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neil blake/staff photographerPolice said the accident was the result of a previous argument between Casey Amos Floyd, 29, of Mount Pleasant and one of the passengers, with whom he had a prior dating relation-ship.
Local man issued 11-count warrant
By Jake BolithoSenior Reporter
The man involved in Wednesday’s car accident near Broadway and Adams streets was issued an 11-count war-rant Thursday relating to the incident, including assault with intent to murder.
Casey Amos Floyd, 29, of Mount Pleasant and Sag-inaw Chippewa Indian Tribe member, was released from Central Michigan Commu-nity Hospital and lodged in the Isabella County Jail after police determined he inten-tionally rear-ended a car, said Dave Sabuda, Mount Pleasant Police Department public in-formation officer.
Floyd is being held on $1 million bond.
Four women also were transported to CMCH as a re-sult of the accident on Mount Pleasant’s west side. Police officials were told by CMCH three of the victims have been released and one remains hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries, but will require surgery.
The accident was the result of a previous argument be-tween Floyd and one of the passengers, with whom he had a prior dating relation-ship with, police said.
‘HigH rate of speed’Sabuda said Floyd was un-
der the influence of alcohol at the time and also is being charged with four counts of malicious destruction, assault with a dangerous weapon, fail-ure to stop at the scene of an accident, two Operating While Intoxicated counts, resisting and obstructing a police offi-cer and felonious driving.
Police say he intentionally rear-ended car
By Amelia EramyaStaff Reporter
Central Michigan Univer-sity still has no confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza con-trary to a published report Thursday.
“We have no confirmed cases of H1N1 on campus,” said Steve Smith, director of public relations. “The article was misleading.”
Smith said the commu-nity will be informed if cases arise.
“We are going to update people when we get addi-tional information,” he said. “Obviously, the entire univer-sity community is taking this seriously.”
Smith said he has no idea where the report, which claimed CMU had two cases of H1N1, came from.
According to the Center for Disease Control and Pre-vention, during the week of Aug. 23-29, influenza activ-ity increased in the United
States. Alabama, Alaska, Flor-ida, Georgia, Mississippi and South Carolina are reporting widespread influenza activity at this time.
Since the CDC and Michi-gan Department of Com-munity Health decided to suspend routine testing, it is hard to tell how many local cases there are, said Dr. Rob-ert Graham, Medical Director of the Central Michigan Dis-trict Health Department.
The virus and its effects were being characterized, causing citizens to be con-cerned.
doctor: don’t worryIf individuals only have a
few of the symptoms, they should not worry.
By the time they go to get treated, in most cases, the worse will be over, Graham said.
“If someone already had (H1N1), chances are they’re getting over it,” he said. “Not everybody who gets the vi-rus is going to seek medical care.”
There have been more than 3,500 cases of H1N1, Graham
CMU says it willupdate students when needed
University officials: no confirmed cases of H1N1 on campus
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Almost 3,000 died when hijacked planes that morning destroyed the World Trade Center’s twin towers and part of the Pentagon. A fourth hijacked plane be-lieved to be heading to Washington, D.C., crashed in Pennsylvania, killing 37 pas-sengers and seven crew members, along with the four hijackers.
Hartman said he was a college fresh-man when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, and said he and his generation felt a despondence and hope-lessness that may have been reflected in the youth following Sept. 11.
“The United States and Russia had enough missiles pointed at each other to destroy the world a hundred times over,” Hartman said. “A lot of us wondered if we would ever see middle age. So the assas-sination of a popular president just added to the gloom and the pessimism, and it wouldn’t surprise me if young people, col-lege students at the time of 9/11 wondered, because we had no way of knowing.”
students rememberEven as an elementary student, Green-
ville freshman Chelsea Kreiner said she expressed a great fear that day.
“I wanted to be outside all day, because I didn’t know when the next time I would be outside was,” Kreiner said.
Grosse Pointe freshman Kevin Jones said he realized something monumen-tal happened but, as an 11-year-old, did not completely comprehend it.
“The students, at the age we were, I don’t think we had realized the grandeur of it,” Jones said. “I wasn’t sure what was going on. I hadn’t been open to the idea of terrorism at the age of 11.”
Hartman said in the following days, he acted just as much as a counselor as a pro-fessor during his classes.
“I told students in my class, we had hor-rible things happen in my age,” Hartman said. “My three political heroes were as-sassinated in the span of five years; John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Robert
Kennedy, and I’ve lived to middle age. So don’t become despondent to the point of thinking you didn’t have a future.”
feeling tHe effectsGrosse Pointe freshman Angela Simon
had a repercussion to the events many did not have to deal with.
Her father is an American citizen of Arab descent and, although the blonde-haired, blue-eyed daughter was not persecuted, the family did experience discrimination while traveling.
“Whenever we were out at an airport, we were taken to those special rooms, and our baggage was always checked,” said Simon, who mentioned her family was often escorted onto the planes by airport security. “We had a lot of family in Florida, and we went on a lot of vaca-tions, so it happened a lot back then. It doesn’t happen as much anymore.”
Grosse Pointe sophomore Kathryn Hoff-man said the attacks made her fearful.
“I probably just grew more fearful in general, for the safety of our country,” Hoffman said. “Because I was so young, it didn’t have a huge impact on me. In sixth grade, I had never actually been on a plane, so it just increased my fear of (airplanes).”
HealingIn the years since the attack, society has
moved on. And Grand Rapids freshman Josh Sinclair thinks the healing process is good for the country.
“I think the progress has been good,” Sinclair said. Every year, it makes news on Sept. 11, but we’ve moved on, you know?”
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Students, faculty reflect on
September 11
Many looked forward to Sept. 11, 2001, as a birth-day, anniversary, an important date at work or perhaps nothing at all.
Eight years later, it is a day that carries the sorrows and memories of the most horrific attacks to occur on American soil.
Journalism professor John K. Hartman said the mood on campus following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon was the most somber he has seen during his 26-year tenure at Central Michigan University.
“People didn’t talk as much, people didn’t smile as much. It was just like a dark cloud was hanging around the campus,” Hartman said. “It was so bad, and people were so concerned, wondering what was going to happen; if there was going to be another attack, am I going to have a future, all the typical things young people would worry about.”
photo illustration by matthew stephens/presentation editor
From top left: Grosse Pointe sophomore Kathryn Hoffman, journalism professor John K. Hartman, Grosse Pointe freshman Kevin Jones and Grosse Pointe freshman Angela Simon.
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todayw the cmu women’s soccer team will play against Valparaiso University at 11:30 a.m. in the CMU soccer complex.
w detroit rock band “the Hard lessons” will be performing 10 p.m. at Rubble’s Bar, 112 W. Michigan St.
w the 36th annual wheatland music festival, featuring tradi-tional art, music, performances, and workshops, is taking place at the Wheatland music site, on 50th Ave. past Pierce Road in Remus.
w the mount pleasant brew-ing company, 614 W. Pickard St., will host a ribbon cutting at 5 p.m., featuring tours and compli-mentary samples, to celebrate the grand opening of the establish-ment.
saturday, sept. 12w a monarch butterfly release, featuring a performance called the “butterfly dance” is taking place from 1 until 5 p.m. at the Mount Pleasant Ziibiwing Center, 6650 E. Broadway Road.
sunday , sept. 13w the cmu women’s soccer team will play against Indiana State at 1 p.m. in the CMU Soc-cer Complex.
w university theatre pres-ents “red Herring,” a comedic mystery play at 2 p.m. in the Bush Theatre.
w a presentation of “i Hate Hamlet!” by the Broadway Play-ers is taking place at 7 p.m. at the Broadway Theatre, 216 E. Broadway St.
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jake may/staff photographerAlpena sophomore James France shoots a basketball from outside the three-point line Wednesday as the sun sets on Deerfield Road. France said the best time to play is about 3:30 p.m. when most pick-up games are being played.
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By Connor sheridanStaff Reporter
“It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll, But We Like It” was the theme of Apple Inc.’s press confer-ence on Wednesday.
But it might have been “Only for the Nano.”
The revamped iPod Nano will feature vivid and me-tallic colors, a “pause-able” FM radio tuner and, most significantly, a 640x480 resolution video camera with an integrated micro-phone.
It will serve as an audio as well as a video recorder, and will boast “one-touch” uploading to YouTube.
It will feature a slightly larger screen at 2.2 inches, though it will use the clas-sic wheel for user input as opposed to the iPhone and iPod Touch’s “multi-touch” screens.
“Yeah, that sounds cool and useful, especially for
a journalism or PR major,” Brett Kukuk, a senior from Waterford and CMU Micro-Chips cashier, said.
now availableThe Nano is on sale at
electronics retailers, in-cluding MicroChips, in the lower level of the Bovee University Center.
The new iPod is available in eight or 16 gigabytes of storage for $150 and $180, respectively.
“It sounds like a good deal,” said Hartland sopho-more Brendan Sherman.
Sherman mentioned how it would be a boon to always have a video recorder with him.
Some students are excit-ed, but still hesitant about the high prices Apple com-mands in the technology market.
