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Belding man accused of eight felonies in Deerfield stabbings

By Shelby Miller and Adam Niemi Senior Reporters

A Belding man is lodged in Isabella County Jail and accused of stabbing two CMU students early Sunday morning at Deerfield apartments in Union Township.

Todd William Gerheiser, 22, is charged with two counts of assault with intent

to murder, two counts of assault with intent to do great bodily harm, two counts of assault with Todd Gerheiser a dangerous weapon, one count of carrying a concealed weapon and one count of carrying a dangerous weapon with

unlawful intent.

As previously reported by Central Michigan Life, Michigan State Police troopers from the Mount Pleasant post were dispatched shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday to the scene of a large fight at the complex, 3400 E. Deerfield Road.

Upon arrival, a group of people ran toward troopers.

One was a victim, covered in blood. He told the troopers he had been stabbed and pointed

toward the suspect, who was also running toward officers, according to a release issued Monday morning by MSP. Central Michigan Life has learned both stabbing victims are CMU students.

Troopers then ordered the suspect to the ground, where he was arrested around 1:15 a.m.

The investigation continued with the location of the weapon and interviews.

Michigan State Police Trooper Douglas Hunt said the names of the victims will probably not be released for awhile, if at all.

“At least not until the investigation is closed,” he said.

“It could be detrimental to them.”

He said both victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

The Isabella County Prosecutor’s Office issued a

Freshman enrollment drops 12.4 percent

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$7 million lab planned for CMED, HP

By Catey Traylor University Editor

VICTORIA ZEGLER /PHOTO EDITOR

West Bloomfield junior Sammy Dubin, president of Hillel of CMU, left, and Michigan State junior Lizzy Kirsch, right, laugh over dinner while celebrating the Jewish new year after a Rosh Hashanah service Monday night at Lester & Jewell Morris Hillel Jewish Student Center in East Lansing, Michigan.

High holiday CMU, MSU Hillel come together to celebrate Jewish New Year

By Rachel Harrison | Staff Reporter

The celebration of Rosh Hashanah brought about 12 students from Central Michigan University to Michigan State University Monday night.

By Neil Rosan Staff Reporter

Thursday could bring approval for a $7 million, 10,000-square-foot research laboratory for the College of Medicine and College of Health Professions.

The Central Michigan University Board of Trustees will discuss several proposed building projects to satisfy space needs on campus Thursday.

The proposed projects include the new laboratory for the College of Medicine, which will include eight A CMED| 2A

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Shapiro to get provost salary during year off

By Jackson Seedott Staff Reporter

Central Michigan University experienced an overall 2.2-percent decline in student enrollment and even larger 12.4-percent drop in freshman enrollment for the 2012-13 school year, according to numbers released late Tuesday.

Total enrollment is currently at 27,693; a 2.2-percent decline from last year’s enrollment of 28,311. Total freshman enrollment is down 12.4 percent from last year with a decrease of 10.5 percent over the last five years.

Freshman enrollment peaked in 2010 at 4,215 and since then has declined to 3,899 in 2011 and again to 3,417 new freshmen enrolled in 2012.

10-county felony warrant for Gerheiser. His bond is set for 10 percent of $800,000.

Gerheiser has a preliminary exam scheduled for 8:15 a.m. Thursday.

Gerheiser is not listed in the CMU directory and not believed to be a student at the university.

VICTORIA ZEGLER /PHOTO EDITOR

Michigan State senior Alex Waldman reads a ceremonial prayer to celebrate the Jewish new year during a Rosh Hashanah service Monday night at Lester & Jewell Morris Hillel Jewish Student Center in East Lansing, Michigan.

The holiday, known as the Jewish new year, began Sunday and concluded Tuesday night.

“The holiday is basically the celebration of Adam and Eve and the creation of Earth. It is also a day to take reflection about one’s past year. Praying can be in any language, as long as you do it, and take the time to do it,” MSU Rabbi Dan Horwitz said in a sermon to about 50 people on Monday.

The Rabbi spoke about how State is always open to CMU Jewish students.

“It is a home away from home for Jewish students to come here and be able to celebrate holidays like Rosh Hashanah if students cannot go home to celebrate with their families,” Horwitz said.

Elliott Spoon, president of the MSU Jewish board, spoke about how they cater to CMU.

“We have a lot of different events that we offer to both sides including retreats and a chance to go to Israel,” he said.

Josh Finn, a Southfield senior, said the celebration is good for all students “We have a lot of friends from high school that go to MSU, and it gives us a chance to come together and celebrate the holiday as a family,” said Finn, who is also the secretary of Hillel.

After the sermon, everyone was invited for a dinner that was hosted by MSU. Students spoke about the importance of food to the Jewish community.

“CMU is one of my universities that I work with, and I am happy that they can bring their chip spirit to the Spartan area,” MSU Hillel adviser Sam Appel said.

Provost Gary Shapiro will earn his normal salary of more than $254,000 while taking a year off before returning to Central Michigan University to teach.

Shapiro announced on Sept. 11 he would resign as provost after this academic year and taking a year off as a transitional period, returning to CMU in fall 2014 as a professor. Shapiro’s last day as provost will be July 31, 2013, according Steve Smith, director of public relations.

According to the Senior Officer Handbook, Shapiro’s “salary during the transition leave shall be at the level existing on the last day of regular employment as a Senior Officer,” Smith wrote in an email.

Smith said no search committee or person to chair a committee has yet been appointed to look for Shapiro’s replacement.

A national search for a replacement is expected to begin this fall.

Shapiro isn’t the only senior officer to resign and come back as a professor.

Sue Ann Martin, former dean of the College of Communication and Fine Arts, is now a fixed-term faculty member in the communication and dramatic arts department. Martin came to CMU in 1997 as CCFA dean and served before resigning in December 2008. She took a semester off before returning to teaching.

Former Dean of Students Bruce Roscoe served for 16 years before stepping down in April 2011. He returned to CMU in June 2011, about two months later, as a professor of human environmental studies department.

Shapiro, Roscoe and Martin could not be reached for comment. university@cm-life.com

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Former presidential candidate Herman Cain to speak at CMU next Tuesday

By John Irwin Elections Coordinator

Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain will speak at Plachta Auditorium in Warriner Hall on Tuesday as part of his countrywide “College Truth Tour.”

Cain will give a speech and take questions from the crowd.

Cain will be accompanied at the event by a band and will speak following a Mount Pleasant business owner yet to be named, said Megan Gill, chairwoman of the College Republicans at Central Michigan University.

The event was pulled together by the CMU College Republicans, with the help of the Michigan Federation of College Republicans, Gill said.

“We’re excited,” said Gill, who will introduce Cain at the event. “Even though he’s not

running anymore, anytime you get a big name like Herman Cain to come to CMU, I think it really shows Michigan is going to be a key part of this election.”

Gill said many of the College Republicans will volunteer for the event.

“They’ll mainly be in charge of doing check-ins for the most part,” Gill said. “We’ll be there for anything else they might need, though, including helping out with the Q & A.” Tickets for the 6 p.m. event are free. Those who wish to attend can either register online

on Cain’s website, collegetruthtour.com, or at the door.

Cain will speak at two other Michigan universities in the days following his CMU stop.

He will speak at Michigan State University on Sept. 26 and the University of Michigan on Sept. 27.

Cain, the former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, made a splash in the hectic 2012 Republican primary season.

He became a Tea Party favorite after unveiling his 9-99 tax plan last fall. The plan would require citizens to pay nine percent in business transaction taxes, income taxes and federal sales taxes.

For much of the fall, Cain ran neck-and-neck with current Republican nominee Mitt Romney in the national polls after starting his campaign off as a dark horse, briefly becoming the front-runner in late October and early November.

Around that same time, reports of four women accusing Cain of sexual harassment and misconduct began to surface.

Another woman, Ginger White, came forward in late November alleging she had a 13-year affair with Cain.

Cain denied all of the allegations but later “suspended” his campaign in early December after his poll numbers dropped dramatically, in large part due to the controversy.

His 30-day bus tour, launched earlier this month, features three events per day, each aimed at different groups. According to the tour’s website, the morning breakfast events are aimed at “FaithBased and Community Leaders,” the lunch events focus on “Job Creators and Business Leaders” and the College Truth Tour wraps up the day.

The college tour focuses on problems facing college stu-

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Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain will visit CMU Tuesday as part of his national “College Truth Tour.” Cain, a businessman and former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, suspended his campaign in December after allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct.

dents in a struggling economy and Cain’s solutions to them.

The website does not brand the tour as a speech, but rather

as a “fun, educational event.” studentlife@cm-life.com

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EVENTS CALENDAR TODAY w The Board of Trustees-

Faculty Liaison meeting will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. in Grawn Hall 178.

w Journey Through the

Jungle: A Fascinating Look at Life in the Rainforest will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the first floor of Rowe Hall. w Speak Up, Speak Out: The

Current Events Series will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. in Bovee University Center auditorium.

