Sept. 27, 2018

NO. 39 | VOL. 99

WHAT’S IN YOUR WATER?

Mount Pleasant’s water treatment plant handles recently discovered PFAS contamination

LIFE CENTRAL MICHIGAN

RELIVE THE HISTORIC CMU VICTORY OVER MICHIGAN STATE

Take an in-depth look at how CMU upset MSU in East Lansing in 2009

DISCUSSION TO CLOSE BARNES RESIDENTIAL HALL

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Trustee committees discuss possibility of closing the residental hall

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INDEX EDITORIAL

06 Educate yourself about your water Water is life. You should pay attention to the recent contaiminations in Michigan

OPINION 08 Traveling to Thailand helped find my faith Studying abroad killed my God and brought it back to life NEWS

09 Clothing INC

A local non-profit is fighting poverty with clothing

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Kira Cleer | Staff Photographer Rochester Hills sophomore Anna Dean talks to students about voting registration outside Wesely Church at Central Michigan University on Sept. 25, 2018. Dean is representing Register Educate Vote CMU.

Your weekend ahead 15 Take a look at the events taking place in Mount Pleasant this weekend

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Board commitees discuss Chippewa Champions Alumni Center, closing Barnes Hall

By Kersten Kruse Staff Reporter news@cm-life.com

The Central Michigan University Board of Trustees held committee meetings Sept. 26 to discuss Barnes Hall, the Chippewa Champions Alumni Center, and academic advising.

The trustees discussed the possibility of decommissioning Barnes Hall.

Vice President of Finance and Administrative Services Barrie Wilkes said Barnes is the oldest residence hall and the only dormitory-style housing on campus. The building is not compliant with the Americans With Disabilities Act. The only problem Wilkes faced was the lack of space for sophomores if they decide to require freshman and sophomores to live on campus. Requiring sophomores to live on campus without adding space in the residence halls would limit the number of students CMU could accept in the following years.

Wilkes is also exploring the idea of adding 500 beds to the south campus community alongside an expansion of the south dining hall. These renovations will cost the university $85 million, Wilkes said.

ACADEMIC AND STUDENT A F FAIRS COMMIT T EE “How do we structure our advising to better support students?” asked Ian Davison, interim senior vice provost for academic affairs. “How do we organize it?

What are the roles professional advisers play? What are the roles the faculty play?

What roles can technology play?”

Davison said strengthening advising is a key component in ensuring student success. In 2019, students will meet with advisers at orientation, once a semester their freshman year and once every year after.

This is part of an effort to help students graduate sooner and increase retention rates, Davison said.

Interim Dean of College of Education and Human Services Elizabeth Kirby said the college added a new center for administration and leadership studies.

CMU will be the first university in Michigan to receive accreditation from the National Association of the Education of Young Children, she said.

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If the institution is going to say it’s committed to diversity, one has to be committed to diversity.

Mary Senter, Sociology faculty member FINANCE AND FACILITIES COMMITT EE The Chippewa Champions Alumni Center was also discussed. The new facility would be more than just a locker room, Vice President for Advancement Bob Martin said. The project would include new learning facilities for students in athletic training, a new video board for Kelly/ Shorts Stadium and areas for faculty and students to collaborate.

The Chippewa Champions Alumni Center would replace Carlin Alumni House, moving the offices of approximately 40 employees, Martin said.

Wilkes said upon approval, the construction project would not use money intended for academic departments. Instead, funding for the center will come from “construction reserves,” said Wilkes.

Davies will make the final decision regarding decommissioning and building additions.

T RUST EES- FACULT Y LIAISON COMMIT T EE Faculty and Board of Trustee’s members debated whether Central Michigan Unviersity’s priorities should be about academic orientation for students or increasing diversity.

Biology faculty member Bradley Swanson and Sociology faculty member Mary Senter said it would be beneficial for students to add onto the current academic orientation.

“We have something, but it is insufficient for what we really need to do,” Swanson said.

Cody Scanlan | Staff Photographer Trustee Robert E. Wardrop II listen’s to the information given by Interim Senior Vice Provost of Academic Affairs Ian Davison on Sept. 26 in the President’s Conference Room.

This revamped orientation would not just be putting together schedules for freshman year, but also learning practical skills like how to use the library, how to take notes, what the Academic Integrity Policy is and why general education “soft skills” are important.

Senter and Trustee William Weideman agreed diversity is also important. They discussed a report called “Black Students at Public Colleges and Universities” rated CMU a C or D on three of four dimensions.

These ratings are from the perspective of African American students.

“If the institution is going to say it’s committed to diversity, one has to be committed to diversity,” said Senter.

Honors program director Phame Camarena explained why the Honors Program is beneficial for students and how it helps recruit more families to CMU. Honors program students make up less than 5 percent of the student body but account for 63 percent of all President and Provost awards and 50 percent of the summer scholars, Camarena said.

“The Honors program is absolutely essential in enhancing the academic reputation

for Central,” said President Robert Davies.

T RUST EES-STUDENT LIAISON COMMIT T EE The Trustees received an update from Student Government Association, Program Board, and the Residence Hall Assembly.

SGA President Jake Hendricks said SGA is promoting civic engagement at CMU and in the community. SGA also plans to hold a conference on Nov. 10 with student government members from peer universities.

Vice President Lyndi Rose told the board about SGA’s Menstrual Hygiene Product Initiative. SGA approved $1,500 to be spent on the initiative, and supplies will tentatively be delivered on Dec. 1.

Program Board President Galen Miller said the organization wants to focus on larger events this year. Some events include the Student Body Ball and a financial wellness program.

RHA director Mary St. John discussed adding card readers on every residence hall door. St. John said most students think the change is inconvenient, but also safer.

Staff Reporters Bridget Bittman and Nicole Lenz contributed to this article.

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Administrators discuss Student Service Fee with SGA

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

Student Government Association members had the opportunity to ask questions about the new student services fee that was implemented this year at Central Michigan University.

Director of Financial Planning and Budgets Joe Garrison presented the rationale behind the fee at the Sept. 24 General Board meeting, in the Bovee University Center Auditorium.

“Many students reached out to SGA regarding the student service fee,” said SGA Press Secretary Nick Latuszek. “It was decided to have an individual who is knowledgeable of the fee so they could explain the reasoning and the process of the fee.”

Garrison outlined some of the services the fee will fund, such as academic advising, counseling services and campus police.

After conversation on what the money would go toward, senators inquired why money was spent on a new archway across Broomfield Road.

Garrison explained that the archway was part of a branding

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Kira Cleer | Staff Photographer Director of Planning and Budgets Joe Garrison speaks to the Student Government Association at the general board meeting on Sept. 24 in the Bovee University Center.

effort to make CMU’s campus identity more cohesive. In an interview with Central Michigan Life, Garrison said no revenue from the fee will pay for capital

projects, including the archway.

