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Tuition raised 3.47 percent Increase lowest in the state

By Maria Amante Senior Reporter

Students at CMU will face the smallest tuition hike in the state with a 3.47 percent increase starting fall semester.

The CMU Board of Trustees unanimously approved the 3.47 percent tuition rate increase for in-state undergraduates at its July 14 meeting.

This means a cost of $358 per credit hour, $12 more than 2010-11, making the total tuition cost of a standard 30credit-hour year $10,740.

CMU maintains the fourthhighest tuition statewide.

David Burdette, vice president of Finance and Adminis-

trative Services, said the university will generate $7 million from this increase, and total revenue from tuition for the fiscal year 2011-2012 will be $204,496,263.

Burdette said the budget strikes a balance between the burden of lost state appropriations, which has been the trend for at least a decade, and the burden of heightened costs on students.

“We do not (anticipate) a growth in state funding,” Burdette said.

The number is the lowest announced thus far by Michigan’s public universities, and is beneath the 7.1 percent cutoff which would result in a 23.3 percent reduction in state funding. Instead, the university will lose 15 percent, or about $12 million in state dollars.

The 2,118 students still covered under the CMU Promise, a program which locked students in to a tuition rate for five years, will not experience the change.

Before voting to approve the tuition increase, trustees chairwoman Sarah Opperman voiced some concerns with the proposal.

“We want to make sure we have the university we need and do what we have to for students,” she said. “At some point, you’ve done what you can do and costs are what they are.”

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Operating budget set at $429 million Several groups see temporary pay freeze Maria Amante Senior Reporter

Central Michigan University’s operating budget for fiscal year 2011-12 weighs in at $429 million, an increase of about $11 million from last year’s budget.

The university expects $333,603,212 from the general fund in total revenue, which includes tuition dollars, state appropriations and other sources. The non-general fund, which includes other revenue such as parking tickets and several other sources, will generate about $95 million. victoria zegler/staff photographer

Tuition Revenue Tuition dollars will account for $204,496,263, said David Burdette, vice president of Administration and Financial Services.

The number is $7 million higher than the previous fiscal year, which ended June 30. Tuition was increased by 3.47 percent, or $12 a credit hour from $346 to $358 per credit hour.

The 2,118 students still covered under the CMU Promise, a program which locked students in to a tuition rate for five years, will not experience the change.

All students who joined CMU in 2007-2008 when the Promise was active pay $304 per credit hour, or $9,120 for a 30-credit-hour year. Those not covered will pay $10,740 annually for the same hours.

Tuition increases at other universities have ranged

Connecticut residents Jason and Rebecca Mack play with chalk after watching street painter Lee Jones give tips and suggestions on how to use the pastels on cement during the Learn to Chalk workshop Tuesday evening outside Art Reach of Mid Michigan, 111 E. Broadway St.

Pleasant Pastels

Downtown chalk art workshop teaches fundamentals

By David Oltean Staff Reporter

Chalk up another Mount Pleasant street art event.

Orlando pastel artist Lee Jones and Art Reach of Mid Michigan, 111 E. Broadway St., put on a community chalk workshop to help educate aspiring artists on the fundamentals of pastel art. Participants of all different skill levels paid $25

for the workshop as well as a five-by-five foot square of sidewalk for use as a canvas.

Jones taught workshop attendees the history of the art form, proper chalking techniques and the “pounce method,” a way to create a proper outline on the cement using baby powder and a template.

“The thing that amazes me most are the people that can make their designs with no outline or grid,” Jones said.

Jones started street painting in 1995 and has painted countless extravagant works of art throughout the United States, Italy and Curacao. She has met numerous street artists

throughout the world, including an original Madonnaro, one of the Italian painters she said saved the art form from extinction more than 30 years ago.

She has taught street painting for 15 years, helping hundreds of young artists find their niche in decorating the streets.

“I think it’s going to be a while until this art form dies out,” Jones said.

Art Reach Executive Director Kathryn Hill hopes Art Reach’s continued efforts to brighten downtown Mount Pleasant with community art will be gratifying for all downtown businesses.

“What we’re trying to do is bring a lot of public art projects

to the downtown area,” Hill said.

“We’re all working together to make it a better community.”

Mount Pleasant residents Amanda and Jody Sherwood saw signs for the workshop while browsing through downtown and decided to work together on their pastel art. The mother-daughter duo decided to create a forest scene, titled “Sherwood Forest.”

