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Confusion over law causes increase in drug-related cases By Lonnie Allen Staff Reporter
Ben Witt said alcohol violations will always “be the champ” over other student infractions, but marijuana issues have steadily climbed at CMU. “Alcohol is our biggest case here, but marijuana has definitely spiked this year,” the student behavioral administrator said. The combination of record enrollment and confusion over Michigan’s Medical Marijuana law has added to the numbers, he said. Tony Voisin, director of the Office of Student Life, said there have been more than 400 alcohol violations so far this academic year; last year’s total was 409. “Last year we had around
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Birmingham senior Chardae Whitson reads to preschool students Jake, Anthony and Alzarah Thursday morning in the Child Development and Learning Laboratory in the Education and Human Services Building. “It’s been a good experience,” said Whitson, a special education major of spending time in the lab. “It’s offered a wider range of experience.”
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Sarah Lechota has picked up a skill in her time at CMU that other students likely have not — how to manage a classroom of preschoolers. The Flint senior said she wants to be a preschool teacher or something similar after she graduates, and the Child Development and Learning lab has helped her learn what activities will and will not work in a classroom. She said group activities
tried out at the lab include reading stories, singing songs and putting on puppet shows. “We really got to test the waters for running a classroom with other teachers,” Lechota said. The experience is gratifying, she said, when she is able to teach the children a song and she hears them sing it on their own for the rest of the day. “It’s really rewarding when they like what you do and you can see that they like it,” she said.
Margaret Desormes, associate director of the lab, said students do a lot of observation at the start of the semester, and by the end they take over managing the classrooms. She said managing the classroom includes taking attendance, giving lessons and preparing students for lunch. Students also will prepare parent-teacher conferences for the end of the year. Desormes said there are 72 children in the program and about 70 CMU students who work in the lab at different
The Education and Human Services Building was chosen over nearly a dozen other recently-completed projects for the 2010 Construction Project of the Year. The Greektown Casino in Detroit and Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids were among other candidates identified by the Construction Association of Michigan. “There was stiff competition from 11 other projects for the honor of Project of the Year, but the College of Education and Human Services Building at Central
Michigan University prevailed,” said CAM President Kevin Koehler in a prepared statement. About 40 percent of the vote in an online poll favored it, said Tracy Burton, coordinator of Outreach and Marketing at EHS. Burton said the building’s space invites innovative teaching practices and that naturally augments the learning process. “It was designed to enhance student learning inside and outside the classroom,” Burton said. “It implements technology on so many levels.” She said the EHS building A ehs | 2A
times during the week. The lab gives students handson teaching experience, she said, which is important for developing team-building skills. “You can be a really good teacher, but if you can’t work with people you won’t go far,” she said. Desormes said the Education and Human Services building allows for new facilities and more space for the lab. “We wanted the program
Changes to reflect increases in food, energy costs By Ariel Black Senior Reporter
Increases in room and board rates for the 2011-12 year will be a main topic at Thursday’s CMU Board of Trustees meeting. There will be a 1.5 percent increase in standard rooms from 2010-2011 to 2011-2012, with rates changing from $8,092 to $8,212. Despite this increase, Shaun Holtgreive, associate director of Residence Life, said rates were kept as low as they could. “With energy and food costs being the way they are, there has to be an increase,” Holtgreive said. Room and board rates for Campbell, Kesseler, Kulhavi, Celani and Fabiano halls will
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Medical school continues progress for four years after proposed idea By Maria Amante Senior Reporter
It was four years ago this month a CMU medical school was first suggested. At the April 20, 2007 board of trustees meeting, Trustee Sam Kottamasu asked then-University President Michael Rao to explore the feasibility of a medical school at CMU because the
increase by 1.5 percent, but Robinson will not see a rise in costs. “Room rates in Robinson will actually decrease by 1 percent to reflect a reduction in the premium adjustment charged for the rooms in Robinson,” said Steve Smith, director of Public Relations, in an emailed statement. “The increase in room and board rates reflects increased employee compensation, food and supply costs for the residence halls.” The meeting agenda said, “These recommendations are based upon a comprehensive review of residences and dining service operations and budgets. This amount will meet anticipated operational costs and allow for continuation of contributions to the university for general fund subsidies, overhead, capital
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Ann Arbor freshman Kristina Graham, left, and Custer junior Samara Spotts work on a project together for His House on Thursday morning in a study room in the Education and Human Services Building. Graham, an education major, said she spends about two days a week in the EHS building and enjoys the study rooms located throughout. “I love it,” Graham said. “I think it’s really cool.”
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Kottamasu: ‘A very significant mission’ mid-Michigan area was to see a shortage of up to 600 doctors in the near future. Since then, CMU has received both criticism and recognition for its College of Medicine, but school administrators are no less certain of their intent to see the project through. “In the long run, this is a very important project, a very significant mission for CMU,” said Kottamasu, now vice chairman of the board. “It is quite a huge project, and the first time we do it, it has to be done right.” Director of Public Relations Steve Smith said any discontent expressed by the public is similar to what was seen while the
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65 (marijuana) violations,” Voisin said. “This year’s violations certainly surpassed that number several weeks ago ... I can tell you by the numbers this year already, with another month ... to go, (we) have exceeded last year’s numbers.” Witt said most of the marijuana cases he has seen pertain to the medical marijuana card. It has caused a lot of confusion among students, he said, and this frustrates him. “I think it is a shame that the voters passed it and now the legislature won’t give us the framework of it,” Witt
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College of Health Professions was developing 10 years ago. “Every time they enter into something new like this, there is some kind of backlash ... (and now the College of Health Professions is) highly successful,” Smith said. “We cannot accommodate the number of kids who want to come here and learn at our College of Health Professions right now.” With a medical school, the university could qualify for up to $220 million in research funds annually, additional corporate funds and potential drug trials, Kottamasu said in 2007. The college is an expensive undertaking, he said, but
is not as pricey compared to other medical colleges. Kottamasu said the amount of time the project is taking is normal for new medical schools from conception to creation. “In some respects, (the College of Medicine) is what I thought (it would be),” Kottamasu said. “In some ways it is better, with the two hospitals in Saginaw.” The college has partnered with Saginaw-based Synergy Medical Education Alliance, Covenant Health Care and St. Mary’s hospitals where students will gain experience during their four years of medical education at CMU.
It also has affiliated with eight hospitals for students to do clinical training, including Central Michigan Community Hospital, 1221 South Drive. David Burdette, vice president of finance and administrative services, said the college is focused on two goals: Achieving Liaison Committee on Medical Education accreditation and opening in summer 2013. “That’s how you measure success,” Burdette said. “And there’s a lot of people spending a lot of time trying to bring those to fruition.”
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WEDNESDAY w A presentation on 15 strategies to re-energize mid-career teachers will take place from 2 to 3 p.m. in Charles V. Park Library 413. w Alpha Gamma Delta’s annual taco dinner will be served from 4 to 9 p.m. at its house at 607 S. Main St. w “Human Rights & Gender Roles: The Case of Senegal� will be presented from 7 to 8 p.m. in Education and Human Services Building room 118.
budget, deferred maintenance, and debt service. It will also provide for modest funding of annual maintenance, renovation, and replacement of furniture and equipment.� Holtgreive said the heightened costs will probably not affect the number of students living in residence halls. Food and energy costs are going up at apartments too, but those costs are not incorporated into residence hall living so there had to be an increase, he said. The cost of food will increase by 4 percent. In addition to the room and board increase, staff wages will increase an average of 2 percent, and staff benefits will
increase by 5 percent. Other business There also will be a raise in the doctoral, specialist and masters tuition rates of 2.5 percent. No progress was given concerning negotiations between CMU and Lodgco Hospitality LLC regarding the hotel to be built east of Kelly/Shorts Stadium. At the February meeting, board members said they hoped to have an update by Thursday. David Burdette, vice president of Finance and Administrative Services, referred questions to Smith when reached for comment. “Lodgco is not on the agenda for the April meeting,� Smith said, and did not elaborate further. university@cm-life.com
THURSDAY w An American Red Cross Blood Drive will be held from noon to 5:45 p.m. in Kulhavi 402. w A public debate on Michigan creating a police DNA database will take place from 7 to 8 p.m. in Moore 112. w The Orchesis Dance Company Spring Concert will be performed from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in Bush Theatre.
