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By Sarah SchuchSenior Reporter
State Sen. Tom George, R-Kalamazoo, will take the stage Tuesday as the only guberna-torial candidate still attend-ing Campus Conservatives’ planned debate.
Since Oakland County Sher-iff Mike Bouchard dropped out Friday morning, the debate planned for 7 p.m. Tuesday in
Warriner Hall’s Plachta Audi-torium will move to the Bovee University Center Auditorium.
It is a change that Bryant Greiner, Campus Conservatives president and Hart junior, said is “due to lack of interest from governor candidates.”
George said he is shocked more candidates do not take interest in a debate such as Tuesday’s.
“I just think that’s a shame that they aren’t eager to go to college campuses,” George said.
Greiner said college students have the most at stake for the election since they will live with the results for the longest.
Ted Prill, B o u c h a r d ’s c a m p a i g n manager, said B o u c h a r d could not at-tend because of a schedul-ing conflict. Other candi-dates not attending include At-torney General Mike Cox, U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Holland, and Ann Arbor businessman Rick Snyder.
With about 150 events a week, Bouchard just could not fit the debate into his schedule despite what they thought at
first, Prill said. “It’s whatever is the best use
of his time and fits all the cam-paign,” he said.
Topics of inTeresTGeorge said he will not stand
up and speak for an hour. He envisions the presentation as more of an open discussion.
“I think it will be very im-portant for me to make this a forum. I’m going to be a good listener,” he said. “I will take ad-vantage of the opportunity to give some background on the state budget.”
George wants to explain why his plan for the state will work
and make sense.He also plans to touch on
health care. He realizes this might not be immediately rel-evant, but it needs to be men-tioned, he said.
Republicans had the right to say no to the health care pro-posal in Washington, he said, but they do need to have an an-swer on health care.
With 1.3 million people un-insured in Michigan, he said he wants to discuss what can be done in Michigan to address the health care problem.
George also wants to inform the audience about another item on November’s ballot — a
question on whether to draft a new Michigan constitution.
That comes up every 16 years, he said.
“If you want to make major reform in Michigan ... This is one way to do it,” George said.
Gubernatorial debate becomes one-man ‘forum’Bouchard drops out; forum moves to UC Auditorium
Sen. Tom George
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w What: Open discussion with gubernatorial candidate Tom Georgew When: 7 p.m. Tuesdayw Where: Bovee University Center Auditorium
By Emily Grove Staff Reporter
Phame Camarena will take over as director of the Honors Program at Central Michigan University this fall.
On Thursday, the current chair-man of the human environmental studies depart-ment was named the successor to current director James Hill. Ca-marena will begin Aug. 18.
He has taught at CMU for 15 years, instruct-ing courses in human and ado-lescent development theory. He taught the Honors classes in those courses, as well as a separate class, HON 120: The Individual and Community in Modern Society, which recipients of the Centralis Scholarship are enrolled in during their first year.
Kentwood senior and honors student Mara D’Amico had Cama-
rena as a professor her freshman year. She was a student in his HON 120 class.
“I loved him as a professor. He had a tangible impact on my life, and we still keep in contact to this day. I even use him as a reference,” D’Amico said.
The impact Camarena left on D’Amico is what he hopes to ac-complish in the lives of many more students. Camarena said he will formulate specific ideals and goals over the next several months, once he has time to in-teract with faculty and students. However, he does have a general idea for the direction he hopes the program will go.
“I’m personally committed to creating a transformative life for our students. When students leave our program, I want them to be qualitatively different than when they came in. My hope is they make a difference,” Camarena said.
At first, he said, he pondered the idea of taking the position, but then realized he was excited about it. The director position is a 3-year commitment.
“Some faculty jobs are more flex-ible, but director is demanding. I’m
Camarena seeks ‘transformative life’ for Honors studentsProgram’s next director begins new role Aug. 18
By Emily PfundStaff Reporter
About one-third of Central Michigan University’s under-graduate students come from the metro Detroit area.
That fact is the focus of a large portion of the admissions de-partment’s recruiting efforts.
Betty Wagner, director of ad-missions, said the admissions department has an office in Troy which focuses solely on the tri-county area of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties, with a strong emphasis on Detroit Pub-lic Schools.
CMU has strong competition in the area and, because of De-troit’s dense population, Western Michigan University and Michi-gan State University also receive about one-third of their students from that region.
But because of the shrinking number of high school graduates
in the state, many Michigan col-leges are turning to out-of-state students to keep enrollment numbers high. All three schools said the largest section of their out-of-state students come from the Chicago area. Wagner said out-of-state recruiting is “a real priority” at CMU.
WMU spokeswoman Cheryl Roland said the university is looking all over for potential stu-dents.
“We’re also looking at Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin and Minnesota,” Roland said.
Because MSU is a larger insti-tution and more well-known, it attracts a large number of stu-dents from different areas of the country, said MSU’s Admissions Assistant Director Gabe Santi.
“We do well in California, New Jersey, New York and Flori-da,” Santi said. “We also do well where we have large groups of active alumni.”
Wagner said CMU is seeing growth in other areas as well.
“We also have a satellite office in Grand Rapids,” she said.
Phame Camarena
CMU’s recruiting effortsheavier in Detroit areaUniversities also looking out of state for enrollment
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jake may/staff photographerWestland junior Dessi Tzankova, right, flips through the pages of a commemorative Elvis Presley book, reading facts of his life and looking at pictures of the singer with Renee Ringel, a 45-year-old Mount Pleasant resident, at her home Sunday afternoon. Tzankova and Ringel were paired through the Best Buddies program, a nonprofit organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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By Sherri KeatonSenior Reporter
Dessi Tzankova and Renee Ringel’s soft chatter bubbled
into fits of giggles while the two carefully thumbed through pictures of the “King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.”
“My favorite songs of his are ‘Ain’t Nothing but a Hound Dog‘ and ‘Jailhouse Rock,‘“ said Ringel, a 45-year-old Mount Pleasant resident, blushing at the thought of Elvis Presley’s looks. “I like him because he is a good singer and I think he is cute.”
Tzankova, a Westland ju-nior, and Ringel met three years ago through CMU’s Best Buddies program, which is affiliated with the Volunteer Center.
Tzankova, president of
CMU’s Best Buddies chapter, still remembers the shyness in Ringel’s eyes when they first met. Their friendship has grown through Ringel’s struggles with breast cancer. They plan on being buddies for life.
Ringel, who is develop-mentally disabled, has a quick laugh and speaks soft-ly whenever she talks about Tzankova.
“She is a good listener and a good friend,” Ringel said.
Tzankova calls Ringel lov-ing and optimistic.
“(Renee) is resilient and so strong — she is my hero,” Tzankova said. “Everywhere we go, someone knows her name.”
A BiGGer proGrAMBest Buddies is a nonprof-
it organization that allows students to form friendships
with those who have intel-lectual and developmental disabilities.
Tzankova became presi-dent of the program last year and has many visions for its future.
“People should join be-cause you get more out of it than you put in,” Tzankova said. “When you see your buddy, your worries fade.”
Buddies ‘til the endNonprofit organization offers lifelong relationships, lessons for students
What is Best Buddies?w Best Buddies is a nonprofit organization dedicated to establishing one-on-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
What they dow Socialize with buddies and foster relationships through outings, events and communication-building.
When they meetw Monthly meetings are held in Anspach Hall Room 161. There also are smaller group outing events throughout the year.
For more informationw Go to bestbuddies.org or e-mail a representative from the CMU chapter at [email protected].
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Best Buddies holds monthly meetings, along with a recruit-ment at the beginning of the fall semester.
“We like to recruit people by September, and it’s difficult if a college student breaks that friendship and we have to in-troduce the buddies to some-one new,” Tzankova said. “They notice when they are being ne-glected, and that is why I stress that this is a friendship.”
There are 100 involved in CMU’s program — 50 students and 50 “buddies.” Students in the program must have one-on-one outings at least once a month and make contact with their buddy once a week by phone, e-mail or through the
mail, Tzankova said. If students are unable to fully
commit to a buddy, they can become associate members who plan events and coordi-nate and brainstorm ideas, Tzankova said.
inspirATionRingel recently went through
chemotherapy treatments after a bout with breast cancer. She said Tzankova’s presence made a difference.
The two would do everything from eating at Dragon Express, 314 West Broomfield St., to playing basketball.
