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Man dies in jail Sheriff: No idea what cause of death will be found

By Emily Grove Metro Editor

A 35-year-old inmate died early Saturday morning while in custody at the Isabella County Jail.

Bradford T. Gibson of East Orange, N.J. was found unconscious and without a pulse at 3 a.m.

Isabella County Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski said officers at the jail reacted exactly as they were trained to by performing CPR, which was unsuccessful.

“They did what was protocol,” he said. “It’s unfortunate it ended the way it did.”

Gibson was arrested at about 2 a.m. Saturday for disorderly conduct, two counts of obstructing justice and resisting a police officer, and aggravated assault on a police officer. He was brought into custody by the Mount Pleasant Police Department.

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Calfornia junior Katelyn Gerardi, 21, attends EDU 361: Midtier Practicum with her 16-month-old son Brayden Sept. 14 in the Education and Human Services Building. “I really have to plan my weeks at the beginning of the week, I can’t go day by day.” Gerardi said. “Day care is a huge help. Without day care I wouldn’t be able to go to school or work so that really helps us out.”

baby on board Student balances family, schoolwork with 16-month-old son

By Chad Mitchell | Staff Reporter Katelyn Gerardi gets a lot of second glances while on campus, but she knows people aren’t just looking at her.

The 21-year-old junior has a 16-month-old son named Brayden, who she brings to some of her classes.

Gerardi, a California native, doesn’t think people stare to be mean, but the surprise she sees in their eyes concerns her. She said she wants people to know that becoming a parent is a very real possibility, even for undergraduate students.

“It’s important for people to know it’s a struggle,” Gerardi said. “It’s not just cute and fun. I love my son very much, but it’s something that I should have waited (for).”

Gerardi remembers her freshman year, when she could go out every weekend just to have a good time.

Now, she has to plan ahead for things many students take for granted.

“I don’t have the option of going to the library whenever I want to do homework,” she said. “My family is from California. I came here for college, so I can’t call my mom or my sister and say ‘Hey, can you watch him?’”

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LMFAO coming Oct. 26

By David Oltean Senior Reporter

Marcus Vogel, 25, of Mount Pleasant, pushes his 16-month-old son Brayden Sept. 19 around the living room of his and fiance Katelyn Gerardi’s Mount Pleasant apartment. “I would not be able to juggle school and work if it wasn’t for Marcus.”

Gerardi said.

The Central Michigan University Program Board and Hottest College Parties are preparing to have McGuirk Arena “party-rocking” with LMFAO’s upcoming performance.

The world-renowned electronic group, LMFAO, will be performing at McGuirk Arena on Oct. 26 along with an opening artist yet to be named.

LMFAO was made famous by many electronic and hiphop hits, including “Party Rock Anthem,” “Shots” and “I Am Not a Whore.” The group gained popularity in 2008 with their first hit radio single, “I’m In Miami Trick,” and group members Stefan “Redfoo” Gordy and Skyler “SkyBlu” Gordy are known for their animated live performances.

Program Board Concert Chair Jordan Benghiat, a

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Kyle Cease performs to 150 Saturday Plachta show called more personable

By Octavia Carson Staff Reporter

A small crowd did not discourage nationally-recognized actor and comedian Kyle Cease as he performed Saturday night in Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium.

At the start of the show, Cease said he was amazed to see the small audience, about 150 people. He said the size of the crowd made the show very intimate, and said he could have a lot of fun with the group.

Cease started with stand-up

comedy and transitioned into playing the piano and singing.

“I was shocked to see a piano on the stage before the act, because I didn’t know what he would use it for,” said Pontiac freshman Chelsea Moss. “He played the piano really well, but he made it funny at the same time.”

This is Cease’s third time visiting Central Michigan University, this time during his “Wake Up College Tour.”

Throughout the show, Cease interacted with students from the audience. He picked Warren sophomore Alex Gibson to join him on the stage.

Gibson sang a part of The Commodores’ “Easy,” while Cease played the piano and sang along.

“At first, I was just wondering

what he was going to make me do,” Gibson said. “I have to say this is my most memorable college moment so far.”

After playing the piano, Cease kept the crowd laughing with his version of a magic show. Cease then switched things up again by giving a motivational speech.

“I thought the show was phenomenal,” said Midland sophomore Zane Isenhart. “I liked how he did comedy and the inspirational piece.”

In his speech, Cease advised students to be positive about their futures.

“We live in a society that doesn’t realize that they are completely being used,” Cease said.

“Society turns you into a consumer, then you start hearing that you can’t do things.”

Cease began performing stand-up comedy when he was in second grade. At age 15, he started performing shows for corporate parties at places like Sears, Nintendo and Microsoft.

“My comedy comes from truly being in the moment,” Cease said. “The truth is the jokes come out in a natural place, I just have to allow it to happen.”

Cease has a new Comedy Central CD called “I Highly Recommend This Album.” He is also working on a book, “Wasn’t Next Week Great.”

“Whatever happens, if it’s movies, stand-up, podcasts or books, all I want to do is create,” Cease said.

Kasey McFarland, Bay City junior and comedy chair of Program Board, said Cease’s mes-

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Comedian Kyle Cease gestures to the audience while telling a joke Saturday night at Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium.

sage to students is positive and helpful.

“Kyle has been very successful in the past at CMU and students

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EVENTS CALENDAR TODAY w Soup and Substance: Americano as Apple Pie will take place from noon to 1 p.m. at the Bovee University Center’s Rotunda. w Former State Rep. Bart Stupak will be speaking from 7 to 8 p.m. in Anspach, room 161. w The Art Reach of Mid Michigan Gallery Exhibit, featuring Dana Gardner-Clark will present its last exhibit of the year from 5 to 7 p.m. at the the Art Reach, 111 E. Broadway St. w Deaf Awareness Week Information Fair will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Health Professions building atrium.

TUESDAY w Bill Hosterman will present Traveling: New Works on Paper from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the Charles V. Park Library’s Baber room.

The Study Abroad w Programs will hold a Passport Fair from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Bovee University Center’s Isabella room.

An American Sign w Language demonstration class will be held from 12:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. in the Health Professions building atrium as part of Deaf Awareness Week. will w Sphinx Virtuosi perform from 8 to 9:30 p.m. at the Music Building’s Staples Family Concert Hall.

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Southfield junior, was excited to team up with Hottest College Parties because of the popularity of LMFAO and to share the cost of the artist.

Benghiat saw LMFAO once before and said the group will put on a very fun show for students.

“I’m thrilled. I’ve seen them before and know that they put on a great show from when I saw them,” Benghiat said.

“They were too big of a group to pass up.”

Tickets go on sale to students 8 a.m. Wednesday at the CMU Box Office for $25 for bleachers, $30 for the bowl and $35 for floor seats. Tickets go on sale for the public on Oct. 3, and will be $25 for bleachers, $32 for the bowl and $38 for floor seats.

Southfield freshman Emily Stetson said she planned on attending the concert after her roommates decided they would get tickets.

“I’ve heard a lot of people talking about going to it, so I think it will be a pretty big event,” Stetson said. “We saw how big the arena was recently, so I’m pretty excited for it.”

Program Board President Paul Sullivan was excited to bring such a popular group to perform at CMU. “From a campus-wide perspective, we’ve got a lot of positive comments for (LMFAO),” he said. “I think it’s going to be a great show and a sellout.”

Sullivan, an Allen Park senior, said Program Board and Hottest College Parties did quite a bit of negotiating to ensure the concert would be a suitable school event.

“This is something we’ve been talking about for a while with (Hottest College Parties),” Sullivan said. “I’m confident that everything has been dealt with and all the school rules we need to abide by will be taken care of.” studentlife@cm-life.com

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California junior Katelyn Gerardi, 21, flips through a book with 16-month-old son Brayden Sept. 19 at their Mount Pleasant apartment. “Most of my friends are going to Pint Night tonight,” Gerardi said, “but we are doing laundry.”

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Gerardi gets help with Brayden from her fiance, Mount Pleasant resident Marcus Vogel.

Gerardi said she and Vogel have lived together for almost three years, and that he has postponed taking classes at Mid Michigan Community College until she finishes her degree.

Gerardi said balancing her time is the biggest challenge as a mother going through college.

One of Gerardi’s friends,

Laura Jamieson, a Bloomfield Hills sophomore, said Gerardi had grown as a person since they met last semester.

“She is a great mother and just wants to be a good student,” Jamieson said.

Holly Hoffman, an assistant professor of counseling and special education and special education unit coordinator, said she doesn’t think Gerardi sees being a mother as a challenge.

“She has to balance and

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“There were no tasers used and no punches thrown,” Mioduszewski said. “I have no idea what the cause of death will be.”

The Michigan State Police Department will conduct an independent investigation into the inmate’s death as requested by the Isabella County Sheriff’s Department and the Mount Pleasant Police Department.

Mioduszewski said all information has been turned but there is no timeline for when the investigation will be complete.

An autopsy has been scheduled. metro@cm-life.com

By Lisa M. Krieger San Jose Mercury News

Now showing: Movies of your mind.

Scientists at UC Berkeley have designed a way to decode, then re-create, human perception — a breakthrough that someday could be used to reproduce dreams, fantasies, memories and the other images from inside our heads.

“This approach provides a platform to reconstruct the internal and dynamic brain thought processes,” said UC Berkeley neuroscientist Jack Gallant, co-author of a study on the subject published Thursday in the journal Current Biology.

It’s not mind reading — yet. The images look like the work of Vincent Van Gogh, or even Jackson Pollock, on a bad day.

But they are recognizable enough to be spooky, evoking the 1983 sci-fi film “Brainstorm,” in which scientists recorded a person’s sensations so that others could experience them.

In essence this project recorded blood activity in the brain of people watching video clips, then computers reconstructed what was watched.

The scientists acted as subjects, sitting inside a functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, scanner for hours at a time.

While they watched Hollywood movie trailers, the fMRI scanner measured blood flow through their visual cortex, the part of the brain that processes visual information.

This brain activity was fed into a computer program that learned, second by second, to associate visual patterns in the movie with the corresponding brain activity.

Then the images were reconstructed. This was done by feeding 5,000 hours of random YouTube videos into the computer program so that it could predict the brain activity that each film clip would most likely evoke in each subject.

The computer matched the YouTube clips to the visual patterns created through brain activity and produced a movie, albeit one that was blurry and distorted.

The project replicates what Gallant called an “early

visual system” that is very primitive, but capable of detecting things such as edges, backgrounds and big objects.

It’s not our elegant visual system, which makes it possible for you to recognize your mother, for instance, even if she is far away with her face turned and it’s nearly dark.

In the reconstructed images, elephants look like shuffling blobs. English words resemble some alien version of Arabic. A parrot could be Jack Nicholson playing the evil Joker.

