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Local officials upset by emergency manager bill Bill awaits Gov. Rick Snyder’s signature

By Emily Grove Senior Reporter

A reconciled version of the controversial House Bill 4214 was approved early Tuesday evening by the state House of Representatives and will soon land on Gov. Rick Snyder’s desk to be signed into law.

The bill allows for state financial authorities and the governor to appoint an emergency manager to any local

government declared to be in a financial emergency.

The emergency manager would have sole control of a government’s budget, along with having the authority to terminate any contracts, end collective bargaining agreements with labor unions and dissolve the municipal government.

With the reconciled bill approved yesterday, outcry is emerging from some residents and local government officials.

Isabella County Commissioner and Mount Pleasant resident Jim Moreno is involved with protesting the bill in Lansing, as well as objecting

to numerous others he finds alarming.

“What many people don’t realize is that if and when an emergency financial situation is declared, these managers can dissolve city councils, county councils and school boards,” Moreno said.

“It’s actually quite dictatorial.”

With all the massive cuts around the state in key areas, Moreno said the financial emergencies would be guaranteed. It’s a sort of “shock doctrine,” he said.

Business mentality Vice Mayor Kathy Ling said

she was concerned about the “cookie-cutter” approach to solving local governments’ problems.

“By treating all local governments the same they assume we haven’t done what we needed to do by tightening the belt and making cuts,” Ling said.

“That just isn’t true for us.”

Ling credited Mount Pleasant with being effective and efficient in adjusting to the economic downturn and decrease in revenue sharing.

However, not all local officials are in opposition of the bill.

“I think it’s well overdue and necessary when municipalities

or governments get in trouble,” said County Commissioner Roger Trudell. “The governor ought to have the authority to appoint someone to come in and make changes that are necessary.”

City Commissioner Sharon Tilmann said Mount Pleasant has done an outstanding job of listening to citizens about the services they want funded.

But Tilmann said she worried local government-mandated service will suffer with all the cuts Snyder is proposing.

“He can’t just cut this off and trim that off,” Tilmann said.

“He came in with a business mentality of how government

should be run and the citizens will pay the price.”

Moreno is upset at lawmakers’ disregard for what their constituents want.

About 1,000 people protested at the Capitol while the Senate was looking at the bill. People came from Grand Rapids, Saginaw, Traverse City and even the Upper Peninsula, Moreno said.

Some protesters were even in congress chambers chanting in opposition, but representatives failed to listen.

“We had split up into groups earlier and all talked to our

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Study abroad students, plans not affected by tsunami

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8.9 earthquake, waves devastate Japanese coast

By Randi Shaffer Senior Reporter

2008, he said, especially after the summer 2010 flooding.

“I was in the field doing my research most of the time, but when I did occasionally return to drop off samples, I had limited access to my lab and office,” Igleski said.

Lawrence said CMU was engaged in a multi-million-dollar remodeling project to upgrade Brooks when the damage occurred.

“The facility suffered extensive water damage last summer when a chilled water pipeline unexpectedly broke that was a part of the renovation project,” Lawrence said. “Repairs were completed as quickly as possible and classes were relocated to other buildings to minimize the impact on students and faculty.”

Ohio graduate student Jessica Sherman said many projects were put on hold and research was displaced, but she thought the university did the best it could.

“I don’t know how it could have been handled better,” she said.

Sherman said the flooding did not make Brooks’ infrastructure worse; rather, the issues with the building all go back to how old it is.

Holly junior Jenna Newman said she would love it if a new building replaced Brooks since it is one of the core science buildings and the science

Though the Japanese tsunami’s toll of destruction is still mounting, CMU students and faculty have not been greatly affected.

The New York Times said Friday’s 8.9 earthquake was centered about 80 miles off the shore of Japan. As of Tuesday afternoon, 2,722 people were confirmed to have died as a result of the natural disaster, with thousands remaining missing.

Norma Richardson, an assistant professor of foreign languages, literatures and cultures who coordinates the Japan study abroad program, said only one CMU student is living in Japan.

East Lansing senior Jennifer Wolfe is attending Nara University in Nara, Japan.

Wolfe said in an e-mail she is a few hundred miles inland from the epicenter, but she still is experiencing some of the effects of the series of disasters.

She said she tries to stay up to date by reading the most recent news reports, even more so than she would have at home.

“It’s a little hard for me to accept that even this close, my options are the same as they would be in the U.S.,” Wolfe said. “Donate money and send my thoughts and wishes toward those people suffering in the incredible aftermath of this terrible natural disaster.”

Richardson said only one or two students typically study abroad in Japan per semester.

She does not think the Japanese study abroad program will be affected by the disaster.

“It just depends on when they get all the transportation,” she said. “That’s definitely been affected. It’s hard to say, but I don’t think it’s going to discourage (students). It doesn’t happen that often.”

Clinton senior Max Jedele, who studied abroad in Hikone, Japan in the summer of 2010, said the area was not affected.

“It’s ... in the middle of the main island.” he said. “I have no friends that were directly hit ... If I was there, I doubt that I would have got hit by it at all.”

Jedele said though the area

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Tanner Griffis, 11, of Mount Pleasant, plays with various “Star Wars” toys Sunday afternoon outside of his house on East Broadway Street. Griffis decided to play outside because the weather was warming up and the snow was finally melting, he said. “I like (‘Star Wars’) a lot,” he said. “It’s just something I grew up with. It’s ... action packed.” Griffis estimates he has more than 100 “Star Wars”-related toys, although his favorite is the Advanced Recon Commando Trooper. “They have cool gear and different colors,” Griffis said. During the winter months, Griffis, who attends McGuire Elementary, 4883 E. Crosslanes St., would play with his toys inside. “The snow gets in their gear,” he said. “I learned that the hard way.” With the weather continuing to warm up, Griffis expects to play outside more, however he was not excited for school to resume. “It just started warming up and then school comes,” he said.

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Comedian Nick Swardson performing April 9 Most famous for role in “Reno 911!”

By Michael L. Hoffman Student Life Editor

Comedian, actor and famous faux-prostitute Nick Swardson will bring his standup routine to CMU April 9.

Swardson, who is Nick Swardson well known as “Terry Bernadino,” the roller-skating male prostitute in Comedy Central’s “Reno 911!” will perform at 7 p.m. in McGuirk Arena, with doors opening at 6. The opening act has yet to be determined.

Program Board President Steve Lewis said tickets will go on sale today. They will be $15 for floor and lower bowl seats, $12 for upper bowl seats and $8 for seats in the bleachers.

The Allegan senior said Swardson was chosen as a result of a Facebook survey.

“He was the overwhelming favorite,” he said.

Lewis said the Program Board attempted to bring Swardson to per-

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He said he is excited to see Swardson perform and enjoyed the movies he has seen him perform in.

Program Board Vice President Crysta Heckman said Swardson sold out an event Michigan State University a few years ago.

“We’re hoping for a big turnout,” the Pinconning senior said. “We know more people are going to go to a concert than a comedy show, but we are expecting (3,000) to 4,000 people.”

Lapeer graduate student Brad Irvan enjoys Swardson’s comedy but he probably will not be able to attend the show.

“He definitely has some funny standup,” Irvan said. “Were it not for my financial situation, I would probably pay $15 to see him.” studentlife@cm-life.com

No timeline yet in place for biosciences building construction Some students lament Brooks Hall’s state of repair

By Ariel Black Senior Reporter and Carisa Seltz Metro Editor

Concrete plans for the new biosciences building have not yet been resolved three months after funding was approved by the state.

“The capital outlay bill for a new biosciences building begins a lengthy process and no timeline has been established for moving forward with this project,” said Steve Lawrence, associate vice president of Facilities Management.

CMU’s proposed $65 million biosciences building received $30 million from the December 2010 capital outlay bill after state approval; it will house research, lab rooms and teaching facilities for biotechnology and medical classes.

Matt Igleski, a Grand Rapids graduate teaching assistant, said he questions the progress of the new biosciences building, what programs would be there and what would remain in Brooks Hall.