“She inspires me, and we’re really good company,” Tzanko-va said.
Saginaw junior Katie Boshans is another volunteer with the program.
“I know a lot of people who are really uncomfortable around the disabled ... that is why I joined Best Buddies,” Boshans said. “The experience has been really great because my buddy, Heather, is one of the funniest people I’ve ever met.”
A fundraiser benefiting Best Buddies will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Culvers, 1021 E. Pickard Street.
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at a time when I know I can do this,” Camarena said. “I have a lot of respect for all past direc-tors who have immersed them-selves in the honors culture and this university.”
When Camarena takes over as Honors Program director, he will vacate the job of chairper-son for human environmental studies, but he already has fac-ulty member Megan Goodwin lined up for the job. He person-ally recommended Goodwin and thinks she will do a great job.
Another goal Camarena hopes to achieve is to reach out and make the program more accessible to students, espe-cially by emphasizing the value in what the program has to of-fer.
D’Amico has complete faith in Camarena and his ability to do the job well.
“I’m really excited,” she said. “He will bring great quality and innovative ideas to create a more intellectual spark in this program.”
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“(Applications are) more rapidly growing there.”
However, there is stiff competition for CMU with WMU, Grand Valley State University and eight pri-vate colleges in the area.
proGrAMsIn addition to focusing
on specific geographic ar-eas in student recruiting, CMU tries to recruit cer-tain types of students.
“We’re trying to get top scholars, those students with stellar grades,” Wag-ner said.
The annual Centralis scholarship competition is one of several ways the school reaches out to these students.
“We also look at lead-ership students,” Wagner said. “They have the po-tential to be good citizens and give back. They’ll be involved in and lead dif-ferent organizations and continue to volunteer in college.”
Each university can gain an edge in the competitive
market for prospective students by promoting the prestigious academic programs they offer.
WMU’s top draws for students include its fine arts, aviation and geosci-ences programs, Roland said.
“We promote our pre-mier programs, which help to illustrate the cali-ber of the institution as a whole,” Roland said.
MSU has recently seen a growing interest in one specific program.
“Business has been very popular lately,” Santi said.
Engineering and natural sciences also are popular programs at MSU, which is known for its agricultur-al programs, Santi said.
Wagner said one of CMU’s programs that gen-erally garners a substan-tial interest is different from WMU and MSU.
“Psychology, tradition-ally, has the highest num-ber of signed majors,” Wagner said.
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TodAyw The African American Women of Hope poster series is on display from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Bovee University Center’s Multicultural Education Center.
w Moore Media records’ first general meeting of the semester is 5 to 6 p.m. in Moore Hall Room 110.
TuesdAyw Author shutta crum will speak from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Charles V. Park Library Auditorium about writing children’s books. A reception will take place in the Clarke Historical Library.
w A resume workshop spon-sored by Career Services will take place from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Bovee UC Lake Huron room.
w A Tuba concert by Faculty Artist Mark Cox will take place from 8 to 9:30 p.m. in the Music Building’s Staples Family Concert Hall. Admission is $3 for students and seniors and $5 for the general public.
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Special OlympicsMichigan Special Olympics
State Winter Games will take place from Tuesday through Friday in the Traverse City area. Nearly 100 Central Michi-gan University student volun-teers will join 400 volunteers from around the state to help put on the competition. More than 1,000 athletes, coaches and chaperones will attend. For daily results and updates, log on to somi.org.
Blackboard at lunch
An informative seminar on how to set up contact infor-mation, send e-mail, set an-nouncements and create dis-cussion boards and groups on Blackboard will take place from noon to 1:30 p.m. Monday and Wednesday in Charles V. Park Library Room 413D. The semi-nars are led by Ireta Ekstrom and Kelly Preece. To register, contact Eileen Sanders at 774-3615 or e-mail
Watercolor class A Watercolor class will be of-
fered from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Art Reach Center, 319 S. University St. Participants will learn how to work from light to dark and build upon layers of colors. The four-week class is $60 for Art Reach members and $65 for non-members.
Soup N’ Sandwich Supper
A supper to benefit Chris-tian Unity Restoration Home will take place from 4 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Sacred Heart Academy. Cost is $5 for adults, $3 for children ages 5 to 12 and free for children under 5. The dinner will include chili, chicken noodle soup, potato soup, sloppy joes, desserts and beverages. Christian Unity Res-toration Home is looking to buy a home or property to estab-lish a homeless shelter for the Mount Pleasant community.
Gladys Knight Concert
Seven-time Grammy award winner Gladys Knight will per-form at 8 p.m. Friday at Soar-ing Eagle Casino, 6800 Soaring Eagle Blvd. Tickets are on sale for $45 to $65 each and may be purchased at the Soaring Eagle Box Office or online at soar-ingeaglecasino.com/boxoffice.
Tobacco Prevention Panel
A panel to support people interested in quitting smoking or in sharing their success sto-ries will meet from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Nimkee Public Health Kitchen, 7498 E. Broadway Road. Panelists in-clude a pharmacist, prevention specialist, cultural representa-tive, former smoker and health educator. Topics will include how to quit smoking or sup-port someone trying to quit, success stories, information on nicotine replacement therapy options, and traditional to-bacco use. Light lunch and to-bacco prevention bingo will be provided.
Mortar Board seeks members
The Mortar Board National Senior Honor Society is seek-ing new members. All juniors with a 3.0 or higher grade point average are encouraged to ap-ply. Mortar Board is a national honor society recognizing col-lege seniors for their exem-plary scholarship, leadership and service. Learn more about Mortar Board at mortarboard.org or e-mail [email protected] with questions or for an applica-tion. Applications are due Feb. 11 to Box 94 in the Student Or-ganization Center on the lower level of the Bovee University Center.
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By Jaimie CremeansStaff Reporter
The people of Grace Church are working to trans-form the former Embers Restaurant into their new and improved place of wor-ship by fall.
Jason Tubbs, a staff mem-ber overseeing the project, said construction began in August, less than two months after the church pur-chased the 24,000-square-foot building at Preston and
Mission streets for $750,000. Since then, Tubbs said things have progressed smoothly.
The congregation hoped to have part of the building usable by Dec. 31 in order to christen the new loca-tion at an annual New Year’s Eve service. That goal was reached.
Now members hope to have all construction com-pleted by mid-September, shortly after Mount Pleasant begins to buzz with the start of CMU’s fall semester.
“We’d like to have a grand opening of sorts in the fall, when the students come back,” Tubbs said.
Embers was a landmark Mount Pleasant restaurant
for 50 years before closing in June 2007.
Church members have been meeting at least four nights a week to continue work on what they refer to as “Mission 1217” — the old Embers’ address on Mission Street. On Thursday, about 30 members were painting, putting up light fixtures and performing other structural work inside.
The church is holding one service in the new building at the end of each month until it is finished. As mo-tivation to accelerate con-struction, it has set a goal to have at least one new room
Grace Church’s move on trackFormer Embers Restaurant under transformation
MatthEw stEphEns/senior photographerMount Pleasant graduate student Adam Agosta and Mount Pleasant resident Angie Antkowiak remove the ventilation system from the former Embers Restaurant, 1217 S. Mission St., now owned by Grace Church.
By Jared Seymour Staff Reporter
For Anna McLaughlin, getting the food just right is impor-tant for a successful “Night of Louisiana.”
The night’s entree? Cajun chicken breast, jumping black-eyed pea salad and Cajun barbecue baked beans.
“It’s got to look good, smell good and sound good before it can taste good,” said McLaughlin, an assistant manager with Campus Dining.
More than 900 people received an early taste of Mardi Gras on Saturday night during the 19th annual dinner and dance in Finch Fieldhouse.
McLaughlin said Classic Fare Cater-ing made the entree possible. The staff, she said, enjoyed the celebration of fine Louisiana music and traditional Cajun cuisine just as much as the crowd.
A.J Lattimore, a Big Rapids resident and CMU alumni, won tickets to the dinner and dance through a contest on WWBR 100.9 Big Country.
“I’ve never heard Cajun music be-fore, but this is a lot of fun,” he said.
Mulliken junior Samantha Hunt also
enjoyed her experience.“The music is fun, the
food looks great,” she said. “It’s pretty crazy, though.”
