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By Catey Traylor Staff Reporter

The Campus Facilities Master Plan has diverted from its proposed timeline, and university officials don’t seem to have an explanation for the delay.

Central Michigan University modified the 2001 plan in 2003, and Vice President of Finance and Administrative Services David Burdette told Central Michigan Life in October that funding for the project was outlined in

the overall strategic planning process established by University President George Ross. The master plan is designed to give a comprehensive view of what campus should look like after 20 years.

According to the initial timeline for the project, URS Corporation, CMU’s planning consultant based out of Grand Rapids, was scheduled to visit campus in November or December. At that time, students, faculty and staff were to be informed of

what URS suggested for the development of campus.

Burdette said Wednesday the visit from URS never happened and deferred further comment to Steve Lawrence, associate vice president of Facilities Management.

“URS Corporation didn’t come,” he said. “The facilities master plan had to follow the strategic planning process, and everything is on hold until the fall. We’re bringing an architectural firm to campus sometime

late summer for the fall semester.”

Lawrence told CM Life in October that various administrative and academic groups, including the Student Government Association and Residence Hall Assembly, would be involved in the development of the plan. He did not return multiple phone calls and an email seeking comment.

The master plan will highlight three aspects: academic priority, auxiliary and buildings. The mas-

ter plan was scheduled to begin once Academic Prioritization was complete, Burdette said in October.

Provost Gary Shapiro first introduced his recommendation for Academic Prioritization in October, calling for 16 percent of programs to be eliminated and an additional 31 percent for reduction. President Ross allocated $5.8 million to Category 1 and 2 programs during a February Board of Trustees meeting.

Barrie Wilkes, associate

vice president of Financial Services and Reporting, said the facilities master plan and strategic planning process go hand in hand.

“Campus master plan does tie in with the strategic plan,” he said. “The facilities master plan needs to take into consideration the campus master plan before anything can be done.”

URS did not return a message seeking comment by the time of publication.

an Heritage Month 2012

By Matt Thompson | Sports Editor

Free and open to the public 7:30 p.m., Plachta Auditorium April 5, 2012

entral Michigan Athletics Director Dave Heeke pointed out Wednesday afternoon that the men’s basketball program has had four winning seasons since 1980.

That led to Heeke firing head coach Ernie Zeigler Wednesday morning after he coached six seasons in Mount Pleasant. Zeigler is coming off of two-consecutive 20-loss seasons. He never finished a season with a winning record.

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“After a thorough review of the program, a change in leadership is needed in order to improve the overall performance of the program,” Athletic Director Dave Heeke said. “I appreciate Coach Zeigler’s commitment to Central Michigan University and his hard work on and off the court. We wish him nothing but the best in his future endeavors.”

Wednesday morning, Zeigler was able to meet with his team one last time after being fired by Heeke.

Heeke said the decision came Tuesday night.

“The last couple of weeks, we focused on what’s the right next step

for the program,” Heeke said. “We try to let the season play out and look at it after the season. The decision comes down to what’s the best decision for the student athletes and program.”

Zeigler will be paid $368,437 for the buyout clause in his contract.

Assistant coaches Darren Kohne, Pat Miller and Terrance Chatman also won’t be retained according to Heeke. The director of basketball operations Marcelo Olivarez and video coordinator Jason Owens are still on staff.

“We looked at everything,” Heeke said. “The competitive side is very important, recruiting and retention

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Mount Pleasant officials could have a formally drafted anti-discrimination ordinance on hand to consider as soon as next month.

A template for the proposed law was submitted to the City Commission last November by a local group backing the movement, and since, a medley of public comment, support and a presentation from the group’s leaders has spurred discussion over what protections and remedies are best fit.

On Monday, city commissioners dove into the second of two work sessions to hash out its details.

After more than an hour, commissioners decided to keep the ordinance’s focus specific and instructed the city’s contracted attorney Scott Smith to spend the coming weeks developing a draft based on their conversations and the local template.

“I want you to come up with something that will have the least amount of cost and labor for the city but still have teeth involved,” Commissioner Jim Holton said to Smith at the end of the work session.

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of student athletes too. Forecasting how things are going.”

In the 2008-09 season and 200910, Zeigler’s teams won the MidAmerican Conference West division, but he never finished with a winning season.

“We’ve only had four winning seasons since 1980,” Heeke said. “In the ‘70s, this used to be a basketball hotbed.”

Heeke said he is very appreciative of Zeigler’s efforts here.

“We probably were not in a good position when he came on board,” Heeke said. “There’s a lot of positives that group brought to this; we got a new arena while they were here.”

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But after six years, the seventh CMU head basketball coach did not win enough.

“Our goal on the court is to compete for MAC champions, and we will begin a national search immediately to find the best coach for Central Michigan University,” Heeke said.

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2,600 attend Atkins concert Three performers come to McGuirk, cost $66,000 Jessica Fecteau Senior Reporter

Holland freshman Nathan Printz went out in his daisy dukes for the Rodney Atkins concert on Thursday night in McGuirk Arena.

“We saw all the cute girls in their short shorts, so we wanted to be in our short shorts,” Printz said. “They were going to get a lot of attention, so we wanted a

lot of attention.”

Printz and two friends wore their ensembles to watch Atkins perform in front of a crowd of more than 2,600 people, of which all the floor seats were sold out.

Special guest artist Tyler Hilton kicked off the show, followed by a performance by country band Gloriana.

Program Board Adviser Damon Brown said it cost $66,000 to bring in Atkins, Hilton and Gloriana for the first Program Board-funded event of the semester.

Although the doors opened at 7 p.m., Program Board mem-

ber Brooke Evans said people started lining up around 5:30 p.m.

McGuirk Arena filled with shrieks and screams of anticipation even before the doors opened to let attendees reach their seats.

“I’m from a little hick town, so I’ve been raised with country music my whole life,” said Corunna junior Autumn Harris while waiting in line.

Hilton opened the show by telling all of the “Chippewa boys” that they’re smart to be at a show with so many cute girls.

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Country music singer Rodney Atkins fist-bumps a crowd member while singing to about 2,600 fans Thursday night in McGuirk Arena. The show, which featured three artists, cost $66,000.

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EVENTS CALENDAR TODAY w Marx in Soho will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. in Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium. The play, which is free, is an introduction of Marx’s life and his passion for radical change. w Flick’s Family Film Festival will have free movies for kids ages 12 and under at Celebration Cinema from March 16 through March 22. CFX and Celebration Cinema teamed up to show Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules. Adults are $3.50 and special group rates are also available.

saturday w Zonta Club is sponsoring a rummage sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Library’s Annex. w Free "Art Demonstration Day" will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Art Reach Center. The demonstrations include silk floral arranging, gift wrapping and growing flowers from bulbs.

sunday w The opera performance of Gianni Schicchi and the Telephone will be at 2 p.m. in the Music Building’s Staples Family Concert Hall. Tickets are $10 for students and senior citizens and $7 for others.

Tickets can be purchased at Ticket Central.

Corrections In Wednesday’s issue, Stan Shingles’ title was incorrect in the story "Tornado Trouble." He is the Assistant Vice President of University Recreation, Events and Conferences.

In Wednesday’s issue, the story "Schumacher brings experience, team strength to Charter Schools leadership," Schumacher’s salary was incorrect. She will be paid $126,667, not $156,667.

In Wednesday’s issue, in the story "Vice presidential candidates debate in midst of SGA election," the quote "So is it fair to say that you can’t join if you don’t have enough signatures? You are walking a very thin line when you’re telling someone that the SGA is open to the entire student body and then dismissing them when they don’t get the number of signatures required," was orginially attributed to Shane McGoff, but it was said by Sean Rositano. © Central Michigan Life 2012 Volume 93, Number 69

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The template law, which local group spokeswoman Norma Bailey has said was based off of an already-adopted Kalamazoo ordinance, is aimed at preventing discriminatory acts against city residents who identify with an assortment of categories.

Particularly, the template was intended to prevent acts based on sexual orientation and gender identity, which the state’s Elliott-Larson Civil Rights Act does not cover.

Commissioners agreed on Monday to tailor the ordinance accordingly.

They also agreed not to include height and weight categories, because employment protection is protected under state law, as well as not to require compliance for contractors employed by the city.

Remedies for complaints A large point of debate proved to be how the city would enforce solutions for discrimination complaints.

Options according to the template law were private causes of action, infractions, misdemeanors and conciliation.

Smith said a private cause of action can have some negative effects, especially if conciliation is not offered as a prior step.

“Part of the reason why so many of these ordinances, I think, have not resulted in a lot of cases is because there’s not the economic value there,” he said. “It’s often times difficult to bring the

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[News] persons together.”

In order to show the public their complaints will be taken seriously, Commissioner Nancy English said they need to provide “reasonable avenues.” Vice Mayor Kathy Ling said it would be useful to have a private course of action, though it might not help city residents who “are not in a position to go to court.”

Along with United Methodist Pastor Charlie Farnum, Bailey said she hoped remedies chosen written into the draft ordinance will involve choices.

“It isn’t right to just make it a private cause of action,” she said. “That means a person who’s lost their job or another person who doesn’t have a place to live has no capacity to sue anybody.”

Bailey said she thought commissioners did “exactly what they’re supposed to do” in dissecting the template’s content and asking for an official draft. She said she senses “clearly” they want an ordinance.

Some commissioners expressed hope to have another work session once Smith completes a first draft, and others expected to wade through multiple versions before they hold a public hearing.

Within a month, if not before, Smith said he hoped to have a first draft finished for review.

