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ROTC students at CMU balance responsiblity of classes, military training

10 Shop Talk: Yoga on Main

The yoga studio downtown Mount Pleasant offers 23 classes to students and community

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Violinist serenades Mount Pleasant drivers 76-year-old Harrison man enjoys playing for ‘captive audience’

By Isaac Ritchey Staff Reporter news@cm-life.com

As the street light changed from green to yellow to red, Michael Korman’s fingers flushed the same red color as he gripped his violin.

Cars that stopped at the intersection of South Mission Street and East Blue Grass Road were serenaded by “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” prompting drivers to roll down their windows and listen.

Korman, 76, makes frequent visits from his residence in Harrison to the street corner to “practice,” but said he has had the privilege to play his almost 70-year-old violin across the world.

His grandfather – who was a member of a Baltimore symphony – bought Korman his first violin when he was 8 years old, which he still plays.

Korman said he and his wife started coming to Mount Pleasant to have dinner. Now the Harrison resident sits on his stool at the corner and plays once or twice a month on

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Isaac Ritchey | Staff Reporter Harrison native Michael Korman plays his violin on the corner of South Mission Street and East Bluegrass Road in Mount Pleasant on Oct. 26.

Fridays and Saturdays. “(The corner of Mission Street and Blue Grass Road) is a great place to play,” Korman said, looking over his shoulder to the busy intersection. “I always have a captive audience.”

Shepherd resident James Uthe and his

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ARTISTS TO SELL PIECES, PERFORM AT FESTIVAL BENEFITTING ART REACH NOV. 12 Painters, musicians and other artists will share their creations during Art in the Heart: An Inclusive Art Festival from 6-8 p.m. Nov. 12 in Finch Fieldhouse Room 113.

Twelve vendors will be present. The vendors include photographers, jewelry makers, wire wrappers, candle-makers and painters.

Some vendors are students — Jordan McNamara, a wire wrapper and Raelynn Jewison, a painter, jewelry maker and candle-maker.

Several pieces of artwork will be available for purchase and a silent auction will be held.

Two registered student organizations will perform live music: Central Harmony, an a cappella choir and Justus League, a hip hop group. Dancers from

the Central Michigan University Club Sports Hip Hop Team and the Infusion Dance Team RSO will also perform.

Entrance is free, but attendees are encouraged to donate money at the door. All proceeds will go to Art Reach of Mid-Michigan, a local community arts organization that holds cultural programs and sells local artists’ work.

“It’s a great way to relax,” said student organizer Amari Hughes. “(The festival is) a chance to buy something for yourself and enjoy what Mount Pleasant and CMU have to offer.”

For more information, contact Amari Hughes at hughe2a@cmich.edu or 586344-3839.

-Rob Linsley, Staff Reporter

son Declan got out their vehicle to personally thank Korman for his playing.

“I hear you all the time when I come up to the curb,” another listener said. “I always enjoy it.”

For Korman, the only American city he has

not played in is New Orleans.

Nearly twenty years ago, Korman said he was playing on a New York City street, not far from Times Square. Despite not having an amplifier for his violin, a few listeners who stopped to listen eventually multiplied to nearly 500 people, he said.

“Eventually, a box ambulance pulled up behind me and the driver pulled out his handheld microphone, holding it up to my violin,” Korman said. “People from three blocks away were wondering where the amplified violin was coming from.”

While playing outside at a Florida shop, Korman met pianist and accordionist Jon Persson, and the duo went on to play on a worldwide cruise while traveling to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the Panama Canal and Sydney, Australia.

“He was brilliant – every key and every note,” Korman said about Persson.

Korman said one of his favorite songs to play is “Jelly on the Cracker” or “Jello on the Ritz” – a song from the 1930s. He also often plays Antonio Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” from memory, although he said he used to play it a lot better.

Despite playing around the world, the Kalamazoo native said one of his fondest memories is when he and his father would go fishing north of Big Rapids. If they did not catch anything, Korman said they would stop at a trout farm in Paris to have fish to take home.

UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES SPEAKERS FOR DECEMBER COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES Central Michigan University announced Oct. 29 who will speak at each of three commencement ceremonies for summer and fall graduates on Dec. 15.

Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at U.S. Cellular Corp. Deirdre Drake will speak at the 9 a.m. ceremony. Drake graduated from CMU with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in 1989.

She received a Master in Business Administration in 2000 from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.

Drake will receive an honorary doctorate of commercial science.

Janice Fialka is an award-winning social worker, author and speaker. An advocate for disabilities and inclusion, Fialka will speak at the 1:30 p.m. ceremony. She has written books and poems about raising children with disabilities. Fialka received a degree

in sociology in 1973 at CMU. She will receive an honorary doctor of letters degree.

Daniel Edson, president of the American Proficiency Institute in Traverse City, will speak at the 5:30 p.m. ceremony. Edson received a bachelor’s degree in biology from CMU in 1973 and received a Master of Science in Microbiology from Michigan State University. In 1991, Edson founded the American Proficiency Institute, which is a nationally recognized service that assesses the accuracy of laboratory tests in hospitals and clinics. Edson will receive an honorary doctor of science degree.

Fall 2018 commencement ceremonies will take place Saturday, Dec. 15 in McGuirk Arena.

-Sara Kellner, University Editor

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VOTING IN PROGRESS

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t’s finally time to vote for Michigan’s political leaders for the next few years.

