By Sienna Monczunski Staff Reporter Students of all cultures crowded the Bovee Universi- ty Center Auditorium to hear Ron Freeman speak on his experiences with civil rights. Freeman is 1968 Olym- pic medalist and advocate of global education. The event, entitled “Black Gold,” was sponsored by the Mul- ticultural Education Center, Student Budget Allocation Committee, King/Chavez/ Parks Visiting Professor Pro- gram, and Alpha Phi Alpha. About 65 people attended Halfway through his speech, Freeman presented a video of the day in Mexico City where he ran the second leg of the 4x400 relay in 43.2 seconds — one of the fastest times ever. The audience responded with laughter at Freeman’s distance in the race com- pared to his competitors. “When we arrived in Mex- ico City we felt we had to demonstrate,” he said. “We had our white brothers and sisters in our meetings with us. We in our hearts want- ed to make a statement to America that we are some- body and we need to be re- spected.” Freeman said they weren’t running to win a medal, but to get on the victory stand to make their statement “prop- er.” He emphasized the im- portance of traveling out- side the U.S. and becoming global leaders in education. He also identified a few less- er known black history facts. “We need to see that Black History Month is just not about black history, it’s about American history, which is world history because we are the embodiment of the melting pot of cultures,” Freeman said. All of the proceeds from Freeman’s speeches go to his school and foundation in Guinea. He calls his im- provements to Guinea his “spiritual mission.” SportS| Men’S baSketball to play at nIU WedneSday, 4b Actors ready for to open ‘Fat Pig’ this week, 3A [cm-life.com] Students share experiences adjusting to campus, 1B Mount Pleasant, Mich. 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A 52-year-old Mount Pleasant man was pronounced dead at the scene. sara winkler/assistant photo editor Chair of the Excellence in Teaching Award Committee Holly Hoffman, left, surprises man- agement instructor Kayla Slezak, far right, with an Award of Excellence as she begins her MGT 258 class on the second floor of Grawn Hall. Slezak and three other faculty members were awarded out of an original 179 who were nominated. INSIDE w Gold medalist talks at Soup and Substance, 3B By Maria Amante Senior Reporter CMU will simplify its pay sys- tem May 1 when employees will no longer be able to receive their payment in the form of checks. A notice was attached to all university employee paychecks last week saying employees who have not signed up for direct de- posit by May 1 will receive the CMU Money Card. Mary Hill, assistant control- ler of Financial Services, said the move is “cost effective” and eliminates much of the behind- the-scenes work her office is re- sponsible for. She said the cost of producing a check is higher than produc- ing an electronic payment and paper checks are more labor intensive, as they involve recon- ciliation and distribution. “When employees don’t cash those checks and they sit idle, we have a legal requirement to follow up ... (eventually) we need to do more work to get the money off our books and send it back to the state of Michigan,” Hill said. Those are some of several is- sues eliminated by the move to electronic payments. Hill said electronic payments also elimi- nates the problem of check fraud and employees losing checks. Out of 2,600 faculty and staff employees, 33 people — or about 1 percent — receive pa- per checks. Of student employ- ees, 1,100 people of 7,300 — or about 15 percent — receive pa- per paychecks, Hill said. Rochester Hills freshman Ra- chel Boreo works on campus and uses direct deposit. She likes the current system because she doesn’t have to worry about going to the bank. “I know I wouldn’t remem- ber to take it (to the bank),” she said. “It’s easier for me. It’s good they’re not wasting paper.” Jessi VanToll, a Westland ju- nior, worked in a Residence Hall restaurant last year and said when she was hired, “(the man- ager) pretty much made me (sign up for direct deposit).” “They told me, ‘You need to do this,’” she said. “At first I was hesitant, but it’s convenient and I ended up enjoying (direct de- posit).” [email protected] CMU will end paper checks in May Direct deposit, money card to be only options Freeman shares experiences with civil rights A SPEAKER | 2A By Michael L. Hoffman Student Life Editor The new Events Center is going to “get sleazy” when Ke$ha comes to town Fri- day. Hip-hop singer Ke$ha will be the first performer to play at CMU’s new Events Center, along with her opening act Beardo. CMU Program Board Pres- ident Steve Lewis