“I’d like to say your first meeting in April, but I’m not sure I can commit to that,” he said. “We’ll see. But I want to come up with something that is very well thought out, that is vetted a little bit.”

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Brighton senior and Student Government Association Vice President Colleen McNeely practices hula-hooping outside Brooks Hall Thursday afternoon. McNeely was with Brighton junior Matthew Peplinski to teach students how to juggle and hula hoop.

Thursday reached a high of 78 degrees Farenheit in Mount Pleasant and according to the National Weather Service, this weekend may reach a high of 74 degrees with isolated thunderstorms.

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“I’m hoping to find my cowboy here,” said Royal Oak sophomore Katharine Shepard.

Michigan State University junior Staci Burlingame was pulled up on stage by Hilton to help him sing his song “When The Stars Go Blue,” featured in the television show “One Tree Hill.”

“I was freaking out and shaking,” she said moments after rejoining the audience.

“I had so much adrenaline; it was awesome.”

Gloriana opened their per-

formance with one of their best known songs, “Wild At Heart.”

New songs, from an album set to come out later this year, filled out their set before Atkins made his appearance at 10:15 p.m.

Although Shepard didn’t find herself a cowboy, she said she did enjoy Atkin’s performance.

“He opened with ‘America,’ and I love ‘America,’” she said.

“Mad respect for him doing that. He’s really good; he’s so much better than the rest.” studentlife@cm-life.com

“I was freaking out and shaking. I had so much adrenaline; it was awesome.”

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Department plans to reschedule first Kal Penn event

By Justin Hicks Staff Reporter

head start

Alumna teaches at local preschool for more than 25 years

By Kirsten Kearse | Staff Reporter

Cheri Recker has always had a love for children and knew one day she would be working with them.

Recker, director of First United Methodist church preschool, began her career after graduating from Central Michigan University with a Bachelor of Science degree in education, majoring in speech and minoring in elementary education.

Recker said her grandma was the inspiration behind her dreams of becoming a teacher.

“She taught for quite a while, and actually, she was taking classes here at CMU and got her degree and taught after that, before she retired,” Recker said.

The preschool started in 1970 and was underneath the education ministry of the church at the time. The preschool is now a tuition-based program that is incorporated with the church but still separated.

The preschool and the church are still connected emotionally, Recker said.

Recker began at the church in 1986, where she started subbing for Martha Polly, who started the preschool.

“She started the school and, she was semi-retiring and she knew me from church,” Recker said. “This is my church, and she asked me to start subbing

because I was a young mom at that time, was not really working, so I started subbing here and just loved it.”

When Polly retired, Recker kept going as a part-time teacher, and when her youngest daughter started kindergarten, she began full time. As time went on, she became the director.

Education Director Sharon McDonald has worked with Recker ever since she’s been at the church.

“She’s great with kids,” McDonald said. “I work with her in the Sunday school program, and she’s just terrific.”

Jordan Bailey, 4, sits on CMU alumna Cheri Recker’s lap as Recker reads “It’s Mine!” a fable by Leo Lionni to her preschool class of 4 to 5 years Wednesday at First United Methodist Church, 400 S. Main St.

McDonald has been at the church for 12 years.

“It was just kind of a fate thing,” Recker said. “I always knew I wanted (to work with) younger children, not above third grade.”

The school has classes composed of three to five year olds in which they are very inquisitive, Recker said.

“They’re little sponges; they want to know about things.

They’re developing different around their world and what’s happening,” she said.

Recker said they try to make the learning very fun for the students, knowing they are

learning a lot of good things, but it’s all through play.

“At times, it can be very, very busy and that age group can be very active physically,” she said. “It’s just that they have to channel that energy in a positive way.”

Recker said she is a real proponent of the fresh air and getting them out so they can have gross motor activity every day they are able to.

“She has quite the patience to work with younger children,” McDonald said. “She’s just a neat lady.” metro@cm-life.com

Time & Talent Auction raises $2,200 for Art Reach

By Anna Palm Staff Reporter

Gladwin resident and Board of Directors member Kathy Netzley said she was happy to bring something new to the table for Art Reach.

At 6 p.m. on Thursday night, Coco Joe’s on 4855 E. Blue Grass Road held a fundraiser called the Time & Talent Auction on the organization’s behalf.

Art Reach Director Kathy Hill said they would auction off services, such as a gourmet dinner for four, horse back riding lessons and wine tasting, to the person offering the highest bid.

“It’s a new thing for us, so we’re just gonna give it a shot,” she said.

Netzley, who suggested the idea, set two horse back riding lessons up for auction, which received a $125 bid.

“I hope it will be really successful. It’s a really cool idea and no one has ever done it before,” Netzley said.

Isabella County Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski volunteered to give a tour of the jail facility and let the highest bidder spend a day with him.

“We (the police department) try to work with as many civic organizations as possible,” he said. “If anybody asks us for our participation, we’re more than happy to help.”

Mount Pleasant resident Car-

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Ed Zebrowski of Rosebush auctions different events at the Time & Talent Auction event for Art Reach of Mid Michigan on Thursday night at Coco Joe’s Beach House, 4855 E. Blue Grass Road.

ole Howard was the only one who made a bid on Mioduszewski’s offer.

“I like Leo,” said Howard, who has known Mioduszewski for 10 years. “I thought it would be fun to ride in his car for a day.”

Howard also contributed to the fundraiser as a volunteer. She said she has been a member for

25 to 30 years, teaching art classes and donating paintings.

Union Township resident Pam Stovak made the highest bid of $225 on a private plane ride for two.

About 40 people attended the auction, and only two of the 28 offers ended up not being sold.

Rosebush resident Ed Ze-

browski was the auctioneer for the function and said Netzley was satisfied with the turnout.

“I talked with Kathy (Netzley) and she said they raised $2,200 and their goal was to raise at least $2,000, so they reached their goal,” Zebrowski said. metro@cm-life.com

Actor Kal Penn’s visit to Central Michigan University will be moved back a week to work around his filming schedule.

The Multicultural Academic Services invited the New Jersey native as a keynote speaker during Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2012.

Penn, 34, will speak about his acting and political career at 7:30 p.m.

April 5 in Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium. The event will be free.

“He’s going to be talking about images of folks in the media, specifically of Asian Americans in the media, as well as his experience in acting and politics,” said Keisha Janney, assistant director of MASS. The department of communication and dramatic arts is trying to work out a plan to have Penn speak in Moore Hall on April 6, though the celebration of Good Friday may interfere.

The second event would also be free.

Penn was originally scheduled to speak in the Moore Hall’s Townsend Kiva on March 30 in combination with his speaking in Plachta, sponsored by the College of Communication and Dramatic Arts.

CCFA Dean Salma Gha-

nem said We d n e s day she w a s n ’ t aware of the date change for Penn’s visit and the Kal Penn department will attempt to set up a replacement event for Penn to speak.

Penn’s visit to CMU is sponsored by the CCFA, MASS, King/Chavez/Parks Visiting Professor Program, College of Human and Social and Behavioral Sciences and Residence Life. He is the final of three speakers the CCFA has contributed to help bring to CMU this semester, totaling $3,000, Ghanem said.

Janney declined comment on how much Penn is being paid to speak at CMU and if the occasion would serve as a campaign event for President Barack Obama.

“Although I know he has volunteered on the campaign, I can’t comment on if he’ll be talking about that, because I don’t know,” she said.

In regard to the cost of bringing Penn to CMU, Janney said: “That’s a great question, unfortunately that’s not something I’m going to comment on.”

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Website ranks accounting school seventh in state

By Shelby Miller Staff Reporter

Central Michigan University’s school of accounting has been recognized by Accounting Careers for Dummies as one of Michigan’s top accounting schools.

The recently developed website is in association with John Wiley & Sons, publishers of the popular ‘For Dummies’ brand.

John Lukrich, owner and chief executive officer, said the site is designed for prospective accounting students.

“The site helps students decide what accounting programs are good, which programs to attend, careers in accounting and the types of different options in accounting career paths,” Lukrich said.

In creating the list of top business accounting schools, the site considered various criteria including: academics, admission selectivity, faculty experience, post-graduation results, educational value and accreditation, he said. CMU excelled in multiple categories, including admissions but was ultimately ranked seventh out of 10.

“Most of it was based upon the strong accounting programs CMU has,” Lukrich said. “The curriculum is strong, and the career services CMU provides to students and alumni is very strong.”

Lukrich said the curriculum CMU has excels at preparing students for a certification in accounting.

“A lot of schools are theoretical about stuff,” he said.

“CMU concentrates on preparing students for the future.”

The website is not even a year old and is already receiving close to 10,000 unique visitors a month.

“This is a perfect venue for anyone who is thinking about an accounting career and wants to go to school in Michigan,” he said.

The site is already in

Google’s top accounting school searches, but Lukrich said there is a difference between Accounting Careers for Dummies and the other websites.

“If you look at a lot of the top sites on Google, they don’t talk about the schools in Michigan, but we do,” he said.

Although proud of the national recognition, Philip Kintzele, chairperson of the school of accounting, said he is surprised CMU ranks lower than a few unaccredited Michigan accounting schools.

“This is a positive,” Kintzele said. “I’m just a little surprised that we weren’t ranked higher than Wayne State.

That is the biggest surprise.

Even Michigan Tech; their accounting school is very small.”

Throughout Michigan, five schools have accredited accounting schools. CMU became the second accredited school in 1989. Kintzele said receiving accreditation is the school’s biggest accomplishment.

“That is a very high honor,” he said. “You have to file a bunch of reports,.Visitors have to visit you and document the quality of students, faculty and alumni success.”