Until the next election, it will be the people elected into office who decide all of the most important decisions that will have an impact every Michigander.

Residents will vote to elect their next governor. The choice is between Democrat Gretchen Whitmer and Republican Bill Schuette. Whoever wins will lead Michigan’s policy changes and decide what the future of the state will look like.

Michiganders will also be voting on three proposals.

Proposal 1, if passed, would legalize recreational marijuana for residents 21 years of age and older. Proposal 2 addresses gerrymandering, and would result in a more fair redistricting of the state. Proposal 3 could make it much easier for Michigan residents to vote; it includes automatic voter registration when applying for a state driver’s license or identification card.

If passed, all three of these proposals significantly impact the lives of Michigan residents.

In 2016, only about 65 percent of Michigan registered voters voted in the presidential election. That means the other 35 percent of registered voters missed their chance to make their voice heard.

This year, we have another chance to make a lot of crucial decisions about our state and its leadership. This is your chance to have a say in what happens in Michigan. For a lot of college students, this might even be the first election they’re eligible to vote in.

Don’t miss out on your chance to vote. Make your voice heard Tuesday.

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Even non-believers can learn something from ghost-hunting Ghosts aren’t real.

I’m not saying that I don’t “believe” in ghosts, in the same way some people don’t believe in God or aliens or life after love.

I’m saying ghosts aren’t real in the same way Santa or mermaids or convincing evidence linking vaccines to autism aren’t real — they’re simply things that do not exist.

Now that you know I’m somebody who thinks like this, it might surprise you to learn that one of the best experiences I had as a reporting intern for the Jackson Citizen Patriot this past summer was when I went ghost-hunting.

On the bright and sunny evening of July 7, a photographer and I accompanied the “Motor City Ghost Hunters” as they investigated the future site of the Hackett Auto Museum located just on the outskirts of downtown Jackson.

Accompanying our impromptu gang of ghostbusters was the founder of the museum himself, Ted O’Dell, who tagged along with our group despite not quite being a believer in the paranormal. For O’Dell, the night was more about the opportunity to connect with the past he is trying to preserve.

Built in 1910, the factory building has housed several car manufactur-

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ers, from Standard Electric Automobile Company, to the Briscoe Motor Company and Hackett Motor Car Company. With more than 100 years of history in its past, the building has had more than enough time to build up its roster of paranormal guests.

“There was a lot of activity (the ghost hunters) picked up on that I did not expect,” O’Dell said to me after a long night of communing with the building’s spirits. “What they’ve shared

with me tonight validates the good things that I’m trying to do here.”

Everyone in the building that night left with more than they came in with: the ghost-hunters found enough “spiritual activity” to consider it another successful hunt, O’Dell left with a renewed enthusiasm for the building’s long history, and although I didn’t leave as any more of a believer than I came in as, I did find a new appreciation for ghosthunting as a practice and hobby.

Although I can’t get behind the idea of people spending their afterlife loitering in a place they might have hung out once, the memories left behind from the past can be ghosts in their own right. When a group of ghost hunters tell you a man named “Johnny” died in

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an industrial accident right in the spot you’re standing, it should be a reminder of how dangerous the industrial process was back then – not a chance to turn a story of human suffering into a momentary thrill for those with a fetish for the morbid and macabre.

What’s more disturbing -- the poltergeist of a murdered woman spending her time pushing things around a room, or the fact that someone’s life was ended by another human being in the first place?

Is gawking at the possibility of a “spooky” experience a worthwhile way to commemorate the past?

When the Motor City Ghost Hunters returned to the Hackett building on Sept. 1, they hosted public ghost tours with all proceeds going directly to the museum itself. Whether or not I buy into what they’re selling, I can respect their priorities when it comes to honoring each place they visit.

Whether they’re good or bad, happy or sad, all ghost stories are ultimately human stories. The tales and memories left behind when we die “haunt” the world enough as it is. We can learn so much about our own history through the lives and deaths of those who came before us. We don’t need “ghosts” to justify being interested in the past.

Being emotionally vulnerable is the key to human connection “I am struggling.”

Three words that show you’re human. Three words that are not easy to say. Three words that demonstrate your utmost vulnerability.

In a world of cell phones, a world where we hide behind screens and are taught to always put on a brave face, we often forget the power that vulnerability holds in order for us to grow and connect with others.

Brené Brown, a research professor at the University of Houston, said in her famous Ted Talk “The Power of Vulnerability” that we all crave connection, and to attain this connection, we “have to allow ourselves to be seen, really seen.”

This means we can’t put on a front; we can’t hide parts of ourselves we are embarrassed of. We have to show others our full, true self.

Brown is right. The people I am closest with have seen me cry and get mad; they’ve seen the parts of me that I’m not proud of. They’ve also seen me at my happiest.

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Yet, there are only a few of those people that I am so open with, and I find it increasingly difficult to make these types of connections with new people.

Why is it getting harder for us to make these connections?

One reason is people are more willing to say things online or over text than in person.

A researcher from Rider University stated that when people get online an effect called “the online disinhibition effect” takes place. This means that people loosen up and are more willing to share emotional pieces of information online than face-to-face.

This is partially in part because of the anonymity and invisibility the internet provides.

