry said. Members of the CMU PSE chapter are going to the PSE nationals in March. They will be competing against students from about 80 other schools. “The Professional Sales Program has given me the opportunity to realize what I really want to do,” said Mackinaw City senior Katie Smydra, who is the VP of public relations and delegate for the PSE national conference. “It’s shown me the best thing I need to do to get a job, and I’ve learned so much from it so far.” university@cm-life.com
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Alumnus starts business, contributes to multimedia projects
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Sometimes a dream or passion does become reality. Alumnus Brad Osantoski is the founder of his own business, Orange Creative, LLC. He is a video producer and multimedia developer. During his four years at CMU, he worked at the library in the Faculty Center for Innovation Teaching as the multimedia producer. He said he craved a change of pace, so he quit his library job. “I was sick of working on campus and was really looking to branch out into freelancing,” Osantoski said. He said during the time he worked at the library, he was already starting to create his own website. When the website was complete and how he
wanted it, freelancing was his next step. Because Osantoski was still in school, networking and making profession connections was difficult. He said sometimes he had to skip classes in order to take a freelance job that required a bit of travel. Currently Osantoski works as the multimedia producer at Mid Michigan Community College, but is also involved in side projects with Orange Creative. He is in the process of wrapping his documentary, “Redefining Dreamland.” It shows the paradox state of Detroit and features interviews from people that find some positivity in Detroit. “Anybody and everybody that loved Detroit were interviewed,” Osantoski said. “We want people to not just be covered with a voice over, but to re-
ally see them.” The documentary is just a side project for Osantoski and it is 100-percent nonprofit. It can be viewed by early February at www.sideporch.org. Oleg Kolbasov, co-Director and co-Owner of SidePorch, LLC, said the work that Osantoski produced was far more advanced than most recent college graduates. “He was able to show passion throughout the project, handled all situations in a professional manner and was very punctual and responsive to critique,” Kolbasov said. Ryan Battishill, partner and president of Think Design Communications, said Osantoski is the first person he turns to when seeking needs of inspiration. “He is extremely talented, driven, creative and possesses
a vision over any other editor or media professional that I’ve met,” Battishill said. Osantoski said it is not just about the money, but making a difference and really reaching out to others. “He shared ideas to make it better throughout the process of working together and even continued to share thoughts and resources after our project was done,” Patricia Janes, CMU Parks and Recreation professor said. Osantoski said the type of work he does can help out a small or large business, and anyone that needs it. He refers to his work as “one-stop-shop multimedia,” he said. Raised by two entrepreneurs, Carol and Bob Osantoski a beautician and a carpenter, he said his parents helped because he needed people to ask
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CMU alumnus Brad Osantoski works Monday evening from his apartment editing his documentary, “Redefining Dreamland.” Osantoski said he did not think employers would take him seriously without a project under his belt. “I took this project on as a sort of challenge to myself,” he said.
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EDITORIAL | Departure of assistant coaches means tough task for Enos
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t’s at least clear head football coach Dan Enos has a tough task ahead of him with the departure of up to three assistant football coaches, but it isn’t the tragedy some might imagine.
While it might not be completely official yet, it has been reported that wide receivers coach Terry Samuel has accepted the same position at Michigan State. Samuel’s departure would mark the third following the 2010 football season. Though people might use this as a call for concern over Enos and his staff,
it is important to realize every coach to leave has accepted a position of an equal or higher standing at a school of equal or higher prominence. Quarterbacks coach Jay Johnson was the first to go in early January. Johnson, who has bounced around the Football Bowl Subdivision for the last decade, had the opportunity to become an offensive coordinator at the University of
Louisiana-Lafayette and took it. He has since been replaced with Morris Watts, a traveled coach with lots of experience at the college level. Defensive line coach Tim Daoust was the next to jump ship, accepting an assistant position at Syracuse University. Daoust coached for MidAmerican Conference rivals Western Michigan University and CMU. A jump to a program in the Big East, a conference eligible for the Bowl Championship Series game, is not only a step up, but one that makes sense for his career and wallet. All three coaches were in their first season on a football team that underwent major changes following the 2009 season. Coaches have come and gone the last several years – this school is used to it. What Chippewa fans are not used to, however, is losing. Having three coach-
es depart after a 3-9 season is not something to which CMU is accustomed. But with the departures of previous head coaches Butch Jones and Brian Kelly, one thing has become apparent: this school is not a destination football school. No matter how successful CMU becomes, coaches will leave for better offers. And despite a less-than-stellar season on the field, having three assistant coaches accept higher-paying offers at other schools is a testament to the type of people Enos and Athletics Director Dave Heeke are bringing in. During a signing day teleconference with members of the media, Enos recanted his message with concerned defensive line recruits: “You’re going to have to trust me.” Now with a second opening in his staff, CMU fans are going to have to put even more trust in Enos.