However, since the main concern for Accounting Careers for Dummies isn’t accreditation, CMU ranked lower than unaccredited schools like Wayne State University, Michigan Technological University and Calvin College.

Still, in the end, Kintzele said he is happy CMU ranked in the site’s top 10.

“It is a positive that Central does show up in the website as one of the best programs in the state of Michigan,” Kintzele said. “At least we are in the top 10 in terms of that website. It would be disappointing if we weren’t.

“Overall I think this is respectable news for us,” he said. university@cm-life.com

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EDITORIAL | State Democrats’ plan to cover college just legislation for votes

The wrong way out

does not tag its dollars. How are we expected to know where our money is going?

The Michigan Promise is a prime example of legislation designed to curry favor with parents and students, which ultimately fell far short of its premise.

The scholarship, which awarded up to $4,000 to students based on performance on a standardized test, was eliminated in 2009 after less than three years of existence, dropping future students as well as those partially through their benefits.

The new plan, which promises to pay thousands more than the broken Promise for every Michigan student enrolled, reeks of a similarly inevitable collapse — no matter how many strategic cuts legislators claim to have found to support it.

In this case, a failure of tuition cov-

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hen Michigan Senate Democrats proposed a new grant to cover nearly the entire cost of college for all high school graduates who enroll at in-state schools, they were legislating for votes, not solutions.

Students certainly do need a relief from the extortionate current costs of higher education, but a plan that rewards institutions’ bad behavior is not the answer.

Continuing to pour money into universities that raise tuition at a pace far outstripping funding cuts without first working on the issues of planning, transparency and oversight that have led us to the current crisis is a politi-

cally attractive way of kicking the can further down the road.

CMU, for example, now has more than 44 campuses in 13 states. How could legislators determine whether or not funding would remain at CMU’s Michigan campuses instead of being funneled into online or out of state programs?

As several CMU administrators have repeatedly reminded us, the university

erage could leave tens of thousands of students cut off midway through their education, left with no financial recourse to remain enrolled in universities with tuition rates bloated from the very same legislation.

State Democrats are proposing what amounts to a shell game: shuffling state funds from public institutions to private citizens, then back again.

This bill may make more sense than other recent legislation, such as the ban on graduate assistant unionization that raced into law, but it is a poorly thought out solution to an extremely complex problem.

Legislators of all levels need to find a way to help students without perpetuating a system that has placed a greater emphasis on profit and expansion than serving students and communities.

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Ben Harris Senior Reporter

Interest rates on student loans too high For anyone unaware, the interest rate on student loans will be doubling to 6.8 percent starting July 1.

This means, in spite of tuition rising faster than the price of an elephant tusk soaked in gasoline, it will be even more expensive to go to college and get an education.

There have been protests, petitions and plenty of tears shed, but in the end, it’s only right that higher interest rates stick.

I would argue the interest rates on student loans aren’t high enough.

Think about it: What has traditionally been the most vulnerable group of people? The ones most likely to be duped by those shrewder and savvier? The answer is young people.

And since the youth are the most easily exploited, it only makes sense groups that give student loans should be able to make higher profits.

Any steak-eating, flag-waving, terrorist-hating, red-blooded American knows the American dream is to make as much money as possible by whatever means necessary. It’s capitalism at its finest. The free market.

The invisible hand. Adam Smith, the man behind the system, was against monopolies and exploitation, but what did he know? This is the land of the free.

People will always be going to college. They’ve been told they have to by the very politicians that are going to let the interest rate go up.

That’s the beauty of it all; everybody is brainwashed into thinking they need a college education. Loan rates increase, and then everybody important makes money.

The best part; there’s no way out for these poor kids. Even if one declares bankruptcy, his student debt remains. For lenders, it’s a risk-free enterprise.

The only problem now is the interest rates are not high enough. The executives of lending groups supplying student loans have come so close to achieving the American dream of making piles of money, and who are the members of Congress to deny them what they deserve? Everyone should get a shot at the top (as long as they have rich parents).

It sickens me that the top shots are being denied what they obviously deserve. They work hard. Much harder than students do.

Anybody protesting high loan interest rate is simply jealous of the accomplishments of the executives more entitled and harder working than them.

So, I implore Congress to raise the interest rate even more. The higher, the better. We want our liberal arts majors to be paying so much back in monthly payments that they are forced to take to the streets to beg for a little bit of bread. We want them so bogged down in debt that they lose sleep at night thinking about how underwater they are.

That’ll teach them to try to better themselves.

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Difficult to faithfully say fracking is integral to jobs, energy A recent letter from Michigan Oil and Gas Association President Frank Mortl (Hydraulic Fracturing in Michigan is proven safe, important, Feb. 27) strategically ignored the risks imposed by fracking to human health and the environment, touting the fictitious notion that fracking is “integral to energy production, job creation and our economic wellbeing.”

Indeed, a “traditional” version of fracking has been going on in Michigan for decades, and more than 12,000 wells have been stimulated by this method.

There have been accidents with this “traditional” method, and the jury is still out on longer-term potential health and environmental issues.

Across the nation, however, the controversy is over the relatively new method of fracking, High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing, a method that drills to deeper gas deposits, and therefore requires much higher volumes (typically 100 times) of fluids, a new recipe of fluids under much higher pressure, and is characterized by a drill that turns horizontal for thousands of feet in the shale layer where the fracturing occurs.

The fracking process in the horizontal section of the well opens up vertical cracks in the shale. These cracks are held open by sand, the “proppant” injected into the cracks, and allows the gas to flow. HVHF has only recently begun in Michigan and has so far only been used in approximately five to 10 wells in the northern Lower Peninsula.

This new fracking method uses large quantities of toxic chemicals.

The first well in Missaukee County required 448,000 gallons of fluid per

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frack and has been fracked 15 times, for a total of 6,720,000 gallons.

Industry representatives like to use the word “small” when they talk about quantities of chemicals, but they are really referring to the percentage relative to water and sand.

This percentage has been reported as being between 0.5 percent and two percent. Using the “smallest” percentage, namely 0.5 percent, the Missaukee County well has had 33,600 gallons of chemicals used in the process, hardly a small amount when one considers that these chemicals are residing underneath our aquifers. Most of the fluids associated with fracking flow back out of the well and drag up with it natural toxins such as radium, selenium, arsenic and toxic petroleum products.

These “flow back” fluids are injected into disposal wells in the area. There are around 50 injection wells in both Antrim and Kalkaska Counties and nearly 1000 across the state. The dangers lurking beneath our aquifers include 1) frack chemicals, natural toxins and natural gas migrating into our water supplies at the frack well site, via the frack cracks, natural faults or the well shaft and 2) frack chemicals and natural toxins migrating into our water supplies from injection wells via natural faults or the well shaft.

Citizens whose water supplies come from aquifers over frack wells or injection wells have to decide how much they want to trust industry and regulators for their health and safety. Citizens are responsible for testing their water — advanced tests that are expensive — and they will have to decide how frequently they should perform such tests.

Citizens, not industry, end up be-

ing responsible for replacing their water supplies with brought-in water. Property values go down whether or not water has been contaminated, because no one wants to own property that has a ticking toxic time bomb underneath. The dangers not only include harm to household water but also extend to agricultural, both livestock and crops. The state of Michigan is home to 20 percent of the world’s available fresh water; it is our responsibility and duty to protect it, and this responsibility especially applies to those who have the greatest control, namely industry and legislators.

But the oil and gas industry has achieved an exemption from a state law to which all other big water users are held accountable. In addition, royalties paid via state-owned leases go to the Michigan Mineral Trust Fund to purchase recreational lands. Also, at the Federal level, the Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act were amended in 2005 to exempt fracking.

In light of such events, it is difficult for citizens to have a strong faith in industry and legislators objectivity.

The statement that fracking is “integral to energy production, job creation and our economic wellbeing,” used both by industry and legislators, is short-sighted and does not factor in the true cost to citizens, health, property value, security, protection and our environment. It provides short-term gains to a select few and leaves ours and future generations to pay the true cost. There is no such thing as safe fracking.

Fracking must be banned.

Chloe Gleichman, Saline sophomore

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Live for the moment There isn’t time to worry

I was never one to take chances until I realized life doesn’t always wait for you to take them.

As a child, it took years for me to muster up the courage to do the monkey bars. At little league baseball practice, I would move out of the way when the ball came toward me a bit too fast.

My lack of taking chances and risks is probably why I have yet to break a bone or even sprain one (knock on wood).

Even at sleepovers, I pretended I was sick just so I could go home and know my parents wouldn’t suddenly die while I was sleeping elsewhere; even when the sleepover was next door.

Obviously, these are all fears any child might have and, over time, outgrow. But as we get older, our fears don’t disappear; they just develop from the fear of falling off the play set to things like worrying about if we’re good enough. We tend to think more about what other people will think of us rather than our personal opinions of ourselves.

Although, some life-altering events presented to me in the past year stop me from worrying about what might happen or what people will think if I do something and to instead just take chances and live in the present.

Losing a childhood friend to Leukemia within six months of being diagnosed and watching my best friend lose her hair in chunks to Hodgkin’s lymphoma at the same time really changed my perspective on life. Adding a parent nearly passing away, and my perspective on life changed even more.

It made me realize they didn’t have time to worry about what people may think of them, and in reality, neither do any of us.

It’s taught me and prepared me to not think ahead and to only live for the time I am given each day.

If I want something, I find a way to get it. If I feel a certain way about someone or something, I say it. If I want to do something, I do it. Even if it means I may regret it later on.