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Flint senior Sarah Lechota watches preschool student Alliyah play on the slide Thursday morning on the playground located at the Education and Human Services building. Lechota, who is currently helping teach in the Child Development and Learning Laboratory, is part of the HDF 409 class, Lead Teaching in Early Childhood. “I really like having all the resources,� Lechota said. “You test the water, but you’re not totally alone.�
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to excel and match the beautiful building we’re in,� she said. “We want to build this whole school as a community of learners.� Desormes said the faculty believes children learn from their experiences. “What we want to create is not a bunch of children that can spit back facts,� she
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is inspiring. “We are thrilled to be the state’s top construction project,� Burton said. “It’s great for this college and it’s great recognition for CMU.� Freeland senior Madeline Gorney, who is majoring in education, said she loves the building. “It’s technologically up to date,� Gorney said. “I enjoy the study areas, getting coffee or something to eat. I’m here all the time.� The building was designed by the SHW Group and built by Walsh Construction. The EHS building is one of
said. “We create thinkers.� Tracy Burton, coordinator of Outreach and Marketing for EHS, said the lab gives students a taste of future careers. She said students are able to work together with faculty to provide a wonderful experience for the children. “They make this experience so rich for the children,� she said. “They’re able to put into practice what they’re learning almost immediately.�
the most environmentally friendly buildings on campus, said Steve Lawrence, associate vice president of Facilities Management, in previous reports. According to the Walsh Construction website, the building is four stories, 147,000 square feet and was planned as CMU’s first Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design certification construction project. The building cost $50 million to complete and had solar panels installed for energy efficiency in January. Plans began in 2006, and construction was complete in 2009. university@cm-life.com
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said. Vincent Cavataio, Student Government Association president-elect and Shelby Township senior, said the issue of growing alcohol and marijuana violations has not been brought to the attention of the SGA, but it does concern him. He said SGA could take a stance on the issue supporting a university initiative to inform students of the law’s implications. “That’s one thing that we could definitely do and inform students of the consequences of their actions,� Cavataio said. He also said he was interested in the demographics of those found in violation of alcohol and marijuana policies at CMU because, if most are freshmen, informational sessions at orientation could help resolve issues before they come to a head. Lowell freshman Al Calvi believes the policy is unclear for students who may have the medicinal marijuana card and lodge at residence halls. “I don’t think anyone should be allowed to smoke (marijuana) on campus,� Calvi said. “But if a student is prescribed marijuana they should be allowed to have it in their home. If it isn’t illegal (for people with the card) then why should it be an issue for the school, as long as they are not lighting up on campus?� Witt said universities and schools are drug-free zones even if a student has a medical marijuana card. “Students have a card and give (their prescribed marijuana) to their roommate,� Witt said. “That is not the way the card works.� The law has posed issues on campus, Voisin said, because students are either claiming they are not aware of the law or of university policy.
“I don’t buy that (story), clearly you know university policy,� Voisin said. “They’re clearly told when they show up at a residence hall, probably seven times, what the policies are.� Dealing with violations Witt works full time in the Office of Student Life as student behavioral administrator after having worked as its conduct proceedings officer for several years. The position helps coordinate university efforts pertaining to student conduct and discipline, he said Voisin said Witt is the perfect person for the office. “His experience as a residence hall director (and) police officer, along with his degree in criminal justice, provide him with excellent
investigative skills and a very strong knowledge of student issues,� Voisin said. Voisin and Witt said they do not want students to slip between the cracks. “We don’t ever want to have the perception that we have a fast-food window for discipline for student conduct,� Witt said. “When someone has an alcohol or drug violation and you just give him or her a fine, how does that help without getting the context of the student? Where else have they showed up on the radar? Are there other underlying things that are hampering their growth as a student and an adult?� university@cm-life.com
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No suspects identified yet in church burglary By Orrin Shawl Staff Reporter
Police are still searching for suspects in a burglary and larceny of more than $8,000 worth of property at Mount Pleasant Community Church, 1400 W. Broomfield St. Officers from Mount Pleasant Police responded to the reported breaking and entering at 8:26 a.m. April 6. The church door was opened by force and eight different offices were burglarized, said Jeff Browne, Mount Pleasant Police Department public information officer. Among the items stolen were two laptops, several computer accessories, two digital cameras, several camera lenses, two Nintendo Wii controllers, an autographed baseball, $50 in cash, candy and soda. Browne said the cameras and camera equipment were valued at $6,685 alone. Police have not identified or arrested any suspects, but are developing possible fingerprints. Evidence is being sent
to the Michigan State Crime Lab for analysis. Pastor Rob Muldoon, director of operations, administration, finance and facility at Mount Pleasant Community Church, said because of the ongoing investigation, the church cannot discuss details. “The congregation is aware of it,” Muldoon said. “In fact, it was on Facebook Wednesday morning.” Wallace senior and church member Chris Strobel had not heard of the burglary, but was shocked when he found out about it. “I think it’s a horrible thing, I don’t know why anyone would want to steal from a church,” he said. “I think that the Mount Pleasant Community Church can rebound from it.” Mount Pleasant Community Church hosted one of its Community Days Saturday, in which church volunteers help out the community through methods such as a mobile food pantry. metro@cm-life.com
Cavataio, English take over SGA leadership roles By Brad Canze News Copy Chief
Shelby Township senior Vincent Cavataio and Jackson junior Bryant English were sworn into the presidency and vice presidency of the Student Government Association Monday. Former SGA president and vice president Garden City senior Brittany Mouzourakis and Muskegon senior Dave Breed swore Cavataio and English in at a 6 p.m. ceremony in Bovee University Center’s Gold Room. Before swearing in English, Cavataio and other elected SGA positions, both Mouzourakis and Breed gave short farewell speeches. “All in all, it’s been a great year for SGA,” Mouzourakis said during her farewell speech. “ I hope to see it grow, and I know Vince and Bryant will take good care of the organization.” Mouzourakis ended her speech with an exclamation of “Peace, love and Lady Gaga! I was born this way!” Breed told a short story about he and Mouzourakis meeting during their freshman year and deciding at an early stage to work together on campus. “She was a roommate of one of the girls in my Safari group, and I ended up hanging out in her dorm room, talking about how we both wanted to be involved on campus,” Breed said.
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Nina Nash-Robertson, director of choral activities, speaks with the Concert Choir during a rehearsal April 5 in the Music Building. The choir is currently preparing for its upcoming performance with the Midland Symphony Orchestra on April 16.
“I remember back during that time, we said we’d end up running (for SGA office) together.” English said since being elected last Thursday, he has been hard at work getting oriented to the responsibilities of his new position, while balancing a heavy class workload as exams loom. “It has been crazy, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything,” English said. Port Huron junior Dan Wiley, who has served as treasurer since being appointed by Breed and Mouzourakis in February, was sworn in after being reelected to the same position. Wiley said he hopes to cut down on unnecessary spending, including the phone in the SGA’s office, which the university charges the group $500 a year for. “One of the kind of weird things I noticed is we spend $500 on a telephone service,” Wiley said. “I’d like to see some of those costs shift, and do away with some of the old ways of doing things.” Six of the eight elected senators, Saline junior Evan O’Reilly, Saint Johns junior Sabrina Hebeler, Flat Rock sophomore Brittany Santure, Alma sophomore Anna Dvorak, Sparta freshman Spencer McKellar and Grant junior Mara Kieren, were also sworn in. Moments after the inauguration, Cavataio and English A sga | 7a
mother of music Nina Nash-Robertson instructs generations of musicians, teachers By Annie Harrison | Staff Reporter
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ina Nash-Robertson considers herself a “real choir geek.” The director of choral activities and professor of music said her favorite piece is often the one she is working on and she has been moved to tears by the beauty of many. She said she loves renaissance music and has a special interest in Irish choral music because she was born in Ireland, where she retains citizenship.
Concert Choir for six semesters, Chamber Singers for two semesters and went on the Shanghai trip. He said NashRobertson works with her students on a personal level and is always encouraging. “We work with her to make the best sounds,” he said. “It’s nice to have someone as world-renowned as she is.”
“I find it beautiful and deeply moving and very exciting,” she said. Nash-Robertson has been director of choral activities since 1983 and conducts the Concert Choir, Chamber Singers and Festival Chorus. She said the most rewarding part about being a professor and a director is working with talented students who love music. “I get to make music all day long,” she said. “That’s a rare and wondrous gift.” Nash-Robertson said it is sometimes challenging when she conceives a sound in her mind and has to teach a group to understand and execute it in exactly the same way. “In many ways I’m simply
Disciples of music Nash-Robertson said she hopes her students who are music majors become “disciples” of music in their communities, and students who are non-majors develop a respect for the arts. She said potential music education majors are often frightened by a lack of jobs, but there will always be a need for good teachers. “I think it’s really important that the brightest and the best musicians become teachers,” she said. She said she enjoys training the next generation of music makers, and she appreciates meeting new students who have been taught by former students — her “musical grandchildren.”
the conduit from the brain of the composer, through the singers and instrumentalists, to the ears of the audience,” she said. Nash-Robertson has conducted student groups around the world. She has led students on tours of Europe, where they have performed at sites including Westminster Abbey, St. Peter’s Basilica and the Notre Dame Cathedral. “It’s a deeply spiritual and historic experience,” she said. Nash-Robertson also conducted CMU choirs at the 2010 Shanghai World Exposition. Grayling senior Chuck Hughes said he has been in
Nash-Robertson said she is learning new music all the time and has a level of understanding she did not possess when she first came to CMU. She said her job is “energizing” and she does not plan to retire soon. “I love what I do,” she said. “I still think I have something to offer students, and I know they have something to offer me.” Dundee junior Jonathan Schott has been in Concert Choir for one year, Chamber Singers for two years and also went on the Shanghai trip. He said Nash-Robertson is a phenomenal woman who is always willing to cooperate with students. “She always has the individual needs of students in mind and she always has a particular sound in mind for a song,” he said. Schott said she puts all of her energy into her work and she is grateful for her students. “I’ve rarely seen her with a frown on her face,” he said. “She’s always smiling.” university@cm-life.com
Wellspring Literary Series closes with Detroit poet, local talent D. Blair, Joe Hertler, Joe Kane perform for full crowd By Hailee Sattavara Staff Reporter
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Singer and poet D. Blair gestures as he shares his poem “Into Darkness” at the Art Reach of Mid Michigan Wellspring Literary Series Monday evening at the Art Reach Center, 111 E. Broadway St. “I like to start out with this poem . . . it sets the right mood,” Blair said.