TOMORROW w The Board of Trustees

College of Medicine Committee meeting will be held from 11:10 to 11:55 a.m. in the president’s room of the Bovee University Center. w The Board of Trustees

Academic and Student Affairs Committee meeting will be held from 10:30 to 11 a.m. in the president’s room of the Bovee University Center. w The Board of Trustees

meeting will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. in the president’s room of the Bovee University Center. w Richard Kin, a professor

from Northern Illinois University, will give a talk titled, “The Lake Erie Islands: A Natural Laboratory for Watersnake Evolution, Ecology and Conservation” from 4 to 5 p.m. in Brooks 203.

Mitt Romney: 47 percent of voters ‘dependent upon government’

PHOTO OF THE DAY

By John Irwin Elections Coordinator

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney finds himself in hot water after a video of him calling nearly half of the American electorate “dependent upon government” surfaced Monday.

The video, leaked in full

by Mother Jones, a liberalleaning online magazine, shows Romney speaking to a room of 30 donors at a closed-door, $50,000 perplate dinner fundraiser at the Boca Raton, Fla., home of private equity manager Marc Leder on May 17. Most of the footage is blurred to protect the identities of those at the dinner.

Romney said voters who support President Barack Obama are “entitled” and therefore have no choice but to vote for him and other Democrats.

“There are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you name it,” Romney said.

“That that’s an entitlement.

And the government should give it to them.”

Romney, apparently at ease in the video and displaying his rarely seen but well-documented sense of humor, said that same group does not pay federal income taxes.

“Our message of low taxes doesn’t connect,” he said.

The former Massachusetts governor said he does not have to concern himself with winning them over.

“My job is not to worry about those people,” Romney said. “I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.”

Romney defended the comments in front of reporters Monday night.

“It’s not elegantly stated,” Romney said. “I’m speaking off the cuff in response to a question.”

He said he does not give different messages to donors behind closed doors than he does to the public.

“We have a very different approach, the president and I, between a governmentdominated society and a society driven by free people pursuing their dreams,” Romney said.

The Obama campaign called their opponent’s remarks “shocking.”

“It’s hard to serve as president for all Americans when you’ve disdainfully written off half the nation,” Obama campaign manager Jim Messina said in a statement.

The video was available online in short clips for months now, but it did not become major political news until the full video was posted online by Mother Jones’ David Corn.

According to New York magazine, James Carter IV, the grandson of former president Jimmy Carter, found the uploader of the clips and got him in contact with Corn.

Carter spends his time doing opposition research on Republicans and hopes to be hired to do research soon.

“I’ve been searching for clips on Republicans for a long time, almost every day,” Carter told New York.

“I just do it for fun.”

ANDREW KUHN /STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Twenty-two year old journalism major and apparel merchandising and design minor Ashli Wilson of Port Huron attaches a hand to one of the mannequins she is using in a display for her AMD 356 class, Visual Merchandising Monday evening on the second floor of Wightman Hall.

Deerfield crash Tuesday morning kills Port Huron man, hospitalizes Casco man

By Adam Niemi Senior Reporter

One man is dead and his passenger is hospitalized following a rollover accident Tuesday morning in Union Township.

Jeffrey Allen Brennan, 42, of Port Huron died after his 2003 GMC Sierra pickup ran off the left side of the road and rolled into a corn field near East Deerfield Road between 2 a.m. and 7 a.m. Tuesday, according to a news release from the Isabella County

CMED | CONTINUED FROM 1A stations and office space, an addition to Anspach Hall and renting buildings for faculty art space and the Central Center for Children, Families and Communities.

According to a university news release, the funding for the laboratory would be provided from provost fund reserves, cost recovery on grants and contracts and reserves for future construction.

Anspach Hall would get a $337,000 enhancement to the $14 million renovation project. If approved, there are plans to add a second floor to a planned onestory student lounge to the west side of the building.

The enhancement would add 1,600 square feet for faculty office space to the already renovated hall.

Funding will be coming from the College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences reserves.

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kicks off at 7 p.m. in MAC Gym No. 1 of the Student Activity Center.

CORRECTIONS Central Michigan Life has a longstanding commitment to fair and accurate reporting. It is our policy to correct factual errors.

Please e-mail news@cm-life.com.

In Tuesday’s story about Title IX, the day and location of the meetings was incorrect. The meeting will be held Thursday from 1:15 to 2:45 p.m. in the U.C. Auditorium.

Meetings are open to the public. © Central Michigan Life 2012 Volume 94, Number 11

STABBINGS| CONTINUED FROM 1A According to an official with United Apartments, the company will not answer questions about security policies at the Deerfield apartment complex.

Eileen Mollohan, general manager of United Apartments, said the company will not respond about the stabbing incident at Deerfield Apartments, a complex operated by United, and said they would direct all inquiries to the local police. Mollohan hung up a call with Central Michigan Life before any questions were answered.

“If you look at our track record, we have not talked with reporters in the past,” Mollohan said. metro@cm-life.com

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney laughs as he holds less-than-thrilled 18-month-old Jonah Brieve of Grand Rapids as he greets a few of the more than 300 people in attendance at a campaign rally Wednesday, Feb. 15 at office systems company Compatico in Kentwood, Mich.

ENROLLMENT | CONTINUED FROM 1A A Central Michigan Life reporter attempted to contact the Office of Enrollment and Student Services for more than a week regarding enrollment numbers and was told no information was available. CMU issued a release after 5 p.m. Tuesday, while a full breakdown of the numbers was provided to a reporter by University President George Ross at Tuesday afternoon’s Academic Senate meeting.

Steven Johnson, vice president for enrollment and student services, said in the news release the decline was expected and reflected Michigan’s shrinking high school graduation classes.

Johnson is leading an effort to establish an “aggressive and tactical enrollment plan” in order to bring more students to CMU. “The whole campus is coming together to help middle and high school students understand CMU’s nationally ranked academic strengths and the incredible experience behind the degree that students receive at CMU,” Johnson said in the release.

Low teacher-student ratios, multidisciplinary collaboration and faculty’s proactive involvement in career services after graduation are a few of the foundational platforms that Johnson and his peers want to focus on in bringing more students to CMU.

Total undergraduate enrollment peaked in 2010 at 28,389 students and declined to 28,311 in 2011 and again, 2.2 percent, to 27,693 in 2012.

Minority enrollment experienced a record-high for the past five years at 4,810, which is a 1.9-percent increase from last year. Over the past five years, minority enrollment has increased 16 percent.

“This consistent growth in minority enrollment may be contributed to CMU

programs for underserved middle and high school students statewide,” Johnson said in the release. “The Office of Student Enrollment and Student Services tries to promote these programs in order to provide a bridge for young people from underprivileged populations so they understand college is a real possibility and that CMU is an excellent choice.”

International enrollment, which has seen a 33.3-percent increase over the last five years, saw a 5.3 percent dip. Nine-hundred thirteen international students are registered for classes, down from a high of 1,093 in 2010.

CMU continues to see an

Sheriff ’s Department.

Neither occupant wore a seatbelt, and both were ejected from the truck as it rolled into a cornfield, the release said.

Brennan was pronounced dead at the scene.

Casco resident Nathan Duane Myers, 27, was transported by ambulance to McLaren-Central Michigan and later airlifted to Hurley Medical Center in Flint. His status is unknown.

The accident remains under investigation, and Isabella County Sheriff Leo

Mioduszewski said a specific time of the accident is unknown at this point because the truck came to rest 15 to 20 yards from the road in a field with standing corn. Traffic on the road at dark was not able to see into the field until daylight. Mioduszewski said it’s unknown if alcohol was a factor in the accident.

“Until the autopsy’s done, we’re not going to know if alcohol was a factor,” Mioduszewski said.

The board is looking to lease a studio space for faculty members who currently work at home or rent their own commercial space to work on their creative pieces for the university. The lease will not exceed $56,000 a year and funds would come from the College of Communications and Fine Arts and the Provost’s Office.

Director of Public Relations Steve Smith declined comment.

The trustees are also looking to approve the rental of a 3,000-squarefoot facility near campus for the Central Center for Children, Families, and Communities program.

The center’s main goal is to reduce health issues among under-served residents. The cost of renting the space would not exceed $45,000 annually and would be funded by the Provost’s Office, the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs and the College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences.

According to a university press release, more than

$114 million has been invested into academic space in the past seven years, and if all the projects are approved, that number will be rising.

Other key items on the agenda will include approving the university’s goals for the upcoming year, a review of the university’s independent audit report and establishing the tuition rate for the inaugural class for the College of Medicine.

About $276 million in unrestricted funds sat in university reserve accounts following a September 2011 audit report.

CMU dipped into its reserve account to fund a $6.1 million shortfall for the 2012-13 budget.

The Board of Trustees will meet for its formal session at 3 p.m. Thursday in the President’s Conference Room in the Bovee University Center. The meeting is open to the public.

