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Mariah Wilson | Staff Photographer President George Ross smiles after the Board of Trustee committee meeting ​on Feb. 14 in the President’s Conference Room.

INDEX NEWS

05 The numbers add up

Administrator not pleased with fall 2017 figure, but said it was anticipated.

10 Make a splash for cash

Polar Plunge charity event aims to raise $75,000 for Special Olympics Michigan on Feb. 17.

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06 Go see a game at McGuirk

With only five more games left in the women’s basketball season, don’t miss your chance to possibly be a part of history

SPORTS 13 Bullpen changeup

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More parking part of proposed residential project

By Sara Kellner Staff Reporter news@cm-life.com

A plan to add a new parking lot to Central Michigan University’s campus is part of the Student Residential Life project.

Barrie Wilkes, vice president of Finance and Administrative Services, presented to members of the board of trustees Feb. 14 as part of the Finance and Facilities Committee.

Four committees met a day before the board’s formal meeting on Feb. 15.

Wilkes presented a proposed update and add-on to south campus, which includes Merrill, Sweeney, Thorpe and Beddow halls.

According to the plan, a 500-space parking lot (Lot 75) will be added to the grassy area on the south side of Broomfield Street.

The plan includes updating Merrill residential restaurant and adding buildings on the north and south ends of the community that will house 500 students.

The plan also includes removing Lot 45, located between Sweeney and Thorpe halls, and turning the space into a community area.

This proposal will be voted on by the trustees at its April 19 formal meeting.

“Our plan is to win formal approval of the plan at the April meeting and break ground this summer,” Wilkes said.

Wilkes also proposed standardizing tuition rates for all U.S. residents. Currently, out-of-state students can qualify for the President’s Award, which gives them in-state tuition if their high school grade point average was higher than 2.75. Wilkes said 85 percent of out-of-state students receive the President’s Award.

Finance and Facilities Committee Chair William Kanine believes the change will make CMU more competitive for outof-state students.

Students all over the nation can enroll in Global Campus and pay in-state tuition rates, Wilkes said.

“If you’re a student taking a class in Atlanta, you can enroll in Global Campus and pay in-state rate, but if you jump on a plane to Mount Pleasant and take classes here, you have to pay outof-state rates,” Wilkes said.

Academic and Student Affairs Committee Ian Davison, senior vice provost for Academic Organizational Review, provided an update on the Academic Organizational Review and its committees.

Committee I will vote on efforts to reorganize colleges this fall. Preliminary recommendations were released to the public Jan. 29. Davison said he had confidence in a proposal rearranging of the College of Education and Human Services that would included a new Department of Fashion and Interior Design.

Committees II and III will provide their feedback in the middle of March.

Committee II had proposed consolidating economic advising into one executive with more authority.

“The single most important thing we can do is strengthen advising,” Davison said.

Charles Crespy, dean of the College of Business Administration, announced the college will attempt to grow its certified students by 10 percent.

Crespy also announced a partnership with the College of Medicine that will allow medical students to graduate with a Master of Business Administration degree.

He plans to implement a questionnaire that would track students six months after graduation.

Crespy also announced that CBA would allow students to receive a bachelor’s degree in business with the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration curriculum.

Trustees-Faculty Liaison Committee

Trustees discussed the importance of program review as it applied to the reduction or elimination, enhancement and creation of different academic programs.

Mary Senter, a professor of sociology, said the review provides an overall rating of a program, which can then be used to help decide whether to begin the elimination process of the program or to invest more into a program.

The review process is extensive and is done every five years unless the program is for specialized accreditation. It includes a faculty self-study, an external reviewer and many different discussions with the chair of the department. Aspects analyzed in the review incorporate features like the number of students enrolled in the program and how well students do after graduation.

Also at the meeting, Joanne Dannenhoffer, a biology professor specializing in microscopy, presented the biology microscopy program as a “point of pride.”

Dannenhoffer explained that CMU’s microscopy program is one of the only four-year programs for this field of study in the country. She emphasized her students’ research in the field.

“My research collaborators at other institutions are always amazed at the quality that our students produce and that they’re undergrads,” Dannenhoffer said.

The program has received $1.5 million in grants during the past few years. These grants have been used to buy two new microscopes: a transmission electron microscope and a confocal scanning microscope.