And it gets even more complicated because what we think we see isn’t always what’s really there. Visual information is influenced by attention, memory, context and other high-level cognitive factors.

“That’s why eyewitness testimony is so notoriously unreliable,” Gallant said. “It’s not like a videotape recording. What you retrieve and

recreate is based on very little information, which is then filled in. It’s an artistic interpretation of what really happened.”

Their goal is to better understand the part of the brain that is responsible for vision.

juggle so many things,” Hoffman said. “She has mastered that. She’s doing all of those things with a smile on her face.”

Gerardi hasn’t been all smiles all the time, though.

In the past few years she has seen friends get pregnant and drop out of school. Gerardi said dropping out of school was a path she considered as well.

“When I found out I was pregnant, I almost quit school,” Gerardi said, “I had no one here on campus to

say, ‘No, you can do it. You can finish this.’”

Gerardi said she sees this as a point where CMU should step in. She said she believes there should be a support group on campus for parents going through school.

She said if nothing else, such a group would at least show students there are others in a similar position — there are others who are making it. studentlife@cm-life.com

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Snyder’s health care plan concerns local doctors Plan calls for Body Mass Index Calculations

By Jessica Fecteau Senior Reporter

Gov. Rick Snyder’s proposed health care reform plan has generated a strong reaction from several Mount Pleasant health professionals.

The governor’s plan includes efforts to enforce healthier lifestyles and put a ban on smoking at public beaches.

“The increasing cost of health care is one of the most significant economic challenges facing Michigan and the United States,” Snyder said in a previously published report.

Snyder is requesting all pediatricians calculate and

report to the state the body mass index (BMI) of every child patient.

Dr. Rumana Barodawalla disagrees with Snyder’s request of reporting BMI. “Testing BMI is not the best way to define obesity,” Barodawalla said. “There is no true scientific evidence proving that BMI proves obesity, because it doesn’t tell the difference between fat mass and muscle mass.”

Barodawalla said the BMI testing failed in Arkansas, Maine and Maryland.

“I think we need to focus more on promoting healthy procedures and establish in children early on to move a lot more and eat more nutritious food,” she said.

The ban on smoking on public beaches is a policy Barodawalla does agree with.

“I am highly, highly in fa-

vor,” she said.

She said communities that pass laws cutting out smoking have seen a decrease in heart attacks by 17 percent after the first year of implementation, according to the Journal of American Heart Association.

Snyder is now requiring insurance companies to pay for autism therapies for children up to the age of 18 and a maximum of $50,000

Pedestrian struck outside Lexington Ridge Apts

New program part of ‘America Counts’ initiative

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Volunteer center creating new math tutoring program

Freshman in stable condition after accident

A pedestrian struck by a car Friday morning on Deerfield Road in front of Lexington Ridge Apartments has been identified as Jenna McClellan, a freshman at Central Michigan University.

Isabella County Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski said McClellan is in stable condition with non-life threatening injuries after being struck at about 2 a.m outside the apartment complex, 3700 E. Deerfield Road.

He said she was with a group of people walking back to campus when she was hit.

“For some reason she stepped out and went into the road,” Mioduszewski said.

He said blood work is being done to determine whether alcohol was in her system at the time.

Will Hardesty, a Howell freshman, was among the people walking with McClellan toward the Towers residence complex and said she was coherent after the accident.

“She was still conscious, but was weeping,” he said The driver of the vehicle, a white Chevy Cavalier, swerved to avoid McClellan and was going the speed limit when it struck her, Mioduszewski said.

The driver had not been drinking and it is unlikely the driver or McClellan will be issued a ticket.

Police from CMU responded as well as several fire engines and an ambulance at about 2:15 a.m. and left the scene at about 2:45.

Mioduszewski said this is the second pedestrian accident since the semester began and both pedestrians and drivers need to be careful.

a year. Barodawalla said this will be beneficial to Michigan residents impacted by autism.

“One out of every 110 born have an autism spectrum disorder,” she said. “Right now, a lot of parents pay out-of-pocket for therapy.”

Twenty-six states cover the insurance costs for autism therapies and Michigan

By Andrea Peck Staff Reporter

for longest freestyle rap in April with more than nine hours of rhymes.

At the concert, Chiddy put together a freestyle with random words given by audience members including “giraffes,” “chubby,” and “bacon strips.”

“After rapping for nine

The new math tutoring program, “America Counts,” will start this spring after the volunteer center received a federal grant in September.

Accompanying the existing “America Reads” program, the program will allow Central Michigan University students to tutor local elementary students struggling with math.

Students who wish to tutor in the spring semester can apply for work study positions in November.

Volunteer Center Coordinator Shawna Ross said volunteering is a great way for students to become involved in the community, as well as gain needed career experience. It also helps undecided majors gain new interests and choose future careers, she said.

“Our job is to connect students to meaningful volunteer experiences that enable them to become caring citizens,” Ross said.

Last year, the center helped more than 6,100 students find volunteer opportunities — about 22 percent of the total student body.

The center hopes the new program will increase that number.

Another recent transition for the center is the name change to the Mary Ellen Brandell Volunteer Center.

Brandell, a former CMU professor who wrote a grant to start the center, left an endowment to keep the volunteer center going after she died a year ago.

Some of the center’s other initiatives include the David Garcia Project, AdoptA-Grandparent, alternative breaks, Safer Sex Patrol and lunch buddies, which involve students in the community.

The center also holds

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Chiddy Bang performs on stage Friday night at Finch Fieldhouse. “Central Michigan— it was a wonderful show,” Chiddy said in an interview after the show. “And we’re just gonna, you know, keep grinding.”

‘keep grinding’ Chiddy Bang, The Cool Kids perform at Finch Fieldhouse

By David Oltean | Senior Reporter

The bass boomed and rhymes flowed through the microphones Friday night at Finch Fieldhouse as Chiddy Bang and The Cool Kids performed in front of hundreds of lively students.

Central Michigan University’s Program Board brought both the groups to the school, who delivered the first big performance of the year to campus.

The show began shortly after 8 p.m. as The Cool Kids members Antoine “Sir Michael Rocks” Reed and Evan “Chuck Inglish” Ingersoll, of Illinois and Mount Clemens respectively, took the stage.

Grand Rapids senior Clayton Stedman was eager to see The Cool Kids again after attending some of their performances in the past.

“I’ve seen The Cool Kids live a few times,” Stedman said. “They bring a lot of energy to the stage and usually have a great setlist.”

Chiddy Bang, composed of Chidera “Chiddy” Anamege and Noah “Xaphoon Jones” Beresin, entertained the crowd with some of their biggest hits including “Truth,” “Opposite of Adults,” and their popular track with Big Sean, “Too Fake.” Beresin filled in for Big Sean’s verse on “Too Fake,” asking audi-

People in the audience raise their hands to the music as Chiddy Bang performs on stage Friday night at Finch Fieldhouse.

ence members for a snapback hat and sunglasses to help imitate him.

“Right now, we’re doing a lot of colleges. In early September, we played a lot of welcome weeks,” Chiddy said. “It’s been exciting. A lot of early flights though.”

Chiddy is renowned for writing freestyle raps and broke the world record

Spanish guitarist accompanies poetry show

By David Oltean Senior Reporter

As the fingers of Maestro Francesc de Paula Soler’s right hand gently swept across his guitar strings, his left hand moved swiftly across the fret board, hitting each note with precision and expression.

Soler, a native of Spain, performed Friday morning in Pearce Hall alongside the poetry of Federico Garcia Lorca, a popular Spanish poet from the early 20th century. The poetry was read in Spanish by students, faculty and Soler, while Soler accompanied with his guitar.

Soler gave a class and perfor-

mance in the Music Building’s Chamichan Hall on Thursday, displaying his knowledge for music and the guitar.

Professor of Spanish Krzysztof Kulawik said the Spanish department was fortunate to bring Soler to Central Michigan University.

“The poems that were recited today expressed the traditional, rural, small town setting of Southern Spain, Andalusia,” Kulawik said. “The poetry expresses mostly feelings of love, passion, revenge, murder and usually passionate crimes.”

Kulawik hoped students could enjoy the cultural experience alongside the music of a world

renowned classical guitarist.

“It was a cultural experience with many facets. It had a musical facet, a poetic facet and a linguistic facet which was a great exercise for us here today,” Kulawik said. “This is something very special that we don’t get here every day. We can recite poetry, but we don’t often have such an acclaimed classical guitarist.”

Rochester junior Michael Morrison attended the reading as a cultural event for Spanish class, and was impressed by the guitar playing and poetry.

“The poetry was great and (Garcia Lorca) is a great poet that is still remembered 75 years after his death,” Morrison said.

“The fact that Francesc made music to it that was just as good as the poetry was unbelievable.”

South Bend senior Colin Russell was asked to come up with a dramatization for Garcia Lorca’s poetry and perform at the event. Russell, a theater major, has studied abroad in Chile and enjoyed his opportunity to perform in Spanish.

“I enjoyed the poem (Soler) explained about the guitar. A lot of the poetry is a little harder to understand because Garcia Lorca wrote it a long time ago,” Russell said. “I liked the guitar with the poetry a lot.” studentlife@cm-life.com

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Spanish classical guitarist Francesc de Paula Soler chats with Ed Stark, a high school Spanish teacher from Walled Lake, and of Foreign Languages, Literatures & Cultures Chair Susan Knight, on Friday in Pearce Hall.

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VOICES Monday, Sept. 26, 2011

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” – The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

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Editorial Board: Eric Dresden, Editor-in-Chief | Ariel Black, Managing Editor | Connor Sheridan, Online Coordinator | Theresa Clift, University Editor | Andrew Dooley, Student Life Editor | Brad Canze, Staff Columnist

Maria Amante Guest Columnist

Anxiety over graduation I’m sure everyone nearing graduation is going through my predicament right now.

At least, that’s what reassures me, that hope I’m not alone.

Every day, I’m filled with anxiety over what to do next; I’ve flirted with attending graduate school, considered internships and of course, the official jump into adulthood: a real job.

Right now, I’m juggling (and admittedly, not successfully every single day) an internship for The Saginaw News plus being a full-time student.

It’s quite odd, because I feel like I’ve got the best of both worlds. I’m working at a real newspaper, which, aside from my job title, is a “real,” grown-up job — I need to be at work at 8 a.m. every morning and attend meetings and jeans are sadly unacceptable.

I’ve also got undergraduate classes two days a week. For that, I feel quite fortunate; in a way, I get to have a suspended adolescence.

But it’s also filled with uncertainty.

My friends don’t think of me as a real student or peer, my co-workers don’t see me as a colleague. It’s a purgatory that hasn’t helped with the uncertainty of my future.

