April 13, 2012

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Board approves 1.96 percent tuition increase Full-meal plan, room, board set to be at $8,376

By Catey Traylor Senior Reporter

In-state undergraduate students will pay $365 per credit hour at Central Michigan University starting next fall.

Thursday, the Central Michigan University Board of Trustees approved a 1.96-percent undergraduate tuition increase for the 2012-13 academic year.

With this increase, CMU will remains behind Michigan Technological University, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

and Michigan State University in terms of tuition rates.

The 1.96-percent increase translates to an increase of $7 per undergraduate credit hour.

“We’ve looked forward beyond just the immediate year,”

said Vice President of Finances and Administrative Services David Burdette. “These numbers reflect that.”

Last year, CMU had the lowest increase among the 15 Michigan public universities,

when tuition was increased for the 2011-12 academic year by 3.47 percent, or $12 per credit hour.

In addition to undergraduate tuition rates, graduate tuition rates, ProfEd, renamed at

Thursday’s meeting as CMU’s Global Campus and room and board rates were set.

An increase of 1.93 percent was approved for master’s programs, bringing the cost per credit hour to $476. For doc-

Open forums planned with Ross, Shapiro

Ross plans to address CMED financial concerns

By David Oltean Senior Reporter

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Central Michigan University President George Ross said an updated budget report for the College of Medicine will be presented at the April 17 Academic Senate meeting.

Along with the updated budget report, CMED Dean Ernest Yoder announced a grand opening will be held for the CMU on-campus medical building on Sep. 21 and 22 and shared an update on fundraising, faculty, accreditation and student admissions.

The announcement came during Thursday’s Board of Trustees meeting held in the President’s Conference Room in the Bovee University Center.

Ross said concerns were expressed by members of both the A-Senate and the Trustee-Faculty Liaison Committee in past meetings, though no faculty members were in attendance to share their grievances at Wednesday’s CMED committee meeting or the board of trustees formal meeting.

“I believe that transparency in the College of Medicine budget is important,” Ross said.

“From this end, we will again present all available financial information projections for the College of Medicine at the Academic Senate meeting.”

Ross said although CMED budgetary information has been presented before, the new report will provide an updated version of the CMED budgetary projections.

Quincy sophomore Audrey Oliver holds a handful of yellow powder paint from the first checkpoint of Thursday’s Color Run, a fundraising event held by Threads.

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Orange and blue paint powder flies through the air, landing on Traverse City senior Renee Rothgarber as she ducks her head but continues to throw more during a paint fight Thursday between Moore Hall and the IET Building during the Color Run, a two-mile fundraiser for Threads Fashion Show.

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Fundraiser for Threads Fashion Show douses runners in paint

By Justin Hicks | Staff Reporter Three-hundred pounds of paint will really turn some heads.

Students at Central Michigan University found that to be true Thursday during the first Coloring Time Run. More than 100 people gathered on the field between Finch Fieldhouse and the Health Professions Building at 5 p.m. dressed all in white. Participants varied in runners, joggers and walkers, all wearing their fair share of paint.

The event raised about $500 for the 14th annual Threads Fashion Show after expenses were covered, according to Laura Czupinski, one of the show’s producers. Threads Fashion Show is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Saturday at McGuirk Arena.

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ProfEd, online classes renamed ‘CMU Global Campus’

By David Oltean Senior Reporter

Central Michigan University’s Board of Trustees voted to rename off-campus and online programs to CMU Global Campus and abandon the university’s former ProfEd name.

The resolution was adopted unanimously by the trustees Thursday in Bovee University Center’s President’s Conference Room.

The transition for renaming the off-campus and online programs will occur over the next 12 months, though former policies referring to the old name will still be recognized.

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CMU board of trustees chair says transparency must improve University President George Ross and Provost Gary Shapiro will hold open meetings on Wednesday and Thursday to publicly answer questions from faculty, staff and students.

Shortly after Thursday’s board of trustees meeting, during which transparency was discussed, a university-wide email was sent detailing the public forums, which will take place in the Bovee University Center Auditorium on Wednesday and the Townsend Kiva in Moore Hall on Thursday.

University President George Ross will be joined by Provost Gary Shapiro, Vice President of Finance and Administrative Services David Burdette, Vice President of Development and External Relations Kathy Wilbur and Vice President of Enrollment and Student Services Steven Johnson.

Both forums will run from 3 to 4 p.m. and will also be livestreamed via CMU’s media channel website.

Director of Public Relations Steve Smith said forums such as these aren’t uncommon on campus.

toral programs, a 1.86 percent increase was approved for a cost of $548 per credit hour.

CMU’s Global Campus, the former “ProfEd,” will have a two-percent average increase.

Room and board rates will also increase two percent, but CMU will remain ranked sixth among the 15 public universities in Michigan. Cost of room and board will be $8,376 with a unlimited meal plan.

Provost Gary Shapiro said the cost of CMU’s Global Campus remains competitive with on-campus programs.

“We want Global Campus courses to be roughly the same price as on-campus course so there’s no incentive to take a

man announced the resolution before members of the board.

“We have resolved that the name of the unit known internally as ProfEd and externally as off-campus and online programs be changed to Central Michigan University’s Global Campus,” Opperman said.

“The change will be phased in over a 12-month period in coordination with university communications.

All Board of Trustees policy statements referring to ProfEd or off-campus and online programs will remain applicable to the global campus.”

Merodie Hancock, vice president and executive di-

rector of off-campus programs, said the name was chosen after conducting marketing research and comparing other universities’ names for online programs.

“CMU has populations around the country and the world we serve and are involved in those communities,” Hancock said. “That’s where you’re seeing global campuses, worldwide campuses, world campuses.

Those are the names we bounced around with our stakeholders, employers, students and the like.”

Hancock said CMU has 50 to 60 off-campus sites,

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Trustee Sarah Opperman looks on at the beginning of the Board of Trustees meeting Thursday in the President’s Conference Room in the Bovee University Center.

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EVENTS CALENDAR TODAY

w Fun Night in Finch Fieldhouse with games, prizes, food and drinks will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Admission is $3 for adults, $2 for children ages 6-17 and free for children under age 7. w Harvard History Professor Erez Manela presents "What’s Beyond the Border" from 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. in the Bovee University Center Isabella Room.

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University Theatre presents Trap Door Improv Comedy Show from 8 to 9 p.m. and from 10 to 11 p.m. in Moore Hall 102.

Fabulous and Functional will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Art Reach. Participants are asked to bring their own small piece of furniture to create art.

The event will also take place next Saturday, and the cost is $115 for members and $120 for non-members.