Louisiana LoveMount Pleasant senior
and Student Government Association President Jason Nichol described the evening as a way to break out of the college tedium.
“I would definitely come again,” he said.
Bartenders kept busy with a large number of people ordering the New Orleans Hurricane.
While the food and drinks are a signa-ture of “Night of Louisiana,” the music kept people dancing the entire night.
The Pine Leaf Boys were the opening act. Soon after under way, people of all ages gravitated to the dance floor.
The band was not afraid to slow down for mellow selections.
“It’s too cold outside, but we’ve got fun inside,” said band leader Wilson
Savoy. “I love this part of the state. The crowd was great.”
Fifteen minutes later, Nathan “Lil’ Nathan” Williams Jr. and the Zydeco Big Timers took over.
“It was a pleasure being here in Mount Pleasant,” Lil’ Nathan said to an excited crowd. “We came and showed you how it is in Louisiana!”
Finch goes Cajun‘Night of Louisiana’ fun for attendees, caterers
photos by nathan kostEgian/staff photographerCouples dance to the sounds of Louisiana at the “Night of Louisiana” event Saturday in Finch Fieldhouse. The Pine Leaf Boys and Lil’ Nathan and the Zydeco Big Timers kept the dance floor crowded throughout the event.
By David VeselenakOnline Editor
State Rep. Bill Caul said he will introduce legislation this week to free up the Mount Pleasant Center property so it can be sold.
Caul, R-Mount Pleasant, said State Sen. Alan Cropsey, R-DeWitt and community and state health officials been working with him since February 2009 on the legisla-tion.
“The last thing we want to do is let that building sit and deterio-rate,” he said.
Under the proposed legislation, Caul said if the city of Mount Pleas-ant were to acquire the property, it could be purchased for as low as $1 if the land is used for public pur-poses. After the sale, the city would decide to sell all or part of the land to a for-profit company. Mount Pleasant would keep 60 percent of the sale — 40 percent would go to the state.
He said the city and state Depart-ment of Management and Budget still need to turn in an appraisal of the property and an environmental report to the state before legislation can be pushed through.
Caul said he does not expect the legislation to take long in the House and Senate before reaching Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s desk.
Before the city can begin the pro-cess of acquiring the property, the legislation must receive approval, said City Manager Kathie Grinz-inger.
“Nothing else will happen until (the state) takes that action,” she said.
What is its fate?The state closed the center, 1400
W. Pickard St., last fall as a part of a
Officials seek to sell city center propertyBuilding’s water and sewer lines taken over
By Sherri KeatonSenior Reporter
He often spits out swift mes-sages that hold rhythm and a consciousness.
Ise Lyfe, a premier spoken word artist and educator, kicks off the Black History Month celebration at 6 p.m. today in the Bovee Uni-versity Center Auditorium with his presentation, “Is Everybody Stupid? Apathy, Disengagement and Ignorance Through the Hip Hop Lens.”
The Minority Student Services-sponsored event is free and open to the public.
Lester Booker Jr., interim assis-tant director of Minority Student Services, said Lyfe gives an im-pressive performance.
“(With) his performance, you see things on a deeper level and get a message of better under-standing of media portrayal,” Booker said.
Lyfe will use photographs, spo-ken word, magazine sources, sta-tistics and archival information to spread his message. His per-formance examines the public’s acceptance of media policies and rules.
Booker encourages those who come to get involved.
“The importance is to come out and listen to this perfor-mance and be educated on the true meaning and significance of issues that are discussed in music and T.V.,” he said.
Roseville sophomore Shanique Broom plans to attend.
She said Black History Month is about learning and accepting other cultures, specifically the Af-rican American culture.
“Black History month isn’t just a month in which only black peo-ple can participate in,” Broom said. “It’s for all people to become aware of the advancements of this culture and the notable peo-ple who have helped.”
Jasmine Wilson said all stu-dents should come to the events.
“I feel it’s highly important to learn about other cultures be-cause it creates an open mind, and cancels out stereotypes,” said the Canton senior. “I also feel it’s important because it’s a great way to meet new people.”
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Spoken word artist kicks off month-long eventsUpcoming Black History
Month attractions
Today: w "Is Everybody Stupid? Apathy, Disengagement and Ignorance Through the Hip Hop Lens," with spoken word artist Ise Lyfe takes place at 6 p.m. in the Bovee University Center Auditorium.
w "Welcome to Idlewild: The Black Eden of Michigan," an exhibit on Michigan’s role in the history of segregation, is on display until March 1 in the Charles V. Park Library’s third floor exhibit area.
Thursdayw "Soup & Substance: The History Behind Big Hats in African American Churches," a discussion examining black churches, takes place from noon to 1 p.m. in the Bovee University Center Rotunda.
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Lil’ Nathan and the Zydeco Big Timers perform at the 19th annual Night of Louisiana on Saturday in Finch Fieldhouse. The event featured a dinner, drinks, music and dancing.
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Although Campus Conservatives was able to salvage at least a sit-down with one candidate for Gov-ernor, chalk this one up as a loss.
The registered student orga-nization has been drumming up hype over this debate for a couple months, sending out press releases and dispersing flyers all over cam-
pus beginning in December. Be-yond Sen. George, Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard, Attorney General Mike Cox, U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra and Ann Arbor business-man Rick Snyder were scheduled to be part of the debate Tuesday in Plachta Auditorium.
But something was wrong from
the beginning. Each press release did not list anyone that confirmed, only that they were invited to CMU. Each candidate received their invitation back in November, giving the Campus Conservatives ample time to adjust the event as needed, depending on who would attend.
As the debate grew closer and the number of confirmations was not growing, the group took the dead-line for replies up until the last min-ute instead of making an executive decision to reorganize accordingly.
This turned out to be a big mistake. Now the event is with one candidate and is moved to Bovee University Center’s Auditorium. How many students will show up to a sit-down with one candidate, especially one they may not even know?
The fact that every candidate but one failed to say yes shows how unorganized the Campus Conser-vatives was when planning this event. Even an event with Bouchard
debating George would have drawn more students had Bouchard not dropped from the debate Friday.
It is understandable when events don’t always happen as planned. Some things fall through. But it’s another story to parade this “de-bate” around, set the deadline so late for candidates to respond and insinuate to the media that certain candidates are coming when they really aren’t.
If the Campus Conservatives expects anyone to take it seriously, it needs to be more organized and execute its events with added preci-sion and not draw up hype over something so uncertain.
Don’t tell students you’re going to host an event with multiple speak-ers if none of them have confirmed. Don’t wait until the very last minute to announce there have been sig-nificant changes.
Campus Conservatives will hope-fully learn from this and won’t let another event run into the ground.
Campus Conservatives had a gubernatorial debate scheduled for Tuesday for about three months.
But it has since been reduced to a speech by State Sen. Tom George because none of the other gu-bernatorial candidates could attend. After endless promotion and the Campus Conservatives trying to stir up public interest, the supposed “debate” fell flat on its face.
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An empty debate
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This does not mean long-distance relationships work for everyone.
The decision to begin and up-hold a long-distance relationship rests with the couple, instead of just the circumstances.
“Dave” and I met our freshman year when I attended another university. We began dating after I transferred to Central Michigan University.
We entered into the relationship with the knowledge we would not live in the same city until at least graduation.
We created a schedule for visits. We chose times both of us were available to talk on the phone. We utilized social-networking Web sites when we were unable to talk.
LongDistanceRelationships.com says the average long-distance re-lationship is 125 miles away from each other, visits one-and-a-half times per month and talks for 30 minutes on the phone on average.
Two brilliant (and free) ways to keep in touch is through iChat and Skype. My friend in a long-distance relationship uses this. I love coming over when the two of them are iChatting away (it is adorable).
The toughest part about a long-distance relationship is the lack of intimacy. You are definitely more tempted to stray when your part-ner is halfway across the universe.
In some cases, this penchant to stray may be a sign you are not ready for this commitment.
As a word of wisdom, smaller things in life seem bigger to those in long-distance relationships. Silly holidays, such as “Sweetest Day,” take on a larger meaning.
My advice is to remember these silly holidays and celebrate them as a couple, wherever you are. Send flowers or even a text message.
Small gestures are very large gestures when a couple lives very far away from each other.
Once, “Dave” drove three hours to bring me flowers. It was sweet.
Personally, I have a lot of faith in long-distance relationships, even though they are difficult.