If we see a political post that we feel passionate about, we are not scared to post those feelings on Facebook or Twitter, but what if someone were to ask us about our political stance in person? Would we still be as emotionally charged and willing to share, or would we feel a sense of shame because the other individual might judge us?

It’s unnerving to think that we say so much more over the internet.

Then, let’s look at texting. Increasingly, texting is becoming a the most common form of communication.

According to a 2010 Gallup poll, the most prominent form of communication via technology for those under the age of 50 is texting.

This isn’t to say that the younger generation doesn’t communicate face-to-face, but Business Insider reported that ages 18 to 24, on average send 67 and receive 61 texts a day.

Texting is not the most efficient way of communication, and we often lose meaning through texts. A UCLA professor said 58 percent of communication is done through body language, 35 percent is through tone, and only seven percent is through the actual content of the message.

When we text, we are only really getting seven percent of what a person is saying. It’s not hard to understand why people often misinterpret texts.

Getting back to communicating face-to-face and actually being open about our feelings is the key for us to feel more connected to one another.

I’m not saying we need to go up to a random stranger and share our most intimate secret, but maybe share that secret with a friend you’ve wanted to grow closer with for a while.

We all have an innate fear of rejection, but put that aside for a moment. Think of what might happen if we are open and show them our true self.

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NEWS AND NOTES FROM AROUND CAMPUS

DEADLINE FOR CENTRAL REVIEW SUBMISSIONS IS FRIDAY The deadline to submit work to the undergraduate literary journal Central Review is Nov. 9 at 11:59 p.m. Submissions should be emailed to cmucentralreview@gmail.com.

Central Review accepts three poems of any length, three pieces of prose and five pieces of visual art from each student. Prose pieces have a 3,000-word maximum. Students can submit work in all three categories.

Submissions chosen for publication will be published and presented at the Central Review book release at 6 p.m. Nov. 30. Editors will judge the pieces and will award their top picks in each category a $100 prize.

Central Review is also seeking performers for its live storytelling event. “Unwritten: An Evening of Self-Discovery Stories,” which will take place in December.

Trenton senior Jordan Price, editor-inchief of the Central Review, said the live event will continue to have six to seven people perform at the event with it lasting around two hours.

Central Review will accept one-to-twominute story pitches of someone telling a true story about their life that involved self-discovery— as long as it is non-fiction and about their own life. Submissions can be in video or audio format. To send a submission, email it to cmucentralreview@ gmail.com. Both students and faculty can submit work.

Price said to watch Central Review’s Facebook page to stay updated.

-Staff Reports

COMEDIAN FERAZ OZEL TO REPLACE NICK GUERRA AS COMEDY ACT NOV. 6 L.A.-based international comedian Feraz Ozel will serve as a substitute for comedian Nick Guerra at 7 p.m. Nov. 6 in the Bovee University Center Rotunda.

Ozel has appeared as an actor and writer on national television for “2 Broke Girls,” “Hollywood Darlings,” “Comics Unleashed,” “Conan” and Hulu’s “Coming to the Stage.”

He shot his lead role in the film “Hollywood Dirt” and has appeared in the LA Times, Atlantic Magazine, as well

as many documentaries. Clips of his have approximately 15 million views and have been distributed by mega-blogs like NowThis and LADbible.

The event is organized by Central Michigan University’s Program Board and is free and open to the public. Admission is a walk-in basis and no ticket is required.

-Holly Smith, Staff Reporter

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ORGANIZATION OF WOMEN LEADERS TO ORGANIZE A BODY POSITIVITY FASHION SHOW As part of Women’s Empowerment Week, the Organization of Women Leaders (OWLs) is holding a Body Positivity Fashion Show from 7 to 9 p.m. on Nov. 14 in Anspach Hall 161.

The fashion show will be the third event of Women’s Empowerment Week as part of OWL’s annual effort to raise awareness and get students fired up for feminism.

According to the event details page on the OWL’s Facebook page, “The Body Positivity

Fashion Show is a space of empowerment and support to showcase the beautiful people here at CMU.” In addition to the fashion show, music and a panel of speakers will also be a part of the event.

This event is open to everyone. Interested parties can find additional details on the organization’s events page.

-Teresa Homsi, Staff Reporter

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STUDENT AND SOLDIER: ROTC students balance responsibility of classes, training

By Elizabeth Hosang Staff Reporter news@cm-life.com

During freshman orientation at Texas Christian University, Donald Pratt met the woman who would become his wife, Andy. She was a cadet in the University’s Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program.

An 18 year old from Craig, Alaska, Pratt was pursuing a college degree on partial academic scholarship. Inspired

by Andy’s experience, Pratt contracted into the ROTC his sophomore year.

Nineteen years later, he is Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Donald Pratt, professor of Military Science at Central Michigan University. He oversees every cadet in the ROTC program from their admission to commission.

“The horizon you can see beyond as an 18 year old is so short,” said Battalion Commander Cadet Brock Crystal.

The Barryton senior is the most senior cadet in the ROTC program. He is responsible for the unit of 101 cadets and anything they do – or don’t do.

This includes supervising their bi-weekly physical training sessions, administrating paperwork and communicating as the middleman between cadets and LTC Pratt.

Crystal wakes up weekday mornings at 5:30 a.m. for different commitments. On Monday and Wednesday it’s physical training with his fellow cadets. On Tuesday and Thursday it’s personal training for a client at the gym.