said the doors will open at 6 p.m. and that the show will begin at 8 p.m. The Al- legan senior said he has heard posi- tive reactions to Ke$ha’s trip to Mount Pleasant. “There are people still asking for tick- ets,” he said. “It is sold out, but we have a few more to give away.” He said once Program Board’s Facebook page has 1,700 “likes” two tickets will be given away and then two for every hundred more. Manton graduate student Karlie Powell waited for more than 13 hours to buy her ticket when they went on sale in December. “I am super pumped,” Powell said. “I really love Ke$ha’s music. It’s really feel-good, laid-back party music.” She said she is most ex- cited for the concert be- cause the singer has called her shows “dance parties” and Powell said she’s ready to dance. She also said she thinks Ke$ha is a great first act to bring to the Events Center’s McGuirk Arena. “I think it is a really cool thing, it’s going to go down in history,” she said. Student Activities Coordi- nator Damon Brown said it will be a great experience for students, and he was look- ing forward to see how they take it all in. “This is going to be a great day for students,” Brown said. “To experience the first concert in the Events Cen- Reaction high for Ke$ha’s show Friday Ke$ha Tickets still available through giveaways A KE$HA | 2A By Ben Harris Staff Reporter Professors who demonstrate they care about teaching their students are not going unno- ticed at CMU. Four faculty members were awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award for their ex- ceptional teaching within the last week. Assistant professors Jeffrey Bean and Robert Fanning of the English language and litera- ture department, and instruc- tor Lori-Ann Pietrandrea Bissell of communication disorders, were presented with their awards Feb. 17. Kayla Slezak, management instructor, was given her award Tuesday. Kevin Love, former chairman of the department of manage- ment, said Slezak was the best hire he made in his term. “It really shows what some- one who is young but dedi- cated to the profession can do for students,” he said. “She’ll do whatever it takes to help them.” The professors were given the award while they were teaching class. They were sur- prised with balloons, a letter and a monetary award. Love said every one of the winners is outstanding. Bean said he was pleasantly surprised. “It was a huge honor,” he said. “I’m teaching something I care a lot about, so it was nice to be recognized.” The nominees were chosen by a group of professors work- ing through the Excellence in Teaching Committee out of the Faculty Center for Innova- tive Teaching. Vermontville sophomore MacKensye Ancona, who vol- unteers with the group, said the initiative has a great cause. “I just thought it was a really great opportunity to give back to the professors,” she said. “Being in (the) selection com- mittee is really nice and a great way to thank the professors that give their all when they teach.” A student committee Faculty recognized for excellence Surprised in class with awards, letters, balloons A FACULTY | 2A Mount Pleasant man dies in accident on High Street By Jake Bolitho Metro Editor A Mount Pleasant man was killed in a car-pedestri- an accident at the intersec- tion of High Street and Wat- son Road Tuesday evening. The 52-year-old man was crossing at the intersection when he was hit by a dark- colored Chevy truck, travel- ing east on High Street, said Mount Pleasant Police Sgt. Andy Latham. Emergency personnel were called to the scene shortly after 7 p.m. The pedestrian was pro- nounced dead at the scene and the driver of the truck was identified by police as a 16-year-old Mount Pleas- ant resident. Latham said it did not ap- pear alcohol or drugs were a factor in the accident. It has yet to be determined if the driver was traveling over the posted speed limit or too fast for winter condi- tions, he said. The names of the pedes- trian and driver were not released as police were still working to notify family members. An autopsy will likely be performed tomor- row, Latham said. The truck was left inop- erable after the accident. High Street and Wat- son Road were closed to through traffic while police investigated the accident. Michigan State Police assisted with the accident reconstruction, along with the Isabella County Sher- iff’s Department and CMU Police Department. Mount Pleasant firefighters and Mobile Medical Response was also at the scene. [email protected]
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By Sienna MonczunskiStaff Reporter
Students of all cultures crowded the Bovee Universi-ty Center Auditorium to hear Ron Freeman speak on his experiences with civil rights.
