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Springing back

CMU physician assistant program fourth in nation One of few programs not associated with medical school

By Ben Harris Staff Reporter

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Lincoln sophomore Tyler Cole, left, and his girlfriend Pamela Landrum, a Harrisville sophomore, unpack the back of their truck after arriving back in Mount Pleasant from spring break vacation Sunday afternoon on North Campus. Cole said the two originally planned on skiing at Treetops Resort in Gaylord, but decided to save money and stay in Lincoln instead. “Where we’re from, it’s so boring,” Cole said. “Picture this — one stoplight in the city. It’s terrible.”

Library spends $2.9 million on subscriptions Scholarly, serial publications migrating to online

By Kurt Nagl Staff Reporter

Even libraries cannot escape the rapid expansion of the electronic world.

Richard Cochran, Associate Dean of Libraries, thinks new digital resources are good for both students and the university.

“Every library is (adding more electronic resources),” he said. “We get a lot more for our dollar this way.”

The average annual periodical subscription price in 1969 was just over $9, according to the Bowker Annuals Average. Today a subscription costs more than

$400. The inflating cost of materials are forcing newspapers, magazines and libraries to fold on print and hop aboard the “e-train.”

“The real problem that libraries have faced over the years is inflation of material prices,” Cochran said. “We could never have afforded subscriptions to over 13,000 paper journals in the old days.”

The Charles V. Park Library’s 2010-2011 budget for journals and serials is $2.9 million, Cochran said.

This budget has remained relatively flat for the past several years.

The library subscribes to 2,854 scholarly journals, which includes 13,891 titles, according to research conducted by CMU for the Directory of American Libraries in 2008.

Another 300 to 400 elec-

tronic title subscriptions are expected.

The library has not been hit too hard by budget cuts or inflation, Cochran said.

No subscriptions have been canceled because of budget constraints.

It did, however, cancel more than 650 titles in 2009 because of high cost and low use.

“We have to ask: Is this a good use for our money?”

Cochran said.

Though the library has been able to avoid serious budget cuts, Cochran anticipates some adjustments because the funds aren’t infinite.

Dearborn sophomore Neal O’Connor has used the library’s resources multiple times for research assignments. He prefers electronic journals.

“Accessing the resources online is more convenient

than print because I can do it from anywhere,” he said. “I don’t have to walk all the way to the library to research.”

Though electronic resources are cheaper and often more convenient, print still has its attraction.

“I figure it will all eventually be electronic,” O’Connor said, “but I still enjoy print for my personal favorite reads.”

Cochran also believes print will continue to serve a purpose.

“I think since most items are now born digital, there’s increasing necessity for it,” he said. “I wouldn’t say it will turn entirely electronic though.” university@cm-life.com

A new ranking system has put the CMU Physician Assistant Program at No. 4 in the country.

CMU was ranked No. 49 in 2007 by U.S. News & World Report, which previously was the only system that ranked PA schools.

“The old ranking was done by a report that everyone takes as legitimate,” said Clint Fitzpatrick, director of admissions and enrollment management for the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow College of Health Professions. “But a lot of people don’t scratch the surface and find out how subjective that ranking system is.”

The new ranking system

published in The Journal of Physician Assistant Education is based on first-time pass rates of the national certification exam, studentto-faculty ratio and other factors.

“I wasn’t considering CMU for PA school, but now that I know they’re ranked so high I’m definitely going to look into it more,” said Allen Park freshman Woodrow Holder.

The article that proposed the new ranking system asserted the research was reproducible.

“We’re one of the few programs that’s not associated with a medical school, so this is a pretty big honor,” said Dr. Ahmad Hakemi, professor and director of the CMU PA program.

CMU takes 45 PA students a year, and has had a firsttime pass rate for the national certification exams of almost 100 percent.

“Most programs can do that with 20 students, but we

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Delegation to Japanese sister city to continue despite earthquake, tsunami Group encourages international understanding, collaboration

By Randi Shaffer Senior Reporter

Natural disasters won’t stand in the way of Mount Pleasant celebrating its bond with sister city Okaya, Japan.

The International Relations Council of the Mount Pleasant Area is preparing to send a delegation to Okaya, Mount Pleasant’s sister city, in the summer.

IRC vice president Kathy Methner said a city-representative delegation is sent once every five years.

“We typically have some sort of delegation either going to Okaya, or a delegation going

here on each of our five-year anniversaries,” she said.

Vera Wiltse, chair of the Okaya committee of the IRC, acted as a delegate from Mount Pleasant when she traveled to Okaya in 2007. She said she does not think the recent tsunami and earthquake in Japan will affect travel plans this summer.

“Okaya is safe,” she said. “It’s an inland city so the tsunami would not reach there, but I’m sure they felt the earthquake.”

She said it is advised that people not fly to Japan because of airline congestion, but in three months time things could be very different.

Mount Pleasant and Okaya have been sister cities for the past 40 years. IRC board member Larry Collins was one of the first to establish the relationship between Mount Pleasant A Japan | 2A

Local church celebrating 150 years First United Methodist planning events throughout 2011

By Hailee Sattavara Staff Reporter

Mount Pleasant resident Joyce Pridgeon has been through decades of change at First United Methodist Church.

“There’s a lot of history in our church,” said Pridgeon, a church member for 48 years. “We love the history

of Mount Pleasant.”

First United, which is celebrating its 150th year throughout 2011, has an active committee working to plan events.

It is celebrating 50 years at its 400 S. Main St. location, said Loren Anderson, sesquicentennial chairwoman and church historian.

First United was at two previous locations in its 150 years and has maintained a deep connection with CMU, Anderson said.

The main event will take place Sept. 24 and 25.

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First United is also affiliated with the Wesley Foundation on campus.

Anderson described the church as a “melting pot” and said it has always been a church that studies and learns. She said the church is concerned with spiritual growth and nurturing.

Mount Pleasant resident Ginger Kjolhede, a member since 1956, reflected on one of her favorite memories at the First United.

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Anderson said First United also has a non-denominational ministry where the public can meet one-on-one with individuals if they are having a hard time.

“We are community-oriented and plan to continue that,” Anderson said. “We are continuing to expand.” metro@cm-life.com

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INSIDE THE NEWS

Japanese fearful as nuclear crisis builds

By Mark Magnier and Barbara Demick MCT Campus

FUKUSHIMA, Japan — They’re scared. And they’re skeptical.

The government in Tokyo may be reassuring a nation already reeling from the worst earthquake in its recorded history that Japan is not about to experience a full-blown nuclear disaster.

But the closer you got to the Fukushima nuclear complex, where officials are struggling with the specter of meltdowns at two of its six reactors, the less people were buying it.

On National Road 4 on the city’s outskirts, Mari Kano was crawling through congested traffic Sunday morning with her two young children in tow, baskets of clothes and toys in the back of her station wagon.

“I’m extremely worried about this nuclear leakage, especially with children,” the 33-year-old homemaker said. “We live 12 miles from the reactors. We’ve left our home to stay with my parents. At this point, we have no idea how long it might be before it will be safe to return.”

The Japanese have an uncomfortable relationship with nuclear power. The country relies heavily on nuclear energy for electricity; with 55 plants, they have more than any country other than the United States and France. But Japan is also the only country to ever be the victim of an atomic attack, and the psychological weight of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki adds a sense of dread to the embrace of nuclear power.

Outside Fukushima, a Super Viva housewares store was mobbed by people buying up flashlights, batteries, water and pumps. They feared aftershocks,

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and Okaya. The sister-city relationship was formed based on the original People to People program envisioned by former President Dwight D. Eisenhower that was put into place in the 1960s.

Collins said in a statement that there was early interest by the Mount Pleasant City Commission in pursuing a sistercity relationship.

“The idea was that a major contribution to achieving world peace and understanding was the encouragement of direct contact and cultural exchange between individuals and small groups in countries of the world,” Collins said.

Though details for this summer’s itinerary have not been finalized, Methner said the delegation will leave in late June or early July. The trip will last between a week and 10 days. During that time, a representative from Okaya will take the delegation sightseeing in the city.

“Each member of the delegation from Mount Pleasant will be able to stay with a family from Okaya,” Methner said.

The delegation will also tour Tokyo at the end of the trip.

Invitations were sent to several members of the IRC as well as the mayor of Mount Pleasant. Invitations will remain

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but they also feared disaster at the nuclear complex.

“I’m so scared,” Kin Anzawa, 75, said, bent to the waist and looking to buy tape “to keep things from falling.”

“There’s nobody to help us.”

And many did not trust the authorities were telling them everything they knew.

An electrician struggling against the tide of fleeing residents to get to Fukushima to work on various power-related problems said he had his doubts.

“We need them to be more honest,” said Kuni, 43, who declined to give his first name.

“They may be telling the truth.

They may not. We really don’t know.”

Ken Sasaki, 40, a construction ministry official manning a roadblock, said the images on television of the reactor building’s top blown off didn’t engender great confidence.

“Personally, nuclear power makes me a bit nervous,” he said. “But as a nation, I still think we need it.”

Since Friday’s devastating quake, Tokyo Electric Power Co., which operates the Fukushima facility, has been trying to prevent meltdowns at the complex. The government has issued evacuation orders for a 12-mile zone around the complex, affecting an estimated 180,000 people.

As many people here are well aware, the company, known as Tepco, has a history of not being forthcoming about nuclear safety issues, particularly those surrounding earthquake-related dangers. In 2003, all 17 of its nuclear plants were shut down temporarily after a scandal over falsified safety-inspection reports. It ran into trouble again in 2006, when it emerged that coolant-water data at two plants had been falsified in the 1980s. open to members of the community. Each delegate will have to cover the cost of airfare and a few nights in a hotel in Tokyo.

“It’s great to see the people in our sister city and exchange ideas,” Wiltse said.

Wiltse said Okaya and Mount Pleasant have some surprising similarities.

