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Wednesday, April 27, 2011
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Heeke not part of NCAA committee in Fiesta Bowl junket By Aaron McMann Sports Editor
Central Michigan Athletics Director Dave Heeke has surfaced on a list of panel members tasked with determining the future of the Fiesta Bowl after attending a bowl-sponsored event in 2008. According to an Associated Press article published Monday, Heeke was one of nine NCAA Postseason Bowl Licensing Subcommittee members that attended the 2008 “Fiesta Frolic,” an annual spring junket for Division 1 college football coaches, athletic directors and conference commissioners put
on by the Fiesta Bowl in Phoenix, Ariz. The committee is scheduled to meet this week in New Orleans to determine whether or not to revoke the license of the game after an internal investigation last month showed lavish amounts of money spent on extracurricular activities. While each attendee of the junket is responsible for their own transportation, the bowl covers the costs of hotel expenses, two dinners and two rounds of golf for attendees and their spouses. “I have been to the official bowl-sponsored function and it provided opportunities to in-
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teract with key people across the college football landscape,” Heeke said Tuesday in a prepared statement to CM Life. “I Dave Heeke was able to interact with most of the athletic directors from the MidAmerican Conference and the Big Ten regarding scheduling and television appearances along with taking part in the MAC football spring meetings. My attendance at this event has been very productive in improving the positioning of
Central Michigan University Athletics.” Heeke was not a member of the subcommittee at the time of the event. In an email to CM Life Tuesday, NCAA Committee Director Sharon Tufano said Heeke joined the Division 1 Football Issues Committee on Oct. 16, 2008. The internal investigation also revealed that bowl officials have since changed the name of the event to the “Fiesta Bowl Spring College Football Seminars” to sound less like a “boondoggle.” This year’s event has been canceled, according to the AP report. The Fiesta Bowl has been
under fire since the report showed bowl CEO and President John Junker spent $33,000 on a lavish birthday celebration in Pebble Beach, Calif., $13,000 on a wedding and honeymoon for an aide, and $1,200 strip club tab on himself and two others. Junker has since been fired. Bowl officials have also been linked to spending $45,000 in political contributions. A final decision on the fate of the Fiesta Bowl’s future is not expected to be made until later in the spring. “I am confident our committee can reach a just decision on the future of the Fiesta Bowl,”
Heeke said in the statement. “... Our committee will look objectively at the facts that have transpired as we determine the bowl’s future.” Other members of the licensing subcommittee in attendance at the 2008 event included Wisconsin Athletics Director Barry Alvarez, Colorado Athletics Director Mike Bohn, San Jose State Athletics Director Tom Bowen, Oregon State Athletics Director Bob DeCarolis, New Mexico Athletics Director Paul Krebs and Middle Tennessee State Athletics Director Chris Massaro. sports@cm-life.com
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The pay scale for women in the U.S. in 2011 is about 77 cents in comparison with a man’s dollar. Cherie Strachan, assistant political science professor, said there is often a knee-jerk reaction to that fact. “People think it’s solved, that women have fixed this stuff,” Strachan said. “We have a generation who think they don’t have to be feminists anymore. If we keep following gender expectations, it is going to affect the workplace.” Women receiving the same education as men are questioning why there is still a pay gap, Strachan said. Andrew Blom, assistant philosophy professor, teaches students about gender roles and expectations, and said there are several aspects of discrimination between genders in the workplace. “The discrimination that affects women’s pay and opportunities for advancement can be related to explicit sexism such as (concerns over maternity leave),’” Blom said. “But very often it reflects unconscious and unexamined differences in the way women’s and men’s achievements are evaluated.” Blom said this includes everything from the influence of background assumptions about who needs the money more because “he has a family to support,” to double standards in the way people view assertive, vocal and strong behavior as acceptA in-depth | 2A
no matter whose name was on the proposal, she would have supported it. It met all the criteria, she said. In 2008, the City Commission set aside funds from the unrestricted, unreserved surplus savings account in order to create an Economic Development Fund of $1.8 million. Currently, that fund has about $1 million remaining to be used to provide direct assistance and encourage business growth, recruitment, development and redevelopment in order to expand the city’s tax base and create jobs for residents. The expansion of Mountain Town Station is expected to create at least nine new full-time and 15 part-time jobs.