He has had less than an exceptional experience studying in Brooks since

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Igleski voiced his concerns regarding ongoing construction on Brooks at the Feb. 17 CMU Board of Trustees meeting. “Capital improvements are apparent all over campus — new expansions for recreational buildings, buildings for newlyformed programs, investments into interactive directories, et

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The programs in Brooks and the building itself need more funding, Igleski said, because it houses highly productive students and faculty who write external grants that bring in new state-of-the-art equipment to do their research. He said they also publish papers that provide CMU with national exposure while providing undergraduates with a quality education.

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of his friends living in Japan have had problems with blackouts.

Roger Hammer, a professor of health sciences who teaches Japanese courses, said though many people living there were not affected directly, many have and will continue to face indirect consequences of the natural disaster.

He said he has made plans to visit the affected area of Japan next year and will continue his travels to the country. “The Japanese are so resolute as a people that they’ll face this and overcome it,�

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Moreno said though there is nothing left to do now that the bill has been passed, it is likely to be legally analyzed and fought.

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Poor economy creates ‘log jam’ for student jobs

By Theresa Clift Staff Reporter

Editor’s note: Every Wednesday, CM Life will publish an in-depth piece, examining different issues.

It took Rogers City sophomore Jess Ruppert a month of filling out more than 30 job applications before she found a job.

Student Employment Services Manager Jon Goodwin said the domino effect was started by the economy.

Since the job market off campus is not good right now, that affects the jobs on campus as well, he said. Students who do have jobs on campus are aware of this and hold on to them longer.

“This has created a log jam,” Goodwin said. “The students most affected are those looking for a job for the first time.”

On the “off-campus employers” section of ses.cmich. edu, which is involved with career services, there are around 42 jobs posted in Mount Pleasant and surrounding areas. Goodwin said in 2005 this number would have been around 100.

“We saw this coming,” Goodwin said. “We tried to find the language to make it clear that students would have to be more diligent than in the past to find a job.”

SES now provides jobsearch strategies and tips on its website and office

handouts.

“Students who have read the tips and take them to heart are the ones who have had the most success,” Goodwin said.

Goodwin said it is slightly more helpful to be on the work-study program to be hired on campus because some departments do not have General Student Assistance funding.

“Two-thirds of students that work on campus do not have work studies,” Goodwin said.

“It’s generally not much of an obstacle.”

Students searching for jobs over the summer have a better chance. They should start searching around March and April, when SES off-campus postings will increase.

Goodwin is hopeful for the future.

“The better the job market is off campus, the better it will be on campus,” he said.

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Andy Bichlbaum of The Yes Men introduces a video clip of a hoax Monday night in the Education and Human Services Building’s French Auditorium. The Yes Men impersonate large corporations executives, such as Dow Chemical, to bring awareness to social issues.

The Yes Men speak on protest hoaxes

Off campus work Mount Pleasant Chamber of Commerce President Lisa Hadden blamed the economy for the difficulty undergraduate CMU students have finding part-time jobs.

Hadden has been impressed with CMU interns who have worked at the chamber.

“If I had the money, I’d hire these folks full-time because they were good and valuable assets to the business.”

Culture-jamming duo impersonates executives for social change

By Jessica Fecteau Staff Reporter

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The Yes Men were not the typical sort of successful corporate speakers when they presented to students Monday night.

The activists spoke in the Education and Human Services Building’s French Auditorium as impostors to protest big business.

Andy Bichlbaum said he and Mike Bonanno have impersonated “evildoers” publicly for the past 12 years to take stands against businesses and social issues.

“They bring light to the dishonesty they find in marketing

Event management minors work on Boston Marathon, Cannes film fest

By Sarah Hood Staff Reporter

The event management minor in the recreation, parks and leisure services administration program is the fifth-largest minor on campus and the fastest growing.

The minor attracted 25 students when it was first approved in 2007. That number doubled by spring 2008, and today there are more than 300 students with an event management minor at CMU, according to university records.

Students involved with the degree contacted Meeting Professionals International, an organization focused on event planning, to ask how they could participate. They formed the Beyond Hands On registered student organization and established working partnerships with Carnival Cruises, the Country Music Awards Festival and the Boston Marathon.

Lorie Tuma, an advisor and instructor in the RPL program, said the CMU chapter of MPI is the only

active student-run chapter in the world.

“I sit in amazement and watch students turn into pros on their own initiative,” she said.

Tuma said students called MPI members across the country looking for events and offering assistance on their own initiative.

She said she is proud of the students for all they have done with the group.

“They do it all,” she said.

Christian Matthews, a Rochester sophomore, said he did event planning in high school. When a friend told him about the event management minor and RSO on campus, he knew it was for him.

The experience is invaluable, Matthews said.

“Every interview I’ve been to, they ask ‘who do you know?” he said.

He has made many professional connections that will benefit him in the future, he said.

Through Beyond Hands On, students volunteered for the CMA Music Festival 2010 and were invited back to work

cm-life.com Check out a video of coverage from the event and business,” CMU Art Gallery Director Anne Gochenour said.

Gochenour said they chose The Yes Men to come to CMU as part of the Department of Art’s sixth annual Barstow Lecture series.

“The Barstow Lecture series was created to bring artists and speakers to campus,” Gochenour said. “It is made possible by the donations from Midland architect Stephen L. Barstow who gave his entire estate to CMU for its Department of Art after passing in 1992.”

She said this year’s lecture series theme is protest art.

The Yes Men are not shy about protesting.

“It all started on accident in 1999 when we created a fake World Trade Organization web-

site,” Bichlbaum said. “As a result of the fake WTO site, we got a lot of real questions that were directed for the real WTO and we impersonated the WTO at a conference by giving an outrageous hoax talk.”

Bichlbaum said The Yes Men then went on to make a fake Dow Chemical Company website and impersonated its executives on the BBC World network, saying they took full responsibility and would provide compensation for the Bhopal industrial catastrophe in 1984.

“We want to put pressure on companies to do the right thing,” he said.

The lecture was open to the general public, but many attendees were art students who came as part of a class assignment and for the free entertainment.

“I came for my class, ART 319 (Art Criticism), but I’ve heard about The Yes Men before my

teacher told me about them,” Farmington Hills freshman Douglas Maisonville said. “I think they’re real down-to-earth guys that prove valid points.”

Some art professors even canceled class and instead directed students to the EHS building for a different kind of lecture.

“My ART 122 (Color and Composition) class was sent here, so I was super excited to come and was interested in what they had to say from when I first heard about them in class,” Fairgrove senior Alyssa Jeffers said.

To learn more about the group’s efforts, visit www.theyesmen.org.

The art department’s Barstow Lecture series will continue in the Bovee Auditorium March 22 with artist, designer and activist Heather Ault. studentlife@cm-life.com

Le Tour de Mont Pleasant, Summerfest to coincide Commissioners concerned with parking availability

By Emily Grove Senior Reporter

The third annual Le Tour de Mont Pleasant will take place at the same time as the annual Summerfest event for the first time ever this June.

Le Tour de Mont Pleasant is a series of community and proracing bicycling events being held June 10 to 12. The Mount Pleasant City Commission resolved to support the event at a meeting Monday.

Summerfest is an annual fiveday community celebration that includes parades, rides, fireworks, a petting zoo and many other attractions. It will be held for the 27th year this June.

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Commissioners were concerned about holding two large events at the same time because of parking issues.

“I’m just worried it isn’t going to work,” said Commissioner David McGuire. “We need to look at doing something.”

Last year Le Tour de Mont Pleasant brought about 600 racers to the area — doubling its size from its first year.

“The point-to-point race on Sunday is 128 miles, which is the longest race east of the Mississippi,” said Chamber of Commerce President Lisa Hadden.

Plans are being made to possibly utilize church and CMU parking lots, Hadden said.

Organizers are looking into the potential for shuttle busing and working with ICTC. Mount Pleasant Center The City also held another work session regarding the up-

coming decision of whether to purchase the Mount Pleasant Center.

At 6:30 p.m on March 24 a meeting will be held to reach a final decision.

“If we buy it we are only spending the initial $50,001,” said Mayor Bruce Kilmer. “I don’t think just because we can’t answer everything that’s a reason not to buy it.”