“Size-wise, it’s much bigger than Mount Pleasant, but for Japan, it’s considered a relatively smaller city,” she said.

“When you look at some of the businesses, industries and so forth, it’s similar to Mount Pleasant.”

In addition to the summer delegation trips made by the IRC, public schools in both Okaya and Isabella County have a foreign exchange student program.

“Every year we either send high school students to Okaya for foreign exchange or we host students,” Methner said.

Isabella County hosts the Japanese students during oddnumbered years, while American students study in Okaya during the even-numbered years.

“They stay with people here in the community and we try to provide as much American cuisine for them as possible — that’s what they like,” she said.

“We take them diferent places and hope to show them a good time while they’re here.”

Student wins contest with floor that generates electricity

By Kurt Nagl Staff Reporter

The CMU LaBelle Entrepreneurial Center’s Make A Pitch Competition gives students the chance to make a living by making a change.

The competition was held Feb. 17 in Grawn 100. Chuck Fitzpatrick, former director of the LaBelle Entrepreneurial Center, said it will likely be the only one held this semester, though it usually occurs twice. The first competition was in 2006.

Ten CMU student contestants had five minutes to convince judges their ideas were unique, relevant and profitable. First place won $500, second place $100 and third place $50.

Judges looked for students who were ready to take their pitches to the next level, Fitzpatrick said.

“Students are given five minutes to make the classic pitch,” he said.

Canton junior Justin

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have a larger program,” Hakemi said.

One of the reasons for CMU’s success, Hakemi said, was because of the mediation program for students. Most PA programs will simply kick a student out if they fail a class, but CMU does not.

“In the five years I’ve been here I’ve only seen three people not make it for the program,” Fitzpatrick said.

CMU also brings in adjunct professors from all over Michigan to teach.

Professors come from Michigan State University and Grand Rapids to teach for CMU, Hakemi said.

Scaparo won first place; he pitched a flooring system that harvests energy from foot traffic and con- Justin Scaparo verts it into electricity. He devised the idea and a prototype of the device independently from CMU and is pursuing a patent for it.

He thinks high-density areas like a college campus could benefit from the system.

“If it were implemented in the CMU library, it could save the university a lot of money,” he said.

Scaparo said winning the competition has given him more than just monetary winnings.

“This gives my résumé more credentials,” he said.

“It could secure an internship, if not a job after graduation.”

Other pitches included an

adjustable-drag pet leash and a new electronic refurbishing brand.

The turnout wasn’t as strong as past competitions, Fitzpatrick said, but the quality of ideas and presentations has improved.

“We haven’t drawn a lot of students from across campus,” he said. “We need to promote it better to attract a more diverse group of competitors.”

Fitzpatrick said an increase in funding and prize money could make the competition more attractive to students.

CMU Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization President Daniel Pearson has won the Make A Pitch competition and realizes its benefits. Students can apply their ideas and even take them to the CMU Research Corporation, he said. “$500 for five minutes isn’t a bad gig,” the Waterford senior said.

“It kind of blew my mind when this came out because most of these schools are heavy hitters, and we’re a home-grown program

and competing with the big boys,” Fitzpatrick said.

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CMU head coach Sue Guevara gives instructions to sophomore guard Niki DiGuilio during the first half of Friday’s game against Bowling Green at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. DiGuilio finished the game with 12 points, two assists and three rebounds during the Chippewas’ 80-72 loss.

CMU senior guard Shonda Long jokes around with teammates during the second half of Wednesday’s game against Buffalo at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Long finished the game with 40 points and five rebounds during Central’s 90-69 win over Buffalo and will play Bowling Green in the semi-finals Friday at noon.

There’s no crying in basketball

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CMU senior Kaihla Szunko uses her jersey to wipe tears from her eyes as she and the rest of the team gather on the court following the 80-72 loss to the Bowling Green Falcons. Szunko played all 40 minutes with 23 points and 19 rebounds in her final game as a Chippewa.

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Freshman guard Niki DiGuilio collides with Bowling Green’s Chrissy Steffen while driving to the basket during the MAC tournament semi-final game Friday at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. DiGuilio had four threepoint shots and a total of 12 points.

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“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

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EDITORIAL | Proposed ‘financial emergency’ bill an affront to nation’s ideals

Democracy undone

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o emergency or governmental crisis is ever so desperate to justify betraying the fundamentals of democracy.

House Bill 4214, which has already passed through the Senate with a number of amendments, would allow state financial authorities and Gov. Rick Snyder to declare a “local government” such as a city or township to be in a “financial emergency.” Once declared in a financial emergency, they would appoint an “emergency manager” to revamp the municipality’s financial situation.

Such an emergency manager would be able to redistribute and restructure

the government’s finances however they see fit. They would have the authority to terminate any contracts, end collective bargaining agreements with labor unions and even dissolve the municipal government, according to information on www.legislature. mi.gov.

The bill, which gained national attention when it was covered on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show,” is an affront to the democracy this state and country were founded on.

The emergency managers described in the bill can be government officials, private citizens or even corporations.

Allowing private citizens or companies to fire elected officials or dissolve an entire government purely on their own authority is unacceptable.

If a city is truly in a financial emergency, drastic measures may be required. However, this bill is far too drastic and far too broad on every level.

It does not narrowly define a “financial emergency.” Although logic would suggest that such measures would only be used in the most dire situations where there are no other options, the bill does not say that.

There is nothing stopping Snyder from declaring financial emergencies in municipalities whose officials he has a problem with, appointing his friends from corporate circles as the

emergency managers who would then run the municipality in the way most profitable to themselves.

In other words, this bill would enable everything that a democraticallyelected government and the accountability it provides is meant to prevent.

Snyder was hired primarily on the platform of revamping Michigan’s economy in big, tangible ways. However, he and the bill’s s;ponsor Rep. Al Pscholka, R-Stevensville, need to do so within the boundaries of the democratic process.

Hopefully the legislators of Michigan have more respect for their fellow elected officials and the constituents they govern than to pass this bill.

Hopefully the citizens of Michigan — and the federal government, if necessary — will not allow such a broad, overreaching and morally bankrupt bill to go into effect.

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Randi Shaffer Senior Reporter

My byline is bisexual My name is Randi with an ‘i,’ and I am not a guy.

The first time I was mistaken for a boy was in elementary school. My mom and I went to a local ice rink so I could sign up for a figure skating class. She turned in the application without a second thought.

When my first lesson arrived, I was surprised to find that I had been placed in an all-male hockey-skating class.

When my mom asked about the mix-up, the ice rink staff apologized and explained how they thought my mom had checked the wrong box under the “gender” portion of the sign-up sheet. They looked at my name and immediately assumed I was a boy.

At first I resented my parents for my name. It took me until high school to understand my mom’s rationale for giving me a gender-ambiguous name.

She explained to me that when she was growing up, men had a higher rate of job placement than women did.

By naming me “Randi,” she said, my résumé might get a second look by a professional looking to hire a man for a specific job, because my name could be taken as a male one.

For me, the concept sounds alien. I’ve never felt discriminated against based on my gender when it comes to applying for jobs or internships.

In fact, I can think of two specific instances where my gender actually helped me to get a job.

However, my mother was around in 1972, when Congress made an effort to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, which stated that “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied ... on account of sex.”

The amendment struggled through Congress during the early 80s before being voted down by the House of Representatives on Nov. 15, 1983.

For my mother, the thought of workplace discrimination based on gender wasn’t irrational.

I’m accustomed to having the name “Randi.” Because I’ve grown up with it, it isn’t a male name to me. In fact, the friends I grew up with often admit they find it weird now when they meet a guy with the name “Randy.”

I still get irritated by people who confuse my gender. People who meet me after reading my byline in CM Life have admitted that they’ve assumed I was a man.

I receive e-mails and mailed letters addressed to “Mr. Shaffer” more frequently than I would like to admit.

As a girl with a gender-ambiguous name, I’d advise to always check the gender of your intended message recipient before sending an e-mail or a letter.

You never know if your future boss Alex is a man or a woman.

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Universities should have an equal per-student funding rate I have never understood why Michigan funds K-12 on a perstudent basis but universities on some other formula.

Yet, I have done little research into the matter until the recent budget proposal by Michigan’s recently elected governor, Rick Snyder. The budget has created an immense degree of controversy, especially concerning a topic close to home: university funding.

I did some thinking on the matter and wanted to explore the possible funding of CMU under an “equal funding” scenario — perstudent funding.

Though my scientific method is basic, as this is a letter and not a research project, my intention is to illustrate a philosophy, not the merits of a specific argument. Further, I have done my best to minimize calculation errors and apologize if any exist, there were many numbers to work with but I did au-

dit myself. My information, unless otherwise noted, came from www. collegedata.com.

In essence, I have researched the total number of students attending Michigan’s fifteen public universities: 298,220. I then found the budget that governor Rick Snyder has proposed for the fifteen universities, including the tuition incentive grants of $1,207,234,700.

I then took this total and divided it by 298,220 to find the “per student funding” that should exist, which is $4,048.13. Under the current funding system, CMU would receive only $2,499.78 per student.

Then, I thought it would be interesting to see what CMU would get under the current budget with my plan in mind. Under the budget proposal, CMU will get $68,108,900 for the fiscal year 2012.

With 27,246 students at CMU, we should be funded $110,295,349.98 at a $4,048.13 per student rate.

According to CM Life, $80,132,000 is the funding CMU received in the fiscal year 2011. We would experience not a 23.3 percent cut as indicated in a CM Life story, but an increase! Some schools, as a result, would lose funding, but I encourage you to explore how many schools would lose funding and how unequal the funding is.

I bring this up because it is something to think about as well as the following: Are not all students of equal value and deserve equal opportunity? Are we funding buildings or students?

Is this something that CMU faculty, administrators and students could agree on to pursue together, perhaps something that we all have in common and where literally everyone wins? This could unite us as a university.