This uncertainty isn’t anything all undergraduates don’t eventually face, but, like most 20-somethings, I can’t help but feel like it’s so much worse because it’s happening to ME. I have so much ambition; I want to do great things. I want to cover the White House by the arbitrary age of 30 and I want to continue my education. There’s so much I want to do, that choosing just one thing may be my actual dilemma here.

Also, I’m not quite sure if I’m ready to choose yet.

Making things worse is on the fact that moving on from the comfortable safety net of college (and by extension, my youth) is FREAKING ME OUT. And as terrified as I may be, in a way, it’s also exciting. Even at 23, I’m still young, and upon graduation, I will have every opportunity waiting for me.

I admittedly suffer from a bit of Peter Pan syndrome. I’m excited for my future, but very, very nervous about leaving what is safe and home to me — I don’t quite want to grow up.

Anyone who knows me knows I’ve not loved every minute, or every thing about attending Central Michigan University. But moving on is proving to be an emotional and difficult undertaking.

Again, I suspect nearly everyone at the cusp of graduation is experiencing the same thing. And once that threshold is crossed, everything will be sensational, I’m sure of it.

But until then, I expect to continue waking up sick to my stomach, filled with uncertainty and desperately trying to cling to my childhood.

So if it’s graduate school or moving to Washington or traveling, I’m lucky that I can truly do whatever it is I may want.

And perhaps that’s the real struggle, choosing just one option, because there is so much I want to do.

It’s figuring it out that will be the ultimate, albeit exciting, challenge.

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EDITORIAL | Actions of one ruin view of the whole

To serve and protect Former Central Michigan University Police Officer Jeffrey Card was arraigned Sept.

21, charged with misconduct in office by the Isabella County Prosecutor’s Office.

Card is accused of driving two 21-year-old women from O’Kelly’s Sports Bar & Grill, 2000 S. Mission St., to a dirt road on Sept. 11. He agreed to drive both home after attending to a nuisance party call. The women agreed and took the ride.

When arriving on the road, prosecutors allege Card said he was going to give the women a portable breath test. He said if the test results were higher than a certain limit, the women would have to expose their bare chests. The girls agreed and showed their chests after the test results were higher than the limit Card specified.

He also had the women pose for a photograph on the back of his patrol car, which was later found stored on his cell phone by investigators.

Card, who now faces up to five years in prison along with

$10,000 in fines, resigned from the CMU Police Department and the university on Sept. 16.

This story is not only disgusting in itself, but it unfairly does significant damage to the strong reputation of the CMU Police.

As college students, we understand the reality of what role police officers play in the lives of young adults. Whether it is a MIP offense or a simple traffic violation, most students have had some sort of interaction with the law.

Their experiences and those of their friends mold their perception of the police.

While students may not be happy with being ticketed for any number of violations, most understand police officers are there to benefit the whole, and make sure safety is the first priority.

How can we feel comfortable in a town where an officer was found to have abused his power to such a degree when dealing with young students?

We look to police officers as those who enforce the law and protect us. But situations like

this color our view and ultimately make us question the true moral character of these public servants.

The actions of one seem to affect the impression the public has on the whole department, and that not only makes the department look terrible, but it shows them in a false light, and demolishes the trust built with the community.

People will ask themselves, “How can I feel protected living here?” And they are not out of line to question it.

Rather than allow this incident to create disrespect toward officers, students and community members should remember protecting oneself is imperative, but the majority of these officers hold themselves to a high moral standard.

CMU Police’s continued cooperation with the investigation and Card’s quick suspension shows the department is still concerned about the safety of students, even when that requires protecting us from someone who once wore their badge.

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[letter to the editor]

An open letter to Trustee Chairwoman Sarah Opperman In your remarks at this week’s Board of Trustees meeting you discussed the difficult state of the contract negotiations between the Central Michigan University Faculty Association and CMU’s administration. In a part of your statement you referred to comments I made at a meeting on Wednesday afternoon. You put it this way: “As a professor eloquently said at the TrusteeFaculty Liaison Committee yesterday, we cannot let this negotiation process undermine what everyone has and is working so diligently to create.” This captures some of what I said to the committee, but the overall sense is wrong. Here’s why: I told the committee how proud I am of the work done by my faculty colleagues and our students in the Department of Physics. PHY faculty members are campus leaders in scholarship and they showed it clearly this past year, publishing more journal articles than ever, and attracting a record amount of grant money to support their research. It was also a great year for PHY students. One of our students was honored with the Provost’s Award for outstanding research by an undergraduate, and two of our M.S. graduates were recognized by the Outstanding Thesis Award of the College of Graduate Studies. We are indeed working very diligently to make CMU a better Central Michigan Life is under the jurisdiction of the independent Student Media Board of Directors. Articles and opinions do not necessarily reflect the position or opinions of CMU or its employees.

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place. I know the same can be said for faculty and students all across campus.

I also told the committee that I am concerned about the toll the lack of an FA contract is taking on our work. All of CMU’s regular faculty members have profound interests at stake in the negotiations and the fact that we are working without a contract is a serious distraction. (I also recognized that the difficult negotiations take their toll on members of the administration as well.)

You understood that, but I worry that you misunderstood the ultimate point I was making. I did not imply, as you suggest, that we can and should put thoughts of the negotiations aside and focus on our work. I do not believe that is possible, and that is exactly why I felt the need to speak to the Liaison committee. I wanted to make Board members aware of some of the less visible, but critically important, things that are at stake in these protracted negotiations.

Why is it impossible for faculty members to simply put the negotiations out of our minds and focus only on teaching and scholarship? As FA members, we all have to work together to get a fair contract. Only a few of us can actually sit at the table and negotiate with the administration.

The rest of us must attend meetings, engage in informational picketing, etc., in order to make ciation, the Associated Collegiate Press, and the College Newspaper Business & Advertising Managers Association.

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it clear that we strongly support our bargaining. We are all in this together, and we have to continue to work together until the contract is settled.

I know that my faculty colleagues in PHY and across campus continue to devote themselves to their students and to their scholarly work as best they can, stalled negotiations or not.

But we are raising our sights at CMU to aim for new standards of excellence. We want to compete at the highest levels in all that we do, and we want to help our students do so, too. To be successful, we need to focus all of our energy, and our hearts, as well as our minds, on our academic work. That cannot happen in the current climate. That was my message to the board. I wanted board members to recognize and appreciate all that is at stake in the negotiations.

You have the ultimate power to end the impasse. Please help resolve the crisis by directing the administration to bargain seriously and in good faith to find mutually beneficial solutions to the remaining issues, and to offer and accept creative and reasonable compromises to do so. Please do this now and help create the brightest future for CMU. Koblar Alan Jackson Professor and Chairman Department of Physics Individuals are entitled to one copy. Each copy has an implied value of 75 cents.

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Time for change Students, it’s time to stand up.

I’ve been surprised this semester with the number of students who have voiced concern, especially about the Faculty Association and Central Michigan University.

This is the first time in my four years at this institution I have felt like students can make a change at the university.

Since all students on campus are expected to contribute to $204,486,263, we should have a voice about what projects CMU spends money on and why it spends its money.

There was a lot of interesting information during Thursday’s board of trustees meeting including the board addressing a nearly $50 million addition to the unrestricted net assets, (which trust me, Central Michigan Life is following up on) and an evaluation of University President George Ross’ job performance since 2010.

“In summary, a strong performance for 2010-11 ending June 30,” said Sarah Opperman, board of trustees chairwoman. “No bonus in keeping with the current financial priorities and consistent with other actions that have been taken throughout the university.

Thanks for a very good 2010 and 2011 academic year.”

While his perfomance from the time ending June 30 might have been strong, since then both students and faculty at this university are more alienated than ever.

Students and FA members should feel alienated by what’s going on.

The board of trustees also approved a $1.5 million renovation to the Tower’s Real Food on Campus on Thursday.

Now, I haven’t been to Real Food on Campus in a year or two, but as I recall, it was easily the second-best place to eat at CMU. It’s angering that the money would be diverted there when it could’ve easily gone to fix North Campus’ Robinson Residential Restaurant.

Here are some more interesting facts: Since the fall of 2000, CMU has raised tuition 231 percent for undergraduates.

During that same time, Michigan State University raised tuition by 167 percent and Wayne State University raised its own between 141 and 184 percent.

While some of that can be attributed to rolling fees into tuition and the CMU Promise (I won’t lie, I’m still paying $304 a credit hour because of that), but for those of you who don’t remember, the latter was an idea by George Ross when he was vice president of Finance and Administrative Services.

Away from tuition, it appears to an outsider’s view that administrators have alienated the FA by not extending a contract when they had the opportunity to in June.

Questions about why that decision was made have yet to be answered, leading me to believe it was intended as a slap in the face.

Yes, I know faculty are still getting paid, but if I was working on a contract and the deadline expired, I would certainly like my employer to say, “It’s OK, let’s figure this out and we’ll sign a continuance agreement,” rather than, “Well you have to work anyway, so why waste my time.”

I’m appalled as a student that this is how things are going.

That’s why today, as a student, I will write an email to three people: University President George Ross (president@ cmich.edu), board of trustees Chairwoman Sarah Opperman (opper1sr@ cmich.edu) and Michigan Governor Rick Snyder (rick.snyder@michigan. gov).

My email will include how fed up I am with the current state of higher education at CMU. Administrators keep building and making additions, but the current buildings are being ignored. Students were in the dark during the FA strike and some went to several classes just to wait for 10 minutes. But what hurts the most to me is the wasteful spending I see from CMU. If you’re going to complain about a lack of money, at least act like you are trying to be fiscally conservative, instead of adding a Mongolian barbecue for $1.5 million.

I implore other students to send emails addressing their issues. It’s time for students to take a stand for what they feel is right and possibly change the face of CMU. Central Michigan Life’s editorial and business offices are located at 436 Moore Hall, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI 48859, telephone 774-3493.

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Students reach out to senior citizens through music at concert

By Sean Bradley Staff Reporter

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Mount Pleasant resident Cheryl McDonald and Rosebush resident Chandra Cowan walk along the trail of luminaries for the Into The Light cancer awareness service, Saturday evening in Island Park in Mount Pleasant.

Into the Light hopes to raise $30,000 for cancer victims At least 1,000 come out to walk

By Melissa Beauchamp Staff Reporter

More than 2,000 luminaries lined Island Park paths as community members walked to honor cancer survivors as well as those who lost their battle.

The 13th annual Into the Light walk Friday brought more than 1,000 community members together at the park, 331 N. Main St., as music played in the background. Participants personalized each luminary with the names of cancer victims and survivors.

Mount Pleasant resident Bill Sowle, a member of Community Cancer Services of Isabella County, said the luminaries sold are a major source of funding.

“It is very heart-rending to see all the people here,” he said. “This affects everyone.”