Before the vote, commissioners will hear a report from ATK Peerless about the findings of the Phase II environmental study.

An estimate for the cost of demolition should also be completed some time this week.

During the regular meeting Planning Commission Chairman Peter Orlik presented the 2009 and 2010 community improvement awards to five recipients.

Work done by Olivieri Management Inc. and Ames LLC

to improve residential housing was recognized.

Taco Bell, along with the MC Sports and Sears plaza were honored for their improved appearances in the business category.

Roy’s Magneto and Electric Service was awarded the first ever award for restoration after redeveloping and redesigning the business after it was destroyed.

“This is a great template and a great example for the industrial district,” said Orlik.

Mount Pleasant will also soon give input to the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe regarding what projects should receive 2-percent allocations. All city commissioners received a packet from the City Manager and were instructed to rank their top five projects. metro@cm-life.com

Employers on lookout for skill sets over certain majors Engineering, IT positions most popular

By Mike Nichols Senior Reporter

Employers visiting campus are looking for job candidates with broad skill sets and entrepreneurial backgrounds.

Christine Kiernan, director of sales for www.hiredmyway.com said employers look for motivated individuals with entrepreneurial

minds, particularly in the fields of engineering, technology and business.

“Engineering is really, really big,” she said. “I cannot fill them or IT positions fast enough. All the real niche, technical type of positions that are out there, that’s a biggie.”

She advised students to dress professionally in interviews and to study diverse topics in college to accrue a range of abilities.

“We like business majors, communication majors, marketing majors, any kind of entrepreneurial courses,”

Kiernan said. “I also look for people who took classes in social sciences.”

Michelle Howard, assistant dean and director of academic advising and assistance, said numbers show students have a higher interest in biology, technology and health professions than in the past.

“Some of the high interests are anything health profession-related,” she said.

“We can see that through the (Office of Institutional Research).”

To help prepare themselves for the working world,

students should become involved in CMU’s career services, said Julia Sherlock, director of career services.

The program offers to help students meet employers and prepare for their designated field, she said, and the larger the pool of students using it the more employers look to CMU for future employees.

“There are 20,000 students on this campus and we’ve got 4,000 registered,” Sherlock said. “If they want to participate in the recruitment process, they need to be registered.”

Sherlock said having a solid skill set is more important than a specific major. She said employers will want people who package themselves, so students should learn to find their niches.

Her advice was to take part in a registered student organization, take classes offering new skills and get professional experience through an internship or similar program.

“Everyone’s got an opportunity,” Sherlock said. “The hottest major depends on the skill set.”

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800 to 1,000 employers every year, Sherlock said. From 2006 to 2008 it dropped to about 500 to 600.

She said the teachers fair has been especially hit hard.

In 2008, 143 school districts took part. That number dropped to 86 in 2009 and in 2010 only 55 participated.

Sherlock said there have been signs of revived economic life recently.

“It’s starting to show signs of recovery,” she said. “I see signs that employers are coming back to campus.” studentlife@cm-life.com

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Spring break trip takes fiery detour for several students Journey continued despite expensive setback

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Maureen Nelson, a doctoral student from Jamaica, sits in on the International Education council meeting Tuesday in Ronan 344. “My goal is to get the doctorate here in order to become principal at Montego Bay Community College back home,” Nelson said.

Jamaican student shares culture

By Sherri Keaton Staff Reporter

Maureen Nelson’s soft Caribbean lilt carried stories of her island nation’s culture to the center of Michigan.

When the Jamaican graduate student first came to CMU in July 2009, her goal was just to further her education and return home to her position as vice principal at Montego Bay Community College. But Nelson soon discovered another passion.

“I try to do things so that persons can be aware of what Jamaica is all about ... and what we have to offer,” Nelson said.

She hopes to spread the word about Jamaica by speaking to international groups and joining CMU’s International Education Council, a standing committee of the Academic Senate and advisory body to the senate and Office of International Affairs.

“Even though we are (a) third-

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She has heard local business owners say similar things, but it all depends on their available payroll.

“My son is 20 and it has taken him years to find a job,” Hadden said. “He started looking right after high school.”

Ruppert said she is worried that the job market might get even worse with the recent restrictions on student Bridge Cards.

“Now that you have to work 20 hours a week to get food assistance, I think it’s going to be that much harder because there’s even more people that need to work so that they can still be eligible,” she said.

She said her advice for finding a job is “to be persistent and try very hard. Get your

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the CMA music awards that fall. Members also helped to launch the first- and secondannual Louisville’s International Festival of Film.

Through connections the group has made, they have been invited to help launch the Cannes Film Festival on May 8.

A group of 12 students will also

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world country, we do have things to offer that (America) can’t offer us ... I want to let (people) know we really do exist,” Nelson said.

She said students can learn more about other cultures by just having conversations with one another.

Nelson has helped expand the IEC’s recruitment points of interest to the Caribbean Islands.

“I’ve been able to share with the IEC the needs to be addressed ... I try to push the Caribbean as part of that discussion,” Nelson said.

Nelson came to CMU on the Fulbright Scholar Program, which selects only a handful of educators a year regionally to study abroad. Nelson was chosen from hundreds of applicants and she selected CMU for its program in administration and leadership.

In September 2010 Nelson decided to join the IEC because of the chance to recruit students from the Caribbean.

Nelson is taking her doctoral name out there.”

Canton junior Al Covington said the secret to finding an oncampus job is patience.

He enjoys his job at the Carlin Alumni House as a phonathon supervisor, where he started in November 2009.

“I never have a day where I dread going into work,” Covington said.

Dafter sophomore Georgia Morley said she was surprised to land a job at Kmart, 2125 S. Mission St. “I think the only reason Kmart called me was because I had already worked there,” Morley said.

She said she applied to eight other places, and the store was the only one interested.

“There are so many college students all wanting the same jobs and a lot of people have better qualifications than me so I’m really surprised I found one,” Morley said. travel to Boston to work on the Boston Marathon in April.

Marine City senior Lindsay Ostin encouraged students to check out the minor by speaking to an adviser.

“It’s worth giving it a chance,” Ostin said.

Tuma said the interdisciplinary minor is a popular choice for many recreation and hospitality students. Other common pairings are with the integrative public relations and secondary education programs, she said.

classes this semester, where she has met friends she now considers family.

Jeannie Jackson, director of the Office of Civil Rights and Institutional Equity, has been in class with Nelson and said she is very ambitious in her goals.

“As an international student she has volunteered to work with other international students and acted as a mentor (and) volunteer,” Jackson said.

When Mount Pleasant graduate student Mary Jo Davis met Nelson in class in the fall of 2009, Davis knew she found a friend.

“We hit it off right away,” Davis said. “We’ve done a lot together ... she is a sweetheart.”

Nelson said Davis is like a family member to her, and they often discuss her culture when they go shopping or to dinner.

“She is very proud of her heritage and culture and she wants to share it with anybody who is interested,” Davis said. studentlife@cm-life.com

Other universities University of Michigan student Katie Cummings said it was easy to find employment in Ann Arbor.

“I applied for three jobs in one day last summer, got three interviews and was hired at all three,” U-M student Katie Cummings said. “Anyone who wants to find a job on or off campus can get hired very quickly.”

Michigan State University student Kaity Sinke said she doesn’t think it’s hard to find a job in the East Lansing area.

“All of my friends found jobs within about a week of searching,” Sinke said. “They’re not hard to find.”

CMU students are not the only college students in Michigan who struggle to find jobs.

Ferris State University student Marcus Sedmak said it’s even harder to gain employment in Big Rapids.

The minor requires two credits of field work which equates to 80 hours of planning a non-profit event with an organization. Students can choose whether they want to focus on planning meetings and conferences or special events like the Super Bowl halftime show.

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Not even a flaming car could stop seven CMU students from reaching their spring break destination.

At 3:30 a.m. on March 5, their car burst into flames on I-65 through Tennessee during the drive to Panama City, Fla. Their 2002 Buick Rendezvous belonged to the parents of Clio sophomore Thomas Lorentzen, who was asleep in the back seat along with five of his friends. Sanford senior Matt York was behind the wheel.