Justin Robillard Whitehall senior

Pornography destroys marriage, relationships I would like very much to object to the article “Why worry about a fantasy? It’s not reality.”

To state “pornography is not a threat to a relationship and should not be treated as such,” underestimates a power that time and time again has proven in our society that it will destroy marriages and relationships.

Why would a serious life partner not be concerned about porn use?

Sexual intimacy is intended to be the ultimate expression of personal unification between two committed people.

When it is reduced to “getting down with yourself,” and the like you have lost the beauty that it was created for.

I choose not controlled by my sexual nature and fantasy life.

Contrary to Hoffman’s suggestion, there is no “conversation to be had”

about pornography. If you consider yourself mature about relationships and you use pornography, you are mistaken.

Those who use pornography show no respect for women, the dignity of sexual intimacy or themselves.

Comments in response to SPENCE: Glenn Beck’s Detroit put-downs uncalled for

Jordan, Detroit said back in the late 70’s when they built the Renaissance Center, then in 1980 when they hosted the GOP Convention, then a few years when they hosted the Super Bowl. Facts are: former Mayor in jail, schools are closing left and right, city has no money. Crime and murder are still rampant. I remember a friend who went to a Tiger game in the last year of the old Tiger Stadium and commented, the neighborhood

looked like bombed-out Berlin at the end of WWII. Glenn Beck is right.

Jordan, Mayor Bing would be happy if you called him.....he would find you a really inexpensive house in the city.

I’ll bet the house would cost less than a year’s worth of rent in Mt. Pleasant.

Why do 53 percent of the Detroit city police officers live outside of Detroit? Could it be for their safety?

You’d be leaving a great town like Mt. Pleasant which seldom has a murder, has a low crime rate for one of the top all-time murder capitals like Detroit?

Also, Jordan, you blast Glenn Beck.

If I recall, about a year or two ago,

NBC came in and did an even worse analysis of Detroit. Why no outrage when NBC, the most liberal left-wing news organization, pretty much said the same thing. If I recall, it was Dateline NBC. If you want a money-making idea, call Bing, get yourself a house.... and get the Free-Press or News and maybe a liberal TV outlet like MSNBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC to let you report about life in one of the worst neighborhoods in Detroit. Kid from the little college town in the country...

Mt. Pleasant...moves to Detroit. You could be the exact opposite of Glenn Beck and make $$$$$$$. You may prove him wrong.

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Saving money ­— the bad way

When the Republicans in the House of Representatives unveiled their budget earlier this year, they revealed a plan to drastically lower the national debt with big spending cuts.

One of the cuts they proposed, which went largely unnoticed, was a plan to cut $126 million, roughly 30 percent, of the National Weather Service’s budget for the rest of 2011.

Drastic cuts are necessary to reduce the budget deficit, but drastic cuts to such a vital agency are dangerous. The NWS budget is miniscule in comparison to many other government agencies, but it is one of the most important when it comes to public safety.

While it is still unsure how exactly the cuts would impact the agency, one proposal that was made to cover part of the cuts was to reduce weather balloon launches from twice a day to once every other day.

The amount of data lost from reducing weather balloon launches would greatly hinder the ability of forecasters to produce accurate forecasts, and errors in day-to-day forecasts would increase.

What is more concerning is the proposal to have work furloughs with “rolling closures” of local weather service offices. This plan would account for half of the money cut, but it is a danger to public safety. Under the plan, 22 of the 127 offices would be shut down for 27 days, and after the 27 days are up, they would reopen and 22 more offices would close, and so on.

The problem with this is that the surrounding offices would have to pick up the slack for closed offices.

This would mean greater inaccuracy in forecasts because a forecaster from a different office will not know some of the local tendencies that affect the weather.

For example, a forecaster from Detroit probably would not be able to forecast a lake effect snow event as well as a forecaster from the Grand Rapids office.

Even worse is what could happen during severe weather outbreaks. When time is critical in issuing reports, forecasters will now have up to twice as much of an area to cover, and monitoring such a huge area for severe storm development will mean decreased warning time.

During a severe weather event, if a radar station went out, this would cause a huge blind spot for the local forecasters as technicians travel further to fix it, and the ability to issue tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings would be limited to after the severe event is observed and called into the office.

Yes, the budget deficit needs to be reduced, but these drastic cuts to the NWS are not the way to achieve that.

The deficit will not be heavily impacted by a cut of $126 million, and if Congress cannot find anywhere else to cut the money, is fully funding the National Weather Service really a bad thing for the American people?

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Camp working for free trade agreements Some upset by potential Michigan film incentive cuts

By Emily Grove Senior Reporter

‘The Avengers,’ other productions leave state

By Jordan Spence Staff Reporter

The Michigan film industry could see cuts in tax incentives because of Gov. Rick Snyder’s proposed state budget.

The proposal would limit tax credits for Michigan’s film industry, which was previously allocated $60 million in tax credits for production companies filming in Michigan and also covered 42 percent of eligible costs.

Instead, the state would allocate $25 million in incentives.

The way the money distributed will be determined by lawmakers in Lansing, since any changes to current subsidies need to be approved.

“It’s too soon to say (if) the incentive program has really worked or not,” said broadcast and cinematic arts professor Kevin Corbett. “Most experts who have looked at programs like this estimate that they take five to seven years before they can be fairly evaluated. “ He said the program was never intended to support homegrown Michigan film making: It was designed to lure big-time film making from out of state.

He said it seems to have done what it was intended to do, but that many might leave the state if the incentives are cut.

“They will go where it’s most efficient to operate,” Corbett said. “If another state has a better offer, of course they will go.”

Michigan Film Office spokeswoman Michelle Begnoche said the organization will remain open for business and will continue its work to grow Michigan’s film industry.

“We will work within this framework to make our film incentives more Michigan-

friendly for homegrown businesses and entrepreneurs, while continuing to attract key projects to the state.”

Community reaction Brad Osantoski, a CMU alumnus and owner of Orange Creative Video and Multimedia Solutions, said the new cuts will have a significant effect on the state’s economy.

He said filming in Michigan cities, even if it is for just a few weeks, generates a lot of business and publicity for the community.

“I can’t think of a good justification to end the credits,” Osantoski said. “Michigan has a lot to offer for film shoots.

They not only help established businesses like restaurants and hotels, but they hire people as well.”

According to a Michigan film incentive study by Ernst and Young published at www. visitdetroit.com, for every dollar of net film tax credit cost in 2009, it generated an additional output of $5.89 for Michigan businesses.

“The Avengers,” a Marvel Studios production, has decided to pull out of filming in Michigan, because of the proposed cap on incentives, as reported Feb. 21 by the Detroit Free Press.

Bigger-budget movies such as “Scream 4,” “Cedar Rapids” and “30 Minutes or Less” have recently filmed in the state, according to www.michiganfilmoffice.org.

John Buzuvis, director of the Plymouth Downtown Development Authority, said when the movies film, it is a boon to the local economy.

“It also drew a lot of tourists to downtown,” he said.

“The publicity from the movies brought people to our area that may not have visited normally.” metro@cm-life.com

The economy and foreign presence of the United States hangs in the balance and Rep. Dave Camp, R-Midland, is playing a strong role in setting the scales.

Free trade agreements originally negotiated under the Bush administration with South Korea, Colombia and Panama have been renegotiated but still face opposition and delay in the U.S. Congress.

Camp, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, supports the trade agreements and would like to see them enacted

by August, said Camp spokeswoman Lauren Phillips in an e-mail.

Griffin Endowed Chair Max-

ine Berman said Camp’s time table is possible, but only if Congress wants to move that quickly.

“It moves at a very slow pace, sometimes excruciatingly slow, sometimes you could die waiting for things to happen,” Berman said. “But when Congress wants to move quickly, they can.”

The problem right now is that much of Congress does not want to move forward with the agreements, said political science Professor Orlando Perez.

The agreements are essentially stuck and have been tied up for several years, Perez said.

“There’s opposition from some in Congress with the idea of free trade at all because

it doesn’t guarantee or protect American jobs and encourages outsourcing,” Perez said. “For some it’s economic reasons, some political reasons.”

With the Republican takeover in the House and increased presence in the Senate, he said, it was thought the agreements would get a more favorable hearing and move quicker than they would under Democratic control.

Perez said several recent U.S. presidents have been unwilling to spend significant capital or clout to really push the agreements.

“Obama has expressed his support and repeated it in the State of the Union,” he said.

“But there is no evidence that he is pushing in a significant and hard way.”

Obama has said the agreements could create up to 250,000 jobs.

Enacting the free trade agreements will collectively increase U.S. exports by $13 billion, which will create growth and jobs at home, Phillips said.

“Specific to Michigan, the agreements will help increase U.S. exports of automobiles and agricultural commodities,” she said.

U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk has testified before the Ways and Means Committee on the Obama Administration’s overall trade agenda.

“As frustrating as the slow process is, it’s good to have ample time to get input,” Berman said. metro@cm-life.com

Students balance academia with work, personal lives

By Mike Nichols Senior Reporter

Annalise Kransz must balance a hectic life full of academic and extracurricular activities.

It is a familiar situation for many CMU students.

Among the Portland senior’s activities are being a news anchor for News Central 34 on MHTV, the treasurer of the Organization of Women Leaders and the co-chairperson of public relations for the Leadership Advancement of Scholars.

She said she uses organizational tools to help manage her busy life.

“A planner with lots of highlighters,” she said. “I think I would go insane if I didn’t have my planner.”

DeWitt junior Liz Fedewa and Ann Arbor senior David Nickodemus are both majoring in music and said they have a hefty work load with hardly any leisure time.

“A freshman music major will generally have 10 classes,” Nickodemus said. “We have our regular academic schedule, plus practice time, plus homework time, plus rehearsal time, instrumental practice time and concerts to attend.”

Fedewa said if she were to combine her free time, study

time and time for sleep, it would add up to about nine hours.