“I grew up in Mount Pleasant and I don’t remember seeing activities like this growing up,” Amanda Sherwood said. “It’s great to see art like this from the community.” news@cm-life.com

Budget by the numbers

w Total revenue - $429 million w General fund - $333.6 million w Tuition revenue - $204.5 million w Permanent reductions $3.7 million w Financial aid increases $3.8 million w Faculty recruitment - $2.2 million from 3.65 percent at Eastern Michigan University to 7 percent at Oakland University.

Kathy Wilbur, vice president of Development and External Relations, said the tuition move will be helpful in dealing with state educational organizations, referencing a message she saw on Twitter from State Rep. Bob Genetski, R-Saugatuck.

Genetski, the chairman of the Higher Education subcommittee in the state House of Representatives, wrote in response to a Detroit Free Press article regarding the tuition news, “Great for students and state!”

Michigan State and Wayne State University have been accused of raising tuition above the 7.1 tuition restraint clause of the state budget. According to the Detroit News, MSU could lose $18.3 million in public funding, WSU could lose up to $12.8 million in public dollars.

Grand Valley State University was the last Michigan public university to reveal its rates when its board of trustees decided on a 6.9

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CMU, Faculty Association in dispute over 17 points University has hired outside legal counsel

By Maria Amante Senior Reporter

The university and Faculty Association cannot reach consensus on 17 items before signing their next three-year contract and have petitioned for fact finding.

Some of the key issues leading to disagreement are compensation, health benefits, recognition — who is

included in the bargaining group — and tenure policy.

Mediation between the groups ended Thursday. Ray Christie, vice provost of academic administration, sent an email to employees Tuesday afternoon that said the university and FA were unable to make “meaningful progress” during mediation sessions.

The groups met three times for mediation; the FA contract expired June 30. The university has not extended the faculty contract, which it has done in years prior.

Laura Frey, FA president

and assistant professor of counseling and special education said Christie’s message was inaccurate and misleading.

“The update that was sent out … is a blatant attempt to circumvent the bargaining process,” Frey said. “That was sent out to the FA leadership and the community, with Ray Christie being a member of the bargaining team. The update includes inaccuracies and misleading characterizations of the FA position ... it’s extremely frustrating that (he) as a member of the administration’s bargaining

team has decided to release that information.”

Both sides have filed for fact finding, Frey said.

Disputed points Fact finding is conducted by the state, said Ruthanne Okun, director of the Bureau of Employee Relations.

“Fact finding goes beyond mediation,” she said. “A third party looks at both sides and issues a recommendation.

The parties then go back to bargaining based on that recommendation.”

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Laura Frey, president of the Faculty Association and associate professor in counseling and special education, speaks to a crowd of FA members, students and other supporters before the July 14 CMU Board of Trustees meeting outside of Bovee University Center about the contract dilemma the organization has with the university.

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State and Wayne State University have been accused of technically raising tuition above the 7.1 tuition restraint clause of the state budget.

According to the Detroit News, MSU could lose $18.3 million in public funding and WSU could lose up to $12.8 million.

CMU has intentionally implemented a 2.1 percent reduction in enrollment, said University President George Ross.

“This reduction was planned,” Ross said. “Our applications are up from last year but we got a little overwhelmed last fall and there were some questions about the quality (of the services we were providing).”

Trustee Brian Fannon supported the proposal, but raised concerns before the

vote was taken.

“I have a concern with the tuition increase being so low, it looks good on paper,” Fannon said. “But can we really promise no reduction in services, quality and deferred maintenance?”

Ross said “the short answer is yes.”

The tuition increase allows the university to maintain current levels of operation while investing for the future, Burdette said.

Bath senior Sarah Johnson said the increase was fairly good, especially in comparison to the other schools in the state.

“A lot of them chose the 7 percent (maximum) that they can do,” Johnson said. “Obviously I would have liked to see it lower, but it’s way better than it could have been. It’s half of what it potentially could have been, which is a really good outcome.” news@cm-life.com

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Okun said the factfinder should be appointed within the week.

“In the recent proposal, the university has offered increases equal to 4 (percent) over a three-year contract,” Christie said. “Overall, however, the (FA) proposal would raise salaries by 9.8 (percent) ... The total compensation — salary and related benefits — would increase the university’s base budget by approximately $10 million.”

According to the petition, the university proposes a freeze for 2011-12 and 1-percent increases plus a flat amount of $830 and $835 for 2012-13 and 2013-14, respectively.