He attends classes daily, tutors eight hours a week, completes administrative paperwork during his free time and facilitates a weekly lab every Wednesday night for the entire program. Weekends consist of working at his internship as a personal trainer to benefit his exercise science degree. One weekend a month he participates in a military drill.

“We live in a world we have no control over. But to successfully chase down an abstract passion, we choose small manageable goals that

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We live in a world we have no control over. But to successfully chase down an abstract passion, we choose small manageable goals that we know we have control over and we take one step at a time.”

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Battalion Commander Cadet we know we have control over and we take one step at a time,” Crystal said.

A college degree glimmers with potential and promises of personal freedom, but it also provokes a measure of anxiety about success in the future.

This anxiety is only amplified by the high-stakes financial burden of rising tuition costs.

“I was that kid at 18 years old (thinking), ‘If I don’t graduate in 4 years and make it all the way through on scholarship, and have no debt, then life is over,’” Crystal said.

For the average freshman, CMU estimates annual cost to the student at $24,036.

Graduation with a bachelors degree at CMU requires a minimum of 124 credit hours.

At $417 a credit hour, the smallest sum of money spent on a four year degree from CMU without any kind of scholarship is $51,708.

This number does not include room and board. According to Forbes, “The average student in the class of 2016 has $37,172 in student loan debt.”

“People in general have a fear of the unknown.” said LTC Pratt. “ For the Army and ROTC, as much of that struggle and fear we can take out is beneficial. It allows them to focus on becoming the leaders we know they can be.”

When contracting with the ROTC, a cadet accepts a four-year college scholarship

Cody Scanlan | Staff Photographer CMU ROTC starts their mornings at 6 a.m. for PT (Physical Training) on Oct. 24 in Finch Field House. Training consists of a mile run and various exercises such as pull-ups.

that includes full coverage of tuition, a $1,200 book stipend per year and a $420 monthly stipend for monthly expenses.

This is rewarded in exchange for four years of active duty in the U.S. Army or eight years in the U.S. Army reserve after the student graduates.

Last year the military spent roughly $19,000 per cadet at CMU. “As I grew up and I learned more about leadership, I learned the great big unknown is actually just the rest of the world that we still live in,” Crystal said.

Crystal will graduate in May and will continue his career in the Army before he pursues a career with his exercise science degree.

Loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity, and personal courage are United States Army Values.

“One of the biggest things you can take away from leadership in general (and) specifically the ROTC program in teaching you how to lead in the context of war fighting, sustainment and the battle field (is that) everything is unknown,” Crystal said. “To exist is to be in the unknown.”

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Yoga on Main provides hot yoga classes downtown

By Andrew Mullin Staff Reporter news@cm-life.com

Yoga on Main provides a place for students and community members to take hot yoga classes.

Formally known as Mount Pleasant Hot Yoga, Yoga on Main offers 23 classes a week.

Classes start at 5:45 a.m. and go until 8 p.m. They vary from hot, warm and vinyasa flow classes.

Owner Alison Miller took ownership of the store on Sept. 14, and changed its logo and name. However, none of the classes offered before the name change have been changed. Most of the instructors before the name change still teach there, but two new instructors have been added.

Walking into the shop, there is a giant chalk drawing covering the wall that greets them.

The studio itself has bright red walls, and shiny wooden floors.

Miller said she does yoga to help with her athletics and tight muscles. She said she wants to provide these services to students and the community. Miller said students come to her studio because they are trying out yoga for the first time.

Central Michigan Life spoke with Miller to talk about her reasons for purchasing the shop, experience with yoga, and what plans she has for the business.

Describe Yoga on Main in one or two sentences.

Miller: I would describe Yoga on Main as a hub of yoga.

Why did you purchase this location?

The former studio owner owns several other studios in Lansing. She was not able to be here as much as she wanted, (and) to make the studio as successful as it could be. She was looking for a new heart to take over the studio, and I have been teaching here for a couple of years. We started having conversations a while back, and came to me over the summer. She asked if I was ready to purchase it, and I was ready.

Did you have other experiences owning a yoga

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No, I did not. This is all new to me.

What experience did you have with yoga beforehand?

I have been doing yoga for 25 years. I have a long history with yoga. I became a certified yoga instructor a couple of years ago, and I’m an athlete. I’ve always used yoga as therapy for my tired and sore body. I wanted to provide the same thing to clients.

What does your business offer?

We have hot and warm class environments. We offer vinyasa flow and slower classes as well. For all levels (of experience) we can accommodate folks who are brand new, or who are very experienced in yoga.

When you say hot and warm environments, what does that mean?

A hot studio is about 105 degrees Fahrenheit and the warm classes are anywhere between 75 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit.

What does a hot yoga class do differently than a regular yoga class?

It helps people like me who have very tight muscles relax and loosen the muscular system.

Explain vinyasa flow.

That is movement in the body that involves using breath for every movement that you make. Yoga teachers will use a sequence of connected movements and poses.

Is this a specific kind of class that you offer, or is it part of all yoga classes?

Not all classes are flow

classes. We teach a yoga class for athletes. That has less flow and more stretching. So you may be seated more in a more static stretch. Vinyasa flow would be constant movement, all the time.

What would you recommend for people who are new to yoga?