She said the Music Building feels like her home because she is there so often. She said she keeps two extra pairs of shoes in a locker there, has eaten meals, brushed her teeth and even slept there.

“I made the bad choice to do music with a minor in math and be in the honors program,” she said. “Free time depends on how much I want to sleep.”

Nickodemus said he finds balance by figuring out what matters most for his grades.

Sometimes he has to skip one assignment to accomplish three others and pick which grade he needs to save the most.

“It’s definitely a balance between what will have a bigger impact in my grades right now and what I can make up later,” he said.

Sophomore Austin Krompetz is a physical therapy major taking 15 credits, going to night labs and still driving home to Gladwin to work on the weekends. Krompetz said his hardest class is human anatomy, which is one of the main reasons he says he studies a lot outside of class.

“Everything has to be memorized by sight,” he said.

“There’s usually two parts to every question. It’s really hard.”

Krompetz said he balances life by maintaining a schedule

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FREEDOM RIDERS | Local residents take on the ramps

Open burning of trash banned as of April 1 in state of Michigan Yard waste can still be disposed of with permit

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Mount Pleasant residents Steven Phillips and Chay Brubaker take a break from skateboarding Sunday at Island Park. Phillips and Brubaker agreed the best part of skateboarding is the freedom they have to do whatever they want.

Student operates ‘Harry Potter’ role-playing forum Site encourages creativity and writing ability

By Maria Leone Staff Reporter

Shelby Caruso created an online forum to connect and create with fellow “Harry Potter” fans all over the world.

The Waterford sophomore said she co-founded the Novitas Harry Potter forum with fellow fans Lauren Henry of Australia and Natasha Chapman and Keeley Middleton of England.

They modeled it after others already in existence, while trying to keep it unique.

The forum is centered around members role playing as if they are actually attending the series’ Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

“It’s like attending Hogwarts without physically going there,” Caruso said.

Henry said when they created the site they hoped it would be more successful than its predecessors.

Caruso said her interest in the series began when she lived in England in the summer of 2007, when she first bought the “Harry Potter” novels.

The forum has members from all over the world, ranging from 12-year-olds to 20-somethings, she said.

Caruso said members can

“Creating one of our own Harry Potter sites gives us more of an opportunity to play characters with more authority, like a teacher, or to just have something to work together on.”

Lauren Henry, Novitas Harry Potter co-founder either be teachers or students in the forum, but in order to become a teacher they must be granted access by the Wizard God, or site administrator.

Once members become teachers, they are recommended to give lessons similar to those that would be given at Hogwarts, she said.

“Creating one of our own Harry Potter sites gives us more of an opportunity to play characters with more authority, like a teacher, or to just have something to work together on,” Henry said.

Students do not have to attend lessons, but can if they want to. Caruso said she enjoys teaching herbology because it is based off plants author J.K. Rowling used in the series.

“Students can attend anything, and we pretty much have a teacher for everything,” Caruso said.

Middleton said the best features of the forum are the community and the professionalism it holds.

“We are a group that has known each other for a while now, but newbies are always welcome,” she said.

Caruso said she has several accounts she plays on.

“It is silly stuff, but it is fun to role play on the site,” Middleton said. “The role playing is fun, but they still take it seriously, as if really becoming the character of the accounts they play in.”

Members are allowed to make suggestions and share ideas they have for the site, Caruso said. The board votes on everything, so if the idea is good enough, it goes up for discussion and ultimately has the potential to become part of the site.

Caruso said a lot of the members have the potential to be great writers, and the purpose of the website is to foster creativity.

Henry said she hopes Novitas remains a popular role-playing forum and people continue to have fun with it.

The open burning of trash — including leaves — without a permit will no longer be allowed in the state of Michigan.

The Department of Natural Resources and Environment will ban open burning of household waste starting on April 1.

The DNRE defines open burning as “the burning of unwanted materials, such as paper, trees, brush, leaves, grass and other debris where smoke and other emissions are released directly into the air without passing through a chimney or stack.”

The chemicals omitted during open burning can cause serious health issues, especially for people with asthma and other existing respiratory conditions, the DNRE said. It causes pollution and the ashes often contain contaminants. It also creates a risk of creating property fires and wild fires if unattended.

“We now know a lot more about the health effects and dangers of trash burning,” said Jim Ostrowski, DNRE environmental analyst.

Burning leaves and yard clippings will still be allowed, but only with a burn permit issued by the DNRE. Campfires or fires surrounded with snow covering are still allowed without a burn permit.

All of the other Great Lakes states have already had rules to prohibit or restrict burning in place. Michigan is the last state to institute such a ban.

Ostrowski said traditionally, most trash burning has taken place in rural areas so it has not caused many problems. As more people are moving into rural areas, more people are being affected by these activities.

Union Township supervisor John Barker said he has not received any complaints about trash burning in the two years he has been in office.

“We have been getting more complaints (statewide) than ever before,” Barker said.

Barker said Union Township is an urbanizing community and is trying to “do the neigh-

borly thing.”

Although Barker says trash burning is uncommon in the township, he still supports the ban.

“I’m all for clean air,” Barker said. “We are trying to become one of the greenest townships in Michigan.” metro@cm-life.com

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Republicans try to revive Yucca Mountain as nuclear-waste repository WASHINGTON — Yucca Mountain is still breathing.

It’s been 24 long years since Congress designated the site in the southern Nevada desert as the best place to store the nation’s nuclear waste.

While opponents have gained the upper hand in trying to block the project in recent years — in 2009, Energy Secretary Steven Chu said, “Yucca Mountain as a repository is off the table” — a group of House Republicans is fighting back. They want to revive the site as part of a broader plan that calls for building 200 nuclear-power plants by 2030.

Under that plan, the nation would begin building nuclear plants on an unprecedented scale. Currently, the nation gets 20 percent of its electricity from 104 nuclear reactors.

There’s one big problem: There’s no place to put the radioactive waste.

The Republican legislation would take care of that.

It would require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to complete its review of the Yucca Mountain site “without political interference.”

That would be difficult, with top Democrats trying hard to scrap the project.

In a speech to the Nevada legislature last month, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada boasted that Congress had “killed Yucca Mountain” because of fears that it would hurt the state’s tourism industry.

And President Barack Obama, who campaigned against the proposed repository in 2008, included no money for Yucca Mountain in his 2012 budget.

Obama, though, has become a fan of nuclear power, reflecting how much things have changed since the “nonukes” days of the 1970s. He regards nuclear power as an important part of his push for “clean energy.”

And nuclear power is moving up on the agenda on Capitol Hill after the president talked it up in his State of the Union speech. Since then, Republicans have repeatedly cited nuclear power as an issue that could result in their cooperation with the White House.

The president promoted the issue again last month in his 2012 budget, which called for spending another $36 billion on loan guarantees to help build more nuclear plants.

The guarantees could save power companies billions in financing costs.

However, the nuclear risk rising from Japan’s Friday earthquake is likely to revive anti-nuclear-power sentiments in this country, and could tilt political momentum against the radioactive power source.

Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., said Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation” that he has been a “big supporter” of nuclear power and that the U.S. has “a good safety record.”

But he said the events in Japan

require the U.S. to take care before proceeding.

“I think it calls on us here in the U.S. naturally not to stop building nuclear power plants but to put the brakes on right now until we understand the ramifications of what’s happened in Japan,” Lieberman said.

Still, 64 House Republicans have signed on to the bill that would triple the nation’s nuclear capacity in 19 years. The legislation also promises to reignite an old battle by calling for energy exploration in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

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State rep.’s wife continues to work toward goals CMU, and she has the same aspirations for EHS now as she had before the campaign, she said.

“I still have goals and standards,” she said. “That’s not affected my career.”

Cotter said she helps EHS raise funds for endowment scholarships, capital projects and other various projects in her position. One of her main goals is to finish private funding for the EHS Building.

Kathryn Koch, interim dean for EHS, said in an e-mail that Cotter has done a lot to help complete funding for the building.

“Jennifer Cotter has made a tremendous impact on fundraising in the College of Education and Human Services,” she said. “Her efforts have enabled the college to increase its donor base significantly. I am very happy she is a member of our team.”

Cotter said the most reward-

By Annie Harrison Staff Reporter

Jennifer Cotter said being the wife of a state representative has not changed her.

Cotter is the director of development for the College of Education and Human Services at CMU. Her husband of six-and-a-half years, Kevin Cotter, was elected state representative for Michigan’s 99th district in November.

She said the campaign was an exciting time for their friends and family.

“It was a really positive experience,” she said. “Running a campaign is a lot of work, but that doesn’t mean it’s a bad thing.”

Cotter said she has not been treated any different since the election. Friends sometimes ask her about state politics, but that’s it, she said.

The campaign has not affected her professional life at

ing part of the job is connecting alumni back to the university.

She said she works to invite alumni speakers to campus and engage with students.

“Students like to hear from alumni that have career experience,” she said. “Alumni can be great mentors to students.”

Cotter was born and raised in Mount Pleasant and graduated from CMU in 2001. She said she wanted to work at CMU because she had a wonderful time as a student.

“CMU is a gem and we are blessed to have the university in the community,” she said.

Challenges to raise funds amidst the struggling economy have arisen, Cotter said, but many alumni still contribute to the university because they want to help students with their education.

“To see our donors meet our scholarship recipients is a very rewarding experience,” she said.

Ray Francis, interim associate dean for EHS, said in an e-mail that Cotter does a great job at developing a community that supports the college.

“She does an outstanding job at cultivating partners for projects within EHS,” he said.

“She enjoys working with people, identifying their interests in EHS and connecting them to the college in a very meaningful way.”

Cotter said she appreciates meeting alumni who have been successful in their careers and returned to CMU. She said everyone has a story, and it is gratifying to hear alumni relive their days on campus.

“We’re very fortunate because we get to meet our alumni and learn their stories,” she said. “It’s a fun job, that’s for sure.”

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She said it took a year-and-ahalf to plan and it is available for students to sign now.