A deep, deliberate rhythm of chords could be heard at Art Reach of Mid Michigan, 111 E. Broadway St., in downtown Mount Pleasant at the last Wellspring event of the semester. Robert Fanning, assistant professor of the English language and literature department, shared a long list
of thanks to all of of those involved in supporting and setting up the Wellspring Literary Series. Featured singer and poet D. Blair brought a few extra chairs for the standingroom only crowd of more than 100 gathered Monday at the center. “We couldn’t be ending on a higher note,” Fanning said. Orion senior Joe Hertler’s singing and guitar rhythms and Lakeport graduate Joe Kane’s poetry were also heard. Blair, a Detroit native, is a poetry slam national champion and has also worked with Stevie Wonder. Blair
has been nominated for 7 Detroit Music Awards. “My life in a number of ways changed in that second,” Blair said of winning the poetry slam competition. Blair works with an organization that helps to bring poetry and music into Detroit Public Schools as well as a number of other places. Blair has closed out the Wellspring Literary Series for two years in a row. He said he has enjoyed his performances in Mount Pleasant. “I appreciate the opportunity to share with you all,” Blair said. Fanning said the series
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has received a lot of requests from people interested in performing next year. “We have a lot of really good poets coming from around the state,” Fanning said. “I would love anyone who hasn’t experienced this to come out,” Art Reach Director Kathy Hill said the series was a hit from day one. Fifty people came out to the first event and the crowd built from that. “I love that the event marries the university and the town,” Hill said, “A lot of kids that haven’t been to Art Reach come.” metro@cm-life.com
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Med. college’s support remains mixed since El-Sawi’s leaving
Do you think the College of Medicine is a positive endeavor for CMU to embark upon?
There are 17 developing medical programs in the first three stages of Liaison Committee on Medical Education accreditation.
Tom Rohrer, director of Institute of Sustainable Systems
“It’s a good idea. CMU has a lot of decent programs, why not have a medical school. It will make CMU look more legit.”
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Jeff O’Connell, Jackson senior
“It’s a good thing, it will bring students here, I don’t think they’re doing a good job going about it. The salaries are pretty unfair. Nobody likes tuition increases.”
LCME co-secretary: ‘We encourage people to take all the time they need’
Kat Arkansas, Lincoln Park sophomore
“It’s very expensive. The salaries offered are offensive, it blows you away, but many different programs could benefit from CMed. It’s fine, but very expensive.”
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Chuck Hastings, associate professor of sociology and anthropology
“It’s a good thing, it will bring more students and increase prestige on campus, make CMU a bigger deal.” Kate Hensel, Canton junior
“I think we should capitalize on the programs we already have.” Gabe Hall, Pullman junior
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“If, as the medical school develops, they have an emphasis on sustainability and become the first green medical college, that would be great.”
Support for the College of Medicine remains mixed since campus learned of Dr. Nehad El-Sawi’s severance package in February. El-Sawi’s resignation as the college’s associate dean of Medical Education and Faculty Development was effective January 28. She received six months pay and various benefits as part of her resignation contract and her total compensation for six months of employment totaled $238,000. Sarah Opperman, board of trustees chairwoman, said severance packages are “normal” in response to the package given El-Sawi in January. Following the Feb. 17 board meeting, she said losing employees is unfortunate in any situation — either in business or at a public university. “Severance packages are very normal, especially for senior executives,” Opperman said. “It’s unfortunate when it happens, but it’s also how you get the quality of people you need.” John Keeley, an Allen Park sophomore, said he disagrees with the compensation given to El-Sawi considering the amount of time she was employed, but supports the College of Medicine. “( The College of Medicine) is a good idea, I’m glad its coming,” he said. “I’m disappointed it’s delayed. They should have planned it out better.” Spencer Austin, a Lansing sophomore and theater major, said he is disappointed with the severance package. “She is getting a huge severance package and there is no money going to my program,” Austin said. “In the long run, I’m getting screwed.” Austin also said the development of the College of Medicine was a way to “hike up tuition.” “There’s enough. Michigan State, the University of Michigan — why do we need one?” he said. Two finalists to replace El-Sawi were announced on April 5. Thomas Masterson, associate dean of the College of Health Professions and search committee co-chair, reportedly said the committee will probably make a decision to hire either candidate Dr. Joel Lanphear or candidate Dr. Linda Perkowski the first week of May. Opperman said severance packages are ongoing, human-resource costs for running a university or a corporation. During the meeting, University President George Ross said the severance agreement was part of university policy. “Dr. El-Sawi was a senior officer; we have roughly 40 senior officers ... all entitled to six months pay by policy,” Ross said. “That’s the nature of the business world and how it’s done.” Opperman said the rationale for severance at the senior level includes looking for another job, which can be difficult at the executive level. “There aren’t a lot of (senior administrative jobs) around sometimes,” Opperman said. “The severance packages are in part put together to be a bridge for those individuals if they leave for some reason.” Ross said the university tries to create a workplace conducive to employee retention.
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“The school will benefit. It will make the school more prestigious, but I’m concerned about paying for it.”
Severance package said to be ‘normal’
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Personnel turn-over, challenges Dr. Ernest Yoder was hired as the college’s founding dean in 2010, replacing Dr. Cam Enarson, who’d served as interim dean in 2009. Enarson was offered the position now held by Yoder, but turned it down in January 2010 for family and personal reasons. The two other finalists from the initial founding dean search dropped out of the running. Also hired in 2010 were four associate deans. In October 2010, their salaries plus Yoder’s totaled $1.37 million. Dr. Nehad El-Sawi was hired in the first week of May 2010 as associate dean of Medical Education and Faculty Development, but resigned Jan. 25 for personnel reasons. Neither she or university officials have commented on the details of the departure. CMU is currently reviewing two finalists to replace her. Two weeks following El-Sawi’s resignation, the university announced the college would delay opening by a year. University President George
Ross said the decision was made to “prepare for the stringent accrediting process.” Provost Gary Shapiro said he anticipates a visit from the LCME this fall at a Mount Pleasant City Commission meeting. He said, “We are hiring new faculty and hope to add (them) this fall.” Finances The school has raised $1,035,000 — about $35,000 more than was raised as of last fall. Yoder has said fundraising is “on track.” This is 4 percent of the fundraising goal of $25 million. Kathy Wilbur, vice president for Development and External Relations, would not confirm or deny any additional funds given to the college on Monday this week. “You can look for good news at the board of trustees meeting,” Wilbur said. The project received a fundraising setback following the resignation of Rao when Todd Anson, a 1977 CMU alumnus, redirected his $100,000 donation from the college to the Events Center renovation. He had donated the amount after both Rao and Kottamasu pledged $100,000 in December 2008. university@cm-life.com
Cheryl Rolland, WMU’s executive director of communications, said the plan for a medical college is moving forward. “It’s quite a lengthy process,” Rolland said. There is no opening date for WMU’s medical school. Rolland said that is contingent on the process of accreditation. WMU President John M. Dunn told the Kalamazoo Gazette an endowment of $175 million to $300 million would be required to operate, which is higher than the overall university’s endowment of $160 million. WMU hired a founding dean, Dr. Hal B. Jenson, and also have a committee developing curriculum and faculty developments. Both Oakland University and WMU’s developing medical colleges will be privately funded through affiliate hospitals. WMU received a record-breaking anonymous donation of $100 million on March 22.