Shary Gaunt is on the

board of CCS and has been active in putting the fundraising event together. She spoke at the event about what it means to be a cancer survivor.

In January 2001, she developed small cell lung cancer, and doctors gave her a 20 percent chance of survival.

“I thought they sent me home to die,” she said.

“During the months and weeks of treatment, I kept clinging to that 20 percent and saying to myself, ‘Somebody has to be in that 20 percent, and it might as well be me.’”

In February, Gaunt’s oncologist told her the chances of her cancer recurring are virtually none.

Committee member Zora Walsh has been a breast cancer survivor for 26 years.

“We are a small group of people, but we help a lot of people,” she said.

Into the Light raised $9,000 its first year. Last year, the event raised $35,000.

This year, the foundation has raised more than $20,000 and fundraisers

anticipate raising $30,000 as donations continue to come in.

The proceeds from the event are kept directly within the community.

“The money raised is to help members of our community who are battling cancer with transportation costs and other costs that we can help them out with,” Gaunt said. “Not only is it a devastating thing for families, it is very expensive.”

CCS receives substantial support from businesses in the community. The Morey Foundation, Isabella Bank and the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe were announced as the top sponsors.

President of CCS Harold Cook said any money given goes directly to cancer patients. The board serves strictly as volunteers, with no reward, except helping others.

“We want to make sure there’s no one in Isabella County who needs treatment but can’t get it,” he said. metro@cm-life.com

AIDS Walk gathers $3,872

By Kirsten Kearse Staff Reporter

Volunteers at Saturday’s Central Michigan AIDS Walk stressed the message that HIV and AIDS affect people everywhere.

The AIDS Walk took place at 10 a.m. Saturday in Island Park, 331 N. Main St., to spread that message, which extends locally.

“We want to raise awareness that HIV is here, not only in the bigger towns, but right here in our own little community,” said Catrina Weber, a representative for the Central Michigan District Health Department.

The local walk is part of the bigger organization, AIDS Walk Michigan. According to its website, AIDS Walk Michigan is a non-profit organization that began in 1998 to

raise awareness of HIV and AIDS and to raise money for local AIDS service organizations in participating Michigan communities. There are seven AIDS Walks in eight cities, all under AIDS Walk Michigan.

About 100 people attended the Central Michigan AIDS Walk, raising $3,872.

Weber said the health department has a lot of programs that help people with HIV. “I know a lot of people that have HIV and they’re great people,” she said.

“They need that extra help monetarily that are fundraised and also just knowing that people care about and support them.”

Columbiaville sophomore Alex Middlewood volunteered at the event.

Middlewood said she

chose to volunteer because she feels the U.S. needs to be more educated about the disease to come closer to finding a cure.

“People think that HIV/ AIDS only effects those in other countries, and that simply isn’t true,” Middlewood said. “(There are) 1.7 million people in the U.S. living with the disease and 21 percent don’t even know they have it.”

Although she said she does not know anyone who has the disease, she said there are 33 million people living with HIV around the world.

“Every minute, five people (in the world) are infected with HIV, and in the U.S. that statistic changes to one person every nine and a half minutes,” she said. metro@cm-life.com

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Central Michigan University’s School of Music held the seventh annual Morey Senior Outreach Concert on Sunday at the music bulding’s Staples Family Concert Hall.

School of Music Director of Music Events John Jacobson said he has seen the event continue to grow.

Jacobson said he has received postcards, phone calls and emails praising previous years’ events. “(It has had) great word of mouth,” he said. “It’s gone a little viral.”

Jacobson said attendees come from assisted living centers from around the county.

The concert featured a mix of instrumental music, solo renditions of popular music and classical music performed by the CMU Chamber Singers and solo performances by students on many different instruments.

Mount Pleasant resident Pat String said she enjoyed the musical variety.

“Events like these are nice for the community,” she said.

Midland junior Kevin Keith played the marimba on Bob Becker’s “Girlfriends,” a medley composed of three different 1920s songs.

“Everybody can relate to something that we played,” Keith said.

“There’s fun music and there’s serious music, but it’s all great music. It’s really good for people to see us doing what we do.”

Harrison resident Bob Van Oosterhout, whose daughter, CMU senior Maika Van Oosterhout, performed as part of the Chamber Singers, said he enjoyed the saxophone and piano duet “Oodles of Noodles.”

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The Chamber Singers perform “Twa Tanbou” by Sydney Guillaume during the Morey Senior Outreach Concert on Sunday afternoon at the Staples Family Concert Hall in the Music building.

“I got the impression she could have been born with a saxophone in her hands,” Van Oosterhout said. “It’s more fun for the audience when the performers are having fun.”

Mount Pleasant resident Corliss Mueller said the students acted and performed very professionally.

Chamber Singers Public Relations and Advertising Officer Charles Shaw, a Shelby Township senior, said these events are very rewarding for students like him.

“(The event allows students) not only (to) participate in events that are for the community members, but to allow opportunities for the community members to join in with us,” he said.

Florida senior Adam Ignacio said the event was a rare chance to perform for the local community. “(The events) are a chance to sing for people who don’t always get the opportunity,” he said. studentlife@cm-life.com

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‘Quiz Central’ begins Wednesday Annual PBS show shooting on campus

By Sean Bradley Staff Reporter

“Quiz Central” host Kurt Wilson said it’s important for high school students to know the world around them by reading newspapers and staying up on current events.

Central Michigan University Public Television’s “Quiz Central” will start airing its seventh season at 7:30 p.m on Wednesday when the Flushing High School Raiders face off against the Bay City John Glenn High School Bobcats.

“We’re excited, as always, to meet the new students and see the teams compete,” said Sarah Adams, WCMU public relations coordinator and television producer.

Season seven will include 48 teams, down from the 64 teams that competed last year.

Some of the schools set to compete this year include Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart, Charlevoix High School and East Jordan High School.

The show, similar to “Jeopardy,” has five different timed rounds, Wilson said.

Examples of these include rapid-fire, individual-based questions and a team-oriented, long-form question called “Tossup.” Another round is called “The Perfect 10,” which is a question and answer round incorporating the whole team.

Chris Ogozaly, WCMU staff director for television, said the topics vary throughout the game, including sports, popular culture and geography.

“This is definitely a way for some of the kids to show off their academic side,” Ogozaly said.

According to a “Quiz Central” WCMU press release, schools compete in divisions based on school size.

The winning team’s four members each receive a $2,500 scholarship to CMU.

The CMU bookstore awards five competing seniors textbook scholarships as well.

Wilson said a show like “Quiz Central” has many positive aspects beyond the academic opportunities the show presents.

“It allows communities to gather around their schools,” he said.

He also said it allows high school students to see what college life is about by spending the day at CMU and eating lunch on campus.

Adams said many of the students are academically ready to be in a college environment and being on the show can only help them.

“I think it will definitely prepare them for college life and be a success in academia,” she said.

She said it lets students who are academically-inclined have something to put their time and effort into.

“This is a chance for those students who excel in academics to shine,” she said. studentlife@cm-life.com

Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe awarded $856,000 federal grant

By Melissa Beauchamp Staff Reporter

The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe received a federal grant of $856,000 which will be used toward the battered women’s shelter on the reservation.

The tribe was one of several to receive a federal grant announced by the U.S. Department of Justice on Sept. 14.

Public Relations Director for the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe Frank Cloutier said the grant is for enhancing and supporting justice and safety.

This is the second time the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe has been funded in the cycle for this specific federal grant, Cloutier said.

“I think it’s absolutely wonderful the federal

government realizes the challenges, not only in mainstream society’s communities, but in the tribal communities,” he said Cloutier said the grant is specifically designated to help fund technology for battered women.

“We want to make sure these battered women and battered families still have connectivity to their social media,” he said.

Cloutier said the funding, the Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation grant, is also being used for training, travel, supplies, furnishings and daily needs for the women.

“Every society has its challenges,” he said. “No one is any different than the other.”

Hunter Genia, behavior health administrator for the

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is one of the top 10 worst states for children with autism, Barodawalla said.

She said providing therapy and early intervention will improve independence, and people will be better off in the long run.

Snyder’s focus on expanding dental care for low-income children has Mount Pleasant’s Dr. Norman Dzingle, feeling strongly.

He said Michigan needs

tort reform.

“Everyone cries medical is too high and feels bad for the poor people,” he said.

“But the poor people would be the first to sue me.”

Dzingle said Michigan needs to follow Cleveland’s lead and offer a malpractice-free zone.

“Many people are willing to help the poor, but we don’t want to get sued if something goes wrong,”

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hours, your lips will just start burning and you feel as if you’ve exhausted yourself,” Chiddy said. “They gave me three seconds. I had a three-second pause time and while peeing, I had to continue rapping.”

Garden City junior Ben Miskulin was excited to see both Chiddy Bang and The Cool Kids and arrived early hoping to get a good spot.

Miskulin had never seen either of the artists before, but knew that Chiddy would

show off his freestyle rap abilities by asking the crowd for input.

“I’m here for Chiddy Bang, but I do love The Cool Kids though. It’s a good one-two combo,” Miskulin said. “I’ve watched the video of (the record.) This guy’s the man, he could rap about anything.”

Chiddy and Xaphoon attended Drexel University for a year before gaining popularity for their music. Both said their passion for music was too great to do anything

Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, said the grant provides services that are needed in the community.

“The reported incidents of domestic violence in the country are generally vastly unreported,” he said. “This grant will help raise awareness and education for services, that without the grant, would not be available as a resource.”

Several tribes have received the grant across the country, including six in Michigan.

“It’s a testament to what the federal government is doing with their money when they are putting them in the appropriate place,” Cloutier said. “It is alleviating some of the pain of the social challenges.” metro@cm-life.com

he said.

Snyder also looks to launch efforts to decrease infant mortality and teen pregnancies, and to improve the health of adults and senior citizens.

Dzingle said all children should be taken care of, but it shouldn’t be at the cost of taxpayers.

“Forty-seven percent of people don’t pay taxes at all in Michigan,” he said. “If my taxes go up any more, I am laying off people in my office.” university@cm-life.com

else for a living.

“I was doomed to be doing music, successfully or not,” Xaphoon said.

The group was thankful to CMU but was excited to head back home and have an opportunity to rest for a few days.

“Central Michigan — it was a wonderful show,” Chiddy said. “And we’re just gonna, you know, keep grinding.” studentlife@cm-life.com

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Hands-on projects are main attraction

By Lacey Johnson Staff Reporter

Arts From Our Parks offered those attending the event Saturday to be a part of a special hands-on project.

Liz Bush, manager of Buckley’s Mountainside Canoes, 4700 W. Remus Road, donated a canoe for people to paint and put their handprint on.

Once finished, the canoe will be displayed inside Buckley’s.