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Shipshewana on the Road will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort. Jewelry, purses, home decor and more will be sold. Tickets are $4 at the door, and children 12 and under are free.

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including some in Canada and Mexico, and has considered making partnerships in India and China.

Hancock said the new name better reflects CMU’s off-

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“It’s been tradition for the past two to three years to have forums in April,” Smith said. “These provide an opportunity for the president and members of his cabinet to present information on the budget and to allow both on-campus and off-campus staff and students to ask questions.”

Transparency was a major topic of discussion Thursday when Board of Trustees Chairman Sam Kottamasu acknowledged the increasing number of departments endorsing the no confidence vote against Ross and Shapiro. In February, Ross announced plans to create a shared governance committee made up of administrators, faculty and students.

“We are concerned with rebuilding the mutual trust and confidence that has been damaged on many fronts. I believe we can all agree with the point regarding the need to improve communication, transparency and decision-making,” Kottamasu said. “Improving in these areas can and must be the top priority of faculty, administration and staff as the university moves forward.”

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course on a specific campus due to price,” Shapiro said.

“Right now, rates are close, and we don’t want to change that.”

University President George Ross said tuition increases remain low because of sacrifices made by university faculty and staff members.

“Our tuition rates over the last three years have been very modest. Our faculty and staff have made compromises like campus programs rather than the previous “ProfEd,” which had multiple meanings on and off campus and a separate external name.

“We use professional education to mean different things on and off campus, so there’s been a lot of confusion around it,” she said. “We’ve gone through

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[News] Smith said during the meetings next week, members of Ross’ cabinet will make presentations and give updates on projects. Public forums are one way to keep lines of communication open between university officials, administration, faculty, staff and students, he said Kottamasu said the trustees are committed to rebuilding relationships to better the university.

“The trustees remain committed to ongoing dialogue to build strong, positive relationships so the university and its students can thrive,” Kottamasu said.

Additionally, Kottamasu mentioned the vote of no confidence and reiterated confidence in Ross and Shapiro.

“The board respects Ross and Shapiro, continues to hold confidence in them and believe they exude the highest standards of ethical integrity at the university,” he said.

Ross also outlined communication efforts between university officials and said the students’ best interest is always in mind.

“We’ve got to continue to improve communication on our campus in how we interact,” Ross said. “It’s all about the environment created for students.”

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“Certain members of the Academic Senate and TrusteeFaculty Liaison Committee expressed concerns regarding transparency of the financial operations of the College of Medicine. I heard them; I heard them loud and clear,” Ross said. “Although there’s been a presentation on the College of Medicine budget to the Academic Senate in addition to the budget documentation prepared for the LCME accreditation visit, there still remains unanswered questions in the minds of some of my faculty colleagues and others. I believe we have to provide all requests for information for the College of Medicine related to its budgetary requirements.”

Vice President of Development and External Relations Kathy Wilbur said fundraising efforts for CMED still remain at about 52 percent, totaling to $13,038,000 of the $25 million goal. The amount is not significantly higher than the fund-

raising amount announced by nity hospitals in Michigan’s the committee almost one year lower peninsula and seven in ago, though Wilbur said each the upper peninsula as well, percent represents $250,000 he said. and is progress for CMED. The advantages of basing Wilbur said many donors a medical school in Mount asking for their names to be Pleasant, because of preexistplaced on facility space or ing science and technology rewith scholarships will be ad- sources, though he considered dressed at July’s meeting. it the “most rural” location of “We’ll bring forward a any medical school in the U.S., number of naming opportu- Yoder said. nities that the Board of Trust“When you look at the reees needs to accept,” Wilbur sources that are necessary for said. “These are individuals a successful medical school who have indicated interest and you analyze an area like in naming, whether they are Mount Pleasant, which, by the scholarships or some sort of way, is a really wonderful base facility space related to our for a medical school, albeit, building or potentially even somewhat more rural, in fact, space in the Saginaw area.” it’s probably the most rural Yoder listed some of the located medical school in the medical school’s established U.S.; there are huge resources medical center partnerships, here, and most of the resourcwhich include Saginaw’s Syn- es here are based in the uniergy Medical Education Alli- versity,” Yoder said. ance, Covenant HealthCare Yoder said the report due and St. Mary’s of Michigan, Sunday to the Liaison Comand Mount Pleasant’s McLar- mittee on Medical Education en-Central Michigan, which has been completed and sent. recently changed its name “We continue to work with from Central Michigan Com- the LCME and on our higher PIZZA munity Hospital. CMED is LARGE education reports,” Yoder said. working on forming partnerships with six small commu- university@cm-life.com

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“That is why we can be so modest today.”

Trustee Robert F. Wardrop II asked why a 0-percent increase wasn’t an option.

“We do have certain costs we have to cover, so a 0-percent increase isn’t realistic,” Burdette said. “We thought four percent would be unfair to students and their parents. Therefore, two percent seems the appropriate number for students and their parents next year.”

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Mount Pleasant considers income tax looking ahead to 2013 budget

By Jackie Smith Staff Reporter

Months remain before Mount Pleasant adopts a finalized operating budget for 2013, but already, city officials are wading through options to keep it balanced without reducing services.

One option on the table since February has been an income tax.

On Monday, city commissioners approved Mount Pleasant’s contracting with Municipal Analytics, LLC, an Ann Arbor-based firm, to complete a feasibility study of installing an income tax. Mount Pleas-

ant has lost nearly $1.5 million in state-shared revenue in 12 years, and proposed legislation making headway through Lansing would eliminate personal property taxes, a major source of city earnings, for some businesses.

City Manager Kathie Grinzinger reminded commissioners that if nothing changes, the 2013 budget will be at least $450,000 in the red.

“Michigan doesn’t give its communities many alternate ways to raise revenue, so we are left with few choices,” she said. “Cities can either eliminate staff and reduce services, you could raise the millage,

you could drastically raise all fees and charges or you can enact one of the only other kinds of taxes allowed to cities in Michigan, which is an income tax.”

The City Commission OK’d officials’ search for a firm in February. Municipal Analytics offered what Grinzinger told commissioners was the “more economical” of two options at $17,550.

According to city documents, officials expect to work primarily with the firm’s founder and principal consultant, who was charged with a previous income tax feasibility study for Mount Pleasant

in 2001 while working for the Michigan Municipal League.

Prior to 2001, the city additionally fielded a study in 1990.

Neither time was an income tax the favored option to increase revenue.

Vice Mayor Kathy Ling said it was important for people to realize the commission’s contracting of a feasibility study is only the start of the process, and they’re simply considering the implications of such a tax.