The FA proposes a freeze for the fall semester 2011-12, a 1-percent-plus-$1,000 increase in the spring; in 201213, 1 percent plus $500 for fall, 1.5 percent plus $500 for the spring; in 2013-14, 1.25 percent plus $500 in the fall and 1.5 percent plus $500 in the spring.

The university proposes compensation at $1,470 per credit hour for summer courses and the FA wants to maintain current contract language with a $8,250 cap per course.

The university wants the

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Grand Rapids junior Kelly Trotter (left) and Alpena alumna Elizabeth Gougeon play Speed as they wait in line for the “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” premiere Thursday night at Celebration Cinema, 4935 E. Pickard. “We discuss (Harry Potter) at work all the time,” Trotter said. “This is what we’ve been talking about all week.”

number contingent on FA acceptance of language on supplemental assignments.

Both groups agree on overload salary — $1,470 per credit hour, but the university also wants that number contingent on FA acceptance of language on supplemental assignments.

The university wants to maintain current health and prescription drug coverage rates until January 1, 2012. At that point, it wants to convert FA employees to the CMU plan “at rates paid for other benefit-eligible employees.”

Those rates include increases each year to the monthly contribution made by the university. Other CMU employees are covered under a Blue Cross Blue Shield plan with 91 percent of premiums covered, Christie said in the email.

The FA wants to maintain Michigan Education Special Services Association benefits at 95 percent with a 10/20 prescription card for all three years of the contract.

With dental coverage, the university is proposing the same CMU plan “at rates paid for other benefit eligible employees;” the FA wants 100 percent of a 100/50/50 plan.

The university’s factfinding petition said it wants to remove coaches, librarians and counselors hired after July 1, 2011 from the bargain-

ing unit, as well as College of Medicine and CMU First Professional Degree faculty members.

The university wants to change the current reappointment, tenure and promotion policy.

CMU wants to “(strengthen) the quality requirement of application materials, (and) extend the time in rank from 4 to 5 years for professor salary adjustment,” while the FA wants to change the reappointment process in terms of number and timeline for applying.

The university also wants to change the language for salary adjustments for promotion and completion of terminal degrees.

Outside counsel hired The university has hired Vercruysse Murray & Calzone, a law firm from Bingham Farms which specializes in labor and employment issues.

“These lawyers have experience in handling major negotiations, strikes, class action and complex litigation, non-competittion litigation, injunctions, union avoidance, organizaing unfair labor practices, arbitrations, ERISA litigation, OSHA, MDCR, DOL and EEOC complaints and all forms of employment litigation,” the firm’s website said.

Steve Smith, director of

public relations, said the university solicits outside counsel for a number of things, though it does employ a general counsel, Manuel Rupe.

In a statement, Rupe said he recommended outside counsel in the matter of faculty negotiations. Rupe directed the university to the firm because of its expertise and prior success.

“CMU evaluates, for example, the law firm’s expertise in a particular area of the law, its prior success in representing CMU or other public universities in similar matters,” Rupe said.

Frey would not say if the FA had legal representation.

“We have an FA bargaining team that we have great confidence in and that includes our (Michigan Education Association) leadership,” she said. news@cm-life.com

Pay freezes Four employee groups will see their wages frozen at least temporarily for a second year in a row; professional and administrative employees, senior officers, public broadcasting and office professionals will all have no pay increases for at least the beginning of fiscal year 2011-12.

University President George Ross said the pay of these groups will be reviewed later this year.

“Given the continued uncertainty regarding the state appropriations funding and the economic climate, 2011 to 2012 salary adjustments will not be given at this time,” Ross said.

“University-wide, budgetrelated employee furloughs and lay-offs will not occur in 2011-12.”

Two other employee groups have also seen pay freezes: the Police Officers Association of Michigan and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.

The Graduate Student Union and Union of Teaching Faculty both received pay increases.

The university was in mediation with the Faculty Association, which represents tenure and tenure track faculty members at CMU, at the time, and fact finding with supervisory and technical employees.

Following Thursday’s meeting, the FA announced mediation was unsuccessful between the parties and the FA will also enter fact finding with the university.

The university is looking to find efficiencies by outsourcing some services, Burdette said, and 25 va-

cant full time equivalent positions have been eliminated.

He said CMU cut almost $3.8 million total from the following divisions in spring 2011 to prepare for losses in state funding: Central Administration, Academic Affairs, Finance and Administrative Services, Development and External Relations and the President’s Office.