“I’ve heard concerns from students that this fee may open up the possibility of more mandatory fees,” SGA Treasurer Chase

NEWS AND NOTES FROM AROUND CAMPUS

JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS TO PERFORM AT SOARING EAGLE OCT. 19 Anyone who loves rock and roll may want to see Joan Jett & the Blackhearts at 8 p.m., Oct. 19. at Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort Entertainment Hall. Doors open at 7 p.m.

After being rejected by 23 labels, Jett founded Blackheart Records in 1980 — and is now one of the longest-running indie record labels. She has produced albums for several bands including Germs and Bikini Kill.

Jett had nine Top 40 singles, including “I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll,” “I Hate Myself for Loving You,” “Bad Reputation” and “Crimson and Clover.” She also has eight platinum and gold albums.

Jett’s music has been featured in many films and television programs including “Kick Ass,” “Shrek,” “Easy A,” “The Runaways” and others.

In addition to her work being performed on

screen, Jett has appeared on screen herself in “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” “Light of Day,” and “Law and Order.”

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015.

Tickets range from Joan Jett $29.50 plus fees to $69 plus fees. Tickets can be bought at events.etix. com.

Arena rock band Night Ranger, which has earned multi-platinum and gold album status, will also perform.

-Rob Linsley Staff Reporter

Delor said.

Garrison said he has not heard of any additional mandatory fees.

He emphasized that in comparison to peer institutions, CMU does not change tuition rates based on specific courses, programs or colleges.

“Unlike most institutions, with the undergraduate fee here, you’re going to pay the same price whether you’re a journalism major or an engineering major,” Garrison said.

CMU President Robert Davies also made an appearance at the General Board meeting, thanking SGA members for their leadership. He answered questions about how he will combine his background in business with his passion for education.

Senator Jonathan Korpi, a graduate student in the history department, asked if Davies has any plans to “re-strengthen the humanities department.”

Davies emphasized his first priority is student success; he wants to “create logical thinkers.” He hopes to do so by supporting all colleges and making sure they intermix to create well-rounded students.

“We are here to teach you to think critically, how to research

and gauge information, to gather facts and data and understand context,” he said. “We will do so by supporting the humanities, and the rest of the colleges, and making sure they intermix.”

Delor introduced legislation to the Senate that would allow residence halls to include pizza box composting systems.

“Pizza boxes are all over campus, and students love pizza,” Delor said. “We want to make an easy way for students to recycle pizza boxes on campus.”

“A Resolution to Support a Pizza Box Composting System on Campus” would provide SGA support for the creation of a pizza box composting program across campus.

The resolution is sponsored by the Student Environment Alliance and Take Back the Tap. Delor explained if this were passed, it would not drastically change the day-to-day for Facilities Management.

Building Management staff would be assigned to check the composting bins three days a week, and funding would be fully absorbed by Facilities Management. The design would consist of wooden slats and hygienic lining.

MEIJER VISITING WRITER SERIES KICKS OFF OCT. 4 WITH AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR The Creative Writing Program will kick off the Meijer Visiting Writer Series this year with award-winning author Joanna Ruocco.

Ruocco will be reading her work at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 4 in the Baber Room at Charles V. Park Library.

She wrote several books, including “The Week,” “Field Glass,” written with Joanna Howard, and “Dan.” Her novel, “Another Governess/The Least Blacksmith: A Diptych” won the FC2 Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize.

Ruocco is an assistant professor of English in Creative Writing at Wake Forest University and co-director of the Dillon Johnston Writers Reading Series.

She also published Gothic romance “Dark Season” under the pseudonym Joanna Lowell.

Along with prize-winning author Brian Conn, she was the co-editor of the literary fiction journal Birkensnake, which was

published from 20082014.

Her areas of interest include 20th and 21st century innovative fiction and cross-genre texts, according to her Wake Forest University faculty website bio.

Ruocco earned her Joanna Ruocco MFA in Literary Arts from Brown University and PhD from the University of Denver.

Refreshments and a book-signing will take place following the event.

The event is sponsored by the department of English language and literature and the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences.

-Melissa Frick Staff Reporter

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EDITORIAL

EDUCATE YOURSELF ABOUT YOUR WATER

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he average human body is roughly 60 percent water.

That number is even higher in infants, reaching as high as 78 percent.

Every living cell in your body needs water to survive. It keeps your brain active and aware, your heart strong and pumping, ensures your digestion system is working properly and helps your skin stay bright and clear. It nourishes you and cleans you.

Even though it’s such a crucial and necessary part of our lives, most people, especially Americans, take the quality and cleanliness of our drinking water for granted. It’s easy to assume that because you’ve always had easy access to clean drinking water your entire life, you always will.

According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 780 million people worldwide do not have adequate access to clean drinking water. While Americans may not have to be concerned about access to clean water sources, we should be concerned about the possibility of our water being contaminated.

After the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality performed a water quality test in August 2017, Mount Pleasant became one of more than 30 sites in Michigan containing a contamination of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances — also known as PFAS. PFAS is dangerous because chemicals within the PFAS family have been used in the manufacturing process of a variety of products including the foam used in fire suppression systems and products by Teflon and Scotchgard. The United States Environmental Protection Agency reports that long-term exposure to PFAS can cause pregnancy complications, liver damage, thyroid disease and cancer.

Luckily, the site the contamination was found in is no longer in use and there seems to be no immediate threat of PFAS in Mount Pleasant drinking water. However, PFAS has been found in dozens of other sites all over the state — which means some Michigan residents’ drinking water could be unsafe.

Everyone knows Michigan is the Great Lakes state. Given that the state is surrounded by 20 percent of the world’s supply of freshwater, it’s hard to believe that so much of the state’s drinking water could be contaminated.

Even harder to believe is the Flint Water Crisis. It is unacceptable a water crisis of that magnitude was able to occur in our modern and advanced society, let alone in the Great Lakes State.

Everyone, Michigan residents in particular, needs to be aware of the importance of water quality. The Flint Water Crisis should always be on everybody’s minds. The threat of PFAS contamination is growing every year. This will not be the last time you hear about it.

Clean drinking water is not a given. We need to be aware of where our water is coming from, what’s going into it, how it’s being cleaned and how it’s being distributed.

Everyone should be educating themselves about the safety of their water. Read our cover story to learn more about Mount Pleasant’s water. Do your own research on facilities like the Mount Pleasant Water Treatment Plant and the treatment plant in your hometown.

Making sure we have clean water should be our highest priority. Water is life. Without it, we couldn’t survive.

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CENTRAL MICHIGAN LIFE | CM-LIFE.COM | SEPT. 27, 2018

Michigan is obligated to push for environmental protection We have no shortage of natural wonders in Michigan.