“It sounds cool, but I wouldn’t pay that much for it,” Alyssa Atkinson, a Fern-dale sophomore said.
a disappointmentThere was less thunder-
ous applause than usual as Apple executives took the stage at the Yerba Buena Conference Center in San
Francisco.Many expected an Apple
Tablet computer or a new iPhone, but neither were revealed. Most of the news focused on improvements to existing brands, such as the iPod Touch and Classic, as well as iTunes.
The iPod Classic will soon be distributed in a 160-gigabyte version, although the Classic line’s sales, low-er than other iPods, could make this the last release of the original 2001 MP3 heavyweight.
While the event itself was mostly business as usual, it did mark the first pub-lic business appearance of Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO and co-founder, since his liver transplant in April.
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By Joe MartinezStaff Reporter
Central Michigan Uni-versity is witnessing a re-cord-high on-campus en-rollment this fall despite a drop in freshmen.
According to new reports released by CMU’s Office of Institutional Research, freshman enrollment for the fall 2009 semester is down 4.5 percent, at 3,691 from last fall’s 3,864. But overall, on-campus enroll-ment is up to 20,444, said Steve Smith, director of public relations.
The university was ex-pecting the drop in fresh-men.
“This is something the university has been fore-casting for a number of years,” Smith said. “The number of high school graduates in the state is dropping and is anticipat-ed to do so until 2017.”
Despite the drop in freshmen, the OIR report on enrollment lists un-dergraduate enrollment, graduate enrollment and international student en-rollment all at seven-year highs, the period for which OIR tracks data.
Wagner said the uni-versity still has the third-largest application rate in the state, behind the University of Michigan and Michigan State Uni-versity, and the university exceeded its transfer stu-dent goal.
“(These numbers) are something that the univer-sity is very pleased with,” Smith said.
even fewwr fresHmen?The OIR predicts the
number of students of graduating from public high schools in the state will drop to 96,990 by 2015, down from the 112,230 who graduated from pub-lic high schools in 2008.
University tuition costs and room and board are just some expenses that make a four-year universi-ty costly for families strug-gling to make ends meet.
“The economy is more of a concern,” said Betty Wag-ner, director of admissions. “I think that more students are saving money by com-muting to a community college.”
Community colleges are gaining where four-year universities are losing. An in-district resident pays $99.50 per credit hour at Mid Michigan Community College, according to the MMCC Web site, while a freshman at Central Michi-gan University will pay $339 per credit hour for the 2009-10 academic year.
MMCC Spokesman Matt Miller said the college has seen record enrollment over the past eight years.
“(Community College) enrollment goes up as the economy goes down,” Miller said.
With the number of grad-uating high school seniors decreasing, CMU is trying to gain a greater market share of a decreased pool by increasing the universi-ty’s reputation in and out-side of the state.
The university has re-cruitment centers in Chi-cago, Ill., Grand Rapids and two offices in metro Detroit. The university is looking to expand its pres-ence in Indiana and Ohio, Wagner said.
Freshman enrollment drops 4.5 percent
a d m i s s i o n s
estimated, and more than 100 locally in Isabella County.
But, generally speaking, most people are able to throw off the virus on their own, Graham said.
prevention There are six symptoms
identified with H1N1, in-cluding coughing, fever, headaches, congestion, di-arrhea and vomiting.
“We have put out an an-nouncement on preventa-tive methods that (students) can take,” Smith said.
The main way to pre-vent catching the virus is to maintain good daily hygiene and washing of the hands.
Swine flu is very similar to the seasonal flu, Graham said.
Students and staff should be more aware of their hy-giene and ways to maintain
it well, Smith said.“We are encouraging ev-
eryone to take on personal responsibility,” Smith said. “Wiping things down and
washing their hands, that’s our message right now to make.”
Flu |continued from 1A
Officers from the MPPD and the Isabella County Sher-iff’s Department were called to investigate the accident. MPPD Officer Don Sytsema was present and said it ap-peared a black Ford was rear-ended by a speeding SUV.
“The vehicle was stopped at a stop sign, and a car came up behind it and hit it,” he said.
A large number of local residents watched outside of the taped area for much of the evening as officers in-vestigated the scene, which
stretched several blocks north and south on Adams Street to Lyons Street. Sev-eral people in the area were questioned by police.
“Witnesses had him travel-ing and accelerating at a high rate of speed,” Sabuda said.
The Ford was rear-end-ed and launched forward to the grass in front of a house. Floyd’s SUV contin-ued farther down the street and eventually struck a parked vehicle and a house after he initially attempted to flee the scene of the ac-cident, police said.
Floyd was later detained by police.
Employees from Con-sumers Energy and Char-ter Communications also arrived to repair the dam-aged utility pole struck by the victim’s vehicle, which caused a temporary neigh-borhood blackout.
Floyd was arraigned at Isa-bella County Trial Court, but because he is a member of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, the case could be trans-ferred to the Tribal Court sys-tem. That matter will be dis-cussed between judges and prosecutors, Sabuda said.
car accident |continued from 1A
Overall on campus number at 20,444, an all-time high
By Joe BorlikSenior Reporter
A newly formed group of students spent Thursday evening boycot-
ting Wal-Mart.Nine members of Third
Party Movement, formed two and a half weeks ago, held signs, passed out flyers and shouted about the cor-poration outside the 4730 Encore Blvd. location.
Grand Rapids senior Jack Buck, the group’s organizer, said the group’s goal is to raise awareness of third party political groups with-out endorsing a specific party.
“Small businesses strug-gle because of Wal-Mart,” said group member Chris Belanger, a Lake Leelanau
junior. “They come in and lower their prices, making it impossible for businesses to compete and then wait for the businesses to crum-
ble so they can reap the benefits.”
When arriving at Wal-Mart Supercenter, the group split up and started passing
out flyers outside of each store entrance.
Active Minds meeting
Active Minds will hold a meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Bovee University Center’s Down Under Food Court. The organization will elect new officers and discuss a new direction for Active Minds at Central Michigan University. Ac-tive Minds is a national student organization committed to building mental health awareness, educa-tion about mental health issues on college campus and advocacy to combat stigma about mental illness. Students, faculty and staff are welcome. For more information, e-mail [email protected].
Capital City internships
The Capital City Internship Pro-gram is offering internships in the fall, spring and summer semesters in Lansing. The internships are unpaid, but offer transportation to current CMU students during the fall and spring semesters. All majors are eligible to apply. There are approximately 50 legislative, governmental and special interest internships available. For more in-formation, contact Teisha Thelen, student internship coordinator, in Career Services.
Faculty performances
Faculty will preform works by Gottschalk, Wincenc/Schoenfield, Berg, Etler and Coleman at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Staples Family Concert Hall. The School of Music presents Kennen White, clarinet; Joanna White, flute; Zhihua Tang, piano; and Lindabeth Binkley, oboe, in recital. Tickets cost $3 for stu-dents and senior citizens and $5 for all others. They can be purchased at the Central Box Office on the lower level of the Bovee University Center, online or at the door.
Open AuditionsOpen auditions for “A Christ-
mas Carol” take place at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at the Broadway Theatre. There are parts for all ages in the cast and choir. The Broadway Theatre is at 216 E. Broadway St. in downtown Mount Pleasant. For more infor-mation, call 772-2075.
Artist-in-ResidenceThe first of four Artist-in-Res-
idence programs will hold work-shops from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for chil-dren and 5:30 to 8 p.m. for adults Tuesday and Wednesday at The Zi-ibiwing Cultural Center. The work-shops will focus on Great Lakes In-dian art techniques and mediums. It costs $25 per ticket for adults. Student and adult programs must be booked in advance. For more information, call 774-4750.
Hispanic HeritageJoin Minority Student Services,
Sigma Lambda Gamma and Sigma Lambda Beta for the kickoff of Hispanic Heritage Month from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Bovee University Center front lawn. Event calenders, flyers, freebies and give-a-ways will be distributed. The kickoff will announce events and activities planned for the year. For more information, contact Minority Student Services at 774-3945.
Skills to workforceAt 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Bovee
University Center Maroon Room, recruiters from Target will talk about how to transfer leader-ship skills to the workforce. The recruiter also will talk about how to bring up leadership skills in an interview and in application ma-terials to best market talents and abilities. Students will be able to get a punch in their Career Build-ing Event cards. For more infor-mation, Contact Jana Lewis at the Career Center 774-3068.
Choir concertAt 7 p.m. Wednesday at the First
United Methodist Church, the Afri-can Children’s Choir will present a concert. Admission is free, but or-ganizers will accept donations to support education, care and emer-gency relief for more than 7,000 children in Uganda, Kenya, South Africa, Rwanda, Nigeria, Ghana and South Sudan. The church is at 400 S. Main St. in Mount Pleas-ant. For more information, contact Margy Riemer at 773-6934 or [email protected].
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By Lonnie Allen Staff Reporter
Students who do not use all their FLEX dollars or meal plan meals by the end of the semes-ter get no refunds — the money was already spent.
Director of Residential Din-ing Brenda Marquardt said meal plan recovery is not ex-pected to be 100 percent, and there is no excess money at the end of the semester.
“Plans are sold and all ex-
penses go against those sales,” Marquardt said. “Net revenue within Auxiliary Services, which includes Residence life and Campus Dining, allows the university (to) continue growth of the services on campus.”
Marquardt said Campus Dining does not issue refunds at the end of the semester for students because there is noth-ing available.