Freeman is 1968 Olym-pic medalist and advocate of global education. The event, entitled “Black Gold,” was sponsored by the Mul-ticultural Education Center, Student Budget Allocation Committee, King/Chavez/Parks Visiting Professor Pro-gram, and Alpha Phi Alpha.
About 65 people attended Halfway through his speech, Freeman presented a video of the day in Mexico City where he ran the second leg of the 4x400 relay in 43.2 seconds — one of the fastest times ever.
The audience responded with laughter at Freeman’s distance in the race com-pared to his competitors.
“When we arrived in Mex-ico City we felt we had to demonstrate,” he said. “We had our white brothers and sisters in our meetings with us. We in our hearts want-
ed to make a statement to America that we are some-body and we need to be re-spected.”
Freeman said they weren’t running to win a medal, but to get on the victory stand to make their statement “prop-er.”
He emphasized the im-portance of traveling out-side the U.S. and becoming global leaders in education.
He also identified a few less-er known black history facts.
“We need to see that Black History Month is just not about black history, it’s about American history, which is world history because we are the embodiment of the melting pot of cultures,” Freeman said.
All of the proceeds from Freeman’s speeches go to his school and foundation in Guinea. He calls his im-provements to Guinea his “spiritual mission.”
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jeff smith/staff photographerTwo emergency officials walk east in High Street at the scene of a fatal accident Tuesday night near the intersection at Watson Road. A 52-year-old Mount Pleasant man was pronounced dead at the scene.
sara winkler/assistant photo editorChair of the Excellence in Teaching Award Committee Holly Hoffman, left, surprises man-agement instructor Kayla Slezak, far right, with an Award of Excellence as she begins her MGT 258 class on the second floor of Grawn Hall. Slezak and three other faculty members were awarded out of an original 179 who were nominated.
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By Maria AmanteSenior Reporter
CMU will simplify its pay sys-tem May 1 when employees will no longer be able to receive their payment in the form of checks.
A notice was attached to all university employee paychecks last week saying employees who have not signed up for direct de-posit by May 1 will receive the CMU Money Card.
Mary Hill, assistant control-ler of Financial Services, said the move is “cost effective” and eliminates much of the behind-the-scenes work her office is re-sponsible for.
She said the cost of producing a check is higher than produc-ing an electronic payment and paper checks are more labor intensive, as they involve recon-ciliation and distribution.
“When employees don’t cash those checks and they sit idle, we have a legal requirement to follow up ... (eventually) we need to do more work to get the money off our books and send it back to the state of Michigan,” Hill said.
Those are some of several is-sues eliminated by the move to electronic payments. Hill said electronic payments also elimi-nates the problem of check fraud and employees losing checks.
Out of 2,600 faculty and staff employees, 33 people — or about 1 percent — receive pa-per checks. Of student employ-ees, 1,100 people of 7,300 — or about 15 percent — receive pa-per paychecks, Hill said.
Rochester Hills freshman Ra-chel Boreo works on campus and uses direct deposit. She likes the current system because she doesn’t have to worry about going to the bank.
“I know I wouldn’t remem-ber to take it (to the bank),” she said. “It’s easier for me. It’s good they’re not wasting paper.”
Jessi VanToll, a Westland ju-nior, worked in a Residence Hall restaurant last year and said when she was hired, “(the man-ager) pretty much made me (sign up for direct deposit).”
“They told me, ‘You need to do this,’” she said. “At first I was hesitant, but it’s convenient and I ended up enjoying (direct de-posit).”
CMU will end paper checksin MayDirect deposit, money card to be only options
Freeman shares experiences with civil rights
A speaker | 2A
By Michael L. HoffmanStudent Life Editor
The new Events Center is going to “get sleazy” when Ke$ha comes to town Fri-day.
Hip-hop singer Ke$ha will be the first performer to play at CMU’s new Events Center, along with her opening act Beardo.
CMU Program Board Pres-ident Steve Lewis said the doors will open at 6 p.m. and that the show will begin at 8 p.m. The Al-legan senior said he has heard posi-tive reactions to Ke$ha’s trip to Mount Pleasant.