The Great Lakes, Sleeping Bear Dunes and Mackinac Island are just a few of the famous natural phenomena that attract visitors to the state from all over the world. In fact, Michigan is ranked at number six of the most traveled states in America by The Microsoft News Network.

Michigan is the forest-clad gem of the Midwest; its environments and ecosystems have been admired and studied for generations. All of which are now under tremendous danger of being destroyed by pollution, the burning of fossil fuels and coal and modern industry in general.

Michigan Radio calculated an astounding loss in wetlands in south east Michigan. Some counties such as Monroe, Wayne, and Saginaw have lost over 80 percent of natural wetlands since some of the first settlements were established.

Logically, in order for technology and human innovation to occur, we must take some possession of our environment. However, important natural phenomena must be sanctioned as untouchable and should be protected at all costs. These locations include state parks, state-protected wetlands, forests

Michael Livingston Staff Reporter

and woodlands.

Michigan is home to one-fifth of all freshwater on Earth, thanks to the Great Lakes. Not only that, but the lakes are a primary component of the local fishing industry. Sea Grant Michigan, a conservational research organization said, “fishing generated an average of 465,417 employment hours per year and brought an average of $19.8 million per year into Michigan’s coastal communities over the past 20 years.”

Since the 1950s, the Great Lakes are continuously infested with invasive species such as the sea lamprey, zebra mussel and the round goby. The sea lamprey in particular is responsible for killing over 100,000 pounds of fish at its peak.

Luckily, organizations such as the Great Lakes Fishery Commission work in unison with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to

WHAT’S YOUR OPINION? All letters to the editor or guest columns must include a name, address, affiliation (if any) and phone number for verification. Anonymous letters will not be printed, except under extraordinary circumstances. CM Life reserves the right to edit all letters and columns for style, length, libel, redundancy, clarity, civility and accuracy. Letters should be no more than 450 words in length.

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Organizations like these that are involved in the preservation of our natural

ecosystems work under little funding, funding that continues to be cut by the current administration. Back in February, The Detroit Free Press reported, “President Donald Trump’s budget proposal for next year again calls for drastic cuts in Great Lakes restoration efforts.”

Trump called for the elimination of a $300 million-dollar program to help restore the Great Lakes. This would be devastating for Michigan residents as pollution levels will eventually increase to an untamable levels, resulting in a decrease in fish population and water quality.

Sleeping Bear Dunes are a vessel of the legend of the mother bear and her cubs, and they don’t deserve to be a trash-covered hilltop. The Great Lakes are the only body of fresh water that has a horizon, we owe it to them to ensure they don’t become polluted puddles.

As a native Michigander, I find myself dreading the thought that the beautiful natural attractions my family and I once visited and admired could fade from existence in less than a few decades.

The natural landscapes have people flocking to Michigan from all over the globe.

It’s our obligation as its residents to keep Michigan clean and beautiful.

I changed my major and you won’t change my mind At times, I’ve spent more than 10 hours in the Central Michigan Life newsroom.

This summer, I would have been paid hundreds of dollars for my time. Now, I make $10 an article.

An article could require interviews, attending hours of events, editing my pieces three times each, and once more before publishing in print.

That being said, I make less than $30 a week when I used to make $500 for doing similar, if not easier, tasks.

I’ve never been happier.

My major was integrative public relations last year. I changed my major to journalism after spending a summer in corporate America.

A leader within the corporation I interned for told me that listening is the most important tool in communication.

I agreed. He also told me that corporate blogging would be a perfect career choice for my interests, and continued to explain that traditional journalism wasn’t lucrative. I disagreed.

I returned to college this fall with a passion for news and a distaste for my old major, partially due to that statement.

Yes, I lost hundreds of dollars in pay

Kersten Kruse Staff Reporter

a week.

I’ve been body-checked by a fraternity member while covering a Greek event.

University leadership has tried to conceal information from me during interviews, making my job even more difficult.

This past semester, a president of a registered student organization tried to get me fired after I wrote a story he didn’t agree with.

Yet I’m still here — with my $30 paychecks, feeling incredibly satisfied with myself.

The newsroom has accepted me at my best and my worst. I spend my days with fellow journalists who share the same passion for storytelling, art and writing as I do.

I frequently watch President Trump tweet about how journalists are the “enemy of the people.”

Well, here I am, a 19-year-old girl

who stands at about 5’2”, eating her fruit snacks while typing up event coverage that I was paid $10 for.

Am I really the enemy of the people?

Or just someone who is committed to reporting the truth?

I’ve been called “fake news” before.

Friends often ask why I decided to enter a “dying profession.” Family members are often disappointed when I tell them about my interests, questioning why I didn’t major in marketing or general business instead.

This created enormous anxiety about my major change, and caused me to question the one thing that makes me the happiest. If journalism is such a bad choice, why does it feel so good to report the news?

Outsiders only see the dollar signs, not the impact journalists are able to create through their craft.

So here I am, working through roadblocks that sources create, while dealing with the stigma my major carries. While making about less than minimum wage, I’m on my journey to learn how to be the best reporter possible.

My happiness is not a $500 paycheck.

My joy is not admiration from family members, an easy day at work or having

people envy my job title.

Sitting in an office all summer was torture compared to the battles I face on an every day basis. Hunting down stories, interviewing sources and telling their side of the truth are what keep me focused and eager to do my job.

When I practice journalism, loving my life becomes easier. I open my eyes every morning knowing that each day will be drastically different than the last.

My heart still flutters before interviews. Talks with my editor keep me motivated and on the hunt for news. I still get excited when I see my name, printed on fragile paper, next to a piece I’m proud of.

The same enthusiasm does not exist with an office job, where I struggle to stay awake during most of my shift.

Sure, reporting is not the most comfortable job in the world, but I can’t imagine doing anything else.

This isn’t my way of slamming business, marketing or public relations majors. In fact, I respect your choice just as much as I hope you respect mine.

All I ask is that others respect my $30 budget, my habit of asking too many questions and the major I refuse to change.

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I traveled 8,000 miles to find God Studying abroad in Thailand helped me find my faith Quinn Kirby

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tudying abroad in Thailand killed my God and brought it back to life.

I’ve tried my entire life to put a label on my belief system. Raised Lutheran, worshipping God in a formal group setting felt inspiring, but ultimately lackluster. Catholic mass felt similar in the sense I was being told what a divine creator said through an indirect source. I felt if God could speak to regular people and show them signs thousands of years ago, he could do the same for me.

In high school, I explored Taoism and Buddhism out of interest in the idea that human beings are responsible for the good and bad we encounter; that the way we choose to react to our surroundings and situations actively create our “now.” I was also interested in Sikhism, as the belief system places emphasis on respect for all religions and encourages those in its community to educate themselves on other religious practices.