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Enrollment Numbers Change

1 year 5 year

Total CMU Enrollment

-2.2% 3.4%

International Enrollment

-5.3% 33.3%

New Freshman Enrollment

-12.4% -10.5%

Global Campus Enrollment

1.4% 3.9%

increase in Global Campus enrollment, increasing 1.4 percent from last year.

Representing a 3.9 increase in the last five years, 7,189

students are enrolled in offcampus programs.

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Community colleges becoming more important

AC A D E M I C s E N At E

First stage of strategic planning completed New vision statement unveiled

By Alayna Smith Senior Reporter

Editor’s note: This is the second story in a series about the future of higher education.

By Annie Harrison Senior Reporter

Central Michigan University has completed the first phase of strategic planning, said Strategic planning cochairs at Tuesday’s Academic Senate meeting.

Claudia Douglass, interim vice provost of Academic Affairs, and Barrie Wilkes, associate vice president of Financial Services and Reporting, presented a report on strategic planning at the meeting.

Wilkes said some of the feedback criticized the old vision statement and mission statement for being too similar, and now the vision statement has been shortened in its fourth draft.

“Central Michigan University, an inclusive community of scholars, is a national leader in higher education inspiring excellence and innovation,” the vision statement reads.

Douglass said Phase two of strategic planning will further define the priorities by initiatives and explore ways to achieve the priorities. She said the university is going to use as much of the information that it already has while moving forward with strategic planning.

“We’re not going to reinvent the wheel,” she said.

“We’re going to use the data that we have.”

The five priorities outlined in the report are: student success, research and creative activity, quality faculty and staff, community partnerships and infrastructure stewardship.

Pamela Gates, dean of the College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences, said the university should “go from the ground up” and look at strategic planning immediately at the department level and work to identify how to get resources to do what is needed.

A-Senate approved one amendment to its constitution regarding the representation of the College of Medicine. Each of the three disciplines within CMED will be represented individually, as CMED Dean Ernest Yoder said disciplines are equivalent to departments in terms of representation at A-Senate. university@cm-life.com

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Mount Pleasant resident Barbara Bush, 94, left, and Rochester Hills senior Megan Petras, right, shield their faces from sunlight Friday afternoon outside of Maplewood Assisted Living, 1945 Churchill Blvd. “Even if she’s had a bad day or I’ve had a bad day, I always leave with a smile,” Petras said. Petras has been participating in the Adopt-A-Grandparent program since her freshman year at CMU.

Grand friends Adopt-A-Grandparent gives students opportunity to bond, form friendships with elderly

By Charnae Sanders

Every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. sharp, Barbara Bush can be caught laughing her heart out with a smile painted across her face.

The 94-year-old retired teacher is not watching television or reading a good book.

Instead, Rochester Hills senior Megan Petras accompanies her for their weekly meeting.

While some college students spend their spare time going out or staying inside playing video games, Petras would rather go to visit her adopted grandparent at Maplewood of Mount Pleasant, 1945 Churchill Blvd.

Now in its eighth year, the Adopt-A-Grandparent program allows students to visit and develop special relationships with the residents of Maplewood, an assisted living community. The program has also expanded to Andahwod Senior Care Center, 2910 S. Leaton Road.

“There are a lot of programs in the Volunteer Center already that deal with elementary-age students … but the elderly age, that’s kind of a population that’s overseen a lot or kind of forgotten about,” said Frankenmuth junior Matthew Knieling, student coordinator for Adopt-AGrandparent. “But I think it’s definitely an important population to reach, because they have so much to offer people, especially people our age.”

After losing her grandmother from lung cancer when she was a freshman in high school, Petras felt the need to give back. She joined the program her freshman year at CMU and hoped to not only comfort the elderly but to help them due to the fact that she wants to be a speech pathologist and work with the elderly in the future.

“I just needed to give back to the elderly,” Petras said. “I felt like it was my time and place, and the elderly is what I want to do in my profession, too. So it makes me appreciate what I’m going to do more.”

Petras has been visiting her adopted grandparent for three years. Petras said their relationship started with their liking of animals.

“Our very first conversation was about cats,” Petras said. “… You find other things you relate on, and you just build from there.”

The Adopt-A-Grandparent program gives students and senior citizens personality tests that ask about different

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types of hobbies and interests.

Then, the groups are paired up depending on their results and shared similarities.

“When I think about AdoptA-Grandparent, I always just think of this phrase ‘bridging the generational gap,’” Knieling said. “Even though there is this huge age difference, obviously, we’re bridging that, and we’re connecting with this elderly population.”

Though there might be a 74-year age difference, Bush and Petras show that age is nothing but a number.

“I don’t even think about it when she comes,” Bush said. “If I did, I would be surprised.”

When Petras and her adopted grandparent aren’t having hour-long conversations about random topics from cats to politics, they both love to play bingo and other activities at Maplewood. Petras described the bond she has with her adopted grandparent as a “best friend” relationship.

“She reminds me of what I would like to have been,” Bush said. “She is the nicest person, real comfortable to be around, a joy and always has something happy to say about people and things. She makes me feel better. When she leaves, it’s made my day for me.”

This program does not only represent friendship but the concept that there’s always something new to learn.

“You can learn from anyone and anyone can learn from you, because that’s the

whole idea from Adopt-AGrandparent,” Knieling said.

“It’s co-mentoring so that the grandparents benefit from the students and the students benefit from the grandparents.”

Besides making a new friend, Petras said she’s also been given a lot of advice and learned more about the country’s history such as things from World War I and World War II. Likewise, Bush said she’s learned things from Petras as well.

“They help us so much, really,” Bush said. “They bring a lot of new ideas to us. It’s been really good for me, because it’s been really quiet around here.”

Petras said her purpose for visting Bush is to make sure she’s OK. “I also think it’s reassuring for her sons that somebody’s watching over her and making sure that she’s OK if they can’t make it out here,” Petras said.

Unlike visiting biological grandparents due to the solo fact that they’re family, Petras doesn’t feel “obligated” to see her adopted grandparent. Instead she said she goes because she wants to.

“We like to gossip about things all the time,” Petras said. “So it’s kind of like a fun and friendly relationship all the time. We’re always laughing. Even if she’s had a bad day or I had a bad day, we always leave with a smile on our faces.”

Community colleges have become an important option for many students looking for a step up as they prepare for higher education and future careers.

Cynthia Allen, vice president of administration at Jackson Community College, said higher education is essential to staying on the leading edge in today’s world.

“You don’t have to go too far — whether you’re listening to presidential candidates or the president of the United States — to hear about the importance of higher education,” Allen said. “Whether you’re going to college or a trade school, higher education is definitely required to get a career with a good salary.”

One aspect of community colleges that is more favorable than universities is the ability to respond more quickly to changes in the needs of employers and to offer specialized job training, Allen said.

“When it comes to workforce training, we go into businesses and talk to them regarding what training needs they have and can do specialized training for them,” she said. “(Community colleges) help with luring new companies to Michigan and to the area who are looking for a new workforce before they can locate in mid-Michigan. We have new job training programs where they can secure that reimbursement so they don’t have to pay to have employees trained.”

Steven Ender, president of Grand Rapids Community College, said community colleges are effective for providing necessary skills for particular sectors in the workforce. He also expects to see increased enrollment as more students attend community colleges before moving on to universities. “(Community colleges) are a growth sector in the country and state,” Ender said. “In those sectors, we need to do a better job aligning ourselves to a curriculum that brings in a larger number of students, because the workforce and economic needs of our state and region say we need more with skill sets in those sectors.”

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CMU grad student Alsager completes Ford Ironman Triathlon this summer in Kentucky

By Sean Bradley Senior Reporter

The popular sports slogan, “Pain is temporary. Pride lasts forever,” fits Kari Alsager’s journey through a Ford Ironman Triathlon in August.

Enduring the pain and grueling, punishing competition, which consists of extreme amounts of swimming, biking and running, was just as rewarding as the moment she passed the finish line.

Her dream was achieved.

“I think I always knew I could do it,” the Mount Pleasant graduate student said. “I never had the fear of not finishing.”

Alsager competed in the Ford Ironman Triathlon in Louisville, Ky., a contest which includes a 2.1-mile swim, 110-mile bike ride, and a marathon, which is 26 miles.

She said there were about 2,500 other contestants.

Alsager finished in 14 hours,

placing her in the middle of the time completions for the 18-to-24 age group.

“My primary goal was to finish,” she said. “A lot of people didn’t finish the race.

I finished, which I was happy about.”

Her training regiment began in the spring, where she would train for, at one point, up to 18 hours a week for the then-impending contest.

“I was training in the spring to go to the collegiate nationals with the triathlon club at CMU,” she said.

“Once that race was done, I amped up my training over the summer.”

Her increased training included swimming in local lakes in Mount Pleasant and even completing a century bike ride, which is 100 miles.

“I did a lot of biking in the country roads here in town,” she said. “For swimming, I would go to a small lake here in town.”

She said her training spots varied, because there were

multiple sports to train for.

Having competed in triathlons since she was 16, she said keeping peak physical health is important to compete in an ironman triathlon.