“I was just driving and in my rear-view mirror I saw sparks,” York said. “I pulled the car over and went to the back and I just saw fire underneath the car coming up the back of it, right by the gas tank and everything.”

The passengers jumped out of the car, narrowly dodging speeding traffic. Most were wearing just sweats and only four had wallets and cell phones on them.

“We just looked like chickens with our heads cut off,” said Flint junior Mike Freund.

White Lake junior Matt Thomas said their extension hitch and back door were engulfed in flames within minutes.

They tried to pull their gear out, but the ropes melted in their hands, York said.

“We were all like, ‘I can’t believe this is happening,’” Thomas said. “I was shooting video because I wanted to catch it blowing up.”

“I have been applying at places for about four months,” Sedmak said. “I finally got an interview at Big Boy.” metro@cm-life.com

Traffic on 1-65 backed up for two hours as police kept other cars away from the hazard. By the time the fire department arrived an hour later, the car had been completely consumed.

With the added cost of the car and paying the way for others due to lost wallets, Lorentzen said he lost $7,000 to $8,000 worth because of the fire.

“We might have lost thousands of dollars apiece, but if the car had exploded, we definitely wouldn’t have made it,” York said. “You have got to be more concerned about your life in a situation like that.”

With no vehicle, clothes or money, the group took a vote on whether or not to continue.

Since they had already put a $1,500 deposit on their hotel rooms and two other groups of friends from other schools needed them to sign in, they

decided to move forward.

“If we didn’t go, about 25 other kids would have been out for spring break,” said Mount Morris senior Bobby Lane. “That was the main reason we kept going.”

Thomas’ girlfriend and other groups gave them rides, and they bought clothes and other supplies once they reached Panama City. They said in retrospect, the experience was pretty funny.

“Everyone knew about it down there because they all had to drive past it,” Thomas said. “They were like, ‘Oh! We drove past you guys!’”

They said the experience brought them together and left them a spring break they will never forget.

“It was the best and worst spring break I’ve ever been on,” Lorentzen said. studentlife@cm-life.com

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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 | First Amendment does not protect discrimination, even from religious tenets

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astern Michigan University did not violate Julea Ward’s Constitutional rights by dismissing her for refusing to counsel gay and lesbian patients because of her religion.

Any other course of action by the university would have elevated Ward’s personal convictions superior to the common good of the campus and insult government responsibility.

EMU said Ward was dismissed not for religious beliefs, but for disregarding the assigned curriculum and professional ethics guidelines. After a federal judge upheld the university’s decision last July, Ward appealed to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.

In response, Michigan Attorney

General Bill Schuette filed a brief supporting Ward, while nine public universities, including CMU, filed a brief supporting EMU. If the appellate court rules in favor of Ward, universities argue in the brief they will have to “fashion their curricular requirements around the religious, political, social, philosophical and ideological beliefs and expressions of each and every student.”

The implications of this scenario would cripple a professor’s right to in-

struct without bias on topics like evolution in biology classes, the role of spouses and parents in family studies courses, the social influences of religion in history classes and virtually every other university course.

This case’s precedent would put religious beliefs above the law if Ward wins. If a counselor can deny health services to a LGBT student for religious purposes, then would it not follow that academic and financial advisers could do the same thing?

If a LGBT student does not have the right to counseling or advising at a public university, then would it not follow that other minority groups could face the same discrimination under the umbrella of religion?

This chilling reality is what Ward is asking the U.S. judiciary to constitutionalize.

The Supreme Court has ruled that a

law or regulation that is otherwise lawful cannot be ruled unconstitutional simply because a religious person disagrees with it. Also, the religious clause of the First Amendment has never been interpreted to protect a person’s right to use their religious beliefs as an excuse to deny publicly funded counseling services to someone because of their sexual orientation.

Ward’s case is an egregious assault on what the religious clause of the First Amendment actually protects. Her discomfort with providing a professional service to a LGBT student because of EMU’s policy is not a compelling reason to interpret the First Amendment as an absolute guarantee that one’s religion warrants their arbitrary disregard for the law.

To favor Ward would gut decades of precedent and redefine the First Amendment.

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In the NFL lockout, side with responsibility The NFL has recently shut down their massive moneymaking enterprise.

When disputes like this happen in major sports organizations, people have a tendency to side with the players. Maybe this is not always for the best.

The lockout looks like it might last into the next season — unless the players and owners can come to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement.

The billion-dollar money machine that is professional sports is a machine powered by stars.

In exchange for their services, those stars demand multi-million dollar contracts. The owners pay those contracts because those stars sell jerseys, bobblehead dolls, hot dogs, $12 beers and — of course — tickets.

Whenever we see billionaires fighting with millionaires, we tend to side with the millionaires. After all, how can men with so much money possibly quibble over how to divide up the next billion dollars they will make?

I want to answer that question with a question. Why don’t the players start their own league?

They are the larger-than-life personalities. They bring in the fans. They’re who we follow week-to-week in our fantasy leagues.

So why not pack up and start a new league?

Because it’s the owners and their shrewd business sense that has made the NFL the most popular professional sports league in America. It is the owners that deserve to reap the benefits.

Not since the 1960s has there been an underpaid NFL player.

Yet, according to Sports Illustrated, an astounding 78 percent of NFL players go broke or experience serious financial trouble within two years of leaving the league.

Two years. That’s two years after making at minimum $300,000 dollars a year.

Now let’s look at the lockout a different way: A majority of men who do not take care of their money versus people who do an impeccable job taking care of their money.

No matter what happens with the new collective bargaining agreement the players are going to get larger and larger salaries — even on the Detroit Lions.

The future of the league will go where the majority of the money goes and, as a football fan, I want the men who can take care of their finances taking care of professional football.

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[Your voice] Comments in response to Proposed ‘financial emergency’ bill an affront to democracy Ellekayejons - March 14 I thought Michigan already had most of these financial emergency powers already in place since 1990. This bill just seems to shift the ultimate control of all monies to the state treasurer, governor and the emergency manager. Sounds a lot like Scott Walker’s ultimate power over “selling” the power plants of the WI state college campuses to the brothers Koch. The school boards and city councils would/could be dismissed, in this legislation. All contracts with the town, city, county would/could be declared null and void. I guess the schools could close while waiting for the districts to be combined into a new education entity.

Who are these all-knowing, omnipotent Emergency Financial Managers?

Evidently the first “class” has already gone thru their “training”. Kinda like TSA, maybe???

Michigan is about to trump Wisconsin on scapegoating their citizens of the middle class. The working poor have already been addressed.

Scary. Just downright scary.

Michmediaperson - March 14 I disagree. The Governor and the Stevensville rep are right on the money.

This is a local and state issue. The Feds have nothing to do with this.

National attention? Only a handful of the most liberals watch Rachel Maddow. Maddow’s ratings are in the tank vs. Fox in that time slot.

With the economic conditions in Michigan communities, contracts may need to be terminated. Certainly, unions and collective bargaining agreements should be thrown out the window. The state is broke as is many local governments in this state.

The other option is for Snyder and the state to stay away. Do you really want this? Don’t send a penny to local governments to bail them out and watch local police, fire and other services dissolve.

Take your choice.

I_Was_A_Teenage_McCarthyist March 15, in reply to Michmediaperson Stop your nonsense.

This is in no way related to bailouts, Rachel Maddow, republicans or your ego.

This bill takes away the authority of elected officials and hands to some private manager/corporation.

Gee, I wonder what kind of resource the nation’s most powerful conglomerates and parasitic organizations might covet in Michigan....

This bill gives Perrier and Nestle to essentially purchase coast line cities and use the water however they wish.

Privatization is never helpful.

Comments in response to the letter Pornography destroys marriages, relationships whatever - March 15 The problem with pornographic material is it reduces sex to low quality standards in my opinion and is

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degrading. I have to admit I think it can be problematic in a relationship and studies have shown that it does affect the quality or expectations usually the man views on what a woman should look like. It not only cheapens something that is potentially so much more and looks at women as objects and promotes aggression. It also is potentially addicting to all genders whether it’s watch videos or using toys it should be used in moderation if used (at all) in my opinion.