Though I enjoyed the learning experience, nothing really worked for me. To anyone who asked, I was spiritual, but not religious. According to the Pew Research Center, I shared this sentiment with a quarter of the U.S. population. Even with a community behind me, I still wasn’t satisfied.

Then, I entered college. I took an introduction to religion course to learn basic religious history, took a photo assignment at Central Michigan Life that exposed me to individuals in different practices and studied and practiced different systems on my own. Still, none seemed to click.

I wanted a single religion to summarize the support, love and acceptance of people different than me while advocating for personal growth and development. After awhile, I found myself becoming jealous of individuals who had already claimed this in practices that had “failed” me.

Since I was interested in how Western Buddhism differed from where it originated, I chose to study abroad in Asia when I had the opportunity this summer. I attended Chiang Mai University in Chiang Mai, Thailand for six weeks and enrolled in a course, “Religion in Contemporary Thailand,” to gather more information on the country’s

Courtesy Photo | Quinn Kirby Grand Rapids junior Quinn Kirby looks out at the ocean near Phi Phi, Thailand during Summer 2018.

Quinn Kirby | Feature Editor Tourists walk toward a temple during the Sunday Walking Street Market in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

religious traditions.

According to the US Department of State, 94 percent of the Thai population is Buddhist, followed by Muslims at five percent, while the final one percent is comprised of Christian, animist, Sikh, Jewish, Hindu, Con-

fucian and Taoist practitioners. The course I took at Chiang Mai University explored the first three major religions of the country and added information on animism, Hinduism and Sikkhism because Thailand’s major religious practices tend to blend in symbolism

from the minor practices, as well.

Through the course, I was able to visit Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim and Sikh temples.

We spoke with Buddhist monks, Lutheran missionaries and Mennonite volunteers. The more I learned, the more I felt religion was becoming an antiquated social force. Only some forms of Buddhism allow women into monkhood and is more an atheistic philosophy than religion, Christianity and Islam believe salvation is only possible through belief in their god, while Hinduism’s multideity system was simply just too complicated for me to comprehend.

I gave up entirely. I thought that if God was out there, the divine creator would have recognized my hard work and effort and would have helped lead me to the religion that allowed me to learn the practice, traditions and orthodoxy the best by now.

A couple days later, a thought came to me.

I had already been shown how to get closer to God. Through my curiosity and talking to passionate people about their specific practice, I was able to learn how the divine creator decided to show itself to everyone.

My religion is religion. It’s getting to know the creator through its creation - human, plant, animal, and social construct.

My relationship with my creator grows stronger by appreciation of its creation, and although it took me traveling halfway across the world to realize, I’d do it all again in half a heartbeat.

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CENTRAL MICHIGAN LIFE | CM-LIFE.COM | SEPT. 27, 2018

Clothing INC fights poverty with clothing donations

By Teresa Homsi Staff Reporter news@cm-life.com

Cody Scanlan | Staff Photographer Clothing racks fill the room of the Clothing INC section of the Isabella County Restoration House- Day Shelter on Sept. 24 located at 1114 W High St.

having our own building, but it was more important to be here in this space with all of the other agencies wanting to do the same thing: make a dent in the poverty level.”

This led Clothing INC to its current location. It shares space with a care store that supplies toiletries, the Isabella County Restoration House, a food pantry and will soon be joined by a jobs academy program.

“Every organization here is a separate entity working toward the same thing,” said Bryan Chapman, director of operations. “I personally don’t care what I’m doing whether it’s with the Restoration House or Clothing INC. People need encouragement, they need to know that they can do better and they won’t do better if there’s not somebody that can convince them that they can.”

Since its founding, Clothing INC expanded quickly. In its first year, Clothing INC donated 4,800 articles of clothing.

In 2018, Chapman estimates that number could reach 300,000.

“My biggest imagination (when starting) was that we could help a few people by digging into a few bags and totes and giving them what they needed,” Kaye said.

“Would I have signed up for this knowing five years later that it looks like this?

I probably would have said ‘no’ since I wasn’t looking for an all-consuming, full-time job right after I had retired from teaching. But it was what we were called to do, and we wanted to make that difference in someone’s life.”

Clothing INC’s first goal is to provide for those in need of clothing, but its volunteers are working beyond that.

“The idea for all of the organizations is self-sufficiency,” Chapman said. “We don’t want to see people get clothes every four months. We don’t want them to have

to. Instead, we want them to come, get a hand up, get the training they need and be self-sufficient enough to afford their own clothes.”

According to the US Census Bureau,

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From flashy to practical or brightcolored to intricately laced, clothing is an integral part of identity. Despite this, not everyone is fortunate enough to own clothes suited for every occasion.

Mount Pleasant-based nonprofit Clothing INC wants to change that.

Clothing INC’s origins are humble, beginning when employees of Eydent Insurance exchanged the opportunity for a Christmas bonus for a charitable cause.

“The Eydent employees said, ‘We don’t want a bonus, we want to help the community,’” said Jim Peasley, Clothing INC co-founder. “So instead, they picked out 12 families that needed food and clothing and provided that for them. They did that for three years and we had a bunch of clothes left over (at our church).”

After a few years of Eydent employees donating their Christmas bonuses to the cause, Kaye and Jim Peasley used the leftover clothes in their church’s basement to start something that would go on to become an independently-functioning organization.

“When I retired, I was frustrated because I had clothes to give away but didn’t want to give them to somebody who would charge for them,” Kaye Peasley said. “I just wanted people who were in need to get them.”

In 2013, Clothing INC was officially launched as a 501(c)(3), one of the 29 types of nonprofit organization licenses in the US. The organization also gained a board of directors and student volunteers from Central Michigan University who helped market the nonprofit and sort through donations.

Kaye said the connections with CMU were vital for the organization’s success.

Most volunteers were university students until the nonprofit became connected with court-ordered individuals and parole officers.

“Once a sixteen-year-old girl was caught skipping school, and instead of taking her home, (the police) brought her to us and said, ‘she’s here for the rest of the day, put her to work,’” Kaye said. “I got her filling online orders for elementary students and by the end of the day you could see this change of demeanor.”

After a few years of working in their church’s basement, The Peasleys decided they needed a new place for the nonprofit to expand.

“By then, conversation had happened between all the nonprofits in the area of what it would be like if we had a central location,” Kaye said. “We would be paying lease every year to United Way instead of

23.4 percent of people in Isabella County are below the poverty line. About 48 percent makes $30,000 or less for a family of four.

“Of that 48 percent, in April, we were serving 3 percent. Now we’re serving 9 percent,” Chapman said. “Our goal as a center is to reduce poverty, not maintain the level by providing services. It’s providing services and training to make that number go down.”