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People before profits, no excuses I realized some people don’t see things the way I do for the first time Monday. To be honest, I couldn’t be more heartbroken. Every Monday and Wednesday I go to SOC: 101: Social Justice in a Global Society. The last two class periods we discussed our notes on the book “Threads” by Jane L. Collins. “Threads” discusses the global apparel industry, shipping jobs overseas and the conditions workers face in factories. It wasn’t news to me that the world is not perfect, but some of the figures really put it in perspective. Billion-dollar corporations are hiring workers for as little as 50 cents per hour, not because they can’t afford to pay more, but to make the largest profit. These businesses have workers on their feet for extremely long hours in poorly lit and poorly ventilated buildings, but they do not bother changing anything. The list of travesties goes on, but I’m not here for a book report. The real shock came from some of my classmates’ reactions. The excuses and logic thrown around to justify the conditions baffled me. Some students argued it was “just business.” Corporations are just trying to get ahead. It’s not just business. It’s people’s lives. A company staying afloat is one thing, but making a couple hundred million more dollars at the expense of its employees is just wrong. Another student argued we did not need to pay these workers as much because the standard of living is different. “We live in houses while some of these workers remain in makeshift huts,” she said. “They don’t need as much to survive.” Well, maybe they wouldn’t still be in huts if they made enough to live in a modern home and still afford food. The final argument to leave me dumbfounded was that we were doing them a favor by providing any jobs at all, despite terrible conditions and unfair pay. Seriously? That’s like saying you are glad someone kicked you in the shins instead of punching you in the face. You should just be grateful? I don’t think so. At the end of it all I am left wondering how we got here. How are we even able to come up with these justifications? What happened to empathy, compassion and putting people first? I’m not claiming my viewpoint is superior on all subjects and I’m always right. I’m just talking about caring for humanity and doing the right thing. To me that should be very clear cut, no excuses. Central Michigan Life is the independent voice of Central Michigan University and is edited and published by students of CMU every Monday, Wednesday and Friday during the fall and spring semesters, and on Wednesday during the summer term. The online edition (www.cmlife.com) contains all of the material published in print.
[your voice] Comments in response to COLUMN: Persecution of Egyptian Christians must end Nevine Zaki - Feb. 7
You are SO in the wrong here: 1- Muslim Brotherhood has announced that they do NOT plan to run for presidential elections, you should get your facts straight about this brotherhood, they have voiced on several occasions that they are anti Qaeda, as their main premise is that they believe that violence is non Islamic, they do NOT believe in suicide bombing and have been actively attacking it. 2- you only stated Christian persecution facts, well did you know
that after the Alexandria bombings on December 31st 2010, the Muslim community was so outraged because this does NOT represent us: many Muslims made a photo of Jesus Christ their profile picture. AND many Muslims attended their Coptic Christmas Mass on January the 7th, where most of them volunteered to stand outside the church and form a human shield to protect them and allow them to perform their ceremonies in peace. I understand that you have used my picture to say that there is a light at the end of the tunnel, but your writing is not constructive, you state nothing but the negatives and provide the point of view
of just one side. Guest - Feb. 7
Muslims in Egypt also formed a human shield around churches so that Christians could safely attend the Coptic Christmas mass. Also, since the attack in Alexandria, solidarity between Muslim and Christian Egyptians has skyrocketed. In fact, Mohamed El-Sawy, a Muslim, said this-- “We either live together, or we die together.” Lorabells - Feb. 7
I think you are entirely missing the point of this photo. It shows the exact opposite of the fear tactic you seem to be delivering.
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Lonnie Allen Staff Reporter
Reagan gave LGBT community little to celebrate I am fed up with the talk about former President Ronald Reagan’s supposed greatness. His presidency was not all that. During his administration, many died of a disease that still devastates the lives of millions around the world today. Larry Speakes, Reagan’s deputy press secretary, joked about the AIDS epidemic during a press briefing on Oct. 15, 1982. That was because the great conservative man who brought values back to government distanced himself from this plague. Reagan, who created the conservative movement Sarah Palin and other cronies bellow about today, could not show compassion to men dying because of their “immoral” lifestyle. If we talk about the man’s presidency on his 100th birthday, let’s talk about every aspect. I am not out to dishonor the name of Reagan. I am here to shine light on a moment in history. If Reagan would have acted sooner this moment might not have been as dark to me. It was a time when a smalltown teenaged boy dealing with homosexuality believed because he was gay his future meant a terrible death. It was a time of fear. It was bad enough believing I was not normal. Then I had to watch news reports come in around the country about gay men dying from this disease no one seemed to know much about. The lack of knowledge bred a fear in me and from that my closet became even more secure. I listened to parents and relatives laugh and joke about the gay disease. Family members and people throughout the small town talk about rounding “those people” up and placing them on an island to let them die. With that the secret went deeper inside a kid in school struggling to understand why God created him this way. I ask myself when I look back, “Where were you, the great Ronald Reagan, where were you then?” Not a single peep from him publicly as people continued to die in the gay community. In fact, President Reagan did not publicly speak or mention the word AIDS once, even when the annual death toll in the U.S. rose from 234 in 1981 to 5636 in 1985. In 1985, film star Rock Hudson dies of AIDS and Reagan mentions the disease in public for the first time in response to a reporter’s questions on Sept. 17. So, pardon me if I don’t get all excited when it comes time to remember the presidency of Ronald Reagan on his 100th birthday. He did nothing for the LGBT community and that is his legacy to me — a legacy that produced one terrified kid growing up in the `80s.
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Students mentor kids in middle school By Mike Nichols Senior Reporter
Big Brothers Big Sisters is providing friends and mentors to local junior high school kids to make potentially troubled lives a little easier. CMU students are invited to volunteer for the new Big Brothers Big Sisters program at West Intermediate Middle School, 440 S. Bradley St., Program Coordinator Krissy King said. It began last fall with 11 seventh- and eighth-grade girls, and the school hopes to have a program set for boys soon. The program puts young women, “bigs,” together as a friend and role model for girls, or their “littles.” “These girls come and give an hour to volunteer for absolutely no reason other than that they want to help a kid out,” King said. “That means a lot to me.” King said junior high is hard for girls, and letting them spend time with older students gives them confidence. She said every volunteer is a CMU student and without
them there would be no program. The big and little sisters meet for an hour at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesdays after school. In February the group meets at Dream Key Design Academy, a fashion and sewing school located at 2120 E. Remus Road. The girls split into two groups — one sewing tote bags, the other making jewelry necklaces. They will switch after two weeks and keep what they make. “We try to reinforce oldschool sewing into the younger fashion design world,” said Sindi Wimmer, office administrator for Dream Key. “This kind of project is our way of giving back to the community and introducing our way of sewing to kids who haven’t previously experienced it.” Clarkston junior Ashley Cleary said she and seventhgrader Jocelyn Miller were put together because of their mutual love of anime and movies. The two worked on a necklace together at the academy. “I first wanted to make a
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Tiki-looking necklace,” Miller said. “But I didn’t want it to look that weird.” Brighton freshman Brianna Kozel said she volunteers because she loves kids and thinks the experience will help with her major in therapeutic recreation. Kozel teamed up with seventh-grader Claire WilburOverfield.