Students in this program have gone on to work in companies like Dow Chemical Co. and hospitals such as Johns Hopkins.

Trustees-Student Liaison Committee Student Government Association President Anna Owens addressed the passing of three pieces of legislation during the

Mariah Wilson | Staff Photographer President George Ross smiles after the Board of Trustees committee meeting o ​ n Feb. 14 in the President’s Conference Room.

2017-18 academic year. The legislation supports free menstrual products, a food pantry on campus and amendments to CMU’s current bereavement amnesty policy.

Sexual Assault Peer Advocates Director Brooke Oliver-Hempenstall, assistant director Megan

Varner and Northville graduate student Jasmine Valentine discussed the impact of SAPA volunteers on CMU’s campus.

Oliver-Hempenstall said CMU is ahead of the curve when it comes to sexual aggression services and programming. She added that SAPA has

existed for 20 years, averages six contacts a week and has grown its volunteer pool from 12 in its first year to 60 this year.

Residence Hall Assembly Director Jasmine Alverado said the security measures implemented in the Towers Residence Halls this past fall have been successful and the RHA will be implementing the same identification devices in East Campus residence halls in the next few years.

Program Board President Marissa Mattioli updated trustees on Program Board’s plans for the upcoming year, reporting the organization has 57 events scheduled. Only one of the events will be of cost to students: the Jesse McCartney concert March 22 in Finch Fieldhouse.

Staff Reporters Jeremy Agosta, Bridget Bittmann and Quinn Kirby contributed to this article.

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Enrollment decline leads to focus on recruiting efforts “We pay particular attention (to) the credentials of the incoming class — making sure those don’t drop before we look at the total number of students that are available,” Johnson said.

Undergraduate enrollment dropped to 17,845 from 18,769 JOHNSON: in Fall 2016, according to the “We fully embrace (online) as one of Office of Institutional Research. the options for CMU also recruited 3,076 freshdelivering a quality men (First Time in Any Coleducation.” lege) and 1,121 transfer students compared to 3,487 and 1,381, respectively, in Fall 2016. Minority enrollment stayed at about 22 percent, or about the same as last year.

In Fall 2010, when Ross began his tenure as president, CMU’s main campus enrollment was 21,298. Main campus enrollment has declined every year since Fall 2010 except for Fall 2014. That year, 19,897 students were enrolled on Main Campus compared to 19,642 in Fall 2013.

By Evan Sasiela University Editor news@cm-life.com

Steven Johnson is not pleased with Central Michigan University’s Fall 2017 enrollment number.

The 2018-2022 Strategic Enrollment Management Plan that Johnson and his division have drafted is designed to recruit prospective students and retain them until graduation.

Johnson, CMU’s vice president of Enrollment and Student Services, said Michigan’s decreasing high school population is one reason enrollment dropped to 23,335, or about 4 percent fewer students compared to Fall 2016. The university usually attracts about 3-3.4 percent of Michigan’s high school graduates, Johnson said. This fall, CMU recruited only 3 percent of those graduates compared to last year’s 3.1 percent.

“We always want more (and) better but (President George Ross) has been very conscious to making sure we don’t compromise quality,” Johnson said.

The high school grade point average for this year’s incoming freshmen class was 3.36, with an average SAT score of 1,104.6.

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SURE SHOT Go see a women's basketball game and be a part of history

Women’s Basketball Schedule

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e often talk about school pride and Chippewa spirit during key points in the academic year — Welcome Weekend, homecoming and graduation are some of them.

It’s fun to get swept up in the pomp and circumstance of Central Michigan University when it’s warm out or when students and alumni gather together for a shared experience.

Getting off the couch to go and support your school after another EDITORIAL February snowstorm? That’s something else.

We are proud of the Central Michigan women’s basketball team. This year’s Chippewas have a chance to make their mark in history by winning the Mid-American Conference Tournament and earning a spot in the NCAA Tournament in March.

With only five games left this season – three of which are at home – it would be silly to miss an opportunity to see arguably one of the finest teams of athletes on campus.

Go support the ladies who are riding on the shoulders of 50 years of program history, ready to put their own mark in the record books. Following Wednesday’s heartbreaking loss to the Buffalo Bulls in New York, you only have a few chances left to see the team before it travels to the MAC Tournament — possibly as the No. 1 seed.