CMU_Senior - March 14 While I find pornography pretty disgusting, it is neither my, your, nor anyone’s responsibility to pass judgment on those who enjoy it.

The last paragraph of your letter is full of nothing but self-righteous presumptions of others. If pornography is destroying the emotional/sexual bond of a committed relationship, then it is up to those involved to resolve the issue ... not you.

Comment in response to the letter Schools should be at equal per-student funding rate CMU_Senior - March 14 I wholeheartedly agree, but because CMU is not really considered a “research institution,” it will never receive a fair distribution of state or federal grants. Maybe with all of the improvements in infrastructure happening around campus, Dr. Ross can bring in better technology and move CMU in that direction.

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‘Financial emergency’ not a major policy change The Michigan Legislature recently passed House Bill 4214, legislation that would amend Public Act 72 of 1990, which sets the guidelines for how the governor can declare that a municipality or school district as in a “financial emergency” and put a financial manager in charge to help bring them out of the emergency.

The bill received little attention until MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow blasted the bill on her TV show last Wednesday.

But Maddow didn’t exactly give a fair report. She never mentioned that such a law already exists, and that this bill just adds to it. Instead, she made it sound like this was a grand Republican scheme to let corporations take over.

Maddow claimed the bill would allow the financial manager to “suspend or dismiss elected officials.” While the original bill had no stipulations for removing elected officials, the latest version requires “failure of a local government official to abide by this act” in order to remove that person from office.

In fact, this is almost the exact wording from the original law that sits on the books now.

But just because Maddow’s report was alarmist, people should not completely dismiss her claims.

The bill as a whole has some very good improvements, such as adding more instances where a municipality can be declared as in an emergency, authorizing the financial manager to hold elections to vote on millages that could help the city raise revenue, and strengthens the manager’s power to limit union bargaining in instances where it might be necessary.

The bill also has some very dangerous provisions.

A preliminary review of a municipality or school district can be conducted for a number of reasons, one of which is “the existence of other facts or circumstances that in the state treasurer’s (or) superintendent of public instruction’s sole discretion … are indicative of … financial stress.”

That review is done by the treasurer or superintendent, and then goes to a review by a team appointed by the governor. As long as the review team finds that one of the listed reasons exists, including “other facts or circumstances,” they and the governor can declare a financial emergency and the treasurer can appoint a financial manager.

The problem with this is that for municipalities, the governor’s appointees control the entire process with only one possible court appeal.

Another vast overstep in this legislation is that it gives the financial manager the power to “disincorporate or dissolve” a municipal government with the governor’s approval. With the approval of two men, the will of an entire group of people to be a city, township, village, et cetera can be erased, and this would not be appealable.

A governor could simply declare an emergency in a city with a mayor he does not like and have the city disincorporated.

Overall, the law makes good changes, but there are some dangerous provisions that give the governor and his administration far too much power with few checks and balances.

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“Raise your hands if you have your mittens on,� said Flint senior and student assistant Andrea Oxford said while gathering the children from the Early Childhood Program to head back inside Tuesday afternoon after chalking and playing in the snow by the Charles V. Park Library.

Open forums to fill vice president position under way Hector Flores stresses connection between research, teaching

By Seth Newman Staff Reporter

Hector Flores introduced himself to the campus of CMU as someone who loves teaching and research. “I’m a very big optimistic person and what you see from me is what you will get,� he said. “I’m very upfront.�

Flores was the first of four potential candidates vying for the open position of vice president of Research and Graduate Studies.

Roger Rehm, vice president of Information Technology and chairman of the search committee, said in an e-mail the committee hopes to have a new vice president named before students and faculty leave campus for the summer. “(The) actual starting date would be negotiated based on prior obligations, et cetera,� he said in the statement.

Flores spoke to about 15 CMU faculty and staff members Monday at the Bovee University Center.

He attended Yale University

for his Ph.D. in biology. He was the dean of science and mathematics at Arkansas State University, dean of science at Hector Flores Texas State University and honorary professor and agricultural and biological consultant at The National University of San Marcos in Lima, Peru.

During the open forum, an audience member asked Flores what the biggest challenge would be for him at CMU if he was hired for the vice president position.

He said money is a problem at virtually every university, so he would concentrate on academics. “(I would focus on) how staff views the tension between the teaching mission and the research mission,� he said. “Understanding them can help enrich each other.�

Flores said there are several options available to help manage tension between research and teaching. “There are many things we can try that have worked at other universities, such as evaluation policies, workload models and work formulas,� he said. “Communication and alterna-

tives are important as well.�

Jennifer Schisa, associate professor of biology, had concerns for supporting student research. “This is a very important position,� she said. “It really gives huge opportunities to support student interest such as the summer scholars program.�

She said it costs about $1,000 for students to go on research trips and only about 10 are doing so right now. “I’d like to see more,� she said.

Joan Lakoski, associate vice chancellor for Science Education Outreach — Health Sciences and associate dean of Science Education Outreach at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Medicine, will speak March 21.

E.K. Park, dean of research and graduate studies at the City University of New York, will speak March 31.

Bradley Fenwick, professor of pathobiology at the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, will speak April 4.

Open forums will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. on the day of the campus visits in the Lake Huron Room of the UC. Lakoski’s forum will be held in the Lake St. Clair Room.

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Social Action Conference aims to ‘reframe blame’ next week

By David Oltean Staff Reporter

The Communication and Dramatic Arts Department wants to change the common practice of deflecting blame to others in politics, business and even families.

The department will host the 12th annual Communication and Social Action Conference starting March 24 in an effort to shine light on the issues of blame and forgiveness.

This year’s conference, titled “Reframing Blaming: Transforming our Scapegoat Culture,� will explain issues and solutions to blame in many different settings. The theme of this year’s conference was created when organizers no-

ticed recent events such as the BP oil spill all had a significant amount of blame being placed upon others.

Sandusky graduate assistant Beth Binder is helping organize the event and believes this year’s topic should be very interesting. “The idea is to prevent using a scapegoat and placing blame in general,� Binder said.

All activities will be held in Moore Hall’s Townsend Kiva.

Communications and dramatic arts professor Mary Ann Renz helped bring the first Communication and Social Action Conference to CMU and is the organizer of this year’s event. “The goal of the program is to help prepare students for jobs and to have effective relationships with others by teaching a good communicator role in democracy,� Renz said.

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Cobb has researched at multiple universities, including Harvard Law School, and has consulted for organizations such as the office of the United Nations high commissioner on refugees and Exxon Mobil.

The conference will end with a 3:30 p.m. March 24 screening of “Fambul Tok.� The film premiered Monday at the South by Southwest Film Festival.

The documentary, filmed in Sierra Leone, tells the stories of individuals who endure hardships but find a way to forgive those responsible around them. studentlife@cm-life.com

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By John Evans Senior Reporter

Senior Kaihla Szunko was constantly texting Ethan Gelfand, coordinator of women’s basketball operations on Monday, waiting for an an-

swer about her future.

The CMU women’s basketball team found out Monday night that, for the first time since 1984, they would be playing postseason basketball.

The Chippewas (20-10) will face Illinois State (20-10) at 8:05 p.m. Thursday at Redbird Arena in Normal, Ill., in the first round of the Women’s Na-

tional Invitation Tournament.

“I was really happy. I was kind of antsy and paranoid,” Szunko said. “A big weight was lifted off of my shoulders and it was a big relief to get in.”

Szunko is just two rebounds shy of 1,000 rebounds for her career. If she gets those two rebounds, she will become the first player in Mid-American Conference history to have

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or some athletes, Pro Day is just another workout. But for others, their future depends on it.

CMU held its Pro Day on Monday at the Indoor Athletic Complex, giving NFL scouts a chance to look at what the Chippewas had to offer.

All of the players were weighed, measured and tested in the vertical jump, broad jump, bench press and the 40-yard dash.

“It is a long process and this is kind of the last piece of the puzzle,” said former CMU linebacker Nick Bellore. “I think everyone did well today, which is all you can ask.

It’s a good opportunity.”