A 14-meal plan with six guest meals and $200 FLEX costs students $1,814 per semester. A 150-meal plan for the entire semester costs $1,568.
How students feelSome students believe meal
plans are not worth the money
and the system is set up to help the university.
Remus junior Alicia Wernette, not on a meal plan, thought the plans were expensive.
“I had the lowest plan, and I did not come close to using all my meals — it was not worth it to me,” Wernette said. “There are no refunds, and I never used all my FLEX dollars.”
Livonia freshman Donovan Michaels, on the 14-meal plan, said it is up to the student to make the choice they want.
“I think it is your own choice to choose a plan that does not roll over,” Michaels said. “I think if you have unused FLEX dollars, you should get a refund for that. But meals, I under-
stand why they can’t.”
wHere tHe money goesMarquardt said those dollars,
used and unused, are all con-sidered sales.
“All expenses are deducted from those sales.” Marquardt said. “Some expenses include staff, compensation, benefits, utilities, equipment, repair and insurance.”
An example of growth, Marquardt said, was opening Einstein Bros. Bagels in the Education and Human Ser-vices Building and Robinson Residential Restaurant’s mini-facelift.
“Sales revenue also allows for continued upkeep and de-
ferred maintenance of all resi-dent complexes and dining fa-cilities,” Marquardt said.
The university offers smaller meal plans — students can get as low as 35 total meals and $100 FLEX for $448 per semes-ter.
“It is very important for a stu-dent to closely monitor their meal plan the first four weeks of the semester to determine if their meal plan is meeting their needs,” Marquardt said.
It is a $15 charge to change the plan after the semester be-gins, according to the Campus Dining Web site. Students must change plans before Sept. 25.
No refunds issued for unused meals, FLEX
By Lindsay KnakeMetro Editor
University officials are look-ing for a place to hold spring commencement ceremonies.
Rose Arena is typically the location for the ceremonies, but planned renovations forced officials to seek an-other destination to send stu-dents off.
“Basically, right now, what the university is doing is look-ing at other possible options for holding May commence-ment ceremonies,” said Direc-tor of Public Relations Steve Smith. “We would certainly want to keep it in Mount Pleasant.”
Smith said the locations are not yet narrowed down, but a decision will be made in the next few months.
At the Board of Trustees meeting July 16, interim Uni-versity President Kathy Wil-bur said her biggest concern about the renovation is spring commencement.
“We are considering right now a couple of different plans to manage commencement next May. As we sit here now, we don’t have that plan nailed down — we want to have a discussion with the faculty, Academic Senate, etc.,” she said.
Construction on the $21.5 million Events Center is scheduled to begin in the fall and to be completed in the fall of 2010.
In August, Athletics Director Dave Heeke said the 2010 vol-leyball season will be the only season displaced from Rose Arena because of the renova-tions.
The Event Center and reno-vations will add a main en-trance to the arena, a practice gym and seating revamp.
December commencement will still take place in Rose Arena.
Renovations rules out Rose Arena; CMU looking in Mount Pleasant
springgraduation searching for a home
By Connor SheridanStaff Reporter
Spray paint fumes in the air could not dampen the rejoice-ful atmosphere Wednesday at the restored Minority Greek Rock.
Over the summer, the large boulder was placed south of Charles V. Park Library’s south-ern doors and west of the Mu-sic Building.
For several, the rock has a lot of meaning. It will be available for painting by the “Divine Nine” of the National Pan-Hel-lenic Association, as well as the member groups of the Multi-cultural Greek Council.
“We’ve been working for three years to get it back,” said Charmane Thurmand, Romu-lus senior and Alpha Kappa Alpha member.
A History of rockThe rock was removed dur-
ing the construction of the Fabiano and Celani residence halls from 2004 to 2006.
“We purchased a replace-ment rock for the groups,” said Tom Idema, Assistant Director of Student Life. “Students will notice it when it’s painted.”
The rock has served as somewhat of a signpost to keep Central Michigan University students informed of Minority
Greek activities and their new member inductions.
“To my knowledge, the rock’s been at Central for at least 20 years,” Jason Lewis said as he watched the painting start.
For Lewis, the current presi-dent of Phi Beta Sigma’s CMU chapter and a Detroit junior, it represents a reclaimed oppor-tunity.
“At the time I became a member, it was behind the (construction) fence,” Lewis said.
Now he can finally paint the rock with Phi Beta Sigma’s col-ors and letters.
Minority Greek Rock returns outside Park library
chris bacarElla/staff photographerNew York junior Miguel De Jesus paints the Minority Greek Rock on Wednesday behind the Park Library with his multicultural fraternity’s letters.A GReek | 5A
photos by libby March/staff photographerMount Pleasant senior Ryan Dacey of Third Party Movement protests at Wal-Mart with fellow Third Party members Thursday afternoon at the stoplight at East Blue Grass Road and Encore Boulevard.
Third Party Movement protests; gets mixed feedback
Members of Third Party Movement hold signs at the corner of East Blue Grass Road and Encore Boulevard.
Group: Wal-Mart a monopoly
A Wal-MaRt PRotest | 5A
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CMU uses money to ‘continue growth’ of campus services
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central Michigan Life
Friday, Sept. 11, 2009
State Sen. Buzz Thomas intro-duced Bill 402 last March, which would effectively ban texting while driving in Michigan.
If caught texting while driving, drivers could receive a misde-meanor punishable with a $100 fine.
In a survey done by Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, people who are texting behind the wheel are 23 times more likely to be involved in a car crash.
That statistic alone proves Thomas has the right idea.
Cell phones are becoming more and more popular as text messag-ing tools these days and not just for voice conversations.
Texting is an even bigger dis-traction while behind the wheel and, really, makes absolutely no sense.
Safe driving involves multi-tasking, drawing on many skills that leaves the driver unable to do
anything outside of focusing on the road.
Texting and sending e-mail diverts your attention away from what is outside your windshield. One unfocused moment from the road can lead to disaster. And many people do not realize this until it is too late.
No text message is worth endan-gering lives for. Try explaining to the police that you killed someone because you were flirting with someone over your phone.
Or, worse, to someone’s parents that their child is dead because you were too involved with your phone instead of paying attention to the road.
Texting is a stupid reason to cause your death or another’s death, no matter which way you look at it.
The saddest part of this prob-lem is the bill actually has to exist.
People should not have to be told they cannot text while driving — it is common sense.
Driving was a risky activity before texting was introduced, as was calling somebody while on the road. What in the world makes drivers think it is safe to do so after the fact?
If it’s really that important, pull over and text away. Or actually call the person instead of pound-ing away on your cell phone. Your foremost priority behind the wheel is to drive safely and efficiently, which cannot be done while texting.
Thomas’ bill may seem absurd and obvious, but it is needed. Michigan needs to follow the group of 18 states that banned the reckless and dangerous activity. All it will do is save a few more lives.
The state of Michigan is taking notice to the dangers of text messaging while driving. Hopefully, a bill outlawing the risky activ-
ity will finally make its way through the House and Senate in the near future.
EDITORIAL | Texting while driving is dangerous and needs to be banned
Distracted driving
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MSU tailgating
The Central Michigan University football game against Michigan State this Saturday is cause for excitement for CMU students.
Lansing is close, allowing students the opportunity to drive down and watch the Chippewas battle with the Spartans.
But students should be fore-warned: U.S. 127 will be overcrowd-ed with police, looking for drunk drivers between Mount Pleasant and Lansing. And for good reason — students need to be safe this weekend, including refraining from drinking and driving.
Tailgating is a big part of college football, and the game Saturday will be no exception. CMU students will no doubt be partying and socializing with State students. It is encouraged that students go to the game and cheer their team on. What is not encouraged is becoming so intoxi-cated, you cannot walk straight.
With Lansing a little more than an hour away, driving home to Mount Pleasant after a few drinks becomes more of an endurance test rather than a simple drive home. Compile that with an entire day of cheering and battling a football crowd, and many students will no doubt be wiped out.
Make plans before you head down to the game. Exactly how much do you plan on drinking? What are you doing once the game is over? Is there a friend you know at State that will let you crash on their couch? These are all things every student should be asking before they head down to East Lansing.
Students have a variety of ways of having fun in Lansing this Saturday without drinking and driving. Find a sober driver. Find a hotel room to stay at for the night. Make friends with State kids and party at their house after the game.
Most of all, just be safe, period. Treat your peers with respect, enjoy what should be a good football game and be responsible.
With a little bit of planning, stu-dents can experience tailgating and the football game without harming anyone else or, worse, endanger-ing their lives. Students should take this advice to heart and have fun Saturday.
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Students need to be safe if they plan on
going to game
“I’m staying here and doing (sorority)
recruitment, but I will hear about
it.” Maressa Casadei
Macomb junior
C M Y O u |What are your plans for the CMU vs. MSU game this weekend?
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“Leave friday night, go to the
game and be the loudest Central Michigan fan
there.”Alex Bua
Bloomfield hills freshman
“I’ll be working, but my
roommate is going, so I’m sure she will tell me
about it.”Elizabeth Taylor southfield senior
“I’m going to go tailgate with my
family back at state.”Travis Sohn
haslett sophomore
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“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
– The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
When former University President Michael Rao left over the summer, Central Michigan University lost more than just the architect of its nascent medical school.