“We have put together a plan of $3.7, almost $3.8 million of permanent reductions,” Burdette said.

Financial plan Burdette said declining state appropriations are a major change in the new budget. The university has lost $12 million in state aid, or 15 percent from FY 201011.

Burdette highlighted the decline in state revenue since 2000-2001, when state aid accounted for 36 percent of revenue compared to FY 2011-12, where it accounts for 16 percent.

The university has also intentionally decreased student enrollment by 2.1 percent, University President George Ross said.

CMU will spend an additional $3.8 million on financial aid, $2.1 million on infastructure and $2.2 million in recruiting and hiring tenure-track faculty.

It currently spends $39.5 million on financial aid for various scholarships and grants; the additional $3.8 million will be spent on additional Board of Trustees Academic Scholarships, increased need-based aid and additional Study Abroad scholarships as well as others. news@cm-life.com

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CMED adds fifth associate dean

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Lanphear picked to aid with LCME accreditation

By Maria Amante Senior Reporter

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Hudsonville junior Valerie DeWeerd instructs students during a volleyball camp Saturday inside McGuirk Arena.

Google+ combines social network features Site open for registration after invitational period

By Morgan Yuncker Staff Reporter

Facebook, Twitter, FourSquare and LinkedIn are getting some new competition.

Google+ is Google’s latest approach to social networking.

“We’d like to bring the nuance and richness of real-life sharing to software,” Google’s blog reads. “We want to make Google better by including you, your relationships and your interests.”

According to the blog, the new social networking site offers “+Circles,” letting users choose what they share with certain people, allowing some information to remain restricted or private.

“It seems to me that (“+Circles”) are far easier than Face-

book groups,” said Alan Rudy, associate professor of sociology.

Rudy said he has heard from people using Google+ that the two most attractive features of the new site are both “+Circles” and “+Huddle,” a group messaging experience.

Google+ also includes “+Sparks,” a feed of “highly contagious content” from across the Internet, a “+Hangouts feature,” allowing Foursquare-like check-ins at locations and a “+Mobile” phone-oriented feature.

“The excitement over Google+ was so intense that it completely swamped Google’s ability to sign up new users and deal with the demand,” Rudy said.

The site recently went to open registration after being invitation-only for several weeks, but it is still considered in a “field trial” testing state.

Mount Pleasant sophomore Chelsea Mills said she has not registered yet, but is excited to

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try it out.

“I really like Facebook, so the fact that (Google+) is supposed to be better, that makes me even more excited,” she said.

The only thing Mills said she was not excited about was the possibility of Google+ being another distraction from her classwork.

Rudy said he believe there is a very low chance of the Google+ network crashing.

“Anything’s possible, but I have to believe that these two services have massive redundancy and distributed servers along with very robust security administrations,” he said.

Rudy said a crash would be extremely unlikely through hacking or viruses, though other technical glitches could conceivably slow Google+’s service from time to time.

Apps to access the service are available for both Android and iPhone smartphones. news@cm-life.com

College of Medicine consultant Joel Lanphear will begin work as CMED’s fifth associate dean after Labor Day. Ernest Yoder, CMED dean, told CMU Board of Trustees members Lanphear is critical to operations due to his previous experience and familiarity with developing and implementing medical curriculum “similar to ours.”

Lanphear will be senior associate dean for educational programs. Yoder said the position was created for him, though Lanphear was unavailable until after Labor Day to begin full-time work.

He will work on a two-year contract to see the university through Liaison Committee on Medical Education accreditation.

University President George Ross said it is his understanding that Lanphear’s role will “sunset” after the

program is accredited and his contract expires.

Yoder said L a n p h e a r’s qualifications and those of Joel Lanphear newly hired Associate Dean of Medical Education Dr. Linda Perkowski’s are complementary, which is why the college created the position for him.

“What Joel brings to the table is an architected curriculum model virtually identical to ours,” Yoder said.

Previous plans for the College of Medicine called for the employment of at least four associate deans, though there were no plans to hire more at the time.

Perkowski will assume all responsibilities for which former Associate Dean of Medical Education Dr. Nehad El-Sawi was responsible. She will also begin after Labor Day, and her husband, Dr. W. Robert Fleischmann, began work July 1 as a professor teaching biomedical science.

Steve Smith, director of public relations, said the university does not typically announce faculty or tempo-

rary hires like that of Lanphear’s, who is considered a consultant. The University of Minnesota Medical College announced Perkowski and Fleischmann’s departure from its program July 1.