CMU is not alone in delaying the College of Medicine by a year. Dr. Dan Hunt, Liasion Committee on Medical Education co-secretary, said about 25 percent of developing medical colleges delay submitting their LCME application and subsequently opening their schools for various reasons. CMU announced a year delay in Other schools’ reasons opening the College of Medicine Feb. At OU’s William Beaumont School of 15. University President George Ross Medicine, the decision to create a medisaid the delay was to “provide sufficient cal school began in the 1970s, said Dr. time to prepare for the stringent accredRobert Folberg, founding dean of the iting process” in an interview with CM college. Life. “Various options were explored,” FolRoss also said delayed medical school berg said, “but they did not take root. openings are “the norm and not the ex(OU)’s school was announced March ception” during the Feb. 15 Academic 2007.” Senate meeting. Folberg said in developing its medical Hunt said it is difficult to say why school, OU also announced a delay in those 25 percent of developing schools opening because they would have lost delay because it is an extraordinary proout on recruiting and been “off-cycle” cess to establish a medical school. He with the applicant pool had the school said LCME approves of any college recourtesy illustration rushed the process. quiring additional time to develop their Early artist renderings of the addition to the Health Professions Building. “The ideal situation is you have acschools. creditation, and then take a full year to “From our point of view, we encourage people to take all the time they recruit a medical school class,” Folberg said. “The bottom line here is by need,” he said. waiting until we were absolutely ready and going for the full recruitment, Hunt said LCME advises schools while developing their curriculum and we ended up with an accreditation report that showed no deficiencies.” helps them understand what LCME requires for accreditation. In a September 2009 interview with the Oakland Post, Folberg said he “We are the school’s best and cheapest consultant,” Hunt said. could have cut corners to submit the application on time, but wanted to The LCME campus visit was postponed as a result of a delay. A school make sure all of his and OU President Gary Russi’s goals were complete. may not begin recruiting or accepting its first class until the visit is comThe decision to develop a medical college at OU is tied to existing bioplete. medical science and nursing programs, Folberg said. Schools are allowed to begin recruiting students once awarded preWayne State University, the University of Michigan and Michigan State liminary accreditation, Hunt said, which is awarded after the campus visit University also have medical schools. when 129 LCME criteria are evaluated against the school’s developments. Hunt said Michigan is not the only state with an increasing number Hunt said he helped develop the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, of medical colleges. According to LCME’s website, there are a total of 17 which was Canada’s first new medical college in 30 years at the time. The schools nationwide in the first three steps of accreditation — the statuses opening was delayed, he said, but it was the right thing for them to do in being “applicant school,” “candidate school” and “preliminary accreditathe situation they were in. tion.” “From my own personal experience, (announcing the delay) was not CMU and WMU are both considered applicant schools, and OU has preeasy to do but ... it was the right thing to do,” he said. “For us, it was the best liminary accreditation. Currently, four new schools are being developed thing we ever did, and at the time it was ugly and hardest thing we ever did, in Florida and two in California. There are a total of 134 LCME-accredited but it gave us the extra time.” medical programs in the U.S. The most difficult part in developing a medical college is ensuring adAccording to Hunt, former LCME president Dr. Darrell Kirsch said workequate resources, Hunt said, because while philanthropy is great, it does force studies indicated a shortage of physicians in the near future, and not last forever. since then, existing medical colleges have increased their enrollment and “(LCME) standards do not allow you to run a school on tuition collected several universities decided to develop medical schools. from students,” he said. “You need to have the money and show the accred“We’re seeing a shortage of health care providers across the board,” he iting body 10 years from now you will have adequate operating costs.” said. “Eighty-five percent of existing schools have expanded enrollment. Steve Smith, director of public relations, confirmed CMU has raised But new medical schools are motivated for different reasons. It’s all very $1,035,100 of its total $25 million goal as of March 23. individualized.” CMU has been awarded “applicant status” by the LCME with five other schools, including Western Michigan University. university@cm-life.com
"There is an absolute need for a medical school in mid-Michigan. We can bring in more dollars from the federal government, corporations and will have the possibility of drug trials." -Trustee Sam Kottamasu
"We’ve done our homework and we know what we’re getting into. We’re ready to take on the challenge and we’re perfectly suited for it." -Jeff Caponigro, former trustee
"I really think it’s important that there be leadership gifts like this and that people understand that their investment will be as well guided as you would guide your resources." -Michael Rao, former CMU president
"I was hoping that Mike would be around at least two more years to see the medical school into fruition. It’s going to be a tough task to continue." -John Kulhavi, former trustee
"As President Rao leaves the university in late June, the significant momentum to establish the medical school at CMU will carry on." -Sam Kottamasu
"We backed the medical school with our contribution dollar-for-dollar with Rao ... Once he left, the medical school didn’t have a president, Mike Rao, driving forward anymore." -Todd Anson, 1977 alumnus
"If we decide we want to look at another candidate, we’ll do that. If we find an acceptable candidate within those two candidates, then that’s what we’ll vote for." -Chris Ingersoll, College of Health Professions dean and chairman of medical school dean search committee
"He brings a wealth of experience. He’s had a lot of experience with medicine." -Provost Gary Shapiro
"There is a huge amount of work to be done and each of these four individuals brings a great deal of expertise and a great deal of industriousness." -Ernest Yoder
"I can’t comment on her reasons for deciding to leave. It was her choice; she resigned." -Ernest Yoder
"While this is difficult, it is the right decision for the university ... Our vision for the College of Medicine remains." -University President George Ross
"We want to be perfectly clear - it is a free-standing unit. We think it is the right time." -Kathy Wilbur, then-interim university president
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w Kottamasu asks University President Michael Rao to explore potentially founding a medical school at CMU at the board of trustees meeting, citing a future shortage of physicians.
w Trustees OK for President Rao to take the reins in pursuiting a medical school, establishing $1.5 million to design an addition to the Health Professions Building and $15 million for construction.
w Rao and Kottamasu each pledged $100,000 donations to the medical school at the board of trustees meeting.
w Michael Rao announces his resignation from CMU to take the presidency at Virginia Commonwealth University, leaving many questioning the medical school’s future.
w Dr. Cam Enarson was hired in April as the interim founding dean of the medical school.
w CM Life reported $100,000 was lost in donations when Todd Anson withdrew his pledge gift to the medical school. After Rao’s resignation, the alumnus redirected it toward the Events Center.
w Russell Joffe, one of three finalists identified in the search for a founding medical school dean, withdraws his name from candidacy for personal reasons.
w CMU established its medical school officially as the College of Medicine. The university additionally broke ground on a 60,000-squarefoot, more-than-$24-million expansion to the Health Professions Building.
w Dr. Ernest Yoder was named the new founding dean of the College of Medicine. His application came in after Enarson declined the job. CMU held no open forum for Yoder because of privacy.
w Yoder reported to the board of trustees in September that the "dream dean team," after months of searching, was complete. A total of $1.37 million had been allocated for the deans’ salaries.
w Dr. Nehad El-Sawi resigned as the college’s associate dean on Medical Education and Faculty Development.
w CMU announced a year’s delay to accepting the first class in the College of Medicine, pushing the welcome date to summer 2013.
w Western Michigan University received a record-breaking donation with an anonymous gift of $100 million to its developing medical school. As of February, CMU had raised $1,035,000 for its College of Medicine.
"Kudos to Western. I congratulate them; I think it’s great. I think it demonstrates support for what they’re trying to do produce more physicians and more health care ... and what we’re trying to do." -George Ross
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EDITORIAL | Switch to OrgSync before student government election was premature
Foremost a folly
ers represent 12 percent of that. Last year, the 2,121 voters represented 7.4 percent of the entire student body. This suggests that, if the entire student body was registered for and educated about OrgSync, there may have actually been more voters than last year. First and foremost, it was folly to hold a SGA election on OrgSync this early after it was introduced to campus in January. The purposes of making the website a hub for CMU Student Life activities and making sure voters were verified as enrolled students were right-minded, but crippled the election process in execution. Also, if this was the route they wanted to take, Student Life, SGA and the campaigning candidates should have all taken it upon themselves to promote the new voting protocol
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his year, 542 people voted online for the next president of the Student Government Association, which was a massive failure for all involved.
This year’s voter turnout was a 74.4 percent drop from of last year’s 2,121 voters. Many of those involved have laid the heft of the blame on moving the election from vote.cmich.edu to cmich.orgsync.com, in an effort to unify all Office of Student Life and registered student organization goings-on onto the OrgSync social network. Assistant Director of Student Life Tom Idema said, in a phone
interview Tuesday, that he believes student apathy and disinterest in the election was more to blame than OrgSync. However, the percentage of students who voted, out of those registered on OrgSync, is better than the percentage of the student body that voted in last year’s election. On Tuesday, Student Life reported there were 4,531 CMU students registered for OrgSync — the 542 vot-
more than they did. Most of the student body, at this point, still is not adequately aware of OrgSync and what it is being used for, let alone that this was where SGA elections were happening. Although it is usually relegated to an afterthought or a non-thought for the majority of the student body, SGA plays a vital role in student advocacy and provides a number of important services for students on this campus. They are the collective student voice as presented to the administration, Academic Senate, Residence Life and the other bodies that oversee the student experience on this campus. Students deserve to be represented and to have a say in that representation. If the current process is not giving students a fair chance at having a say, it needs to be changed.
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Where have all the space cowboys gone?
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uesday marked the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s flight in the Vostok 1 out of Earth’s atmosphere — the first manned space flight in human history. Since then, many scientific discoveries and applications of important technology, be they military, commercial or medical, have been born out of the space programs of various countries. These people should be heroes. Gagarin, Buzz Aldrin, Zhai Zhigang – each one of these people is like Charles Lindbergh, Elvis Presley and Babe Ruth combined. They are pioneers into space! They’re furthering human influence and understanding beyond what Christopher Columbus, Meriweather Lewis or William Clark could have ever imagined. Why don’t young children collect pictures of astronauts on trading cards and posters? Why aren’t manned space launches as big of events as televised college basketball championships? People can argue the reason is because space exploration is unnecessary. They can — and have — said further discovery of the bodies surrounding our planet and the knowledge that brings is not as important as spending that money on earthbound wars. However, I think the reason is a little more intrinsic than that. I think a large chunk of humanity has lost its sense of wonder. We’ve been living for 50 years with the fact that man has been able to leave the planet our race has been bound to for more than 10,000 years. We are a society of jaded people. We now have so much information and technological capabilities at our fingertips at any given moment that it takes quite a bit to wow us. An experienced, respectable Navy captain and veteran astronaut, Mark Kelly, was not even a blip in the American pop-culture consciousness until his wife, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, was shot in the head in January. Before this, it has typically taken something as tragic as a shuttle explosion to get the general public to give a hoot about space exploration, and that’s just a shame. So we haven’t been putting our efforts into setting up a moon base or putting people on Mars — yet. The things we have and the things we know, everywhere from astronomy to everyday life, have benefited from research and exploration into space. You think your television, your cell phone, your Internet connection or your GPS would work without all those nifty satellites out in orbit? Beyond all that, we, as humans, are able to break free from gravity, the atmosphere and all natural sources of life support in order to travel beyond where any creature on this planet would naturally be able to go. That is just awesome. Science rules. Central Michigan Life is the independent voice of Central Michigan University and is edited and published by students of CMU every Monday, Wednesday and Friday during the fall and spring semesters, and on Wednesday during the summer term. The online edition (www.cmlife.com) contains all of the material published in print.