Both are sarcastic and like to joke a lot, Kozel said. One of her favorite aspects of the work is the happiness she said it brings to Claire. “I’ll say I like her hair and she’ll light up,” Kozel said. “It’s just nice to see the joy they get out of the simplest things.” metro@cm-life.com
Black History Month in swing Speakers, performances, food tasters highlighted By Sammy Dubin Staff Reporter
February is Black History Month across the nation and CMU is doing its part to spread the word. The month’s events, both informational and entertaining, are designed to appeal to people of all races, said Allegan senior Steve Lewis, president of Program Board. “The objective for this year’s Black History Month was to educate students as much as possible about black history, but make it
fun in the process,” Lewis said. The month’s keynote speaker, Yvonne Latty, will present at 7 p.m. Thursday in Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. Latty is the director of the Reporting New York and Reporting the Nation programs at New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. She is the author of “In Conflict: Iraq War Veterans Speak Out on Duty, Loss and the Fight to Stay Alive” and “We Were There: Voices of African American Veterans, from World War II to the War in Iraq.” The Black Family Reunion and Food Taster & Thinkfast Trivia event is at 5 p.m. today in the University Center Rotunda and Terrace Rooms.
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“It was felt that those students were coming regardless, so the extra money was not a good use if they were going to come anyways,” Fleming said. Another change is that next year renewable scholarships will require the student to stay on campus two years if they are $2,500 and higher, instead of $2,000. Out of the nine renewable academic scholarships, the Leadership Advancement Scholarship, which is $2,000 a year, is the only one affected by this change. Current freshmen, along with all incoming freshmen who have this scholarship, will be able to move off campus sophomore year without forfeiting it. “I think it will be interesting next year to see if people will stay instead of giving up that larger amount
of money,” said Residence Life associate director Joan Schmidt. Both Schmidt and Fleming wondered why more parents do not encourage their students to stay on campus and keep their scholarships. “Sometimes parents are surprised when their students choose to live off campus, sign a lease and then the parent realizes they’re not going to still get their scholarship although the document clearly states it,” Fleming said. Incoming sophomores who were enrolled for a second year in residence halls were sent an email on July 13 with the offer to live off campus without penalty of losing their scholarships. The offer was made because CMU had an overcrowding of incoming freshmen and needed to free up space. A one-time deal? John Fisher, associate vice
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president of Residences and Auxiliary Services, does not know if CMU will make that offer again. “If we find ourselves in that situation again, we will make the offer,” Fisher said. “We’re not going to make that offer if we have the space.” It all depends on the size of the incoming freshmen class and the retention rate, he said. Flushing sophomore Jennifer Hinds was one of the 17 percent who forfeited her scholarship last year. “I just did not like how noisy the dorms were, and I wanted privacy in my own house to live without rules from RAs or anyone,” Hinds said. Next year’s sophomores seem to be following the trends of previous years. “It does surprise me that students would give up that type of hefty scholarship,” Schmidt said. Lapeer sophomore Kyle Griffin will forfeit his Academic Elite Honor Scholar-
ship to live in an apartment next year. Grades were not a factor in his decision. “Graduating with anything below a 3.5 would be a disappointment to me,” Griffin said.
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Borrelli says things didn’t go team’s way at Ohio By Justin Hicks Staff Reporter
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University at Buffalo’s Auraum Nuiriankh battles for the ball with CMU’s John Morris in the first half at Alumni Arena in Amherst, N.Y. Tuesday. The Chippewas suffered their ninth consecutive road loss, 72-43.
Shooting woes continue in ninth straight road loss CMU shoots 27.3 percent from field in blowout By Andrew Stover Senior Reporter
Central Michigan men’s basketball will go as far as Jalin Thomas and Trey Zeigler take it this season. Neither went far Tuesday night in Buffalo, N.Y. CMU lost its ninth consecutive road game — it is 0-5 on the road in the Mid-American Conference — and it largely had to do with another subpar shooting performance in a 72-43 loss to Buffalo at Alumni Arena in Amherst, N.Y. The Chippewas (6-17, 3-7 MAC) shot 27.3 percent from the field against the Bulls (15-7, 7-3 MAC). Thomas (4-for-16), a senior forward, and freshman guard Zeigler (3-for-13) combined to shoot 24.1 percent. “I think teams are going to be geared up for those two, and we need those two to make shots,� said CMU coach Ernie Zeigler, referring to his two leading scorers. “If Jalin and Trey are struggling, it’s normally going to equal an extremely tough night.� Lately, any night has been tough if it has been away from McGuirk Arena. During the MAC road schedule, the Chippewas’ highest shooting percentage from the field was 44 percent against Ball State on Jan. 15. Besides that? The next best performances were
31 percent shooting nights in losses to Western Michigan and Kent State. That’s four of five road c o n f e re n c e Ernie Zeigler games hovering at or below 31 percent shooting. “This has been a recurring theme,� Ernie Zeigler said. “And we definitely don’t have the intentions to start off in that manner, but we’ve shot ourselves in the foot with these starts here on the road.� It was evident against the Bulls. Buffalo was up 32-14 late in the second half before CMU found some life. Still, a 33-21 halftime lead was discouraging enough. It only gets tougher when the opponent shoots 46 percent from the field, as Buffalo did, including 42.9 percent from 3-point range. While Buffalo made nine 3-pointers, CMU had just one (1-of-12). Thomas managed 18 points despite his shooting woes. Most of that can be attributed to his 10-for-11 shooting from the free-throw line. But besides Thomas, only two more free throws were made by CMU, both by Trey Zeigler. And senior forward Will McClure was the only other CMU player to even attempt a free throw. Zeigler’s eight points were second highest on the team. As for Buffalo, senior guard Byron Mulkey (29) and junior guard Zach Filzen (15) com-