Fleischmann was hired after an open and ongoing search, Yoder said. Both his and Perkowski’s applications were received around the time El-Sawi resigned.

Fundraising Kathy Wilbur, vice president of Development and External Relations, said the College of Medicine is near the halfway point to its $25 million fundraising objective, but did not give specific numbers on what she called significant additional gifts.

“We’re inching toward (the goal),” she said. “They’re anonymous gifts.”

Renee Walker, associate vice president of University Communications, said CMU is not prepared to speak publicly about any College of Medicine fundraising.

At the previous board of trustees meeting in April, Wilbur also said the college was “just shy” of the halfway point to the goal. news@cm-life.com

Construction of hotel near Kelly/Shorts delayed

By Maria Amante Senior Reporter

The proposed Lodgco hotel outside Kelly/Shorts stadium will be more expensive than initially anticipated and construction on the project has been delayed.

Initially, the hotel and adjacent suites attached to the stadium were to open in time for the 2012 football game against Michigan State.

Barrie Wilkes, associate vice president of Financial

Services and Reporting and university controller, said at last Wednesday’s board of trustees Finance and Facilities Committee meeting the university and Lodgco have not reached an agreement.

“The hotel, they had some drawings developed, (was projected to be) considerably more expensive than what they had hoped would work,” Wilkes said.

“We’re to the point that the most important part is to get it done right and to get a deal that works for

everybody.”

One of the problems is the property tax rate, he said.

“Athletics is disappointed, but not all that disappointed,” Wilkes said.

Wilkes said he is unsure when construction will start on the facility, but it will not be until after the MSU game.

“Having construction during the time MSU is here ... that mess would be a problem too,” he said. news@cm-life.com

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EDITORIAL | CMU should apply fiscally conservative approach across the board

Budgeted imbalance

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hile CMU has done an admirable job of remaining fiscally conservative in most respects, it would do well to apply that conservatism a bit more liberally.

During the board of trustees meeting last Thursday, university officials, specifically University President George Ross and David Burdette, vice president of Finance and Administrative Services, touted the $429 million budget approved last week as a balanced triumph of solid fiscal sense.

In many ways it was, managing to freeze the wages for several employee groups for the second year in a row, including several unions, as well as incorporating several other cuts to weather reduced state funding.

At the same time, however, CMU is creating new, likely $200,000 a year or greater positions for the College of Medicine.

The university has hired two deans,

one replacing Dr. Nehad El-Sawi as associate dean of medical education and another, temporary position created specifically for Dr. Joel Lanphear.

Lanphear interviewed along with Dr. Linda Perkowski for El-Sawi’s previous job. Perkowski got the job, her husband, W. Robert Flieschmann, got a faculty position and Lanphear had a position created on his behalf.

College of Medicine Dean Dr. Ernest

Yoder said Lanphear will guide the college through Liaison Committee on Medical Education accreditation, something critical for CMED’s success.

CMU’s fiscal conservatism applies to its workers, but when it comes to the CMED, it is seemingly very ready to burn through piles of money. This is all going toward a project not yet generating any revenue and struggling to raise funds.

Since the April board meeting, little more than $1 million has been raised, as administrators continue to say they are inching toward the $25 million goal.

CMED’s annual salaries, before those of Perkowski, Fleischmann and Lanphear are factored in, total nearly $1.2 million annually.

When every other area on campus is seeing cuts, and every academic and service unit is undergoing prioritization to determine potential reductions, it is ludicrous for one still-developing element to get what looks more and

more like a blank check.

The project has yet to demonstrate its true potential aside from buzzwords and lofty rhetoric. It all sounds like a risky bet for an otherwise conservative institution.

CMU delivered a balanced budget, and it deserves accolades for preparing so well for the hefty axe of state cuts to fall. A 3.47 percent tuition increase does not sound awful in any respect, even without its context as the state’s lowest hike.

However, the university’s funds ultimately come from the public — whether through tuition, state funding, charitable gifts or investments made from those monies. This demands fiscal responsibility across the board, even if it means delaying the completion of a certain pet project.

If the university would like a recommendation of where to start, this editorial board may have a certain place in mind.

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Fantasy in reality I’m pretty good at wasting my time.

I might even say I’m an expert at it, able to distinguish a fool’s errand from a time sink at least 100 paces away. That’s why I take exception to the idea that fiction classified as fantasy or sci-fi is a waste of time.