[ Letters to the editor] In response to “SGA backs genderneutral housing” published Friday, March 25 The purpose for this letter is to show how important and essential the policy of gender-neutral housing is for not only transgendered people, but for people with all sexual orientations. Every person that goes to college and lives in the dorms should have the chance to live with people they feel comfortable being around. “Co-ed housing can ease an LGBTQ student’s fear of not being accepted by his or her assigned roommate,” said Joan Carbone, executive director of Residence Life of Rutgers University, in a USA Today article. “The program also increases options for all students to choose a roommate with whom they are compatible, regardless of gender,” said Jenny Kurtz, director of the Center for Social Justice Education and
LGBT Communities at Rutgers. Although it seems like same-sex dorms were working in the past, that might be because a lot of college students do not experience a roommate or a friend committing suicide because of being discriminated against and feeling like they are not wanted by the people they live with. In the wake of the high-profile suicide of a gay Rutgers University student last fall, the New Jersey college will implement gender-neutral housing in an attempt to make the university more inclusive. Tyler Clementi, 18, jumped from the George Washington Bridge in September after two other Rutgers students allegedly videotaped a sexual encounter between him and another man and posted the video online. “Maybe the outcome would have been different if he had been able to choose his own roommate,” said Yousef Saleh, president of the Rutgers Univer-
sity Student Assembly. “At least now there’s an option.” People, no matter their gender and sexual orientation, should be treated equally by every person they meet. Just because a person is transgender or gay does not mean they are different from anybody else. Please be an advocate for genderneutral housing by supporting all types of people no matter what. Try to understand that gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people are people too and they deserve all the same rights that heterosexuals do. Show your support for gender-neutral housing and the LGBTQ community by going to Gay/Straight Alliance meetings, now called Spectrum. The meetings are held every Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the Multicultural Education Center in the Bovee University Center. Mindy Debo Prudenville senior
C M Y o u | Do you think the College of Medicine is a positive endeavor for CMU to embark upon?
“Yeah, probably, it’s a good thing for the university to have, especially after they get it running.” Josh Eddy,
Niles freshman
“It’s great. A good way to advance CMU. The more academics we have, the more students we have, and the bigger the better.” Lauren LaFond,
Detroit junior for more info: w Check out more responses to this question, 5A
“(The College of Medicine) will have tremendous positive impacts on various programs and provide many opportunities for students.” Dr. Sam Kottamasu,
Board of Trustees member
“Yes, it’s good and exciting, but is it going to end up taking resources from the other things the university might do, and if so, is it better to be doing those other things?” Phil Squattrito,
professor of chemistry
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Cut from the top to invest in higher ed C
MU President George Ross can question the validity and accuracy of the Detroit Free Press story published on March 27 all he wants, as I question the effectiveness of paying university administration huge salaries. This administration continues to raise our tuition and spend it on what, in my mind, are frivolous ventures such as a medical school. I see no controversy in this news report from the Detroit Free Press. I do see why the administration would argue it, because it makes them look bad, and CMU cannot have that. Too bad University Communications could not control this story. They were unable to give it a fairytale ending. But I am sure they are working on something to protect their image as a somewhat fiscally conservative institution. It is good we are questioning the spending of universities in this state, especially when they continue to dump the burden of pay on students’ backs. It doesn’t make sense to have students continue to pay more in tuition, fees or whatever. Doesn’t anyone see students have been tapped out? I know dwindling state money coming to this university is not helping. If income or funding is decreased then changes should come to the budget, which it has in some places. But to have an increase in administrators and increase in pay makes me ask ‘WTF’. The overall administrative pay hike was 30 percent according to the Higher Education Institutional Data Inventory. We have leaders making outrageous salaries at this university while faculty, temporary faculty and students suffer due to blatant greed. It is shameful. Be the leader here, Mr. Ross, and invest in higher education. Take a cut; make the sacrifice just like the rest of us. Then ask the other huge breadwinners to do the same. I think real leadership in this university will look at itself before freezing anyone else’s salary or asking someone to work without a contract. The reserve fund should be used for immediate tuition relief. In poor conditions long-term plans sometimes must be held off even longer. It is a disgrace that no members of the leadership are willing to do that. So we students prepare ourselves to pay more next year and listen to this university explain the reason it is spending money on what it believes are important projects — a wonderful tale that will keep us subdued as they empty our wallets and fill theirs. Can it be that the CMU administration has forgotten the roots of this college? Has it forgotten that students and faculty are an integral part of the campus? Invest in allowing students an affordable education. That is the only investment that makes sense.
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CMU supports lifting cap on teaching hospitals’ residencies
First of two assoc. dean finalists touts leadership
Proposed legislation may be key down road
By Ben Harris Staff Reporter
Dr. Joel Lanphear pitches his leadership style and vision as a potential associate dean of Medical Education and Faculty Development for the College of Medicine. During the first of two open forums on Monday in the Health Professions Building, he said his vision is transformational and focused on his commitment to social accountability and to appropriate educational processes. “To have two years of medical school and never see a patient is beyond my imagination,” Lanphear said. “It’s important that students have early exposure so they can properly understand the diagnostic process.” Lanphear has been an administrator for Northern Ontario School of Medicine, the United Arab Emirates University and the School of Medicine at the University of Nevada, among others. He answered questions on his plans for the school Monday’s forum. One of the main problems that patients have with their physicians, Lanphear said, is that they are not good communicators. Lanphear has experience leading schools to accreditation, and he said that accreditation is an ongoing process. “I think he’s highly qualified,” said Dr. Ahmad Hakemi, professor and director of the physician assistant program. “It’s very obvious that he has all the required skills. In Northern Ontario — a very difficult environment — he has opened up a medical school. I’ve worked in that area and I know what a difficult task he had, and I think we’ll be very lucky if he comes here.” Lanphear said he is ardent about getting involved in the community and seeing what kind of health care is needed. The students must have a commitment to providing the best quality of health care regardless of where they practice, he said. “We simply can’t put limits
By Annie Harrison Staff Reporter
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Northern Ontario School of Medicine professor of medical education Dr. Joel Lanphear speaks during an open forum in room 2255 of the Health Professions Building Monday afternoon. Lanphear is one of the finalists for Central Michigan University’s College of Medicine associate dean position.
“I think it’s a wonderful opportunity. This has a very focused mission I find to be an engaging challenge.” Linda Perkowski, Associate Dean finalist on what students can do,” Lanphear said. “We need to start educating early and often.” The other finalist, Dr. Linda Perkowski, will speak on campus from 1:30 to 2:15 p.m. on April 21 in the HPB room 2255. Thomas Masterson, associate dean of the College of Health Professions and search committee co-chair, said the candidate will be chosen in the first week of May; the salary for the position will be negotiated between the candidate and Provost Gary Shapiro. Perkowski said in a previous interview with CM Life she has extensive experience in curriculum and faculty development as well as assessment and evaluation. She said her experience at other universities has given her a good understanding of the challenges facing medical schools. “I’ve seen different strategies
for curriculums,” she said, “and I’ve seen what works and what doesn’t.” Perkowski said it would be “exciting and challenging” to be at a new college of medicine strategically addressing the physician shortage. She said the emphasis on the local community is also appealing. “I think it’s a wonderful opportunity,” she said. “This has a very focused mission I find to be an engaging challenge.” Perkowski is the associate dean for Curriculum and Evaluation at the University of Minnesota Medical School. She also has held medical education management positions at the University of Texas-Houston Medical School, the University of Southern California and the University of Texas Medical Branch. university@cm-life.com
Third- and fourth-year medical students could be affected by a 1990s statute limiting residencies at teaching hospitals, leading schools such as CMU to advocate for a cap lift or increase. CMU and 16 other schools are in the beginning stages of acquiring accreditation for a new medical school, according to the Liaison Committee on Medical Education website. But with a projected shortage of physicians nationwide, some might wonder where all the new medical graduates will go unless action is taken on the cap. The Association of American Medical Colleges and CMU support lifting the cap on medical residencies to address the growing shortage. Christiane A. Mitchell, director of Federal Affairs at AAMC, said by 2015 there will be a shortage of 63,000 doctors in the U.S., increasing to 130,000 by 2025. “The cap has not really changed since 1997,” Mitchell said. Medical students complete residencies at teaching hospitals after they go through medical school. The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 set a cap on residencies. Mitchell said the residency cap limits the amount of students who can do residencies, and the cap
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made their way to Dow Science Complex 171 for their first SGA general assembly meeting in their new positions. Cavataio said general assembly elections will be held at next week’s meeting in the same location, 7 p.m.