Our break up had more to it than just distance. After two-plus years, we became very different people. Our schedules fell apart, and so did we.
I won’t lie and say I don’t miss him. Even writing this, I am playing bad break-up songs (it is a little embarrassing; I live with all guys).
If I had to go through it again, however, I would in a heartbeat.
If you are in a committed rela-tionship facing the possibility of dating long-distance, my advice is to give it a shot.
Take the plunge head-on, prepare yourself for frustration and look forward to the time you spend together, whether it be in-person or in another form.
Joan McDonald says:Central Michigan University is the
only school I know of that still offers “free to student” tickets.
How lucky students are to have this still in place. Would you not rather pay a small amount to attend an athletic event than to have the program cut back because of lack of funds?
My daughter-in-law received her M.A. from a Big Ten school in 2001. When she attended an event, she had to purchase her ticket, with real money. Football games were $25 per person, and that was the student rate.
Please think this through. Paying for your ticket could save a program.
Dustin says:Sorry Joan, but that is the dumb-
est thing I have ever heard. First off, if you haven’t noticed, Central Michigan University is not a Big
Ten school. Second, we do not play high cali-
ber teams like Big Ten schools do. How many people are really ex-
cited to see CMU blow out Alcorn State? There is a very small fan base for Central Michigan and it is hard to even get 20,000 people in our stadium. Remember, Central has around 25,000 students. I love football and there is nothing I love more than watching CMU football, and I would pay the ticket prices. But most students come to pre-game party, which has already been taken away. Why would any of these students pay to party when they can do it at home for free and unsupervised? The profit from student ticket sales would be so minimal, it wouldn’t even matter, I guarantee it! Attendance would drop, because I can guaran-tee students would boycott games just like they did the tailgate. We would then risk losing Division I status. That sounds to me to be a bit more of a risk. Over the last 2 years, I have lost my Michigan Promise and Central Promise — that is a lot of money. This is all we
students have left.
Nick says:Good start. When I see someone swerving
all over the road, and I pull up next to him or her, that person is usually texting while driving.
I have seen this several times, and it is dangerous.
Have a little respect for the rest of the world.
I hate to break it to all of you “important” people out there, but your social life isn’t that impor-tant.
Jill says:It needs to be done. It is too
dangerous. I see it all the time and how can
a responsible driver be so selfish. It is a loaded weapon and conse-quences need to be made for the many people who disregard life.
Grow up.
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With the announcement that CMU’s Athletics Department is considering charging students for events, I have one response: Don’t.
I know we are spoiled as students because, this year, we got to see a top-25 football team for free every home game, but Central Michigan University’s administrators need to realize one thing: This is the univer-sity’s last selling point.
I remember being a high school senior and the two things that sold CMU as the place for me was the CMU Promise and the fact I got into any sporting event for free.
I was among the last to get in under the Promise, a five-year fixed tuition guarantee that lasted from 2005-08, and that took some work over the summer on my part. But for incoming freshmen, what perks do they see in coming to a school that is the same as every other mid-major?
The top people at CMU need to realize this school doesn’t have a big campus like Michigan or Michigan State. It isn’t even located in a big city. Yet the school thrives here be-cause students see the positives that CMU provides.
Several years ago, CMU was fighting to keep its Division I-A (now Football Bowl Subdivision) status. With an announcement that stu-dents are going to be charged, the university is going to have a tough time maintaining that status.
Everybody is talking budget right now and rightfully so.
But charging students for athletic tickets is another lost perk of com-ing to CMU. Because of the budget cuts, the university is going to need all the perks it can get.
I enjoy going to sporting events and love the atmosphere. But this is just another hit the students are go-ing to take because of “budget cuts” and that is going to hurt current and potential students.
If I were a high school senior this year and had to make my choice be-tween CMU and MSU again, I’m not so sure I would be wearing maroon and gold to start in August.
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By Annie HarrisonStaff Reporter
The Office of Gay and Les-bian Programs and the Gay Straight Alliance will sponsor several events today through Friday in honor of Straight Ally Week.
“We need to recognize straight allies as a part of the LGBT community,” said Holt senior and GSA co-president Matt Darling. “The LGBT com-munity can’t do it alone. They need the support of straight allies.”
The GSA will kick off the week’s events with a presen-tation titled, “LGBTA: Where Does the ‘A’ Fit?” The program starts at 7 p.m. today in the Bo-vee University Center Lake St. Clair Room.
Howell graduate student and GSA Pride co-chair Stasi Russell said straight allies are going to explain what it means to be an ally and how students can help in the LGBT com-munity. The presentation also will include a question-and-answer session.
“Hopefully, through Straight Ally Week, we can get more al-
lies,” Darling said.On Tuesday, the GSA will set
up tables and a button-making machine in the lower floor of the Bovee University Center for people to make their own ally buttons and give dona-tions. The buttons are free and anyone can participate.
The GSA will show a movie at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Mul-ticultural Education Center. Russell said the movie will be a comedy and have a straight ally theme, but could not elab-orate further due to copyright issues.
On Thursday, the organiza-tion will present “Here is Your Inspiration ... You’re Gay ... Ac-tion” at 7 p.m. in the Calkins Terrace Lounge.
“We’re going to discuss pro-fessional straight actors who play gay characters, such as Sean Penn, who played Harvey Milk (in ‘Milk’),” Russell said.
an open mindRussell said she believes
Straight Ally Week is impor-tant for the campus because it educates students outside the LGBT community about equal rights. She is passionate about the issue because she has friends in the LGBT communi-ty and wants them to have the same rights she does.
“I’ve been actively fighting for this cause since I was 14,”
she said. “My best friend in high school came out to me, and I knew I had to be there for him.”
Straight Ally Week allows students to become more in-volved, Darling said.
“This is something people can do right now,” he said. “Students that don’t get fam-ily support can get support on campus.”
Russell said the ultimate goal of Straight Ally Week is to open people’s minds and edu-cate them about LGBT issues.
“This isn’t just a gay issue — it’s an equality issue,” she said.
straight ally Week kicks offOrganizers seek to educate others on equality issues
Straight Ally Week Events
w Today: "LGBTA: Where Does the ‘A’ Fit?" 7 p.m. in the Bovee University Center Lake St. Clair Room.w Tuesday: Button-making in the lower level of the UCw Wednesday: Showing of a film, 8 p.m. in the Multicul-tural Education Center.w Thursday: Presentation of "Here is Your Inspiration ... You’re Gay ... Action" at 7 p.m. in the Calkins Hall Terrace Lounge.
By Ryan Taljonick Staff Reporter
Life can be difficult for foster children moving from home to home.
But something as simple as a fleece blanket can make all the difference.
The Volunteer Center at Central Michigan University and Isabella County Foster Care want to provide fleece blankets for every child in the Isabella County Foster Care system.
That includes more than 200 children.
Selene Wadhawan, a rep-resentative with the Isabella County Department of Hu-man Services, said the or-ganization is aiming for 300 blankets.
“When we’re removing children from homes, they often don’t have very many things to make them feel warm and comfy,” Wadha-wan said.
Enough donations have been made to produce about 73 blankets so far, said Dana
Gingrich, MCC AmeriCorps VISTA of the Volunteer Cen-ter.
“A fleece blanket is some-thing they can keep with them throughout their dura-tion in foster care, and even when they leave the system,” Wadhawan said.
hoW to donateStudents can donate
money or fleece material to the Volunteer Center in the lower level of the Bovee Uni-versity Center or at the Isa-bella County Department of Human Services office, 1919 Parkland Dr.
The blankets are two-by-two yards in size and are in-expensive to make.
Each one donated through the Volunteer Center in-cludes a CMU ribbon tied to it as a reminder for the chil-dren to consider a college education.
Wadhawan said the initia-tive to obtain fleece blan-kets is lead by a youth board called Helping Others Pre-pare for Everything.
The board consists of young adults in the foster care system.
“(The youth) are working hard to get this done,” Wad-hawan said. “The children in the foster care system have had some experiences in life that many of us can’t imag-ine.”
Gingrich said the Volun-teer Center has been pleased with involvement campus-wide so far.
“We’ve had a variety of different (registered student organizations) volunteer to donate money and time and actually make fleece blan-kets for us,” Gingrich said.
Macomb senior Scott Hill-man volunteered to make some blankets and said the effort is worthwhile.