See them now, so you don’t regret it later.

Central Michigan women’s basketball has a chance to make history.

Be a part of it. Be there and show them you care.

Eastern Michigan University 1 p.m. Feb. 17 Northern Illinois University 7 p.m. Feb. 21 Western Michigan, Kalamazoo 2 p.m. Feb. 24 Ball State University 7 p.m. Feb. 28 University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio 2 p.m. March 3

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Going on record, telling the truth creates better journalism In my time working at Central Michigan Life so far, I have met so many people and experienced this university in a unique way.

The students whose stories I’ve told have shown me a new perspective.

The administrators and faculty members I have interviewed have exhibited how passionate they are about the students and the university.

We don’t always get that same eager response from other sources.

Some people would rather stay silent than share their perspectives and expertise on a topic. Some say they don’t have time.

Talk to us.

Please. For the sake of the truth, the university and the students — talk to us.

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body. We want to report on the topics and issues that affect Central Michigan University. We can’t do that without you — the staff, faculty and students.

We want to be your guide to the what is happening on campus and around the community. We care about the things you care about.

For a story to be well-rounded and complete, we need to hear from a wide

variety of sources. We need your perspectives and your thoughts.

To the different entities around campus who are always thrilled to meet with us and give us your time — thank you. We and everyone on this campus appreciate the time and effort you take to contribute to these stories that will in turn inform and benefit the general public.

I know administrators and faculty members are busy. So are student journalists. I know some students are afraid of coming forward with information, believing they might make an organization look bad by speaking out. I know there is more on a person’s daily plate than just being a source for a story.

But please, reciprocate the action.

Make it work. Make the time. You don’t

know who you could be helping by being that voice, by taking the step forward and talking to us.

Your voice is the most important aspect in a story. Going without it hinders the strength and impact in a piece.

We are here in the CM Life office Monday through Friday and even on Sundays. Give us a call, send us an email either to news@cm-life.com or editor@cm-life.com. You can also message us on Twitter (@CMLife) or Facebook (Central Michigan Life). Respond when we reach out. We’ll respond when you reach out to us.

But first, you have to let us listen.

Let us tell your stories.

Together, we can make this campus a better, safer place.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR TO THE EDITOR: Like other students on Central Michigan University’s campus, we hear your concern for student safety loud and clear.

I understand how scary it can be walking alone on a college campus, especially during the winter months when it is dark by 6 p.m.

My girlfriend and I recognized this issue her freshman year at CMU. She had a class that got out at 9 p.m. and had to walk from one side of campus to the other. She would call me, her family or anyone that would listen so she felt safer walking back home. We decided there had to be a better and more efficient solution to the problem.

Two years ago, we set out to create this solution, and through many trials and tribulations, we came out with Guarded — a mobile app for college students. Guarded takes the functionality of a Blue Light phone and puts it in the palm of your hand.

Simply hold down the “alert” button on Guarded when you are walking alone or feel unsafe. If your finger leaves this button, you have exactly 10 seconds to enter a custom PIN you set up, or five contacts of your choice will be alerted of your exact GPS position and the campus police phone number.

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We knew that student safety went way beyond being uncomfortable on campus though, so we packed Guarded with more features. Campus maps, emergency hotlines for campus police, national assault hotlines, etc.

We also have a feature that contacts the Central Michigan University Police Department to report a crime at the touch of a button. Another feature Guarded has is its “shake-tofake” call, in which the user simply shakes their phone and a fake phone call appears. (Imagine getting out of a bad date or awkward conversation using this feature.)

The best part about Guarded is that it is 100 percent free on the iOS App Store for anyone with a CMU email address.

Also, it addresses your No. 1 concern — location. Guarded works everywhere your phone can get service or Wi-Fi. We truly think that solutions like Guarded are imperative for universities to start implementing, and we want to be on the forefront of that movement.

We hope to make Guarded the face of campus safety, and let students like you know they are not alone.

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Women’s basketball seniors seek tournament title following

By Andrew Glezen Staff Reporter

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uffalo’s Stephanie Reid drove past Tinara Moore to gain a fourpoint lead against Central Michigan for an 85-82 win against the Mid-American Conference West Division leader.