After seeing people close to me have their life in jeopardy, second guessing is not always something I suggest for others to do.

If you want to do something, don’t deny yourself.

Sure, you may not always have those amazing feelings of anxiety, fear or stress in your life from worrying, but they probably weren’t that great anyway.

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Brothers to hold 24-hour stationary Bike-a-Thon Donations will fund cross-country trip

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Jazmin Moore, a junior visiting from Michigan State University, center left, listens to a lecture during the SAPA Sexual Aggression conference Thursday in Powers Hall’s ballroom.

Presenters discussed the necessity of fighting the bystander effect and getting involved to prevent acts of sexual aggression.

First SAPA conference held Thursday, today

By Jalisa Cannon Staff Reporter

Sexual Aggression Peer Advocates hosted their first conference in conjunction with Central Michigan University Sexual Aggression Services.

The two-day event kicked off at 3 p.m. Thursday in the Powers Ballroom.

Geared toward students, faculty and professionals, the conference included speakers from across the state, such as Brothers Against Rape and SAPA Director Steve Thompson.

B.A.R, a group of two men serving as advocates against sexual assault, opened the conference with a presentation entitled

“Outcry,” aimed at encouraging men to get involved in the movement.

Several of the men in attendance said the opening presentation was great, and they felt it spoke directly to them.

“The presentation was one of the best I’ve seen that actually got men involved,” said Ash Christians, prevention coordinator of the Saginaw Sexual Assault Center. “It not only pointed out that men rarely get involved, but it gave examples of how to do so.”

Thompson, the second speaker of the day, spoke about creating an environment where survivors feel comfortable. He talked about educating not only survivors but also professionals on

how to deal with sexual aggression incidents without having attitudes based on preconceived ideas.

“I want to show people different ideas,” Thompson said.

“Most people deal with the aftermath of an attack, so that’s what people need to be educated on.”

The event concluded for the night with a social at Bennigan’s, 2424 S. Mission St., to allow everyone an opportunity to talk to the speakers and discuss the topics brought up at the conference.

Today, the conference will resume with advice on how to start and maintain a peer advocate program and will end with speakers Alan Berkowitz and Carrie Giese.

Graduate Assistant of SAPA Ashley Thomas-Smith said she hopes through the conference the organization will grow.

“Our goal has always been to raise awareness, expand and possibly join with other agencies,” she said.

Other mentors from the program said they were excited for the opportunity and hoped everyone could walk away having learned something.

“This is the first time we’ve ever done this,” said Peer Advocate Alan Jones. “From speakers and presenters to professionals and students, everyone benefits from this conference.”

Three Pi Kappa Phi brothers will be hosting a 24-hour Stationary Bike-a-Thon from noon Wednesday to noon Thursday in front of the Bovee University Center.

The three will be taking turns on the stationary bike, donated by Skybox Studio at Morey Courts Recreation Center, 5175 E. Remus Road, for the full 24 hours to raise funds for a cross-country charity trip this summer, as well as raising awareness about those with disabilities.

The fraternity brothers partnered up with Best Buddies, an RSO on campus that builds friendships between community members and those with intellectual disabilities. Several Best Buddies members will be at the event.

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FAFSA still available despite ‘completion deadline’ Despite the state of Michigan’s FAFSA completion deadline of March 1, there is still hope for those who were late to complete the form, the Western Herald reports.

Director of Student Financial Aid at Western Michigan University Mark Delorey said the date is more of a recommendation than a hard deadline.

“It’s more of a priority date.

Student loans and Pell grants are still available,” Delorey told the Western Herald.

There is about $395 million in loans, grants, scholarships and work-study being offered this year. But, with the state budget being so tight, financial aid is changing to offer more loans than grants to students who need the extra funding, Delorey said.

Study shows many employers use facebook As technology and social media increasingly become intertwined with society, students are often encouraged to secure their personal pages and limit potentially offensive material so as not to put off employers.

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A new study from the Journal of Applied Social Psychology shows that many employers use Facebook to better understand the personalities and social skills that potential employees possess.

Bill Morgan, Michigan State University experiential learning and on-campus internship coordinator with the Career Services Network, said students should get used to the idea that every employer will be checking Facebook for information.

“To come to a Facebook that is completely locked down, and the only thing you see is basically the profile photo and the name, it says, ‘I’m a really private person, and I don’t share anything unless I have screened you,’” Morgan told the State News.

Female participation in sports at all-time high Sports are becoming less of

Move blocks Iranian banks from world payments system WASHINGTON — A move Thursday by a Belgian-based financial-transfers company to block Iran from global transactions is expected to isolate the country further and send it tumbling back toward a barter economy.

The move by the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication is the latest and perhaps the severest of a host of international sanctions designed to discourage and delay, if not destroy, the Islamic nation’s nuclear weapons program.

It goes into effect Saturday.

The sanction disconnects 30 major Iranian banks from the SWIFT system, which handles most cross-border money transfers, leaving

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even get on a bike,” said Farmington Hills senior Spencer Haworth. “Us doing this will show them that we have the ability and that we are doing something good with it.”

Haworth and his two fraternity brothers, Rockwood sophomore Jeremy Osborne and Dearborn Heights junior Keith Jones, are preparing for this event by taking a cycling class and learning about the proper safety procedures so no one gets injured on their stationary journey.

“We are doing this to go have fun and do what we will be doing this summer in one day,” Osborne said.

There will also be a second stationary bike other people can sign up and ride along with the Pi Kappa Phi brothers to support the students in their journey.

“I am not doing this for me,” Osborne said.

“I am doing this for you, to show you that you can succeed in so many things and that you are capable of greatness.”

the nation without a way to transfer money in and out of the country securely and quickly. Experts say the effects will be felt almost immediately in government offices in Tehran, in the corridors of business and in family kitchens.

They note that while Iran will remain able to sell oil abroad — or to buy goods using gold as currency — payment and collections become extremely complicated without access to the international standard for transferring money. It can continue to transfer money through smaller Iranian banks unaffected by the move, although small banks are unable to handle the volume Iran needs to keep its import and export economies rolling.

a boys’ club as more women get involved with intercollegiate teams at universities around the nation, the Michigan Daily reports.

There are nearly 200,000 female athletes competing on 9,274 intercollegiate teams around the country, a study conducted at Brooklyn College in New York shows.

Basketball remains the most popular sport for women, with 98.8 percent of colleges offering women’s basketball programs.

Jamillya Hardley, University of Michigan senior and guard on the women’s basketball team, said the media is largely responsible for this peak in women’s involvement in sports.

“A lot more female athletes are becoming more popular in the media, and their talents are being recognized more,” Hardley told the Michigan Daily. “Every year there is something new, like we have females dunking now, and

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By Justin Hicks Staff Reporter

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Gov. Brian Calley, left, and state Senator Judy Emmons, right, stand listening to Mount Pleasant Brewing Company owner Jim Holton, middle, while taking a tour of the brewery, located at 614 W. Pickard Thursday afternoon.

Lt. Gov. Brian Calley, Sen. Judy Emmons visit Mount Pleasant Brewing Company

By Jackie Smith | Staff Reporter A lot has changed in the beer brewery industry — mostly in size — since the Mount Pleasant Brewing Company opened up shop at its West Pickard Street location a few years ago.

When asked for a timeline of expanding his business, owner Jim Holton kept his answer simple: “In the next couple months. Can’t expand fast enough.”

Also owner of Mountain Town Station and Camille’s On The River, Holton played host Thursday afternoon to state Sen. Judy Emmons, R-Sheridan, and Lt. Gov. Brian Calley after his recent invite to them to see what he called a Mount Pleasant “success story.”

Michigan currently sits in the top five states for growth in breweries, brewpubs and microbreweries, according to the Michigan Brewers Guild. Holton said the state continues to climb the ranks.

Gov. Brian Calley stands listening to Mount Pleasant Brewing Company owner Jim Holton Thursday afternoon. Calley visited Mount Pleasant with State Senator Judy Emmons.

Emmons, Calley and their staffs toured Holton’s brewery, 614 W. Pickard St., amid chat of the latest changes in state government that have allowed for such growth.

Calley cited the industry’s growth and credited entrepreneurism with turning the state around.

“There’s a lot of things happening in Isabella County.

This is one of the areas where, if you look at it county by county, typically it’s in the top five lowest unemployment in the state,” Calley said.

“There’s 83 counties, and that’s saying a lot. Each innovation and entrepreneurship in this area is something that we would all do well to pay close attention to.”

Holton said he considers it part of his job to keep in contact with politicians, and when a decision comes in

“phenomenally screwed up” tax procedure. Calley said the new institution is one of the most competitive and simplest tax codes in the nation.

“I’d argue among the simplest in the world,” he said.

“It’s one that a company, like here, will be able to do their corporate income tax return on one sheet of paper.”

Until last year, there had been a limit at 200,000 barrels a year for larger brewers, according to published reports.

But legislation signed in December by Gov. Rick Snyder lifted the cap.

Nearly all breweries in Michigan aren’t yet at that capacity, though Holton said there’s room in the industry for every facility to reach for the same goals.

“You always aspire to that next level,” he said. “And you also know you get to a thresh-

Lansing, he offers his information on the industry they might not otherwise have.

“They got the feel,” he said of Thursday’s visit. “Now if the senator or lieutenant governor has a question about the micro-brewing industry, I’m going to contact them, give them my information.”

Emmons agreed the visit was informative and helpful, especially for people such as Calley who aren’t designated to one district.

“That’s the best about getting around the state ... you always learn something,” Emmons said. “These are people who are just making the economy go. That’s the fun part of the job.”