Kids play make-believe because it’s fun, but also because they want to learn. Playing house, doctor or magical ponycorns gives them a whole new perspective on the world: “What would it be like if these overpriced toys were real, and we were them?”

That voluntary change of viewpoint is something we adults don’t do nearly enough.

Some might question how useful it is to consider life from the mindset of a man who drinks his ale from orc skulls or an adolescent boy who rides brooms competitively. But the best kind of fiction leaves its readers with new ways to look at their own lives.

One example of another world with a lot to say about our own is in Terry Pratchett’s “Discworld” series. While its dozens of entries have the typical staples of warring kingdoms, fantastic creatures and magical exploits, many of their elements cleverly parallel contemporary issues such as jingoism, racial tension and governmental corruption.

The “Alien” series is better known for its frights and thrills than its reflection on business ethics. But its Weyland-Yutani Corporation embodies megalomaniacal corporatism taken to the extreme over hundreds of years of development, portraying a too-close-for-comfort example of a company willing to sacrifice hundreds of lives in the name of profit.

And although Greek myths may seem pretty far removed from modern reality, it’s unlikely that many would have survived long enough to be retold today if they did not carry timeless messages about love, loss and compassion.

After all, what are you more likely to remember: Treat visitors well just because it’s the decent thing to do, or because they might be gods in disguise who already smote your unwelcoming neighbors?

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Faculty and students are Central First, it is important to be clear that the university has never said it can’t give the faculty a reasonable cost of living increase, only that it won’t. No explanation for the severe cuts it is demanding has ever been stated.

Second, to those in Mount Pleasant and Isabella County who wonder why they should support the faculty in their negotiations with the administration, I would say that anyone who runs a business or offers a service of any kind has a vested interest in seeing the faculty do well.

If the administration succeeds in forcing a contract that provides no cost of living increase and reduces substantially the amount the University contributes to health care, faculty — the largest block of the second largest employer in Mount Pleasant — will have less disposable income.

Restaurants, stores and services can expect to see less business as a result.

If the faculty suffer, Mount Pleasant will suffer as well.

Third, the University’s current

“Vision Statement” reads “CMU will be a nationally prominent university known for integrity, academic excellence, research and creative activity, and public service.” I would suggest that the only way CMU can realize this vision is by attracting, retaining and supporting committed and talented faculty.

There are those unsympathetic to the faculty who say, “If they are unhappy, let them quit and go someplace else.”

In the English department, however, this is exactly what has happened.

Over the past 10 years or so, we have lost 17 faculty members for reasons other than retirement — we lose close to 50 percent of our hires.

This extremely high attrition rate has both short term and long term detrimental effects. In the short term, students lose advisers, course scheduling is difficult, and faculty aren’t around to write letters of recommendation when students apply to graduate school. In the long term, this rate of

attrition severely impacts both morale and reputation.

I would summarize the situation by using an old adage: “Penny wise, pound foolish.”

The administration may save money by low-balling the faculty and bullying them into a miserable contract, but this will be at the expense of realizing its vision and compromising the education is seeks to provide.

My belief is that the administration needs to refocus its priorities back where they should be: on teaching and learning.

The way to do this is not to insult the faculty, to make them feel worthless and indeed dare them to apply elsewhere, but to provide for those who are the backbone of the university.

Together, faculty and students are Central!

Yours sincerely, Jeffrey Weinstock Professor of English language and literature

[YOUR VOICE] Comments in response to “College of Medicine hires fifth associate dean”

how many students at cmu honestly appreciate their professors.

Jared Reed CMU missed the mark by establishing a College of Medicine (COM) before a school of nursing. The medical school is going to be a budget buster for a school of CMU’s caliber without having the launching pad of a BSN program. The medical school is going to need an anonymous $100 million donation as Western Michigan University received already to establish their medical school.

Logan If they keep going with these tuition hikes I am going to have to bail out of the college. You can only get so many loans...

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Driver: Once again, CM-Life gets it rigtht

Josh Leffingwell This increase in tuition means a lot of drop outs or we will need to hire more Michigan bankruptcy attorneys

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Dianne Mcclure As an employee of another MI college, I applaud the CMU faculty for their willingness to have their salaries frozen in order for persons to afford an education. Kudos.

and CMU gets it wrong, As you point out, the UTF did NOT accept a payfreeze, yet the university’s release about the AFSCME agreement states that they did. Thank you AGAIN CMLife for correcting the University’s misinformation.