An 18-yearold man was arrested Sunday evening in connection with the Friday murder of a CMU adjunct faculty Chauncey member in Sterling North Carolina. Chauncey Sterling has been charged with the murder and robbery of Robert L. Barber. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department declined to release additional information, but Charlotte media reports Barber was the victim of a random crime. Allegedly, Sterling was simply looking for a person to rob when he encountered Barber. During the struggle, Barber was shot twice in the chest. “This was a random act of violence,” said CharlotteMecklenburg Police Chief Rodney Monroe at a news conference Monday. “(Sterling) was looking for someone to rob in that area ... unfortunately, Mr. Barber came along.” Reportedly, Sterling dropped out of ninth grade in February. His second child was born in March and he was arrested and accused of beating the mother of his two children earlier this month.
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Brant sophomore Kyle Kinney, left, St. Clair Shores freshman Marco Tijerina and Warren junior Joel Putnam make their way into a pond on Tuesday night in front Kulhavi Hall. “We’re going to be roommates next year and we wanted a good memory to end this year with,” Kinney said, “so we were like, ‘Let’s do something crazy.’”
Restaurant gets financial help from city Commissioner recuses self from vote over $12,557 expenditure By Emily Grove Senior Reporter
Mountain Town Station is receiving some help from the city of Mount Pleasant in paying the interest on a privately secured loan. City commissioners voted Monday to authorize an expenditure of $12,557 from the Economic Development Fund to be awarded to the restaurant, located at 506 W. Broadway St. The money would be used over a period of five years to reimburse the
interest paid on the loan. Jim Holton, city commissioner and owner of Mountain Town Station, recused himself prior to the vote. Commissioner Sharon Tilmann expressed concern about the commission being put in an awkward spot by voting on something directly involving a fellow member. “I wanted to put it out there how uncomfortable it feels to walk this tightrope,” Tilmann said, “but I will be supporting this.” Tilmann said regardless of whether they serve on the commission, all business owners should be able to access funds and tools the city provides. Commissioner Nancy English said she was not uncomfortable because she knew
Junior linebacker admits to malicious destruction of property Armond Staten sentenced to 4 months probation, fined $450 By Aaron McMann Sports Editor
Another Central Michigan football player is in trouble with the law. Junior linebacker Armond Staten, 21 of Detroit, has been sentenced to four months non-reporting probation and a $450 fine for malicious destruction of property between $200 and $1,000 at University
Meadows apartments, 4310 Sterling Way, on March 27, according to court documents. Staten plead guilty to charges on April 12 under the condition that he must serve 40 hours of community service within 30 days or serve five days in jail. The first fine payment of $113 is due May 12 and will continue until Aug. 12, when a final payment of $111 is due. CMU head coach Dan Enos declined to comment on the situation. In a prepared statement from CMU athletics: “Armond was disciplined internally during the spring and at this point we consider the matter closed.”
A 6-foot-1, 214-pound linebacker, Staten was recruited out of Inkster High School by former head coach Butch Jones. He recorded 78 total tackles, five forced fumbles and a sack while playing in all 12 games last season. Injuries to Nick Bellore allowed Staten to start the final nine games of the season at outside linebacker. In CMU’s 26-22 win against Western Michigan, he had 11 tackles, three forced fumbles and a sack. The Chippewas named him their Defensive Upfront Player of the Year at the team’s annual postseason banquet. Following a spring practice earlier this month, assistant
coach and linebackers coach Kyle Nystrom said he wanted to see more leadership from Staten. “He’s not where we need him yet,” Nystrom said of Staten’s leadership abilities. “The group of linebackers were dominated by two guys, but it’s different now. Gaining leadership qualities isn’t something that happens overnight. Staten and (senior linebacker Mike) Petrucci will be those guys, but it doesn’t happen overnight.” Staten and Petrucci are expected to start at linebacker next season.
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Junior linebacker Armond Staten tackles Ball State tailback Eric Williams during CMU’s 31-17 loss against the Cardinals on Oct. 2 at Kelly/Shorts Stadium.
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