“Yoga for Athletes” is great, because it really gets into the basics of yoga. Understanding the basics of yoga is very important to keep your body safe. And we teach a couple of slow flow classes on Monday and Wednesday morning…

But we have many beginners who come into vinyasa flow or some of our more high intensity classes, and they do fine as well.

What have you already changed about the business?

We’ve given the front entrance a face-lift. We have painted it, decorated it, got a new logo and a new name. But I want people to remember that we’re still the same studio we used to be. We’re still a hot yoga studio. We will be working on where the classes take place. We haven’t done that yet because people are in the studio taking classes all the time.

Do you want to add any new classes?

We probably will keep a very consistent schedule with what people have used to in the past. We will be offering a lot what we are offering right now. One change is that I’m doing monthly workshops and presentations on various topics that people are welcome to attend. In January for example, I’m doing a workshop on intermittent fasting.

Savannah Glasscock | Staff Photographer Yoga on Main stands at 115 South Main Street in downtown Mount Pleasant on Tuesday, Oct. 30.

Savannah Glasscock | Staff Photographer Participants follow instructions as they attend a hot yoga class at Yoga on Main on Tuesday, Oct. 30.

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indi Leak has tried attending college before. This time she is trying it with a full-time job, a husband and six kids.

Leak is working to earn a Bachelor’s degree in Community Development with an emphasis in Health Services.

The Stanton senior is taking six credits while balancing her work as a manager for a pediatrics office 46-48 hours a week.

“Right now I do all the work that somebody with a degree much higher than what I hold does; I just don’t have the paperwork to show that I do it,” Leak said. “I know nothing is guaranteed, and if for some reason I should ever not be with the employer that I am, I wanted paperwork to back my skill set. That is my driving force for where I am currently.”

Unforeseen events in life can deter people from finishing their degrees. Whether it is a personal, family, or financial situation, earning a bachelor’s degree in four years can be difficult.

“I went to college right after high school, but a number of reasons took me away from that,” Leak said. “There was a car accident I was involved in, so it was a medical reason at first and then I got married.”

The expected demographic of a college student is an 18-22 year old American living in on-campus housing. A non-traditional student is any person enrolled in classes who doesn’t fit into the expected college student demographic. They often have unique experiences most college students do not face. CMU breaks this stereotype in the form of non-traditional students.

The first higher-education institution Leak attended was Ferris State University. Once she recovered from a car crash, she got her Associate’s degree at Montcalm Community College.

Starting school for the third time was difficult for Leak. With a job and responsibilities at home, school seemed more like a large obstacle rather than an opportunity. Leak said a solid support system has helped her balance her life.

“I have a lot of home support and that’s a good thing” she said.

Though five of her six children have moved out, Leak and her husband Michael keep busy with their 5-year-old cat, Cheddar and 7-week-old kitten, Clementine.

Albania graduate student Eliona Balilaj also found it challenging to go back to school following a break. After working for 15 years as an English translator in Albania, Balilaj decided to come to the U.S. to further her education. She is a full-time student obtaining her master’s in TSO (teaching English to speakers of other languages).

Outside of classes, Balilaj is a graduate assistant and teaches English 101. She finds the balance between a traditional job and the schedule of college life difficult, especially

By Holly Smith Staff Reporter

Savannah Glasscock | Staff Photographer

Jean Winthers poses in her apartment on Friday, Oct. 26.

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Senior Sindi Leak and her husband Michael talk Nov. 1 in their home in Mount Pleasant.

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since she is away from her friends, family and culture back home.

Balilaj said she chose to study in the U.S. to apply her knowledge in an Englishspeaking country.

“CMU provided me with the opportunity to teach and provided me with a graduate assistantship so I get to experience what I’m learning about,” she said. “In my home country it would have been similar but so different in so many other ways.”

Through CMU’s master’s program, Balilaj is required to teach ENG 101 through the English Language Institute for two years to pay for her education. She must balance her responsibilities as a professor in her department as well as her classes as a full-time student. She said it’s both easy and difficult to keep her schedule organized.

“On the one hand it’s easy because I have a lot of experience teaching,” Balilaj said. “In a way it is like practice for my own studies.”

On the other hand, she said, it’s sometimes difficult to decide when to stop preparing to teach in order to prepare for a class she’s taking.

Although most students view college as as a check on a to-do list, 73-year-old Freeland Senior Auditor Jean Winther takes classes for fun. Because she is registered as a senior auditor for Central Michigan University, Winther gets to attend classes at CMU for free. Class

attendance, coursework and grades are completely optional.

Although she already has two Master’s degrees — one in Religious Education and the other in Divinity — an undergrad study of Bachelor’s in Education and has raised a daughter, Winthers still continues to attend college.

“Once I got in college, I couldn’t get out. I just kept going and I like it now,” Winthers said.

Winthers has been attending CMU since 2011. She began classes after she retired from her position as a minister. She held the position for 25 years.

Winthers has chosen to take one class in the fall and summer semesters, and has taken a total of seven classes in this way.

“Most students, they go ‘why?’ but after you get out... you don’t have all the pressure of trying to get deadlines or anything, you just have to come and be involved,” Winthers said. “I think part of it is staying young by being with younger students; it helps me keep my mind living and touch some of the things I’m interested in but don’t pay attention to normally.”

Outside of her job as a senior auditor, Winthers in an active member in the community, volunteering as a receptionist and wayfinder at Mid-Michigan Medical Center, and volunteering at the John H. Goodrow Fund. Withers said being a senior auditor has many benefits, one being the freedom to choose all aspects of the education she can receive.