It lost a steadfast advocate to make CMU a smoke-free campus, an initiative that stalled when Rao bolted July 1 for the presidency at Virginia Commonwealth Univer-sity.
Tammy Griffin, manager of Em-ployee Health and Wellness, said Rao “strongly supported a smoke-free campus down the road.”
In February 2008, Griffin and others met with Rao to discuss the university’s smoking policy. They proposed a three-step initiative that would culminate with a full-campus ban on smoking.
Rao favored the plan, accord-ing to Griffin, and the university quickly initiated the first phase. It called for the stenciling of side-walks as a reminder that smoking is prohibited within 25 feet of buildings.
Rao then recommended the university bypass the second phase, which would ban smoking in designated areas. According to Griffin, Rao wanted to skip to the third phase: a campus-wide ban on smoking.
“But as the outgoing president,” Griffin said, “he felt that was better decided by the interim or incom-ing president.”
Despite the hiccup, Griffin’s group is determined to press forward with the motion, she said. But it can’t happen without a pro-active administration that makes it a priority.
“We’re hoping to keep the mo-mentum going for this initiative,” she said. “We hope that whoever needs to make that decision will be as favorable as President Rao was.”
CMU is not alone in its push to end on-campus smoking. Hun-dreds of colleges nationwide, in-cluding several in Michigan, have already made the transition.
Saginaw Valley State University which, in January 2008, banned smoking in all areas of campus except in designated parking lots, has seen almost complete compli-ance on the issue, said Jim Mula-dore, the school’s vice president for Administration and Business Affairs.
SVSU previously shared CMU’s 25-foot policy. With staunch sup-port from the university’s presi-dent, SVSU was able to make the change, Muladore said.
For CMU to make the change, it needs administrative leader-ship. When Kathy Wilbur, CMU’s interim president, was chosen for the position in April, she vowed not to simply be a caretaker for the university. Rather, she voiced her willingness to boldly advance CMU’s priorities.
A campus-wide smoking ban is a priority, and its approval shouldn’t have to wait until the next president arrives.
Nicolas PersonsColumnist
In Wednesday’s issue of CM Life, an article was published about the FDA’s new plan to cut back on smokers.
In reality, smoking will never stop. The nicotine in cigarettes today is designed to be overly addictive.
Despite the FDA’s efforts to “disgust” people out of smoking, it will con-tinue as normal. We already know that smoking kills.
Being a smoker, I am offended by the proposition of covering half a pack of cigarettes with images of deformed mouths and black lungs, but it won’t keep me from buying my four packs a week.
Being accustomed to the aesthet-ics of the cigarette pack, I believe this will only cause people to not look at the actual pack. This may lead to the invention of a “cigarette cozy” of sorts (available in all colors and even with your favorite super hero!).
It may seem like a solid plan, but Americans are continuously bombard-ed by images of much more disgusting things already.
We all need to take a step back and reconsider what the government is
trying to do. They’re trying the same thing that Hitler did. They are trying to create a “perfect society.” An America where no one smokes. Where no one drinks. Where no one commits crime.
We need to think for ourselves, not let the government do our thinking for us. Whether or not you’re a smoker, you can still appreciate the atrocity that is the FDA’s control of tobacco.
Seth Mercado White Lake freshman
In regards to Matthew Stephens’ “The Beatles are overrated”:
To start an article with ”The Beat-les suck.” is a rather bold statement to make unless you plan to back up your premise. It seems that the article is made up of many bold statements, not very intelligent, but bold and unsup-ported nonetheless. Mr. Stephens may want to take note that if you want to make a persuasive argument, don’t talk down to your readers.
To assume you know more about music is to be ignorant to the people
who both study and play music at a professional level, including those of us who go to the same university as the author of the article. If you would like to be musically humble, Mr. Stephens, there are quite a few students that would love to talk theory, history, and general practice of music with you.
Mr. Stephens has gotten confused with how music is perceived. To com-pare the Beatles, any one of them, to Jimi Hendrix seems illogical. Yes, Hen-drix may have more technical ability, but isn’t sound more important?
It is in part, the often poor recording, intonations and subtle flaws that make the Beatles and their studio recordings masterpieces. The whole idea of sound was shown in the punk movement that followed the Beatles, the ideal that any-one could pick up an instrument and play.
The next time Mr. Stephens plans to write anything legitimate and worth-while in regards to music, I suggest he put down the pen and talk to someone who knows something more about music which, based on his article, there are lots of them on campus.
Andrew Walker Ohio sophomore
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By Luke DimickStaff Reporter
For Andrew Prueter, seeing his name placed on “CMU’s Finest” board with the 11 oth-er cadets joining the ROTC was a defining moment.
Prueter, a Walled Lake freshman, signed the contract Wednesday in Finch Field-house to become an officer in the United States Army after college.
Andrew, studying military science and criminal justice, said his decision was a recent one, but also right for him.
“It feels good to have signed a contract,” Andrew said. “I’ve done a lot of work.”
The ceremony, held in front of family, officers, instructors and fellow cadets, also solidi-fies the cadet’s scholarships, which include free tuition, books and a stipend.
Upon completion of their academic degree and the ROTC program, the group of 10 freshmen and one junior will be officers at the rank of Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. They then are committed to four years of active duty and two years in
the Army Reserves. The event was especially
significant for Tim and Kim Prueter, Andrew’s parents, who drove more than two hours to attend the ceremo-ny.
“We are very proud of him,” Kim Prueter said. “We wouldn’t have missed it for anything.”
Looking to join?Assistant Professor of Mili-
tary Science Capt. Ryan Fin-ley said there are certain re-quirements to join the ROTC program.
Cadets have to have at least a 2.5 GPA and score 60 per-
cent or higher on a three-part physical consisting of push-ups, sit-ups and a two-mile run. Cadets also must pass a medical physical examina-tion and a background check.
Nicholas Kroll, a Zeeland senior and communications officer for the ROTC, said any-one can join the ROTC pro-gram, given that they meet the requirements, even if they do not intend on entering the military after graduation.
“You can join the ROTC program for a military science major or minor and not sign a contract,” Kroll said.
Reserve officers make pledgeEleven committo joining Army after graduation
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Eleven cadets, including Madison Heights junior Casey Allison and Tecumseh junior Benjamin Murphy, stand at the ROTC
Contracting Ceremony on Wednesday in Finch Fieldhouse.
By Hilary FarrellSenior Reporter
Have an iPhone? You are in luck.
AT&T increased its net-work speed in Mount Pleas-ant.
The expansion of 3G ser-vice is a company initiative to enhance its network’s speed and performance in areas around the state, said Gavin Goetz, AT&T’s direc-tor of external affairs in Michigan.
The company added its 3G network coverage to the city Monday, said Tom Gruber, director of sales for Northern Michigan.
Those with AT&T plans should already notice their phones processing faster, Goetz said, and AT&T al-ready added 3G coverage to the Muskegon and Traverse City markets.
Jeff Wilson, manager of
Technology Operations at CMU and assistant director of Residence and Auxiliary Services, said 3G is a term for the speed of the wire-less connection.
“Basically, 3G is a speed factor,” Wilson said.
With 3G service, he said, phones can surf the Inter-net and retrieve data fast-er, as long as the phone is within its service range.
“When you’re not near a Wi-Fi port, you’re going to want to use some sort of cell transmission,” Wilson said. “(3G) just makes it faster.”
People who use iPhones and those on the AT&T net-work with BlackBerrys and wireless Internet capabili-ties will have faster speeds, Smith said.
“If you’re on AT&T, this is a pretty big deal for you,” he said.
Laptops, businesses benefit
Those who own a laptop or netbook also can ben-efit from AT&T’s increased speeds by purchasing an
aircard, Goetz said. The aircard will allow the com-puter to access AT&T’s 3G network anywhere.
Area businesses also can benefit from AT&T’s in-creased speed, said Cindy Barraza, AT&T marketing account executive.
“This goes beyond just the students — (it’s) small businesses, too,” she said.
CMu gets donationsAT&T presented dona-
tions to CMU at a press conference Thursday in AT&T’s Mount Pleasant lo-cation.
AT&T employees who donate funds to CMU can have their donation matched by the company, said Rich Juday, senior de-velopment officer for de-velopment and alumni re-lations at CMU.
“AT&T as a corporation will match any gift (given by an employee),” he said.
This program is available at other universities and schools, as well.
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Local AT&T users now get 3G serviceExpansion brings faster cell phonecoverage to area
By Lonnie AllenStaff Reporter
The new Education and Hu-man Services building is pop-ping with new technology and teaching software.
Ray Francis, interim associ-ate dean of the College of Edu-cation and Human Services, said the building is receiving all positive input.
“(There are) new classrooms, new furniture, new technology, open spaces and the routine’s different. There is a lot available here and everything is excit-ing and new for everybody,” he said.
The cost for the technological advances is $592,000, said Mike Reuter, director of technology operations.
Francis said there is so much happening for faculty, tech ses-sions are being offered during class time to teach them how to use much of the technology.
CopyCams, one of the new features, allow students to put writing materials down and fo-cus on the lecture.
The cameras in each class-room would copy what the
professor writes on the white board and automatically load them online instantly. The pro-fessor then could post the notes online for students or e-mail what information was captured without rewriting it.