“We don’t know what the results of this study are going to be and, if they come in the same as the study done 10 years ago, there are going to be some questions about whether

this was the best direction to move in,” Ling said. “What I’m looking for is, has the situation changed enough where it looks like this could be an appropriate way for us to deal with some of our revenue shortage?”

Commissioner Nancy English said she too didn’t want residents to assume everyone’s taxes will simply go up.

After reviewing the 2001 study, she said the process was a balancing act and that even with an income tax “not everyone wins and loses (income) the same.”

“It’s spreading the wealth a little bit,” English said. “Not (from) one of those things we

can automatically assume we’re all going to have an increase in taxes. It could actually be beneficial to some.”

On Thursday, Grinzinger said re-examining the income tax isn’t because of how much the population in Mount Pleasant has changed, but rather, it’s a matter of how much property value versus the local income value has changed since the last study.

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Charter School Center renamed for Engler

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the performance.

“Every other word was profanity,” she said. “But it was funny.”

An audience member asked Sabin if she were a crayon, what color would she be. She replied with, “Neon f****** pink.”

Former Michigan Gov. John Engler will be on campus on May 21 as part of a ceremony that will name Central Michigan University’s Center for Charter Schools after him.

During Thursday’s Board of Trustees meeting, Vice President for Development and External Relations Kathy Wilbur announced the College Education and Human Services renamed the charter schools center the John Engler Center for Charter Schools. The date of the ceremony was also revealed for the first time at the meeting.

Engler served as governor of Michigan from 1991 to 2003 and signed the charter school law in 1994. CMU was the first university in the nation to authorize a charter school in August 1994 and remains the university with the largest number of charter schools in Michigan.

CMU operates 60 charter schools.

“CMU remains the largest authorizer of charter schools in the state of Michigan,” Wilbur said. “We will certainly promote the involvement of other universities in charter schools, as well.”

University President George Ross said, apart from private donations, there were no costs involved to name the center after Engler.

“We’re pleased that Gov. Engler agreed to have it named after him. I think it’s appropriate. You could argue no John Engler, no charter schools initiative,” Ross said. “That’s a good thing.

Having been governor here, there’s nothing in this state named after him.”

Engler could not be reached for comment Thursday.

“He didn’t bring it up,” Ross said. “It was suggested to us, and we had to go ask him.”

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A student puts a dollar tip into Paulina Ramera’s cleavage during the annual drag show at Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium.

Drag it out loud Pride Week show entertains 1,100

By Melissa Beauchamp | Senior Reporter The crowd threw money at the host as she pranced up on stage dancing to Jessie J’s “Domino” at Wednesday night’s Drag Show.

Central Michigan University has welcomed the Drag Show as a part of Pride Week for eight years.

Shannon Jolliff, director of LGBTQ Services, said as soon as the doors opened, students rushed in. More than 1,100 people filled Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium.

“It’s a time for the queer community and the straight community to come together and celebrate LGBTQ,” Jolliff said.

Potterville senior Jordan Lett, an intern for LGBTQ Services, said it was her third time going to the show, and it never ceases to entertain her.

“I like how (Sabin) pushes everyone’s buttons,” she said. “(She) hates everyone equally, just like (she) says.”

Lett said the event is important within the gay commu-

Sabin, a Detroit-based drag queen, gained the audience’s attention right away as her comical performance was centered on offensive and insulting remarks to audience members.

“B****, I hope someone farts on your pillow,” Sabin said to one audience member.

Sabin introduced six different drag queens and 12 different performances throughout the night. Each drag queen lip-synced and danced to a song. Between each performance, Sabin stole the stage.

“You’d be angry too if your stuff was where mine was at right now,” she joked.

nity, but it’s fun for everyone.

“You don’t have to be gay to enjoy it,” she said.

Sabin stressed the importance of being comfortable in your own skin.

“There’s not a how-to of a drag queen,” she said. “It’s all about trying on different clothes. “ The host said CMU is her fa-

vorite place to perform.

“I’m not just saying that,” she said. “Four years ago, you guys changed my life.”

Four years ago, Sabin did a tap-dance performance and received a standing ovation.

“I feel more love five minutes on stage than most people do in their lifetime,” she said.

DeWitt junior Megan Wi-

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Drag queen Eva Angelica mimics lyrics while dancing to Adele’s “Rumour Has It” in front of about 1,100 people at Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium.

nans said it’s important for everyone to feel like a part of campus, regardless of their sexual orientation.

“I came to laugh and learn,” she said. “It’s a way to eliminate labeling in this small town.”

Garden sophomore Emily Thennes said it’s hard to capture the inappropriateness of

Threads Fashion Show expected to bring crowd of 1,200 to McGuirk Arena

By Jessica Fecteau Senior Reporter

Thirty-nine student designers will send their work down the runway Saturday evening in the 14th annual Threads Fashion Show.

The event, which starts at 7:30 p.m., will feature more than 180 models walking down a runway in McGuirk Arena in front of an expected crowd of 1,200.

Mount Pleasant senior and co-producer Jason Gagnon said the show, often considered one of the top three largest events on campus, continues to cost more than $10,000 to produce.

This year’s “time”-themed show is completely student-run and advised by Apparel Merchandising and Design professor Carol Beard. Each designer/ duo will interpret and modern-

ize a time period that ranges from Ancient Egypt to the 1980s and the future.

“There are 33 individual designers and three designer duos with a total of 36 collections,” Gagnon said.

Designer Lindsey Peters said she is excited to see how everyone portrays their time period.

“I’m really excited to see what everyone else has been working on,” the Warren junior said.

“I am also super excited for my family to come and see what I’ve been doing.”

Numerous changes were added to the constitution this year to make the show bigger and better, Gagnon said.

This year, there will be a square stage not only to create interest but to provide multiple views for guests, said co-producer Laura Czupinski.

“While there is not a bad seat in the house, we like to improve the experience and opportunity for guests each year,” the Fraser senior said.

In addition to the new VIP seating, the VIP guests will be seated early where they can watch videos that document the time put into Threads, she said.

There will also be a panel of eight individuals involved in the fashion industry judging the designs.

“We really wanted to provide a greater opportunity for our designers and incorporate industry professionals outside of CMU,” Czupinski said. “Guests will also watch designs come down the runway that reflect the designers’ skill level, which enhances what they have learned throughout their time at CMU.” As a sophomore, designers

can use altered patterns. For juniors, half of their designs can be altered and half original. Seniors must create their own designs.

Leading up to the show is what Threads members call Fashion Week.

“We have a plethora of events for students to attend,” Gagnon said.

In addition to a T-shirt reconstruction contest, a display of designs will be in the hallway of the library throughout the week, Czupinski said.

“I am looking forward to seeing everyone who has been involved in this show feel accomplished, proud and excited,” Czupinski said. “I am so glad to be a part of this team of production members and designers.”