The group referenced last year’s repeal of the Michigan Business Tax as a step forward for business owners like Holton, who called it a

old: ‘Do I want to make that next jump? Do I want to get about 15,000 barrels?’ Because that’s a big jump. It’s a different tax bracket in the state.”

Holton said his brewery, 614 W. Pickard St., will likely see about 3,000 barrels this year. The company’s facility is currently a 15-barrel brew house, he said, which he plans to double in size within two years, along with the amount of employed staff and equipment. metro@cm-life.com

Samuel A. Spralls III has reached more than just a milestone in his career.

The PhD Project announced March 5 that Spralls has been promoted to associate professor with tenure at Central Michigan University.

“He has demonstrated dedication, hard work and intelligence in joining the rapidly growing ranks of minorities choosing to influence the next generation of business leaders as college professors,” said Bernard Milano, PhD Project president. “The PhD Project takes great pride in his achievement and looks forward to following his success throughout his career.”

Spralls becomes the 164th black marketing business school professor in the U.S., according to the March 5 PhD Project news release.

The PhD Project was created in 1994 with the intention of diversifying corporate America by increasing minority business professors in business colleges across the nation.

By increasing the diversity in teaching, the project expects an increase in minority business students and eventually corporate America workers, Milano said.

The project has seen a jump from 294 to 1,119 in minority business professors since its creation.

“At the time we started the project, about one percent of all business school professors were either African, Hispanic or Native American,” Milano said.

“We’re fortunate now to have increased it to about 3.5 percent, but there’s still a long way to go to equal the representation of students on campus.”

Starting with 10,000 applications, Spralls said the project narrowed down its selection to 500 people to be invited to the 1997 PhD Project Conference in Chicago.

As a member of the project’s Marketing Doc-

toral Students Association, Spralls began a 15-year journey that eventually landed him the tenure position at CMU. “The project changed my life,” Spralls said. “A lot of people helped me and saw something in me along the way, and I’m thankful for that.”

He was admitted into the PhD program at Texas Tech University and spent the next five years working on coursework and writing his dissertation.

“The two years of coursework was the easiest part, because there’s structure,” he said. “Then you have to come up with an idea and a theory, gather data and eventually prove your theory. That’s five years that you are living on about $15,000 a year.”

After publishing his dissertation at Texas Tech University, Spralls received a professor position at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga for three years but moved to CMU in July 2006.

“I came here and got the support and advising I needed,” he said. “I published three papers with Dr. (Michael) Garver and Dr. (Richard) Devine and then two more with another group.”

Spralls teaches introduction to marketing, marketing communications and services marketing, among other courses.

“I think he’s a great professor who really knows what he is talking about,” said Allen Park junior William Pfafflin. “I feel like he wants us to learn and cares about his students.”

With his 15-year task completed, Spralls said he is continuing to set further goals for his teaching future.

“Initially, my reaction was anti-climactic, because you work so hard to get to a point and then it’s done,” he said. “You think to yourself, ‘What’s the next mountain?’ It feels good, and I’m focusing on my next mountain, like becoming a full professor.” university@cm-life.com

MDOT to widen, resurface intersection at M-20, Leaton Construction to get underway in late fall

By Justin Orminski Staff Reporter

The intersection of M-20 and Leaton Road will be getting a makeover this fall thanks to the Michigan Department of Transportation.

MDOT plans to do the work in Isabella County as part of its five-year plan for the MDOT Bay Region. The cost for the entire region for the year is $42 million.

MDOT Bay Region Communications Representative Anita Richardson said the project is for widening and resurfacing.

“In Isabella County, that’s going to be the most important project, and the one with the highest impact,” Richardson said.

Bill Mayhew, manager of Mount Pleasant’s MDOT office, said bid letting for the M-20 project would take place in September and October. Construction would begin after that, but MDOT has no start dates selected.

“Depending on when we

can get bids in, we might be able to get a bit of construction done by the end of the fall,” Mayhew said.

“It will definitely extend into 2013.”

Mayhew said he didn’t know of any other large MDOT projects for Isabella County in 2012.

“We go through and seal cracks in the road and other small maintenance, but there’s no other big projects planned,” he said.

Mount Pleasant and the Isabella County Road Commission will not be involved with the construction project at the intersection of M-20 and Leaton Road.

“That’s outside the city limits, so we wouldn’t deal with it,” said Jeff Gray, Mount Pleasant’s director of planning and community development.

Although the road commission is not going to be involved with the project, Isabella County Road Superintendent Jim Pohl said assistance isn’t out of the question if necessary.

“If there’s anything that MDOT would need help with, then I’m sure we’d be a good neighbor,” Pohl said. “But that’s MDOT’s project; we don’t really play

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Committee promotes safety for St. Patrick’s Day weekend

By Phil Pomber Staff Reporter

When it comes to St. Patrick’s Day weekend, the Student Services Committee is asking Central Michigan University students to remain safe.

The four Student Government Association committee members stationed at the Towers and library Thursday handed out bags of candy with tags that listed helpful information, such as taxi service phone numbers and tips about how to travel and celebrate responsibly.

Committee member Ga-

brielle Davidson, a California freshman, helped organize the event. She said people are more likely to make safe choices when they know they have safe options easily accessible to them.

“By providing the information of the easy ways to prevent disaster or harm, we hope to prevent any problems for our fellow students,” Davidson said. “Not enough people realize that even if they are not participating in dangerous behavior, if they are going anywhere on a day where dangerous behavior is heightened by others, they can be at a higher risk of harm as well.”

It was the first year for the program, and most students were very receptive to the members, said Lansing senior and Student Services Committee chairperson Tony Grettenberger.

Grettenberger said the program should benefit a variety of students, and it was especially focused on helping freshmen who might not be as familiar with the safety options available to them as older students.

“I just want to encourage students to be responsible and think before they act,” he said. studentlife@cm-life.com

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TALIBAN REJECT TALKS AS KARZAI DEMANDS WESTERN PULLBACK

By Laura King Los Angeles Times (MCT)

KABUL, Afghanistan — In twin blows to American efforts to wage war and negotiate peace in Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai on Thursday demanded a quicker end to the Western combat mission and a pullback of NATO troops from rural

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areas, while the Taliban movement declared a suspension of dialogue with the United States.

The developments capped a week roiled by word that a U.S. Army sergeant was in custody, accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians, including nine children, in a rampage in a pair of villages close to his base in southern Afghanistan. Karzai’s office said he

told visiting Defense Secretary Leon Panetta that by year’s end U.S. troops should be garrisoned only in large bases, abandoning outposts in rural districts like Panjwayi, the scene of Sunday’s shooting deaths.

“Afghanistan’s security forces have the capability to provide security in the villages of Afghanistan,” said a statement from Karzai’s office.

ground, Penn has been busy working in politics and teaching. After volunteering for Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, he held the title of Associate Director at the White House Office of Public Engagement from 2009 to 2011.

Penn also taught two classes in Asian American pop culture

and history of teen movies at the University of Pennsylvania.

He appeared alongside U.S. Rep. John Dingell at the University of Michigan on March 8 as part of the Young Americans for Obama’s Greater Together Student Summit Tour. studentlife@cm-life.com

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ICCSN feels advocacy rewarded by first International Criminal Court conviction

By Ryan Fitzmaurice Staff Reporter

Some Central Michigan University students had reason to take pride in the International Criminal Court handing down its first conviction Wednesday.

Members of CMU’s chapter of the International Criminal Court Student Network reveled in the ICC’s successful trial and unanimous conviction of war criminal Thomas Lubanga Dyilo for enlisting and conscripting children into war.

The ICC, located in The Hague, Netherlands, is a tribunal started in 2002 to try individuals for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.

According to the unamninous decision, Lubanga, a Congolese warlord, drafted and used children under the age of 15 to actively participate in hostilities in The Republic of Congo in order to gain political and military control over the region.

Although CMU’s student chapter of the organization, the ICCSN, did not have an active role in prosecuting Lubanga, they still felt their hard work had been rewarded.

The organization, one of only five university chapters of the ICCSN in the world, has had an active role on campus in raising awareness about the ICC and the issues it addresses.

Last December, the ICCSN sent two members, including current president Mount Pleasant junior Erica Maylee to the United Nations for the 10th Session of the Assembly of States Parties, where they witnessed the election of Fatou Bensouda as the new Chief Prosecutor of the ICC. In addition, they participate in a weekly radioshow at blogtalkradio.com at 7 p.m. Tuesdays called Ethics Talk and recently sent two students to The Hague for a conference held by the ICC on Lubanga.

“We’re a small group, but we do a lot,” Maylee said.

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St. Clair Shores senior Marissa Harden listens to Mount Pleasant junior Erica Maylee Wednesday in Anspach 157 during the International Criminal Court Student Network – Central Michigan Chapter meeting. Wednesday morning, the ICC found Thomas Lubanga of the Dominican Republic of Congo guilty of conscripting and enlisting children to participate in the country’s civil war. It was the first ruling since the court was established in 2002.

CMU’s chapter of ICCSN is currently composed of only five students. With Maylee serving as president, the group also includes Plymouth junior Megan Blue, Saint Clair Shores senior Marissa Harden, Flushing junior Rebeccah Woodke and a former Central Michigan Life employee, Grand Rapids senior Randi Shaffer.

Maylee said the decision to convict Lubanga was motivational for her.

“For me, the announcement is really moving and inspiring” Maylee said. “To actually accomplish a case is a crucial step for the ICC.” Shaffer said the verdict will allow the ICC to be more effective in dealing with war criminals.