The combination of CopyC-ams and RoomWizards cost $135,000.
fuLL potentiaLAnn Miller, EHS coordinator
of outreach and marketing, said the grand opening ceremony Sept. 18 is when she hopes the full potential of the building is observed.
“Right now, if you notice, when you come in the building, there is no directory. We have signs put up to direct students and visitors to the classrooms.” Miller said. “What we have planned is a 42-inch plasma
screen ADA height located at the east and west entrances of the first floor. That way, when someone comes into the build-ing, this will be the directory.”
Miller said the screens will run Newsmap, so they can have live news links for sites such as CNN, USA Today and Central Michigan Life.
“It will be touch-screen,” Mill-er said. “If someone wanted to find the dean’s office, they would touch the screen directory type in ‘dean’s office,’ and it would tell them where they had to go.”
Battle Creek senior Asher Long-Mendez said the building is not lacking any space.
“It is constructed very well — plenty of room for everybody,” Long-Mendez said. “The new technology will take time to get used to, but it is a very well or-ganized building.”
-University Editor Sarah Schuch contributed to this re-port.
EHS Building gets tech-savvyBells and whistles cost university $592,000
Tech costs for the EHS buildingw More than 400 computers: $400,000 w 27 RoomWizards and CopyCams in every room: $135,000 w 14 high-tech teaching podiums: $36,000w 5 public displays: $21,000w Total: $592,000
“Even (before its removal) it was a sign of unity. To have that back means the most,” said Chelsea Calton, Fowlerville se-nior and Sigma Lambda Gam-ma member. “It’s a big unity thing for not just my organiza-tion, but all the Greeks.”
Laughing and joking could be heard between the various groups over the sound of spray cans rattling Wednesday.
The rock will be used not only to showcase new member arrivals, but also to advertise the week each organization takes to put on informative events about its services.
“It shows that we’re unified and working together to serve CMU,” Fowkes said.
greek |continued from 3A
The flyers contained an article titled, “Wal-Mart Dis-honors America’s Civil War Dead” and another page of facts stating that Wal-Mart mistreats its employees and gives billions of dollars to China.
ResponseWithin about ten minutes
of the group’s arrival, Wal-Mart security and manage-ment informed members they had to leave.
Store manager Chris Em-mons declined to comment on the issue other than stat-ing Wal-Mart has a no solici-tation policy, which must be followed.
Once kicked off company property, the group relocated to the store’s main entrance at the corner of Encore Bou-
levard and Bluegrass Road and passed out flyers to mov-ing cars.
They held signs reading “Gravesite of the American Dream,” and “Support lo-cal biz,” which contained an upside down smiley face.
Hudsonville senior Ryan Dacey said the group passed out around 750 flyers within about 45 minutes.
“I think we got our voice out there no matter if people agreed or not,” he said. “We just want our voice to be heard.”
Mixed feedbaCkThe group’s presence
caused many people to honk their horns and cheer in sup-port — but not all the feed-back was positive.
Buck said he received death threats from passing
vehicles.“We got screamed at and
called hippies,” he said. “There were four or five peo-ple that screamed, ‘Go back to college.’”
The group dispersed after about an hour, when Isabella County Sheriff’s Deputy Mike Hosking told them the police received complaints regard-ing group members running into traffic.
“You guys have the right to do what you want but, when you start running into traffic, it becomes a problem,” he told group members.
Mount Pleasant resident Anthony Boness, who was shopping during the protest, said the group was using its constitutional rights.
“Nobody really forms to-gether anymore,” he said. “Whether good or bad, all opinions should be put out there.”
wal-mart protest |continued from 3A
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1 9 9 2 : 2 4 - 2 0 C M UIn the second game between the two teams in as many years, CMU pulled the upset again, and did so in similar fashion. Despite a closer score, the Chippewas never trailed in the game, despite MSU outrushing and outpassing them. CMU won the game with a different quarterback than in 1991 (Joe Youngblood replaced the graduated Jeff Bender).
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Michigan State scored three fourth quarter touchdowns to win its first game against Central Michigan in the series’ short history. This was the last CMU-MSU game for former CMU coach Herb Deromedi.
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Michigan State fullback Leroy McFadden had four catches for 83 yards and two touchdowns against CMU. One of the touchdowns came on a 62-yard reception. Running back Shawn Foster had a 79-yard touchdown run, and MSU finished with 500 yards of total offense.
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Michigan State took a 28-7 to halftime after a three-touchdown second quarter. CMU scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, both on punt block returns 3:32 apart to make the game seem closer than it was. CMU sophomore cornerback James King tied a Division I-A record with four punt blocks.
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CMU running back Jerry Seymour carried the ball 26 times for 164 rushing yards and a touchdown, but Michigan State controlled play for its fourth consecutive win over Central Michigan in the series. MSU led 17-0 before CMU scored.
P r e v i e w1 9 9 1 : 2 0 - 3 C M UMichigan State was co-Big Ten champion the previous year and ranked No. 19 heading into the game. CMU, a heavy underdog, never trailed during a 20-3 rout of the Spartans. Running back Billy Smith rushed 40 times for 162 yards, including a 15-yard touchdown run with less than a minute to go in the first half. That gave CMU a 7-0 lead at halftime.
Renewed Rivalryphotos courtesy of cMu athletics
College Football Hall of Fame and former CMU coach Herb Deromedi lead CMU to two upsets of Michigan State during the early 1990s.
Saturday’s game is the first of five meetings the teams will play between 2009 and 2018.
By Andrew Stover | Sports Editor
Chippewas and Spartans begin five-game series at noon Saturday
Friday, September 11, 2009 | Section B
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SportS WeekendSParty on | Find out where to park for Saturday’s game in East Lansing, 4B
[Online]MSU Livew Check out cm-life.com this weekend for a live chat and updates during the football game.
GaMe Breakdownw Sports Editor Andrew Stover breaks down the CMU/MSU matchup, 3B
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dUaL ThreaTw MSU has two quarter-backs that could see play-ing time Saturday, 3B
BUrninG QUeSTionSw Get to know freshman Tim Phillips, 3B
By Dave JonesSenior Reporter
Offense is a big focus for the CMU football team heading into Saturday’s game against in-state rival Michigan State.
The Chippewas managed just 182 yards of total offense — 108 passing and 74 rushing — in their 19-6 loss last Satur-day against Arizona.
“I’m excited to see how well we respond offensively, as we’ve challenged our players,” said coach Butch Jones.
Kickoff is set for noon at Spar-tan Stadium in East Lansing.
Jones said the offense prides itself on its execution and ad-mitted it fell short on that Sat-
urday.“We left way
too many plays out there and we can’t do that,” he said. “We have to get back to the fundamentals and execute our offense.”
Michigan State defeated Montana State 44-3 Saturday in its opener.
Pressing defenseThe Chippewas’ offense will
have to deal with a sizable de-fense anchored by linebacker Greg Jones in the middle.
Jones said the key to a suc-cessful day is keeping the of-fense in manageable down situations. He said first and second downs are key.
Senior quarterback Dan LeFevour completed 18-of-31 passes for 108 yards against Arizona, but MSU coach Mike Dantonio said he will see a bet-ter performance by LeFevour on Saturday.
“He got pressure from the four-man front and they threw some different coverages at him,” he said. “You have got to credit Arizona but, at the same time, you have got to know that’s not the same guy you’ve been watching throughout the spring and into the summer. I’m sure he’ll get his game to-gether.”
Junior wide receiver Kito Po-blah said creating separation between himself and defend-ers is key.
“That’s one thing we’ve been
Butch Jones
A oFFenSe key| 2B
Offense key Saturday against Big Ten foe
In 1991, oddsmakers did not release a point-spread for the Michigan State-Central Michigan football game.
The previous year, Michigan State finished its Big Ten schedule 6-2, tied with three other teams for first
in the conference. The Spartans were ranked No. 18 in the preseason heading into its season opener, the first ever game played between two schools less than 70 miles apart.
It was supposed to be a rout.But on that day, the Chippewas shocked the college foot-
ball world and the state of Michigan. CMU running back Billy Smith ran the ball 40 times for 162 yards and a touch-down en route to a 20-3 upset. The Chippewas never trailed in the game.
“It made a statement,” said former CMU football coach Herb Deromedi. “It was a major upset, and that certainly brought recognition to the program.”
A year later, CMU did the unthinkable. No longer being looked over, the team went into Spartan Stadium and beat MSU again. The Chippewas never trailed in the 24-20 win.
TaiLGaTinGw Know where to park at Spartan Stadium, 4B
“Everyone talks about the ‘91 game,” Deromedi said. “But the ‘92 game is the team that really overcame a tremen-dous challenge.”
And now, the inner-state rivalry is rekindled with a noon kickoff Saturday at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing.
“Obviously the fans are excited,” said CMU coach Butch Jones. “And you get to play a program of the caliber, or lev-el, of Michigan State.”
Michigan State won the last four
meetings. In 1993, it broke its two-game losing streak to CMU with a 48-34 win. MSU won 38-7 in 1998, 35-21 in 2001 and 24-7 in 2004. All six games were played at Spartan Stadium.
The game is nationally televised on ESPN2, something Jones said adds to the game.