Comments in response to: “3.47 percent tuition increase approved at CMU Board of Trustees meeting” mar Screw Gov. Snyder...already took money away from students and now schools are forced to increase tuition.

Maria Amante Senior Reporter

More like Hogwash I hate “Harry Potter.”

I’ve never read the books, certainly never seen the movies, and I have zero intention of doing so. The concept does nothing for me. Magic, wizards and the like — it’s boring and I just don’t like it.

My hatred isn’t Potter-specific; I eschew and loathe the “Twilight” and “Lord of the Rings” books and movies as well.

I’ve never been a fantasy genre fan. The “Narnia” books were boring, Greek mythology was wasted on me and I was never amused by any fairy tale.

When everyone was going nuts for the Potter books, I was instead reading modern novels and political biographies or immersed in whatever was assigned for my English class, ever the teacher’s pet.

My best friends in high school were Potter fans. I was supportive when Dumbledore died — the only Potter plot point I know of — all the while thinking, “Who cares?

Why is that name so stupid?”

And don’t even get me started on all of the branding. They squeezed this eighth movie out of this series for no good reason at all, except to make an easy $500 million domestically from the poor people who are willing to wait in line starting at 6 a.m. the month before tickets go on sale. In costume.

When one of the books was released, I attended a party hosted by a bookstore in an effort to support old friends and exhaust my morbid curiosity.

Everyone was dressed up and looked like cattle, waiting to be herded to the feed. The sheer commercialization of it all was offensive.

The books make otherwise rational people insane. Remember when they were being banned for no reason other than that they had magic in them?

People on both sides of the issue became so emotional about an average-at-best series. I’m not a fan of censorship in any way, but the fact that the fans fighting the censorship got so heated is just more evidence of the evils of sci-fi and fantasy books.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s fantastic “Potter” got books into kids hands.

And I’m sure many of them are now avid readers, which is nothing short of spectacular. But it’s McLiterature, it’s pedestrian and read so frequently only because it’s socially required.

How many fans think critically or objectively about those books, holding discussions about their merits and flaws? I sincerely doubt very many, because most of the fans are so rabid and clouded when it comes to “Harry Potter.”

Literature is meant to be critiqued and discussed, not just freely distributed without question. Popularity doesn’t equal quality, and that’s a major misunderstanding about these books and certainly one of my primary problems with the series.

Oh, yeah. I hate “American Idol” too. For mostly the same reasons.

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Jeremy Speer named 2011 Young Journalist of the Year Gaylord Herald Times editor one of nation’s youngest CM Life Staff Reports

Gaylord Herald Times editor Jeremy Speer has been named the 2011 Young Journalist of the Year by the CMU Journalism Hall of Fame organizing committee.

Speer, a 2005 CMU graduate who majored in journalism, is a former sports editor of CM Life.

He was promoted to edi- Jeremy Speer tor in Gaylord in April after serving as the paper’s sports editor for almost six years. “I am humbled by this honor and am very thankful for being recognized,� Speer said. “This

list of recipients of this award is impressive and I’m very honored to be part of this group.�

The award recognizes the accomplishments of a CMU journalism graduate with one to seven years’ experience who has remained true to the ethics and expectations modeled at CMU. Previous recipients are Adam Graham, Chad Livengood, Chris Gautz and Mark W. Smith.

Speer will be recognized as part of the Journalism Hall of Fame induction ceremonies

Nov. 11 in Mount Pleasant.

Paul Gunderson, general manager of the Herald Times, lauded Speer’s performance at generating local news, his help in developing the paper’s website and his record of community service.

Matt Schoch, one of Speer’s classmates and now a reporter at the Springfield, Mo. NewsLeader, noted Speer’s commitment to his craft. “At 28, he is certainly one of the youngest newspaper editors in the country,� Schoch

said. “The community is lucky to have a journalist with his commitment and skill.�

Paul Costanzo, senior sports reporter at the Port Huron Times Herald and another of Speer’s classmates, said Speer’s passion for telling stories and his ability to connect on a personal level with his sources while staying objective is uncanny.

Neil Hopp, director of Student Publications, said he has been watching Speer’s performance since he graduated.

