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| Monday, Oct. 10, 2011
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Academic Prioritization coming next week Delayed because ‘this is not a normal fall semester’ By Mike Nichols Senior Reporter
Academic prioritization is behind schedule, but Provost Gary Shapiro expects to release the results next week. The process began in November 2010, when the provost asked all college deans to rank their degree programs on importance and funding needs.
Shapiro told Central Michigan Life in August the announcement would arrive near the end of September. “The timeline is about two to three weeks behind schedule due to other university business and demands,” said Steve Smith, director of public relations. “(Shapiro) is currently reviewing his priority rankings and preparing his report to the campus, which will accompany his recommendations.” Shapiro said he is in meetings Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, and is not hopeful about getting the findings out by Friday. He said it is about 95 percent complete and expects it to be announced sometime next week. “There is significant university business beside the reprioritization process,” he said. “This is not a normal fall semester.” Shapiro said the release was delayed because he has been busy with other responsibilities regarding issues with the budget, facilities and space.
When Shapiro was asked if the delay was caused by the contract conflict with the Faculty Association, he said there was a number of different issues he was currently dealing with and did not comment further. Shapiro said he is going back through the data to doublecheck for any grammatical errors and problematic rankings. He is also developing a report to explain what has led to their findings and what CMU can do to move forward. “We’re at the process of dou-
ble-checking, editing my comments,” he said. “There is just a tremendous amount of data.” After the editing process, if complete, Shapiro will go over the information with University President George Ross and make his recommendations. Ross has seen a preliminary draft, but he has not yet reviewed it in its entirety, Shapiro said. Shapiro expects Ross to rely on his recommendations, he said. university@cm-life.com
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New law requires beer keg ID tags
Local man charged with two felonies
Local store owner expects sales to drop
Assault, attempted kidnapping in June incident
By Jessica Fecteau Senior Reporter
By Orrin Shawl Staff Reporter
Beer kegs will be sold with identification tags to be able to verify who purchased the keg beginning Nov. 1. The new Michigan law will require buyers to sign a receipt with their name, address, telephone number and driver’s license or state identification card number. Isabella County Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski said the law will allow police to easily be able to identify who purchased the keg at a busted party. “Right now, when we go to parties without tags on the kegs, no one knows where it came from,” he said. “Now this way we’ll know who is responsible for it.” He said, if nothing else, it will make the purchaser more responsible if they are serving to minors. “Those who are caught serving to minors will get a ticket for a misdemeanor,” he said. A $30 keg deposit will not be returned if the tag is unattached upon returning. Removing the tag is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 93 days in jail and a fine of up to $500. Ken Los, co-owner of Bottle and Barrel, 1635 E. Broomfield St., Triple Deuce Party Store, LLC, 222 S. Washington St., and Pickard Party Store, 5114 E. Pickard St., said the new law will greatly affect his businesses. “We’re expecting more than 75 percent of keg sales to go down,” he said. “We’ll begin taking orders for people who want them and carry less inventory.” Los consequently expects package beer sales to increase. “People will not be happy with the $30 deposit and there won’t be as many keg parties
hearts out to me,” LaForest said. “It means the world to me to have some of these people reach out to me and trust me enough to share some of the things they’ve shared.” One of the questions addressed for the auditions was, “If you could create a role, what would it be?” “I really want to create a role for stuff that I’ve gone through that isn’t really addressed, like sexual abuse,” she said. LaForest’s roommate and Warren junior Julie Ewart said she wants more people to go online and vote. “She got up to the top really fast and we’re trying to bring it up even more,” Ewart said. “Basically every vote counts, so people should keep voting
A four-month-long investigation into an assault and battery and attempted kidnapping case led to felony charges against Nicholas Antonio Villarreal. Villarreal, a 21-year-old Mount Pleasant resident, now faces a felony charge of attempted kidnapping, which could get him life in prison and a Nicholas Villarrel $50,000 fine for attempting to choke a 21-yearold woman with a sweatshirt. Villarreal also faces a misdemeanor charge of assault and battery, which could result in an additional 93 days and a $500 fine. The incident took place at about 3 a.m. on June 5 when the female was walking near the office building of University Meadows, 4310 Sterling Way. The woman told police she heard footsteps running in her direction and turned around to see a male she did not recognize. According to a press release sent out by Isabella County Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski, the male proceeded to take a faded grey sweatshirt and put it around her neck in an attempt to strangle her. The victim fell on her knees and attempted to elbow the strangler in the groin, but instead hit his inner thigh. Mioduszewski said he doesn’t necessarily advocate for victims to fight back, but advises them to do whatever they think is plausible to stay safe. “In this case, she felt comfortable in doing that,” he said. “Quite frankly, it kind of worked out.”