“Anytime you get to play in front of 76,000 people, I think that makes it ex-citing as well,” he said.
familiar tiesBoth teams have a heavy contingent
of in-state players on its roster. CMU has 53 players from the state of Michi-gan, while MSU has 59.
A number of the student athletes were recruited by both schools.
“We’re very familiar with them, as they are with us,” Jones said. “A lot of players (from each team) know each other.”
Sophomore tight end David Black-
burn lives in Detroit and went to War-ren De La Salle High School.
“It’s probably one of the biggest games, not just because it’s the next game, but because it’s (Michigan) State,” he said.
And the in-state ties mean a bigger showing of support for a number of the athletes.
“My whole family is coming. I
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OffensePos.No. Name ClassQB 8 Kirk Cousins So. 7 Keith Nichol So. RB 24 Caulton Ray RFr. 4 Edwin Baker Fr. 22 Larry Caper Fr.WR 25 Blair White Sr. 3 B.J. Cunningham So. 2 Mark Dell Jr.TE 83 Charlie Gantt Jr. 88 Brian Linthicum So. 80 Dion Sims Fr.LT 57 Rocco Cironi Sr.LG 67 Joel Foreman So.C 66 John Stipek Sr.RG 77 J’Michael Deane Jr.RT 64 Brendon Moss Sr.
DefensePos.No. Name ClassDE 58 Trevor Anderson Jr. 54 David Rolf So.DT 99 Jerel Worthy RFr. 92 Ishmyl Johnson So.MLB 53 Greg Jones Jr.OLB 34 Brandon Denson Sr. OLB 10 Chris Norman Fr. CB 29 Chris L. Rucker Jr. 9 Jeremy Ware Sr. S 40 Roderick Jenrette Jr. 39 Trenton Robinson So.
OffensePos.No. Name ClassQB 13 Dan LeFevour Sr.RB 2 Bryan Schroeder So. 5 Tim Phillips Fr.WR 27 Antonio Brown Jr. 7 Bryan Anderson Sr. 1 Kito Poblah Jr.TE 82 David Blackburn So.LT 73 Jake Olson RFr.LG 66 Jeff Maddux Jr.C 63 Colin Miller Jr.RG 64 Allen Ollenburger Sr.RT 78 Rocky Weaver So.
DefensePos.No. Name ClassDE 98 Frank Zombo Sr. 15 Sam Williams Sr.DT 41 John Williams So. 54 Sean Murnane Jr.MLB 46 Matt Berning Jr.OLB 43 Nick Bellore Jr.OLB 17 Tim Brazzel Sr.CB 19 Josh Gordy Sr. 31 Kirkston Edwards Sr.S 31 Eric Fraser Sr. 9 Bobby Seay Jr. 40 John Carr So. 44 Dannie Bolden So.
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photo courtesty of Msu athleticsThe Chippewas are 2-4 all time in Spartan Stadium. The stadium holds 75,005 people.
practicing on,” he said. “They (MSU defensive backs) press up, so we’re going to have to use our technique to get open.”
UP frontJones said he was happy with
how the offensive line played against Arizona.
Redshirt freshman tackle Jake Olson and sophomore tackle Rocky Weaver made their first collegiate starts at the position.
“I was pleased (with the play of the offensive line),” Jones said. “Obviously, we have to shore some things up in that group but, in that first game, I though we made strides as a group and a unit.”
CMU gained 74 yards on the ground and was led by junior wide receiver Antonio Brown, who finished with 31 yards. Montana State man-aged 62 rushing yards against the Spartans’ defense.
the other sideMichigan State platooned
two quarterbacks — sopho-mores Keith Nichol and Kirk Cousins — who combined for five touchdown passes and 318 passing yards.
But in their season opener, the Chippewas’ pass defense held Arizona and sophomore quarterback Mike Scott, mak-ing his first collegiate start, to 202 passing yards.
The defense earned praise from Dantonio.
“They played extremely hard,” he said. “And they re-turn (10) guys and seem very well tied together.”
Jones said he feels his team will be ready for the combina-tion of Nichol and Cousins.
“There’s a lot of similarities,” he said. “And they don’t change much. I thought they both did great jobs of managing and running their offense.”
offenSe key | continued from 1B
ProfileRan 12 times
for 71 yards in his first career start last week. Still holding off true freshmen Capers and Baker.
Why to WatchWith MSU’s multiple tight
end sets and young quarter-backs, expect CMU to get a heavy dose of the run game.
ProfileSharing time
with sopho-more Keith Nichol, he went 10-of-17 for 183 yards and three scores against Montana State.
Why to WatchCousins will mostly line up
under center, not in the spread. CMU is more accustomed to defending the spread.
ProfileThe Co-Big
Ten Defensive Player of the Year led the team with 14 tackles and 1.5 sacks in its Week 1 win.
Why to WatchJones will be all over the
place. He is MSU’s main cog to stop the run, and he will blitz on a number of occasions.
ProfileL e F e v o u r
threw 108 yards against Ari-zona without a touchdown. He ran for just 18 yards on nine carries.
Why to WatchIf CMU has any chance to
win, it is because LeFevour had a bounce-back game at Spar-tan Stadium.
ProfileBrown was
benched to start the open-er and had a fumble. He finished with 54 total yards from scrimmage.
Why to WatchBrown has the speed and abil-
ity to separate that can get MSU in penalty trouble, as Chris L. Rucker was in last week.
ProfileBellore and
Matt Berning tied with eight tackles, two solo against Arizona.
Why to WatchHe will face a team with
plenty of depth in the back-field, and he will have extra coverage responsibilties with MSU’s use of its tight ends.
in-State rival |continued from 1B
have a ton of friends that go to State. They’re going to be watching,” Blackburn said. “It will be a one-in-a-lifetime experience for me.”
Blackburn also will be around when CMU plays Michigan State in 2011 at Spartan Stadium and in 2012 at Kelly/Shorts Stadium.
“That (home) game will be even better than playing at their place,” he said.
As part of the new “Celebrate
the State” series, the Chippewas will play the Spartans four more times after this year. CMU will be on the road in 2011, 2015 and 2018; home in 2012.
Deromedi said many parts of the university will benefit from the series.
“It’s something that excites not only our campus, but our alumni, and it certainly provides a tremendous op-portunity for our football program,” he said.
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By Andrew StoverSports Editor
Michigan State will showcase a versatile of-fense when it plays CMU noon Saturday at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing.
While most teams run a spread offense or more of a pro-style offense, MSU will use both. That has a lot to do with the two quarter-backs — sophomores Kirk Cousins and Keith Nichol — it will employ against the Chippewas.
“As long as we get good quarterback play, that’s a positive,” said MSU coach Mark Dantonio. “These guys are both young play-ers — they need experi-ence.”
Cousins started in MSU’s 44-3 win over Montana State and completed 10-of-17 passes for 183 yards and three touchdowns. He is more of a pocket-passer when compared to Nichol.
Nichol, who transferred from Oklahoma, also saw a large portion of playing time, going 9-of-18 for 135 yards and two touchdowns. He ran for 18 yards on four rushes.
CMU coach Butch Jones said both quarterbacks are ca-pable of running the offense.
“They managed the football game extremely well,” he said. “They made plays, and they ran their offense.”
stay tightThe Spartans were ex-
pected to use three tight ends regularly this season, and all three made an im-pact in the first game.
Junior Charlie Gantt (6 feet 5 inches, 248 pounds), had one catch for 15 yards. Sophomore Brian Linthi-cum (6 feet 5 inches, 245 pounds), who transferred from Clemson, had three catches for 26 yards and a touchdown. True freshman Dion Sims (6 feet 5 inch-es, 268 pounds) had two catches for 32 yards and a touchdown.
Junior safety Bobby Seay took notice of the size and athleticism of MSU’s mul-tiple tight ends.
“They have some very athletic tight ends with a
little speed on them,” he said. “It’s just a dou-ble-threat.”
M S U ’ s tight ends figure to factor into the run
game. The Spartans ran the ball 40 times against the Bobcats, compared to 35 passes. Those numbers could have been skewed, however, by the large lead the Spartans had for much of the game.
Jones said the team would like to get more players in the box to stop the run when two tight ends are in the game, but the team has to be cautious.
“You try to get your safe-ties involved,” he said. “But you have to be disciplined because, all of the sudden, here comes a play-action.”
Although CMU held Ari-zona junior tight end A.J. Simmons to two catches last week, one was a 21-yard reception off of a play-action in the first quarter. Simmons was starting in place of injured preseason All-American junior Rob Gronkowski.
less familiarThe defense is more fa-
miliar with defending the spread offense rather than the pro-style offense be-cause of what it sees in practice.
“Our offense runs the spread, so we see it every day,” Seay said. “Most the spread offenses are con-nected in all their schemes, so one spread offense is re-ally easy to connect to an-other one.”
The variety of personnel packages MSU uses, in-cluding the multiple tight end sets, makes the Spar-tans harder to prepare for, Jones said.
“Playing with a fullback and using tight ends … and in the next snap they’re in four-wide (receiver sets). It challenges you,” he said.
Last year, Michigan State operated primarily in a pro-style offense, where running back Javon Ringer was the focal point of the offense.
Ringer and former quar-terback Brandon Hoyer both graduated and have roster sports in the NFL.