“It’s totally different than any other triathlon,” the physical therapy program graduate said. “With an Ironman, you have to make sure you’re eating right and drinking enough and working hard. You have to keep your stamina up, because it’s a 14-hour competition, which is a really long time.”

She said being involved in the triathlon club at Central Michigan University helped her prepare for such a competition. A friend of hers, Nancy Boyd, competed in the Wisconsin version of the Ford Ironman Triathlon last year and inspired Alsager to compete in the Louisville edition.

“It’s a ripple effect,” the current Seattle resident said.

“I’m so happy that she was motivated to go for it, and I

hope that she now can go on and encourage others who need a little push to believe in themselves and know that they are capable of doing anything that they set their mind to.”

Both Alsager and Boyd,

after the competition, said they had a long road back to recovery after their respective races.

Alsager said her education, graduating from CMU with a degree in physical therapy, helped her with the triathlon

training.

“Being a physical therapy student helped me with the triathlon,” she said. “Knowing about the body and nutrition and those kinds of things.”

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Mount Pleasant graduate student Kari Alsager cycles during the Ford Ironman Triathlon in August.

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EDITORIAL | Shapiro’s pay after leaving contradicts admin approach

Darnell Gardner Jr. Columnist

Subsidizing Failure For the past few years, Central Michigan University’s football program has been a flop.

Football fans file into Kelly/Shorts Stadium at the beginning of each game, but by halftime, many of those same fans are on their way home, figuring there’s little reason to stick around to watch our team take a beating.

Not even the highly anticipated game against Michigan State University was able to break that precedent.

By halftime, students were trickling out of the stadium.

The problem has become so excessive that when pressed about attendance numbers, our athletics department admitted drastically inflating head counts.

Our team is, evidently, that bad.

At least for now.

Success on the football field is cyclical. We’ll do well for a few years, and then we’ll inevitably suck for a few more.

Admittedly, I’m not a football fan. Even during the 2009 season, when our team was playing quite well, I only allowed myself to be dragged along to one game.

It makes no difference to me whether we’re winning or losing, honestly.

Indifference toward football aside, I am a student, and I do have an interest in the financial well-being of this university.

Dropping piles of money on the head of CMU football’s top brass seems counter to that interest, especially considering the team’s poor performance over the past few years.

Head football coach Dan Enos, according to CMU budget documents, will receive nearly $300,000 for his services during the 2012-2013 fiscal year. That doesn’t include an additional $85,000 in benefits for the coach.

Enos is one of the highest paid employees at CMU, pulling in a paycheck dwarfed only by that of President George Ross, Provost Gary Shapiro and a handful of other administrators, most of whom are from the College of Medicine.

Earlier this year, CMU administrators elected to extend Eno’s five-year contract for an additional year.

I’m not sure why.

Since Enos took control of CMU football in 2010, our team has recorded two consecutive 3-9 seasons.

When a student fails to meet CMU’s academic requirements, they’re either put on academic probation, dismissed or excluded from scholarships for lack of merit.

If you’re a student and don’t meet a certain standard, CMU refuses to spend any extra money on you, as it should.

Sports officials like Dan Enos should be subject to a similar standard.

Extending Enos’ contract flies in the face of sound judgment and indicates the university’s priorities aren’t arranged in the best order. It suggests CMU is willing to gamble on sports at a time when it should be looking for ways to keep tuition rates from rising and faculty from feeling financially slighted.

That’s not a message administrators should be content with sending.

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The $250,000 issue

ast year, University President George Ross and Provost Gary Shapiro fought a pivotal battle against the Faculty Association and some of the raises the group was asking for.

Now, a little more than a year after the FA had a strike on the first day of school, Shapiro announced he is retiring and taking a year off before returning to CMU — and will receive his full salary while he’s gone.

While technically the university is following the senior officer handbook of rules and regulation, the irony of him receiving full pay is incredulous.

This is a man who has been a part of an administration that has moaned about the lack of funding for years. On Tuesday, Central Michigan Life reporters made an effort to contact Shapiro, and while he did not return calls, it’s the hope of this Editorial Board that he is at least doing something for this university other than taking a

year off to prepare to teach again.

At a salary of about $250,000, an adviser role would be almost called for next year. Or, how about Shapiro realizing that during the past three years of being provost, the administration has said there are big financial issues and passing on the payment until he becomes a faculty member again (where he assuredly while be making more than $100,000 a year).

Obviously, the issue here isn’t about the way this is being handled but rather this is an issue of morals.

Adding to the irony of Shapiro receiving this money is the announcement that CMU is receiving $1.8 million from the state of Michigan after qualifying for a tuition restraint

incentive appropriation. You can basically kiss nearly 14 percent of that money goodbye, as it will go straight to Shapiro’s pocket next year, with no announcement of what he will be doing or rather if he will be doing anything other than preparing to go back to teaching.

To go one step further, maybe the senior officer handbook needs to be changed to not allow this during a time when CMU is trying to stay financially secure.

This is another example of the twoheaded monster CMU has become.

In some cases, complaining about the lack of money it receives from the state and in others passing out money like there is no tomorrow.

The job is about the students, isn’t it?

It would be superb if anyone in the administration could act like that is more than a hollow statement said during every board of trustees meeting and before every speech.

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of what we know today is the direct result of research conducted at our universities by students - not necessarily faculty alone! Furthermore, some faculty enjoy conducting research; why take that away from them? Get rid of that one-sided image you have of researchers.

They are not all lab nerds in white coats running expensive drug experiments on rats. Our college youth are doing incredible things - they come up with the most innovative ideas to test. You are selling college students’ educational experiences short when you eliminate research.”

-ProCollegeResearch “Egotistical unions are another problem. We see it here in Michigan in K-12 and on college campuses. Look at what’s happening right now in Chicago. Average household income in Chicago is $40,000. Yet, teachers who make an average of $79,000, work only nine months and have vacations throughout the year, and Illinois has one of the

most pristine educational pension programs, want a four percent annual raise and have little or no reviews on their work.

This is another problem of K-12 and higher education funding—rogue unions.

It’s sad what’s happening over in Chicago. Poor people who are barely getting by with their minimum-wage jobs, thanks to the Obama economy and a Democrat Party rule in Chicago, are having to stay home with their kids.

Thus, they might not have money to pay their rent, utility bills, etc. We’ve got to get rid of unions in education. It will enhance teaching and learning since good teachers can make more money, and the lousy teachers, professors, instructors will make less money or be thrown out on the street. Education in Michigan and nationwide will get much better. What they should do in Chicago is do what Ronald Reagan did when the air traffic controllers went on strike in the early 80s—fire them and get replacements.”

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Traditions live on at RenFest For the past three years, I have added a new tradition to my life.

When the leaves start turning and the weather begins to chill down, I start preparing.

I will spend the few weeks before planning, sewing and accessorizing. I am not getting ready for Halloween. I am planning for something that might even be better than Halloween, which is a big deal.

Although I love watching the skimpy outfits walk up and down Main Street on Halloween, freezing their bums off, watching all the Medieval costumes at the Michigan Renaissance Festival in Holly is much more amusing, and oddly, tasteful.

Yes, every year I head down state to a giant field in Holly dedicated only to the annual Renaissance Festival (RenFest). I get all dressed up, usually as a gypsy (cheapest costume ever), and allow myself to be transported to a different time entirely.

A time when men wore fur, women wore corsets and mythical creatures existed.

Every year, I wear my token fairy dust around my neck that was given to me after my first year at the RenFest.

Each year, new and exciting things happen at the RenFest.

Year one: I got a free solid cherry wood mug, sold at one of the amazing shops for $40, for free because a very drunken “lord” deemed me as “one of the most beautiful women,” (note the very drunken part). But hey, I got a fancy mug out of the whole ordeal.

Year two: The amazing Zucchini Brothers put on their last show. The last show of dangerous juggling stunts and fire everywhere.

Yes — they lit everything on fire.

Year three: Met a Viking.

At first, I just stared from afar in utter amazement, but then my significant other rolled his eyes and went up to the massive Viking man and asked if I could have my picture taken with him.

And under all that leather, fur and horns, there was a really nice guy. Oh yeah, and this year they had a mermaid show. Totally worth it.

The people there might surprise you. The RenFest is the biggest gathering of the most interesting and eccentric of people you will ever find outside of Main Street.

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GreenTree offers local, healthy bites for community

By Arielle Breen Staff Reporter

For those looking to eat healthy and local, there’s a hidden gem in Mount Pleasant.

Tucked back in a wooded suburban area downtown exists GreenTree Cooperative Grocery, 214 N. Franklin St., or as it is locally known, GreenTree.

Manager Sara Christensen, a Mount Pleasant senior, said GreenTree is a place to buy groceries brought in from local businesses and farms.

But GreenTree is more than just a place to buy groceries: It offers hard-to-find locally produced products that fit with many different lifestyle choices such as locavore (eating locally), vegetarian or gluten-free.

“I think the biggest part is that we’re a community-owned organization, so all the things we do, we’re doing for the people that live here,” Christensen said.