The Chippewas won’t end Mid-American Conference play undefeated, but there are still plenty of reasons to be excited for their post-season future.

The Chippewas are 20-4, and 12-1 in the MAC. Their the only team with one loss.

The Chippewas went undefeated in the MAC in 198384. CMU was 27-3 overall — going 18-0 in conference.

They won the 1984 Mid-American Conference regular season title and MAC Tournament that season.

The last team to go undefeated in the MAC was Bowling Green in 2005-06. The Falcons went 16-0 during conference play before winning three games by double-digits in the MAC Tournament.

During the 1983-84 championship-winning season, CMU scored 82.8 points per game. That is a program record that still stands today. Through 24 games this season, CMU averages 83 points per game.

The Chippewas shoot 79.1 percent from the freethrow line, and 38.9 percent from 3-point range. If they stand, both percentages would be the best in program history.

Individual players are also looking to set career program records this season. Senior forward Tinara Moore has already broken the CMU record for blocks.

Moore is shooting 53.9 percent from the field in her career — trailing just all-time leader Niki Thompkin’s (1991-94) 54.3 percent. This season, Moore is shooting 59.5 percent from the field.

Senior guard Cassie Breen is second in all-time 3-pointers made. Breen is within 30 3-pointers made to break Niki DiGuilio’s (2010-14) record of 288 made 3-pointers.

The Chippewas lead the MAC in points per game (83),

Redshirt freshman guard Micaela Kelly moves the ball up the court against Buffalo on Jan. 31 in McGuirk Arena.

free-throw percentage (79.1 percent), field-goal percentage (46.5 percent), 3-point percentage (38.9 percent) and rebounding margin (+7.9).

Moore, a former MAC Defensive Player of the Year, leads the Chippewas with 18.7 points per game. In addition to scoring, Moore leads the conference in

blocks (52) and is second in the MAC in rebounds per game (9.6).

The only player who averages more rebounds than Moore is her teammate, Reyna Frost. She leads the MAC, grabbing 11.9 rebounds per game.

Presley Hudson is second on the team and fifth in the

MAC in scoring with 18.1 points per game. The juni guard leads the conference in free-throw percentage (92.3%) and 3-pointers made (86).

Moore and Hudson sit fourth and fifth in career p gram scoring, respectively.

With records on the horizon, CMU has just five re

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season games remaining.

On Feb. 17, CMU hosts Eastern Michigan. The Chippewas defeated the Eagles 95-72 in Ypsilanti earlier in February.

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Junior forward Reyna Frost goes for a layup against Western Michigan on Jan. 27 in McGuirk Arena.

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LIFE IN BRIEF

POLAR PLUNGE TO RAISE MONEY FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN ON FEB. 17

Ben Suddendorf | Staff Photographer Junior guard Presley Hudson drives the ball down the court against Bowling Green University on Jan. 10 at McGuirk Arena.

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CMU then faces Northern Illinois at McGuirk Arena for their second matchup of the season. On Jan. 17, NIU almost soiled CMU’s attempt at an undefeated conference season. CMU escaped DaKalb, Illinois with an 81-78 victory.

The Huskies are third in the MAC in scoring, averaging 78.4 points per game. Northern Illinois’ Courtney Woods leads the MAC in scoring. The junior averages 21.9 points per game.

After NIU, the Chippewas travel to rival Western Michigan on Feb. 24.

WMU led CMU with under a minute remaining, but Breen hit a 3-pointer to take the lead. CMU hit a couple free-throws while the Broncos tried to save time, but the Chippewas escaped with another close win.

“It’s great everyone else is treating this like a rivalry,” said head coach Sue Guevara before facing WMU in January. “For us it’s just another game that

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we have to play, and it just so happens to be against the Broncos.”

WMU has the second-best scoring defense in the MAC — allowing just 65.6 points per game. The Broncos are 7-6 in the MAC, and third in the MAC West Division.

Last season, WMU shocked No. 1-seeded CMU in the quarterfinal round of the MAC Tournament.

It does not get any easier for the Chippewas as they face Ball State on Jan. 28 at McGuirk Arena. The Cardinals are 9-4 in the MAC and sit second behind CMU in the MAC West Division.