Bellore is one of the few players from CMU who has a chance of being drafted in April’s NFL Draft.

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Curious. Nick Bellore was worried.

“Did you hear anything?” he asked, fresh off his first attempt of the 40-yard dash at CMU’s Pro Day on Monday.

These days can make or break a career before it even gets off the ground. That’s why Bellore was so desperate to see if he clocked in a better time in the 40 than he did at last month’s NFL Scouting Combine, where he finished in 4.83 seconds.

“Get a time?”

This is what pro days do to athletes.

All the drills, the physical tests, they are done in hopes of catching someone’s attention, maybe just enough to get a chance at the next level — the NFL. The NFL-type swarm these things. Last year, with Dan LeFevour and Antonio

Andrew Stover Senior Reporter Brown participating, the Indoor Athletic Complex was a circus.

Even Charlie Weis made an appearance, the thenoffensive coordinator of the Kansas City Chiefs. So did media members from across Michigan.

But without a true marquee name in this year’s crop of CMU seniors, it was low-key, at least as far as the amount of media.

Former CMU stars LeFevour and Frank Zombo — a Super Bowl winner this year as a rookie with the

Green Bay Packers — were in attendance. So was former linebacker Ike Brown, who plays for the Canadian Football League’s Hamilton Tiger Cats.

But the atmosphere was watered down in comparison to 2010.

That’s not to say the pressure was any less.

Just ask CMU linebacker Matt Berning.

“The last three days, it’s just been like, you’ve been on edge, you’ve been nervous. All you think about is football. I hope I do well, I hope I ate right, I hope I slept enough.”

The most highly regarded prospect, Bellore, was the only athlete invited to last month’s Combine. It was important for him to try to improve on his numbers.

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Chippewas beat Madonna; Sabol was ‘in the zone’

By John Evans Senior Reporter

The CMU baseball team took advantages of errors and a three-run sixth inning that propelled the team to a 3-1 win against Madonna University on Tuesday at Theunissen Stadium.

After Matt Faiman struck out, senior Brendan Emmett and junior Tyler Hall scored

on a throwing error.

Junior William Arnold rounded out the scoring with an RBI single that scored junior Nate Theunissen, giving the Chippewas the lead after falling behind 1-0.

CMU coach Steve Jaksa said he was generally pleased with the performance.

“I think William (Arnold) has learned a lot in his tenure here,” Jaksa said. “He has really made an improvement on the offensive side of the ball. He is just doing a nice job right now, and consistency is the name

of the game.”

Arnold has assumed the role of starting catcher after the Chippewas lost four-year starter Dale Cornstubble to graduation last year.

Senior Jake Sabol started the game on the mound for the Chippewas. He threw four innings and allowed just one unearned run on three hits while striking out four Madonna players.

Sabol got off to a slow start in the beginning but settled in, cruising through the next couple of innings.

Sabol said after the

game he wanted to get his arm back into startingpitcher shape.

“I wanted to come out and throw strikes and keep my pitch count low and see how long I could go,” said the 6-foot-5 pitcher from Shelby Township.

“I was able to get a lot of ground balls, and that was my game plan. It worked pretty well.”

Said Jaksa: “He (Sabol) threw a lot of strikes and he was in the zone the entire time he was out there.

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Junior outfielder Sam Russell dives back into first as Madonna University’s sophomore first baseman attempts to pick him off Tuesday during the CMU baseball home opener.

Russell advanced to second on an error, but was left on base.

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Sabol pitched four innings, allowing only three hits and an unearned run.

Along the way, he struck out four Crusader batters.

Sabol had to work his way out of early jams because of errors.

The Chippewas had three early Steve Jaksa errors and four throughout the game. The pitching performance by Sabol kept those errors from being costly, but Jaksa said he wasn’t pleased with the amount of opportunities Madonna had.

“We can’t allow teams to have opportunities,” he said. “Sometimes, we put a bow around the ball and gift wrap it a little bit.”

CMU is on its largest winning streak of the early season. It sits at three and, over the weekend, it’ll have

a chance to improve it to as many as seven with a four-game road trip against Missouri.

“We are starting to play more as a team,” Sabol said.

“Guys are learning the ropes and, hopefully, we can run with this streak a little bit.”

Not only did the win give the Chippewas a three-game win streak, but the streak gave it a win in its home opener.

“It was definitely a good feeling to get out there, and we had a pretty good amount of fans here,” Sabol said. “It’s always good to get the home opener in and get a win.”

Junior catcher Will Arnold had the only run batted in for CMU. “Will has learned a lot in his tenure here and he’s putting it to good use,” Jaksa said. “He’s doing a nice job right now and consistency is the name of the game and that’s what he wants to be.”

get that feeling, and it’s going to be that tournament atmosphere, and I don’t think you ever get tired of that feeling.”

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CMU finished with just its fourth 20-win campaign in program history to earn an atlarge bid.

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“Postseason basketball hasn’t been here for 27 years, so this is a step,” Guevara said.

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Seniors Shonda Long, Camille Ramsey, Laura Baker and Szunko all have played a significant role toward the progression of the women’s basketball program over the past few years.

“These seniors have helped this program take leaps and bounds in the four years that they have been here,” Guevara said. “It is testament to their hard work and commitment, and they have been building blocks for the future.”

With up to six games remaining, the Chippewas want to take full advantage of the opportunity presented to them.

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Jaksa looks for consistent defense Consistency is the name of the game, especially when it comes to Central Michigan’s defense.

CMU baseball coach Steve Jaksa said it best after Madonna University only scored one run against the Chippewas in their 3-1 win Tuesday against the Crusaders at Theunissen Stadium.

However, for CMU (8-9 overall), the focus after the game still was to improve its defensive consistency.

“Anytime you win, you have to feel good about it,” Jaksa said. “We just need to get a little more consistent defensively.”

Jaksa was pleased with the overall performance of senior starting pitcher Jake Sabol but, as a whole, he wants consistency.

“I liked everything about his performance,” Jaksa said of Sabol. “He competed and threw strikes.”

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Junior third baseman Tyler Hall picks up a ground ball hit by a Madonna player and fields it in an attempt to make a play at first base Tuesday afternoon at Theunissen Stadium. Hall went 1-for-3, and scored one of the three runs in the sixth inning.

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Senior gymnasts look to go out in style CMU to host MAC Championship this weekend at McGuirk

By Nick Conklin Staff Reporter

Seniors Cheryl Conlin, Andrea de la Garza and Samantha Ursch have been a constant in the gymnastics room since they came to Central Michigan in 2007.

With the completion of their final regular season meet last Saturday, the athletes concluded what can be considered a very successful career in the gym.

For CMU coach Jerry Reighard, the victory Saturday was a prime example of the mental strength his seniors have displayed throughout their careers.

“I was just really proud of our seniors. They were able to shed that feeling (of increased pressure) and not let it affect

their performance,” Reighard said.

The seniors have paced Chippewas to their best record (17-1) since Reighard arrived in 1984, and have a total of 67 wins (33 MidAmerican conference) in their careers.

For Conlin, her career as an all-around gymnast has landed her a Cheryl Conlin first team AllMAC honor, after a win in the 2010 MAC Championships.

Conlin has competed in all but two meets since her freshman season. To Reighard, Conlin’s growth in her time at CMU comes down to maturity.

“Cheryl has just changed so much over the years,” Reighard said. “And (she) has just really matured and found her own competitive nature.”

Conlin will look to win a MAC Championship in the

floor exercise Saturday at McGuirk arena. de la Garza began her career with a dominant freshman season. She was awarded the MAC Freshman of the Year, as well as first-team All-MAC honors after winning the allaround competition in the MAC Championship.

“Dre’ has really never missed a beat. She came into the program able to compete at a high level and has maintained that her entire career,” Reighard said.

The Macomb native won another All-MAC award in 2010 following a tie for first place in the floor exercise (9.850) in the MAC championship. This week, de la Garza was named the MAC gymnast of the week for the third time in her career.

The third member of the trio is Ursch from Godfrey, Ill., who, despite battling injuries for much of her career, has been a consistent force in the

Wrestling well represented in the NCAA tourney with four athletes

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he Central Michigan wrestling team will be represented in four weight-classes at the 2011 NCAA Tournament, starting Thursday in Philadelphia.