varies with each hospital. Toby Roth, CMU director of federal programs, government relations and public affairs, said medical students at CMU will not be affected by the cap until 2015, when the students are in their third or fourth year of school. But CMU still supports the push for an increase to the cap. Taking action? The 1997 act did not reduce residency spots, Mitchell said, but it did limit the amount of money that Medicare could contribute. She said AAMC has made recommendations to increase the medical school class size by 30 percent to address the physician shortage, though fears have circulated that the cap will be a hindrance. “We believe that as the number of U.S. medical students graduating increases,” Mitchell said, “Medicare needs to increase the proportion of residency training spots.” She said AAMC has tried to pass legislation that would lift the residency cap. She said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Sen. Dick Durbin and Sen. Chuck Schumer supported an amendment to the health care reform bill that would have increased the number of Medicare-supported spots by 15 percent, but the amendment did not get far because of the cost. “(Congress) fought very hard not to spend any more money,” she said. “We needed to cut a program or increase revenue.” Despite those efforts, more recent legislation has allowed Monday, to fill open Senate and executive board positions. At present 15 of the Senate’s 23 seats are open, less than the majority quorum the body needs to operate. “We would have nominations for those senators, and they would give a two-minute speech, and then we would vote to elect or not elect them,” said Cavataio, adding nomi-
hospitals with unused residency spots to redistribute those spots to other hospitals. Roth said the solution to the residency cap is going to require funding. However, he wonders how such funding questions will get answered in Congress. Roth said he believes it will take people noticing the physician shortage before Congress adopts legislation to raise the cap. “I think what it’ll take is the constituents of the legislators having trouble finding physicians and writing their legislators,” he said. “We’re really feeling the impact in Michigan because of rural areas.” Roth does not expect much progress over the next two years, he said, because Congress has been cutting funds from programs. “I’m not hopeful this session of Congress will get anywhere,” he said. Mitchell said AAMC will continue its efforts to lift the cap. She said 32 million people will get health care insurance over the next few years at the same time one in three doctors will retire. The 15-percent increase would create about another 4,000 physicians a year, she said. It would not eliminate the physician shortage, she said, but it is a good start. “The shortage is real and getting worse,” Mitchell said. “The financial obstacle is not going away and neither is the need for addressing the physician shortage.” university@cm-life.com
nees need not be current members of SGA. Breed and Mouzourakis, after graduating in May, will both go on to law school. Mouzourakis will attend Pennsylvania State University, and Breed will go to Indiana University. Mouzourakis expressed interest in running for Congress in the future. studentlife@cm-life.com
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Being a member of a community still struggling for acceptance can be a challenge, but Tim Aepelbacher said CMU is one place he feels safest from discrimination. The Rochester Hills senior said he feels there is more ease on campus with an increasingly positive outlook on the LGBTQ community. “I think it is safer to walk
around on campus because the campus is becoming more accepting,” Aepelbacher said. “I see a lot more gay and lesbian couples holding hands and I don’t see them getting dirty looks from other people.” As vice president of Spectrum, CMU’s gay/straight alliance, Aepelbacher helps promote equality and fairness regardless of sexual orientation and race. Although he does not recall any discrimination toward himself at CMU, there have been incidents on campus in the past. Shannon Jolliff, director of Gay and Lesbian Programs, said the last recorded occurrence
was in Pride Week 2006 when negative phrases were chalked outside of Anspach Hall. The increasing acceptance and understanding is credited to people becoming more educated about the gay community, Jolliff said. “For the past three years I have been the first full-time director in the Office of Gay and Lesbian Services,” Jolliff said. “Since we had a budget increase that allows us to provide more education and provide more programs for people to get involved.” Student Ombuds Officer Jon Humiston, a Mount Pleasant graduate student said he feels the changes over the years have
been significant. “There has been an LGBT(Q) student group in existence on campus since the early 1970s and an ever-increasing number of students wanting to get involved with CMU’s current two student organizations, Spectrum and Transcend,” Humiston said. Some LGBTQ students still face harassment and discrimination on campus, but overall the climate seems to be less hostile, he said. To increase awareness, the Office of Gay and Lesbian Programs offers the Safe Zone Program. The two-hour training program is open to the entire cam-
pus and invites people to learn about terminology, the campus climate and the coming out process, Jolliff said. “As of now, 420 people have gone through the program,” Jolliff said. “People who go through it set themselves as allies of the community and have Safe Zone responsibilities and duties.” Although the campus community is becoming more accepting, the LGBTQ community still faces many issues. Of those issues, Humiston feels it is hard for students to face the coming-out process. “Students coming out sounds like a one-time event,” Humiston said. “However, students
are constantly having to decide whether it is safe to come out to roommates, new friends and acquaintances, teachers and staff members. This can add additional stress to a student’s already stressful academic world.” The Office of Gay and Lesbian Services provides a “coming out” support group for those who are looking for help. Jolliff said though the development of the LGBTQ community has improved, it is nowhere near perfect. “Overall, I think we are slowly but surely moving in a positive direction,” Aepelbacher said. studentlife@cm-life.com
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removal of breasts and the creation of a masculine chest is carried out for female-to-male transgender people. McKeever shelved the process for 2 weeks after a few months of psychotherapy in his sophomore year. In October 2010, he picked up where he left off and he began hormone therapy, and the results are already showing. “So far I’ve noticed my voice is different, it’s not a whole lot lower but it has a rumble, a more masculine
ride Week is here, we’re queer, get used to it. Isn’t that how the chant goes? “We’re here, we’re queer, get used to it.” I used to love those words. But all good things end. Don’t get me wrong, pride will never end but it’s not the same. It just seems to be another reason to party and we don’t need these events for our self-validation anymore. Gay is everywhere. Pride is a ritual like the Super Bowl or getting wasted on St. Patrick’s Day. What happened to being proud every day for who we are? Why be proud just to party and only show acceptance until the celebration ends? It is superficial, and I too am to blame for forgetting the reason for celebrating. I was in and out of the closet, trying hard to be someone I wasn’t. I have been superficial and hurtful. During Pride Week though, I was the person I wanted to be. So why, as a gay man, did I try to be someone I wasn’t? Even when we accept we are LGBTQ, we still have to question our place in the community. Which stereotype do I belong with? Is it butch, femme, twink, bear, cub, queen? The list goes on. Who will be my group of friends? Who am I most like? Then we hate on each other. We face ridicule from our own community. Friends judge us on appearance, what we wear, whom we date and so on. This doesn’t happen during Pride Week. Then it’s the lion lying down with the lamb. We come together; we celebrate our differences and put our judgments about each other away. I have been a lot of things in my life and even
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When MMCC student Shawn McKeever, formerly a Saugatuck senior at CMU, realized campus lacked resources for transgender people, he and his female partner created Transcend, a registered student organization which strives to spread awareness on the subject and offers a safe haven where transgender people can come to be themselves.
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uberty is something most people would never want to go through again, but Shawn McKeever chose to do just that — this time as a man. The MMCC student, formerly a Saugatuck senior, has openly identified as a transgender person since his freshman year at CMU. Before this, McKeever said he had never even heard of the word “transgender.” “Prior to that I was just uncomfortable with myself; I was uncomfortable with the lesbian title and being a girl,” McKeever said. “I finally had a word to describe myself. That’s when I first started identifying as male outwardly.”
McKeever said he has never been feminine at all. Growing up, he had weekly meltdowns when his mom would try to make him wear a dress to church, enjoyed playing sports with the boys and played war with his Barbie dolls. McKeever said his family, then and now, have always been very supportive of who he is. “My mom and dad didn’t push me to be very girly as a child,” McKeever said, “they are very supportive of me and they always want to learn more. It would be more of a struggle for me
to transition without my parents support.” Transitioning The transition process for a transgender person is far from speedy. The Harry Benjamin Standards of Care, a standardized path many transsexuals typically follow, involves three months of psychotherapy, then hormone therapy during which the person is supposed to live the life of their chosen gender for a year. If the person still desires the transition after the year, surgery for the
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found out that my older brother was gay by accident. In high school, I had an “identity book” project, and I was having a hard time coming up with things to write about. I decided to look though my brother’s old project to gain some inspiration. While flipping through it, I came across an entry where he wrote about being gay and struggling with his sexuality. I vividly remember reading the first few lines, before slamming the book shut, throwing it
back into the box and gasping as I left his old room. I think I may have even cried. I did not know what to do, but I kept the secret to myself for more than a week. Looking back, that is what makes me so disgusted with the situation: I made it all about me. At that time I was already having a pretty big pity-party since this was also the year my parents had decided to separate. Finding out my brother was gay seemed to be the icing on the cake.
I remember walking down the hall at school the next day fighting back tears, feeling like no one could possibly understand how difficult my situation was. But it didn’t have anything to do with me; it was something my brother was facing, not me. I worked up the courage to ask my mom about it a few days later and we talked about everything. She told me about how my brother came out to her when he was 13, and how she regretted her reaction.
Chelsea Kleven Lead Designer Pieces of the puzzle I never understood before began to come together. Now my dad’s sudden interest in religion did not seem so unwarranted, and my brother’s urge to move out immediately after graduating made a lot more sense. It was not until I asked him if
it was OK to write this column that I spoke to him about his sexuality directly, and it was via text messages. I had sometimes wished he would talk to me about his being gay, but when I think about it, there’s not really much to talk about. He’s gay, so what? It is not an unspoken topic in my family. We all love and accept my brother, but talking about him being gay is still awkward sometimes. I think knowing has actually made my relationship with my brother a lot easier, because it is easier to understand him and the life he lives. Through all of this I have
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learned that I should never make the situation about me, though. Playing the “I have a gay brother” card when people say something offensive isn’t the right way to go about it. I stand up in defense of the gay community because we should all treat each other fairly as human beings, not just because I have a family member who is gay. Being related to a gay person doesn’t mean I have more of a vested interest in gay rights then anyone else, it just means I have a brother who can lend me all the seasons of “Sex and the City.” studentlife@cm-life.com
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sound, and I’m hungry a lot,� McKeever said. “I’m definitely happy with the changes.� Howell senior Stacy Russell is co-president of Spectrum, a registered student organization embracing members of the LGBTQ community and their supporters, for which McKeever now serves as transgender chairman. Russell met McKeever when he first attended the RSO and said they hit it off right away thanks to his relaxed demeanor. “Just because he’s transgender doesn’t mean he’s not just like any other 20something-year-old dude. That’s what a lot of people don’t get,� Russell said. “There is just a lack of information available.� After coming to CMU, McKeever said he feels his peers are much more accepting than in middle school or high school, but he thought the campus lacked resources for transgender people. In spring 2010, McKeever and his female partner created Transcend at CMU, an RSO which strives for more transgender education and offers a safe haven where transgender people on campus can come to be themselves.
the guys, which is hard for people to understand.� McKeever enjoys biking and backpacking and one day hopes to work in a national park and eventually own his own adventure company. It is this sense of normalcy that McKeever strives to educate people about. “One of the most common misconceptions is that transsexual people are some kind of drag queen, but really transgender people are doing it because they want their body to match their mind,� McKeever said. “We are normal. We have the same interests as anyone else. There is nothing weird about us.�
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“People are generally very open to learning about it,� McKeever said. “I’ve never really felt like anyone has attacked me directly or felt uncomfortable (at CMU).� Joining McKeever in the mission to promote education and acceptance of all people, particularly those in the LGBTQ community, is Spectrum’s co-president Derreck Johnson. The Gladstone senior met McKeever last year at a Spectrum meeting and Johnson said they ended up hanging out and playing video games. “He’s a really nice guy; he’d do anything to help someone out,� Johnson said. “I think people expect him to act more feminine but he’s actually just one of
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Alma senior Cassie McCarthy covers her face with a bandana as she paints a piece of her art work with polyurethane on Monday evening in Wightman Hall. The colorful mass of styrofoam is part of the complete project McCarthy will be submitting in the first annual The One Little Artist Collective show on April 22. “It’s kind of like a little celebration,” McCarthy said.