Tickets will be sold until the day of the show and are avail-

able through the ticket box office located at the Events Center or online at threadsfash-

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EDITORIAL | Trustees acknowledge problems, need plan of action

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It’s a start

Kottamasu’s statement was not followed up by a plan of action.

Where were the plans to revamp University Communications, which is implicitly responsible for two-thirds of the problems laid out: communication and transparency.

Where, especially, was greater comment on the topic of “decision-making,” particularly as it pertains to recent lax spending?

It certainly seems as if the university has embarked on massive projects without being fully confident in its fundraising targets to support them.

The Events Center? Yes, that cost the university $10 million.

Meanwhile, College of Medicine fundraising remains stuck at 52 percent, Vice President of Development and External Relations Kathy Wilbur reported.

he Central Michigan University Board of Trustees acknowledged the need for greater transparency and communication during its meeting Thursday.

It was an important step taken by the board, especially Chairman Sam Kottamasu, who explicitly spelled out areas in which the administration has recently fallen short.

“We are concerned with rebuilding the mutual trust and confidence that has been damaged on many fronts. I believe we can all agree with the point regarding the need to improve

communication, transparency and decision-making,” Kottamasu said. “Improving in these areas can and must be the top priority of faculty, administration and staff as the university moves forward.”

The board then reasserted its confidence in the administration of University President George Ross. While they are free to do as they please, it is concerning that

Kottamasu’s statements amount to a kind of reactive oversight that is certainly better than the silence that came before but still falls short of active stewardship.

Proactivity is needed in cases like these. Had Trustees been proactive initially with the votes of no confidence against Ross and Shapiro, there’s a chance the campus climate would be much different.

Instead, they continued to beat around the bush, telling people it was time for a healing process to begin in December and February meetings and barely acknowledging people were doubting the leadership at the top.

With progress being made in the Shared Governance Committee, there is still hope.

We can only hope Kottamasu’s statements were not too little, too late.

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Sam Easter Staff Reporter

The danger of ‘Us v.

Them’ Most Cold War-era action movies like to follow the same plot: “Watch out! The commies are coming for our women, children and Bibles!”

A little narrow-minded, sure, but I’m not complaining. Without communism, we wouldn’t have about half our Bond villains, “in Soviet Russia” jokes or “The Hunt for Red October.”

Or those really cool tundra hats.

For the better part of the twentieth century, communism drove an awful lot of American culture and consciousness. It was Lex Luthor to our Superman, a challenge to our post-war moral authority that sustained it and gave it life for the next 45 years.

But what about now? Ever since the power of communist rhetoric dissipated, international politics has been left with a strange power vacuum. No longer do we have Superman versus Lex Luthor, but just Superman — the Iron Curtain fell, and suddenly the U.S.’s superhero status lost a big part of its impetus. Now the world, not to mention Superman himself, is trying to decide what he’s all about.

It’s interesting to watch how the U.S. has developed as its original claim to moral authority has evaporated. Compared to the globetrotting do-gooder we used to be — fighting evil (read: communism) wherever we might find it, we’re now forced to find another binary to support our superhero status.

The need to address how the U.S. sees itself is especially ascendant now as the Middle East begins to coalesce into a ‘bloc’; a nuclear Iran and an unfriendly Syria, not to mention a perennially surly Pakistan, don’t make the State Department’s life easier, and the East-West binary it’s beginning to create is hauntingly similar to Cold War styles of thought.

I’m not wary of keen foreign policy or of dealing responsibly with Iran, Syria and Pakistan. I am very alarmed, though, by the thought that our legislators might begin to see the Middle East as a commonly allied enemy, because this does nothing but create an artificial division between us — one that distracts the U.S. from constructive projects in other areas, like education, green energy and space exploration.

If we get caught in a national need to define ourselves as the enemy of some foreign ‘ism’ or allow ourselves to get caught in the need to live some kind of us-versus-them national narrative, the country makes a wrong turn. We condemn ourselves to a divisive process that can set good, problem-solving diplomacy back a generation.

The people of the U.S. need to realize the Middle East is properly understood as a group of individual countries, as intricate cultures with unique diplomatic needs — not as our next Lex Luthor.

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Snyder’s budget cuts are troubling

Alex Middlewood Staff Columnist Governor Snyder cut $1 billion from education during his first year in office.

That is $1 billion taken away from the future generation, the generation that has to take care of us when we are old. Does that scare anyone else?

However, I have noticed an interesting trend in Michigan politics as a result of those budget cuts.

College students are starting to run for office in higher numbers, and I can completely understand why. Universities and education in general are suffering under the Snyder administration. For example, Central Michigan University has lost 23.3 percent of its state funding since last year thanks to Governor Snyder.

Similar cuts are seen state-wide.

Student Government President at the University of Michigan - Dearborn and former U.S. Marine, David Knezek, is running for the state

House of Representatives seat from the eleventh district. Knezek is up against fellow student and Democrat Cody Bailey from Albion College.

Public education, along with the economy, is a major issue. Seeing the 50-percent funding cut to higher education during the past 10 years, their stances are completely understandable and long overdue.

Another candidate, one much closer to Central Michigan University and Mid-Michigan, is Adam Lawrence. He will be graduating from CMU in May with a double major in History and Political Science: International Relations.

The Coleman resident is running against incumbent Kevin Cotter for the 99th district Michigan House of Representatives seat. Lawrence said Michigan cannot afford to cut funding to education, and he fully supports the Michigan Senate Democrats’ Michigan 2020 plan to make college affordable and wants to help the plan into fruition.

The Michigan 2020 plan gives state high school graduates education grants by term limiting corporate tax credits. The proposal costs an estimated $1.8-billion, yet does not cost the state a single penny. Education grants for Michigan high school students would value approximately

$9,500 each year. Grants such as these are vital to the average student, who most of the time would be unable to attend college because of lack of funds.

Adam Lawrence believes the teachers who inspired him and have made him and many other students successful should not be the target of massive budget cuts.

Also, it is insulting to both public workers and taxpayers to make such extreme cuts during a recession just to turn around and put our state’s surplus into a “Rainy Day Fund.” Mr. Lawrence and I can both agree that recent GOP focus on social issues is not the way to pull this state out of an economic recession.

This new trend we are seeing, of college students running for office, has the potential to turn around the state’s current policy of slashing funding to education. Each of these candidates will represent the interests of Michiganders very well, including issues other than education. Sometimes we just need a new perspective in Lansing, and these candidates can do that for us.

Alex Middlewood is a member of the College Democrats. This column does not represent the views of the organization.