The Chippewas (8-8, 4-1 Mid-American Conference) captured their 10th consecutive Mid-American Conference Championship this season, winning three individual titles at 133-, 174-pound and heavyweight.

Sophomore Ben Bennett, and juniors Scotti Sentes and Jarod Trice received automatic bids with their individual titles, and sophomore Donnie Corby received an at-large bid.

The tournament will open Thursday with the first and second rounds and first wrestle-back round. The quarterfinals and semifinals are Friday, along with more wrestle-back matches, and Saturday will host the first-, third-, fifthand seventh-place matches.

133-pounds: No. 11 Scotti Sentes Sentes (30-6) has been a bonus-point machine this season, recordings four pins and six major decisions in the team’s dual meets. He finished first at the Body Bar Invitational, recording two pins and two major decisions.

The 133-pounder is coming off a top finish at the MAC Tournament, using a technical fall, pin and major decision to secure his second conference tournament title in three years.

This time last year, Sentes appeared in his second NCAA tournament, but his title hopes were ruined early Scotti Sentes when he was pinned in his pigtail match.

His freshman season ended with a seventh place finish at 125-pounds, and All-American status.

No. 13 West Virginia’s Nathan Pennesi (24-6) will match up against No. 11 Sentes for the first time Thursday, in the opening round of the 2011 NCAA Tournament.

Chances of All-American Honors: Probable 149-pounds: Donnie Corby The redshirt sophomore started the season with a 4-4 record, never wining or losing two consecutive dual matches, though he heated up in the final stretch of the season.

Winning four of his past five matches, Corby’s confidence seemed to carry him into the MAC Championship, where he placed second, losing 3-1 to Buffalo’s Desi Green in the finals.

Corby (23-14) is the lone CMU wrestler making his NCAA Tournament debut Thursday after receiving an at-large bid. His first-round opponent is Cornell’s Kyle Dake, who defeated Corby 6-2 in the teams’ dual meet in November, despite his 2-1 lead heading into the third period.

No. 2 Dake couldn’t have asked for a better freshman season in 2010, ending with a national title at 141-pounds.

This season, Dake made the move to 149-pounds, and has

Justin Hicks Staff Reporter built up an impressive 26-2 record.

Chances of All-American Honors: Doubtful 174-pounds: No. 6 Ben Bennett Bennett (27-5) is one of three CMU wrestlers returning to the big stage, finishing sixth in 2010, earning AllAmerican status as a redshirt freshman.

After losing the opening dual meet of the season against Cornell’s No.1 Mack Lewnes, Bennett went on a tear, winning the next 11 dual matches. Though his streak ended when he was pinned

by Ohio’s Nick Purdue, he bounced back to record three consecutive major decisions to cap off the season.

Facing Purdue again at the MAC Tournament, Bennett used a 4-1 decision to capture his second consecutive 174pound title.

In tournaments this season, Bennett finished runner-up at the Body Bar Invitational, Midlands and the Cliff Keen Invitational.

Coming into the tournament as the sixth seed, Bennett will take on Rutgers’ Alex Causo (32-9), who wrestled a close match at Midlands this season, ending with Bennett

on top by a 1-0 decision.

The winner of the match will take on the Lehigh’s Austin Meys or Michigan State’s Curran Jacobs – both of whom Bennett knocked off this season.

Chances of All-American Honors: Probable 285-pounds: No. 2 Jarod Trice The CMU heavyweight’s sole dual loss this season came by a tiebreaker decision to No.1 Zach Rey (Lehigh). His 25-3 record explains his ranking as No. 2 heavyweight nationally.

A runner up finish at Midlands as the sixth seed came after upsetting No. 3 D.J. Russo (Rutgers) and No. 2 Ryan Tomei (Pittsburg).

Trice has won ten consecutive matches, including a 3-2 decision against Kent State’s Brendan Barlow in the MAC Championship finals to gain his first heavyweight conference title.

He gained All-American status in 2010 for the first time, finishing eighth at the NCAA Tournament in his second year competing. After being pinned in the first round, Trice bounced back with four consecutive decisions before falling by a 1-0 decision.

The junior will open the tournament with a match against Virginia Military’s JoshuaWine, who carries a 19-5 record as the No. 18 heavyweight in the country.

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practice gym.

Missing the 2010 and most of 2011 season to injury, Ursch has competed throughout this season in exhibition rotations.

Ursch posted a career-high 9.450 on the vault last season. Reighard said Ursch has contributed a lot behind the scenes for the program.

“Sam has really added some depth to our program, and I just have watched her grow and mature through out her career,” Reighard said.

That senior experience will be challenged when the team hosts the MAC Championship. Conlin said the seniors on the team will have to be prepared to show the underclassmen how to attack the weekend.

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The first game of the 2011 NCAA men’s basketball tournament needed overtime as the University of North CarolinaAsheville defeated ArkansasLittle Rock 81-77 Tuesday.

J.P. Primm scored 22 points and five in overtime to lead UNC-Asheville in its comeback.

With 35 seconds remaining in overtime, Primm had a steal and made two foul shots to seal the victory.

Arkansas-Little Rock Trojan’s Matt Mouzy had a chance to put the Trojans up three, with three seconds to go in regulation, but missed.

The UNC-Asheville Bulldogs took advantage of Trojan fouls by shooting 23-of-28 from the foul line. Guard Matt Dickey went 6-of-7 from the line, which was apart of his game-high 22 points.

No foul shots were more important to the Bulldogs than Primm’s five overtime points with less than a minute and a half to go. Primm finished 12-of-14 from the line.

TheTrojan’s Alex Garcia-Mendoza led them with 20 points to go along with Solomon Bozeman’s 18. Guard D’Andre Williams nearly got a triple-double for Arkansas-Little Rock with nine points, nine rebounds and seven rebounds.

For UNC-Asheville, the Big South tournament champion, the Bulldogs didn’t even get a chance to dance in the opening weekend before being sent home.

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Q&A with distance runner Raeanne Lohner: Part I

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With the outdoor track and field season coming up, staff reporter Kris Lodes sat down with record-holder in the indoor mile and 10,000-meter run outdoors, senior distance runner Raeanne Lohner. She will start the outdoor season with an ankle injury that has yet to be diagnosed.

Kristopher Lodes: How is your ankle doing?

Raeanne Lohner: Well, its feeling a lot better than it did two weeks ago. They still don’t know exactly what is wrong. Since mid-February, I’ve had pain, and I just kept running because the Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships are coming up. But after the MAC meet, I could barely walk off the track it was so painful.

KL: What have you been doing as far as physical therapy and the healing process to get back on the track?

RL: I have a whole crosstraining program that I’ve been doing. I’ve been biking a few hours a day, swimming etc. ... I’ve never been injured really; I have been pretty durable for the past four years.

In terms of injuries, it has been a chalRaeanne Lohner lenge, but I look at it like it’s not the end of the world.

It is a challenge and it will be tough to coming back. There is no way to know right now when I’ll be back. I still have to get diagnostic testing to find out what it is and see how much time I need to take off to heal.

KL: What do you feel is your biggest accomplishment at Central Michigan?

RL: I was really proud of the fact I was able to score the

points I did last year at the indoor MAC meet. It wasn’t my highest finish, but it was the first time I contributed to something in a meaningful way, and that was when we were so close to winning, but that is the meet that meant the most to me.

KL: What makes you better than your opponents?

RL: I think that, by and large, when you get to a certain level, you dream for the same thing. But I think what I have that really separates me from other people is that I love where I’m at.

I have so much pride for Central Michigan and our university; I take great pride in what we do on the track and off the track. I’m really proud to wear our uniform.

I always say when I step up to the line that “I love my university more than anyone else,” and I think that in a race, if you run for something bigger than yourself,

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For the others? This was it.

It was there only chance.

“I was petrified going into the vertical,” said Berning, who said he was clocked by one scout at 4.76 and another at 4.81. “I lost all my technique. I just dropped it.”

But really, what do pro days prove? Does running a 40 show true football speed?