Ross gives City Commission update on CMU’s budget City commissioners on Monday named a new member to the administrative body, but not before University President George Ross addressed them for the first time. He updated commissioners the College of Medicine. Accompanying him to the meeting were members of his executive leadership team at CMU, including Kathy Wilbur, vice president of Development and External Relations; Renee Walker, associate vice president of University Communications; General Counsel Manuel Rupe; Provost Gary Shapiro; and David Burdette, vice president of Finance and Administrative Services. Ross began by explaining the growth CMU has seen since it was founded 119 years ago. The university began with 31 students wanting to become teachers. “We’ve come a long way since then,” Ross said. “At CMU we now enroll over 28,000 students with about 21,000 students at this campus.” One of Ross’ main topics was
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denied to myself who I am, as recently as 2008 — trying to fit in. But it does none of us any good as a community to seek acceptance within our rainbow. We should always have it. The point is, today I would rather be an outcast than part of the crowd. Pride is about our individuality and who we are as a community. That is what the celebration is about: being the person we were born to be. It is about being respectful of everyone, because our community knows what it is like to be ridiculed, despised and rejected. Whether we agree or disagree, we should show the same respect we
the university’s budget and discussing fair and equitable funding for higher education. At one point the university was being funded with 75-percent state support, but that is now down to 19 percent, he said. Although CMU has grown 20 percent in the past 12 years, it still receives the third-lowest amount of funding per student, he said. “Some are (growing) like us, but most are not,” Ross said. Provost Gary Shapiro spoke about the College of Medicine and its progress. Shapiro said the college is interviewing potential faculty and developing partnerships with local hospital and health care facilities. “What we are doing in the offices is not visible, but it’s extremely important,” he said. With the addition of the medical school, Shapiro hopes students would serve and complete their residency locally and stay in the state. City business During the regular meeting, Commissioner Sharon Tilmann recommended a can-
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MMR celebrates local artists By Mike Nichols Senior Reporter
“They’ve really connected me locally and given me a lot of support. I didn’t know I was any good until they came along.” Chelsea Rabano, Bloomfield Hills sophomore
For six years, Moore Media Records has given local musicians an avenue to listeners by recording and releasing their music. Jerome graduate student Brandon Pack joined MMR his sophomore year and has continued to work there because he loves the music. “MMR provides you with professional-grade equipment and a team of people who are willing to work with you,” he said. “For the recording of bands in a professional setting, it’s the only outlet for that in Mount Pleasant and the surrounding area.” MMR President James Slider, a Williamston senior, said the group has an executive staff of 10 and about 20 others that help set up sound for live shows, work promotional efforts and do advertising. They meet in Modern Rock 91.5’s Moore Hall studio every Wednesday to plan projects. MMR’s latest project is the release of a sampler CD on April 16th called “Chronicles
from Studio A.” It will have two songs each from Bloomill, Joe Hertler, Chano, Jetpack On!, The Deep End and Roll Over Radio. MMR will host a CDrelease show for the compilation album on Friday, April 16 at Rubbles Bar, 112 W. Michigan St. CDs will be sold for five dollars. Chano, Joe Hertler and the Rainbow Seekers, Bloomill and The Deep End will perform. There will be a $5 cover charge. “It’s the best production we’ve ever had,” Slider said. “We’re really excited for the public to hear it.” MMR features its artists on Modern Rock 91.5 Mondays after the Top Five at Five. It has hosted a number of charity concerts for nonprofits such as TOMS Shoes, Bike and Build and To Write Love On Her Arms. “Last year the label made $1,700 and we donated $1,500 to charity; the other $200 went into buying equipment for our live
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w Artist: Funeral Party w Genre: Dance-punk
Funeral Party’s debut album “The Golden Age of Knowhere” has more than enough juicy hooks and high-hat drumming antics to make even the unhappiest of campers get up and move. Originally recorded in 2008, the album crashes into the current music scene with the force of a meteor, delivering some of the most dynamic and crisp dance-punk recently made. From the beginning track, “New York City Moves to the Sound of L.A.,” the pulsating bass and funky percussions set up an expectation of one big indie-kid dance party and the album does not fail to deliver. Tracks like “Car Wars” and “Giant” reinforce the post-punk sound, and dance-punk influences come to light with the combination of a lot of the older-funk sound of bands like A Certain Ratio and Gang of Four with more modern acts like The Rapture. “Just Because” and the dance anthem “Finale” are so jam-packed with striking and memorable musical moments that it’s hard not clap and sing along. Every track is distinct from the next; even when the party calms down toward the end of the album with tracks like “Youth and Poverty” and “Relics to Ruins” the music is so striking that, even without its hard dance edge, it still stands tall. Part of why this album works so well is because it approaches making people dance in a serious way. It lacks the over-thetop-Andrew-W.K.-partyhard atmosphere and instead feels more like music made by a group of friends who have escaped
St. Ignace senior Michael Wells, center, and Charlevoix senior Ezra Bakker, left, make adjustments as the lead singer of Hands of Valor practices on Saturday afternoon in the recording studio of Moore Hall. “I love the music,” Bakker said. “I love the whole process of making music.”
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shows,” Slider said. “It’s the RSO’s equipment, nobody owns it, so whoever is here at the time will get to have it for producing live shows and stuff like that.” Slider said a good portion of MMR’s audio production team have gotten internships from the experience. Bloomfield Hills sophomore Chelsea Rabano, who goes by the stage name Chano, was signed to MMR in December when she played for the group at a meeting. She said MMR has helped her book shows ever since. “They’ve really connected me locally and given me a lot of support,” Rabano said. “I didn’t know I was any good until they came along.” Rabano called it an incredible opportunity to start a music career on the right foot. “They’re very professional and it sounds great,” she said. “Nobody would ever guess that it’s student run.” studentlife@cm-life.com
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to the big city and want nothing more to dance, explore and live the nightlife. The expert musicianship is what really brings this feeling alive; Chad Elliot’s vocals and James Torres’ guitar are dripping with the emotion necessary to make this album shine, especially Elliot’s voice as it delivers soft melodies or raspy yells. But what really pushes the music onward and sets the pace for the entire album is
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No. 1 Vancouver vs. No. 8 Chicago Power play: Canucks 24.3 percent (first), Blackhawks 23.1 percent (fourth). Penalty killing: Canucks 85.6 percent (third), Blackhawks 79.2 percent (25th). Leading scorers: Canucks: Daniel Sedin 41-63 — 104 (NHL champion). Blackhawks: Jonathan Toews 32-44 —76. Outlook: Daniel Sedin is likely to copy twin brother Henrik and win the Hart trophy as the NHL’s most valuable player. Ryan Kesler was a two-way standout with 41 goals, 73 points and a +24 defensive rating. The Canucks are deep enough to have overcome a blizzard of injuries on defense. The Blackhawks have looked old and worn out, with injuries to Dave Bolland and Troy Brouwer. Pick: Canucks in six.
Florida JUCO forward verbally commits to CMU By Aaron McMann Sports Editor
Ernie Zeigler’s 2011-12 class is complete — well, unofficially. The Central Michigan men’s basketball coach picked up his fourth and expected final scholarship recruit for next season in the form of junior college transfer Olivier Mbaigoto, who gave a verbal commitment to the program Monday according to scouting websites Rivals and Scout. A 6-foot-7. 225-pound forward, Mbaigoto spent the last two seasons at St. Petersburg Community College in Florida, where he averaged 15.5 points and 6.3 rebounds per game during the 2010-11 season. Originally from the African nation of Chad, he played high school basketball at Bethel High School in Virginia. He was originally recruited by Clemson out of the Atlantic Coast Conference, but academic troubles forced him to go the junior college route. With the departure of the team’s second scoring threat in Jalin Thomas and Andre Coimbra with one year of eligibility remaining, Mbaigoto is expected to compete in the frontcourt. Colin Voss and Jevon Harden will have one year under their belt, with freshmen Nate VanArendonk and Austin Barnes coming off redshirt seasons. In an interview with CM Life two weeks ago, CMU head coach Ernie Zeigler said there were plans to add a big man or two to the roster. “When you look at that young group of guys, somebody’s got to emerge,” Zeigler said of his current frontcourt situation. “We look at it from a recruiting standpoint and we don’t want to bring in somebody just to bring in a body. We don’t want to bring in somebody that’s not better
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Ernie Zeigler pleads his case to the referees during CMU’s Feb. 12 game against Bowling Green. Zeigler has received four commitments for the 2011-12 recruiting class.
than what we already have.” Mbaigoto is the second player from the state of Florida to verbally commit to CMU after Jordan Keel, a 6-foot-2, 180-pound shooting guard from Winter Park, Fla., gave his word to Zeigler two weeks ago that he will also join the Chippewas next season. Zeigler said his recent fouryear contract extension included a third guaranteed revenue game, allowing the CMU coaching staff to have a larger budget for recruiting. As a result, the coaching staff spent much of the recruiting period during the last season in Florida, California and Texas. In February, Austin McBroom, a 5-foot-11 guard from North Hollywood, Calif., gave a verbal commitment for next season. “We know that Michigan is the main focus of our recruiting, but with that said the change or tweak is that if we can’t get who we want, we’re not going to settle just to say we got a Michigan kid,” Zeigler said of his recruiting situation in the interview. “ … We have to do things more creatively to be able to compete from a recruiting standpoint with the teams in the top of our conference
Projected 2011-12 class SG Jorddan Myrick: 5-foot-11, 160 pounds West Ottawa, Mich.