“One of the things I’m really stoked about — it’s gong to set a precedent,” Shaffer said. “The Lubanga case has ended after 10 years; it is our first verdict, and it sends a clear message.”

Harden said the decision will bring much-needed attention to their group.

“For me, I think it is something people can no longer ignore,” Harden said. “They

know now we exist.”

Bringing awareness to the ICC has been one of the ICCSN’s main perogatives throughout the chapter’s two-year history. The United States is not currently a member state of the ICC, and very few people on and off campus know what the ICC is or what they accomplish.

“My parents don’t even know what it is,” Blue said.

The group plans will be holding events in April, which is Human Rights Month, to help raise awareness for the ICC. Shaffer said the Kony 2012 movement, a movement by the group Invisible Children to bring attention to Joseph Kony, a Ugandan warlord who has direct parallels to Lubanga in the fact that he also drafts children under 15 for soldiers, was a clear example for the group.

“Lubanga was convicted, and no one knew, no one noticed, no one cared.” Shaffer said. “Yet if Kony gets arrested by the ICC, it is going to get attention. That is what we are trying to accomplish here on campus as well.” studentlife@cm-life.com

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Zach Horan’s run ends in NCAA tourney

By Jeff papworth Staff Reporter

Zach Horan’s record was 1211 overall and 0-1 in the MidAmerican Conference when the regular season concluded.

The three-time high school state runner-up was not pleased, so he phoned his former high school coach.

“I was really down on myself.

I didn’t have very much confidence, and for the first time in my life, I was losing a lot of matches,” Horan said. “I called my high school coach, and he told me you can split it up into two seasons. You got the regular season, and the postseason and anything can happen in the postseason.”

Something has happened.

To begin the NCAA Championships Thursday at St Louis, Horan upset No. 12 seed Bryan Ortenzio of Penn to clinch his fourth-consecutive postseason victory.

He was down 3-0 entering the third period and won 5-4 with a last second takedown.

“I know I needed to do something when the third period started,” he said. “He was favored to beat me anyways, so why not just give it all I got. So in the last two minutes, I tried to pull something out. So I just went for it.

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Trey Zeigler sits at Mount Pleasant High School after signing his letter of intent to play at Central Michigan April 15, 2010. Now, after his dad was fired Wednesday morning he is pondering leaving.

starting over?

Trey Zeigler, others appear ready to leave basketball program

By Aaron McMann | University Editor

He was the talk of the town two years ago, a star prospect staying home to play college basketball for his father.

Now, sophomore guard Trey Zeigler could very well be out the door and on a new campus come the fall.

After the firing of Central Michigan head men’s basketball coach Ernie Zeigler Wednesday morning, Trey fueled speculation of a possible departure when he took to Twitter. “It’s been real,” he wrote.

The tweet was later deleted, but he came back in the afternoon with another post: “Appreciate all the love.. time to start a new chapter in my life.”

When contacted Wednesday morning after news broke of his father’s release, Trey said he had a conversation with his father about his future after a morning team meeting but declined to elaborate.

“We don’t really know what the next move is yet,” he said.

“It’s going to be a while before I make a decision.”

A hot prospect out of high

Freshman of the Year honors.

Despite his impressive season, the Chippewas fell flat and finished the season with a 10-21 record, Ernie Zeigler’s worst season of his six-year tenure at CMU. Trey posted similar numbers this season, averaging 15.8 points and 6.7 rebounds per game, but the losing continued and Zeigler’s poor freethrow shooting was exposed (he shot less than 50 percent from the line).

school, Trey made the decision to stay home and play for CMU in April 2010. A runner-up for the Michigan Mr. Basketball award, he averaged more than 24 points and 10 rebounds per game his senior season at Mount Pleasant High School, leading the Oilers to the regional finals in the MHSAA state tournament.

In his freshman season at CMU, Zeigler averaged better than 16 points and five rebounds per game, setting the program’s single-season freshman scoring record and coming one vote shy of Mid-American Conference

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Zeigler’s firing was needed His voice cracked, and then he paused for a moment.

“People have opinions, I respect that,” Central Michigan athletics director Dave Heeke said Wednesday. “But bottom line: it’s about our student-athletes and it’s about the people that try to work together to make this thing work. It’s hard when you got to let somebody go.”

Deep down, he may not have wanted to do it. But one week after another early exit from the MidAmerican Conference tournament, Heeke pulled the trigger and fired men’s basketball head coach Ernie Zeigler.

He may not have wanted to do it, realizing the chainreaction player exodus it would create — including the likely departure of Ernie’s son and CMU poster boy Trey.

But it had to be done.

Six years of ups and downs, from back-to-back MAC West Division titles to players leaving the program for varying reasons, finally came to an end.

From the start, when he was hired in 2006, Zeigler had everything against him. The program was in a bad way, coming off one of the worst seasons in CMU history. It was obvious Mount Pleasant was not a basketball destination, and aging facilities didn’t help matters.

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MarcH 12, 2009: CMU GETS EARLY EXIT IN MAC TOURNEY

Zeigler beat out more than 50 applicants for the job, including Michigan State assistant Mark Montgomery and Mott Community College coach Steve Schmidt. Heeke said the Michigan native’s contract includes a four-year deal worth $150,000 annually, plus incentives and an option for another year.

14-17 (8-8)

2006-2007

After winning the West division, the basketball team lost 81-60 in the MAC quarterfinals to Akron. “It was a tough way to end our season,” Ernie said.

“We had, in our minds, different aspirations for things to turn out in different ways.”

2007-2008

15-15 (9-7) MAC West Champions

2008-2009

Zeigler was given a technical foul after throwing his suit jacket on the ground and arguing a call. He said after that, he doesn’t believe in moral victories after nearly beating Toledo. “We’re starting to build toughness,” Zeigler said.

13-18 (7-9 in Mid-American Conference)

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12-19 (7-9) MAC West Champions

After six years as CMU head coach and no winning seasons to show for, Heeke fired Ernie Zeigler. “We appreciate his efforts,” Heeke said.

aprIl 15, 2010:

“At the end of the day, I couldn’t leave my dad,” is what Trey said after getting scholarship offers from different major colleges. He chose to stay in Mount Pleasant and play for his dad.

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

“When you’re a 10-21 team, it’s a direct result of not having that type of leadership, especially during tough times,” Ernie said.

Trey Zeigler was just shy of winning MAC Freshman of the Year, but his father said he was not expected to be a leader.

Ernie’s contract gets four more years at the same base salary of $175,446.

“We anticipate success,” Athletics Director Dave Heeke said. aprIl 13, 2010: ERNIE GETS FOUR-YEAR EXTENTION

ZEIGLER SNAPS AT OFFICIAL

11-21 (5-12)

10-21 (7-9)

MarcH 8, 2011: ERNIE SAID NO LEADERSHIP AFTER FRUSTRATING SEASON

Women’s basketball loses in WNIT

By Brandon Champion Staff Reporter

The Central Michigan women’s basketball team’s season came to an end Thursday night losing 69-68 to Illinois State in the first round of the WNIT. It was the second-straight season CMU played at Normal, Ill. against Illinois State in the first round of the WNIT. After last season’s 72-59 loss, CMU was hoping for a different result this time around.

Freshman forward Jas’Mine Bracey went to the line with CMU trailing by two with eight seconds left. She made the first but missed the second.

After three CMU fouls, ISU junior guard Jamie Russell went to the line with 2.7 seconds left. She missed the front end of a one-and-one, but junior guard Brandie Baker’s half-court heave was off the mark and the Red Birds won.

ISU held a double-digit advantage for most of the second half until a 3-point shot sophomore guard Niki DiGuilio sparked an 11-0 CMU run at the 3:42 mark of the second half, which gave the Chippewas a 67-64 lead with 1:32 to go.

A 3-pointer by ISU junior guard Candace Sykes gave the Red Birds the 69-67 lead with

17 seconds left.

CMU led by 13 points half way through the first half, but hot 3-point shooting by ISU senior guard Katie Broadway led a furious charge over the last 10 minutes of the first half to give the Red Birds a 31-28 lead at halftime.

Freshman guard Crystal Bradford led the Chippewas with 23 points and 11 rebounds. Bracey also recorded a double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds.

The Chippewas finish the season with an overall record of 20-16. sports@cm-life.com

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Freshman guard Crystal Bradford splits two defenders Feb. 15 during CMU’s game against Toledo at McGuirk Arena in Mount Pleasant. Bradford finished with 23 points in CMU’s 69-68 loss against Illinois State Thursday night.

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Final preparations before MAC competition in Hoosier Classic Chippewas take on Michigan State, Indiana this weekend

By Adam Niemi Staff Reporter

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Gymnastics coach Jerry Reighard would be very surprised if senior all-arounder Kristin Teubner (above) does not win her secondstraight Mid-American Conference Player of the Year award.

MAC championship on the line Saturday against Western Michigan

By Seth Newman Staff Reporter

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The Central Michigan gymnastics team will be looking to win the MidAmerican Conference title outright Saturday at 1 p.m. at McGuirk Arena against Western Michigan.

WMU is second in the MAC, and a win would put both schools at 4-1 in conference sharing the regular season title.

In head coach Jerry Reighard’s 28 years of coaching, he said this championship meet might be the most special.

“I’m very excited about anything Central versus Western,” Reighard said.

“This is the first time since I’ve coached here that is a Central and Western championship meet.”

The Broncos are having their best year in a long time.

Reighard said it’s unusual for WMU to be in the championship hunt this late in the season.