“It’s my power; it’s up to me. It’s not according to what they require for me or anything. I don’t have a study path. I just have interest” she said.

Quinn Kirby | Features Editor Senior Sindi Leak plays with 7-week-old kitten, Clementine, in her home Nov. 1 in Mount Pleasant.

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Two new nutrition clubs open in Mount Pleasant

By Rachael Yadlowsky Staff Reporter news@cm-life.com

Imagine a real-life Willy Wonka three course dinner chewing gum, but in the form of a low-calorie tea and shake drink that provides a meals-worth of nutrients.

Two new Mount Pleasant nutrition clubs offer just that.

Mid Mitten Nutrition, located at 1620 S. Mission St., suite P, hosted its grand opening Nov. 2. The nutrition club is owned by business partners Danielle Wright and Brandon Beatty.

Wright and Beatty are both nutrition coaches for a company called Herbalife Nutrition. According to its website, Herbalife offers a variety of products including tea mixes and milkshakes that provide a boost of energy and the same amount of nutrition as a wellbalanced meal.

Wright and Beatty are distributors of the Herbalife product and said they made it their goal to help their clients feel good about themselves, helping them to become healthier individuals.

“As coaches, we could be working from anywhere,” Wright said. “Brandon and I worked from our homes for a while but realized that we can’t let our clients into our house to work with them, but we wanted to really connect more with our clients and with the people who will come into the club.”

Mid Mitten Nutrition has a staff of eight Herbalife coaches who will work with clients and customers to help them pick out drinks.

“Any customers who want to become healthier can come in and talk to us and ask us what Herbalife is about,” Beatty said. “We have a wellness evaluation room where the

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Chelsea Gettings, owner of Mount Pleasant Nutrition, makes a Herbalife shake on Nov. 1.

coaches can meet with their clients to see how they’re doing while using Herbalife.”

Not five minutes down the road, a similar nutrition club, Mount Pleasant Nutrition, just opened with a similar goal.

Located at 1639 E. Broomfield St. in the

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Broomfield Mall, MP Nutrition is a small nutrition club owned by Chelsea Gettings, who also serves Herbalife teas and shakes.

MP Nutrition had its grand opening on Oct. 27.

Gettings said she started as a Herbalife coach five years ago after adding the product to her diet to get healthier.

“I loved the way that I felt while taking these products, and I wanted to help other people feel that way too,” she said.

Along with serving customers nutritious drinks that taste like milkshakes, Gettings wanted to make sure that the customers felt comfortable walking into the club.

“I wanted to go for a very home-like vibe,” she said. “I bought the long wood tables so people can chat and get to know other customers and I wanted them to be comfortable coming here.”

Both nutrition clubs offer a large variety of shake and tea flavors. The Herbalife recipe book that each club has, contains over 100 recipes but the clubs’ menus only offer around 80 recipes.

“My favorite flavor that we have is the cinnamon toast crunch,” Beatty said.

Similarly, Gettings said her favorite flavor is “definitely” sugar cookie.

When customers walk into either shop

they choose a tea, which acts as a metabolism booster and then a shake made from Herbalife powder.

“Usually when you go to a restaurant you get the drink and the meal,” Gettings said.

“This is very much like that.”

For those who have alternative diets and need accommodations like gluten-free or vegan, both clubs offer mostly gluten-free shakes and some shakes are vegan-friendly.

However, the powder used in the shake contains milk protein, which is a type of protein that is derived from filtered milk and formed by whey proteins. All the teas are gluten-free and vegan.

Gettings, Beatty and Wright all said they believe their prices fit into a college student’s budget. Both clubs offer a tea and a shake for around $8.

“Going to Wendy’s, a meal is $7.59, and it’s $8 here,” Wright said. “I hate to compare, but at Wendy’s you won’t get the nutrients that you need. So, to me our drinks are pretty college-budget friendly.”

Both clubs invite members of the Mount Pleasant community to stop in to try the drinks and the Herbalife product.

Both nutrition clubs are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

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Photos by Cody Scanlan | Staff Photographer

Inductee John Hartman talks with award banquet attendees before the event on Nov. 3 at the Courtyard Marriott.

Grand Rapids junior Melissa Frick gives a tribute to the late journalism faculty member Ronald Marmarelli on Nov. 3 at the Courtyard Marriot.

MLive Media Group’s Todd Fetting purchased a green visor to benefit the Ronald Marmarelli Scholarship at the Journalism Hall of Fame on Nov. 3 at the Courtyard Marriott.

he Journalism Hall of Fame recognized the work of five journalists this weekend at the annual hall of fame dinner at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel. Inductees included: • Dr. John K. Hartman is an emeritus professor who has been working in journalism for more than 50 years. He was a journalism faculty member from 1984-2015. During his time at CMU, he mentored students and worked to bring interesting and unique speakers to campus. Hartman is the author of “The USA Today Way,” which analyzed the new ideas the paper brought to the industry.

• Alumnus John Barnes graduated in 1981. He is a former metro editor of The Grand Rapids Press, where he worked for 33 years as a journalist and editor.

Barnes worked as state-wide journalism projects editor for MLive Media Group’s 10 offices.

• For more than 30 years, alumnus Fred Heumann has worked in radio and TV in Flint, Detroit and Lansing.