Clothing INC has made monumental progress since its opening, but the organization still has miles to go before it materializes its goals. Clothing, donations and volunteers are always needed.

“We don’t care where you’re from or what you’ve done, we just want to help,” Kaye said. “There are those hard cases where people aren’t willing to take your help and all you can do is just be there when they are, but you can’t be discouraged because the next person might need it.”

For anyone interested in volunteering, receiving clothing or more information about Clothing INC, visit the organization’s website, www.clothing inc.org or contact them at 989-323-3332.

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Jamie Hockemeyer stands next to a clarifier inside the Mount Pleasant Water Treatment Facility on Sept. 19.

PFAS ON PICKARD

By Mitchell Kukulka Investigative Editor

Mount Pleasant drinking water safe from contamination, officials say Following a mandatory water quality test by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) in August 2017, Mount Pleasant joined the growing list of more than 30 sites in Michigan containing a contamination of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances — also known as PFAS. Chemicals within the PFAS family have been used in the manufacturing process of a variety of products since the 1940s, including the foam used in fire suppression systems and products by Teflon and Scotchgard.

During the MDEQ examination, six of seven wells located on the property of the former Roosevelt Refinery, near the corner of Pickard Street and Crawford Road, tested positive for PFAS contamination. According to Michigan.gov, MDEQ advised MRP Properties — which owns the site — to test for PFAS due to the facility’s prior use and storage of fire suppression materials.

Built around 1928, the Roosevelt Refinery was located at 600 W. Pickard St., extending for

about a half-mile between the corner of Pickard and Crawford to the boundaries of the Chippewa River. It stood there until the facility was decommissioned in the early 1970s.

The site has been under the supervision of the MDEQ since it was decommissioned. All buildings have been removed, including many of the underground pipes and utilities, said Scott Dean, MDEQ communications director. There are a variety of containment procedures in place to prevent further PFAS contamination to the surrounding area.

“There have been many remediation technologies utilized at the site over the years,” Dean said.

“These have included excavation, groundwater pump and treat, bioventing, soil vapor extraction, and slurry walls to name some. Much of the shallow groundwater at the site is either directed toward to, or pumped toward sparge gates which help reduce concentrations of contaminants.”

Due to the MDEQ’s remediation procedures at the site, the PFAS contamination poses no threat

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HUMANS, ANIMALS EXPOSED TO EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF PFAS ARE PUT AT HIGHER RISK OF HEALTH DEFECTS LIKE: -Cancer -Thyroid disease -Negative effects on to Mount Pleasant’s supply of drinking water, said Jamie Hockemeyer, Mount Pleasant Water Treatment Plant superintendent.

“We have no reason at this point to believe our municipal water supply is impacted by chemicals at the former Roosevelt Refinery property, but we can’t be certain there is no PFAS impact from any other sites until testing of the water system is complete,” Hockemeyer said.

PFAS IN MICHIGAN Though products made with PFAS chemicals are more resistant to potential damage by water, oil and heat, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reports that long-term exposure can cause complications with pregnancy, liver damage, thyroid disease and cancer.

A nationwide concern, MDEQ has been monitoring occurrences of PFAS contamination since the first instance was reported in March 2010 near the decommissioned Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda. Last year, Gov. Rick Snyder signed into action Executive Directive 2017-4, establishing the Michigan PFAS Action Response Team (MPART), the first multi-agency team in the country designed solely to combat PFAS contaminations.

At the moment, the Roosevelt Refinery property is the only site where PFAS has been detected in the Mount Pleasant area, Hockemeyer said. MDEQ will initiate a comprehensive sampling of water sources throughout Isabella County taking place Oct.

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1-15 to determine if there are any more areas contaminated with PFAS. The push to uncover the extent of PFAS contamination in Michigan was set into motion in July, when Lt. Gov. Brian Calley declared a state of emergency for Kalamazoo County after the MDEQ sampled the municipal water system in Parchment, a city near Kalamazoo and found PFAS levels near 1,410 parts per trillion.

The samples found at the Roosevelt Refinery measured at about 1,300 ppt. The EPA-recommended limit is 70 ppt.

Though the threat of PFAS contamination has been effectively neutralized in Mount Pleasant, Hockemeyer’s position at the Mount Pleasant Water Treatment Plant has made him a major decision-maker in the fight against PFAS. “Since (PFAS) is an emerging contaminant that has the potential to impact everyone statewide and nationwide, the flow of information and education has been critical to understanding what is known about (PFAS), what is being done about it and what are the best ways to limit exposure to PFAS in drinking water,” Hockemeyer said.

CUE THE WAT ERWORKS The water quality in the City of Mount Pleasant meets, and exceeds, all state and federal quality standards, Hockemeyer said.

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Chelsea Grobelny | Photo Editor Water systems operator Jason Defeyter conducts various tests on the water inside the Mount Pleasant Water Treatment Facility on Sept. 19.

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Mount Pleasant Water Treatment Plant resides at 4195 S. Lincoln Road, where it processes about 8 million gallons of water per day. In addition to Hockemeyer, there are eight system operators on staff at the plant.

The multi-step process of producing clean drinking water for Mount Pleasant residents begins when groundwater is collected through either the shallow Ranney Collector Well located along the Chippewa River upstream of Mount Pleasant, or several deep wells located throughout the south and southwest portion of the city, Hockemeyer said. The raw groundwater, rich with iron, calcium and magnesium, is then transported to the plant for processing.

Once at the plant, the water is filtered through an aerator tank, which introduces oxygen to remove iron, carbon dioxide and other gases from the water. From there, the water is processed through one of two large funnels called “clarifiers” — each holding up to 200,000 gallons — that use chemicals to “soften” the water by separating heavier debris like sand and bacteria, as well as calcium and magnesium and letting the purer water go to the next step.

The water moves from the clarifiers to the recarbination tank, which adds carbon dioxide back into the water to stabilize its acidity level, and a series of filters to remove finer particles. The water is then

transported to the plant’s storage facility.

“The City of Mount Pleasant doesn’t have any municipal drinking water source wells near the (Roosevelt Refinery) property,” Hockemeyer said.

“Our Wellhead Protection Program and source water delineation study doesn’t indicate any direct influence at this time.”

For Connor Kowalke, a graduate student from Romeo studying as a wetland ecologist, the PFAS contamination in Mount Pleasant is not surprising.

Kowalke studies persistent organic water pollutants and how they accumulate in muscle tissues, with a focus on PFAS compounds. Kowalke had not heard of the Roosevelt Refinery contamination, though he’s not surprised given the widespread use of the chemicals in industrial processes.