“Buckley’s is a strong supporter of all kinds of cultural activities that happen in Mount Pleasant,” Bush said. “The handprints demonstrate that the community is connected to the river and depends on the river for not only recreation, but for the quality of life we have in our community.”

More than 100 people attended the fourth annual Arts From Our Parks in Deerfield Nature Park, 2425 W. Remus Road, to support the Chippewa Watershed Conservancy, 6801 W. Airline Road, Weidman, and Art Reach of Mid Michigan, 111 E. Broadway St. Sue Kopmeyer, director of Isabella Parks, and artist Rick Stevens started the event four years ago as a collaboration of their love of nature and art.

“The event offers an afternoon of art and nature-type events for the community,” Kopmeyer said. “We also provide chili for a small donation that goes back to this event.”

This year’s events included performances by Off Broadway Performing Arts Studio, 1185 S. Washington St., acoustic music

by Bob Bush, readings by Central Michigan University poets and an interpretive trail hike.

Carol Segrist, Saugatuck resident, was in the area to visit her grandkids and ended up at the park event.

“My favorite part is seeing all the kids’ faces,” Segrist said.

Different tables were also set up by the Chippewa Watershed Conservatory, Isabella Conservation District and CMU

The Off Broadway Star Group perform a dance at Art In The Park, Sunday afternoon in Deerfield Nature Park, 2425 W. Remus Road.

senior Deirdra Cowen.

“My booth is called ‘Natural Star,’ where we have leaves that kids can make things with, a photographer and face painting,” the Mount Pleasant resident said. “I have attended the event before and this past summer I was an intern for the parks.”

Other arts and craft tables were set up by Art Reach of Mid Michigan, 111 E. Broadway St., which donated art supplies for

painting blank canvases, rocks and ash bats, as well as making looms and fiber arts.

“Art Reach has been going on for about 40 years, but this is my first year volunteering at ‘Arts From Our Parks,’” said Kari Chrenka, Program Coordinator for Art Reach. “My favorite part has been seeing all the different art forms.” metro@cm-life.com

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how to become involved,” said Elway Pegg, Dearborn volunteer center graduate assistant.

The center also holds events for Martin Luther King Jr. Day and creates valentines for veterans in February.

Ross said she encourages students to register on OrgSync to learn more about the center and sign up for future volunteer opportunities.

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VOLUNTEER | campus-wide events, such as “Issue Day” and “Be My Neighbor Day.” Issue Day is a one-day conference that seeks to educate and encourage students to take action on various social justice issues. Participants choose from various sessions that cover topics at the local, national and global levels.

It will be held on Nov. 5 this year.

“It’s a great way for participants not only to learn about the issues, but also

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Mount Pleasant residents Sidney Friedgen, 10, Becca Friedgen, and Cormac Friedgen, 5, look at a beaver skull during Arts From Our Parks Sunday at Deerfield Nature Park in Mount Pleasant.

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Redshirt freshman wide receiver Titus Davis is brought down by the Michigan State defense during Saturday’s game at Spartan Stadium. The Chippewas lost to the Spartans 45-7.

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Michigan State running back Edwin Baker stiff arms CMU senior defensive back John Carr during the second half of Saturday’s game at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing.

Enos: ‘We got thoroughly beat in all three phases’

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entral Michigan head coach Dan Enos satisfied fans calling for quarterback Ryan Radcliff to be benched Saturday.

However, it was short lived.

Sophomore A.J. Westendorp relieved the starter five minutes into the second quarter and threw twice as many interceptions as he did completions.

Michigan State made good on both turnovers en route to a 45-7 obliteration of the Chippewas.

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CMU freshman defensive back Mark Lathers fails to catch a pass from junior quarter back Ryan Radcliff during the second half of the game against Michigan State University, Saturday at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing.

entral Michigan has been thrashed by rivals, Western Michigan and Michigan State, but all isn’t lost.

The players and coaches are frustrated. Three straight losses and two consecutive blowouts will do that to you, but the season isn’t over.

This is the tipping point for CMU. Come together and grow, or let these failures linger.

So what’s its next step?

Will the quarterback controversy lead to dissension in the locker room? At 1-3 will the team give up?

Or can they come together and get stronger?

Either way you could see the aggravation everywhere Saturday at Michigan State.

Central Michigan players were visibly upset by their miscommunication on the field. Head coach Dan Enos was caught on television ripping into quarterback Ryan Radcliff on the sidelines.

You could hear his team’s frustrations in Enos’ voice in the postgame press conference. He said that they fought hard and didn’t seem frustrated. Then he ranted about what frustrated him.

The players had a much different tone after Michigan State than after the blowout in Kalamazoo.

Instead of talking about how they’re “almost there” and looking at positives, it was all negative.

Happy-go-lucky junior wide receiver Cody Wilson had a depressed, uncertain tone.

Obviously he should be down after a loss, but his tone of voice was different. He spoke about how Radcliff probably doesn’t have confidence and is pressing. A team doesn’t want to hear doubt from its captain and leader.

Saturday didn’t have that feel that they’re “almost there.” The offense looked as far from “there” as possible.

CMU needs to improve and it will only do so by coming together.

The Chippewas have eight more games. They’re only one game into Mid-American Conference play.

The season is young for CMU. It can’t get down and point fingers.

That starts with Enos. During the post game he spoke about how poorly both quarterbacks played, saying that’s the biggest problem with this team right now.

Four interceptions proved him right Saturday, but now isn’t the

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Soccer team could be on its way to third consecutive MAC championship title

Radcliff, Westendorp struggle against MSU

Chippewas hoping to be first to hold three repeat record

By John Manzo Sports Editor

In the depth chart for Central Michigan sits a question mark next to the position of quarterback.

The starting position is uncertain for the 3:30 p.m. game on Saturday against Northern Illinois (2-2) at Kelly/Shorts Stadium.

“We’ll see what happens this week in practice,” head coach Dan Enos said. “If A.J. (Westendorp) would have played well he would have played the rest of the game.”

This uncertainly comes after junior quarterback Ryan Radcliff struggled in the first quarter against Michigan State. Sophomore A.J. Westendorp replaced him, but he didn’t have success either.

Radcliff was reinserted after two interceptions by Westendorp.

“There’s three plays in a row where you think he’s on and he doing what he’s coached to do Ryan Radcliff and then we’ll have a couple in a row where he’s not doing that, so he just needs to be more consistent,” Enos said on Ryan Radcliff’s performance.

Radcliff was 11for-29 for 81 yards A.J. Westendorp on the day. He threw a touchdown pass to senior tight end David Blackburn, but also had two interceptions.

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By Ryan Zuke Staff Reporter

No soccer team has ever won three-straight Mid-American Conference championships.

The Central Michigan women’s soccer team opened up conference play this weekend looking to be the first team to do so.

CMU responded with a 3-0 victory on Sunday at Ohio University after playing to a 0-0 draw Friday night against Akron.

“I just felt like we connected a lot more today,” said CMU head coach Neil Stafford. “I think we looked a little bit more lively than we did on Friday.”

The Chippewas (7-1-2, 1-0-1 MAC) opened the scoring 24:33 into the game when sophomore Jennifer Gassman deflected senior Liesel Toth’s free kick into the Neil Stafford back of the net.

Four minutes into the second half, junior Autumn Hawkins scored her third goal of the season to give CMU a 2-0 lead. Hawkins tapped the ball into the bottom right corner after a cross from sophomore Ashley Mejilla.

“I thought her and Ashley starting together today gave us a little bit more depth in the midfield,” Stafford said.

Redshirt freshman goalkeeper Grace Labrecque entered the game in the second half and made a key save early to keep the lead at a

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two-goal margin. Ohio midfielder Kelsey Pichel fired a shot from 30 yards out that Labrecque tipped over the bar.

Both CMU goalkeepers have played a vital role in the team’s success so far.

Labrecque and junior Stefanie Turner combined for the team’s fifth shutout of the season.

“They are doing awesome and make a huge impact,” said freshman Morgan Wilcoxon. “I think it’s great we can put Grace in and we can depend on her just as much as Turner.”

CMU added to its lead in the 75th minute as Wilcoxon scored her first career goal. She banged home the rebound after Hawkins hit a header off the post.

The Chippewas held the advantage in shots (17-15), and corner

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AROUND THE MAC West Division Team MAC

Overall

BSU WMU EMU NIU Toledo CMU

3-1 2-2 2-2 2-2 1-3 1-3

1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1

East Division Team MAC

Overall

Temple BGSU Ohio KSU Buffalo Akron Miami

3-1 3-1 3-1 1-3 1-3 1-3 0-3

1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-1

Score by quarters Central Michigan Michigan State

1 0 7

*Home teams in bold

CMU TEAM LEADERS Rushing Player

w w w w

Att-yds-TD

Tim Phillips Zurlon Tipton Paris Cotton Ben Brown

Passing Player

44-177—1 34-119—1 11-32—0 7-25—0

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w Ryan Radcliff 137-69-765-4 w A.J. Westendorp 4-1-4-0

Receiving Player TD

w w w w w w

3 7 7

4 o 7

Team totals

Total 7 45

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Game leaders

CMU

MSU

First downs 8 Rushing yards 21 Rushing TDs 0 Passing yards 91 Cmps.-atts.-int 12-33-4 Passing TDs 1 Total offense 112 Gain per play 2.2 Fumbles (No.-lost) 3-0 Punts-yards 7-266 Third-down conv. 2-12 Fourth-down conv.0-1 Sacks by (#-yds) 0-0 Penalties (#-yds) 3-26 Field goals 0-0 Possession 21:55

Scoring summary Scoring play Score MSU - Le’Veon Bell 1-yard run 0-7 (11:44) MSU - Le’Veon Bell 5-yard run 0-14 (10:05) MSU - Isaiah Lewis 37-yard INT return 0-21 (7:47) MSU - Dan Conroy 23-yard field goal 0-24 (0:09) MSU - Le’Veon Bell 13-yard run 031 (1:23) CMU - Alex Carder 2-yard run 0-31 (10:46) WMU - David Blackburn 5-yard pass from Ryan Radcliff 7-31 (10:11) MSU - Larry Caper 15-yard pass from Kirk Cousins 7-38 (6:45) MSU - Dion Sims 3-yard pass from Andrew Maxwell 7-45 (11:02)

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Saturday’s results MSU 45, CMU 7 Temple 38, Maryland 7 Penn State 34, EMU 6 Illinois 23, WMU 20 BGSU 37, Miami 23 N. Illinois 47, Cal Poly 30 Akron 36, VMI 13 UCONN 17, Buffalo 3 Ball State 48, Army 21 Rutgers 38, Ohio 26 Kent State 33, South Alabama 25 Syracuse 33, Toledo 30 (OT)

2 0 24

23 197 3 284 20-30-1 2 481 6.2 2-0 3-87 6-15 1-2 1-4 4-20 1-1 38:05

Cody Wilson 17-201—1 Jerry Harris 12-133—1 Tim Phillips 8-55—0 David Blackburn 6-55—1 Zurlon Tipton 5-66—0 Titus Davis 4-122—1

Tackles Player Ttl

w FS Avery Cunningham 31 w SS Jahleel Addae 31 w LB Mike Petrucci 29 w FS John Carr 17 w DT Steve Winston 14 w CB Taylor Bradley 14 w LB Armond Staten 14

Le’Veon Bell (MSU) 8 carries, 81 yards, 3 TD Passing

Kirk Cousins (MSU) 13-of-22, 213 yards, 1 TD Receiving

B.J. Cunningham (MSU) 3 catches, 67 yards Keith Nichol (MSU) 3 catches, 54 yards Defensive

Isaiah Lewis (MSU) 3 tackles, 1 INT

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vs. NIU

Sept. 1 South Carolina State W 21-6

Sat., Oct. 1

Sept. 10 at Kentucky L 27-13 Sept. 17 at WMU L 44-14 Sept. 24 at MSU, noon L 45-7

F

Offense

Last week: C+

C

Radcliff and A.j. Westendorp threw two INT’s each. Offense totaled just 112 yards.