[your voice] Selected comments in response to “CMU approves 1.96 percent tuition increase for 2012-13 academic year” Chippy I don’t have a problem with raising on-campus tutition if the school would cut off-campus or online tutition. This would create an incentive for students to take online classes, which actually cost the school considerably less than traditional, oncampus classes. A great number of the basic classes, especially those in the University Program, could be delivered online. Sadly, CMU sees

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Michmediaperson If CMU would cut expenses like not fly first-class on airlines, buy $50,000 breaktime trucks, $550,000 websites, etc., then they could have frozen tuition.

Nagiom Well gotta do something after Snyder gutted education to pay off his business buddies.

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But: more venues please. Rubbles just isn’t the best place to hear music--weak acoustics, sleazy vibe, bad beer... It would be nice to have some choices.

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‘Buffett Rule’ more complex than it looks

Recently President Barack Obama has been pushing for reforms to the tax system, specifically supporting the “Buffett Rule.”

The plan stems from Warren Buffett’s repeated statements that he pays a lower tax rate than his secretary, and if the “rule” were implemented, the tax plan would raise tax rates for those making more than $1 million per year.

The claim that millionaires are paying a lower rate than their secretaries seems repulsive when heard for the first time, but the issue is actually much more complex than that.

The reason Buffett pays a lower rate is because his income is largely from investments, rather than a salary like his secretary’s.

Here in the United States, the tax rate for long-term capital gains, the tax rate that applies to long-term investments, is capped at 15 percent, whereas ordinary income tax rates are capped at 35 percent. The reason capital gains are lower than ordinary income taxes is low capital gains tax rates encourage investors to invest in the stock market and entrepreneurial activities.

Recognizing the value in relatively low capital gains taxes is not limited to Republicans; Bill Clinton saw this value, and he signed a bill that lowered them during his administration.

Raising taxes on capital gains would discourage people from investing in the stock market, and that could have detrimental effects on our economy at this time, but ultimately, if he wants to do so, he can push for that.

That being said, it is unfair for him to campaign on this issue when he is simply saying, “It’s unfair that millionaires are paying lower tax rates than their secretaries” without actually explaining why that is. Obama is glossing over the fact that Buffett makes his income through investments and is making it sound like he simply pays a lower ordinary income tax rate, when that is not true.

If Buffett truly thinks he should pay more taxes, he can make a donation to the Treasury Department at www.pay.gov and ask that his donation be used to pay down the deficit.

As of now, he has yet to do that.

It might be popular to encourage the low and middle classes to hate on millionaires who are paying a lower income tax than their secretaries, but oversimplifying the situation to score political points is not helping the situation. If Obama wants to remedy the “problem,” he will have to raise capital gains taxes, and doing so will likely have detrimental consequences on an already unsteady economy.

Now is not the time to take a gamble on economic recovery, especially when the purpose behind the gamble is to gain political popularity.

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Survey says Michigan drivers continue to text behind the wheel

By Justin Orminski Staff Reporter

A report from the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning suggests eight percent of Michigan drivers still text and drive despite the law against it.

The Michigan Distracted Driving Survey of March 2012 surveyed 600 Michigan residents of various ages, polling on what tasks they perform while behind the wheel.

The survey found 56.5 percent of Michigan drivers still accept and make cell phone calls while on the road, and 17.2 percent still look at incoming texts or emails.

Spokesperson for the OHSP Melody Kindraka said the

numbers are fairly accurate.

“It’s a small sample size but is certainly a picture of what could be going on in the state,” Kindraka said.

“The survey was conducted to help draw awareness to these problems,” she said.

“It makes people think about what they may or may not be doing while they drive.”

Mount Pleasant Police Department Sgt. Andy Latham said it’s difficult to enforce the texting and driving law.

Latham said he has only written one texting ticket.

“What’s hard is that you have to see the driver doing it,” he said. “It’s not like speeding where you can just pick them up on the radar. You have to be

100-percent sure.”

Latham said he knew of one recent accident involving cell phone use, where a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle while crossing High Street.

Sterling Heights junior Marcela Micheloni said she has tried texting and driving before, though she no longer does.

The main reason Micheloni said she decided to stop was the difficulty of trying to text and drive.

“It’s so hard to do while you’re driving,” she said. “I don’t know how other people can do it.”

Warren sophomore Caitrin Wojtas said she only texts at red lights.

“I guess I have done it, as bad as that sounds,” Wojtas said. “I try not to do it, now that you can get in trouble for it.”

Wojtas said most of her friends do not text and drive.

“A lot of them hand the phone to the passenger while they are driving, so they can text for them,” she said.

Kindraka said knowing about the issue will help decrease the amount of people who drive while distracted.

“Awareness goes a long way,” she said. “There are lots of different things going on in a car. People need to remember what their main focus should be, and that is driving.”

Photo Illustration by Kaitlin Thoresen / Assistant Photo Editor

The Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning recently found that only eight percent of drivers still text while driving after a ban on the issue went into affect in 2010.

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Advertising major approved; combination of journalism, marketing classes

By Paulina Lee Staff Reporter

Central Michigan University students can now join the multi-billion dollar advertising industry fully armed with an advertising major, as it was approved two weeks ago.

The major is a combination of journalism and marketing designated classes.

Starting July 1, the new bulletin will allow students the opportunity to officially sign an advertising major, allowing CMU to be on a level playing field with other institutions that offer the major, including Western Michigan University, Wayne State University, Michigan State University, Ferris State University and Eastern Michigan University.

Journalism Professor Doug Berry said the whole curriculum approval process took about two and half years.

Berry was the main professor behind formulating and lobbying for the advertising major.

“Its approval means a lot of things,” he said. “It means students have a full curriculum that is really based on what they need to know

by the time they leave. The marketing and journalism departments were both very supportive and great. The dean was fantastic as well.”

Associate Dean of the College of Communication and Fine Arts Shelly Hinck said she is excited the major was passed.

“I was really positive about the curricular changes that the journalism department wanted to make, partly because I know that we have a strong advertising concentration, and I thought the changes he wanted to make appeared to be sound,” Hinck said. “It will provide the students with the necessary education to be successful when they leave.”

Previously, only an advertising concentration within journalism and an advertising minor were available.

“The minor was really good. It was half marketing and half media,” said Berry, who has 24 years of experience working at firms like Young & Rubicam, Team Detroit and Leo Burnett. “Advertising and marketing are very interrelated, and you need both to succeed.”

One new class, JRN 397B:

Writing for Advertising, has been created for the major, as well as a mandatory internship.

“The new class, Writing for Advertising, really came from the students, who requested more help on this,” Berry said.