Christensen said Community-Supported Agriculture shares are becoming a fast-growing trend in which community members purchase a share or pay a seasonal or annual fee to have the local farmers deliver batches of their products including fruits, vegetables, eggs, meats and artisan specialities.

“We like to eat local as much as possible,” Christensen said.

“We didn’t have a CSA this year, because our own garden

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Mount Pleasant resident Melissa Roe shops for fresh produce at Green Tree Coop Grocery on Sept. 11, 2012. “I like to shop here for all my foods, especially organic,” Roe said.

was growing, but, in the past, we had a CSA share. We like to support local farmers that way.”

The biggest draw for many locals seems to be the gluten-free, fresh deli and local organic meats they offer.

To get the most out of your first time at GreenTree, Christensen advises that newcomers ask for a quick tour.

“If (you) were to come here for the first time, you could ask any staff member for a tour of the store,” she said.

“We cram a lot into a small space, and I think the staff can show you the (products) you might not see if you were to

HIGHER ED | CONTINUED FROM 3A Ender said community colleges play an important role as a lower-cost alternative to universities, particularly in the current economic conditions.

“It’s becoming more difficult for a middle-class family, making $60,000 and not being eligible for financial aid, to afford four-year degrees that can cost anywhere from $10,000 to $40,000 a year with room and board,” Ender said.

Community colleges help significantly with off-setting the raising costs of university

Michigan voters divided on ballot proposals

tuitions while still providing a great educational foundation to launch into successful careers, Allen said.

“The scary thing about education now is we’re educating kids about careers that we don’t even know what they are right now,” she said. “We need well-rounded graduates. We want them to get a good education without tens of thousands of dollars worth of debt so they don’t have to worry about being able to repay that.”

Higher education institutions play an appropriate role

cruise through. Either that or just take your time looking for signage that tells you about where things are coming from, whether they are local or organic or fair trade.”

Senior Steven Bard paid a visit to GreenTree this summer with a group of friends who often frequent the aisles there and discovered salsa made with all natural ingredients and, he says, superb taste.

“Not a lot of people know about it,” the Howell native said. “And I want them to know about it.”

GreenTree had an owner drive trying to reach a goal of recruiting 35 new owners in

August. Owner members own a share of the company and have a say in what goes on, as well as receiving discounts. They exceeded their goal and gained 52 new members. GreenTree now has over 1,100 owners.

GreenTree is also going to be participating in the R.A.T. Race, sponsored by McLarenCentral Michigan, 1221 South Dr., on the Friday kickoff, at the Comfort Inn Conference Center, 2424 S. Mission St. They will be there with their human-powered smoothiemaking bicycle and welcome volunteers to pedal the bike. metro@cm-life.com

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for their current function, Ender said. However, certain changes could be made to make students’ time in these institutions more beneficial.

Though community colleges and universities might serve separate roles within higher education, the two complement each other well, Allen said.

“We’re definitely in this together, and it’s for the benefit of the communities we live in,” Allen said. “Studies show that the more educated the workforce and the more educated communities you have, the crime rates are lower and less people are receiving aid.

You become a community to be proud of.”

CONTINUED FROM 3A Alsager is proud of the accomplishments she has achieved throughout her time of competing but says the ironman triathlon was the most difficult challenge of her life.

“I think now, when I have something difficult in my life, I say to myself : ‘I did an Ironman. I can do anything,’,” she said.

“Because it was definitely the hardest thing I’ve ever done.”

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Three of the most highprofile ballot proposals on the November ballot appear to be dividing Michigan voters, according to a poll conducted by EPICMRA for the Detroit Free Press and other media.

The poll shows voters divided about two constitutional amendments that would guarantee collective bargaining rights and require a vote on any new international bridge construction, plus a referendum on Michigan’s emergency financial manager law.

The emergency financial manager law, which gives more expansive powers to EMs appointed by the governor, currently has 42 percent support among likely voters, while 46-percent would vote to repeal the law.

Proposal 2, which would guarantee collective bargaining rights in the constitution and essentially prevent any right-to-work legislation, currently has 48-percent support with 43-percent opposed.

Proposal 6, backed

by Detroit’s Ambassador Bridge owner Matty Moroun and designed to block construction of Gov. Rick Snyder’s planned second bridge from Detroit to Windsor by requiring a vote on new international bridges, has 47-percent support and 44-percent opposed.

The high negative numbers for all three proposals should be concerning for their backers, EPIC-MRA pollster Bernie Porn told the Free Press.

“When you have a ballot all loaded up like this, people get confused,” Porn said. “There’s generally solid support in Michigan for collective bargaining, but people are confused about all the other impacts.”

The collective bargaining proposal finds Democrats and Republicans polar-

ized. Democrats support the measure by a 66 to 26 percent margin, while Republicans oppose it by a 63 to 28 percent margin.

Independents narrowly favor the proposal, 44 to 41 percent.

Similarly, the referendum on Snyder’s emergency manager law also divides voters along partisan lines. 59 percent of Republicans support the law, while 59 percent of Democrats would vote to repeal it. Independents support repealing the law by a 48 to 35 percent margin.

The ultimate fate of both of those proposals might come down to voter turnout. If Democrats show up to the polls like they did in 2008, collective bargaining rights will likely be protected, and the EM law will likely be repealed. But if Republicans come out like they did in the 2010 midterms, the opposite is more probable.

Moroun’s ballot proposal finds partisans less divided. Forty-nine percent of Democrats would vote in favor of the proposal, while 49 percent of Republicans would vote against it. Fiftythree percent of independents are in favor of it.

Interestingly, the second Detroit-Windsor bridge was initially pushed for by former Gov. Jennifer Granholm, a Democrat, and the Democratic-controlled state legislature. Plus, it was Snyder’s fellow Republicans in the Legislature that led the charge against the bridge in Lansing this year. metro@cm-life.com

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U-M rivalry anticipated for wrestling schedule “We want to try to be the best team in the state, year in and year out”

Brandon Champion Staff Reporter

Football report card week two The Central Michigan football team’s home game against then No. 11 Michigan State Sept. 8 was potentially the most-anticipated event in the history of the program.

That anticipation quickly turned into disappointment by halftime when the Spartans led 24-0 in rout to their 41-7 win.

Let’s take a closer look at the Chippewas performance.

Passing Offense: (C) Senior quarterback Ryan Radcliff was very inaccurate against the Spartans. He finished just 17 for 38, missing open receivers on numerous occasions. Radcliff also threw two interceptions in the game.

Rushing Offense: (B) CMU rushed for 72 yards against a Spartan defense that finished top-10 in the country last year – a far cry from the 324 yards gained against Southeast Missouri State Aug. 30. But when the Chippewas ran the ball, they were actually pretty effective.

Junior running back Zurlon Tipton averaged 5.6 yards per carry but only had 11 rushes, because the Chippewas were forced to throw after falling behind by a large deficit in the first half.

Passing Defense: (C) MSU junior quarterback Andrew Maxwell and the Spartan receiving core looked much better against the Chippewas than in week one. Maxwell completed 20 of his 31 passes for 275 yards and two touchdowns. Junior receiver Bennie Fowler caught eight passes for 99 yards and a touchdown. Ten different Spartans caught a pass against CMU, which at times left receivers wide open. Sophomore cornerback Jason Wilson did account for the only score of the game for CMU when he intercepted MSU backup quarterback Connor Cook’s pass and returned it 55 yards for a touchdown.

Rushing Defense: (B) The Chippewas held Le’Veon Bell to 71 yards on 18 carries, though he did get into the end zone twice. Senior running back Larry Caper added 66 yards on nine carries. MSU threw the ball a lot against CMU, probably to get Maxwell and his receivers going, so the run game wasn’t as featured.

Overall: (C) CMU went up against a superior team in MSU – a top-10 program. The Chippewas are still trying to be relevant in their own conference, though they did have a chance to make plays early in the game and failed to capitalize. Eventually, the Spartans took over, which led to the lopsided final score.

The blowout shouldn’t be much of a surprise to most.

The Chippewas (1-1) will travel to Iowa City Saturday to take on a 2-1 Hawkeyes team at Kinnick Stadium.

Kickoff is scheduled for noon. sports@cm-life.com

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By Jeff Papworth Staff Reporter

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Sophomore wide receiver Titus Davis runs the ball down field during the first half against Southeast Missouri State on Aug. 30 at Kelly/Shorts Stadium.

Q&A Wide receiver Titus Davis

By Matt Thompson Senior Reporter

Sophomore wide receiver Titus Davis is coming off a season where he led the Central Michigan football team in receiving yards, touchdowns and all-purpose yards as a true freshman.

The Wheaton, Ill. native took a few minutes to talk to Central Michigan Life senior reporter Matt Thompson.

Matt Thompson: “Do you have a pregame routine?”

Titus Davis: “Not really, I just like to stick to myself; get my mind right. I don’t like saying much. I just listen to my music and relax. I listen to gospel, it gets me relaxed, and then I listen to

Lil’ Wayne and Drake to get me fired up.”