“It’s unsettling, but at the same time, knowing what I know about (PFAS) — it was everywhere to begin with,” Kowalke said. “Once it started being manufactured on an industrial scale, they’re detecting it in remote villages in third-world countries across the world where industry has never touched — it’s just gotten there through water or the transport of goods.”

Research to effectively combat the spread of PFAS is still in development due to how recently the contamination threat was discovered. For everyday people, Kowalke recommends avoiding non-stick cookware like Teflon products, stick to cast-iron utensils and to use natural detergents whenever possible..

Check our video tour of the water treatment process at cm-life.com/multimedia.

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Counseling center increases hours to accommodate clients

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

As the Counseling Center attempts to answer to the increase in demand for mental health services with more staff, many lesserknown mental health services on campus are reaching out to offer their services to more students.

The Center for Community Counseling and Development is one of those places. The center offers the services of CMU graduate students who are studying to become professional counselors, while under the direct supervision of an experienced clinical supervisor.

The center is located in Room 322 on the third floor of the Education and Human Services Building.

Free services are offered to CMU students, members of the CMU community and residents of Mt. Pleasant area including individuals of all ages, couples and families. Services are also open to CMU staff, and counselors can offer couple and group counseling sessions.

The center is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday. This is a change from previous years, when the center was open one evening during the week.

“We changed our hours to make the center more accessible to everyone,” said counsel-

ing and special education faculty member Jennifer Werries, who supervises the center.

This is her first year in charge of the center, and the increase in hours was a change she implemented.

“When we were only open one evening a week, it was difficult for (students) to come in for services,” she said.

There are 11 counselors, all of whom are graduate students working to gain practicum hours. Counselors at the center are currently working with a little over a dozen clients, but they are working to spread the word to build their client base.

While the CMU Counseling Center focuses on providing short-term counseling to students, the Center for Community Counseling and Development has more of a focus on long-term counseling.

“We’re built on a longer-term model of care,” said Lansing graduate student Jordan Wolfe. “We don’t limit the number of sessions that clients come in for.”

The Counseling Center is solution-focused, said Mount Pleasant graduate student Julia Wagner, meaning they take one-time appointments and assess from there.

By allowing clients to schedule regular appointments with a counselor, the Center for Community Counseling and Development maintains a long-term relationship with visitors.

Kira Cleer | Staff Photographer Toys in the children’s counseling room in the Center for Community Counseling and Development on Sept.

24 in the Education and Human Services building.

To schedule an appointment at the Center for Community Counseling and Development, call 989-774-3532. There is free parking in lot 33 after 4 p.m., and metered parking is available from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Other on-campus services • Counseling Center, 102 Foust Hall: 989774-3381

• Psychological Training and Consultation Center, Health Professions Building: 989774-3904 • CMU Cares, 290 Ronan Hall: 989-77422734 • University Health Services: 200 Foust Hall/Troutman 103: 989-774-6599

Medical Marijuana application deadline remains Feb. 1

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

During a work session at the Mount Pleasant City Commission meeting on Sept. 24, the commission decided to keep the initial application deadline for the Medical Marijuana Facility Licensing, after it was proposed to be moved up.

Initially, city commission set the application deadline to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 1 to accommodate the

holiday season and allow for a longer application period, but an amendment was proposed by Commissioner Kathleen Ling at a Sept. 10 work session to move the deadline to Dec. 14, 2018.

“Recreational Marijuana will be on the November ballot and everything I have seen so far projects it will pass,” Commissioner Tony Kulick said. “Why would I want to go get medical marijuana when I could go get ‘fun marijuana’ starting next year?”

Commissioner Lori Gillis also supported the Feb. 1 deadline.

“A larger application pool would be the fairest,” Commissioner Gillis said. “More fish make a better pond.”

Gillis believes there is no rush, because patients are already getting medication in cities that have already opened dispensaries, like Lansing and Detroit. She would much rather have a diverse pool with a higher chance that local community members will receive licenses.

There is no way to know community members will apply for the licenses if we set the deadline for Feb. 1, Commissioner Will Joseph said, approving to move the deadline to Dec. 14.

Detroit native Omar Fakhouri had followed Mount Pleasant’s medical marijuana ordinance process for two years and attended the Sept. 24 meeting to voice his belief that the city commission was “looking at the application with the completely wrong lens.”

In an email to the city commission and Department Staff, Fakhouri said pushing back the deadline would inhibit patients of medication for 6-12 months and delay Mount Pleasant’s financial benefit.

“The idea of extending the application period further to allow for constituents to be pre-qualified is frankly unethical and lacks compassion

(and) consideration to those sick and in need,” said Fakhouri.

Despite some support from the community, the proposed amendment failed to pass with a 4-3 vote.

Mount Pleasant opted into the Michigan Medical Marijuana Facilities Licensing Act (MMMFLA) after it was passed in 2016. The act allows municipalities who opt in any of five facility types created under the act: provisioning centers, processors, safety compliance facilities, secure transporters, and growers.

Mount Pleasant applicants can apply for one of five growing licenses or three provisioning center licenses.

As of Sept. 10, the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) had approved 25-30 of the 600 applications in the pipeline – where applications sit until they are reviewed and considered for approval by LARA. Department of Public Safety and Police Chief Paul Lauria said since LARA began looking at applications in May 2018, the organization has gradually gotten accustomed to considering and approving applications making the process quicker.

From the final pool of approved applicants, the city will draw the beneficiaries of the licenses.

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ake a look at the events taking place in Mount Pleasant beginning Sept. 27.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 27:

• Red Hat Strutters at Mount. Pleasant Farmer's Market: The Red Hat Strutters will visit the Mount Pleasant Farmer's Market at 11 a.m. The Farwell dance troupe performs at nursing homes, fundraisers and community events.

• St. Jude "Up 'til Dawn" MJ Murphy Event: This fundraiser allows attendees to pick three of five beauty services for $10 from 5-8 p.m. at MJ Murphy Beauty College in downtown Mount Pleasant.

Attendees may choose a manicure, eyebrow wax, hair curl/straightening, gold hair tinsel or a paraffin dip. All proceeds benefit St. Jude's Children's Hospital.

• Power Divas: Power Diva Productions presents "Power

WEEKEND PLANNER Events and entertainment in Mount Pleasant Divas!" beginning at 8 p.m. at the Broadway Theatre in downtown Mount Pleasant.

Admission is $10. Tickets can be purchased and more information can be found on the Broadway Theatre's event calendar.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 28:

• Downtown Mount Pleasant Open House: Downtown businesses will host bargains and sales to celebrate the beginning of autumn beginning at 9 a.m.

The open house continues on Sept. 29.

• Let Peace Reign: The Human Rights Committee of Isabella County will host a peace-themed event from 4-9 p.m. beginning at City Hall and traveling to Island Park. For more information,

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• Dancing Under the Stars Swing Night: No partner required for Off-Broadway Performing Arts Studio's swing night group dance lesson. The lesson takes place from 7-8 p.m. at Off-Broadway Performing Arts Studio. Admission to the lesson costs $10.