MSU to unleash two quarterbacks
BUrning QUeStionS | Meet freshman Tim Phillips
By tim ottuschAssistant Sports Editor
Assistant Sports Editor Tim Ottusch sat down with freshman running back Tim Phillips from Louisville, Ky. Phillips saw action in his first collegiate game against Arizona, rushing for eight yards on two carries.
Tim Ottusch: How was it playing your first collegiate game in Arizona?
Tim Phillips: It was really fun. I love the fans and the
a d v e r -sity that you get w h e n you go i n t o an op-p o s i n g t e a m’s
stadium. I loved it, it was fun.
TO: What do you like to do in off days?
TP: Sleep. Get as much sleep as I can, resting my body and my mind.
TO: What your favorite class at CMU so far?
TP: My math class. Just because I like to figure out equations and there are dif-ferent ways of solving num-bers. There are different steps you need to take to solve equalities and inequal-ities, things of that nature.
TO: What do you plan on majoring in?
TP: Right now, I’m tak-ing Intro to Engineering. So, I’m just seeing how that goes and I’ll make my deci-sion after that.
TO: What do you hope to
accomplish on the field this sea-son?
TP: Just k n o w i n g my as-signments w h e n e v e r I get in the game. And going 100 percent and ex-ecuting.
TO: What is your pregame routine?
TP: To be honest, I don’t have one. I really don’t. I just
try to get myself in the zone mentally.
TO: What’s your favorite movie?
TP: Apocalypto, (directed) by Mel Gibson. It’s a story of a Native American that has to save his family from a group of outside Indians that came and took over his village. He has to save his family all by himself. It’s just the strength and the self pride and having the strength to save what he has left.
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Cousins, Nichol both will see action Saturday
Mark Dantonio
Sports Editor Andrew Sto-ver breaks down CMU’s noon matchup with Michigan State at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing.
QUarterbacksDespite passing for just 108
yards without a touchdown against Arizona in the season opener, CMU quarterback Dan LeFevour still has the skills that scare MSU coach Mark Danto-nio. MSU sophomore quarter-backs Kirk Cousins and Keith Nichol combined to throw for 318 yards and five touch-downs against Montana State. But there is a big difference between Arizona’s defense and that of Montana State.
ADVANTAGE: CMU. Despite his Week 1 struggles, LeFevour still is the best quarterback at Spartan Stadium on Saturday.
rUnning backsMSU used seven different
running backs in its season opener, but Dantonio said the competition is likely down to three or four. Redshirt fresh-man Caulton Ray had the most carries of any Spartan with 12 rushes for 71 yards. True fresh-men Larry Caper and Edwin Baker had the sec-ond and third most carries for MSU, with seven and eight, respectively. Against Arizona, Bryan Schroeder led CMU run-ning backs with 5 carries for 15 yards.
ADVANTAGE: MSU. The Spartans’ top end talent trumps CMU’s top runners, but the advantage is very ap-parent when comparing the depth MSU possesses. While MSU used seven backs, CMU wide receiver Antonio Brown led the Chippewas in rushing yards with 31.
cmU offensive line vs. arizona defensive front seven
CMU coach Butch Jones said the offensive line was a strength against Arizona, and he said he was pleased with the early signs shown by new starting tackles Jake Olson and Rocky Weaver. But Ari-zona stayed somewhat con-servative, and did not bring too many extra men on blitz-es. Olson will be challenged again by another talented defensive end, junior Trevor Anderson. But the key to the MSU defense is middle line-backer Greg Jones, the pre-season co-Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year. Not only does Jones play a role against
the run, but MSU utilizes him in blitz packages. Jones had 14.5 tackles for loss last sea-son.
ADVANTAGE: MSU. The Chippewas’ offensive line shows promise and, by mid-season, it could be a force. But, for now, a big defensive line with an edge presence to go along with Greg Jones gives MSU the edge.
msU offensive line vs. cmU defensive front seven
CMU’s defensive line played a sound first game against Arizona. But still, the Wild-cats ran for 246 yards on the ground. Arizona used a huge size advantage to push around a smaller defensive line at the line of scrimmage. MSU can do the same. Jones said the one difference between MSU and Arizona was size. Arizona may be faster, but MSU has proto-typical Big Ten size.
ADVANTAGE: MSU. Even with starting center Joel Nitch-man out with a left knee in-jury, MSU’s starting offensive line should be able to control the line of scrimmage. CMU junior linebackers Nick Bel-lore and Matt Berning, who both recorded eight tackles in the opener, will have a busy day against a deep stable of running backs.
cmU Wide receivers vs. msU secondary
CMU wide receivers failed to gain any separation against Devin Ross and the Arizona secondary. While MSU has depth at this posi-tion as well, they may not have the pure athleti-cism. Junior cornerback Chris L. Rucker, sup-posed to lead the secondary this season, was flagged twice for pass interference against Montana State. CMU’s Anto-nio Brown, Bryan Anderson and Kito Poblah pose a much bigger threat.
ADVANTAGE: CMU. Brown missed the start of the season opener because of disciplinary reasons and later fumbled a ball during a punt return. Do not expect that to happen again. Brown breaks out, and Anderson will contribute.
msU Wide receivers vs. cmU secondary
Blair White leads a reliable crop of receivers, which in-cludes B.J. Cunningham and Mark Dell. But what might be
harder to defend is the way MSU utilizes its tight ends.
Three tight ends factor into the Spartans’ gameplan. Junior Charlie Gantt team up with sophomore Brian Linthicum and true freshman Dion Sims to create mismatches across the field. All three tight ends are 6 feet 5 inches, and it allows MSU to use the spread or the pro-style of-fense. CMU’s s e c o n d a r y looked much i m p r o v e d against Ari-zona, but Michigan State will provide an even bigger test than Arizona.
ADVANTAGE: MSU. The Spartans have different ways to spread the field and stretch the middle. An athletic tight end can really spread out a defense. MSU has three of them.
coachingAfter compiling an 18-17 re-
cord at Cincinnati over three years, Dantonio is 17-10 in his two years at MSU. He has been to two consecutive bowl games and is turning MSU into a legit-imate Big Ten threat every year. This could be a statement game for Jones and CMU against a winning Big Ten program.
ADVANTAGE: MSU. Danto-nio’s resume speaks for itself. He has brought MSU to a level his predecessors could not do.
intangiblesMSU has home field advan-
tage, but CMU is just 70 miles away. While Michigan State is favored by two touchdowns, this is a game CMU has had circled since the summer. Both teams have a number of home-state players involved, and many know about CMU’s back-to-back wins at Spartan Stadium in 1991 and 1992.
ADVANTAGE: Even. If MSU wins this game, it will not be because of home-field advan-tage. CMU has nothing to lose and everything to gain.
PredictionMichigan State is still a
Big Ten team, probably the third-best at the moment. LeFevour and the offense will need to be a lot more productive this week, and the defense will have to find a way to defend MSU’s multiple offensive styles. That may be too tough to accomplish. CMU can slow the Spartans down, but the Chippewas are not sneaking up on anyone.
MSU 24, CMU 10
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4B || Friday, Sept. 11, 2009 || Central Michigan Life cm-life.com/category/sports[SportS weekend]
The opening week of college football was one of my favorite moments in
2007.The University of Michigan essen-
tially paid to bring Appalachian State into the Big House in Ann Arbor to beat up on them in the early season.
But things did not work out that way.The Mountaineers put up a tougher
test than U of M might have expected. In the final seconds, lining up for a 20-yard, game-winning field goal, the Wolverines’ kick was blocked by ASU safety Corey Lynch, who recovered the ball as time expired for a 34-32 win.
It was the first time in NCAA history a ranked Bowl Championship Series team — Michigan was ranked No. 5 — was defeated by a Bowl Subdivision team.
BUT...The Wolverines did not let it ruin
their season. They went on to defeat Heisman quarterback Tim Tebow and No. 9 Florida on New Year’s Day in the 2008 Citrus Bowl.
So take note of CMU’s 19-6 opening-week loss to Arizona and relax. The first week means almost nothing.
Besides, a truer test is coming tomor-row in Michigan State.
19 to 6?The offense was stifled. It’s as simple
as that. Even coach Butch Jones said the of-
fense left a number of plays out on the field.
The Chippewas managed just 182 yards, including the 108 through the air by senior quarterback Dan LeFevour.
It’s no secret the amount of hype that followed LeFevour into the season. I even read an article that referred to him as Tebow “Lite,” since both quar-terbacks know how to get it done with their legs as well as arm.
But after the Arizona loss last week, another article on the same Web site said LeFevour no longer deserves the title.
Why? Because a Mid-American Conference team lost to the Pac 10? Be-cause a quarterback had a tough game? Because an offense was overmatched?
Like those things have never hap-pened before.
Just think back to Michigan-Appa-
lachian State in 2007. The Wolverines came back from that Week 1 loss to beat up Florida — and Tebow “Regular” — on New Year’s Day.
A truer testYou can’t fully judge CMU as a team
after the loss in Arizona.Those Wildcats are good and fast ...
really fast. The Pac 10 is a conference which turns out players that challenge Corvettes for speed.
Give CMU an in-state team. Let’s match up size with size and leave the speed in Mountain and Pacific Coast Time.