MT: “What is your favorite course at CMU?” TD: “That is a tough one ... I’d have to say my sports management (course). I just like talking about the things going on in the sports world.

I find it interesting.”

MT: “If you were not playing football, what sport would you play?”

TD: “I’d probably be running track – long jump.

Probably some relays, 4-by-1, 4-by-2.”

MT: “What do you do in your free time outside of football?”

TD: “Other than homework, I like to play Call of

Duty and Madden - it’s great, so realistic.”

MT: “Who is your funniest teammate?”

TD: “That’s a tough one, but probably Zurlon (Tipton). He’s just loud and wild.

He doesn’t care about much; he’s just always fooling around — it’s just funny.”

MT: “What coach do you fear the most?”

TD: “Probably (defensive coordinator Joe) Tumpkin.

You’ll walk in the hall with him, and he’ll just stare you down and won’t say a word.

So, that’s kind of intimidating.” sports@cm-life.com

Last week, Central Michigan wrestling coach Tom Borrelli said the team’s rival resides in Ann Arbor.

“We want to try to be the best team in the state, year in and year out,” Borrelli said “And, usually, Michigan is battling us for that.”

The schedule, released Sept. 11, highlights a season in which the University of Michigan will battle the Chippewas right out of the gate on Nov. 6 at McGuirk Arena.

Borrelli said the seats will most likely be filled with high school wrestlers and their parents, because the high school season will not be underway.

“I think it’s good for the sport and the state,” Borrelli said. “It also gives both teams the chance to see where they are at the beginning of the season.”

The Wolverines are one of the many teams that will test CMU on their road to Des Moines, Iowa for the NCAA Championships.

The Chippewas will compete in the Northeast Duals on Nov. 24, wres-

tling Cornell, Oklahoma and Hofstra – all teams that placed higher than CMU in the 2012 NCAA Championships. The teams finished fourth, 13th and 23rd, respectively.

“We have some very competitive dual meets (this season),” Borrelli said. “We put our guys into situations where they have the opportunities to prove themselves worthy of being in the national tournament.”

Closer to the end of the season, CMU can redeem themselves in the conference slate.

They challenge the defending regular-season conference champion Kent State on Jan. 27 at McGuirk Arena. The Chippewas Mid-American Conference title hopes were dashed in a flash last season as a result of sparing the Golden Flashes the first 13 points of their dual, which resulted in a 22-13 loss.

The team will begin its quest for a 12th-straight MAC championship on Oct. 30 when it holds its annual intrasquad meet at McGuirk Arena. studentlife@cm-life.com

Wrestling team gets smaller recruiting class for 2012-13 season

By Jeff Papworth Staff Reporter

The Central Michigan wrestling team secured a significantly smaller recruiting class for the 2012 season than years past.

After a 2011 class that featured 13 wrestlers, the team announced Tuesday that Corey Keener, Austin Severn and Nick Becker are the only incoming wrestlers of the 2012 class.

“Things are based on how much money you have,” head coach Tom Borrelli said. “That’s how it goes. Wrestling is a little different than the headcount sports where you give out full scholarships.

In wrestling, you break your scholarships up.”

The three newcomers were offered partial scholarships, which is a common practice for CMU. Borrelli described the process of recruiting as “very, very difficult” in the off-season.

“We don’t have much to offer,” Borrelli said. “The pool of people who are interested is smaller.”

All three wrestlers are ranked in the top-20 of their weight class nationally. Borrelli said they share more than that accolade, however.

“The biggest thing is they all wanted to be a part of Central Michigan University,” Borrelli said.

“The second thing is all of them were very successful wrestlers in high school ... the third thing is they’re all very good students.”

Keener, a Schuylkill Haven, Penn. native, has won

the USA National Championship twice in freestyle as well as Greco-Roman.

Borrelli said the last USA National Champion to sign with CMU was Ben Bennett, who will try to be the first four-time All-American in Chippewa history this coming season.

Severn, the 12th-ranked recruit at 195-pounds in the country, according to InterMat, is the lone Michigan native in the class. Wrestling for New Lothrop, he won the MHSAA State Championship twice.

He was undefeated his junior year, winning 61 matches. Although he had an imperfect 56-3 record his senior year, he pinned all four opponents in the 2012 State Championships.

Borrelli said Severn was less sought after, because he made a late decision to wrestle instead of playing football in college. He was named a first-team All-State linebacker in Division 7 and 8 by the Detroit News.

Becker, a Hartford, Wis. native, had a career record of 182-25 at Hartford Union High School. The 165-pound wrestler won the WIAA Division I 152 State Championship his senior season.

“We just needed some depth at that weight class,” Borrelli said. “We just think that with development, he’s going to be a big part of our program in the future.”

All three wrestlers will redshirt this year, contrary to last season when then

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true-freshmen Zach Horan, Mike Ottinger and Joey Kielbasa combined to start in 46 duals.

“That was very unusual for our program,” Borrelli said. “They’re going to be able to grow and mature without being under the fire.”

“We just think that with development, he’s going to be a big part of our program in the future.”

Tom Borrelli, head coach

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“Fight Club.” “Angels in the Outfield.” “Pulp Fiction.” It cannot be denied that the 90s was a decade of excellent movies. And for all of us who were in grade school at the time, we can’t talk about 90s movies without mentioning the Disney classics.

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Back in the days when we didn’t “creep” on people using the Internet, smart phones weren’t our best friends and television shows were entertaining, we had the 90s. From the music to movies and toys to fashion, the 90s created some of the best memories for students on campus. It was a decade of advancements in technology and days of music that was not only understandable but made you sing along. Shows like “All That” made us look forward to Friday nights, and boy bands stole girls’ hearts after one line of “As Long As You Love Me.” So go ahead, forget your worries of today, and transport back to the good old days.

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Scrunchies. Headbands. Jelly shoes. Clogs.

Plaid skirts. Grunge. JNCO brand jeans.

Skechers. The 90s fashion had us all decked out in the fads that seemed to last until we grew out of them, or until we knew better.

Childhood classrooms were filled with slap bracelets and rhinestoned jeans, not complete without a Hit Clip attached to the belt loop. But we looked good, right?

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Reality shows consume our TVs and susceptible brains because Hollywood seems to have left all of its good ideas in one decade: the 90s. Before the days of fist pumping, forcing children to win pageants and The Real Housewives of everywhere, we had the actual good stuff. A word to those reality show peeps taking over our screens, “Move it, football head.”

Before technology took over, board games, cards and electronic games covered store shelves. Recess consisted of who could “Bop It!” fast enough before we beat our high score on our Skip It. Board games like Candyland and Trouble were the thing to do, and no one questioned their entertainment.

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The 90s marked a decade of innovation for the gaming industry. The onset of 3D graphics, better portable systems and an overall maturation in design, brought plenty of classics. Over these 10 years, the world saw systems like Nintendo 64, which gave us Golden Eye 007 and showed us how easy it was to ignore our clocks. Game Boy color let us play Pokemon Yellow on long car rides. » PAGE 3B

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Southfield student Erin Foley with her 36 Beanie Babies searches far and wide to expand her collection in the mid 90s.

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Ahhh, the 90s. A time of little worries, a lot of TV and electronic pets in all different forms.

Remember Furbies? How about Tamagotchis? And no one can forget our boys, Keenan and Kel. When people would say “sup?” or the label for being cool was “the bomb.”

The 90s provided many students with some of the best memories growing up.

Whether it was the toys, television or yearly fashion fads, the 90s are a time to remember, and for most students, never forget.

Saginaw freshman Cheryse Burns said 90s cartoons captured her attention as a kid.

“I loved the cartoons back then, like the ‘Looney Tunes,’” Burns said. “(I enjoyed them) because they were just funny without restrictions or without trying to teach us everything.”

Burns said she also appreciated 90s chick flicks like “Never Been Kissed” and “Bring It On,” although

1991 “The offbeat sitcom, ‘Dinosaurs’, consisted of the antics of a family of dinosaurs, brought to life through the puppetry of Jim Henson productions.

not for any lofty reasons.

“I love how cheesy they are, strangely,” she said. “I enjoy them because of all the hip words and phrases that were popular back then. The moral or theme of the movie was always very blunt and obvious; they were definitely girly films.”

Burns said while she did enjoy them because of their cheesiness, the movies weren’t exactly quality.

“They weren’t really bad movies,” Burns said.

“But in comparison to, say, ‘Gone with the Wind,’ they’re just not award winners.”

In contrast to the movies and cartoons of the era, Burns believed 90s fashion was not enjoyable in the slightest.

“The hand-me-downs I got from my sisters’ 90s phase were all short cropped and not flattering for women at all, in my opinion,” she said. “There’s really no one word to describe it, but it just looked sloppy and tacky in comparison to fashion now.”

David Cornish, a Sagi-

naw graduate student, said he didn’t particularly enjoy 90s fashion especially basketball short shorts.

“Watching replays of pro and college basketball games, compared to today, I definitely cringe at the shorts back then,” Cornish said.