• Open Mic Night at Wesley: Wesley United Methodist Church will host an open mic night beginning at 7:30 p.m. at its Central Michigan University location.

Performances of all varieties are welcome and will not be censored for content.

• City Folk at Rubble's Bar: The City Folk will perform from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. at Rubble's Bar. The cover band is known

for taking popular songs and giving them a folk-music sound. Performance is 21+ and has a $5 cover charge.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 29:

• Fall Antique Market: Best Friends Antiques will host its seventh annual antique market from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 239 Main St. Multiple vendors will take part in the event.

Refreshments will be provided and a bonfire will be set.

• Student Environmental Alliance River CleanUp: Registered Student Organization Student Environmental Alliance will partner with RSO Take Back the Tap to host a river cleanup from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Buckley's Mountainside Canoes. Space is limited and RSVP's must be made online.

• 11th Annual Art from our Parks: Isabella County Parks and Recreation will partner with Art Reach of Mid Michigan to host Art from our Park from 12-4 p.m. at Deerfield Nature Park. Featured artists will include caricaturist Corby Blem, musician Josh Stutsman and Deana’s Triskelion Bellydance Troupe. The event is free.

• Bourbon and Bacon: Two sessions of the sampling event — one from 2-5 p.m., another from 7:30-10:30 p.m. Each session will take place within the Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort's Entertainment Hall.

Performances from Cheap Trick and Eric Paslay will happen during both time slots.

Ticket prices range from $40$100 and can be purchased on the event's webpage.

• Pleasant Town Music Festival: DJs, art and food vendors and other artists will come together from 3-10 p.m. at Centennial Hall for this music festival. Attendees must be 18 or older and have a valid ID. Tickets range from $30-$50 and can be purchased online.

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CMU won the game against Alma College 13-0, and the football team took the name of Central Dragons until 1927, when the mascot was switched to “the Bearcats.”

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AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST, AUTHOR BAILEY TO VISIT CMU NEXT WEEK Award-winning journalist and 2014 Harvard Nieman Fellow Issac Bailey will visit Central Michigan University on Oct. 1 and 2.

On Monday, Oct. 1, the Student Disabilities Services Center will host a luncheon with Bailey to kick off Disability Awareness Month. It will take place in the Bovee University Center Rotunda.

Students should RSVP with Student Disabilities Services Director Lynne L’hommedieu at (989) 774-2568.

Bailey will discuss his book, “My Brother Moochie: Regaining Dignity in the Face of Crime, Poverty, and Racism in the American South,” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2 in the Bovee University Center Auditorium. He will hold a book signing following his speech. The event is free and open to the public.

Bailey is a former student of Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer A.T.

Miller. Miller said Bailey experienced PTSD from his childhood, “one manifestation of which was a stutter that rendered him almost unable to speak for many years.”

Bailey will also be speaking to ISSAC BAILEY various classes in the department of journalism and meeting with Men About Change, a mentoring organization for men of color while he is at CMU. The Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion is sponsoring Bailey’s visit.

-Melissa Frick Staff Reporter

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STANITZEK NAMED A SEMIFINALIST FOR THE WILLIAM V. CAMPBELL TROPHY Football’s Mitch Stanitzek is being noticed for his work in the classroom.

The redshirt senior defensive end has been named a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, which is given to the top college football scholar-athlete in the country.

Stanitzek joins 179 other players around the nation who have been named to the list. Award candidates must be a senior or graduate student and post a 3.2 or better grade point average Also, candidates must show strong leadership and citizenship.

The West Catholic High School graduate is going for a masters in business administration after earning his bachelor of science degree with a double major in marketing and logistics management last spring. He accumulated a final GPA of 3.77.

On the football field, Stanitzek is one

of the team’s four captains. He has started the first four games and earned 10 tackles.

Coming into the season, Stanitzek had six sacks, 11 tackles for loss, two fumble recoveries and an interception.

The National Football MITCH STANITZEK Foundation presents the award. It selects 12-14 finalists to receive the $18,000 postgraduate scholarship.

Finalists for the award will travel to New York on Dec. 4 for a dinner hosted by the NFF, where the winner is announced.

-Andrew McDonald, Staff Reporter

SOCCER LOOKS TO CONTINUE OFFENSIVE PROGRESS OVER WEEKEND ON THE ROAD After starting with a 2-6 record, Central Michigan soccer knew they had to find more offense before Mid-American Conference play started.

Now, with a 2-0 start in MAC play with wins over Ohio (1-0) and Kent State (2-1), the Chippewas believe they are finding answers on that end of the field.

“In practice we’ve been working on moving together up top and with the midfield to get attacking opportunities,” said senior midfielder Shannon Magnan.

The Chippewas (4-6, 2-0 MAC) look to carry offensive success over into a weekend of road games starting with Buffalo (7-2, 1-1) at 7 p.m. on Sept. 28 and Akron (4-5-1, 1-1) at 1 p.m. on Sept.

30.

Head coach Peter McGahey wasn’t taking either game lightly. Each MAC away game will be tough.

“Buffalo is quite a difficult place to play because it’s one of the few places we play inside the football stadium,” McGahey said. “Akron on Sunday is the

back end of the road trip which is always good fans and a good facility. We will play well there.”

Magnan, who has three goals and five assists this season, said the team needs to focus on a good week of training before hitting the road.

“We definitely need to take care of our bodies especially when you are traveling,” Magnan said. “Traveling in itself takes a toll on you so collectively if we can work on recovery this week we will be starting it off right.”

Over the weekend, the Chippewas totaled 31 shots and put 18 of them on goal (58 percent). That’s improved from their season average of just over 50 percent (60-of-119).

One of those shots on goal was the game-winner against KSU and the firstcareer score of sophomore midfielder Natalie Belsito’s career.

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HOW CENTRAL MICHIGAN UPSET MSU IN 2009

File Photo | Central Michigan Life Central Michigan celebrates after defeating Michigan State on Sept. 12, 2009, at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing.

By Evan Petzold Staff Reporter Nine years later, Andrew Aguila stills gets the chills.

Down 27-26 with three seconds left and standing 42 yards out, the ball was snapped, received and kicked by Aguila’s right foot from the left hash mark. The football snuck just inside the left post, giving Central Michigan football a historic 29-27 upset victory in East Lansing over Michigan State in the midst of 76,211 fans on Sept. 12, 2009.

Four plays prior, Aguila executed a perfect onside kick to give the ball back to the Chippewas.

Quarterback Dan LeFevour threw a two-point conversion pass up for receiver Antonio Brown, but his feet landed out of bounds following the reception. A completed catch would have put the Chippewas ahead with 32 seconds left.