“I think it’s a great idea,” said Salma Ghanem, dean of the College of Communication and Fine Arts. “When Doug Berry showed it to us, he had done a survey of the students, and there seemed to be a very big interest in pursuing such a major here at CMU.” Berry said the survey of 140 students revealed an advertising major can complement many different majors, as students had diverse backgrounds such as marketing, integrative public relations, psychology, journalism, apparel merchandising and graphic design.

Though Berry said many students take an interest in advertising after discovering their interest in a course like JRN 360: Advertising Principles, there is an advertising student stereotype.

“Advertising is ‘think different.’ The reason why the ad-

vertising is as substantial as it is, is that it thinks of brands in different ways, in emotional ways that linear people don’t understand,” he said.

Berry said a student might think, “I like marketing, but

I don’t like statistics. I like writing, but I’m not sure writing press releases is what I’m made for, and advertising sounds much more interesting to me.”

“It’s a kind of student that

rebels against the rules a bit,” Berry said. “A more outspoken student compared to news editorial students who are quiet and polite.” university@cm-life.com

Tribe opposes casino expansion

By John Irwin Senior Reporter

If a group of investors gets its way, the Soaring Eagle Casino and other casinos in the state could face more competition from eight new casinos.

The investor, Citizens for More Michigan Jobs, is looking to put a constitutional amendment on the November ballot that would green light construction of eight new casinos around the state. The State Board of Canvassers approved the petitions last week. The group needs to collect more than 300,000 signatures.

The new casinos would be built in Detroit, Grand Rapids, Lansing, Clinton Township, Romulus, Birch Run Township, Pontiac and Clam Lake Township.

Frank Cloutier, public relations director for the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, which operates the Soaring Eagle Casino in Mount Pleasant and the Saganing Eagles Landing Casino in Standish, said the new casinos would be harmful to business.

“Our perspective is that this is going to be catastrophic for the

gambling industry in the state as a whole,” Cloutier said. “The gambling operations that we have right now are holding their own. We don’t know if there’s room for growth without hurting the industry as a whole.”

Cloutier said increased competition in the state gambling industry, contrary to most industries, would hurt business.

“Competition is a good thing,” Cloutier said. “It’s what built our nation’s economy. But at the end of the day, in gambling, too much of a good thing becomes a bad thing.”

The tribe is represented by Project MI Vote, which opposes casino expansion and also represents Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi and the owners of the MGM Grand Casino and Greektown Casino in Detroit. A spokesman for the group called the proposed amendment “irresponsible” and said expansion would be detrimental to business.

Emily Gerkin Palsrok, spokeswoman of Citizens for More Michigan Jobs, said construction of the new casinos would create jobs and stimulate Michigan’s economy.

Palsrok said it is estimated

the plan would generate 16,000 jobs statewide, which would include construction of the casinos, casino-based jobs and jobs called indirect casino jobs, which would pop up in the communities associated with the casino.

About 4,000 to 5,000 of those jobs would be construction, she said.

“We don’t think that anyone should be afraid of more competition,” Palsrok said. “We think there’s still plenty of room for competition and that the gaming industry is doing very well in Michigan.”

The state has 22 tribal-owned casinos in addition to the three casinos in Detroit. Cloutier said increased competition from Ohio makes expansion within state lines reckless.

“Any new competition from the Midwest region has an impact on the casinos’ businesses,” Cloutier said.

Citizens for More Michigan Jobs is not affiliated with another group, More Michigan Jobs, which seeks to approve seven other casino locations this November. metro@cm-life.com

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New Chinese Students and Scholars Association promotes cultural exchange

By Paulina Lee Staff Reporter

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Dearborn senior Rebecca Frantz pronounces everyday Chinese phrases with help from Taiwan sophomore Jingle Yang and China sophomore Yan Zhang during Chinese Culture Club Wednesday night in Pearce 210.

Chinese Students and Scholars Association created a Chinese Language and Culture Club after spring break.

The club, a subset of the CSSA registered student organization, promotes Chinese culture and teaches attendees basic Chinese.

“We work with students so we can tell them more about China, so they can know more about Chinese and like it,” said China junior Yan Zhang.

At their meeting Wednesday night, of the 10 who attended, four were American. The meeting started off by sampling various Chinese candies such as White Rabbit candy – which has a chewy texture and is shaped

similar to a Tootsie Roll.

Club leaders, Zhang and fellow China junior Heng Dong, then talked about Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province in southern China. They discussed various topics such as transportation, weather and cuisine there.

China senior Yi Li taught students to say “bu yao la jiao,” which means “don’t want chili sauce,” which would be useful to tourists because Sichaun is known for having spicy foods.

Three of the non-Chinese attendees will be going to Chengdu for a mission trip sponsored

by His House Christian Fellowship for 17 days in June.

Rebecca Frantz, one of the trip’s leaders, said she has already traveled on a mission trip to China previously, where she

Rubber Ducky Derby to raise money for Special Olympics

By Stephanie Titsworth Staff Reporter

The Chippewa River will be overflowing with hundreds of yellow rubber ducks this weekend.

More than 440 rubber ducks have already been sold for the upcoming Rubber Ducky Derby event, where rubber ducks are sold and raced to raise money for Michigan’s Special Olympics.

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“With glow and paint stuff trending, it’s popular right now,” the Fraser senior said. “It’s getting warm out and I thought it would be a great way to start the summer.”

Registration for the event was available a week before the race and Czupinski said it was an immediate hit.

“We had 100 people posting on Facebook that they were interested after three hours of registration being open,” she said. “When we rescheduled the event, it went down to 120, but we had people sign up today as well.”

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The derby is being hosted by five students from Timothy Otteman’s RPL 430: Planning Recreation Programs and Events class.

The event will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday on the Chippewa River at Island Park. The group hopes to sell about 500 ducks and agreed they are confident they will be able to do so.

“The idea came from the other group members in my RPL 430 class,” said Shaun Knight,

one of the five students organizing the event. “The event is a great idea. It gives people an opportunity to contribute. You don’t have to be present to win either, but can still give to the cause by buying a duck.”

Three cash prizes will be given away to the winners, as well as prizes for best duck decorating contest, last place duck and a raffle. T-shirts from the Central Michigan University bookstore,

gift certificates to Lil Chef, Hall of Heroes and Applebees will also be given away.

Livonia sophomore Jessica Webb said she is excited for the race and cash prizes.

“It gives people the opportunity to give to a good cause by buying their ducks and sending them down the river,” Webb said.

Patterson ran in her first color race with her boyfriend, Lansing senior Terry Foster, in support of the Threads Fashion Show.

“I’m one of the designers for the show, so I’m sort of fundraising for my own cause,” Patterson said. “The show gives us great experience for our portfolios and we can win awards. It’s good to support the program.”