Defense

Last week: D

CMU was 2-of-12 on third down conversions.

Oct. 1 N. Illinois, 3:30 p.m.

The defense played well, despite the score. The offense continued to put the defense in bad situations.

If offense can limit turnovers, the defense should improve on point totals.

Oct. 8 at North Carolina State, TBA Oct. 15 EMU (homecoming), 3:00 p.m.

Oct. 22 at Ball State, 2 p.m.

Oct. 29 at Akron, noon

Overall

Special Teams

C-

Last week: F

D+

Kicker David Harman made his only extra point on the afternoon, so no problems there.

Improved from last week, but didn’t take a lot of work.

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Last week:

D+

Nov. 4 at Kent State, 6 p.m.

CMU had chances early to keep the game close, but turnovers proved costly.

At the end of the first quarter it was only 7-0 MSU. It was 31-0 by the half. Defense was on the fieldway too long.

Nov. 10 Ohio, 7:30 p.m.

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Northern Illinois (2-2) beat the Chippewas 33-7 in DeKalb, Ill. last season.

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Le’Veon Bell only had eight rushes on the afternoon, but he made them count.

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His confidence is not very good right now. Athletics are confidence driven,

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CMU (1-3) returns from a three-game road trip, which ended winless with a 45-7 loss at MSU.

Nov. 18 Toledo, 8 p.m.

with that position in particular, and if you don’t have it, it’s hard.

Rec-Yds-

Rushing

He rushed for 81 yards , scoring three touchdown in MSU’s 45-7 win against CMU. He also had one reception for 17 yards.

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Sacks Player Ttl

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NG John Williams 1.5 DE Kenny McClendon 1.5 DE Caesar Rodriguez 1.0 DT Steve Winston 0.5 NG Leterrius Walton 0.5

Kick returns Player avg

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7-141-20.1 4-116-20.7

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GAME OVER MOMENT Junior quarterback Ryan Radcliff threw an interception to Trenton Robinson at the MSU 3 after junior safety Jahleel Addae intercepted Kirk Cousins, giving CMU momentum.

The Chippewas had the opportunity to capitalize on a rare Spartan mistake. MSU (3-1) scored off the interception, on a 5-yard touchdown run by Le’Veon Bell, extending the lead to 14.

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“We got thoroughly beat in all three phases by a very good football team,” Enos said. “We turned the ball over too much. Twentythree first downs to eight just about says it all.”

Running back Le’Veon Bell got the Spartans on the board early with a one-yard touchdown run, which was set up by a 54-yard pass from Kirk Cousins to B.J. Cunningham.

Bell finished with three touchdowns on a gamebest 81 yards.

Radcliff was replaced at quarterback for CMU after he started the game 5-of10 for 31 yards and an interception. He finished the day as CMU’s signal caller, throwing for 77 yards and a touchdown.

Coming out of the locker room down 31-0, CMU showed life when redshirt freshman Kevin King blocked a MSU punt and freshman Cody Lopez recovered it on the Spartans 13-yard line.

Radcliff found his tight end David Blackburn wide open in the end zone on a play action pass for the only Chippewas score of the day.

Cousins answered back with a 71-yard drive, capped off by a 15-yard touchdown pass to junior Larry Caper.

With a safe lead in the third, Cousins was replaced after

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Defensively, the team started the game without two upperclassmen, linebacker Armond Staten (illness) and nose guard John Williams (leg).

Filling the holes on defense were freshman Ryan Petro and red shirt freshman Leterrius Walton Petro finished with six tackles and a quarterback hurry, while Walton had two tackles.

“We’re young,” Enos said.

“At one point on defense today we had seven freshmen on the field at the same time. If you go into a stadium like that, against a team like that, with seven freshmen playing on defense, it’s not going to work out well for you.”

Safeties Avery Cunningham and Jahleel Addae each recorded 10 tackles and Addae intercepted a pass to lead the defense.

In an already depleted defensive depth chart, redshirt freshman Kyle Smith left the game in the third quarter with what looks to be a concussion.

MSU (3-1) had the obvious offensive advantage, recording 193 more yards of total offense, including a difference of 126 yards on the ground.

Westendorp led CMU’s run game with 15 yards.

Freshman Anthony Garland and sophomore Tim Phillips added a combined 17 yards on the ground, and

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Michigan State’s Brad Sonntag fumbles the ball out of bounds during Saturday’s game at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing.

senior Paris Cotton didn’t receive any carries.

“We’re trying to play the guys who we think give us the best chance to win and right now it’s the other guys,” Enos said.

CMU (1-3) plays host to Northern Illinois at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday at Kelly/Shorts Stadium.

“We have another very good team coming up in Northern Illinois,” Enos said. “They are a senior and junior-laden team and have a lot of guys back from a team that won 10 games last year.” sports@cm-life.com

Soccer enjoyed long break before weekend games

By Brandon Champion Staff Reporter

The Central Michigan women’s soccer team received a break before Mid-American Conference play this weekend.

It was almost 10 days prior to a 0-0 game against Akron on Friday night.

“After beating Wisconsin on the road, the break was great,” head coach Neil Stafford said.

“But if we would have played horrible, we probably would have wanted to play as soon as possible.”

Fortunately for the Chippewas, they were able to come away with a victory in that game and they have used the break to prepare for the season in more ways than one.

“We worked them really hard Sunday, Monday and Tuesday,” Stafford said. “I

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kicks (4-3).

On Friday, the Chippewas

think the break was good for us both mentally and physically. We gave them a couple days off to get them get focused on schoolwork and have a little self-time. I think this will help them in the long run in terms of soccer.”

For CMU, the break couldn’t have come at a better time.

The Chippewas are coming off of back-to-back Big Ten games against Michigan, which went two overtimes, and Wisconsin.

“We needed time to recover from some tough games we have had over the past couple days,” senior defender Claire Horton said.

Through eight games this season, the Chippewas have some players who have logged some heavy minutes, partly because they have played in three games that have gone to overtime.

Leading the way is Horton and fellow senior defender Liesel Toth. Both have started every game and played 712 and 731 minutes respectively up to the break.

In addition to that, junior Bailey Brandon has played 636 minutes, senior Chelsi Abbott 587 minutes and junior Katie Slaughter 581 minutes.

The break comes in between the non-conference and conference schedules, something CMU has done the past few seasons under former head coach Tom Anagnost.

“That was something that Tom did a good job with,” Stafford said. “He was always talking about having a good break in between the schedules. There is a value to it, especially if you’re dealing with a couple of injuries.”

In addition to resting up, the Chippewas used the break

to mentally prepare for the conference season.

“We have just been really talking about how tough the conference is going to be,” Stafford said. “I don’t think it gets easier. No one wants to see CMU win a third title. The mental preparation we have been doing hopefully will help us in the long run.”

The Chippewas know they will need to have their “Agame” each and every time they play.

“When you get into an environment where you feel like people are gunning for you, it can bring teams closer together,” Stafford said. “When you face adversity, those are the opportunities that bring us tighter together. There will be a ton of adversity coming our way.”

could not get their offense rolling, as they played Akron to a 0-0 draw.

“I just thought we were a little slow and lethargic in certain areas,” said head coach Neil Stafford. “I didn’t think we ap-

plied our game.”

CMU has played four overtime games this season, posting a 1-1-2 record.

It made a bid to score late after taking a corner kick during the last minute of the second

overtime period, but could not find the back of the net.

Turner made three saves in the game, posting her second shutout of the season.

Field hockey splits over weekend

By Jeff Papworth Staff Reporter

Central Michigan field hockey coach Cristy Freese has been two victories shy from eclipsing 200 in her 25-year career at CMU since Sept. 9.

It appeared she might finally reach the milestone when the Chippewas defeated Ball State 5-1 on Saturday and took a 1-0 lead over Miami 1:47 into the second game.

However, RedHawks players Amanda Seeley and Jordan Long had other ideas. They scored goals in the 12th and 45th minute and held on 2-1.

“The effort was really good, but I felt like we played a little bit behind Miami and our philosophy is to pressure and make interceptions,” Freese said. “As a unit we just weren’t all in the same place at the same time when we needed to be.”

The Chippewas had two more shots on goal and four more penalty corners than the RedHawks.

“We didn’t play poorly; I mean it was a 2-1 game.”

Freese said. “We went out there and scored first and thought we took the shots at goal.”

Freese knew the quality of Miami’s field hockey team before today’s game. “(Miami) brings a lot of team speed and probably better passing than what we saw out of Ball State,” Freese said. “I think they’re going to be a big challenge.”

In the first game of the weekend slate the victor did not score first. Ball State scored the first goal of the game in the 14th minute.

CMU freshman Cayleigh Immelman followed by scoring two-straight goals in the next 16 minutes to take the lead. ”I think it helped that overall we thought we were playing well before Ball State scored, but it certainty was important that we got that goal back pretty quick,” Freese said.

Immelman pointed to changes the team took as a reason for the rout of the Cardinals.

“We needed to make a change in terms of everything, whether it be attitude, whether it be the way we played together.” Immelman said. “I think we came out to prove a point.”

Wins seem to come easy for the Chippewas when they have scored more than one goal. Each time they have done so, they’ve been victorious.

“Our midfield is always going to be key to our success both offensively and defensively,” Freese said. “(They) did a nice job of making some good interceptions and then feeding the ball up to the forwards.”

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Along with consistency, coaches and teammates believe low confidence is affecting the quarterback position.