“He was one of the best sports reporters and editors at CM Life in the last decade,�

Hopp said. “I often point to his Gaylord success when advising today’s students, as he represents the epitome of community journalism.�

Speer and his wife Betsy, who is a high school English teacher, have a daughter, Isabelle. Speer’s father is Bill Speer, publisher of The Alpena News. news@cm-life.com

Marla Terranova Vickers first Student volunteers, organizations female AA minor league GM take brief hiatus over summer s t u de n t li f e

OrgSync ready to surge with new student population

By Amanda Grifka Staff Reporter

CMU’s Volunteer Center and registered student organizations activities decline over the summer but show signs of healthy involvement in the fall.

Tom Idema, assistant director of Student Life, said he will soon see more interaction with RSOs through the new OrgSync system because the renewal process for RSOs has begun, as well as registration for MAINstage.

New students going through orientation have been shown how to work OrgSync and are quickly signing up for groups, he said. “It’s exciting because we get an email when there is a new user,� Idema said.

The new OrgSync has received some updates since spring semester and has been made more user friendly, said

Lake City senior Kim Hanson, an employee of the Volunteer Center.

No new RSOs have been registered online with OrgSync so far, though Idema said he expects to see a few ideas coming into the Office of Student Life soon.

The Volunteer Center’s student activity drops dramatically in the period between spring and fall semesters, Hanson said.

She said Le Tour de Mont Pleasant and various Red Cross blood drives have utilized volunteers, but most events suffer to get enough student volunteers.

Like the Volunteer Center, most RSOs also do not have a large presence on campus during the summer break, Idema said.

He said some groups do remain involved since several fraternities and sororities have national conferences, leadership training and alumni outings during the summer months.

Milford graduate student Christopher Armelagos, vice president of Phi Alpha Delta pre-law fraternity, said his fra-

ternity is member driven. Because many members do not have the resources to stay in Mount Pleasant during the summer months, the group is not as active. “That is not to say that PAD is not active in the summer,�

Armelagos said. “The executive board members and the committee chairs are using these summer months to learn about their new leadership roles and start actively planning for the fall semester.�

The Student Organization Center in Bovee University Center housed an office for Phi Alpha Delta in the spring, he said, but the organization was asked to clean out its space at the end of the semester.

Idema said the SOC’s move within the UC over the summer has made it relatively unused since spring classes ended. “Groups that already have spaces get a space in the new location, but are required to have a certain number of office hours or a different RSO will get that spot,� he said. news@cm-life.com

By Jordan Spence Staff Reporter

For Montgomery Biscuits general manager and 2008 CMU alumna Marla Terranova Vickers, everything else is just gravy.

The 2008 graduate has worked for the Alabama minor league baseball team since 2003 and has been the general manager of the team since January.

Vickers is the fourth female general manager in Minor League Baseball and the first at an AA team and higher. “It was at my internship that I discovered my love of the atmosphere of a minor league team,� she said. “It’s mostly about being around people that are having a good time and being part of a team that is so connected to their community.�

Vickers’ career in baseball began when she was a sophomore at CMU involved in the recreation, parks and leisure department.

She began interning for the Lansing Lugnuts, another minor league team, after interviewing Greg Rauch, their general manager at the time,

for a class assignment.

The parent company of the Biscuits, Professional Sports Marketing, is owned by Marla Terranova Tom Dickson Vickers and Sherrie Myers, who also own The Lansing Lugnuts.

Pat Day, Lugnuts general manager andVickers’ colleague, said Vickers’ amazing attitude and energy make her stand out. “It’s certainly not common that there are female managers,� Day said. “But she has more talent than 99 percent of the male GM’s out there.�

Vickers said though she is a woman in a male-dominated field, she is not bothered by the gender difference She said she is fortunate to have supportive owners, and her peers throughout the league are good to work with. “Every now and then you get (called) a ‘sweetie’ or a ‘honey,’ but you just have to ignore it,� she said.

Day said it was awesome

working with Vickers since she was the first person on the ground, before the stadium had even been built.

Vickers helped launch the Biscuits brand in 2003 and now her job is to oversee the operations, sales and marketing of the team. “I took a couple year hiatus from school to open Riverwalk Stadium, (the Biscuit’s stadium)� she said. “My mom cringes when she sees the gap in my schooling but the important thing is I finished.�

Her career with the Biscuits has even spilled over to her personal life. Her now-husband John E. Vickers III originally submitted the name “Biscuits� in a contest to decide the team’s name in 2003.

The name was chosen out of more than 5,000 entries, and picked because it was quirky, fun and celebrated the South, she said.

While she said it is difficult to balance home and work life, she does her best to work efficiently and take advantage of her time outside Riverwalk. news@cm-life.com

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