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Escanaba junior Chantelle LaForest laughs while holding up the “Glee” sign in her University Meadows apartment Sunday afternoon in Mount Pleasant. LaForest is currently third in the national Glee Project. “It’s been really surreal,” she said. “It hasn’t sunk in yet.” The opportunities provided in Glee, she said, come closest to combining her passions – singing, dancing and acting. “I want it really, really badly,” she said.
gleeking out CMU student in third place for a chance to appear on ‘Glee’ By Ben Harris | Senior Reporter More than 2,000 hopefuls have uploaded video auditions for a chance to compete on “Glee” — Escanaba junior Chantell LaForest’s audition video is currently ranked third. If chosen, LaForest will compete on Oxygen’s “The Glee Project,” a reality show serving as an audition for the television show “Glee.” “For ‘Glee’ they want to keep it as realistic as possible, so they’re looking for new people to come in and replace characters who are graduating,” LaForest said. LaForest auditioned with her own rendition of “The Edge of Glory,” by Lady Gaga. The first “Glee Project” was last year, but LaForest said she was unable to participate because she didn’t own a webcam. “I love ‘Glee’ in general. When it came out, I thought it was the best thing ever,” LaForest said. “It’s everything I wanted high school to be.”
The videos are ranked by page “likes,” but the ultimate decision is the producers’. The top auditions get a chance to compete on the show for a spot on the cast. Last year, two were chosen. In nine days, LaForest’s video racked up 14,366 views and 2,249 “likes.” “It was a long process,” LaForest said. “The video was a five-part audition and you had to pass as a believable high school student.” The auditions end Nov. 3; LaForest hopes to get a phone call later that month. LaForest said she had overwhelming support from her family, roommates and her hometown. “I revealed that I had been sexually abused as a young girl and I’ve had Facebook messages from people I’ve never met pouring their
Central Lip Dub brings students, RSOs out About 200 show up to be in video By Logan Patmon Staff Reporter
The streets and sidewalks of Central Michigan University were filled with enthusiastic students Sunday as MAC TV filmed a lip-syncing music video starring students. The lip dub was shot in one take while students danced and sang to a mix
of “Kids” by MGMT, “Jump” by Van Halen, and the CMU fight song played by the Chippewa pep band. The video was a follow-up to the video MAC shot Sept. 30 in downtown Mount Pleasant, which featured local business owners and residents. MAC Production Director Andrew Hickman said the downtown one was the first lip dub MAC ever made. About 200 participated and worked to create Sunday’s lip dub.
“We’ve been planning this since May,” Hickman said. “The one on campus is much bigger and includes many more people than the previous one.” Hickman said several dozen registered student organizations participated in the campus video. The American Sign Language Society was one of the RSOs that participated. “Not a lot of people know about us so we take any opportunity to get exposure,” said Caledonia senior Emily
Vaughn. “While everybody else is singing their lyrics, we will be signing ours.” Each RSO was given a location to appear and certain lyrics to sing and dance to, before joining the growing crowd of students parading around campus singing, waving signs and dancing. “It’s a great way to show our school sprit and get people exposed to our organization in a very creative way,” A VIDEO | 2A
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About 100 students walk past the Fabiano/Emmons/Woldt fountain Sunday afternoon as they participate in the CMU lip dub. The group started at the Central walkway, singing ‘Kids’ by MGMT, and ended in front of the fountain, singing ‘Jump’ by Van Halen.
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