Hicks, Melton and Smart identified “four C’s” as the skills they most want the minor to foster in students: creativity, critical thinking, collaborative teamwork and communication. They want to produce better writers and communicators — skills Hicks said will be necessary once students leave college.

“It will ensure that our students are ready for the workplace because those are the skills employers want,” Hicks said. “These courses are so important to our students and they don’t get enough of them.”

Hicks said the four criteria listed as most important in the American Management Association 2010 Critical Skills Survey — communication skills, creativity, collaboration and

By Sienna Monczunski Staff Reporter

In an age where legal pads are yielding to iPads, being techsavvy is a major plus for graduating business students.

Three business information systems faculty members took the extra step to make sure CMU students are prepared to meet that demand.

Professor Nancy Hicks, Assistant Professor James Melton and Associate Professor Karl Smart created a new applied business practices minor open to all students. They said their hope is that it will train students to become better leaders in their chosen careers.

“It’s more than just business communication types of courses,” Hicks said. “We want CMU students to be leaders in the workplace.”

Hicks said they found CMU students needed more coursework in the areas of business communication and new technology.

“We’ve merged those two areas into a program where students learn how to communicate using those new technologies along with the traditional aspects,” Hicks said.

teamwork, and critical thinking — validates their efforts.

“When we saw that report, we thought, ‘Wow, we are on the right track,’” Hicks said.

Upon completion, students will be expected to apply their knowledge in an actual business setting.

“The upper-level classes in the minor, and even some of the lower level, are client-based topics,” Melton said. “It’s something they can put on a résumé.”

Melton said they have opened it to all students because the course skills apply to many different majors, not just the business field. He said students in any major will need good, creative communication skills.

Berkley senior Amanda Hein is participating in a video project to raise awareness for the new minor. She said the end of the video will ask viewers if they are ready for real work experiences.

“The biggest challenge is trying to be creative and trying to find innovative ways to get the info out,” Hein said. “Our project is helping students find out about it.”

students stay entertained.

“Students love the podcasts and clickers,” Garver said. “Students want to interact, think and be challenged. They don’t want to memorize material.”

During Garver’s marketing classes, students use clickers to answer questions projected on the screen. Within seconds, he can see what percentage of the class got the correct answer and if needed, he can go more in-depth on a contentious question.

FaCIT has collaborated with faculty since 2002.

“On average we work with 45 to 50 percent of faculty in a given academic year,” said FaCIT Director Jim Therrell. “Around 500 unique faculty either came to a workshop, conference, contacted us through e-mail or had a classroom observation.”

He said faculty members are not required to partake in the programs that FaCIT has to offer, but in many cases the programs have made a huge difference in student opinion survey scores.

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Professors come to teach and students come to learn, but occasionally something gets lost in the transmission.

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“I wanted to up my game in teaching and was interested in podcasting,” said Mike Garver, associate professor of market and hospitality services. “I knew that FaCIT helps the teachers be better at what we do, and Brian Roberts at FaCIT has become my right arm in teaching.”

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Najat Yehia, assistant professor of human environmental studies, has learned to use teamwork to drive the critical thinking skills of her classes.

“It’s about the quality of information we give to students, not quantity,” Yehia said. “We need to be connected with the students. Instead of lowering my level of teaching, I try to bring them up by the use of teamwork and active learning.“ Geography Professor Mark Francek saw FaCIT as an avenue for improvement.

“There are always new learning styles and if we can help the students learn better, then let’s do it,” he said.

Francek has been to about 20 programs, workshops and mentorships through FaCIT. university@cm-life.com

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The rest of the NCAA men’s basketball conference championships were played Sunday. w No. 1 Ohio State beat Penn State 71-60 for the Big Ten crown. w No. 16 Kentucky beat No. 12 Florida 70-54 to win the SEC Championship. w No. 5 Duke blew out No. 7 North Carolina 75-58 for the ACC title. w Lastly, Richmond beat Dayton 67-54 to win the Atlantic 10.

NFL

Goodell slashes salary NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and league general counsel Jeff Pash slashed their respective salaries to $1 each at the start of the NFL lockout, which began Saturday. It is the league’s first work stoppage since 1987, and it puts the 2011 season in jeopardy. The NFL Players Association officially decertified Friday and filed an antitrust lawsuit against the owners, allowing the battle between the players and the owners — and how to divvy up the $9 billion in revenue a year — to be in the hands of the courts.

NCAA men

Michigan an 8, MSU a 10 The MIchigan Wolverines received a No. 8 seed in the West Region. They play Tennessee on Friday.

Michigan State, a No. 10 seed, plays UCLA on Thursday.

NHL

Capitals win eight straight Former Red Wings player Mike Knuble scored with 1:09 to go in overtime to give the Washington Capitals their eight consecutive win. The Capitals recently passed Tampa Bay for the Southeast Division lead.

nba

Wade wins custody battle A Chicago court awarded Miami Heat star guard Dwyane Wade sole "care, custody and control" of his two boys.

His sons arrived in Miami on Friday. He rewarded them with one of his best performances of the year Saturday in a 119-85 win against Memphis. Wade finished with 28 points, nine assists, five rebounds and five blocked shots.

NCAA football

Two MSU players jailed MSU players Brian Linthicum and Max Bullough were arrested in the early morning Thursday for assaulted another patron at a bar, then fleeing police.

Bullough was charged with underage possession of alcohol; Linthicum with assault to the third degree. Both were charged with eluding officers and later were released.

— CM LIfe staff reports

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women’s basketball

Chippewas await postseason fate, see bright future photos by Sean Proctor/STaff photographer

Freshman all-arounder Brittney Petzold performs on the uneven bars Saturday during the gymnastics meet against Bowling Green at McGuirk Arena. Petzold scored a 9.750 on the bars and on the vault, and recorded a total score of 38.775, third best all-around.

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CMU secures MAC regular-season title

By Nick Conklin Staff Reporter

T

he measure of a good team can be seen by the way it is able to win despite adversity. For the CMU gymnastics team, Saturday’s home win against Bowling Green was one of those adverse situations.

CMU wrapped up the MidAmerican Conference regular season title with the 194.825191.350 win against Bolwing Green, but the team scored low in three of its four events.

Senior Cheryl Conlin said the team struggled in some rotations, but did well enough in other events to win.

“We had not as good Cheryl Conlin as of a performance on some events, but we held it together,” Conlin said.

For coach Jerry Reighard, that drive to overcome mistakes comes naturally.

“I just see a really strong competitive nature with this group,” Reighard said. “They really rally around each other, and adversity seems to pull out a little bit extra.”

As one of three of the seniors Saturday competing in Senior Day, Conlin said the emotions surrounding the meet may have played a role in the lower scores. Reighard said the emotions not only affected the seniors, but the coaching and team as well.

“Senior Day is a really emotional time for all of us, myself included.” Reighard

Senior all-arounder Cheryl Conlin flips and twists during her dismount on the balance beams during Saturday’s meet. Conlin tied for first on the beams and the floor routine with teammate Kristin Teubner, recording 9.825 for both events.

CM U 1 94. 825, b G S U 1 9 1 . 35 0 said. “It’s a different pressure when the athletes know this is their farewell performance.”

The Chippewas (17-1, 6-0 MAC) started the meet out rattling off wins in both the vault and the uneven bars.

Leading the way on the vault was Redshirt freshman Meaghan McWhorter and freshman Brittany Petzold, who each posted 9.750 scores to tie for third overall in the event. Overall, the team finished with a 48.625.

Despite struggles recently on the bars, the team claimed the top four scores in the event and finished with a 48.900. Freshman Alyssa Wilson won the overall with a season-high 9.850.

Senior Andrea de la Garza came in second with a 9.825, followed by junior Kristin Teubner with a 9.775.

Petzold would round out the top Chippewa scorers with a 9.750.

The beam also proved a challenge for the squad as it counted two falls for a season-low score of 48.075. The two positives from the event came for Conlin and Teubner, who each posted scores of 9.825, good enough to tie for first overall. de la Garza rounded out the top three with a 9.750 score. The falls in the event were a bit unexpected, Conlin said, and that is something that deals with the team’s mental state.

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Guevara expects to get in WNIT

By John Evans Senior Reporter

CLEVELAND — It wasn’t exactly the ending coach Sue Guevara had hoped for.

After the CMU women’s basketball team lost in the semifinals of the MidAmerican Conference tournament semifinals Friday to Bowling G r e e n , Guevara said the season may not be over and the future is bright.

The Chippewas (20- Sue Guevara 10 overall) will find out tonight if they will have a chance to compete in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament and keep the season going.

And does Guevara think CMU will make the cut?

“Yes, I do,” she said, confidently. “We finished third in the MAC, and we played a tough nonconference schedule,” Guevara said.

“I’m hoping we can get that bid (to the WNIT).”

For seniors Kaihla Szunko and Shonda Long, a WNIT bid would mean a lot. Szunko had a career day in the loss to Bowling Green, scoring 23 points

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and grabbing a MAC tournament record-tying 19 rebounds.

Long finished the game with just six points and was guarded closely after scoring a recordbreaking 40 points in the quarterfinals against Buffalo.

Freshman Taylor Johnson said she will never forget this team.

“I will always remember this season. I will always remember Kaihla and Shonda,” Johnson said.

“Without Kaihla and Shonda talking to me on the floor, I wouldn’t be able to go out there and contribute.”

Johnson made plenty of contributions off the bench throughout the season, earning her the Sixth Player of the Year award in the conference.

The Chippewas returns three starters in 2011, but the biggest story about the future of the team is the recruiting class brought in by Guevara, ranked No. 43 nationally according to ESPN.com’s recruiting site, HoopGurlz.

Crystal Bradford headlines the class and is one of three players from Inkster High School who

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CMU freshman Taylor Johnson, right, battles Buffalo forward Bridgette Kendricks at the Mid-American Conference quarterfinals Wedneday at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.