“It’s a project that doesn’t require a lot of time,” Hill-man said. “It impacts the lo-cal community.”
Other items, such as bags, teddy bears and clothing, also are accepted.
Collaboration seeks to weave300 fleece blankets for children
done by the time each ser-vice rolls around.
accommodationAdam Agosta, a Mount
Pleasant resident and CMU graduate student, said he likes being part of the building process.
“It’s like a family,” he said. “It’s fun to do it to-gether.”
CMU alumnus and Mount Pleasant resident Justin Weare worked as an Embers server in 2004. He said it was interesting to be back in the building and help with the renova-tion.
“It has been really weird and surreal, but cool,” he said.
Agosta and Weare said the main reason they are still in Mount Pleasant is because of Grace Church.
The church currently meets at the Ward Theatre, 218 S. Main St. The Embers location will offer more space, particularly to ac-commodate the growing number of children — any-where from 100-150 — who come for one of two servic-es each weekend, church members say.
Tubbs said local busi-nesses have allowed the church use of their build-ings to help accommodate
the youngest members. “We usually send the kids
to about four or five differ-ent buildings, so it’s really inconvenient,” he said.
A big reason for the move was location. A location on Mission makes it easier to find and is closer to Cen-tral Michigan University’s campus.
“We do a lot of involve-ment with student groups,” Tubbs said. “This puts us within walking distance of campus.”
He said about 90 percent of the work has been done by volunteers within the congregation.
series of budget cuts. Since then, the center has stood vacant, and several older facilities on the property were already uninhab-ited.
Caul said the Department of Veterans Administration showed some interest in the property last spring for a hospital. However, because of satellite hospitals in Cadillac and Clare, and the departure of the regional direc-tor, Gabriel Perez, from the area, Caul said interest in the property declined.
At the Jan. 25 City Commis-sion meeting, commissioners voted to oversee the water and sewer lines running through the Mount Pleasant Center. Because water and sewage for the Mount Pleasant Public School Building run through the Center, the city needed to temporarily oversee
the lines before the state shut them off. The license agreement is valid until July 28.
Duane Ellis, director of public works, said lines at the center were disconnected as of Friday.
“What we’ve been doing the last couple days is cutting the lines that branch out from the main line that feeds the school building,” he said. “The valves, (the state) didn’t feel, were ca-pable of holding the water from leaking, so what we had to do at each valve location, we had to dig up the water main, cut the pipe physically and put a cap at the end of it,” he said.
Ellis said the state would be willing to work with the city if the property is not sold by July 28 to keep water at the school building running.
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By Susan Young Staff Reporter
Central Michigan Univer-sity may have defeated West-ern Michigan University 34-23 in football last fall, but WMU looks to have won the schools’ blood drive compe-tition last month.
CMU and WMU gathered blood for the American Red Cross, said Dave Weston,
community coordinator of the Central Michigan chapter of the American Red Cross. As of Thursday, Central had donated 199 units of blood compared to Western’s 376.
Friday was the last day for donations.
“We’re about helping the community that we’re liv-ing in by working together,” Weston said,
He said that way, students can “show the community how much blood the two schools can raise.”
The CMU and WMU Blood Drive Partnership was held in a variety of locations around
CMU’s campus, including St. Mary’s University Par-ish, 1405 S. Washington St., Sweeney Hall and the Em-mons Hall lobby.
Ann Arbor senior Alena Fear is not afraid to donate blood — she has been doing it since high school.
“I knew that there were people out there that needed it,” Fear said.
She said the system only works if a lot of people con-tinue to donate.
“We might need it our-selves one day,” Fear said.
Weston said students should give blood simply to
save lives. “You can call it being a hero
with having to wear a mask,” Weston said.
Blood Drive Supervisor Marcia Price said each unit of blood has the potential to save three lives.
Fear has donated blood about 10 times so far. She said she tries to donate as of-ten as she can — about every two months.
“It is very rewarding,” Fear said. “It’s giving a little bit of yourself to a few people who really need it.”
Central, Western join forces in blood driveWMU winningby 177 unitsas of Thursday
Libby MarCh/staff photographerDonor specialist Jennifer Hall of the American Red Cross draws blood from Lake Odessa senior Britney Orszula during the CMU/Western Michigan University Blood Drive on Jan. 22 in Kulhavi Hall. Orszula, a Towers Resident Assistant, has given blood before.
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West Division Team MAC OverallCMU 5-2 10-9Ball St. 5-3 11-9NIU 4-3 8-11WMU 3-4 11-9EMU 2-5 10-10Toledo 0-7 3-18
East DivisionTeam MAC OverallAkron 5-2 15-6Kent St. 5-2 14-7Miami (OH) 5-3 8-13Buffalo 4-3 11-7BGSU 3-4 10-9Ohio 2-5 11-10
Sunday’s resultsBall St. 67, Ohio66
Saturday’s resultsCMU 64, BGSU52Miami(OH)61,EMU 51KentSt.74,WMU 73Buffalo 95,NIU83Akron59,Toledo 45
*Home teams in bold
West Division Team MAC OverallToledo 7-1 17-4EMU 5-3 15-5CMU 5-3 8-12Ball St. 3-5 9-12NIU 2-6 8-12WMU 0-8 5-16
East DivisionTeam MAC OverallBGSU 7-1 17-5Kent St. 6-2 13-7Akron 6-2 12-9Miami (OH) 3-5 5-16Buffalo 2-6 6-15Ohio 2-6 6-15
Saturday’s resultsCMU96, Miami (OH) 86Ohio62,Ball St. 59Akron 73, EMU66Toledo66,BGSU 63 Kent St. 80,NIU71Buffalo 50,WMU46
*Home teams in bold
PointsPlayer (team) PPG
w David Kool (WMU) 21.0w Rodney Pierce (Buffalo) 18.0 w Brandon Bowdry (EMU) 16.5 w Carlos Medlock (EMU) 14.9w Armon Bassett (Ohio) 14.3w Kenny Hayes (Miami) 13.9w RobbieHarman(CMU) 13.8w D.J. Cooper (Ohio) 13.8w Jake Barnett (Toledo) 13.6wJordanBitzer(CMU) 13.0
ReboundsPlayer (team) RPG
w Brandon Bowdry (EMU) 10.0w Donald Lawson (WMU) 7.8w Jarrod Jones (Ball St.) 7.6w Otis Polk (BGSU) 7.5w Calvin Betts (Buffalo) 7.3
Field Goal PercentagePlayer (team) %
w Malik Perry (Ball St.) 57.0w Nikola Cvetinovic (Akron) 54.4w Sean Kowal (NIU) 53.5w Justin Greene (Kent St.) 51.9w Erik Marschall (BGSU) 50.4
Free Throw PercentagePlayer (team) %
w David Kool (WMU) 90.2w Jordan Bitzer (CMU) 88.2w Tommy Freeman (Ohio) 83.3w Jake Barnett (Toledo) 83.1w Jauwan Scaife (Ball St.) 82.5
Men’s MAC Leaders
Women’s MAC Standings
Men’s MAC Standings
BasketballWeekend Chippewas
beat Hokies,Monarchs
w r e s t l i n g
Team sweeps througheastward road trip
gaining groundThe CMU women’s basketball team is two games behind
Mid-American Conference West-leading Toledo after Saturday’s win.
ON THE RISEBy Aaron McMann
Staff Reporter
The CMU women’s basket-ball team used its seventh starting lineup combination of the season to climb in a Mid-American Conference West Division tie for second place with Eastern Michigan.
In the process, the 96-86 win against Miami (OH) on Saturday before a crowd of 625 at Rose Arena snapped a nine-game los-ing streak to the RedHawks that dated back to Jan.19, 2000.
Upset with the team’s pro-duction in its 82-76 loss at Kent State on Wednes-day, coach Sue Guevara elected not to start se-nior Britni H o u g h t o n , s o p h o m o r e
Skylar Miller and freshman Stefanie Mauk — all of whom
had started the previous five games — in favor of junior forward Laura Baker and se-nior guards Kendra Holman and Heidi Warczinsky.
While Baker, Holman and Warczinsky combined for seven points and five re-bounds, Guevara’s message seemed to resonate with Houghton and Miller, both of whom had improved games.