CMU defeated Ball State, 69-65, to begin the team’s current 13-game win streak on Dec. 30.

Although the Cardinals scored only 65 points in the first matchup, BSU boasts one of the top offenses in the MAC. The Chippewas hit the road to face Toledo in their regular season finale. CMU dominated the Rockets 85-47 in the first matchup.

“We still have a lot to work on,” Guevara said earlier this month after defeating Toledo. “We are always going to try and chase perfection.”

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Donors will jump into a pool of frigid water outside of Wayside Central on Feb. 17 to raise money for Special Olympics Michigan.

Registration begins at 10 a.m. and the plunge begins at 11:30 a.m.

Andrea Rachko, Special Olympics Michigan senior development director, said the goal this year is to raise $75,000 in Mount Pleasant and $1.15 million at events across Michigan.

Rachko said that numbers are down from 500

participants last year to about 300 this year. Rachko is aiming to get 350 participants by the day of the event.

As of 9 p.m. Feb. 13, the Mount Pleasant Polar Plunge has raised $34,461 with 282 registered supporters, 50 teams and 789 donations for Special Olympics Michigan, according to the First Giving website for the event.

Mount Pleasant’s Polar Plunge is one of 28 happening across Michigan this year.

In 2017, the Mount Pleasant event reached its goal for an

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The university continues to invest heavily in retention efforts, Johnson said. Fall semester’s one-year retention rate dropped to 76.5 percent from 77.3 in Fall 2016. The fall two-year retention rate dropped to 69.2 percent from 71.5 percent in Fall 2016.

“We have to make sure students are successful while they’re here,” he said.

Global Campus Online enrollment was 8,038 – nearly 5,000 more students than 2008. When the university released its enrollment numbers Jan. 30 it highlighted the growth in online courses from Fall 2016 to Fall 2017 – a 9 percent jump that is the largest one-year increase in the program’s history.

“We fully embrace (online) as one of the options for delivering a quality education,” Johnson said.

CMU is in a hyper-competitive environment with other universities to compete for fewer students in Michigan, Johnson said. The university owning its identity and allowing graduates to tell their stories makes it attractive to prospective students, he added.

“Every institution in Michigan is facing some challenges, but the challenges present opportunities,” Johnson said.

Breaking with its traditional practice, CMU elected to release its Fall enrollment numbers in January after the completion of the semester to comply with its new count date policy, which was voted on by the board of trustees in June. Multiple start dates for classes in Global Campus led to the change, Johnson said.

all-time high of $80,000 with 400 plungers, along with $1.2 million raised across Michigan by more than 4,000 plungers.

The money raised from the event will go toward helping more than 23,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities compete in the Special Olympics Michigan.

The money will help cut transportation fees and meal costs to help small community Special Olympics teams across the state.

-Hunter McLaren, Staff Reporter

“We are still recruiting new undergraduate students throughout the fall semester that historically have not been referenced because we were rushing to put out the enrollment number,” Johnson said.

In the past, CMU used the previous Fall Global Campus enrollment figure with its current semester total. The shift was made by the board to be more accurate and reflect the shifts that were occurring between students and demographics.

“The number we report now is far more accurate,” said Vice President of Finance and Administrative Services Barrie Wilkes.

When Global Campus started in the 1970s, it was primarily used by graduate students taking advanced classes. In the last decade, that changed. Today about 50 percent of the students taking online classes are undergraduates pursuing bachelor degrees.

“We are the right fit for most students,” Johnson said. “What causes me concern is that there’s just fewer people out there.”

CMU not only has its challenges nationally, but has cited immigration policy in Washington, D.C. as a reason for international enrollment concerns. International enrollment fell to fewer than 1,000 students for the first time since 2013 – dropping to 927 students compared to 1,230 in Fall 2016. International recruitment, Johnson said, is “very volatile.”

“We’re not welcome in every country. More countries are starting to deliver their own forms of education,” Johnson said. “That was not any part of the equation 10-20 years ago. We are constantly having to think differently around international. We are far more restricted in how nimble and organic you can be, whereas we have more opportunities in the U.S.”