Here’s a question: When is the last time you saw a football player — even the fastest of the fast — line up in a track starting position before a snap?

Because, don’t be fooled, if you have a bad start, you might as well dock yourself a few tenths of a second.

And maybe some players can handle the extra weight and dimensions of shoulder pads and a helmet better than others.

The brutal truth is, these things are overrated, over-weighted and overscrutinized.

A guy’s tape should be the most important and, for the most part, it is. How did this guy perform on the field?

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Other notable players who worked out in front of scouts Monday included linebacker Matt Berning, defensive backs Vince Agnew and Bobby Seay, offensive linemen Colin Miller and Jeff Maddux, defensive tackle Sean Murnane and wide receiver Kito Poblah.

Bellore ran the 40 and also did the bench press, among other various workouts along side Berning.

He said he was happy with his agility and jump times and measurements that he posted at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis last month. He was the lone CMU player invited to the Combine this year.

“This is completely different than the combine.

You are in a familiar territory and you are with all your

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Former CMU linebacker Matt Berning looks on after a practice run before his 40-yard dash Monday at CMU’s Pro Day at the Indoor Athletic Complex.

What can we see when we turn on the film?

But it makes you wonder when some teams put so much emphasis on workouts and numbers — hello, Oakland Raiders — rather than college game-play.

JaMarcus Russell wasn’t the top quarterback to begin the draft process in 2007. Then, he threw a football 80 yards downfield — on his knees.

And there’s no coincidence the Raiders snagged Clemson wide receiver Jacoby Ford this past draft after he ran a 4.28 40.

Darrius Heyward-Bey? Oakland took him in 2009 after he a ran a 4.30 40 at the combine.

Really, as the NFL Network’s Mike Mayock always says, a workout’s purpose should be to force scouts and executives

buddies,” Bellore said. “Dan (LeFevour) really helped me with the combine, just telling me all the little details.”

Bellore was a little unhappy with his bench press (23 reps) on Pro Day, but was happy with his improvement in the 40. The times were not released by the NFL scouts, though it is believed he ran in the mid-4.7s.

After players ran the 40, they split up into individual workout groups. Maddux, Miller, and Murnane all worked with an Atlanta Falcons scout on linemen drills and agility tests.

Seay and Agnew worked on defensive back drills with a Houston Texans scout, showcasing their speed, flexibility, and ball skills. For players like Agnew, Pro Day is their one chance to show scouts they have what it takes to play at the next level.

“You train for three months for a two-hour workout, so it is mentally challenging,”

Agnew said. “This is definitely a dream come true to have people believe in you as much as you believe in yourself.”

Agnew has trained in Atlanta the past few months at the Georgia Training Alliance and plans to go back shortly to continue his training.

There, he has had the privilege of training with NFL players like Takeo Spikes and Ernie Sims, along with former CMU defensive back Josh Gordy, now a Green Bay Packer.

Bellore and Berning split off and worked on linebacker drills with a New York Jets scout. Bellore said he plans to work out at CMU in the near future, but said he will go to his home in Whitefish Bay, Wis., for the draft in late April.

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nine out of 10 times, you’re going to walk off the track knowing you did everything you could today, because it’s not about you, it is about the team.

KL: What was the recruitment process like coming out of high school?

RL: At that time, it was a different coaching staff here at CMU, but I fell in love with Central Michigan as a place and I still feel I go to the best university in the country.

In all honesty, I fell in love with Mount Pleasant, and my team and the people is what has kept me here. And it just felt like home. Miami of Ohio, Eastern Michigan, Western Michigan, Grand Valley State, Michigan and Marquette and a few others recruited me. It was the people, and the opportunity to run Division I track and field was huge.

He was very aggressive and I would like him to keep throwing like that out there.”

Following Sabol on the mound was junior Ryan Longstreth, who pitched one scoreless inning and, then, junior Jon Weaver (2-0) threw two scoreless innings and picked up his second win of the season. Seniors Mike Nixon and Matt Faiman finished the game for the Chippewas without allowing a hit in the final two innings.

Faiman picked up the save in his first appearance on the mound of the season.

The Chippewas (8-9 overall) now travel to Columbia, Mo. for a four-game stint against Missouri that begins on Friday with a doubleheader on Saturday. CMU is at home next Wednesday for the first conference game of the season against Bowling Green at Theunissen Stadium.

The Chippewas will seek their second consecutive regular season MAC title as conference play begins next week. sports@cm-life.com

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He helped himself.

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Coldren and Dornbos earn MAC West weekly awards after long trip Chippewas get more recognition on the diamond

By Matt Thompson Staff Reporter

Junior Molly Coldren and sophomore Kara Dornbos swept the weekly MidAmerican West softball honors with their play in

Clearwater, Fla. last week.

Coldren won MAC West Player of the Week after a .400 batting average, .800 slugging percentage and struck out just Kara Dornbos once in the seven games.

She also hit two home runs, which put her at 19 in her ca-

reer, tying the Central Michigan record.

“She’s really relaxing at the plate,” CMU coach Margo Jonker said of her slugger last week when she drove in four runs. “She’s picking the right pitches to hit.”

For the third time this year, a CMU pitcher claimed MAC West Pitcher of the Week when Dornbos went 2-1 last week. Her “drop-ball” impressed coach Jonker and

helped her strike out 20 hitters and post a 0.76 earned run average in four appearances.

On March 11, Dornbos (4-2) went into Central Connecticut’s Molly Coldren last at bats with a perfect game on the line. A double broke it up, but

she still earned her second one-hitter of the season.

“I’m sure she was thinking about (the no-hitter),” Jonker said following the game. “But I didn’t even realize it; focused on other things.”

Coldren leads the team with five homers on the year, a .762 slugging percentage and is tied with the most runs batted in (13). Dornbos has the most wins, complete games (5), shutouts (3)

and lowest opponent batting average (.159) on the pitching staff.

Coldren and Dornbos will try to keep their momentum going into the Hoosier Classic this weekend in Bloomington, Ind. CMU enters the trip 11-7 and will play against two Big Ten teams, Michigan State and Indiana (twice). sports@cm-life.com

Club Hockey loses opening game in California CMU loses to Miami University 6-1 Tuesday Jeff LaHaye Staff Reporter

The CMU club hockey team landed in San Jose, Calif., focused and ready to play its first game in the ACHA Nationals on Tuesday against the Miami University.

After CMU took the ice, it quickly learned the high level of play it would take to win the championship losing the opening game 6-1.

CMU jumped out to an early lead when Nick Badder and Thomas Murphy fed senior forward Mike Lesnau for the game’s first goal. The 1-0 lead going into the second period was short-lived and would be the last thing CMU would celebrate throughout the game.

Miami came out of the locker room poised to tie the game. Nine minutes into the period, Miami scored to tie the game and, with six minutes remaining in the second, took the lead when Matt Darr let in the second goal of the period.

“In the second period, the team started to play individual hockey,” said coach Mike Willett. “We learned that it’s a team effort, and individuals cannot win a game by themselves.”

“We learned that it’s a team effort, and individuals cannot win a game by themselves.”

Mike Willett, CMU club hockey coach

In the third period, Miami continued to capitalize off scoring chances and piled on four more goals against CMU. The small one-goal deficit that CMU could have come back from was now a five-goal lead with five minutes remaining in the period.

CMU was unable to score in both the second and third periods and the final of 6-1 left many players wondering

what went wrong.

“Defensively, we struggled all game,” Willett said. “We are really good at responding in games but, today, we lost composure. They were on a roll, and nothing we did went right to get us back into the game” Although CMU gave up six goals, Willett said starter Matt Darr played a well between the pipes.

“Matt had some great saves

and played a really good game,” Willett said. “He gave the team a chance to comeback and blocked some really great shots.”

Darr will start at 11 a.m.

Thursday when CMU plays Eastern Washington.

Since CMU lost their first game, the team is going to have to win their next two games and have Miami lose once to have a chance to advance out of their pool and into the semi finals.

“It’s out of our hands now,” Willett said. “We just need to worry about the next game; stick to what got us here and execute.” sports@cm-life.com

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