“I think, every game, I try hard,” said Houghton, who
scored 20 points and grabbed seven rebounds in 27 min-utes. “But watching film, I saw a different thing — I saw that I wasn’t sprinting as fast as I could. This game, coming off
Skylar Miller
LeFevour bumps draft stock in senior Bowl
photos by Matthew StephenS/senior photographerSenior Britni Houghton finished with 20 points off the bench in CMU’s 96-86 win against Miami (OH) on Saturday at Rose Arena.
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Staff Reports
Former CMU quarterback Dan LeFevour continues to have success at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Ala.
The last time he was there, he led CMU to a come-from-behind, 44-41 double-overtime win against Troy in the GMAC Bowl. This time around, his performance at the Senior Bowl accomplished something else: a steadily rising draft stock.
LeFevour, who entered the game as the North team’s third quarterback in the third quarter, completed 5-of-10 passes for 97 yards and a touchdown. He added 12 rushing yards and a
rushing touchdown and was named the North’s most out-standing player in the process.
“You’re going up against the best and I was able to have some productiv-ity,” LeFevour said. “I realize I have some work to do and there’s not going to be as limited de-fensively at the next level as they were in this game. This is Pro Bowl rules.”
LeFevour hit former Cincinnati wide receiver Mardy Gilyard down-field for two deep completions —
one of 43 yards and the other a 32-yard touchdown. He also scored on a 1-yard touchdown run.
Tebow comparisonsFor much of his career, CMU’s
signal caller has been compared to Florida’s Tim Tebow. Both of the du-al-threat variety and both running spread offenses in college, it was Tebow — the former Heisman Tro-phy winner and two-time national champion — who had little success. He completed 8-of-12 passes for 50 yards, but did not get into the end zone and fumbled twice.
LeFevour said he is getting more
comfortable with time in a pro sys-tem.
“Obviously, I was more comfort-able in the shotgun yesterday, but I didn’t feel uncomfortable under cen-ter,” he said. “I just need some more work.”
As for coaching, LeFevour and the North were coached by the Detroit Li-ons staff. LeFevour said he was happy with the way Detroit offensive coordi-nator Scott Linehan handled the week.
“He didn’t try to over coach within a week, which I really appreciated,” he said.
CMU shuffles its lineup, continues winning ways at home
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Freshman Jalisa Olive played 6 minutes and made her lone field goal attempt.
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By D.J. Palomares and Matthew ValinskiStaff Reporters
The CMU wrestling team thrived in Virginia as it went 2-0 against its oppo-nents over the weekend.
Central defeated No. 25 Old Domin-ion 24-13 on Sunday after beating No. 15 Virgnia Tech 21-17 Friday.
“I wish we could attack a little more when we are on our feet,” said coach Tom Borrelli. “We have been really good at defending our own legs, but we still need to be more aggressive.”
Freshman 174-pounder Ben Ben-nett earned a pin against senior 174-pounder Eric Decker halfway through the second period. The fall was the second of the season for Bennett.
“I did pretty good once I started at-tacking,” Bennett said. “I started out a little slow but, once I started to get my offense going, it got much better.”
Senior 157-pounder Tony D’Alie and sophomore 133-pounder Scotti Sentes
earned bonus points for Central with ma-jor decisions against their opponents.
The Chippewas struggled to clinch wins in overtime as senior 125-pounder Matt Steintrager and senior 165-pounder Tyler Grayson lost in
overtime.“We have been training hard and
pushing ourselves in practice,” Ben-nett said. “We have to keep working so we can be successful at the MAC tour-nament and the National finals.”
cmU 21, Virginia Tech 17Central started the weekend with
a win over the Hokies. The match started with CMU taking the only bout between ranked opponents, as No. 9 Matt Steintrager defeated No. 14 Jar-rod Garnett 7-4.
“I was up 6-0 after the second and I gave up a reversal and a couple of stall-ing points, but I don’t think he was re-ally in the match,” Steintrager said.
No. 9 Scotti Sentes scored a ma-jor decision to win 13-0 against Brock LiVorio, giving CMU an early 7-0 lead.
“I think we’re better than what we wrestled at some weight classes,” Bor-relli said. “I don’t like to make excuses, but I think the day wore on us.”
Central’s bus broke down in West Virginia before its meet. CMU did not make it to Blacksburg, Va., until two and a half hours before the match started.
“With everything that has gone on in this trip, beating two top 25 teams is a pretty good weekend for us,” Borrelli said. “With the weather, the travel and the competition, I was impressed with the way we competed.”
The Chippewas began the weekend as the seventh-ranked program in the nation and the pair of dual wins brings their record to 12-2.
CMU has one more out-of-confer-ence match left in the regular season this Friday against in-state rival Michi-gan State.
Scotti Sentes
By Nick ConklinStaff Reporter
Freshman Britney Taylor waited for Mid-American Conference competition to rise to the top.
The CMU gymnastics team opened its MAC schedule Saturday by beating Eastern Michigan 192.975-191.525 in Ypsilanti and improving its record to 4-1.
Posting a 47.1 on the bal-ance beam, Central finished behind EMU in the final ro-tation by 1.25 points. Three CMU gymnasts had falls
during their beam rou-tines.
But CMU coach Jerry R e i g h a r d said Tay-lor’s balance beam per-f o r m a n c e , which edged
EMU’s Kaylyn Millick by .05 points, was the highlight of the event.
“It was an absolute joy to see,” he said, “She does one of the most difficult routines in the conference.”
Taylor (39.025) and senior Katie Simon (38.9) led the way with the two best all-around scores of the meet. Taylor claimed her first all-around victory of her career.
Taylor scored her high-est on the balance beam (9.825), which has been the team’s lowest-scoring event through the first four meets, including Saturday.
She improved her previous balance beam score from
the competition in Denver (9.375). However, she said she is aware of the up-and-down nature of gymnastics and that each week is a dif-ferent meet.
“Just because I did well today, I still need to do good next week,” she said, “I just need to keep doing the things I know I can do.”
LeadershipThe night started on the
uneven bars, where Simon and junior Cheryl Conlin provided CMU the lead. The gymnasts posted scores of 9.825 and 9.7, respectively.
“The entire bars squad did a great job,” Reighard said, “(Simon) had a spectacular routine, and (Conlin) had the best bar routine of her career.”
Simon also shared the high score on the vault; her and Taylor scored routines of 9.825.
The third rotation involved the floor exercise, where freshman Bailey Brumbach made her first collegiate ap-pearance and scored a 9.65. Sophomore Kristin Teubner scored a 9.775 and won the event, Cheryl Conlin scored a 9.75 and Simon a 9.750.
“We got exactly what we needed from our floor per-sonnel,” Reighard said.
Senior Jessica Suder com-peted for the first time this season, following a broken foot that sidelined her for the first four meets.
exhibiTionOn vault, freshmen
Meaghan McWhorter and Keri Deiffenderfer per-formed in the exhibition role and scored above 9.7. The exhibition allows gymnasts to practice their routines in front of judges for a per-
sonal score, although it does not count toward the team total. Reighard employs two exhibition performances on each event in order to help prepare some of his young-er gymnasts for collegiate competition.
“It gives the athletes a chance to get out there un-der competitive pressure, and it gives the coaches a chance to see how they per-form,” he said.
Central will face EMU again next weekend when it travels to Kalamazoo for the State of Michigan Classic at 1 p.m. Saturday. Michigan State and Western Michi-gan also are competing. Last year, CMU finished second behind MSU.
By Josh BerenterStaff Reporter
The CMU women’s track team won its second consecu-tive scored meet of the indoor season Saturday when it host-ed the Chippewa Invitational.
CMU totaled 160 points and its closest competitor was Eastern Michigan, which scored 111. Western Michigan finished third (96), Kent State fourth (53.5) and Oakland fin-ished last (5.5).
“We’re excited these women came out here and competed,” said coach Willie Randolph. “We had a balanced attack, and we’re ready for the confer-ence championships.”
Junior Raeanne Lohner won the women’s 3,000-meter run with a time of 9 minutes, 58.69 seconds. Lohner also ran the first leg of the winning distance medley team.
Senior Erika Schroll won the high jump competition for the third consecutive week with a height of 5 feet, 10 inches.
Randolph said home-meet experience is vital for his team’s success and it is impor-tant for athletes to be able to get through the anxiety of the competition.
“The home-crowd sup-port surprised me,” Randolph said. “It speaks volumes about where we’re going and what this university has done for us. That’s what collegiate sports should be about.”
