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Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Mount Pleasant, Mich.
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CMU hosts Special Olympics this weekend Summer Games bring athletes from across Michigan By Morgan Yuncker Staff Reporter
Athletes from across the state will compete for personal victory and a slew of medals at the Special Olympics Michigan 2011 State Summer Games starting Thursday. SOMI will celebrate its 40th anniversary on CMU’s campus, with opening cer-
emonies beginning at 6:30 p.m. at Kelly Shorts stadium. About 2,500 athletes will participate and more than 5,500 CMU students, faculty and community members will either volunteer or watch the games, said SOMI Director of Public Relations Kimberly Purdy. “It’s like someone sprinkles pixie dust from Disney on the entire event; it’s that amazing for everyone,” Volunteer Games Committee Director Steve Thompson said. The theme of this year is
“Celebrate,” to distinguish its status as 40th anniversary of the Olympics at CMU. “The Olympics occur twice a year, one being the summer games and the other being winter, each are of equal importance,” Thompson said. “Twice a year the athletes can be treated as special because they are the main focus.” The games will include aquatics, athletics, bocce, bowling, gymnastics, horseshoes, the Motor Activities Training Program, power lifting, handball, volleyball and weightlifting.
Thompson said each athlete can participate in up to three events, the most popular of which are softball and track and field. Purdy said this year’s games will feature a special guest performer. David Steffan, a Special Olympics Nebraska athlete and musician, will perform at the beginning and final ceremonies. Steffan, who has mild cerebral palsy, has performed at the Special Olympics National games. A special olypmics | 2
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Area 26 athlete Thyron Bartlett, 15, of Detroit, sprints to the finish line of the 400-meter dash to take first place in his heat with Area 2 athletes Andy Swartz, 29, and Kelly Everson, 22, close behind to take second and third places, respectively, during the Special Olympics 2010 State Summer Games at the CMU track.
memorial day
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Mount Pleasant residents gather to remember the fallen and . . .
Programs to be made accessible from Internet Virtual lab pilot available for download By Maria Amante Senior Reporter
photos by victoria zegler/staff photographer
Mount Pleasant residents Nick Cononico, left, Chris Kowallic, center and Shepherd resident Tim Fair, members of the Honor Guard from the Veterans of Foreign Wars Michigan Post 3033, stand throughout the ceremony as fallen soldiers are commemorated Monday morning during the Memorial Day Parade near the Korean War Memorial at the intersection of Main and Broadway Streets.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Michigan post 3033 hosts annual parade
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Goffnett is a member of the VFW post’s Canteen Committee and marched in the parade carrying the American flag. The parade also featured representatives from both Bounty 110 and the American Legion, and was accompanied by the Mount Pleasant High School Marching Band. The parade started at 10 a.m. at the corner of Broadway Street and Kinney Avenue. The parade addressed its congregation at the intersection’s World War I and II memorials before marching downtown to deliver a speech at the corner of Main
and Broadway Streets. At the intersection, the paraders put a small U.S. flag on each of several white crosses in front of the Korean War veterans’ memorial at the intersection. Goffnett said he was taken aback by much of the crowd’s reaction to the marching bands’ rendition of the Star Spangled Banner. “When they played the national anthem, (I was surprised by) the number of people that didn’t take their hat off,” he said. “It amazes me the number of people that don’t know or just don’t take their headgear off.”
By Maria Amante Senior Reporter
Mount Pleasant resident Vance Hoffmeyer, 3, holds a tissue flower handmade by veterans of the American Legion Auxiliary Monday morning during the Memorial Day Parade near the Korean War Memorial at the intersection of Main and Broadway streets.
After the speech, the parade and its followers marched to Island Park, 331 N. Main St. where another small ceremony took place at memorials representing wars in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. Goffnett said at that point, the parade and its congregation also placed a wreath into the water to honor Navy veterans who went down with their ships. The parade and its congregation also stopped at the Catholic cemetery on Fancher Street to perform a ceremony before concluding with a final ceremony at the memorial gardens north
of town. After the parade, the post hosted a lunch at its headquarters, 4841 E. Pickard St. Wisconsin resident Bonnie Coonen made a trip to Mount Pleasant for Memorial Day to see her children and grandchildren, and attended the parade while in town. Coonen’s husband died in the service. “Memorial Day is meant to honor those who have served our country,” she said. “My husband was in the Navy for 30 years, and now I have a grandson who A parade | 2
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Grawn Hall Lab moving to Ronan Old space will be converted to classroom, meeting areas
By Randi Shaffer | News Editor
ven 90-degree temperatures did not stop Mount Pleasant residents from celebrating their appreciation for America’s war veterans. Veterans of Foreign Wars Michigan post 3033 hosted its annual Memorial Day parade Monday. Hundreds of people lined surrounding streets to pay tribute to service members from the past to the present. “If it wasn’t for the veterans, we wouldn’t have the freedoms that we have and we wouldn’t have the country that we have,” said VFW member John Goffnett.
CMU is creating a program to allow registered users to access licensed programs and software remotely from their own computers. Software available at the Grawn and Woldt Computer Labs will be made accessible to anyone with an Internet connection, global identification and password. The program is currently in the pilot stage, said Roger Rehm, vice president of Information Technology. Users who sign up will receive a $1 credit to their print quotas. “We started it last year in the public labs,” Rehm
said. “You can log in to a desktop image and that delivers the software ... the nice thing is we can access it anywhere.” The pilot does not yet allow for printing to lab computers but it is a planned feature, said Jeff McDowell, associate director of user services and support. Users can, however, connect to a local printer and print that way. The project is still in the pilot stages, but Rehm said he hopes for it to be fully functional in the fall. McDowell said the virtual lab adds additional services to students. “(Before), the only way to access the applications (was) to come into campus and access the labs physically,” he said. “Now, they don’t actually have to take the time to come in
The Grawn Computer Lab is being relocated to the basement of Ronan Hall to make way for classroom space and group meeting rooms. The plan has been in discussion from as early as March and was recently finalized. The new lab will have fewer computer terminals, but Roger Rehm, vice president of Information Technology, said that would be countered with a virtual lab project. When the remodel of the current space is complete, more public computing space will be available to the public, he said. The virtual lab is a project allowing accessibility to programs on the Grawn and Woldt computer labs through a registered user’s home computer terminal. “We are looking to increase access to the right
resources, not decrease it,” Rehm said, “We hope to be open and functioning at the basement of Ronan before classes start in the fall.” About 100 computers are currently available in the Grawn lab. The finished Ronan space will have 65 terminals available. The public computing spaces will have access to printing capability, Rehm said, which will accessible from the virtual lab. The College of Business is creating classroom space and 10 individual meeting rooms in the remodeled Ronan facility, said Charles Crespy, College of Business Administration dean. “In Grawn you will be tied to using your own machine, but there will be a really nice place for you to do it,” Rehm said. Crespy said the relocated lab is still accessible, as it is about 50 yards away from the current location. He said the lab’s new hours will be extended beyond 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. “We are going to transform that space to a more student-friendly facility,” Crespy said. “It will grow A grawn | 2