“There are people still asking for tick-ets,” he said. “It is sold out, but we have a few more to give away.”
He said once Program Board’s Facebook page has 1,700 “likes” two tickets will be given away and then two for every hundred more.
Manton graduate student Karlie Powell waited for more than 13 hours to buy her ticket when they went on sale in December.
“I am super pumped,” Powell said. “I really love Ke$ha’s music. It’s really feel-good, laid-back party music.”
She said she is most ex-cited for the concert be-cause the singer has called her shows “dance parties” and Powell said she’s ready to dance.
She also said she thinks Ke$ha is a great first act to bring to the Events Center’s McGuirk Arena.
“I think it is a really cool thing, it’s going to go down in history,” she said.
Student Activities Coordi-nator Damon Brown said it will be a great experience for students, and he was look-ing forward to see how they take it all in.
“This is going to be a great day for students,” Brown said. “To experience the first concert in the Events Cen-
Reaction high for Ke$ha’s show Friday
Ke$ha
Tickets still available through giveaways
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By Ben HarrisStaff Reporter
Professors who demonstrate they care about teaching their students are not going unno-ticed at CMU.
Four faculty members were awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award for their ex-ceptional teaching within the last week.
Assistant professors Jeffrey Bean and Robert Fanning of the English language and litera-ture department, and instruc-tor Lori-Ann Pietrandrea Bissell of communication disorders, were presented with their awards Feb. 17. Kayla Slezak, management instructor, was given her award Tuesday.
Kevin Love, former chairman of the department of manage-ment, said Slezak was the best hire he made in his term.
“It really shows what some-one who is young but dedi-cated to the profession can do for students,” he said. “She’ll
do whatever it takes to help them.”
The professors were given the award while they were teaching class. They were sur-prised with balloons, a letter and a monetary award.
Love said every one of the winners is outstanding.
Bean said he was pleasantly surprised.
“It was a huge honor,” he said. “I’m teaching something I care a lot about, so it was nice to be recognized.”
The nominees were chosen by a group of professors work-ing through the Excellence in
Teaching Committee out of the Faculty Center for Innova-tive Teaching.
Vermontville sophomore MacKensye Ancona, who vol-unteers with the group, said the initiative has a great cause.
“I just thought it was a really great opportunity to give back to the professors,” she said. “Being in (the) selection com-mittee is really nice and a great way to thank the professors that give their all when they teach.”
A student committee
Faculty recognized for excellenceSurprised in class with awards, letters, balloons
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Mount Pleasant man dies in accident on High StreetBy Jake BolithoMetro Editor
A Mount Pleasant man was killed in a car-pedestri-an accident at the intersec-tion of High Street and Wat-son Road Tuesday evening.
The 52-year-old man was crossing at the intersection when he was hit by a dark-colored Chevy truck, travel-ing east on High Street, said Mount Pleasant Police Sgt.
Andy Latham. Emergency personnel were called to the scene shortly after 7 p.m.
The pedestrian was pro-nounced dead at the scene and the driver of the truck was identified by police as a 16-year-old Mount Pleas-ant resident.
Latham said it did not ap-pear alcohol or drugs were a factor in the accident. It has yet to be determined
if the driver was traveling over the posted speed limit or too fast for winter condi-tions, he said.
The names of the pedes-trian and driver were not released as police were still working to notify family members. An autopsy will likely be performed tomor-row, Latham said.
The truck was left inop-erable after the accident.
High Street and Wat-
son Road were closed to through traffic while police investigated the accident.
Michigan State Police assisted with the accident reconstruction, along with the Isabella County Sher-iff’s Department and CMU Police Department. Mount Pleasant firefighters and Mobile Medical Response was also at the scene.
worked out of the Excellence in Teaching group to go over student nominations and choose a professor to win the Student Choice Award, which Bissell won.
The professors who did not win the award were still recognized, however. The committee sent out 49 indi-vidual letters to professors with excerpts of students’ compliments and recom-mendations so they would be recognized for the effect they have on their students, Ancona said.
“We let the students write about their professors and what they thought was good,” Ancona said. “We had so many people nominate their professors and we wanted the professors to know what their students thought about them. They are a tremendous
asset to this university.”