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bined for 44 points. Buffalo’s length down low may have presented more problems for CMU, however, specifically junior forward Mitchell Watt. The 6-foot-10, 215-pounder had six of the Bulls’ nine blocks. “I thought where their length bothered us is when we got in the lane,� Ernie Zeigler said. “We did a really good job of driving it and getting in there, but we weren’t patient enough to shot-fake once or twice, or even a third time, to try to negate their length and athleticism around the basket.� Buffalo out-rebounded CMU 39-34, and had 12 assists compared to CMU’s three. CMU plays Bowling Green at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at McGuirk Arena. sports@cm-life.com
The story has been sort of repetitive this season for the Central Michigan wrestling team. Offseason shoulder surgery robbed the team of Mike Miller, who makes up the other half of the senior roster. More importantly, Miller is an All-American 165-pounder who has only been able to wrestle in five of the team’s 13 dual-meets. The Chippewas have tried multiple different starting lineups to fill the gap Miler left, but inexperience and youth have hurt the team. The original replacement at 165-pounds was sophomore Adam Miller, who was also bound down by lingering injuries, though he was able to build up a 7-13 record before choosing to leave the wrestling team. “(Adam) just decided he didn’t want to wrestle anymore, and I think, after his first semester, he wanted to focus on school,� said head coach Tom Borrelli. The strong spots for CMU have come in the form of the team’s top three wrestlers. Sophomore Ben Bennett and juniors Jarod Trice and Scotti Sentes have combined for a 66-14 record this season, but the rest of the team hasn’t been able to hit its strides at the same time. “Though we’ve had a lot of disappointment,� Borrelli said, “our guys don’t seem to be down at all and I’m happy with the team’s attitude and mindset.� Junior Chad Friend has seen some of the top competition in the league this season, holding just a 2-13 record, though he used a 6-5 decision against Ohio Friday to claim his first career Mid-American Conference win. Sophomore Donnie Corby has improved to 18-13 on the season, winning his past two matches, though his turning on came with Bennett’s first loss in 12 matches.
“Though we’ve had a lot of disappointment, our guys don’t seem to be down at all and I’m happy with the team’s attitude and mindset.� Tom Borrelli, CMU head coach
Though Bennett has been the definition of clutch this season, he suffered a pin against OU’s Nick Purdue en route to a 21-17 team loss to the Bobcats. Bennett was up 5-2 in the second period before suffering a pin from the neutral position, which Borrelli described as the “straw that broke the camel’s back.â€? The team lost a point due after Borrelli argued the call. “I felt like we out-wrestled them in the dual meet, and they had three takedowns to our 10 or more,â€? Borrelli said. “If you look at it ‌ there was a 22-point swing that the officials had to do with.â€? Borrelli was referring to two pins in that match that came from the neutral position and an overtime point awarded to OU after senior Ryan Cubberly was called for stalling. The scoreboard didn’t accurately reflect how the teams wrestled in the eyes of the CMU head coach, though he said the team’s loss to the Bobcats would fuel the wrestlers rather
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Dean of Students Bruce Roscoe has had a beard on and off since 1969, and has been growing his current beard for 13 years, his longest non-shaving streak. “The best part of having a beard is not having to shave,” Roscoe said. “My neck gets sore easily.” He also added that trimming defeats the purpose of a beard. Roscoe, who describes his beard style as “Amish-like,” said that he has occasionally shaved off his beard, but he always grows it back.
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Be the beard I saw her from across the bar. I couldn’t tell you her name or if she was blonde or brunette. I couldn’t tell you if she was the slightest bit attractive. Honestly, she wasn’t what I was looking at. She was in the way. It was the brown-red bronze beard in the distance that caught my eye. When she moved, it seemingly shimmered in the light — a beard for the beard enthusiast. Some call the long, shaggy style “The Mountain Man.” Facial hair haters would say it’s a monstrosity. To me, it’s a lifestyle. My lifestyle and damn proud of it. I was 11. It was sixth grade when the first few hairs sprouted on my pre-pubescent face. The other kids teased. Tween boys compared the scraggly whiskers to pubic hair on my cheek. I didn’t find it nearly as humorous. A month before my 14th birthday I went to band camp, and was one of only three freshmen men. As I tried to make a good impression on the upperclassmen, I realized my beard made me seemingly one of them. I’ve experimented. I’ve shaved it into many fashions. Mutton chops. Goatee. Handlebars. Chinstrap. The Elvis. The James Hetfield. the list goes on. My mom has called my “lazy winter break beard” “The Grizzly Adams.” I think I’m more of an Abe Lincoln man. I’ve shaven it into a mustache, but only once as I looked like a rapist or a serial killer. My most popular, though, is an Amish style beard with a long, let-it-grow-whereit-may attitude. It started A BE THE beard | 6B
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Livonia senior Matt “Chops” Knopsnider has had sideburns of varying degrees since he was in seventh grade, almost eleven years ago, but only started growing out the “Big Chops,” as he calls them, since 2005.
Port Huron senior Josh Chapman said he has had facial hair since he was 18 years old, “as soon as I could grow one,” he said. “It just looks great when it gets cut,” Chapman said of his chin-strap styled beard. “I like to keep it nice and crispy.”