“Obviously confidence plays a huge key in any position, especially quarterback,” said junior wide receiver Cody Wilson.

Westendorp, who was expected to start the rest of the game, according to Enos, was pulled after a rough start.

Westendrop opened with a 15-yard run, but that was the only highlight.

He finished the day 1-for-4 with two interceptions.

His first interception came on his second pass of the game when pressure forced Westendorp to throw off balance. His pass went right to safety Isaiah Lewis, who easily caught the football, taking it 37 yards for a touchdown. His score extended MSU’s lead to 21.

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time to throw anyone under the bus.

If this team wants success it must build off these experiences. They can’t cripple each other’s confidence by taking shots and passing the blame because a good

Westendorp returned for his second drive, completing a four-yard pass to receiver Jerry Harris, but MSU struck again.

Sophomore linebacker Max Bullough intercepted Westendorp at the CMU 33-yard-line, returning it four yards, setting up a David Conroy field goal.

“I’d tell both of them that the only thing constant in their life right now is God and that’s their rock so lean on him,” Wilson said. “Just keep working hard and its got to turn around.”

The CMU defense was put in bad situations after multiple turnovers as the offense continued to stall out, drive after drive.

“If he doesn’t play well it’s hard to be good on offense, no matter what type of offense you run,” Enos said about Radcliff. “If your quarterback isn’t playing, well it’s going to have an effect on everybody.

When he does play well we look pretty good, but when he’s not we’re very average.” sports@cm-life.com

Northern Illinois team is coming to Kelly/Shorts Stadium at 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

The year is far from over, but do the Chippewas know that? How will they respond?

CMU must put these embarrassing losses and performances behind them and focus on the remaining eight games or else it will turn out like the past three. sports@cm-life.com

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Underclassmen stepping up to cover injuries

By Matt Thompson Assistant Sports Editor

Underclassmen are getting plenty of playing time for the struggling Central Michigan football team.

But much of the playing time wasn’t planned as many starters are down with injuries.

Starting linebackers Sharmari Benton (injury), Armond Staten (illness) were unavailable against Michigan State.

On the defensive line, John Williams (knee) and Kashawn Fraser’s injuries gave way to freshmen.

These injuries forced true freshmen or second-year players on the field against Michigan State.

“We’re young,” CMU head coach Dan Enos said. “At one point, our defense had seven freshmen on the field at the same time.”

Despite inexperience, the underclassmen were effective. They had seven of the

Key injuries RB Zurlon Tipton LB Armond Staten LB Shamari Benton DT John Williams DE Keeshawn Fraser DB Kyle Smith top ten tacklers during the Michigan State game.

Freshman defensive players accounted for the only points for CMU all afternoon.

Redshirt freshman Kevin King blitzed in and blocked a punt that freshman linebacker Cody Lopez pounced on to set up the Chippewas only score. “(We were)playing three or four true freshmen on offense, plus tight ends and a redshirt freshman,” Enos said. “It’s usually not going to work out for you.”

The underclassmen effectiveness wasn’t just on special teams.

Replacements RB Anthony Garden LB Cody Lopez LB Ryan Petro DT Leterrius Walton DT Matt Losiniecki DB Dennis Nalor With the injury to sophomore running back Zurlon Tipton. Enos looked to a freshman to pick up the slack.

Running back Anthony Garland, who Enos planned on redshirting, took his first collegiate snaps at Spartan Stadium, in East Lansing.

“Anthony got seven carries but only gained nine yards,” Enos said. “I think he did run hard and he picked up his feet a couple times running through there. He’s got to play more, he’ll play more next week. We wanted to get his feet wet.”

The underclassmen better grow up fast with Northern

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Chippewas swept by NIU, go 1-3 against Broncos

By Kristopher Lodes Staff Reporter

The Central Michigan volleyball team lost two close matches this weekend.

It was a tough weekend for the Chippewas (7-6) as they had to face arguably their toughest task this season. They started Mid-American Conference play on the road against No.29 Northern Illinois (12-4) and rival Western Michigan (12-3).

After being swept in three games by NIU Friday night, the Chippewas rebounded in game one against the Broncos winning 25-23. However, WMU came back to win the next three matches 25-22, 25-17 and 27-25.

“There were a lot of little things that we didn’t do very well,” said head coach Erik Olson. “We put ourselves in a pretty good position winning game one even though we didn’t play very well and we didn’t make much change after.”

CMU knew this weekend would be tough. Not only was it playing two of the toughest teams in a strong MAC conference, it was also doing it without a full strength lineup.

All-MAC senior middle

blocker Kaitlyn Schultz has been down the last two weeks along with junior outside hitter Val DeWeerd and junior right side Jocelyn VerVelde.

The Chippewas did receive some good news in the game four loss to the Broncos when DeWeerd checked in at the end of the game and scored three kills and a dig in little time.

“We got (Val) DeWeerd in during game four and that felt a lot better,” Olson said. “It was nice to have her back because we’ve been putting a lot of pressure on our outsides the past two weeks.”

More good injury news was Schultz returning to her usual form. During the WMU game she recorded 12 kills and five blocks.

“She is probably our most efficient player,” Olson said.

“I think she is our most consistent, but she is capable of having a heavier impact on the match.”

A huge highlight from the match came from sophomore defensive specialist Jenna Coates as she recorded 22 digs (5.5/game).

The Broncos are around the top of the MAC in digs per game and the Chippewas out

dug them 72-68, with Coates leading that charge.

“She was outstanding,” Olson said. “We’re capable of being a phenomenal defensive team and we need to hold ourselves to that standard.”

CMU starts out its MAC play at 0-2, but found a lot of positives in those matches. It saw starters Schultz and DeWeerd return to action and hopefully have them back from here on out. They also have their two toughest road tests out of the way.

“It’s nice to know we get to play them again at McGuirk Arena,” Coates said. “We know every MAC team is going to be tough, but it’s nice to have two of the top teams up first.”

This week marks the end of the five — week road trip the Chippewas faced. The team makes its first ever McGuirk Arena appearance at 7 p.m. on Thursday when it plays Eastern Michigan (13-3) . The Eagles beat NIU 3-1 Saturday night.

“We’re pumped up,” Coates said. “We’ve had five weeks on the road and we’re ready to open up our beautiful new arena.” sports@cm-life.com

Michigan Quarterback Robinson sprints for 200 yards

By Mark Snyder MCT Campus

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — All week, Michigan coach Brady Hoke insisted Saturday wouldn’t be emotional.

Just a football game against a talented team, even though that team was San Diego State, the squad he built in his Michigan mind, the one he left in January to come to Ann Arbor.

With the exception of an unusually long postgame hug procession, not too much was different from the Wolverines’ big-picture, season-long method of operation.

The defense forced turnovers, Denard Robinson was incredible with his feet and, once again, the Wolverines won, 28-7, before 110,707 at Michigan Stadium on Saturday, ending the non-conference season 4-0 (3-0 officially).

For those who figured Hoke’s inside information would make the difference, they were partially right: He had his own team figured out.

He knew that addressing their greatest weakness — the shockingly poor starts — would set the tone against a team that was proficient in quick-start potential.

Michigan’s rapidly improving defense took the first

crack, forcing the Aztecs off the field with an impressive third-and-1 stand — “we had to make sure we came out strong and get a three-andout,” defensive tackle Mike Martin said — giving way to Robinson and the Michigan offense, seeking their own kick start.

Marching 61 yards in just six plays, Robinson capped the opening drive with a 5-yard rushing touchdown.

It was a complete flip. After being outscored, 21-0, in the first three first quarters this year and watching each opponent march virtually undeterred on the opening drive, followed by a deflating offensive series, the Wolverines were the aggressors on Saturday.

“The emphasis this week was to start fast because the past few weeks we’ve started slow and we eventually picked it up,” Michigan offensive lineman Mark Huyge said.

“Getting Denard established early, that gives the defense problems and they have to adjust, and once they adjust, get them on their heels and that’s always a good thing.”

Like a wind-up toy, Robinson started running and never stopped. On the second drive, he raced for a 53-yard touchdown. On the next drive, the Wolverines drove into San

Diego State territory (though that ended with a Vincent Smith fumble) and by the end of the quarter, the Wolverines led, 14-0, and were dominating the game.

By halftime, following another Robinson-motivated scoring drive (including his 34-yard run), the Wolverines led, 21-0 .

The Michigan defense was equally proficient, allowing only 164 yards by the break and rolling with momentum.

Though neither Michigan unit shone in the second half, a 7-7 stalemate was enough to keep the Wolverines undefeated.

Each Michigan unit had its highlights — Robinson rushing for 200 yards and a careerhigh tying three touchdowns and the defense forcing three turnovers and mounting incredible pressure on SDSU quarterback Ryan Lindley.

Those successes made the problems — Robinson’s 8-for17 passing for 93 yards with two interceptions and Brendan Gibbons’ missed field goal — a bit easier to stomach.

By the end, the near-perfect start was enough to carry Michigan to the perfect finish.

As Hoke said when asked about Robinson’s passing struggles: “We won the game.”

For a team still growing after four weeks, that’s all the Wolverines can ask for.

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Central Michigan sophomore linebacker Justin Cherocci attempts to bring down Michigan State running back Larry Caper during the second half of Saturday’s game at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing. The Chippewas fell to the Spartans 45-7.

Illinois coming to CMU. “They have a senior, junior laden team,” Enos said.

“A lot of guys are back from their 10-win season last year.”

The upperclassmen apparently like what they’ve seen from the youngsters.

“Young guys stepped up big today,” said CMU junior

safety Jahleel Addae after the MSU game. “(Defensive backs) Dennis Nalor, Jarrett Chapman and linebackers Cody Lopez, Ryan Petro, they came in and did a good job for the defense. They’re only going to get better playing as well as they did today.”

Sophomore defensive back Avery Cunningham led CMU

with 10 tackles against the Spartans.

“Dennis Nalor is very physical,” Enos said. “Avery Cunningham is probably our best defensive back, him and Jahleel. I was very enthused and impressed with how those guys played.” sports@cm-life.com

Defense consistent for volleyball, despite record Jenna Coates dominates during first 13 games

By Kristopher Lodes Staff Reporter

The Central Michigan volleyball team has been up and down so far this season, but one position has stayed consistent.

Sophomore defensive specialist Jenna Coates has been dominant during the first 13 matches of the season and is a big reason why the Chippewas have a winning record.

Since the Marquette match during the first week of the regular season, Coates has recorded double-digit digs in every match.

Coates has recorded a total of 196 digs (4.1/ game) with a season-high coming on Sept. 9 against Austin Peay, where she recorded 25 digs (6.3/ game).

“Western Michigan’s libero has received many defensive players of the week awards and her quality of digging is good,” said head coach Erik Olson. “But Coates is very good and outdid their libero this week.”