Instead, Aguila was brought on for an onside kick.

Aguila kicked with hopes of two bounces before a significant jump. It was just as he imagined – the ball hopped over diving MSU defender Blair White, giving CMU receiver Bryan Anderson space to stretch out and secure the football.

“They got a great bounce on a great kick,” White said after the game. “I misplayed it, and it took a big bounce over my head. I just misjudged it.”

The senior kicker watched the center judge point the play dead as his Chippewa teammate erupted in cheers. His special teams coach, Paul Volero, ran onto the field and embraced him with a hug.

“But we didn’t get it,” Aguila remembers saying to Volero, thinking Anderson caught the ball out of bounds or it didn’t go the necessary 10 yards.

“Bullshit,” Volero responded at the top of his lungs. “We got it!”

Aguila’s coach was right. The referee was blow-

ing the play dead due to Anderson’s attempt to advance the football. He mistakenly pointed in Michigan State’s direction to interpret which team had ball security.

As for Aguila’s field goal, it took him two tries before executing on the only one that truly mattered. A Michigan State defender blocked the first kick, but only after a timeout from MSU coach Mark Dantonio. The second went wide left, but an offsides penalty gave Aguila another chance.

The third time was the charm.

“When I contacted the ball, I swear I hooked it,” Aguila said laughing. “The ball went left and never came back right. It just snuck inside the post.”

While the celebration of a rivalry win was a focal point of the 2009 season, the story of Aguila’s kicks, LeFevour’s record-setting day and Anderson’s late heroics goes much further than just the game-winning moment.

From Thursday, Sept. 10, to right before the game on Saturday, head coach Butch Jones gave the team a series of “David and Goliath” speeches – Central Michigan as David, and Michigan State as Goliath.

In the locker room before taking the field at Spartan Stadium, Jones gave the final speech.

LeFevour, Brown and Anderson looked at each other and shook their heads.

“LeFevour and Brown definitely weren’t David,” Anderson said. “We had all these guys that you wouldn’t look at as the underdog. I felt like we were the Goliath and had every chance to win.”

LeFevour said the group had an exceptional week of practice, team meal the night before and walk-through upon arriving in East Lansing. The senior quarterback knew the Chippewas had a chance.

Michigan State jumped out to a 10-3 lead to start the first quarter on a 1-yard rushing score from Caulton Ray and a field goal from Brett Swenson. w FOOTBALL | 20

Courtesy Photo | CMU Athletics Central Michigan celebrates a touchdown against Michigan State on Sept. 12, 2009, at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing.

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Following a 31-yard field goal from Aguila, LeFevour threw his first touchdown of the game – a 6-yard toss to Brown with 5:49 to play before halftime. CMU took a 13-10 lead.

“We were moving the ball, and the defense was playing well, but we kept having to settle for field goals,” LeFevour said.

Keith Nichol, working in a backup role to MSU starting quarterback Kirk Cousins, put the Spartans back on top just over a minute later on a 16-yard pass to Charlie Gantt. The only points scored in the third quarter was a 32-yard field goal from Swenson to give MSU a 20-13 edge heading into the fourth.

LeFevour and Cousins went back-and-forth to open the fourth quarter. LeFevour spiraled a 12yard touchdown pass to Kito Poblah, and Cousins responded with a 7-yard touchdown pass.

Brett Hartmann, Aguila’s holder, never seemed to grasp the weight of the game until the final field goal.

“Wouldn’t it be so cool if it came down to a field goal,” Hartmann said with a laugh in the heat of the moment.

“Brett, get your game face on. This actually might happen,” Aguila responded.

With the Chippewas down 27-20 with 32 seconds left, LeFevour delivered. He threw the ball up to the left corner of the end zone, and Paris Cotton hauled it in for an 11-yard score.

The failed two-point conversion brought on Aguila for the onside kick.

Anderson remembers feeling deflated after the failed two-point conversion, but he didn’t have much time to dwell on it. His coaches started yelling for an onside kick, so Anderson lined up as the outermost player on the line to help keep the ball inbounds.

The kick from Aguila felt like a pass to Anderson. He knew without a doubt the ball went 10 yards and remained inbounds.

LeFevour, following the onside kick recovery, threw three-straight completions – one to Cotton and two to Brown – for 23 yards.

Michigan State took a timeout to ice Aguila.

Then, the Spartans jumped offsides on a kick Aquila missed wide left.

“Even after the onside kick, we still had a chance,” Dantonio said after the game. “All we had to do was not jump offside. But there are no excuses. We got beat. They were better than us.”

Before Aguila took the field for the final kick, he had a quick chat with Jones. The third-year head coach’s father passed away the summer before the 2009 season. Carrying his dad’s patient wristband from the hospital with him, Jones showed it to Aguila before the 42-yard field goal.

“My dad’s been with us the entire game,” Jones said to his kicker. “He’s with us right now. You’ve got this.”

While some players may have closed their eyes and turned their heads in worry, LeFevour watched Aguila’s final kick from start to finish. The quarterback had confidence in his kicker, as it wasn’t the first time he executed a crunch time field goal.

Aguila got his adrenaline and breathing in check. He swung his right leg toward the ball.

Courtesy Photo | CMU Athletics Central Michigan players carry head coach Butch Jones off the field after a win against Michigan State on Sept. 12, 2009, at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing.

It barely went through.

“Thank Jesus,” Aguila remembers yelling to Hartmann.

Instead of going into full celebration mode, Aguila remained focused because three seconds remained on the clock. He hit a low-squib kick, the ball bounced off a Michigan State kick returner and was secured by the Chippewas.

Aguila finally went crazy, knowing his team officially secured a 29-27 victory over Michigan State.

“I can’t say enough about Andrew Aguila,” Jones said. “That last-second field goal seemed like an eternity. I think it took about 20 minutes to make a 5-second kick.”

LeFevour finished the game 33-of-46 through the air for 328 yards and three touchdowns. During the game, the senior quarterback became the Mid-American Conference all-time leader in total offense and later ended his CMU career with 15,911 yards from scrimmage.

“My whole career was (about) beating an opponent like that,” LeFevour said. “It was almost a feeling of relief. It was one more stamp to put on my career that I didn’t have yet.”

The 2009 season was nowhere near over, as the game against MSU was just Week 2, but it showed CMU’s potential. Including a defeat of the Spartans, the Chippewas went on to win 12 of their last 13 games for a 12-2 record, finishing No. 23 in the AP Top 25. The Chippewas take on the Spartans at noon this Saturday in East Lansing.

Courtesy Photo | CMU Athletics Central Michigan kicker Andrew Aguila kicks a last second field goal against Michigan State on Sept. 12, 2009, at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing.

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