SG Austin Keel: 6-foot-2, 180 pounds Winter Park, Fla.
PG Austin McBroom: 5-foot-11, 160 pounds North Hollywood, Calif.
F Olivier Mbaigoto: 6-foot-7, 225 pounds St. Petersburg (Fla.) CC that have more lucrative resources than we have at our disposal.” West Ottawa High School point guard Jorddan Myrick was the first to join the program, signing a Letter of Intent in November. CMU loses three seniors from the roster at the end of the 2010-11 season. The fourth, guard Amir Rashid, left the team with 12 games remaining in the regular season. sports@cm-life.com
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Miami looking at Tommy Amaker By Michelle Kaufman MCT
MIAMI — University of Miami officials flew to Boston on Monday to try and lure basketball coach Tommy Amaker away from Harvard, according to sources with knowledge of the search. Amaker, a former Duke player and Mike Krzyzewski disciple, led his team to a co-Ivy League championship (Harvard’s first) and missed making the NCAA Tournament when Princeton hit a desperation shot in the playoff. Amaker, 45, appears to be Miami’s top target in the search to replace Frank Haith, who left last week for the University of
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Missouri. The offer is said to be roughly $1.1 million for five years. Amaker improved Harvard’s record from 8-22 to 23-7 in four seasons. Before that, he went 109-83 at Michigan with three 20-win seasons and an NIT championship. He was 43-53 in the Big Ten and did not reach the NCAA Tournament with the Wolverines. He previously was head coach at Seton Hall and spent nine years as an assistant under Krzyzewski at Duke. According to sources, other coaches on Miami’s list include Mike Davis (Alabama-Birmingham), Rob Jeter (WisconsinMilwaukee), Donnie Jones (Central Florida), Tony Barbee
(Auburn) and Billy Kennedy (Murray State). Virginia Tech’s Seth Greenberg, a former Hurricanes assistant, has been contacted, but it is unknown if the talks were serious. Al Skinner, John Pelphrey and Jeff Capel are available, but the university is said to be shying away from coaches who were fired from their last jobs. Haith went out of his way Monday to clarify what were perceived as knocks on UM in his opening press conference at Missouri. “Leaving UM was the toughest day of my professional life, and I want people to know how much I think of that school,” he said by phone.
NO. 2 SAN JOSE VS. NO. 7 KINGS Power play: Sharks 23.5 percent (second), Kings 16.1 percent (21st). Penalty killing: Sharks 79.6 percent (24th), Kings 85.5 percent (fourth). Leading scorers: Sharks: Patrick Marleau 37-36 — 73. Kings: Anze Kopitar 25-48 —73. Outlook: The Sharks’ recent playoff history is ugly but they won two rounds before being swept by Chicago in last season’s West final. They have enviable depth up the middle and up front with Marleau, Joe Thornton (21 goals, 70 points), Dany Heatley (26 goals, 64 points) and sensational rookie center Logan Couture (32 goals, 56 points). The Kings might regain winger Justin Williams (22 goals, 57 points) but they need more to awaken their sleeping offense. The power play must produce for them to have any chance. Pick: Sharks in six.
NO. 3 DETROIT VS. NO. 6 PHOENIX Power play: Red Wings 22.3 percent (fifth), Coyotes 15.9 percent (23rd). Penalty killing: Red Wings 82.3 percent (17th), Coyotes 78.4 percent (26th). Leading scorers: Red Wings: Henrik Zetterberg 24-56 — 80. Coyotes: Shane Doan 2040 — 60. Outlook: The Red Wings have been inconsistent but they’ve been pummeled by injuries. Zetterberg (knee) isn’t expected to be ready for the start of the series but rugged defenseman Niklas Kronwall (upper-body) is likely to play. The Red Wings weren’t invincible at home: they lost 14 games in regulation at Joe Louis Arena, their highest total since 1992-93. The Coyotes have discipline, a sound checking game and
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NO. 4 DUCKS VS. NO. 5 NASHVILLE Power play: Ducks 23.5 percent (third), Predators 15.2 percent (26th.). Penalty Killing: Ducks 81.3 percent (19th), Predators 84.9 percent (fifth). Leading scorers: Ducks: Corey Perry 50 (led league)48 — 98. Predators: Martin Erat 17-23 _ 50, Sergei Kostitsyn 23-27 _ 50. Outlook: The Ducks had fits with the Predators this season, giving up 17 goals while losing three of four games. The Predators are scrappy and exceptionally strong on defense. Pick: Ducks in six.
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Central Michigan softball will try and knock off No. 2 Michigan in Ann Arbor at 6 p.m. today. In the past the Chippewas have played Michigan tough, amassing an overall 30-43 record against the in-state rival. “We’ve had great games against them,� said CMU head coach Margo Jonker. “Hope to continue that, and have another great game (Wednesday).� One of those games came in 2005 when the Chippewas beat then-No.1 Michigan 5-4 in Mount Pleasant. Later that year the Wolverines won the NCAA championship. “We’ve knocked them off before and we hope to do it again,� Jonker said. CMU (20-12, 5-3 Mid-American Conference) currently has a six-game winning streak heading into Wednesday’s matchup. “I think it does help having momentum going in their, but we have to work hard to keep that momentum not just staying flat,� said senior infielder Amanda Patrick. “Need to keep swinging the bats and getting hits.� Jonker is quick to point out that those six wins won’t help get a win in Ann Arbor. “Realistically, every pitcher is very different and the pitchers we face this week are going to be very different than last week,� she said. “We have to execute on the day and not live in the past.� Both coaches combine for 2,375 head coaching wins with their current programs. In her 32 seasons at CMU, Jonker has won 1,025 games at CMU,
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Historic CMU vs. U-M games 1997: Both teams met twice in the NCAA regional finals. CMU won the first game, 3-1, in eight innings. No. 8 Michigan won the rematch the next day, sending the Wolverines to the Women’s College World Series.
1999: CMU beat No. 6-ranked Michigan 7-4 in Ann Arbor to snap U-M’s 33-game winning streak. 2005: CMU defeated No. 1 Michigan 5-4 in Mount Pleasant. U-M won the national championship that year in walk-off fashion.
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Senior infielder Amanda Patrick throws out a Toledo runner in the first game of Friday’s doubleheader. Patrick is batting .322 with 28 hits and 25 RBIs on the season.
2006: No. 12 Michigan beat CMU 3-1 in 18 innings. The day game was finished after 10 p.m.
Off the field: Amanda Patrick
2007: A two-out, five-run rally propelled CMU to a 6-3 win over the 12th-ranked Wolverines. 2008: Brittini Merchant had two RBIs and Kari Seddon threw 2 2/3 innings of scoreless softball in a 4-3 loss at No. 6 Michigan. CMU left the tying run on third base to end the game. ren was named Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week on Tuesday. Coldren, a West Bloomfield native, went 8-for-11 in six games last week, all wins for CMU. During the week, she hit three home runs — setting the school’s all-time record with 22 — while recording seven runs and seven RBIs.
Staff Reporter Matt Thompson sat down and talked to senior infielder Amanda Patrick before her game against Michigan. Patrick, holding a .322 batting average, is leading the Chippewas with 25 RBIs this season. She’s also second on the team with four home runs: Matt Thompson: What is your favorite place to eat in Mount Pleasant? Amanda Patrick: I don’t know. I actually like Stan’s. It’s my favorite. It’s a homemade everything, it’s southern and I like southern food. MT: Why’d you decide to come to CMU? (Patrick is originally from Tampa, Fla.) AP: I transferred here (from Saint Leo University). When I got the opportunity to play here, coach Jonker is
obviously a legend. It’s a honor to play here. MT: What kind of music do you listen to? AP:Rap. MT: Whose your favorite rapper? AP: Lil Wayne and Wiz Khalifa. MT: If you weren’t playing softball what sport would you play? AP: Basketball. I played point guard and shooting guard (in high school). MT: What’s your favorite part of basketball? AP: Shooting... Winning. MT: What do you want to do after CMU? AP: I kind of want to go to grad school. That would include
Patrick file Throws/Bats: R/L Height: 5-foot-5 Year: Senior Hometown: Tampa, Fla.
me getting a graduate assistant position somewhere, but I have no idea where. I want a masters in consulting. Later in life I want to open my own business, but obviously that can’t happen now being a broke college student.
MT: What’s your favorite thing to do outside of softball? AP: Just hanging out playing Guitar Hero. (I like to) drink coffee and watch TV.
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