CMU men’s basketball ends frustrating 2010 season Chippewas bow out in first round of MAC tourney

By Aaron McMann Sports Editor

AMHERST, N.Y. ­— The 2010-11 basketball season was the talk of the school last fall.

A football team struggling to win games was pushed aside for the debut of freshman phenom Trey Zeigler and the Central Michigan men’s basketball team. Despite losing a majority of its offense, CMU and its topranked recruiting class in the Mid-American Conference was picked to finish near the top of the MAC West.

But a season marred with close losses and frustration

came to an end Tuesday in Buffalo when the Chippewas lost in the first round of the Mid-American Conference tournament.

“We couldn’t make a layup,” said CMU coach Ernie Zeigler. “We Ernie Zeigler missed four layups, two on great possessions where we had run outs.

That had nothing to do with Buffalo — we just didn’t take advantage of those opportunities.”

And that was the story all season long. Easy tasks most teams have no problems with ­— like making layups in crunch time or closing out double-digit second-half leads — were diffi-

cult for the young and inexperienced Chippewas.

Despite a poor start to the season, parity in MAC West allowed CMU to hang around late and compete for a division title. The Chippewas won their final two road games, needing only a win at home to host a first-round MAC tournament game.

Instead, the two games only served as disappointments.

Giving up a 23-point secondhalf lead to Ball State and losing to Western Michigan for the second time this season poured salt on a wound that never was able to heal.

“Every game we play, we are going to try to compete to win,” Zeigler said after his team’s loss to Western Michigan. “You can’t rest your laurels on what’s happened prior. We just have

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Inside w Team struggles to find leadership in 2010-11, 2B to come back and see what resolve we have to put ourselves in a position to go on the road.”

CMU followed up Zeigler’s comments with a stronger showing in its first-round game at Buffalo, shooting 38.1 percent in the first half to only trail by four points at halftime.

But a lack of execution and talent began to creep through in the second half as the Chippewas shot just 31.3 percent, blowing several opportunities to tie or take a lead with missed layups and turnovers.

After Trey Zeigler’s layup cut UB’s lead to 39-36 with 15:12 remaining, CMU missed four consecutive shots — three of

which being layups — and gave up an easy layup on the other end, squashing any momentum the Chippewas may have had.

CMU tried changing the pace of the game all throughout its course. Early on, Ernie Zeigler used a timeout any time the Bulls stretched their lead to two or three possessions. Later in the game, in an effort to spur the offense, he called for the offense to push the ball.

“That’s all you can do,” Zeigler said. “Basketball is a game of chess, and you try and control momentum. Our goal was try and keep it from getting more than two possessions away. But ultimately, you got to be able to take advantage of the shots you get.” sports@cm-life.com

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Szunko, CMU booted from MAC semifinals

Zeigler says CMU lacked leadership

Team bounced Friday by eventual tournament champion Bowling Green

Coach hopes freshmen benefit from experience

By John Evans Senior Reporter

CLEVELAND — Kaihla Szunko walked off the court Friday afternoon with tears in her eyes, but the senior has had an illustrious career that might not be over just yet.

The Central Michigan women’s basketball team dropped its MidAmerican Conference semifinal game against Bowling Green at Quicken Loans Arena 80-72, failing to advance to the championship game.

Szunko scored 23 points and grabbed 19 rebounds in her final conference game as a Chippewa, but early foul trouble and some bad bounces hurt the team down the stretch.

“I knew I could score on them and, when I got the ball, I just took it at them,” Szunko said. “We have been resilient all year and we are a hard working team. That is a trademark of our team.”

With about six minutes to play, CMU found itself down by 14 points and all hope seemed to be lost. But the team found a way to chip away at the Falcons’ lead and cut it to five with 4:21 remaining.

On the next possession, sophomore Brandie Baker went up and missed a layup that would have cut the

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have committed to CMU next season. The 6-foot combo guard from Detroit is the eighth-ranked player at her position and is said to be explosive and dynamic.

Bradford and current

lead to three. A foul and two Lauren Prochaska free throws later, and the lead was back at seven.

“We should have made so many more layups than we did,” said freshman Taylor Johnson, who finished with 12 points and four rebounds.

“The ball just didn’t go our way this time.”

The Chippewas struggled near the basket all game, shooting just 33 percent from the field compared to 45 percent for BGSU. Senior Shonda Long, who scored 40 points in the quarterfinal game against Buffalo on Wednesday, was held to just six points.

Prochaska finished with 16 points Friday, but it was her defense that shut down Long and made it difficult for her to find open space.

“After somebody scores 40 points, you know they are going to be all up in your grill,” said coach Sue Guevara. “I thought we were impatient today, and that hurt us. We didn’t finish.”

Both teams had four players in double figures, but it was Tracy Pontius who led the Falcons with 18 points. With 3:32 to go, a Szunko layup cut the lead to five, keeping CMU within striking distance, but Jen Uhl found Pontius outside after an offensive board, and Pontius nailed a deep three. The

bucket put the Falcons back up eight and seemingly ended the game.

It was a tough loss for the Chippewas who finish their season with a 20-10 overall record, but the future is bright.

Freshmen Niki DiGuilio had 12 points, with all four made field goal attempts coming from behind the 3-point line.

The season may not be over for CMU. While the hopes of a MAC championship are out the window, a

bid to the WNIT still is a very real possibility.

“I’m proud of our team for competing and battling an absolutely loaded, talent-wise, Central Michigan team,” said BGSU head coach Curt Miller. “They were very difficult to guard with five scorers on the floor at all times.”

CMU sophomore Brandie Baker will make the Chippewas very hard to defend in the near future.

“With what we have coming in it is a step. We are building,” Guevara said.

“We have been making strides every year. I am very happy with the 2011 class that is coming in. I like where we are going.”

The Chippewas were

one game away this year from competing for a MAC Championship. They certainly will miss players like Szunko and Long, but the future is bright and there will be more MAC tournament runs to come from CMU. CMU Athletics Director Dave Heeke said the university wants to keep Guevara around as long

as possible.

“We have taken huge strides from where we were and that is a credit to the coaching staff and the kids who have been in the program,” Heeke said. “We are getting really close and I like where we are.

We need to keep it moving forward.”

Key freshmen Trey Zeigler w 16.3 points per game w 30 starts w 34.4 minutes per game

By Aaron McMann Sports Editor

Erica Kearns/staff photographer

CMU senior forward Kaihla Szunko goes up for a layup Friday against Bowling Green at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. Szunko finished with 23 points and 19 rebounds.

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AMHERST, N.Y. ­— For the first time all season, Ernie Zeigler began to see a glimmer of leadership Tuesday against Buffalo.

A day earlier, during the Mid-American Conference coaches teleconference, Zeigler said his team entered the conference tournament lacking anybody willing to step up and take on the role.

His son, freshman guard Trey Zeigler, scored 10 points and had five rebounds in CMU’s 64-50 loss to Buffalo in the opening round of the MAC tournament. After the loss, Ernie Zeigler, for the first time all year, said Trey showed the capabilities necessary to lead the team.

“In Trey’s instance, which is a positive for us, and that’s something he’s going to have to mature over the summer and in the next year, he really tried to lead,” Ernie Zeigler said. “That’s something we have not had, and that’s a leader. When you’re a 1021 team, it’s a direct result of not having that type of leadership, especially during tough times when you’re on the road and at home trying to finish games.”

Trey Zeigler finished the 2010-11 season averaging 16.3 points per game, leading CMU in scoring.

“We weren’t expecting, or trying, for him to be a leader,” Ernie Zeigler said. “This year, we didn’t have that leadership start from day one from the seniors.”

All season long, CMU struggled to find consistent leadership among its senior class.

Beginning the season with four seniors, forward Jalin Thomas showed glimpses of leadership offensively, beginning with a game-winning 3-pointer against Cal-State Fullerton.

Derek Jackson w 7.5 points per game w 16 starts w 26.9 minutes per game

But while his play on the court helped set an example for some of the younger players, there were games where he was held in check offensively.

“He evolved into a new role,” Zeigler said. “Last year, he was a support player. He evolved into a go-to player this year.

Still, there has to be leadership on a daily basis, (especially) when you have freshman that you’re depending upon to play big minutes.”

Team chemistry became challenged midway through the season when guard Amir Rashid (junior college transfer, in his second season at CMU) left the team, leaving three seniors on the roster.

But the other two seniors remaining struggled to contribute much to the offense.

Forward Will McClure averaged 3.5 points and six rebounds per game, despite an 8-point, 12-rebound performance in Tuesday’s loss at Buffalo, while guard Antonio Weary averaged 2.9 points per game.

“If you look at Buffalo, McCrea didn’t score — he didn’t have to,” Ernie Zeigler said. “He had senior leadership — guys here or there. When you don’t have to rely upon freshmen to make plays under pressure, it makes it easier.”

“Hopefully Trey and Derek, with the minutes and numbers they put up, it’s only going to make us that much better in the future with two really talented guys.” sports@cm-life.com

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Mays struggles at NCAAs Junior thrower fouls on three tries

By Brandon Champion Staff Reporter

When Kevin Mays learned he had qualified for the 2011 NCAA Indoor Championships, he knew he had a tough challenge ahead.

After the junior thrower on Central Michigan’s men’s track and field team finished with the 16th best toss in the country in the weight throw with a mark of 67 feet, 6 1/4 inches, he entered competition in College Station, Texas, as one of the last to qualify.

“The environment was like something I have never competed in before; track and field is a way bigger deal in the South,” Mays said. “It was pretty intense, like a football atmosphere at a track meet.”

The bright lights of the national championships were a

lot to handle for the junior.

Mays fouled on all three of his attempts on Saturday and failed to qualify for the finals.

Mays, who won the event Feb. 25 at the Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships and was named outstanding field event performer of the meet, said the pressure may have gotten to him.