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Film Festival director discusses selection process, films showcased

By Mitchell Kukulka Asst. Community Editor news@cm-life.com

Even after a decade-long career in radio and 19 years of teaching film classes, organizing the Central Michigan International Film Festival has been a learning experience for Patricia Williamson.

This will be the first year Williamson, an associate professor in the School of Broadcast and Cinematic Arts, has acted as the faculty advisor for Film Society.

The position was previously held by Mark Poindexter, who now serves as the department’s graduate director.

A Registered Student Organization, Film Society aims to promote films and filmmakers at CMU and educate students about the filmmaking process.

One way it does this is by hosting the Central Michigan International Film Festival.

The festival takes place between Feb. 14 and Feb. 18. A full schedule of showings and their locations is available on Film Society’s webpage, which can be found on the College of Communication and Fine Arts’ website.

On Feb. 13, Williamson sat down with the hosts of Central Michigan Life’s film-centric podcast “Moving Pictures” to discuss her involvement with the festival, her passion for film and her future as the festival’s director.

For the full interview with Williamson, listen to “Moving Pictures” at www.cm-life.com/ multimedia or download the episode on iTunes or Soundcloud.

CM Life: “What kind of process do you go through when it comes to picking out the films to be shown at the festival?”

Williamson: “Part of it depends on what’s going to be available on particular dates.

In past years, we’ve chosen the movies much earlier, but in

Patricia Williamson today’s film market, a lot of those films end up streaming on Netflix or Amazon (Prime) before you get a chance to bring them to the festival.

While that’s fine for some of the films, (Film Society) wanted to have a number of films that were not yet available in that format so people would actually have a reason to come out and see them on the big screen. That’s part of the process we went through this year, so their was this idea of negotiating and seeing what was going to be available.

An example would be “I, Tonya” — we were waiting until just days before we put in our order to find out if it was going to be available for festivals, because it’s still out in theaters right now. (“I, Tonya”) ended up being available a week before our festival started, so we were able to do the deal to bring “I, Tonya” in.

Is it a struggle to bring audiences to a festival in an era where you can stream films?

That was definitely part of the calculation, and that’s why we tried to get some of these films (on the schedule) that aren’t yet available in that format. We did want to encourage people to leave their house, put their cell phones down and actually just come watch a movie in a dark theater with other people and enjoy the film — the spectacle of film — and come to appreciate it in a different way.

The ticket price is half of what

you’ll pay to see a movie in theaters these days. So it is a pretty inexpensive date night if you want to go out to see a movie at the festival. I’m pretty passionate about film — it’s a big part of my life. I teach film courses, and for me, it’s not the same watching a movie on a cell phone. It’s not the same as that experience of watching it on the big screen — of seeing the scope and having more of the impact of the music (and) the audio.

Anybody who has experience of the film festival circuit knows that there were probably film submissions (from local filmmakers). What was that process like of going through the submissions, finding films to pick and not to pick like?

It was interesting — this was where the learning curve (of organizing a film festival) came into play. We use a website called FilmFreeway, which is a really popular place to have independent filmmakers submit their work — it can be either a short (film) or a feature length film.

What I didn’t realize is that working in a university setting works very differently than it does in the “real world.”

In order to be able to open it up to outside independent producers and charge a small fee for them to submit their work, we had to go through a whole bureaucratic process with the university, because it was considered a course fee.

It took months to get through that process, but that’s how we were able to reach independent filmmakers, and we’ve chosen one featurelength film that was submitted from a local Michigan filmmaker called “The Stone Circle.”

We also have “Short Films” program — all of the shorts we’re playing were submitted through FilmFreeway or are CMU student productions.

Courtesy Photo | Central Michigan Film Society An annual event organized by Film Society, the Central Michigan International Film Festival aims to bring films to Mount Pleasant the community might not otherwise have access to — some films in this years line-up include “Three Billboard Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” “Loving Vincent” and “Lady Bird.”

What films are you excited to showcase at the festival?

The one I’m most excited to see is “The Florida Project” (a film about a Floridian family living in poverty). It looks fantastic and it’s just the kind of movie I like.

I’ve already seen “Lady Bird,” which I think is incredible. It’s a coming of age story about a young woman, which we don’t see as often in Hollywood.

I know a lot of people in town

have been waiting for “Three Billboards (Outside Ebbing, Missouri)” — people have waiting forever for that to come to Mount Pleasant, and we’re happy we could finally bring it in.