Students, staff embrace various styles of facial hair By Mike Nichols Senior Reporter
When Resident Assistant Matthew Knopsnider does his rounds in Celani Hall, he is more often called “Chops” than the name his parents gave him. The Livonia senior’s moniker came from his mutton chops, a style of grown-out sideburn, before enrolling at CMU. It stuck. Knopsnider posted pictures of every style of facial hair he could imagine on the doors of his Celani residents as well as a board filled with facial-hair facts and famous faces. He said one resident even changed up his whiskers to match the style on his door. “Most of the time, I get introduced as ‘Chops,’” Knopsnider said. “It’s slowly becoming my actual name.” A sibling rivalry is what one of his motivations for his current style of facial hair. “My brother had sideburns, but they weren’t as big,” Knopsnider said. “Being the younger brother, I wanted to top him. So I grew them out and it stuck.” Knopsnider said he has had straight sideburns, a mustache, a
full beard, mutton chops, “friendly” mutton chops, a Fu Manchu and a Fu Manchu with sideburns. He said facial hair adds a masculine edge to a guy’s appearance and hopes every man tries it for at least a bit. “I wish every man could grow facial hair,” he said. “You could be so epic.”
“I aspire to be Dumbledore-like. I find myself stroking my beard a lot.” Bruce Roscoe, Dean of Students Dean of Students Bruce Roscoe also has prominent facial hair: A beard that extends five-and-a-half inches from his chin. Roscoe said he is proud of the resemblance his beard lends him to famous fictional character Harry Potter’s mentor, Professor Albus Dumbledore. “I aspire to be Dumbledore-like,” he said. “I find myself stroking my beard a lot.” He said he has only shaved it completely a few times.
Hugh Halman, an assistant professor of religion, has had a beard since 1993, except for 2004-05 when he over-trimmed his beard, forcing him to cut it off. Prior to 1993, he had grown facial hair in 1979, keeping it for a year or so.
“I shaved my beard after I married my wife, and she said to me, ‘you’re not the man I married,’ so I grew it back.” Roscoe also shaved his beard when his son was born after hearing that babies don’t respond as well to beards, “but by the time he was two, I already had a relationship with him, so I grew it back.” Roscoe said he trims the edges periodically, but otherwise does not plan to cut his beard unless it gets in the way of his golf swing. When he wears jeans and a baseball cap on weekends, Roscoe said no one is surprised by the beard. But when he wears a suit, he gets looks. “Because I’m an administrator, it’s a little different,” he said. “They don’t know how to place me in their schema.” Hugh Halman, assistant professor of philosophy and religion, has a three-inch beard. He said he thinks he looks better with facial hair and that there is a spiritual history to beards. Jesus and Muhammad had them, he said, and many Muslims wear them in remembrance. A fear | 2B
Midland senior Chris Morabito describes his beard as “traditional, yet sophisticated. Here for business, but also for partying.” He has been growing his current beard since Thanksgiving, his longest non-shaving streak.
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I prefer my men bearded
Beards are sexy. What most of my fellow females might consider awkward or unattractive, I actually prefer. Tom Selleck, Abraham Lincoln, Al Borlin, my high school ecology teacher — all men with whom I famously associate facial hair. On almost every individual, I’ve always considered it to be a plus. Give me a name and a beard (short of reality star Spencer Pratt’s flesh-colored stubble) and I’ll likely give you two thumbs up. In high school, my first serious boyfriend said he grew facial hair to look like Edward Norton in “The Italian Job,” before going back to a clean face after we broke up. Deep down, I was under the impression he really grew it for me. It turns out that first boyfriend’s patchy goatee was only the beginning, as every guy I’ve dated since had facial hair. After talking to some of them recently, I was disappointed to learn not one of them grew or maintained facial hair for me, like I’d thought. Here I was for years hoping it was always a small, unspoken gesture in these relationships. With the loss of that notion was the loss of part of why I thought I liked it to begin with. The more important question to me has become, if not for their ladies, why? My fascination, I thought, could’ve started with my father, who grew a mustache straight out of high school to look older. He grows a beard every winter, and even as his dark hair has turned gray, it’s still a prominent facial feature I can’t imagine him without. I did what any journalist should and I asked him about it. He pointed to George Clooney, David Letterman and
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Sometimes, the simple things are the most fun. Playing air guitar. Wearing a costume. Stacking a Russian nesting doll, or matryoshka. Double Fine Productions, developer of “Brütal Legend” and “Costume Quest,” appreciates the simple things. It has an uncanny way of building whole worlds around them, as latest downloadable release “Stacking” proves. An adventure game in the most elementary respect, the title casts players as the smallest doll in a world of matryoshkas. He must sneak into other dolls of increasing sizes to solve puzzles and eventually save his family. Get into the game inside the game, inside the game, inside the game.
Of all the famous people throughout history that have sported the mighty beard, the 16th President of the United States had my favorite. I am not partial to Abraham Lincoln’s beard because of the style or how awesome it looked, but because of the methodology behind it. After serving in the Illinois legislature and the House of Representatives he decided to do something he had never done before: grow a beard. The reason behind this decision was he claimed it would make him look more “presidential.” I can dig this. Come on, Obama, where’s that ‘stache?
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“Lots of my favorite religious heroes have had beards,” Halman said. “For me, it’s an intuitive thing.” Religious symbolism inspired the entire male cast of University Theatre play “Everyman” to grow their beards out, said Shelby Township sophomore Christopher Burch, one of the actors to play the role of God. Burch said director Neil Vanderpool, an associate professor of communication and dramatic arts, required them to stop shaving back in November. Burch said he is normally a clean-shaven actor and was not used to having a scratchy beard. “Someone has suggested we have a shaving party when it’s over,” he said. “It’s going to be nice.” studentlife@cm-life.com
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The popular ’90s television show “Beavis and Butt-Head” will return to MTV later this year.