While most NBA basketball players began taking to longer shorts in the 90s, Utah Jazz superstar Jon Stockton kept wearing the mid-thigh shorts until he retired in 1999.

“He was probably just going with the uniform,” Cornish said.

While most students think of the 90s as a more peaceful, joyful and perhaps innocent time, Allyson Winget, a Dryden sophomore, said the 90s represented a bad music video.

“Grunge, the ugly cut off plaid shirts, the sweatshirts tied around the waist, the 90s were basically a really bad Third Eye Blind music video,” Winget said.

Winget said the perfect embodiment of the 90s

could be found in a combination of Third Eye Blind’s 90s smash hit “SemiCharmed Life” and any Alanis Morissette video.

While the popular alternative artists of the time at least gave Winget a slight sense of nostalgia, other artists gave her no such pause.

“I hated boy bands.

Hated them,” Winget said.

“Frosted tips and white linen clothes? No thanks.”

Winget had even harsher words for the popular 90s boy band, Hanson.

“I thought they were girls for the longest time,” she said.

Houghton Lake junior James Dunn said although the 90s were a somewhat more peaceful and moral time, due to the absence of any prolonged wars, and a less violent and sexualized media, he also believes we have improved in many aspects since that decade.

“The biggest thing that comes to mind is civil rights issues, especially within the LGBTQ community,” Dunn said. “President Clinton passed the

Defense of Marriage Act. Lots of violent hate crimes happened against openly gay people (in the 90s).”

That was not the only way we have improved since then, he said.

“Technology, especially computers, have come such a long way since the 90s.

Higher education is more valued now than it was then,” Dunn said. “We’re much closer to finding new sources of energy now than we were 12 years ago.”

Winget said the reason the 90s are so nostalgic is because that’s the natural reaction people have to the time period of their childhood and not neccesarily because the 90s were better times.

“If you go back to a time you think is better, the people in that time period want to go back to a time they think is better, and so on,” Winget said. “Why go back at all? Basically, everyone in their own generation hates it, but in retrospect — the 90s were pretty freaking awesome.” studentlife@cm-life.com

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By Jessica Fecteau Student life editor

The 1990s meant one thing: some of the best toys on the market.

Before technology became an everyday necessity, there were a few electronic toys that gave us hope for a bright future ahead.

One of those inventions was the Password Journal.

This lime green and purple plastic “journal” included a mini notebook inside with a voice activated lock and held the secrets of my childhood.

I remember endless days of fighting with my brother, who tried to mock my girly voice and say my password.

It was always something I loved at the time.

“I love horses.” “I love Lisa Frank.” “I love Kyle in Mrs. Bailey’s class.”

I found my journal a couple months ago in my basement. When I tried to guess the password, my adulthood attempt failed.

So, I guess my childhood will remain in my secret journal as a place of no return.

Thankfully.

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Furbies, video games, Barbies stir 90s memories for students

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Many students don’t have a problem remembering their fuzziest of memories from the 90s — their toys.

“Furbies,” Evert sophomore Nicole Custer said.

“I played with those things like crazy.”

While some students taught an electronic hamster/owl-like creature to talk, others had digital games in their hands.

“I remember playing with my Game Boy Color a lot,” Howell sophomore Ryan Coy said. “My Game Boy was teal, and I played Pokémon, the yellow version. I also remember playing the Ghostbusters game, where you had to try to catch ghosts.”

Brighton sophomore Alexa Moore recalls playing on her first PlayStation.

“I always played Spyro, Crash Bandicoot and Related Metal,” she said.

NFL Blitz, Mario Kart, Super Smash Brothers and Pokémon were other games popular on the Nintendo 64, Addison sophomore Nick McClure said. “ I also remember playing with a pogo stick,” he said.

Both boys and girls all seemed to have a fancy for video games, but dolls are a memory of grown female students.

“I played with Barbies all the time when I was younger,” Custer said.

“I wish I still had all my Barbies. It was always fun dressing them up.”

Moore recalls Betty Spaghetti as her favorite doll.

Other students wish they could trade in their books and bills for the days of semi-competent electronic toys and animals made of beans.

“I wish I still had all of the Beanie Babies and Furbies that I collected,” Moore said. “I had a ridiculous amount of them.”

Coy wishes he still had his Pokémon cards.

“It was fun to spend time trading for the best ones,” he said.

Board games were also a big hit in the 90s.

The most popular games among interviewed students were Candyland and Perfection.

“I used to play Guess Who? with my brothers,” Moore said. “It’s weird to think of all the board games (my family and I) used to have. I feel like

technology is so advanced that people don’t even have board games anymore.” studentlife@cm-life.com

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18 years later, Spice Girls still know how to ‘Spice Up Your Life’ ‘Spice up your life’

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‘That Thing You Do!’ a fun movie to watch with family, roommates

By Caitlin Cheevers Staff Reporter

Tom Hanks has starred in a lot of great movies throughout his career. However, few realize his talents extend beyond acting to writing and directing as well.

Hanks’ screenplay writing career began with the 1996 film “That Thing You Do!” in which he also acted and directed.

The movie follows a fourman band called the Oneders (pronounced Wonders) from Erie, Penn. in 1964. When the original drummer broke his arm jumping over parking meters, the son of an appliance store owner had to fill in for a college talent show performance.

After winning with a sped-up version of the band’s ballad, “That Thing You Do!,” the band achieves local fame and fortune.

They get gigs at a pizza place by the airport, and the song plays on the radio.

When they finally perform live in Pittsburgh, they get booed offstage. Luckily for them, they meet a big label manager who schedules them

to play state fairs until their song makes the top 10 on the Billboard charts.

While the band members are making it big, they realize if they don’t put their egos aside, the band won’t make it past one hit.

The relatively unknown movie features not only Hanks and his wife and son but also popular actors Charlize Theron, Liv Tyler, the priest from “The Dark Knight Rises” and the creepy teddy bear stalker from “Ted.” While the storyline is cheesy and predictable, the Oneders’ lead guitarist has great oneliners that keep the audience laughing throughout.

In addition, the entire audience will know all of the words to the hit song halfway through the movie. This is a clever and accurate representation of reallife-one hit “wonders” and how frequently the songs are played.

“That Thing You Do!” also makes countless ties to a real band from the 1960s, the Beatles.

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HHHHH w Genre: Comedy In fact, near the beginning of the film when the band was trying to come up with a name, Liv Tyler’s character makes a direct reference to the British stars.

“You know the Beatles, the Beatles had the E-A like the Beat-les. Well, we could use the O-N-E like the One-ders.”

While the Beatles were clearly not onehit “wonders”, there were several parallels between the two bands. For example, both had to replace their drummers before making it big.

The fun movie is great for nights with family or just sitting around your apartment with your roommates.

Sit back, relax and wonder how you have made it through the past 16 years without seeing this classic movie. studentlife@cm-life.com

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Hanson’s ‘Shout It Out’ offers fun, peppy tunes in eighth album ‘Shout it out’

By Caitlin Cheevers Staff Reporter

In 1997, a song was released that would change the world.

It might have been a little bit incomprehensible. The gender of the singers might have been difficult to guess. But whenever it came on, listeners could not help but smile, dance and mumble along.

That song was “Mmmbop.”

Performed by three young brothers from Tulsa, Okla., “Mmmbop” was the debut single off Hanson’s third album, “Middle of Nowhere.”

The album offers listeners a mixture of peppy nonsense songs like “Mmmbop” and “Man from Milwaukee,” dramatic ballads like “Yearbook” and “Weird” and songs named after random girls like “Madeline” and “Lucy.”

The three brothers, Isaac, Taylor and Zac, sound moderately feminine in the album, but this does not take away from the fun spirit of the album. After all, the brothers wrote all of the songs on the album (albeit some of them with extra help), which released when they were 17, 15 and 12, respectively.

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gue Justin Bieber didn’t sound feminine on his first albums. I dare you.

And sure, the songs are a little whiney and seem to be made only of vowels, but it did, after all, come out in the 90s.

A great part of band members who are also brothers is the longevity of the project.

As Zac Hanson once said in an interview, “How can we break up? We’re brothers!”

This is good news for fans, because Hanson still produces music despite all three members being married with kids.

(How’s that for making you feel old?)

The trio co-founded a production company, 3CG Records, under which the newest Hanson album was released June 8, 2010.

“Shout It Out”, the band’s

eighth album, still has the fun pop feel of the band’s older albums but offers a more mature, fuller sound featuring more piano and jazz instruments.

In addition, the songs are much easier to understand.

The best part of the album is the reassurance that Isaac, Taylor and Zac haven’t run out of material, despite making music together for more than 20 years.

Some bands seem to release the same album every four years.

“Shout It Out,” on the other hand, still sounds like Hanson while having its own distinct sound. This is rare for a band with such a long lifespan.

In addition, the brothers’ love of the music they create always shows through. This helps the listeners enjoy the music just as much and hopefully ensures several more albums from the band of brothers. studentlife@cm-life.com

Their debut single “Wannabe” was a number one hit in more than 30 countries in 1996.