The men’s Team
The men’s team (151.5) fin-ished second in the meet, 10.5 points behind Mid-American Conference rival Eastern Michigan (162).
Randolph said his staff is moving some athletes to different sprinting events, but thinks the men will be ready for the conference championships.
Freshman Renaldo Powell won the 60-meter hurdles and the triple jump competition. Powell, who competed in his first scoring meet at home, said he does not consider himself a freshman who can-not make an impact.
“At practice, we’re all just trying to compete,” he said.
“Everyone on the team just wants to win.”
Powell said he was im-pressed with the crowd sup-port and it helped him suc-ceed.
“I love having the crowd out here watching,” he said. “It seems like everyone I know is out here and I don’t want to let them down.”
Other winners for the men were Riak Mabil, who won his first race of the season in the 3000-meter run (8:37.61), and senior Marcus Breidinger, who won the pole vault competi-tion by clearing 16’1”.
piLLingSenior All-American throw-
er Greg Pilling was formally recognized as the 2008-09 Dick Enberg Scholar Athlete of the Year recipient.
The Enberg award is given annually to a CMU athlete who excels in academics and athletics. It was given to Pilling in the fall, but Randolph said he wanted Pilling to accept the award on the track where it belongs.
“It’s here on the track where he actually gives back the most,” Randolph said. “He’s a class-act young man, and we’re excited about his future.”
The track and field teams is off next weekend, but returns Feb. 12 in the Grand Valley Big Meet in Allendale.
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2B || Monday, Feb. 1, 2010 || Central Michigan Life cm-life.com/category/sports[SPortS]
Gymnasts beat Eagles in MAC meetTaylor claimsall-around title against EMU
Women win Chippewa invite; men place second to eastern
t r a C k a n d f i e l d
Senior Riak Mabil finishes first in distance race
Upnext:Feb 7: State of Michigan Classic(vs. Michigan State, WMUand EMU)
Who’shot:Freshman Britney Taylor has three event wins and an all-around win in her last two meets.Senior Katie Simon also won two events against EMU (vault, uneven bars), and sophomore Kristin Teuber (9.775), junior Cheryl Conlin (9.75) and Simon (9.75) finished with the top three scores on the floor exercise.
Who’snot:Junior Andrea de la Garza scored an 8.35 on the uneven bars and an 8.85 on the balance beam.
What’s on tap
Upnext:Feb 12-13: Grand Valley Big Meet
Who’shot:Junior Raeanne Lohner was part of two event wins — the 3,000-meter run and the distance medley (team).
What’s on tap
Britney Taylor
Team can improve .500 road record
Tim ottuschSenior Reporter
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — People don’t often look
at going 1-1 in a two-game stretch as entirely positive.
But for CMU men’s basket-ball, it is just what it needed to stay on course.
The Chippewas’ win Satur-day in Bowling Green splits the team’s two-game road trip against the Falcons and the Miami RedHawks, who they lost to Thursday.
Saturday’s win helped the team maintain its lead in the MAC West and pushed its MAC road record to 2-2.
Playing on the road in college basketball is often a death sentence. In the Mid-American Conference, only two teams have winning conference records on the road. CMU is one of five MAC teams with a .500 record on the road in MAC play.
But a .500 record on the road for CMU means a lot more because it plays in the MAC West.
Only Northern Illinois has a winning conference re-cord on the road in the MAC West, and CMU and BSU are the only other schools in the division with a .500 or better record on the road in league play.
Adding to the mix is the conference’s crossover play right now, where each MAC West team plays each MAC East team. Last season, the MAC West went 1-17 on the road against the East.
CMU went 0-3 on the road during that time and ended up tying for the MAC West divisional title, some-thing it could have won outright if it won just one MAC East road game.
The team has shown improvements. Last year, the team went 2-6 on the road in the MAC and 0-3 against the East. The team has already won two MAC road games (2-2) and has already won a road game against a MAC East school.
The team’s ability to win on the road will be the decid-ing factor in whether it wins
the MAC West this year, and the team knows that.
“It’s going to put us in position to continue to fight to be at the top of the confer-ence and the division,” said CMU coach Ernie Zeigler after Saturday’s victory.
Zeigler credits his veterans, such as seniors Jordan Bitzer, Robbie Harman and Chris Kellermann, for keeping the team together when playing in hostile environments.
“It’s a different type of focus you have to have on the road because it’s just you against everybody else in the arena, and you kind of have to create your own energy,” Bitzer said.
The team can take care of business at home (and they will have to on this upcom-ing three-game home stretch against MAC East teams). The team has had winning confer-ence home records the past two seasons and is 3-0 in the conference this season.
What will make the differ-ence will be if it can have a winning record on the road, something the team has not done in Zeigler’s tenure at CMU. The team went 4-4, 2-6 and 2-6 in Zeigler’s first three seasons.
A winning road record this year will be the deciding fac-
tor to whether CMU can get over the hump.
By tim ottuschSenior Reporter
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — CMU men’s basketball coach Ernie Zeigler did not feel like his team played as well defen-sively as it could have in Thurs-day’s loss at Miami.
The team responded Sat-urday, holding Bowling Green to 38.2 percent shooting en route to a 62-54 win Saturday in Anderson Arena in Bowling Green, Ohio, in front of 2,222.
In constrast, Miami shot 54.5 percent in the second half of Thursday’s game, where CMU lost 64-51 in the first game of a two-game road trip against MAC East schools.
“I thought our veterans re-ally came out and responded from the previous game at Mi-ami, where we didn’t play as we could play defensively,” Zeigler said. “I thought we really had good focus, a sense of purpose, and it put us in position to se-cure a hard-fought road win.”
The win secured the team’s spot in sole possession of first place in the MAC West with a 5-2 conference record.
“It was a real big win,” said junior forward Jalin Thomas. “After last game, we felt like we underachieved. The coaches felt like we didn’t come out hard enough, so we wanted to come out on the road and get this win.”
Ball State (5-3) is a half game back after winning Sunday at Ohio and Northern Illinois (4-3) sits one game behind.
FirsT haLFCMU and BGSU went back
and forth in the first half. But with 9:28 remaining in the first half and the Falcons up 16-13, the Chippewas took control.
The team went on a 15-1 run, holding BGSU scoreless
at one point for 4 minutes, 29 seconds, and took a 28-17 lead with 2:51 remaining in the first.
BGSU scored the final four points, closing the lead to 28-21 at the half. CMU held the Falcons to 34.6 percent shoot-ing, while it shot 36.7. Bowling Green outrebounded Central 20-17.
Senior guard Jordan Bitzer and junior guard Antonio Wea-ry each scored seven points in the half. CMU held BGSU soph-omore forward Scott Thomas, who averaged 11.7 points per game coming into Saturday, to 0-for-6 shooting from the field in the half and one point.
conTroLIn the second half, CMU
maintained its control. The team had a pair of 10-0 runs during the half, leading by as many as 20 points.
“We were able to get out in transition,” Zeigler said. “Our defense fueled our offense. “
Thomas finished with a dou-ble-double for CMU (16 points and 10 rebounds).
“Jalin’s just a warrior,” Zei-gler said. “He’s been battling back from those concussion-like symptoms, and you just really saw him getting back to the Jalin Thomas that we saw here early in the non-conference season.”
Bitzer finished with 12 points and eight rebounds. Senior for-ward Chris Kellermann also scored in double figures, fin-ishing with 10.
BGSU’s Thomas finished the game with 13 points, but was 5-of-15 from the field and
0-for-4 from 3-point range.Senior forward Erik
Marschall scored 11 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. CMU held BGSU to 1-of-11 shooting from the 3-point line.
“We just wanted to pressure them, not give them not much space.” Bitzer said.
CMU is 3-1 against the Fal-cons and 2-0 in Bowling Green under Zeigler.
CMU (10-9, 5-2 MAC) plays Buffalo (11-7, 4-3 MAC) at 7 p.m. Thursday at Rose Arena.
That game starts a three-game home streak against MAC East schools. The team hosts Kent State on Satur-day and Akron on Feb. 9. The three teams are tops in the MAC East.
“It’s going to be huge,” Thomas said. “Coach (Zei-gler) is always stressing about protecting our house, and that’s exactly what we got to do.”