Coates recorded 22 digs against the Broncos this weekend and out dug their top digger by three.

“She brought up balls that were spectacular and so was her hustle,” Olson said. “She is my vote for player of the week.”

Coates was named to the All-Tournament team in the final three weeks of the nonconference season, which is a pretty big deal for a libero when those awards usually go to outside hitters and middle blockers.

“We’ve had the hitters scouted out well and I’ve been in right place at the right time,” Coates said.

With her big weekend, the sophomore could find herself in the top half of the nation in digs per game.

This success isn’t unusual for the Clarkston native. She recorded 10 double-figure matches during her fresh-

man campaign and already has 11 this year.

Her consistency has strengthened the Chippewa de- Jenna Coates fense, as she out dug the MAC leader on WMU this weekend by four.

Coates is also third among the team with 37 assists this season, only behind sophomore setter Kelly Maxwell and senior setter Catherine Ludwig.

Coates is also the only CMU player to play in all 48 games this season. sports@cm-life.com

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Five-year-old Clare resident Sofia Hill feeds an alpaca at the Fifth Annual Alpaca Fun Days Saturday in Mount Pleasant. “She wants to buy one to take home,” said her father, Sean Hill.

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This weekend was packed with popcorn, hotdogs and alpacas at the fifth annual Alpaca Fun Days at the Isabella Alpacas farm.

Shirlee VanBonn, owner of the Isabella Alpacas, 7797 Curtis Road, hosted the event at her alpaca farm on the last weekend in September, in conjunction with National Alpaca Farm Days.

About 200 to 300 people have attended the event over the course of the weekend each year, and the numbers continue to rise. The majority of people who attend are families, but some years there have been a high number of college students also in attendance, VanBonn said.

“We hold this event to let people see alpacas and get acquainted with them,” VanBonn said. “It’s also an oppor-

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tunity for free entertainment for families.”

All guests can pet and feed the alpacas, and walk them through an obstacle course.

There were also free food and drinks, along with items available for purchase.

After reading about the event, Mount Pleasant resident Wayne Bellinger took his granddaughter Greenlee to the event on Saturday afternoon.

“I was babysitting Greenlee and thought this looked like something fun to do,” Bellinger said.

This year was their first time attending the Alpaca Fun Days event.

“Being able to walk around and see the animals up close is what I enjoyed most about the event,” Bellinger said.

Greenlee said her favorite part was feeding the alpacas.

Martha Macharia, also from Mount Pleasant, took

her sons, 2-year-old Mark, and 3-month-old Micah, to the Fun Days event as part of a class project for a textiles class at Delta Community College.

“I liked seeing the variety of different alpacas and the different items to purchase,” Macharia said.

She was given samples of alpaca fur to take to school for her textile class.

VanBonn first decided to buy alpacas after seeing an advertisement on television and attending an alpaca show.

She started off with five alpacas and now has 20 on her farm.

“They are herd animals, so you have to have more than one, or else they get extremely lonely and could even die,” VanBonn said. metro@cm-life.com

People looking to leave their cars at home will start to find new sidewalks and bike lanes around the community.

Union Township has hired a consultant from Greenway Collaborative Inc., a street and sidewalk consultation service based in Ann Arbor, to develop a draft suggesting how and where to add sidewalks and bike paths.

In Greenway’s drafted plan, President Norm Cox said 25 miles of bike lanes could be added on major roadways, and simple conversion lanes is the answer to making that happen.

“I’ve never seen this level of cooperation for a project,” Cox said. “The project was really driven by public input, with 500 residents answering our survey online.”

The walkable community has been a collaborative effort between Union Township, Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan University, the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe and Isabella County.

“What we saw was that some elements were already in place and our project plans still had some holes,” said Union Township Su-

pervisor John Barker. “We needed someone who knows more about such things to pull it all together into a meaningful whole for the entire Mount Pleasant area, and that is when we proposed hiring a firm who has already done that work.”

Barker said he agreed to have Union Township be the fiduciary party for the joint effort. The board then approved the 2 percent request for $50,000 to hire a consultant to put together a Non-Motorized Transportation Plan for the entire area, he said.

Barker said the city, university and tribe have already been working on some parts of the construction and residents will notice more and more side-

Morey Courts Sportsplex was taken over by a sea of pink Saturday when more than sixty women participated in a ‘Zumbathon’ to raise awareness for breast cancer.

The event, “Party in Pink,” raised $350, and along with other nationally-coordinated Zumba events this month, will benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

Zumba is a growing national fitness regimen, which includes Latin rhythms and simple dance moves to create a unique workout program.

Zumba Fitness, LLC. hosts biannual events to support various charities every spring and fall. Last spring, proceeds of all events went to the American Heart Association.

The program was sponsored by MEDIAgraphix, OffBroadway Performing Arts

Studio, Central Michigan University Residence Life and University Recreation, Nimkee Fitness, Wellness Central Fitness, Max & Emily’s and the Morey Courts Sportsplex, located at 5175 E. Remus Road.

There were no up-front costs and all funds will go directly to the charity. The Zumba instructors also volunteered their time at no cost.

Candice Harkrader, Mount Pleasant resident and “Party in Pink” participant, said she has taken classes at Morey Courts Sportsplex, attended similar events and has always enjoyed the experience.

Bernadette Foth, CMU dance team choreographer and fellow participant, said she also enjoyed the event.

“I came to support the cause and to see the new rising exercise fitness program,” she said. “I am a strong sup-

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COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Jay Kimbrough, former deputy chancellor of the Texas A&M University System, pulled out a pocket knife and challenged university officials to “bring it on” after being fired this week.

Kimbrough “brandished a knife in a nonthreatening manner,” according to a university police report obtained by the Los Angeles Times, and refused to hand over his keys and pass card, telling two lawyers for the university that “if anyone is man enough to take them, bring it on.”

As Kimbrough, a Vietnam veteran and Purple Heart recipient, was escorted out of the building by campus police, he recited a quote from General Douglas MacArthur: “I shall return.”

Kimbrough, 64, later told The San Antonio ExpressNews that he meant no harm.

“I regret saying that,” he told the Express-News, explaining that he was upset because the termination came on his birthday and “out of the coldturkey blue sky, no heads-up of any type or kind.”

Kimbrough said he usually

takes out the knife, a 3 inch Buck knife used by a soldier in Afghanistan, to make a point.

He told the Express-News he did not open it during Wednesday’s confrontation with two lawyers representing the university, both of whom later gave statements to police.

Kimbrough, who was awarded the Purple Heart for his service in the Marine Corps, has served as a county attorney and a judge.

He worked for Texas Gov. Rick Perry, an A&M graduate, at various points — as the governor’s chief of staff, director of homeland security, and chief criminal justice adviser — and was known as Perry’s problem-solver, The Texas Tribune noted.

Not only had he been a consultant overhauling the state’s Department of Transportation, Perry also had sent him to fix the troubled Texas Youth Commission and Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse.

Kimbrough was named interim chancellor of the system in June.

In August, the university’s board chose a full-time replacement, Democrat John Sharp, who has served in both

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Breast cancer awareness is particularly important to Foth, since two of her family members have survived battles with the disease.

She said she often meets people at her studio with breast cancer as well.

“It’s really rare not to know anyone who has been afflicted with breast cancer,” said Andrea Devenney, Mount Pleasant resident and participant.

Mount Pleasant Zumba instructor Heather Trommer-Beardslee said she was pleased with the turnout.

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Late Thursday, Sharp sent a message to employees explaining the firing.

“I have decided that the position of Deputy Chancellor is not necessary to meet the needs of the Office of the Chancellor and the Texas A&M University System,” the statement said. “I wish to thank Jay Kimbrough for his service in that role during my initial days as chancellor. I wish him the best in his future endeavors.”

Sharp did not return calls Friday. Jason Cook, a spokesman for the university, declined to comment, saying the matter was a personnel issue.

Kimbrough had said he was not pursuing the chancellor position.

Lucy Nashed, a spokeswoman for the governor’s office, told The Times that Perry was not aware of Kimbrough’s departure until after the fact.

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He said the township staff has been preparing a sidewalk construction plan for primary roads and construction on those sidewalks could begin next spring.

“We now realize that complete streets make a lot of sense, both to save energy and for healthier life styles in our community,” Barker said. “We now know that our new economy demands more than just water, sewer and roads, but also other ways to travel, including walking, biking, rollerblading and skateboards. Activities such as jogging are not safe as well on our township’s roads.”

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Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) – Today is a 6 – You get extra support from your friends right when you

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need it. The squeaky wheel may get the grease, but it could also be annoying. Ask without being needy.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) – Today is an 8 – You have the power to make big changes. Focus on what’s possible instead of limitations, and choose reality over fantasy. Enlist support from loved ones.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Today is a 7 – Send your messages far and wide: You’re extra tactful now. You may feel stuck behind an obligation, but your words have delirious freedom.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) – Today is a 5 – As in the Cherokee tale, your inner good wolf and bad wolf are battling today. It’s love and generosity versus hate and selfishness. Which one will you feed?

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) – Today is a 7 – Partnership is especially important now. Learn from experience, and trust each other and yourself.

Avoid getting attached to the results. This provides power.

43 Kept secret 44 Faux __: blunder 45 Main thoroughfare 48 41-Down sound in the comic “B.C.” 49 __ of the land 50 Parent whose kids have moved out 57 Civil rights org.

58 Work that ridicules folly 59 Dashboard device, and a hint to the starts of 18-, 23-, 38- and 50-Across 64 Carryalls 65 Out of port 66 What to add when the 59-Across gets low 67 Create, as a statute 68 Back at the track 69 The USA’s 50 70 Takes in tenants Down 1 Fire lighter 2 Gene Vincent’s “Be

Bop-__” 3 __ Prize 4 Grain bundle 5 How latitude lines run 6 On vacation 7 “This __ be the last time”: Stones lyric 8 Goes it alone 9 Rookie’s mentor 10 Make a dent in 11 Poker “bullet” 12 Bucks and rams 13 Commercials 19 Weaver’s machine 21 Seven, in Sinaloa 24 Approaches 25 Supply with gear 26 Sac between a bone and tendon 27 Cop’s rounds 30 Gal of song 31 The same 32 Old sporty Toyota 33 Spiteful, as gossip 35 “__ tree falls ...”

36 Swanky 39 Fish eggs

40 High hours?

41 Threat to tiny workers 46 ‘80s Cold War leader 47 Song spelled with arm motions 51 Spark providers 52 Pull on 53 Rosetta __ 54 Giant 55 Standing upright 56 Concludes one’s court case 59 Detergent brand 60 Jeep or Land Rover, briefly 61 Superlative suffix 62 Lion sign 63 Dollar sign shape

by Josh Shalek