In 1998, they released a movie titled “Spice World” in the U.S., and, during the Summer 2012 Olympics, they made a highly anticipated performance, for 90s kids anyway, during the closing ceremony.

While it’s been 12 years since their last studio album was made, the Spice Girls have kept their name alive through various other albums including 11 albums and a compilation album.

The Spice Girls’ second album “Spice World,” which debuted in 1997, offers something their first album, “Spice,” and third album, “Forever,” don’t.

What started out as teen pop and cliché in their first album, they learned how to tweak in the second.

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song that people of all ages can enjoy.

This single compared to “Wannabe” is the difference of sticking to the norm and breaking free of overused clichés. “Wannabe” sends the message of how to “get the girl” and becoming her boyfriend, which is what many pop bands did in the 90s.

“Spice Up Your Life” takes a different route and sends the message about how there is more to life than trying to get the girl. While every song on this album is sending the general message of enjoying life to the fullest, each one is essentially different as they all have a different tune.

Overall, some people

90s TV shows hold a place in childhood memories

By Jeff LaHaye Staff Reporter

In the 90s, current Central Michigan University upperclassmen watched what we now consider shows from “the good days.”

Many students would wake up early to watch “Pokémon” or “Rugrats” before school, watched “Hey Arnold!” as they enjoyed an after-school snack and fell asleep trying to stay up with their parents as the newest episode of “Seinfeld” aired.

In a time before userfriendly internet, digital recording boxes or Netflix, the 90s were a time for people to come together around a television. “Friends,” “Seinfeld,” “Home Improvement,” “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” “Family Matters” and “Boy Meets World” are just a few shows that shaped and reflected the society beginning two decades ago.

Television shows in the 90s have a special place in the hearts of students on campus.

“I remember as a kid, I always watched ‘Home Improvement’ with my parents,” Rockwood junior Alex Lancina said. “At the time, I really didn’t understand what the show was about, but spending time with my parents on the couch watching TV is something I’ll never forget.”

As students grew up, so did the child actors and actresses on TV. The Olsen twins on “Full House” sent a family message to viewers. People saw the start of Will Smith’s acting career on “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and discovered Jim Carrey’s comedy on “In Living Color.” “‘Full House’ was my favorite TV show when I was a kid, and I’ve seen each episode at least five times,” Illinois junior Kim Winzentsen said.

“I think it’s funny but keeps a balanced family message throughout the show.”

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or Cartoon Network are also favorites through campus.

“When I was a kid, whatever was on Nickelodeon was what I was watching,” Rochester Hills sophomore Josh Dominique said. “The reason why I started skate boarding is because of how cool I thought ‘Rocket Power’ was as a kid.”

People can still watch some of the best 90s television shows on cable. “Friends,” “Cheers,” “The George Lopez Show” and others still air everyday on TBS and Nick at Night. Instead of using tapes and VHS players like in the past, many students now collect their favorite 90s shows on DVD. Warren senior Connor Gallagher has every season of Seinfeld on DVD in his room.

“It’s by far the best show ever to be on television,” Gallagher said. “Today’s TV shows can’t compete with its witty sarcasm and real-life situations that make the show hilarious and real to viewers.” studentlife@cm-life.com

might find the Spice Girls to be too teen pop and cliché, but there are others who will see them as a classic and timeless pop girl band.

When people found out they would be giving a performance at the 2012 Olympics, many Spice Girls enthusiasts were updating their Facebook statuses and tweeting how excited they were.

While it’s been a long time since they’ve released anything new, it’s safe to say the Spice Girls have kept their name alive. When a Spice Girls song comes on the radio, there’s no denying people can, and will, sing along to every word. studentlife@cm-life.com

1998 “The Boondock Saints” is a film that features two brothers living in Boston who become vigilantes and fight the mob that would emerge from the decade as one of the most underrated of its day.”

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90s fashion brings back memories of the good, the bad, the ugly “I had a windbreaker jacket that was neon colors, and I rocked it with these awesome red Converse shoes. I loved that outfit,” Seman said.

Both male and female students seem to think much of the fashion choices they made were based on celebrity appeal and what was going on in the media.

“I tried to match the Spice Girls and Hilary Duff; everyone wanted to look like her when she was big,” Howell sophomore Rebecca Miner said.

Not only clothing was influenced from stars, but students reflect back on the good and not so great things they did in the 90s based on their favorite idols when it comes to the way they styled their hair.

“I highlighted my hair, because older kids were doing it to look like N’sync and the Backstreet Boys,” Wentworth said. “I’ll never do that again.”

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By Katelyn Sweet Staff Reporter

It is a known saying that history repeats itself, and when students reminisce about trends from the 90s, it is clear that fashion follows that pattern as well.

Whether it is clothing, hair or just overall style, students agree there are things that are a joy to see back in stores and some things that are better left as memories.

Junior Tyler Wentworth said many outfits and styles that were popular a decade ago seem to be showing up nowadays.

“I see that hipster look with the big glasses that everyone wears now just like back then,” the Clare native said.

Many students look back on the fashion statements they made from the 90s with a smile. Grass Lake junior Joshua Seman had many good memories attached to certain pieces of clothing that he remembered from the 90s.

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pressure with the dying of hair tips.

“I hated boy bands, so I didn’t do those hair light tips,” Seman said.

As far as female students go, Miner said the big ballet style buns that girls wear on top of their heads were something she found to be trendy both today and back in 90s.

Many fads were noticed when asked about the 90s.

Thea Hill sees a lot of the new crazes with denim are popular today as they were back in the 90s, too.

“The acid-wash look and high-waist things remind me of the 90s,” the Shelby Township freshman said.

Seman said the grunge look is something he remembers from the 90s, but he believes it isn’t necessarily coming back, but there might be a few aspects of it returning.

“The plaid shirts are kind of in, but not the entire grungy style,” he said. studentlife@cm-life.com

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Even through contentious financial times and strained administration relationships, the students remained largely the same as they do today.

“Quite honestly, I do not see a significant difference in our students in my classes; they have always been committed to their work and future profession as teachers,” Gates said, speaking in regard to the English department.

Newland said students were often honest, respectful and eager to learn, even after they graduated.

“They were sincere people who wanted to learn something and find a way to get a job when they graduated,” he said. “They would try to do what the faculty asked of them.”

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“The health building, Dow, the education building and the music building were simply not there,” Newland said.

“The football stadium was much smaller.”

The Park Library was not built until 2001, but the library, which stood then and in nearly the same location, was much smaller.

“The library was much smaller and consisted of fixed shelves with books,” he said.

“We had a card catalog — a huge bank of drawers with index cards on which all the books were listed. That was how you found a book.”

He said students learned a bit differently than students now, using less technology in the classroom.

“There were no mediated classrooms and no Blackboard, etc.,” he said. “People just read books and articles and handouts from the pro-

program offerings,” she said.

Gates said, in 1997, Plachta reorganized the college into what it is today.

The former College of Arts and Sciences was divided into the the College of Science and Technology, the College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences and the College of Communication and Fine Arts, she said.

“The College of Business and the College of Education and Human Services had some change in what departments were housed there, but names remained,” Gates said.

Along with an overall smaller faculty and student population, the look of campus began morphing slowly into what it is today.

Guy Newland, the philosophy and religion department chairman, said many buildings and structures we see today did not exist or were much smaller than they are

dents changed as well, viewing them as customers rather than students, Hartman said.

“They tried to make CMU a more customer-oriented place,” he said. “They saw students as customers.”

Dean of the College of Humanities Pamela Gates, who first taught in the English department from 1993 until 2001, said the English department made few hires her first few years as a professor in the early to mid-1990s.

“In my home department of English, there were few hires,” Gates said. “One or two a year.”

Later in the decade, however, many faculty members who were hired in the 60s began to retire, leading to an influx of new professors.

“It was amazing to see 50 to 60 percent change of faculty in some departments occur, and, for some departments, it changed the dynamics of

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Central Michigan University, physically and philosophically, was vastly different in the 90s compared to today.

Fewer students roamed the campus. There was no Student Activity Center nor was there an Events Center. Fewer dorms and off-campus housing existed.

Cost of attendance, including tuition, room and board, was drastically cheaper than today. Even the university’s philosophies regarding things like teaching and marketing began to change.

Professor of journalism John K. Hartman, who began teaching at CMU in 1984, said the student body was smaller and less diverse.

“There were fewer graduate programs and graduate students,” he said. “There was less emphasis on that.”

Teachers were often hired based on their teaching ability rather than their ability to conduct research, Hartman said. He said that has since changed.

“Central Michigan University at that time was a teaching-oriented school,” he said.

He said the Faculty Association, who fought a highly publicized battle with the university administration last year, had a very contenious relationship with former University President Leonard Plachta.

“The faculty at the time was too powerful,” he said.

“Leonard Plachta did a lot of things to reduce the influence of the faculty, particularly the business faculty.”

He said at one point, when Plachta came to speak to the faculty, he had to have security with him.

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