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More reactions Cedar Springs sophomore Jessica Cargill said the show was before her time and the content did not interest her. She never watched it then, she said, and does not plan to follow it now. “I feel like ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ is just a bunch of gross penis jokes,” Cargill said. “It was too mature for
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my crowd.” Mount Pleasant senior Mitch Whitney said he was a part of that older crowd. Now in his 30s, Whitney said he loved the show because it was so different from anything else at the time. He said he was glad Mike Judge would still be involved and hopes the show retains its old elements. “It was a lot more coarse and juvenile than anything else on TV,” he said. “It was a good outlet for the stupid inner child.” Although he is excited to
see the new episodes, he said MTV may struggle to find an audience between a younger generation unfamiliar with the show and an older generation who will want the same format. “They’re saying MTV is bringing it back because all these horrible reality shows are crushing the network and its worth,” he said. “They’re bringing ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ back as a way to transition back into music television.” studentlife@cm-life.com
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“Beavis and Butt-Head” is making a comeback. MTV plans to bring the less-than-dynamic duo back to television with allnew episodes later this year, the first since 1997, according to Rolling Stone magazine. Creator Mike Judge, who also made “King of the Hill” and “Office Space,” has been reported as involved with the project. “Beavis and Butt-Head” was one of Scott Maggio’s favorite shows. The Ann Arbor junior said he and all his seventh-grade friends used to pretend they were
“I feel like ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ is just a bunch of gross penis jokes. It was too mature for my crowd.”
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the famous teens. Maggio said the show’s patently idiotic humor may appeal to the current generation of viewers. He said the “Jersey Shore” cast would fit into the show perfectly. “(In reality shows) you’re watching people who are as stupid as can be, and that’s what the appeal of ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ was,” Maggio said. “It’s the same style of humor.”
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video game review
Indie games create original experiences for less money
By Ryan Taljonick Staff Reporter
Deep in the network of your gaming console of choice resides an inexhaustible treasure trove of gaming potential. Independent game developers can unleash their creations upon the gaming world like never before by utilizing online software distribution outlets, such as Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade, Sony’s PlayStation Network and Nintendo’s WiiWare. Don’t have the cash for triple-A titles? For a fraction of the cost, gamers can find hours and hours of fun in independent games. Unlike well-known developers that receive a boat-load of money for the creation and production process, indie devs are cash-strapped and face a grueling reality: Either their games sell well, or their company croaks. Below are three indie games that are definitely worth your hard-earned cash. “Limbo” X360 (XBLA) Rated: T for Teen A young boy awakens alone
in a dark forest. His only desire is to find his sister, who is presumably farther ahead. For a game that says little, “Limbo” is a genuinely haunting and ambiguous puzzleplatformer that will surely give the player chills. The game’s silhouette-based art serves as a perfect backdrop for its creepy environments. Players must execute perfect timing during platform sequences while solving brainteasing puzzles — the two elements are often seamlessly combined into one heck of a package. A simple control scheme and unique gameplay make “Limbo” a memorable, albeit brief, experience. “Castle Crashers” X360 (XBLA), PS3 (PSN) Rated: T for Teen There’s nothing quite like teaming up with some buddies and beating the crap out of baddies with sharp and/or blunt objects. Welcome to “Castle Crashers,” an incredibly addicting, thoroughly enjoyable and hilarious medieval beat-em-up title. A team of up to four knights
“Hoard” PS3 (PSN), PC Rated: E for Everyone What could be more rewarding than saving a princess? How about kidnapping one? When playing as a heroic knight gets horrifically tiring, don’t despair: “Hoard” puts the “eval” in “medieval.” Players must strategically loot as much gold as possible by burning down villages, destroying would-be heroes and holding princesses hostage while controlling a fire-breathing dragon of destruction. Gamers in need of a quick fix of instantly gratifying fun need look no further. studentlife@cm-life.com
Mogwai croaks with ‘Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will’ By Jay Gary Staff Reviewer
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‘Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will’ by Mogwai
HHHHH post-rock and just be the indie rock it’s imitating in the case of songs like “San Pedro.” It’s not that these songs are bad; it’s just that they are too jarring to listen to. When you attempt to deconstruct the fundamental aspects of post-rock you absolutely destroy the genre. Without its long compositions, effect-laden instrumentation and beautifully emotional stimulation, post-rock is nothing but a shell of its former self. Mogwai knows this well as their previous albums like “Mr. Beast,” “Happy Songs For Happy People” and “Young Team” demonstrated. Eventually Mogwai wises up and the last couple of tracks are
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closer to their original sound and are the best tracks off the album. “You’re Lionel Richie” and “Too Raging To Cheers” are tense and atmospheric with echoic and emotional delivery. Final track “You’re Lionel Richie” is especially rewarding as it sends listeners off with an eight-and-a-half minute song they’ve waited an entire record of confusion and head-scratching for. “Hardcore” is a disappointing album. Its only distinct postrock sounds are just average, and if you’re looking for a postrock album there are far better ones than this. studentlife@cm-life.com
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can work together to try and thwart the evil dark wizard and his cohorts. As evil-doers are destroyed, experience points are won and can be used to upgrade a knight’s attack, magic and defensive capabilities. A large arsenal of weaponry coupled with an even larger dose of pure fun makes downloading “Castle Crashers” a nobrainer.
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Mogwai is the band responsible for post-rock as we know it today. When they released “Young Team” in 1997 they paved the way for the emergence of postrock into the public eye. Personally, Mogwai never struck me as one of the best post-rock bands out there or a favorite overall, but I greatly respect what they did for the genre. That is why it hurt to review this album. Their new effort, “Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will,” is one of the more confusing albums of its style out there. It seems to suffer from a bit of a genre identity crisis as it tries to be a post-rock recording that deconstructs the tropes of postrock music. The album starts off with “White Noise,” which for all intents and purposes is a standard post-rock song, guitars with echo and delay making emotional music over a slowly building song that ends with crashes and sweeps of sound. But then something happens. The album switches to this very spacey indie-rock feel with “Mexican Grand Prix,” and suddenly Mogwai sounds like a band more in line with Film School than Explosions In The Sky or Godspeed You! Black Emperor. The previous track’s tense emotional feel is substituted for somewhat more typical musicianship and atmosphere. “Hardcore” never really recovers from this — the majority of the album feels dead and lifeless, almost to the point where it should abandon trying to be
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Waterford freshman Eric Rose skates on the ice at Rose Pond while his roommate Lake Odessa senior Terry Quillan starts to put his skates on Monday afternoon. “We’ve been playing all semester long. (Our friend) Kris has been playing for seven years, we started because of him,” Rose and Qullan said. “We have no shovel, which kind of sucks. The hole from the polar plunge messed the ice up.”
