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Central Michigan Life
Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
Mount Pleasant, Mich.
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Enarson declines dean position Interim cites family, personal reasons for rejection By Lonnie Allen Staff Reporter
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Detroit freshman Shaniqua Sanders smiles as she listens to speeches by her peers while holding a burning candle at a candlelight vigil Monday afternoon, which occurred at the end of the CommUNITY March on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. “This is all about getting together amongst others as a unity to help one another for peace, love and prosperity,” she said. “Martin Luther King, Jr. is a symbol of freedom, a symbol of life — a symbol of a new generation. I don’t think the world would be the same without him.”
‘Unity in the community’ Marchers trek through CMU, then downtown for vigil in civil rights leader’s honor By Sherri Keaton Senior Reporter
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t was a little before 5 p.m. Monday when candles were held close to peoples’ hearts and Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision was held even closer. MLK CommUNITY March and Peace Vigil involved about 200 students, faculty, staff and community members who marched throughout Central Michigan University’s campus, punctuating the air with songs such as “Lift Every Voice and Sing” and ”We Shall Overcome,” and words of encouragement such as “Unity in the community.” The marchers ended their trek after reaching downtown Mount Pleasant. “(People) should be marching for our rights, tolerance and acceptance,” said Nou Her, an Auburn senior. Her has participated in the march annually since her freshman year and sees it
as symbolic for what people should be doing every day. She said King has always been her role model of what and what not to do. “He’s very iconic for me — he’s a minority and I’m a minority; I think it’s important to participate in multicultural events right now,” Her said. Speech and song Lester Booker Jr., interim assistant director of Minority Student Services, said the event went well. “We had an absolutely great turnout incorporating the vigil into the march itself,” Booker said. “We’re making steps toward the right direction, but it doesn’t stop here, it doesn’t stop on this day. We need to continue to press toward the mark of a higher calling.” When the marchers stopped in downtown Mount Pleasant, a few speakers encouraged the crowd with songs and speeches about King’s cause during the vigil.
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Saginaw junior John Ketchum was one of the speakers who talked about progression and equality. “We as a people can say proudly that his death was not in vain,” Ketchum said. “Look around and observe the diverse population at this march today. This is living proof that the human race has made progress toward the goal of equality for all mankind that Dr. King worked so tirelessly to achieve.” Ketchum said King’s work helps people become aware of themselves. “We need to use the past sacrifices of Dr. King as a tool to fight discrimination in America and learn more about ourselves and this country in the process,” Ketchum said.
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‘A blessing’ Muskegon junior Sherryia Armstrong said the feeling at the march was unexplainable. She said it meant everything to her to be there. “It’s a blessing just to come together and march and be a union. So for us to be together and march for what they fought for is a blessing. My heart is simply excited and I’m blessed,” Armstrong said. studentlife@cm-life.com
See the Web site for a video of Danny Glover’s appearance.
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Ypsilanti senior TaNisha Parker, left, and Detroit senior Jessica Veasley lead the Delta Sigma Theta Women’s Suffrage March on Saturday through campus. Saturday’s march was held in honor of the sorority’s founders who hosted the suffrage march in 1913.
Suffrage movement celebrated on campus About 70 march through campus for women’s rights By Alex Washington Staff Reporter
ing-room-only crowd listened to Glover and Justice, a performance part of Martin Luther King Jr. Week at Central Michigan University. Glover drew from Hughes’ spirit as he recited works such as “The Negro Speaks Rivers,“ “Weary Blues,“ “Mother to Son,” “As I Grew Older,” and “Let America Be America Again,” to name a few. Justice performed a variety of King’s speeches and noted his character and commitLibby March/Staff Photographer ment to a cause he died for. Actor Danny Glover reads poetry by Langston Hughes on Tuesday in Plachta Auditorium. A Glover | 2A
When asked about the moral future of America, Glover said, “I believe as we face the critical issues of the 20th century, there will be young men and women at the front of that.”
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w MLK Jr. Charity Skating Party is Friday from 10 to 11:30 p.m. at Spinning Wheels Skating Rink, 1241 N. Mission Road.
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His eyes were slightly closed and his voice flowed with enrapturing words about rivers older than time. “... I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers...” Actor and advocate Danny Glover gave numerous renditions of poetry Tuesday in Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium from the renowned poet Langston Hughes, along with long-time friend Felix Justice who performed speeches from political advocate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. During “An Evening with Martin & Langston,” a stand-
Associate deans on hold? The search for the four associates deans will continue, Smith said. However, they will not be filled until the dean’s
w The 18th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. CommUNITY Ball is set to begin at 6 p.m. Friday in the Bovee University Center Rotunda.
Glover, Justice bring forth historical messages By Sherri Keaton Senior Reporter
Interim Provost Gary Shapiro said Tuesday that Cam Enarson has declined the position of Central Michigan University’s medical school dean. In an e-mail, Shapiro said Enarson did not take the job because of family and personal reasons. Enarson has been serving as interim dean of the medical school since April. He will remain active in that position through the current academic year, said Steve Smith, director of public relations. “It is our goal to have a dean in place by the end of this academic year,” Smith said. Enarson declined comment Tuesday. Interim University President Kathy Wilbur said in Tuesday’s meeting of the Academic Senate that there were already some people being considered for the job. “We’ve already identified some candidates and we’re starting that process again,” she said. The university will continue the current search for a found-
ing dean of the school of medicine, not begin a new search, Smith said. Enarson will join the search committee, chaired by ColCam Enarson lege of Health Professions Dean Chris Ingersoll, Smith said. He said that would not affect the progress of CMU’s new medical school. Smith said the cost of the search has been minimal and is not affected by the plans for budget cuts announced last week by interim President Kathy Wilbur. He said advertisements were purchased seeking applicants, but there were no travel costs for interviews. Enarson was the only candidate still in consideration for the dean position. Russell Joffe, the former dean of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, and Bonita Stanton, pediatricianin-chief at Children’s Hospital of Michigan, withdrew in December.
Redford freshman Kendarius Mann marched for the importance of women Saturday afternoon. “I don’t think women should be the only people marching for their rights,” Mann said. “Women are very important. I mean, without women, there would be no men.” It was all part of a Women’s Suffrage Commemorative March on Central Michigan University’s campus sponsored by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. About 70 people marched through campus as the so-
rority concluded its Founders Week events. The group began at Warriner Hall and ended with hot chocolate and donuts at the Towers, with historical facts about the sorority and the Women’s Suffrage Movement being told along the way. TaNisha Parker, a Ypsilanti senior and Delta Sigma Theta vice president, said the sorority marched because it was the first community service event their founders had been involved in. “It was their very first act of public service and we figured that’s 97 years of service and this is our first year in the sorority; so it’d be a good thing to honor our founders by redoing the march,” Parker said. Parker said she was not expecting as many people
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