He is sports director and sportscaster at WLNS-TV in Lansing. He graduated in 1980.

• Sheila Reinecke is a 1983 graduate and Central Michigan Life alumna. In her more than 30 years in advertising, she has worked for The Grand Rapids Press, the Muskegon Chronicle and their parent companies. She is a major account executive for MLive Media Group and the national account director of Advance Newspapers.

• Randi Shaffer of the Chicago Tribune was recognized as this year’s Young Journalist of the Year.

Young Journalist of the Year winner Randi Shaffer (left) hugs former co-worker and award presenter Jackie Smith (right) on Nov. 3 at the Courtyard Marriott.

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Wrestling starts season at MSU

By Austin Chastain Sports Reporter sports@cm-life.com

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Central Michigan wrestling kicked their season off at the Michigan State Open Saturday and sophomore Matt Stencel picked up right where he finished last season.

Stencel racked up three pinfall victories over Eli Boulton of Oklahoma, Luke Ready of Michigan and Michigan State’s Christian Rebottaro on his way to the championship in the 285-pound weight class. He was defeated by Mason Parris of Michigan in the first period.

Sophomore Drew Hildebrandt won two of his four matches of the day with a 5-0 decision over Michigan’s Jack Medley following a first round bye. He went on to lose to Michigan State’s

RayVon Foley by a 9-4 decision. He defeated Carmen Ferrante 6-2 of Penn before dropping a hard-fought 7-5 decision in the third-place match of the 125-pound weight class to Michigan’s Austin Assad.

Sophomore Blake Montrie (165) finished fourth as well, and redshirt freshman Brock Bergelin(133) finished fifth, while redshirt freshman Colin Lieber finished sixth at 174-weight class.

CMU freshmen Zach Schupp (125) and Ben Cushman (184) each finished sixth, while freshman Corbyn Munson (141) finished fifth in the freshman/sophomore brackets.

Lieber opened with an 8-0 major decision over Emilio Fowler of Notre Dame before suffering a 9-3 loss at the hands of NIU’s Brit Wilson.

Bieber bounced back with wins over Daniel Heintz and Chip-

pewa teammate Sage Castillo before losing each of his last two matches to finish sixth.

Bergelin began the day by losing 2-1 to Notre Dame’s Kelan Mckenna, won won his next three matches, with a win over teammate Devin Perez. He ended up suffering a 9-2 loss to NIU’s Alijah Jeffery. Berglin finished fifth after NIU’s Drew West withdrew from the tournament on a medical forfeit.

Montrie opened with an 8-4 loss to Kenny Moore of Northern Illinois, and then bounced back with four consecutive wins to earn a spot in the third-place match against Oklahoma’s Jeremy Thomas.

Shupp, who competed unattached (individual), opened his day by losing 4-3 to Findlay’s Zach Collins before earning a third-period pin over Notre Dame’s Johnny Cracker, a 6-3 decision over Blair Orr of

Penn, and an 8-3 victory over Michigan State’s Ethan Curtin.

Schupp lost his final pair of matches to finish sixth.

Munson also wrestled unattached, earned a 14-4 major decision over Edinboro’s Jack Gold, an 8-4 decision over fellow Chippewa Mason Breece, and a 13-7 decision over Nathan Swartz of NIU. He then lost a pair of consecutive matches before rebounding to defeat Michigan’s Nick Freeman 6-5 in the fifthplace match.

“We’ve been up and down, you win some you lose some,” Chippewa head coach Tom Borelli said. “I like the way our guys are wrestling right now.”

The Chippewas return to the mats next at 2 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 11 to take on the Michigan Wolverines in a dual inside McGuirk Arena.

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Poljan benched as EMU rolls Chippewas 17-7

Starting QB was 10-of-27 for 39 yards, one interception and two fumbles

By Evan Petzold Staff Reporter sports@cm-life.com

Robi Stuart broke through Eastern Michigan’s offensive line and Malik Fountain followed intently.

The duo crashed into EMU starting quarterback Mike Glass III, forcing him out of the game with a right leg injury midway through the second quarter.

Tyler Wiegers, the expected starter, jumped into action against Central Michigan, an in-state Mid-American Conference rivalry. That’s when coach John Bonamego’s defensive group capitalized, but it wasn’t enough.

Struggles from starting quarterback Tony Poljan allowed the Eagles (5-5, 3-3 MAC) to pull off a 17-7 victory over the Chippewas (1-9, 0-6 MAC) on Nov. 3 at Rynearson Stadium.

“The defense was outstanding, just not enough on offense.

Not even close,” Bonamego said. “We weren’t able to move the ball through the air.”

“It’s unacceptable. We need to be better. Go back to work tomorrow and try to figure it out and find some answers.”

Poljan was 10-of-27 for 39 yards, one interception and two fumbles before being replaced by redshirt freshman Austin Hergott on CMU’s final drive of the contest. Hergott compiled 22 passing yards on two completions before throwing a pick. “(Hergott) made some throws, moved the chains,” Bonamego said. “Made some good quick decisions out there.

I think we’ve got to give Austin a strong look this week and see how he does in practice.

“All options are on the table at this point.”

Despite Poljan’s lack of

Ben Suddendorf | Staff Photographer Junior running back Romello Ross tramples over an EMU defender on Nov. 3 at Rynearson Stadium.

success, Bonamego’s defense stepped up after a four-play, 88-yard drive on the Eagles first possession, which ended in a 26-yard score from running back Shaq Vann.