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‘The Roommate’ an unsubtle mess By Garrett Tanner Staff Reviewer
Horror films sure have lost their subtlety. There is almost no point in “The Roommate” where Sara Matthews (Minka Kelly) should be at all tolerant of her bizarre roommate Rebecca (Leighton Meester). Almost every college student has at least one nightmare roommate throughout his or her dorm days. But if you ever share a space with someone who acts even remotely like Rebecca, you had better run for the hills. Once upon a time, characters subtly revealed their insanities. This film chooses to push how crazy Rebecca is from about the second interaction the two characters have. People who freak out because their roomie was out all night after just meeting them are
clearly bonkers. There are plenty of unbelievable moments from the very beginning of the film; one instance is when some of the girls go to a frat party. Sara gets drunk but does not understand why, because she has been drinking punch the entire time. I do not know a single person who can get drunk after four drinks and yet not taste the alcohol. This is one of many extremely forced and, frankly, randomly dangerous moments to happen to these irrationally beautiful people who populate one of the most beautiful state colleges ever. The ending is rushed and does not bother to linger in the genuinely unsettling atmosphere that could have been fostered had the film taken its time. The movie refuses to allow the room-
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mates a legitimate confrontation that slowly bubbles to a peak. There is no real suspense since the audience has seen this type of obsessive story plenty of times before and rarely so poorly executed. Meester does a very solid job of creating a creepy atmosphere and the rest of the cast is believable, but there just is not enough meat to the script and far too many cheap attempts at jump scares. After Meester’s performances in this film and “Country Strong,” I am very excited to see her in something appropriate to her abilities. studentlife@cm-life.com
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Cobb Hall clinic Jewelery store adds glass workshop extends hours By Odille Parker Staff Reporter
Sickly students seeking succor can stumble into Cobb Hall instead of searching through winter weather for Foust Hall’s facilities. The University Health Services satellite clinic has extended walk-in hours to four days a week. The Cobb 103 clinic deals with urgent-care matters relating to illness and injuries. It operates on a walk-in basis as opposed to the appointments of Foust Hall’s clinic. Helene Vossos, University Health Services nurse practitioner, said the clinic was opened in 2009 to ease the the load on the main location in Foust 200. “The Towers Health Clinic began operating one day a week, but with an overwhelmingly positive response it was decided to extend the hours to four days per week,” Vossos said. Vossos said the Towers Clinic staff keeps busy throughout their open hours. Students come in with anything from a common cold to a minor injury, and if it is something the clinic cannot treat students are referred to the main clinic or to specialists in the community. The Towers clinic does not require payment on the date of service and is open Monday through Thursday from 12:30
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to 4:30 p.m. The clinic also offers sameday prescription delivery, with prescriptions filled at University Health Services Pharmacy and delivered to the Towers Service Center front desk by 6 p.m. that evening. Many students, especially Towers residents, find the clinic’s location helpful. Northville sophomore Neethu Jacob, a Troutman resident, thinks the satellite clinic is a great idea. “I think it’s very convenient, especially with it being cold and all,” Jacob said. “My roommate used its services earlier this year, and they helped her. So, I would definitely take advantage of it if I needed it.” Vossos said the clinic’s primary mission is to promote the health and wellness of CMU students and the university community. As part of its mission statement, “(It provides) individualized medical care, health promotion and disease services tailored to the dynamic needs of campus.” Holland freshman Brittany Giddings was thrilled to hear about the clinic’s location. “I didn’t know the clinic was in the Towers, and it sure beats walking all the way across campus to Foust,” Giddings said. “I’m currently feeling a bit under (the weather) and plan to stop in (today).” university@cm-life.com
By Randi Shaffer Senior Reporter and Theresa Clift Staff Reporter
Stained glass isn’t just for church windows. Jarrett the Jeweler, 406 S. Mission St., recently expanded its storefront to include a creative glass workshop on the second floor of the building. Patricia Jarrett, co-owner of the store, said the new workshop will be used to host classes on jewelry-making and other custom glasswork. The shop is a way for Jarrett to exercise her creative abilities. “I ... want to revive that creative stuff going on here in Mount Pleasant,” she said. The workshop space was formerly occupied by a luxury office suite. The entire building is property of the Jarrett family, and Jarrett remade the top floor after a year of renovation. Jarrett’s workspace includes a selection of glass for designing purposes, a kiln, a large work table and various tools of the trade. She has worked with stained glass for more than 30 years and has spent the last five years selling pieces of her work in the jewelry store portion of the business. Now Jarrett wants to share her experience with others.