The race route had three paint stations where volunteers threw handfuls of paint powder at passing racers, concluding back at its starting point with pizza, water and awards given to the participants.

“C&O was awesome and donated T-shirts and we awarded one to the first finisher, as well as best dressed and most colored,” Czupinski said. “Also, B Tan do-

nated some minutes and spray tanning, and Papa John’s threw in some free pizza.”

Watervliet sophomore Eric Phillips was the first participant to cross the finish line, entering a cloud of multi-col-

ored powder paint.

“It was fun; better than I expected,” Phillips said. “It was pretty awesome, though there could have been more paint.”

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spent nine months working with college students.

The Dearborn senior said when she first went to China, she had no particular interest in the culture.

“When I got back after my mission trip, I just grew to like it,” Frantz said. “I love Chinese people, the language, the food.”

Mount Pleasant resident Josh Chaffin is the associate campus minister of His House and is also helping Frantz lead the mission trip. He said he is excited to explore Chengdu.

“I’ve always been interested in other cultures and see what God was doing around the world,” he said. “I just want to see China and meet people.”

Chaffin said his first time at a Chinese Language and Culture Club meeting was fun.

“I learned a few phrases that I’ll probably need, and it was just good to learn about the area and the transportation, plus the different kinds of food were really interesting,” he said.

Though there was a lot of learning during the meeting, Dong said the club is not just about teaching.

“We are just sharing what we know about China, Chinese culture and simple Chinese,” he said. “Because you can ask whatever you want about China — it is free talk.”

Meetings are held at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday nights in Pearce Hall 136 and are open to the public. For more information, email cssaincentral@gmail. com. studentlife@cm-life.com

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Seniors draft squads for spring game

By John Manzo Staff Reporter

Midweek games haven’t been kind to the Central Michigan baseball team lately.

After losing against Michigan State and Michigan in the past two midweek games, the Chippewas were hoping the third time was the charm Thursday against Oakland.

However, OU put up two big innings en route to an 11-8 victory on its home field in Rochester.

“We probably walked too many guys,” head coach Steve Jaksa said. “They had a couple timely hits. We just weren’t able to get all the way back into it.”

It was a stalemate at six for two and a half innings, but the Golden Grizzlies busted that in the bottom of the seventh with one of their two major run-producing innings.

Hit batters and walks allowed OU to establish base runners for junior Nolan Jacoby. He’s the guy who damaged Trowbridge’s stat line.

Jacoby smashed the winning three-run home run to ultimately seal the deal for the Golden Grizzlies.

The Chippewas made it interesting in the eighth inning with two runs, but senior Sam Russell left two runners stranded when he struck out to end the inning.

“We had two guys on and we couldn’t get that one more hit that maybe would have put us ahead,” Jaksa said.

“We probably walked too many guys. They had a couple timely hits. We just weren’t able to get all the way back into it.”

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Head coach In the beginning of the game, CMU responded to an early run from the Golden Grizzlies with three runs in the top of the second, but OU scored four runs in the bottom half of the inning.

The usual midweek pitcher freshman Matt Trowbridge was swapped out in favor of freshman Dylan Rheault, but the struggles continued for the midweek starters.

Rheault lasted just two innings, giving up five runs (two earned) on just one hit, but four walks.

Trowbridge entered the third inning in relief, but he had his ups and downs as well. He went 4 and 2/3 innings while giving up four runs on four hits with six strikeouts.

The Chippewas have a three-game series against Eastern Michigan in Ypsilanti beginning at 6 p.m. today.

The Eagles are first place in the Mid-American Conference West standings with a 6-3 record.

By Ryan Zuke Senior Reporter

Photos by Mike Mulholland/photo editor

New wide receivers coach Mose Rison tosses balls to sophomore wide receiver Titus Davis during his first spring practice back at Central Michigan March 29. Rison was a stand out wide receiver at before graduating in 1978.

Before CMU, Rison was the head coach at North Carolina Central from 2007-2010.

From 1981-1988, Rison was CMU’s receivers coach and special teams coordinator.

COMING HOME Former coach and receiver Mose Rison returns to CMU

By Ryan Zuke | Senior Reporter

Mose Rison did not know where - or if - his coaching career would resume after leaving North Carolina Central in 2010.

He said he wanted to continue coaching. He was still passionate about the game and enjoyed seeing his team run out onto the field on Saturday afternoons, but he did not know what was going to come next.

What started as an initial phone call to Plas Presnell, CMU Director of Football Operations, Rison found out about the receivers coach vacancy and was hired to fill that role. It is his second stint at CMU where he was the receivers coach and directed the special teams from 1981-88.

Mose, 1978 graduate from CMU and stand out wide receiver for the Chippewas, said he could not be more ecstatic about his return to what he calls ‘home’.

“The return has been absolutely outstanding,” Rison said. “This is home for me.

I’ve been here two months now and have gotten to know quite a few of the players.”

Rison has had many coaching stops in his career.

After leaving CMU in 1988, he was the receivers coach at Navy, Rutgers and Stanford before moving on to the National Football League. He

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was the receivers coach for the New York Jets in 2001 and 2002 and then returned back to the collegiate ranks where he was most recently the head coach for North Carolina Central.

“I’ve coached a lot of different places,” Rison said.

“This is year number 33 for me, and when I left here in ‘88, I had no idea I would be back here in 2012, but I’m glad to be here.”

It did not take him long to adjust to head coach Dan Enos’ system.

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Offensive line has experience, also injuries, issues into spring game

By Brandon Champion Staff Reporter

A major key on any football team is the play of its offensive line.

Heading into this year’s spring practice, the Central Michigan football team hopes to have plenty of experience along its offensive front.

The Chippewas entered spring practice with six players who started at least

one game last season. The group includes four seniors in Eric Fisher, Darren Keyton, Jake Olson and Mike Repovz. Sophomores Andy Phillips and Kevin Henry also started games for the Chippewas in 2011.

The group is one of the most experienced on the team and looking to improve.

“It’s very important for those guys to perform,”

head coach Dan Enos said.

“They are a veteran group, and I expect a lot from them.”

So far in spring camp, the line has had its fair share of injuries. Keyton, Fisherand Phillips have all missed time, which has created some opportunities for the younger players along the offensive line.

“Us being out has given the other guys a chance,”

Fisher said. “It’s important for those guys to get reps, because depth is always something that’s important for every team to have,” At times, the team has had three freshmen (Kenny Rogers, Ramadan Ahmetiand Nick Beamish) working on the first team offense during spring practice.

“Those young guys have done a nice job filling in while the older guys have

been out,” Enos said. “That being said, it will be nice when we get the older guys back, and we can move those guys to the back-up position where they probably need to be right now.”