Michigan State and Central are two teams primarily made up of players who grew up in Michigan and played Michigan high school football, where they played a similar game.
It’s going to be a size vs. size match-up to replace the size vs. blazing speed that was showcased last week in Arizona.
CMU has a one-game winning streak against Big Ten teams — thank you, In-diana — and has a history of wins over MSU in the early 90s.
The Spartans are big and so are the Chippewas. CMU has its fast guys, as does MSU.
Regardless, Saturday will provide the fans with a better idea of where this team is at as opposed to last week in Arizona.
Dave JonesSenior Reporter
Poor start to season doesn’t tell all
By Mara kierenStaff Reporter
Most students finally get to encounter a showdown between CMU and Michigan State this weekend.
Since MSU is a one-hour drive from CMU, many will make their way to East Lan-sing on Saturday morning to enjoy the game.
Rochester Hills junior Jeff Neiter plans to go to MSU for the first time and meet with old friends from high school.
“I have never been to State, and I hear that the tailgates there get pretty crazy,” said Neiter.
Others plan to meet up with their Michigan State-oriented family and friends.
Caitlin Niewiadomski, a Grant junior, plans to leave
Mount Pleasant around 9 a.m., head to tailgate with her sister and parents and attend the football game before re-turning to CMU.
“I have been looking for-ward to this game because this is a big rivalry between my school and my sister’s school, and my parents are even coming to tailgate with us,” Niewiadomski said.
Hopkins senior Nick Prawdzik also is making his way to Michigan State to cele-brate with his best friend, Dan, who attends school at MSU.
Prawdzik said he is most looking forward to CMU beat-ing the Spartans so he can rub it in their fans’ faces.
Although MSU is favored by 14.5 points, not everyone thinks it will be an easy game.
“Central was a very good team
last year, and they will most definitely be giving State a run for their money this weekend. It won’t be just a piece of cake game,” Niewiadomski said.
In 2012, CMU and MSU will have a rematch at Kelly/Shorts Stadium.
Niewiadomski said she is excited because she is certain she will still be working on her bachelor’s degree when that game takes place.
Although Prawdzik said he will be a CMU alumnus at that point, he plans to attend that game.
“I’m really excited that a big school will come here for a change. That tailgate will be epic; especially if the tail-gate rules go back to normal,” Neiter said.
Many heading to East Lansing for football game
Western MichigAn At indiAnA, noon sAturdAy
Senior quarterback Tim Hiller and the Western Michi-gan Broncos look to rebound from their 31-7 loss against Michigan last week when they play Saturday at Indiana.
The Hoosiers will be West-ern’s second consecutive Big Ten opponent.
The two teams meet for the second time in three years. The Broncos lost the last meeting to Indiana, 37-27 in Kalama-zoo, but Hiller threw for 343 yards in the game.
Hiller completed 22-of-38 passes for 259 yards last week against Michigan, but West-ern was held to 38 yards rush-ing. Indiana only managed 73 yards on the ground in its 19-13 win over Eastern Kentucky.
Pittsburgh At buffAlo, noon sAturdAy
The University at Buffalo won its opener against the University of Texas-El Paso using a balanced attack on of-fense with 150 yards rushing and 159 yards passing.
The Bulls face Pittsburgh,
a Big East team, Saturday at home. The Panthers also come into the game 1-0 after beat-ing Youngstown State 38-3 last week.
Pittsburgh quarterback Bill Stull led the team to a 27-16 win against Buffalo last sea-son.
Freshman quarterback Tino Sunseri, who threw for 81 yards and touchdown off the bench last week in his college debut, will get playing time in a rotation with Stull.
Compiled by staff reporter Josh Berenter.
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Broncos travel to Indiana
CMU’s 19-6 loss to Arizona does not damper expectations
Your guide to parking in East LansingPhoto Courtesy of Msu AthLetiCs
Parking lots on campus open at 7 a.m. and will close three hours after the game is over..
By Aaron McMannStaff Reporter
Tailgating is a popular part of the football game experi-ence at CMU.
Throw in a game on the schedule less than 70 miles away, and what is supposed to be a road showdown could feel right at home.
The CMU football team will travel to East Lansing to play the Michigan State Spartans on Saturday for the first time
in five years and, judging from ticket sales, fans will follow.
“We have sold out our al-lotment of 2,000 tickets,” said Sports Information Director Jason Kaufman.
Despite CMU selling a lim-ited amount of tickets, more than 2,000 are expected to make the trip from Mount Pleasant.
The biggest public lot, which also is the closest to the sta-dium, but is non-alcoholic, is south of Munn Ice Arena and
costs $20. Parking lots north of the railroad tracks, off Trow-bridge Road, are $15, while lots south of the tracks are $10. For those with RVs and campers, parking is available in lot 92 on Service Road for $30. A shuttle will run from Lot 89 at the cor-ner of Mt. Hope and Farm Lane roads and cost $3 roundtrip.
Parking lots will open at 7 a.m. and close three hours af-ter the game.
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Central Michigan Life || Friday, Sept. 11, 2009 || 5B
By Jacob LougheedStaff Reporter
The field hockey team will face its first Mid-American Conference opponent of the season today.
The Chippewas will start the two-game weekend against the Miami RedHawks at 3 p.m. The team faces Northwestern, a Big Ten op-ponent, at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Miami is 0-3 and has been outscored 13-1 in the first three games.
“I always think that Mi-ami’s strength is their of-fense,” said coach Cristy
F r e e s e . “They have a very good p a s s i n g game and they tend to gener-ate a lot of shots on goal. I think it will be a
good match-up with Miami because they are always a good team.”
Sophomore Paulina Lee said the RedHawks’ record coming into this weekend is irrelevant.
“Each game is that team’s chance to start over again,” Lee said. “Who knows what they have been working on, but we need to treat them
like they (are) undefeated.”Last season, the Chippe-
was and RedHawks played two times, splitting the sea-son series. The visiting team won both games.
“I don’t think that is a big factor,” Freese said. “Both teams are used to traveling and it is not like it is a home football game. We know we need to get this game on Fri-day, no doubt. Being a con-ference game, it is crucial and our opening MAC game is a must be a win for us.”
the WildcAtsFreese said she thinks
Northwestern has potential to be one of the nation’s top teams.
“Northwestern is a very good passing team,” she said. “They really challenge you to play together, be-
cause they will pass and they will pass quickly. They also have a new coach, Tracey Fuchs, who is as decorated of a coach as you will find.”
Fuchs, who won the 2001 NCAA title as an associate coach at the University of Michigan and competed as an Olympic field hockey player, has her team ranked No. 21 in the country.
CMU split its first two games of the season, defeat-ing Colgate 3-0 and losing to Rider by the same score.
Lee said she is excited to send a message to Miami and the rest of the MAC con-ference.
“We are ready to go down to Ohio and show everyone in the MAC that we are ready to go this year,” she said.
By Matt ValinskiStaff Reporter
Senior forward Amanda Waugh said the CMU soccer team’s confidence is high de-spite three consecutive losses.
“Even though we are com-ing off three losses, the think-ing isn’t that we just lost three times,” Waugh said. “It is that we played three really good teams and competed with all of them. That really set us up for upcoming games.”
The Chippewas (2-3) look to end the slide with two home games this weekend, begin-ning with Valparaiso at 11:30 a.m. today at the CMU Soccer Complex. Illinois State comes to town at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Coach Tom Anagnost said with such a young team, he wants his players playing the game the way they are taught.
“Confidence is important; our women believing in what we are doing,” he said. “We have a real young team, so we don’t want them out there be-ing afraid to make mistakes.”
Valparaiso won two of its last three games, including 3-2 over Ball State on Sept. 3.
“Looking at how they have done leading up to this, we’re not going to take them light-ly at all,” Waugh said. “They played some good teams and
had some good results.”The Crusaders are led of-
fensively by its freshmen class, which scored five of their six goals.
Freshman Luisa Desario earned the Horizon League Player of the Week after scor-ing twice against Ball State last week.
But Anagnost said the key to winning is if CMU can pen-etrate Valparaiso’s defense, which tackles well.
“They put a lot of players behind the ball, kind of like a defense-first mentality,” he said.
In net for the Crusaders will be senior Mele Cabral, who made a career-high 15 saves in Valparaiso’s last game against No. 14 Purdue.
She also is Valparaiso’s ca-reer leader in goals against
average, allowing less than a goal per game (.78).
the redbirdsIllinois State, the coaches’
preseason pick to win the Mis-souri Valley Conference, visits Sunday in Mount Pleasant for a non-conference game.
One of the players CMU will have to control is senior Amanda Wisniewski, who scored a hat trick the last time CMU and ISU met two sea-sons ago. ISU won the Sept. 7, 2007, game 3-0.
The Redbirds, like Val-paraiso, have already defeated one MAC team this season — Northern Illinois 1-0 on Sept. 6. ISU will play Michigan State on Friday before coming to Mount Pleasant.
Soccer to hostValparaiso;Illinois State
File photo by NeiL BLAke
The soccer team hosts Valparaiso and Illinois State this weekend.
Conference opener for field hockeyTeam faces Miami and Northwestern this weekend
Cristy Freese
File photoSophomore Paulina Lee has two shots on the season.
Team stays confident despite three-game slide