“I was pretty energized going in; it was a big stage and there was a lot of pressure.”

Mays said. “I usually correct my mistakes and, for some reason, that didn’t happen this time.”

Despite the disappointment at the NCAA meet, it was a big season for the Flint native, as he became the first Chippewa to compete at the indoor championships since Abraham Mach was an AllAmerican in the 800-meter in 2008.

“Kevin has a lot of talent.

He’s a great example of what a solid work ethic and hard work can do for someone,” said director of track and field Willie Randolph. “If he continues to work hard and improve, I have no doubts he will be back again next year.”

Mays said he was disappointed in his performance but is happy with the things he accomplished during the indoor season.

“This experience will make me work twice as hard so I can get back next year,” he said. “I proved to myself that I can make it, and that I can compete with anyone in the country. It’s great motivation.”

Mays and CMU will have this weekend off from competition before beginning the outdoor season at the Black and Gold Invitational at Vanderbilt University. sports@cm-life.com

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w Upset: Gonzaga w Runner-up: Pittsburgh w Champion: Florida Andrew Stover

w Upset: Belmont w Runner-up: St. John’s w Champion: Pittsburgh John Evans

w Upset: Wofford w Runner-up: Florida w Champion: Pittsburgh Anthony Fenech

w Upset: Belmont w Runner-up: BYU w Champion: Kansas State

Soutwest McMann

w Upset: Florida State w Runner-up: Louisville w Champion: Kansas Stover

w Upset: Florida State w Runner-up: UNLV w Champion: Notre Dame Evans

w Upset: Richmond w Runner-up: Purdue w Champion: Kansas Fenech

w Upset: Richmond w Runner-up: Purdue w Champion: Kansas

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w Upset: Marquette w Runner-up: Ohio State w Champion: North Carolina Stover

w Upset: Clemson w Runner-up: Syracuse w Champion: Ohio State

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w Upset: Marquette w Runner-up: North Carolina w Champion: Ohio State

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w Upset: Missouri w Runner-up: Connecticut w Champion: Duke Stover

w Upset: Penn State w Runner-up: Connecticut w Champion: Texas Evans

w Upset: Missouri w Runner-up: Duke w Champion: Connecticut Fenech

w Upset: Tennessee w Runner-up: Texas w Champion: Connecticut

NCAA winner: McMann: Duke Stover: Pittsburgh Evans: Ohio State Fenech: Kansas

The Big East has three of my eight picks to make a run Senior Reporter John Evans, an avid NCAA men’s basketball viewer, names his eight teams to watch out for in the NCAA tournament. Evans, a frequent contributor to CM-Life’s Project 989 sports podcast, will be on the show Tuesday for his bracket breakdown in-full.

H

appy March Madness week.

The most exciting time of the year is upon us and the madness is set to begin. This year has seen changes to the bracket with the field expanding to 68 teams and the addition of three play-in games.

But let’s not get into all the details. Here are eight teams in the field that I feel can really do some damage.

The four number one seeds are obviously the best teams in the country, so I am only going to focus on two.

John Evans Senior Reporter Ohio State Buckeyes ­— Big Ten Anybody who loves college basketball has to love this team. Any squad with this number of weapons is going to be dangerous.

Jared Sullinger is a 6-foot-9 freshman who is an absolute beast that can score at will down low. William Buford, David Lighty, and Jon “Threebler” ­— I mean Diebler — make this team a national title contender and the most difficult out in the bracket.

Kansas Jayhawks — Big 12 The Jayhawks are coming off an impressive win against the Texas Longhorns in the Big 12 title game.

Kansas has won eight of the

15 Big 12 tournaments and only have two losses on the entire season. Junior twins Markieff and Marcus Morris are play-makers in the paint and point guard Tyshawn Taylor is hitting his stride.

But the question looms: Who will be the underdog that upsets Kansas in this year’s tournament?

Connecticut Huskies — Big East Who doesn’t love Kemba Walker?

The future NBA player has proven a lot in the past week, showing that his team will once again be a force to be reckoned with.

Freshman Jeremy Lamb showed off his skill set on the way to a Big East tournament championship for the Huskies.

Coach Jim Calhoun always has his team ready to go.

Watch out for UConn.

North Carolina Tar Heels — ACC Forget about the 17-point loss in the ACC title game to Duke. This team is filled with NBA players and fresh-

man sensation Harrison Barnes has been outstanding.

Freshman point guard Kendall Marshall loves to push the ball as the Tar Heels can really score in transition.

Louisville Cardinals — Big East I have said it once and I will say it again: Take any team from the Big East and advance them through the first weekend.

The Cardinals attack you until you break, led by senior guard Preston Knowles. Junior Chris Smith is one of the best athletes in the country and coach Rick Pitino’s designed press creates trouble for teams in the backcourt.

Syracuse Orange — Big East Another Big East team. The Orange kind of flew under the radar all season as the Big East beat up on each other.

Junior Scoop Jardine, aside from his awesome name, is poised for a tournament run.

I love the big fella’ Rick Jackson down low and on the glass.

The 2-3 zone defense will

either make or break this team in the second weekend of the tournament.

Tennessee Volunteers — SEC You might think I am crazy for mentioning them, but I love it when a team with this much talent gets thrown under the bus by most fans.

Junior Scotty Hopson and senior Brian Williams bring a lot of size and experience to the tournament. Don’t be surprised if the Vols upset someone in the first weekend of action.

Washington Huskies — Pac-10 The Pac-10 tournament champs struggled in the second half of the season and seemed to be forgotten.

Junior Isiah Thomas is one of the best guards in the country and loves to have the ball in his hands.

Their recent tournament run has me loving them, and I expect them to give someone a lot of trouble in Round 2 of the tournament. sports@cm-life.com

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Baseball wins two in a row Staff reports

The Central Michigan baseball team made up for its 19-2 meltdown against Pittsburgh with two wins to cap the weekend in Winter Haven, Fla. CMU (7-9 overall) rallied off five runs in the top of the ninth inning to beat Navy (6-7-1 overall) 9-8 Sunday.

Senior outfielder Matt Faiman led the comeback with a leadoff double off of

Navy’s Wes Olsen, but junior Will Arnold completed it.

After a walk by senior infielder Brendan Emmett, junior outfielder Sam Russell doubled. It scored Faiman, and Emmett advanced to third.

A pitch-hit walk by junior first baseman Nate Theunissen setup a bases-loaded situation for Arnold.

He responded with a bases-clearing triple and tied the game at eight. Senior Robbie

Harman’s sacrifice bunt scored Arnold and the Chippewas held off The Midshipmen in the bottom of the inning to complete the comeback.

CMU’s first win of the weekend came against Indiana in shutout fashion, 3-0.

Junior pitcher Trent Howard pitched a 2-hit, complete game. sports@cm-life.com

The left-hander needed

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North Carolina coach reacts during the ACC Championship game Sunday against Duke. The Tar Heels are a No. 2 seed in the East Region.

Tourney viewership made simple Turner outlets allow each game to air live nationally

By Dan Caesar St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)

ST. LOUIS _ What at first glance might look like a complex maze of newfangled scheduling for the way the NCAA Tournament will be televised actually simplifies things and make all games available to the masses instead of having CBS control what viewers see.

The package that was sole property of CBS for nearly two decades (minus what in recent years amounted to a play-in game), is being split four ways under a deal with Turner Broadcasting. Not only will CBS have telecasts, but Turner carries games on three of its outlets — TBS, TNT and TruTV. Thus every contest airs live nationally, in its entirety, unlike the old system in which CBS flipped from game to game.

“Once the viewer gets used to it, I think he’s going to like it,” CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus said on a conference call this week hosted by CBS and Turner. “He’s going to be playing the role that CBS used to play . . . he’s got the (remote) control in his hands, he doesn’t have to rely on some CBS executive to decide what game he’s going to get switched to, he’ll switch himself. We’ve empowered the viewer.”

Although there will be “look-ins” at some timeouts, halftimes and between contests, gone are the cutins to buzzer-beaters during live action. Instead, the networks plan to heavily cross promote other games, even sometimes prodding viewers

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had a couple falls that were disappointing, but we know we’re better than that, and we just need to gain more confidence on that event,” Conlin said.

Conlin claimed her second event win in the final rotation, posting a 9.875 in the floor exercise, again tying Teubner for the victory. de la Garza also repeated in third place with a 9.850 overall. The team set a new season-high in the event, posting a 49.225.

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Connecticut’s Kemba Walker led the Huskies to five consecutive wins and a title in the Big East tournament. Connecticut is a No. 3 seed in the West Region.

to go to another network for a more competitive contest.

David Levy, who heads Turner Sports, said that might be unprecedented.

“I don’t think you’ve seen another network say to somebody, ‘Hey, they’ve got a great game on CBS now’ while Marv (Albert) is on TNT covering another game.”

The coziness arises because it’s a joint business venture.

To that end, the networks will work in conjunction when they do scheduling for the first two weekends of the tourney after the bracket is announced Sunday. McManus said there is no pecking order as to who gets what games in the early rounds. (CBS still has all the regional finals and Final Four.)

“What’s important to us is that the cumulative audience is maximized,” he said.

CBS, TBS and TNT are well known but TruTV is the wild card. It formerly was called “Court TV” and will be used extensively through next Friday, but for only once thereafter (on March 20).

The all-around category saw a slight shuffle from previous weeks, with Teubner claiming this weekend’s all-around victory behind a 39.175. de la Garza and Petzold followed in second and third place with scores of 39.150 and 38.775, respectively.

Despite the lower than average total score, Conlin said she expects her squad to be more than prepared when it hosts the MAC Championships March 19.

Competition begins at 1 p.m. Saturday at McGurik Arena.

The Chippewas look to repeat their 2010

Turner will some of its NBA broadcast personnel, including Albert and Kevin Harlan, Charles Barkley and Steve Kerr, in various roles. Some Turner announcers will appear on CBS and vice versa, including on studio shows.