Vann went for 117 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries.

Blake Banham led EMU’s re-

ceivers with seven receptions, 99 yards and one score.

EMU was unable to score on 12-straight offensive possessions due to a missed field goal, interception, two fumbles and a turnover on downs. All the while, CMU’s offense was even more abysmal.

The Chippewas tied the game just before halftime on a 68-yard scoop-and-score by defensive end Mike Danna.

Fellow defensive lineman Sean Adesanya popped the ball loose from Wiegers, allowing Danna to pick it up with a running start for a touchdown.

In the first half alone, CMU forced three turnovers but had no offensive points to show for it. The Chippewas finished with 138 total yards of offense – 211 less than EMU. Wiegers completed back-toback passes to Dylan Drummond for 36 total yards to the

CMU 32-yard line, desperate for a score to take an edge on the scoreboard.

Moments later, Wiegers tossed a 7-yard score to Blake Banham to give EMU a 14-7 lead with 7:33 remaining in the game.

As a graduate transfer from Iowa, Wiegers was 17-of-25 for 150 yards, one touchdown and one interception. Glass accumulated 100 yards before his injury.

The ensuing CMU possession resulted in a fumble by Poljan. Maxx Crosby applied the hit, and the ball was picked up by defensive end Jeremiah Harris, a former CMU commit, at the Chippewas’ 7-yard line.

Kicker Chad Ryland, who missed a 38-yard field goal earlier in the game, converted from 26 yards for a 17-7 margin.

With 4:42 left in the game, Hergott replaced Poljan at quarterback. He completed two passes to receiver Devon Spalding before being intercepted by EMU’s Vince Calhoun.

“We’ve got to put together four quarters,” Bonamego said. “We’ve put together one and two; this game I thought we put together three. But we weren’t able to finish it at the end.”

Spalding led the Chippewas with six receptions for 36 yards. Romello Ross was the leading rusher – 17 carries for 57 yards. Junior running back Jonathan Ward, who accumulated nearly 1,500 yards all-purpose in 2017, missed the game due to injury. He has not found the end zone this season.

Calhoun’s interception secured EMU’s victory, pushing the Eagles to five wins on the season. More importantly, just one away from bowl eligibility.

CMU punter Jack Sheldon registered 394 yards against EMU. Of the Chippewas’ 14 offensive possessions, Sheldon was forced to kick the ball away 10 times.

The Chippewas return to Kelly/Shorts Stadium to play Bowling Green on Nov. 10. The Falcons are 1-8 on the season and 0-5 in the conference.

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Basketball transfer expects to return before season opener

By Andrew McDonald Staff Reporter sports@cm-life.com

Larry Austin made it clear — the prized men’s basketball transfer wants to give all of his effort to Central Michigan.

While dealing with a minor foot injury, he elected not to play in the Chippewas exhibition game 89-84 win over Davenport on Oct. 29.

“I couldn’t really move laterally and when I’m out there I want to give it my all on both ends of the floor,” Austin said. “I didn’t want to be a liability on the defensive end. I really take pride in defense because it’s my biggest strength.”

This absence comes after Austin played in the Maroon and Gold contest on Oct. 14 and played in a majority of the minutes.

Head coach Keno Davis

said there was no reason for him to play and make the injury worse in a game that doesn’t count.

“He’s had some nagging injuries and practiced the day before but just didn’t feel he KENO DAVIS was ready to be in a full game situation,” Davis said.

The Chippewas allowed the Panthers guard Dyllon Hudson-Emory to score 26 points in the exhibition game.

“I think we need to talk better and have a little more alertness on the defensive end,” Austin said. “We can do a better job of talking as a whole group.”

Senior guard Shawn

Roundtree took the workload on himself with Austin on the sideline, scoring a game-high 29 points. Davis believes the two will feed off of each other in future outings and it will make CMU better on both ends of the floor.

“I felt like the game came to me and I stayed confident,” Roundtree said. “I did what I felt needed to be done (without Austin).”

Austin expects to be back on the floor for the Chippewas season opener, but doesn’t know if he will be at full health.

“I’ll be better than I would’ve been had I played (against Davenport),” Austin said. “I think my foot is getting better each and every day, I don’t know if I will be at 100 percent but I’m going to give it my 100 percent effort regardless when I’m out there.”

Ben Suddendorf | Staff Photographer Senior guard Larry Austin Jr. slams the ball into the basket and hangs onto the rim on Oct. 14 at McGuirk Arena.

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Tenant pays all utilities. Rent starting at $850.00 per month.

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HELP WANTED DAIRY FARM MILKER Multiple shifts available. Full or part-time hours milking on a dairy farm. 10 miles from campus.

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AUCTIONS Grocery Auction Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018 2:00 PM 6720 State Rd. Millington, MI. Non-perishable foods, frozen meat, bread. Food auction every second Sunday monthly. Tim’s Auction Service 989-912-8701. _______________________________ Weekly Online Auctions - Firearms, Sporting Goods, Tools, Lawn & Garden, Antiques & Collectibles! Go to: SherwoodAuctionServiceLLC. com for details. Contact Auctioneer Joe Sherwood for your LIVE ONSITE Auction Needs (989)640-9401. _______________________________

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