“Yes, it’s the first time that they have an opportunity to get a share of it,” Reighard said. “They can’t win it, but they can earn a share of it with us. I think this is the first time that they have a shot at

it since 1988.”

CMU senior Kristin Teubner won MAC Gymnast of the Year last season. With her MAC GymJerry Reighard nast of the Week honors racking up, she is looking at winning MAC Gymnast of the Year back-toback.

Reighard said it’s her award to lose.

“I think it’d be hardpressed for the coaches to unite and find someone else that is Kristin,” Reighard said. “I’d be very surprised if that happened. She’s had a great senior year, and she is the leader in the conference, and has won in the head-tohead competitions.”

As the leaders of the team, Teubner, Samantha Piotrowski and Brittany Petzold are trying to keep the team focused on what’s at stake.

“I think the team is very focused,” Reighard said. “It’s going to be a great meet; it’s the two best regular season teams going at it. They have some very high-scoring individuals, as we do.

We’re matching our kids, up

against their kids. I think it will come down to the last routine for both teams.”

All season, CMU has been in first place in the MAC. The Chippewas are currently undefeated in conference play; this is their third-straight conference crown.

Reighard is confident the team will stay in first place after Sunday.

“Absolutely, I like our chances,” Reighard said.

“We’re in the driver’s seat; if this was some other sport on campus, and it was Central vs Western in a championship, the campus would be buzzing.”

Reighard is trying to rally Central Michigan’s student body to support the team against WMU. “I’m trying to get the word out there,” Reighard said.

“I’ve been on radio twice, and we are doing St. Patrick’s Day festivities. We are having a Facebook contest. Students will register for a CMU gymnast, and the gymnast with the biggest support, that group will win a T-shirt.

“We just have to get the word out there that this is CMU vs WMU for the MAC title.”

The Central Michigan softball team takes a fivegame winning streak to Bloomington, Ind. for the Hoosier Classic.

CMU begins the weekend against North Dakota (815) today at 12:15 p.m. The Chippewas play a second game against Indiana (1113) at 4:45 p.m.

H e a d c o a c h M a r g o Margo Jonker Jonker said it is most important for the team to continue to improve ahead of what she said looks to be a formidable conference schedule. She said the team’s main goal has been and will continue to be weekly improvement.

“If we continue to play

that type of team softball, we’ll have a fun weekend,” Jonker said. “Play the game well physically, as well as mentally; get the lead run when appropriate, get the outs when appropriate ...

The conference looks to be pretty strong this year, and we need to take advantage of each opportunity we get to take the field.”

Saturday, CMU will play two games beginning at 10 a.m. The opener is against the University of IllinoisChicago, and then the Chippewas play Michigan State (7-15) at 12:15 p.m.

The final game of the weekend is Sunday against Wright State (7-9) at 2:30 p.m.

It is the last tune-up before facing Mid-American Conference opponents throughout the rest of the season.

Jonker said a large reason the Chippewas (8-9) have a five-game winning streak is because of improvements in the team’s young talent. A majority of the team are underclassmen — four freshmen and eight sophomores.

“Our freshmen have

“The conference looks to be pretty strong this year.”

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“We have quite a young infield, with CarolAnn (Sexauer) and Chelsea (DeLamielleure).”

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Junior utility-woman Summer Knoop has a sevengame hit steak, while junior Macy Merchant has a six game streak.

Senior Molly Coldren will look to get a hit in her sixth straight game against North Dakota.

Jonker said the players’ efforts in after-practice workouts have also contributed to better play. She said she noticed the extra work by Knoop.

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Dwight Howard staying with Magic

By Josh Robbins The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)

After a series of bizarre twists and turns over the last few days Dwight Howard, waived the early termination option in his current contract, a decision that means he will remain with the Orlando Magic for the 2012-13 season.

The formal announcement was made at a press conference at Amway Center in which Howard was flanked by Magic Chief Executive Officer Alex Martins and Magic General Manager Otis Smith.

“It’s been very tough for me the past couple of months to make a decision,” Howard said. “I’ve gone back and forth.

It’s not as easy as people think.

It’s very hard.

“I just love this city too much. I love the people here. I love this organization.”

Martins said: “First of all, I want to thank Dwight. I want to thank Dwight for his loyalty.

“The city of Orlando is a great city. We have the best basketball fans in all of the world, and this is a great place to compete for an NBA championship, and that’s been our goal as an organization for a long time.”

Howard’s decision is a stunning move. For weeks and months, Howard was intent on becoming a free agent, and the free agency process was viewed as a prize in and of itself.

“He is giving up all of his leverage and his free agency in a show of commitment to his team and, most importantly, the fans of Orlando,” Kevin Samples, Howard’s manager, said earlier in the day.

The Magic had insisted on receiving paperwork that would eliminate the language in Howard’s contract that would enable him to end his contract a year early and become a free agent in July. Eliminating that early termination clause, sometimes referred to as an “out clause,” serves as insurance for the Magic.

The paperwork has been filed, and, contrary to initial

indications from the league office and from the Magic.

Magic officials had decided they were going to trade the perennial All-Star and the reigning three-time Defensive Player of the Year if he did not commit to the franchise for at least one more season. If Howard had become a free agent this summer, he could have signed elsewhere and left the team with no compensation.

The franchise had been down that road before, with disastrous consequences. Shaquille O’Neal signed with the Los Angeles Lakers after the 1995-96 season, and the Magic received no players or draft picks in return.

Smith said there were “five or six” teams that showed serious interest in acquiring Howard before the deadline Thursday.

Howard is set to earn $19.5 million from the Magic next season. Had he gone to a larger market, Howard could have received a much larger deal from adidas when it came time to negotiate a new contract with the shoe and apparel company.

“I want this city to know I love them and I love this team, and I want them to believe in us and believe in what we can accomplish,” Howard said.

The Magic have a 28-16 record and have the fifth-best winning percentage in the NBA. Howard’s stunning decision sends ripple effects throughout the entire league.

Now that Howard will not sign with the New Jersey Nets this summer, Nets All-Star point guard Deron Williams could decide to leave the Nets via free agency.

Smith revealed that Howard told team officials he wanted to sign the waiver of his out clause after he disembarked from the team plane, but Smith advised Howard to sleep on it.

“I’d have been less of a man if I had done anything before that,” Smith said.

Howard acknowledged that he flip-flopped for weeks. He said he had trouble sleeping.

He said he went long periods without eating anything.

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Freshman pitcher Matt Trowbridge pitches during the CMU game against Davenport Wednesday at Theunissen Stadium. He allowed six hits and four runs.

Baseball holds off Davenport for 15-7 win

By John Manzo Staff Reporter

In what seemed to be a marathon, the Central Michigan baseball team beat Davenport Wednesday afternoon at Theunissen Stadium 15-7.

CMU blew a 3-0 lead against Madonna Tuesday but avoided a catastrophe during a bases-loaded threat from Davenport in the fourth inning, winning in front of 305 fans in a game that lasted three hours and 17 minutes.

“We were really excited yesterday to start at home with the nice weather, and it was a bit of a disappointment, so I think it was a little bit of a wake-up call,” junior Jordan Dean said.

“We had two nice crowds, so getting the win today was definitely huge.”

Freshman starting pitcher Matt Trowbridge pitched out of the jam, allowing one run and left three Panthers batters stranded in the inning.

CMU pulled a 360-degree turnaround on Davenport in the bottom half of the inning when it accumulated a bases-loaded threat of its own but capitalized.

Nick Regnier started a five-run outburst with a single to the shortstop. After walks by Randon Henika and Tyler Huntey, Panthers pitcher Corey Hammond walked his third-straight batter, scoring Regnier.

Dean plated two runners with a single, and senior William Arnold hit a sac fly, scoring Tom Lally.

Dean swiped second base after senior Nate Theunissen advanced him on a groundout, and senior Sam

Russell scored Dean after reaching on error.

CMU scored five runs on just two hits in the inning but had a 7-1 lead after the fourth.

“We got a few hits that we weren’t able to get yesterday,” head coach Steve Jaksa said. “Jordan Dean got a big hit in that situation there, right over the second baseman’s head. And then we got a sac fly, and then we just kept the thing rolling from there.”

Huntey started the fifth inning with a double off Zach Liebman and scored when Dean singled up the middle.

Arnold then doubled-in Dean, and Davenport went to the bullpen for the fifth time. Then, Russell singled-in Arnold, but the run stopped when Reid Rooney grounded out for a fielder’s

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Watch CMU’s best athletic team in action Saturday “They all fall a little short when it comes to CMU’s best athletic program: Gymnastics.”

Seth Newman Staff Reporter OK Central Michigan students, pop quiz time. On the time that you’ve been on campus, which athletic program has been the best?

It’s not the football program that none of you have probably went to see.

It’s not the basketball team that is currently falling apart at the seams.

Women’s soccer comes close, and so does wrestling.

But they all fall a little short when it comes to

CMU’s best athletic program: Gymnastics.

Gymnastics has won two Mid-American Conference titles in a row, and have a third clinched, going for the outright title Saturday.

The last time the gymnastics team lost to a MAC opponent was more than two years ago.

Saturday, CMU hosts Western Michigan, our biggest rival in a championship meet. The atmosphere for any other sporting event featuring these two schools for a championship would be wild.

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beat WMU in a championship meeting.

The meet is on Saturday at 1 p.m., yes, St. Patrick’s Day, but it fits in perfectly.

You can start your St. Patrick’s Day festivities early, whatever they include, and take a two-hour break at McGuirk Arena to cheer and go nuts for CMU. After CMU beats WMU for the championship, (yes CMU is that good where I can say that with ease) you can cap the rest of your day celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with a Chippewas Championship over the arch-rival.