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Central Michigan Life || Monday, Feb. 1, 2010 || 3B
Chippewas rebound from prior loss
File photo by Matthew StephenSSenior guard Robbie Harman has seen his average drop to 13.8 points per game after shooting 5-for-18 in his last two games. He still leads the team in points.
CMU 64, BGSU 52 - Final statistics — Sat., Jan 30
Score by half 1 2 TotalBowling Green 21 31 52Central Michigan 28 36 64
Team totals: CMU NIU
FG-FGA 21-52 21-55Field Goal % 40.4 38.23-Pt. FG-FGA 6-19 1-113-Point % 31.6 9.1FT-FTA 16-23 9-14Free Throw % 69.6 64.3Rebounds 38 35Blocks 5 4Assists 14 11Turnovers 14 14Fouls 17 21Steals 6 5Bench Points 21 6
Game leaders
PointsJalinThomas (CMU) F 16 pointsScottThomas (BGSU) F 13 pointsJordanBitzer (CMU) G 12 pointsErikMarschall (BGSU) F 11 points
ReboundsJalinThomas (CMU) F 10 reboundsErikMarschall (BGSU) F 10 reboundsJordanBitzer (CMU) G 8 rebounds
Upnext:Thursday: vs. Buffalo
Who’shot:Junior forward Jalin Thomas had 16 points, 10 rebounds and two steals against BGSU.
Who’snot:Senior guard Robbie Harman has shot 5-for-18 in the last two games.
What’s on tap
Team improves defensive play in win vs. BGSU
Jordan Bitzer
Jan. 9 @ ToledoW59-48
Jan. 16 @ WMUL70-61
Jan. 28 @ MiamiL64-51
Jan. 30 @ BGSUW64-52
Feb. 11 @ OhioFeb. 17 @ Ball St.Feb. 24 @ NIUMarch 4 @ EMU
Road Challenges
2009-10 MAC road schedule
CMU’s2008-09MACroadrecord: 2-6
2008-09roadrecordvs.MACEast: 0-3
2009-10MACroadrecord: 2-2
2009-10roadrecordvs.MACEast: 1-1
File photo by Matthew StephenSCoach Ernize Zeigler talks with junior guard Antonio Weary on the bench.
MAC’s best need road wins
m e n ’ s b a s k e t b a l l
By John Evans Staff Reporter
In a game that saw nine CMU players score, the three most consistent play-ers on the women’s basket-ball team contributed the most in their 96-86 victory Saturday against the Miami RedHawks.
Juniors Shonda Long, Kaihla Szunko and senior Britni Houghton combined for 68 of the 96 points scored for the Chippewas.
Houghton’s 20-point ef-fort came off of the bench to keep CMU in the game through the later stages of the first half.
“I have been saying this all year long, you are only as good as your bench and, well, our bench came through for us again today,” said coach Sue Guevara. “It’s nice to see Houghton come back after a really tough game against Kent State.”
Szunko made a presence inside and on the glass, scoring 23 points and grab-bing 16 rebounds, 12 com-ing on the offensive end.
Long added 25 points and shot 9-of-10 from the free-throw line.
“I think they just let the game come to them,” Guevara said. “Szunko has been pretty consistent. What you saw today is what you saw the last time we played, and Shonda has been consistent as well.”
FoUL TroUbLesMiami got into foul
trouble and had to mix up its lineup throughout the game. Three players for the RedHawks fouled out of the game late in the sec-ond half.
The Chippewas were in the bonus at the 13-minute mark of the first half and the 12-minute mark of the
second half, allowing them to shoot free throws on ev-ery foul after that.
“I think (it) was easy to get inside because we got them into foul trouble early,” Szunko said. “We were attacking, and they couldn’t handle when we pounded it in.”
It was the first game Houghton has not started this season after shooting 2-of-11 against Kent State.
Long has been CMU’s most consistent backcourt scorer, averaging 14 points per game and nearly 32 minutes per game. She is the team’s leading scorer with 14.6 points per game.
4B || Monday, Feb. 1, 2010 || Central Michigan Life cm-life.com/category/sports[SPortS]w o m e n ’ s b a s k e t b a l l
Team relies on home successHoughton, Long and Szunko score more than 20
Leaders respond to lineup change
Upnext:Feb. 4: @ Akron
Who’shot:Junior Shonda Long scored 25, junior Kaihla Szunko scored 23 and senior Britni Houghton scored 20 in CMU’s win.
Who’snot:Coach Sue Guevara chose not to start Houghton, Skylar Mi ller or Stefanie Mauk. Whi le Houghton responded, Mi ller fin ished with eight points and Mauk did not play.
What’s on tap
Home-court advantage is something teams around
the country must take into account.
But for the CMU women’s basketball team, home-court advantage has been some-thing to live and die by.
So far this season, the Chip-pewas are 6-2 when playing at Rose Arena, as opposed to 2-8 when playing away from home — a testament to the atmosphere and the fans that seem to get the team pumped up for each game.
Starting Thursday, the Chippewas begin their final eight-game stretch of the season. They have two games on the road, then come home for a four-game homestand before finishing the season with two more on the road.
During that four-game stretch at home, the Chippe-was will face Eastern Michi-gan and Toledo for the second time this season. Toledo stands alone in first at 7-1 in the Mid-American Confer-ence West Division and EMU is 5-3 in the MAC West, tied with CMU.
If the Chippewas want to stay in contention for a MAC title, they will have to win those games.
road woesThe Chippewas have had
some quality wins at home this season, including an 84-75 win over then-ranked No. 25 Louisville. They are 3-0 at home against conference opponents and have a six-game home win streak.
As important as it is for the Chippewas to continue to play well at home, it is equally as important for them to try and shake off some of these road woes and steal one or two away from Rose Arena.
Just one win away from home in the MAC is not go-ing to cut it in a league that seems to be coming down to the wire in terms of the standings.
On Thursday, the team faces another tough oppo-
nent in Akron, which is 6-2 in the conference and on a three-game win streak. Akron has one home loss on the sea-son and, in order for CMU to win, the leaders of the team are going to have to continue to step up and be consistent.
The Chippewas are still struggling to find continuity throughout the lineup and a rotation is going to have to come together soon as the season winds down.
This continuity could fix some of these road problems and help CMU get a chance at a MAC title, which has been the goal of the team from the beginning.
John evansStaff Reporter
Road woes must be solved
for progress
Matthew StephenS/senior photographerJunior guard Shonda Long led CMU with 25 points in its 96-86 win against Miami (OH) on Saturday at Rose Arena.
the bench, I wanted to make an emphasis — going for every loose ball, getting on the floor and sprinting the floor — so I think that was my motivation and the difference.”
Houghton’s numbers were a stark contrast from her five-point, one-rebound game at Kent State.
Immediately after entering the game with 14:23 remaining in the first half, Houghton found junior forward Kaihla Szunko (23 points, game-high 16 re-bounds) near the basket for an easy layup.
“Coming off the bench, I think, gave her an opportunity to take a look and see what can be effective and what can’t be ef-fective,” Guevara said.
aTTacking oFFenseDespite shooting 35.5 per-
cent in the first half, CMU (8-12, 5-3 MAC) combated Miami’s 53.6 percent shooting by out-rebounding the RedHawks 22-12 and getting to the free-throw line nine more times before trailing 44-41 at halftime.
“We were able to penetrate,” Guevara said. “When you start penetrating, you’re forcing the officials to make a call. I thought we got better on dribble-pen-etration and passed the ball a little bit better ... so we were at-tacking.”
The Chippewas continued to outrebound Miami and force it into foul trouble, tak-ing a 47-46 lead on a Hough-ton layup less than 4 minutes into the second half. From there, CMU took control and extended its lead to as many as 14 points with 8 minutes remaining.
CMU shot a much-improved 51.7 percent from the floor in the second half while getting to the free-throw line another 32 times to secure the win, its sixth consecutive at home.
“I think we’re still finding our-selves,” Szunko said. “We play better in the second half. We just need to find a group of five play-ers that can come out and come out strong.”
Junior guard Shonda Long scored 25 points while freshman guard Rachel Mauk added 11 points, her second consecutive double-digit game. Her sister, Stefanie, did not play.
Sophomore guard Mag-gie Boyer scored a game-high 29 points for Miami (5-16, 3-5 MAC).
CMU continues crossover play at 7 p.m. Thursday when it travels to Akron.
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