The offensive line and the rest of the Chippewas will play their annual spring game at 2 p.m. this Saturday at Kelly/Shorts Stadium. sports@cm-life.com

The teams have been picked and the coaches have been decided for the annual spring football game set for 2 p.m Saturday at Kelly/Shorts Stadium.

Wednesday, the Central Michigan football team drafted the rosters that will square off Saturday. The seniors were divided between the Gold and Maroon teams and then drafted their teammates by position.

Redshirt freshman offensive lineman Nick Beamish was the number-one overall pick by the Gold team. Tight ends coach Butch Barry will head the Gold team while receivers coach Mose Rison will head the Maroon team.

Head coach Dan Enos said the main goal is to make the game enjoyable for the players and fans. After five weeks of spring practice, he understands his players are amped to get in front of a crowd and compete.

“I just want to see guys have fun,” Enos said. “I think it’s a great opportunity for the players to get in front of their family and friends. ‘We are trying to make it a fun atmosphere. Regardless of the score, we just want to make it fun and make it somewhat competitive. But again, we will evaluate it likes it’s another game.”

Overall, Enos said he was pleased with what the team accomplished during spring.

“I think it’s gone very well,” he said. “We’ve obviously had days where one side of the ball dominated, but over the past week or two, it’s been pretty even. I think that’s a sign of a good football team - that one side is not dominating.”

Enos said one position that might be behind schedule as far as progress goes is the offensive line.

“With some of the guys not being back from injuries on the offensive line, that hurts because of the continuity — that’s one thing that’s been disrupted,” Enos said. “(Eric) Fisher and Andy Phillips who both started a lot of games last season, did not practice the whole spring, and Aaron McCord missed the entire spring as well.”

Since the start of spring, there have been no serious additional injuries. Enos said they’re working on getting everyone healthy who missed the entire spring.

For junior safety Avery Cunningham, the spring game is an opportunity for both sides of the ball to show off what they have been working on.

“We’re just going to come out and try and put on a show for everybody,” he said. “Just go out there and compete with the offense, get a couple stops, get a couple turnovers and make us better and them better.”

Enos said the offense and defense will work with a limited playbook, because he wants to see the guys just line up and play. sports@cm-life.com

UPDATING SCHEDULE The Homecoming game will be Oct. 20 against Ball State. The game against Navy originally scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 13 has been changed to 8 p.m.

Friday night Oct. 12 on ESPN 2. Autographs will be available for fans at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the Indoor Athletic Center by CMU players.

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Senior pitcher Zach Cooper takes the mound to start April 6 against Toledo at Theunissen Stadium in Mount Pleasant. Cooper pitched seven innings allowing only two runs on three hits during the 7-2 win over the Toledo Rockets.

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Oakland, MSU and Kent State the following week.

CMU wants revenge in the opening two games against the Golden Grizzlies and MSU, because it dropped the first game between both teams.

After two non-conference games, the Chippewas face a KSU team that is 9-0 in the MAC and could be their biggest competition in the MAC tournament in late May. Before that, CMU must take care of an Eagles team that comes into the weekend on a four-game winning streak. Within it, they have scored double-digit runs in three of the four games, scoring nine in their only game without double-digit runs scored. sports@cm-life.com

“I’ve developed a great relationship with Dan, and he understands and respects the fact that I’ve had some different experiences,” Rison said. “It’s been somewhat of an adjustment, but at the same time, a lot of the things we’re doing I have done other places, so it’s molded well.”

Enos said he can already see the impact he has had on the receivers.

“He’s done a great job,” Enos said. “Titus Davis was a good player in the fall, and now he’s becoming a very good receiver. Coach (Rison) has done a great job with his technique and the fundamentals part of it, and you can see that growth in all our guys.”

The receivers have also taken the transition extremely well. They could tell from the beginning he was more than just a football coach.

“Coach Rison is very experienced and definitely knows what he’s talking about,” redshirt freshman Jesse Kroll said. “You can tell he really cares about you, because he’s trying to get you better as a player and as a person.”

Rison said he knew he could not come to CMU and be overly abrasive from the start. He wanted to get to know the players first — gain their trust.

“One of the first things I told the young men when I got back here was I want to develop a relationship with them,” Rison said.

“Because sometimes when they make mistakes and you don’t get to know the guys, they don’t know where you are coming from. So we have developed a strong bond, and I think they respect the fact that I’ve had a lot of experience and have coached some guys at some very high levels.”

Rison has also stressed the importance of academics and how performing well in the classroom can translate into better perfor-

mances on the field.

“The first thing I tell the players always is make sure you take care of your academic business,” Rison said. “If you can take care of your business academically, a lot of times, the onthe-field stuff is a lot easier because you don’t have that added stress.”

Although Rison said he has gained valuable experience throughout his coaching career, he reiterated the fact that there is no place

better than being back at CMU. “I’m very comfortable here,” Rison said. “I went to school here and then came around and coached here. I still know a lot of people in town. For me, it’s very easy going up and down Broomfield (Street) and Mission (Street). I get up in the morning and jog through campus, and I’m at home.” sports@cm-life.com

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The Eastern Michigan baseball team sits on top the Mid-American Conference West standings with a 6-3 record.

It is the place where the Central Michigan baseball team wants to be. With a series victory this weekend, the Chippewas have an opportunity to do just that.

“Yeah, the rivalry is real,” head coach Steve Jaksa said. “Last year, we had to take two out of three for the championship on the last weekend, so I’m sure they remember that. We’re playing at their place like we were last year, so we know the surroundings very well.”

The series starts at 6 p.m. today in Ypsilanti with CMU senior pitcher Zach Cooper on the mound and continues at 3 p.m.

Saturday with junior Patrick Kaminska. The final game is at 1 p.m. Sunday.

“Our guys have been resilient and we have to go in there, and I fully expect that we’ll be ready to play,” Jaksa said.

The Eagles, who are 6-2 at home, are coming off a 13-5 victory over Michigan State Wednesday in East Lansing.

EMU used a 12-run third inning to propel itself to the victory to get even in the season series with MSU at 1-1.

The Chippewas, who are 7-14 on the road, dropped their midweek game 11-8 against Oakland (7-23).

The state of Michigan has produced quality baseball in the MAC this season. EMU holds the top spot in the division and Western Michigan and CMU are right behind the Eagles in that order.

“I think those rivalries have been real good, and I think everybody wants to knock each other off,” Jaksa said. “It speaks well for the talent that we have in the state and how we recruit.”

A series victory over the Eagles could be crucial for the Chippewas, because they open a five-game homestand against

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