For starters To help get viewers familiarized with the new alignment, the coverage tips off on TruTV on Tuesday and Wednesday nights with an expanded version of what used to be a playin game. The last four at-large teams to make the field plus the four lowest-regarded automatic qualifiers are relegated to what the NCAA calls the “first four” games but in reality is a qualifying session for the main bracket. There will be two contests each night and in the end one 11 seed, one 12 seed and two 16 seeds will be decided.

To add spice to openingnight, CBS’ lead team of Jim Nantz and Clark Kellogg will call the action and be joined

by Turner analyst Kerr — who also will work the Final Four and gets an indoctrination with his new partners Saturday at the Big Ten tourney.

There will continue to be free on-line access to all tourney telecasts, at mmod.com.

The bottom line This CBS-Turner alliance wasn’t formed simply because CBS decided it was time to make all the games available nationally. The partnership was formed to fend off a likely bid by ESPN to grab the whole package, as it has done with the BCS and other events in recent years. ESPN has a key revenue source ­— substantial subscriber fees — that traditional networks such as CBS lack. The CBS-Turner deal pays the NCAA $10.8 billion through 2024. performance, when they won their 11th MAC title.

For Reighard, the fact that they will be able to do their “MAC week practice” in their home gym will be beneficial in imitating the atmosphere of the title meet.

“It’s really comforting to know that we will be able to do that MAC week in the arena,” Reighard said. “The equipment is still there, so we will do everything we can to imitate the exact feeling that we will have on Saturday.” sports@cm-life.com

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Team gets late run to win trip finale

By Matt Thompson Staff Reporter

Tied 1-1, senior Amanda Patrick stepped up to the plate with two outs and drove in freshman Jamey Braxton to score Central Michigan’s game-winning run in a 2-1 win Sunday against Boston University at Clearwater, Fla. “It was a nail-biting game,” said CMU softball coach Margo Jonker said.

“Great win.”

The seventh inning was as nail-biting as the sixth, though, when two singles and a error loaded the bases

with no outs for BU. Sophomore pitcher Kara Dornbos struck out the next three batters in order.

Dornbos won her fourth game of the season by striking out six, giving up four hits and only one run.

Braxton was pinchrunning for sophomore Summer Knoop who singled and was then bunted to second base by senior Brittini Merchant. Knoop was the only CMU player who finished with more than one hit.

CMU fell behind early as the Terriers scored their leadoff hitter in the first on a single, wild pitch, stolen base and error. The Chippewas answered by playing small ball.

Senior Amanda Klosterman walked, then pinch runner freshman Lauren Bowman was bunted to second and stole third.

Junior left fielder Ashley Gilson followed with an RBI-groundout to score Klosterman.

The Chippewas now head home with four days off before going to the Hoosier Classic in Bloomington, Ind. The team played 12 games in as many days.

“We need to rest people,” Jonker said. “We got bangs and bruises we got to settle down. We just need to keep sharp going into next weekend.” sports@cm-life.com

Leaders help flip fortunes on trip Softball team wins eight of 10 after rough beginning

By Matt Thompson Staff Reporter

Softball coach Margo Jonker wanted her seniors to step up after Central Michigan lost the first two games of its 12-day, 12game spring break.

“I challenged our upperclassmen to be leaders,” Jonker said. “On the field, off the field and vocally they stepped up. The entire senior class.”

Seniors Kari Seddon, Amanda Patrick, Brittini Merchant, Amanda Klosterman and junior Molly Coldren answered the call, leading the Chippewas to eight wins in 10 games at the University of South Florida Under Armour Invitational in Clearwater, Fla. After Jonker’s challenge, the Chippewas beat both Columbia and Quinnipiac 8-0 on the second day.

“The whole team stepped up,” Jonker said.

“I’m proud of the way they came back from (the opener).”

Coldren led the charge, going 5-of-6 at the plate, hitting her first of four home runs on the trip.

Coldren tied the CMU career home run record with Christina Novak at 19 homers.

Seddon did her part in the circle, winning three games and allowing just three earned runs in 32 2/3 innings pitched.

“When she has her off-

speed pitches going, she’s on fire,” Jonker said. “She’s been a big positive so far, pitching and offensively.”

Seddon also turned in a big week at the plate with 11 hits and five runs bat- Molly Coldren ted in. Seddon was awarded Mid-American Conference Pitcher of the Week for her outings in Florida.

Pitching was pivotol to the Chippewas’ success.

The team shut out their opponents in half their games in Clearwater. On three of those occasions, CMU pitchers had nohitters heading into the other teams’ last at bats, but all three were broken up.

Sophomore Kara Dornbos had two of the near nohitters. Jonker said she had an “excellent dropball” that stifled hitters. She holds

a 1.27 earned run average that is second on the team to Seddon’s 1.11 ERA. The Merchant sisters, senior Brittini and sophomore Macy, both lifted the Chippewas’ offense. Macy had 12 hits, scored 10 runs and stole eight bases from the leadoff spot.

“It’s really important to get the leadoff hitter on,” Jonker said. “Macy does a nice job of it, stole some bases, which was fun.”

Big sister Brittini did more of the same, getting 11 hits, scoring five runs and driving in another five during the trip.

The Chippewas leave Thursday for Indiana to play five games in the Hoosier Classic. Three games are against Big Ten teams; two against Indiana and one against Michigan State.

Coldren will be on the hunt to break the home run record with 20 in a career as she heads to Indiana. sports@cm-life.com

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Decade dynasty Chippewas win 10th MAC title in a row Ten in a row.

Despite an 8-8 regular season record and losing seven starters from the 2010 season, the Central Michigan wrestling team captured the 2011 Mid-American Conference championship Sunday in DeKalb, Ill. CMU’s 79 points earned the team its 10th title in as many years, and 15th all-time, tying Ohio for the MAC record. Kent State finished second with 73.5, and Buffalo in third with 69.5 points.

“For us to win the championship we needed every single point of every single match throughout the whole weekend,” said head coach Tom Borrelli. “It was a total team victory.”

Sophomore Ben Bennett

and junior Scotti Sentes each tallied their second MAC titles and junior Jarod Trice won his first, all three securing NCAA tournament bids with their victories.

Second place finishes by Scott Mattingly and Donnie Corby, on top of third place finishes by Christian Cullinan, Craig Kelliher and Mike Miller led the team to its victory. All three third place finishers lost true second place matches after falling short in the finals.

“I think we performed really well the last two days as a team,” Trice said.

Sentes recorded his second major decision over KSU’s Tyler Small this season, beating him 9-1 for his second MAC title in three years. Sentes claimed the 125-pound title in

2009 as a true freshman.

Ohio’s Nick Purdue pinned Bennett during the teams’ dual meet this season, but the 174-pound championship match gave him a chance to avenge the loss.

“Scotti had an unbelievable tournament,” Borrelli said. “He had a tech fall, and a pin and a major in the finals.

I don’t know if he could have wrestled any better.”

After a scoreless first, Purdue took a one-point lead into the third, where Bennett scored on an escape, a takedown and built on his riding time of almost three minutes en route to a 4-1 decision.

With two of CMU’s big three locking up top finishes, the spotlight fell onto Trice, as it has many times this season,

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Central Michigan junior heavyweight Jarod Trice, shown above wrestling against Michigan on Jan. 16, was one of three Chippewa wrestlers to win individual Mid-American Conference championships. Sophomore Ben Bennett and junior Scotti Sentes joined him.

and the heavyweight didn’t disappoint.

The Golden Flashes’ Brendan Barlow was unable to escape Trice in a second tiebreaker, and Trice slipped away to win by a 3-2 decision.

Miller came into the day attempting to be just the 10th Chippewa wrestler to win three MAC tournament titles.

His effort fell short when UB’s John-Martin Cannon upset him by a 6-5 decision in the

165-pound finals.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Originally posted to cm-life.com on Mar. 6. sports@cm-life.com

Corby joins MAC winners Bennett, Sentes and Trice at NCAA tournament Action begins Thursday in Philadelphia

By Justin Hicks Staff Reporter

Sophomore Donnie Corby will join three of his teammates to represent Central Michigan at the 2011 NCAA Wrestling Championships after receiving an at-large bid Wednesday.

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(174 pounds) and juniors Scotti Sentes (133) and Jarod Trice (285) received automatic bids after each winning individual titles at the 2011 MAC Championship Sunday.

The NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee chose 50 wrestlers to be added to the 280 that already received automatic bids through conference and regional qualifying tournaments.

The committee made its selections based on criteria, which included coaches’

rankings, qualifying event placement, quality wins, winning percentage and number of matches contested at that weight class.

“It’s kind of bittersweet with Mike Miller,” said CMU head coach Tom Borrelli. “Obviously, if he had been healthy all year we felt like he would have had a real good chance of placing high. Unfortunately, the injuries that have been bothering him for the past two years have caught up to him.”

Corby (23-14) was one of six wrestlers added to the 149pound bracket. In the first round, he will look to avenge his 6-2 loss to Cornell’s Kyle Dake (fourth seed) from the teams’ dual meet in November.

“I feel like (Corby) really deserved to be in the tournament and I’m happy for him,” Borrelli said.

Sentes (30-6) will wrestle West Virginia’s Nathan Pennesi in the first round Thursday as the 11th seed.

Bennett (27-5) will face Rutgers’ Alex Caruso in the first round as the sixth seed, looking to repeat his Midlands performance in which he beat Caruso by a 1-0 decision.

Coming into the tournament as the second seed, Trice (25-3) will wrestle Virginia Military Institute’s Joshua Wine in the first round.

Sentes, Bennett and Trice are all returning for their second runs at individual national titles, while Corby is making his tournament debut.

Borrelli said he felt Sentes, Bennett and Trice could help Corby in preparing for the tournament, with the three of them having experience at the big stage.

The tournament, held in Philadelphia, Pa., begins March 17 and wraps up with the final round on March 19.

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