In case you didn’t know, the gymnastics team has one of the best athletes in the country in senior Kris-

choice but not before the Chippewas posted a 10-1 lead.

The Panthers posed a threat in the sixth inning when it forced Trowbridge out of the game with a three-run rally, but it wasn’t enough to surpass the twoinning implosion from CMU. Trowbridge pitched 5 1/3 innings, allowing six hits and four runs – all earned and struck out four batters on 107 pitches for the win.

Dean went 3-for-6 with five RBIs, and Arnold went 1-for-4 with three RBIs. The Chippewas travel to Cookeville, Tenn. today where they face Tennessee Tech in a three-game series before a four-game homestand against Northwood/ Buffalo. sports@cm-life.com

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tin Teubner. She won MAC Gymnast of the Year last year and is well on her way to win it again this year.

I was hesitant to cover gymnastics at the beginning of the year, but it has easily turned into one of my favorite sports to watch in person. The routines and events that these girls do are close to dare-devil stunts. One wrong move and their back, neck or leg could easily be broken, but they have no sense of fear.

It’s truly something to witness, and you can witness it at the top level of collegiate competition.

Come to McGuirk Arena at 1 pm on St. Patrick’s Day, and witness the birth of another CMU championship team. Then go out and celebrate the victory with some refreshments.

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Baseball coach Steve Jaksa gets milestone 301st victory

By Kristopher Lodes Staff Reporter

In 2003, the Central Michigan baseball program named just its sixth head coach since 1953 in Steve Jaksa.

Over spring break, Jaska recorded win No. 300 at CMU and Wednesday win No. 301.

“For me, I’ve got good players and good coaches, and we’ve got a good program and that’s the kind of thing we want to keep going,” Jaksa said. “If you can average 30 wins a year and have a little more here and there then you’re probably doing some good things overall.”

Earlier in the season, Jaksa talked about how the team was a family. From the current to former players and coaches and all of their families this program has reached a lot of people and Jaksa

Column | continued from 1b

Despite all of that, Zeigler found a way to win some games. He posted a respectable – at least by CMU standards – 13-18 record, going 7-9 in the MAC, his first year on the job.

He improved both records by one game the next season and looked to have a grasp on the program. CMU won its first MAC West Division title in 200809, despite finishing 12-19, and followed that up with another division title and 15-15 record in 2009-10.

When spring 2010 rolled around, things were supposed to change for the better. Zeigler received a four-year contract extension, and son Trey agreed

horan | continued from 1b

“Most of the postseason, pretty much everyone I’ve wrestled has been favored to beat me, and I’ve just been going and wrestling as hard as I can.”

Just by stepping foot on the mats at the NCAA Wrestling Championships, Central Michigan’s Mike Ottinger and Horan accomplished something no pair of Chippewas true freshman had ever done.

No more than one true freshman had earned a berth in a single NCAA postseason tournament for CMU, until this season.

“I think it’s great. It shows that we have a bright future for our program,” Horan said. “Mike

has been at the helm for 10 years now.

“He’s a great guy and a great coach, and we’re going to be the first ones in his heart next to his family,” junior shortstop Jordan Dean said. “We’re like his second family, and he always reiterates that and to be here these past couple years and be a part of that 300th win means a lot to me.”

In his nine previous years as head coach, his team has posted just two losing records (2003, 09), and 2004 he was honored MAC Coach of the Year, the first a CMU coach has been named since Dave Kreiner in 1993.

The only thing Jaksa hasn’t done is win the MAC Tournament Championship, something the Chippewas haven’t done since 1995, which was their last NCAA Tournament appearance.

“That is where we want our

program to be, and that is the expectations of the guys on the team and the coaching staff,” Jaksa said. “Part of that is longevity, and in this business, you’ve got to keep a good product on the field so you can stay in the dugout.”

Jaksa won the MAC regularseason Championship in 2004 and has won back-to-back MAC West Championships.

His 301 career wins with CMU is third most in program history behind Dave Keilitz’s 453 wins (1971-84) and Kreiner’s 516 wins (1985-98).

Jaksa joined the Chippewas coaching staff in 1999 and was an assistant behind Judd Folske until becoming the head coach for the 2003 season. He had previous head coaching experience at Northwood University. sports@cm-life.com

to stay home, and play for his dad, helping usher in the highest-ranked recruiting class in program and conference history.

Coupled with the new $22 million CMU Events Center, the program – considered a bottom feeder in the MAC — was expected to hit new heights.

Records set, MAC titles won and NCAA tournament trips revisited – it was all there.

But something from the start didn’t seem right. Even with a quicker, more athletic team than he had before, a run-andgun style offense bombed. Injuries and health issues plagued a young frontcourt, forcing Zeigler and his staff to implement a ‘quick fix’ in the form of junior college transfers.

Transfers and departures became an annual thing – not one

player who started his career in the program graduated from CMU – and it was reflected last season when the program fell below the NCAA Academic Progress Rate of 925.

On the court, things were just as bad with no real improvement. The same bland, onedimensional offense was present for the last two years, and it appeared like even Trey could not do anything to save it.

As much as it hurt for those who grew close to the Zeigler family and coaching staff, cleaning house was exactly what the program needed.

Ernie had his chance, through the good, bad and ugly and often seemed just a step or two away from breaking through the glass ceiling.

Hopefully, for the sake of the program, the new hire will.

and I live together. We both work very hard. We’re both far away from home, which isn’t very easy for us, and we just kind of been feeding off each other.”

Horan lost in the second round to No. 5 Joe Colon of Northern Iowa 9-2. The score was not indicative of the match.

The desperation Horan used to win the first four postseason matches of his career wasn’t enough for him to take down Colon.

Ottinger had a more successful season than his cohort, but lost 3-2 to Coleman Gracey of Army, despite grabbing the only takedown of the match.

Three of seven CMU wrestlers in the NCAA Championships left the first round unscathed.

Ben Bennett of the 184-pound division showed his experience in his third trip to the NCAA Championships by winning his first match 9-1.

Heavyweight Peter Sturgeon tallied his first career win in the NCAA Championships 5-4.

He then lost to No. 2 Tony Nelson of Minnesota 6-0.

Joe Roth of the 125-pound division could not beat Purdue’s Camden Eppert for a second time this season.

Scott Mattingly and Donnie Corby will also have to participate in wrestlebacks after losing. Third place will be their highest attainable placing.

CMU is currently ranked 24th out of the 78-team field.

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Ernie Zeigler could not be reached for comment.

He will likely have a lot of options should he decide to leave CMU at semester’s end.

Michigan (Trey once said U-M head coach John Beilein “wanted (him) bad”) and UCLA (Ernie Zeigler served as an assistant there under current head coach Ben Howland) heavily recruited him, while perennial power Michigan State and Arizona State also extended offers.

The University of DetroitMercy, featuring father-son combo Ray McCallum Sr. and Jr., is another possibility. Trey played AAU ball with McCallum Jr. and knows Ernie has a friendly relationship with Sr. Juwan Howard Jr. left Western Michigan last offseason and transferred to UDM, where he will have three years of eligibility left starting next season.

One thing is clear, however.

“I’m not playing D(ivision) II basketball,” Trey said Wednesday. “… In time, we’ll see what happens.”

McBroom says goodbye, Keel ponders future Freshman guard Austin McBroom made his intentions clear Wednesday after Zeigler’s firing, tweeting: “Bye bye Central, it’s been a pleasure!” He followed that up later in the day with, “I would like to thank Central Michigan University for everything and all the support from the fans!! #fireupchips” A Zeigler recruit, the North Hollywood, Calif., native quickly solidified himself as a scorer and one of the team’s best ball handlers. He averaged just under 11 points per game and was a team-best 81.6 percent from the freethrow line.

He could not be reached for comment, and it is unclear where he will end up next season.

Austin Keel, a freshman guard who saw playing time this season, is also pondering his future.

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“Life will put you in some crazy situations #what2do,” Keel tweeted Wednesday afternoon. He followed that up with “to stay or not to stay #thatisthequestion.”

Keel helped lead Winter Park High School to the Florida Class 6A state championship his senior season, a team that also included Duke freshman sensation Austin Rivers.

CMU Athletics Director Dave Heeke acknowledged the impact a coaching change would have on the team, saying he hopes each of them decides to stay at CMU. He said if players do decide to go elsewhere, they must finish out the current academic semester in order to remain eligible to play college athletics.

“That’s what our goal always is when we recruit someone,” Heeke said.

“They’ll have an opportunity to meet the new staff when they’re on board, and we’ll support them with the direction that they want to go.” sports@cm-life.com

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Meet Stephanie MMCC STUDENT. MAJOR SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT.

At nine years old, Stephanie lost her mother to breast cancer. Two years later, her father died of cancer as well.

“That was a dark time,” Stephanie remembers, “but I didn’t let it control me or make me quit on myself. I decided that I’d grow up and try to make a difference for other kids like I was—those who lost their parents and need some extra support.”

Stephanie found a lot of support at MMCC. Due in part to help from MMCC employees, she received the largest private scholarship offered to community college transfer students and will receive up to $30,000 to finish her bachelor’s degree at CMU. Her degree will help her pursue a career in cancer research.

Only three other students from Michigan have received this scholarship since its establishment in 2000. Only 60 awards were granted this year from 785 applications.

Those are tough odds, But, then again, Stephanie’s had to face tough odds before. And Mid Michigan Community College has helped her get started.

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