Second Stage features RSO selection By Randi Shaffer Senior Reporter
Students will get another chance to check out what registered student organizations have to offer whether they missed MAINstage or are just in the mood to see something new. Second Stage is tonight in the terrace recreation room of Larzelere Hall. It is a smaller version of MAINstage with a tighter focus on north campus involvement aimed at bringing residents together, said Jessi Boehme, Larzelere resident assistant and Twinlake junior. Boehme said several RAs asked their residents what RSOs they were involved in and more than 20 will have tables set up at Second Stage. All of the RSO’s featured at Second Stage have members living in north campus, she said. “If you’re interested, you will already know somebody in (the RSO),” she said. Representatives will set up tables with sign-up sheets, displays and information. Second Stage will be open to all students, though it is mainly aimed at residents of north campus. Boehme said some of the featured RSOs include Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law, Pre-Medicine and Osteopathics Society, American Chemical Society, Invisible Children and the O2 outdoor activity RSO. Larzelere RA Zack Benezette, a Lansing senior, said the idea began when all of Larzelere’s RAs met before the start of classes to brainstorm ideas for semester events. “We figured that a lot of students don’t get as involved as they wish they had and realize
that around the second semester,” Benezette said. “We decided to have kind of a second MAINstage.” Boehme said many people tend to forget what RSOs they sign up for at MAINstage, and thinks a later event may help to remind them. Saginaw sophomore Ben Schuller is looking forward to getting the word out about the CMU powerlifting team. “I hope we get at least five or six people that seem somewhat interested and want to
know about it,” he said. “I think Second Stage is a great opportunity for RSOs that didn’t get a lot of attention from MAINstage.” Schuller said he will probably take a break from working at his table to check out some of the other RSOs featured. “There are a lot of RSOs on campus that I don’t even know exist, so it’ll be great to wander around and check those out,” he said. studentlife@cm-life.com
“I’m going to offer private classes for fusing, for stained glass, for pretty much anything that (the customer) wants to learn,” she said. “I’m also going to offer fusing classes where they can come in and make jewelry.” Jarrett hosted an open house Saturday to kick off the introduction of the workshop, with a free class on glassblowing to get customers interested in the weekly workshops she plans to offer. Mount Pleasant resident Linda Richter was pleased
with her experience as one of the open house guests. “I thought it was good and really informative,” said Richter, who is Jarret’s sister. “She really seemed to know her stuff.” Richter said she plans to attend classes in the future. The Stained Glass Workshop, 600 S. Mission St., also offers a glass workshop and has seen a large number of customers interested in glasswork. “We do have quite a few customers that have their
own small shops out of their homes,” owner Cindy Acton said. “We encourage people to make their own projects.” Edward Jarrett, co-owner of Jarrett the Jeweler and Patricia’s husband, encouraged Patricia to get the glass business out of their house’s basement and incorporate it into the store. “I’ve been collecting all this stuff for a long time and it was overrunning our house,” she said. metro@cm-life.com
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Conan O’Brien, who have all had beards. He said it probably began with them for the same reason it did him — growing facial hair was something to try. Still, that’s the point. For most men, letting their whiskers grow was an experiment or temporary. This didn’t answer why
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in about 30 years not even my mother has ever seen my father without at least a ‘stache, and it didn’t answer if his lifetime commitment to it was part of the reason I like facial hair — like she does. At the end of our beard talk Tuesday, my dad finally pointed to Walt Disney, a man who had a mustache his whole career but banned most facial hair within his corporation. He compared Disney’s rea-
sons to how Napoleon’s hatred of the British spurred him to instruct the French to ride on the right side of the road, saying, “Some leaders do things just to demonstrate they’re leaders.” Whether it be to prove their masculinity or because of mere laziness, a guy’s reason doesn’t matter. Why question a good thing? editor@cm-life.com
because I was lazy, but it grew on me. It’s become my prominent feature, and it is that way for most men. For many men, facial hair defines who they are as men. Depending on how you choose to groom it (or not), it can display your personality to everyone around you. If you can even grow one. I know a lot of college-aged men without the genetics. My friend, who shall remain nameless, has the boyish face of a 12-yearold. Smooth skin, not a hair on him. He has beard envy. As for women, I know some who crave it, can’t date a man without one. That’s definitely not a majority, as many view them as gross, dirty food traps where odors and crumbs decorate the face like a Christmas tree. Personally, if a girl doesn’t like facial hair, she’s not for me. I won’t change that. It may sound weird, but a few of my close friends and I actually consider ourselves beard brothers. The only way to be initiated into the “club” is to rub beards with another member. The bristle really doesn’t hurt.
I guess what I’m trying to say is: Beards are back. They’re in style again. It’s become more popular — nay, more acceptable than ever in the last 60 years. In the 1950s, the beard wasn’t shunned, but no teenager or 20-something dare grew one. It was the clean-cut look that girls craved. In the ’60s and ’70s, the only ones with beards were labeled hippies. In the ’80s, television and music icons brought the beard popular acclaim. Whether you were a fan of Mr. T’s B.A. Baracus of “A-Team” acclaim or the ever-memorable ZZ Top performances with beards past their waist, beards began to take a new form. There have always been traditions with beards. The most popular in Michigan is by far playoff beards for the loyal Detroit Red Wings followers. The team has made it to the playoffs the last 19 years, though Wings fans would only have been growing the beards out since its birth by the New York Islanders in the early 1980s. The beard has become a powerful statement, even in the last decade. In Sunday’s Super Bowl, fear the beard became a motto for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Defensive end
Brett Keisel grew his beard out since June 2010. “People are saying that I’m taking beard-enhancing drugs, but I’m not,” Keisel joked with media representatives before the game. Forget the Terrible Towel, this is the terrible beard. Celebrities are sporting them more for pleasure than roles in movies. Here’s looking at you Brad Pitt, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman. You make me proud. Talk show host Conan O’Brien grew his in protest and came back bigger than ever when his new talk show hit TBS in the fall after his NBC debacle. And a personal favorite — Ke$ha sings of her love for beards and speaks openly about it to the media. All of these people are empowering the movement. I protest razors. Be natural. Be real. Be a man. Find yourself in your beard, men. Don’t be afraid to grow it out and see what it looks like, how it feels and how much older or sophisticated people find you. If for nothing else, do it for natural insulation. It is winter, right? By the way, real men don’t use shaving cream. They shave with a straight razor. photo@cm-life.com
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