One of the (local) films I’m really excited about is “Nor Any Drop to Drink” — it’s a local feature-length documentary production. It was produced and directed by a group of CMU faculty, staff and a student. (The

film) looks intently at the Flint water crisis and what people in Flint went through during the crisis. That is going to be playing at Celebration (Cinema) on Sunday (Feb. 18), at noon.

We’re going to have a Q&A with the filmmakers (afterwards), and several people who are featured in the film are going to be in the audience, so they may be willing to answer some questions as well.

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‘MAKE WAVES FOR FLINT’ EVENT TO SHOWCASE LOCAL HIP-HOP ARTISTS Hip-hop music and philanthropy will combine to raise money for Flint-area high schools at 7 p.m. Feb. 23 in Pearce Hall room 127.

The event is hosted by the Justus League, a Registered Student Organization that promotes hip-hop education and local artists.

The group puts on events around campus to allow artists to perform and promote their music.

The event will feature several hip-hop performers and poets and will be free to attend, although donations are welcome.

Justus League will partner with Pathways to Academic Student Success, an oncampus department designed to aid first-generation students and Pell Grant recipients, to receive donations that will go to Flint-area high schools.

“We use Pathways as our direct

communication to the high school area that we donate the money to,” said Detroit senior Ahsha Davis, Justus League president.

“They use it for whatever they need it for, whether that be school supplies, backpacks — whatever they need.”

This will be the third year Justus League has hosted the event, though this year is the first time it takes place during Black History Month — the event usually takes place in March.

“We’re really excited to get back and do it again just because it’s definitely something that helps give back to our community,” Davis said. “This year we thought it’d be better to put it in Black History Month because it’s a part of that history.”

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Academic Senate discusses lowering BA, BS required credit hours to 120

By Melissa Frick Staff Reporter news@cm-life.com

The Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees could see changes upcoming.

The Academic Senate discussed motions to modify the pair of degree programs at its Feb. 13 meeting.

Items discussed in the Bachelor of Arts degree included changing the total required credit hours from 124 to 120, and the removal of "Area Requirements," which require 18 hours in Humanities, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences.

Proposed changes to the Bachelor of Science degree included the same lowering of total hour requirements to 120 and deletion of Area Requirements as the proposed Bachelor of Arts degree modifications.

Notably, the Natural & Social Science requirements would increase to 36 hours, whereas only zero to nine hours are currently required. Courses taken to satisfy University Program, Competencies or Specialized Studies requirements would be allowed to "double-count" toward fulfilling this requirement.

This main motion was brought forth by the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee.

Deliberation on degree changes hoped to give sufficient time for senators to take the proposed modifications back to their departments and discuss with faculty members.

The Academic Senate will not be set to vote until its next meeting Feb. 27.

Academic Senator Michael Mamp, a faculty member in Human Environmental Studies, voiced concerns on the proposed total credit hour changes, stating his concern that four-year graduation is not

an accurate measure of student success.

"Students are making choices about studying abroad, going part time, signing majors later (and) taking courses online," Mamp said. "I'm glad that we're making steps toward reducing the number of required credit hours for students under these degrees. I just want to caution us because it seems like this 120 credits is almost becoming like a bumper sticker."

Mamp added he believes students will not receive a foundational study of the liberal arts under the proposed Bachelor of Arts degree.

"If we take away all of the Area Requirements, there will still be Area Requirements on the newly proposed Bachelor of Science, and I don't see why the only requirement on the Bachelor of Arts should be foreign language," Mamp said. "A Bachelor of Arts degree is not just an indication of foreign language."

Senator George Ronan, a faculty member in the Department of Psychology, said a “four-year-degree concept doesn’t fit our students.” He argued the indicator for student success should be number of full-time semesters completed.

Senator Mary Senter, a faculty member in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work, believed the proposed changes did not bring any parallelism between the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees.

An additional "Substitute Motion" was brought forth for the Bachelor of Science degree, which further specified that nine credits of the Natural & Social Science Requirements must be at the 300-level.

In reaction to this very specified motion for the Bachelor of Science degree, Senter voiced concerns that these changes will diminish the value of a Bachelor of Arts degree.

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