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WEDNESDAY
w Phi Alpha Delta will hold a fundraiser from 5 to 10 p.m. at Tropical Smoothie Cafe, 2332 S. Mission St.
w Invisible Children Presents: The Congo Tour documentary from 7 to 9 p.m. in Pearce 127.
w Speak Up, Speak Out’s Im-migration in the U.S.: Jobs & Justice will take place from 7 to 9:30 p.m. in the Bovee Univer-sity Center Auditorium.
THURSDAY
w The New Faculty Seminar Series will take place from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Charles V. Park Library room 413.
w CMU: Life Beyond the Class-room Walls will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Rowe Hall Lobby near the museum entrance.
w Symphonic Band & Chamber Winds will perform from 8 to 9:30 p.m. in the Music Building’s Staples Family Concert Hall.
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Jake Bolitho, Metro Editor
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adam Kaminski, Video Editor
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PHOTO OF THE DAY
perry fish/staff photographerSt. Johns sophomore and Humane Animal Treatment Society Student Representative, Sarah Burton sits Tuesday morning at the HATS display in the Park Library during National Spay Day. “There are so many that get put down every year,” said Burton. According to HATS, more than 4 million homeless pets are put down each year, due to overpopulation.
“It just sounded interest-ing, the story behind every-thing with him and his life, what he did and what brings him here today,” said Dear-born Heights sophomore Megan Schilbe.
Ulana Klymyshyn, Multi-cultural Education Program
director, said Freeman’s speech gave students an op-portunity to find out about the Civil Rights Movement and how it affected athletes.
“They get a better under-standing of what life was like in the ‘60s,” she said. “It’s al-ways important to learn our history.”
The speech ended with a question and answer session.
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ter is something they will remember for the rest of their lives.”
Brown said the concert offers students an inex-pensive way to enjoy main-stream talent.
There will also be a VIP section for select attendees in one of the arena’s suites with several luxuries.
“It is going to have free food, music and drinks,” Brown said. “It gives stu-dents the chance to feel what it’s like to be a VIP.”
Siena Heights University freshman Kiara Farrell-Starling said she will drive two-and-a-half hours from her hometown of Tipton to attend the show. She said she would have seen Ke$ha in Detroit, but thought coming to CMU would be a better experience.
“It’s going to be way more fun at Central,” Farrell-Starling said. “I could go to (Detroit) anytime, but I think because Central has that party school attitude, (Ke$ha and CMU) will flow well together. It’s going to be a ton of fun.”
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The four winners listed in a Monday story on page 1A regarding the Mount Pleas-ant Chamber of Commerce Awards Banquet were:Past Chair Award: Rob StoutAmbassador of the Year: Sandy LuckstedCharles E. Anthony Award: David MoscardelliOutgoing Chamber Board Members: Lynn Pohl and Connie McCann
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By Gabi JayeSenior Reporter
The snow struck roads and drivers hard as area police agencies reported 30 accidents Sunday and Mon-day.
The Isabella County Sher-iff ’s Department reported 18 car accidents during the two-day period while Mount Pleasant Police handled 12.
“With the two snowstorms we’ve had, I’m surprised that there weren’t as many ac-cidents as I expected,” said Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski.
“People knew the storms were going to hit.”
He said drivers took warn-ings seriously and there was very little movement of cars during the storm.
Mioduszewski said his department called in depu-ties two or three weeks ago to prepare for the first big snowstorm.
As of Tuesday afternoon, Mioduszewski said there were no serious injuries re-lated to accidents and “just mostly fender benders.”
MPPD Public Information Officer Jeff Browne offered several tips for safe winter driving.
He said motorists should allow extra time for travel and for braking, try to travel only during daylight hours
and always carry a cell phone. Drivers should also keep an emergency kit in their car that includes extra items such as jumper cables, extra clothes, a flashlight and shovel.
CMU Police did not report any accidents from Satur-day to Tuesday. Lt. Camer-on Wassman said accident numbers have decreased a little compared to last year.
“This storm and the pre-vious storm gave us a lot of snow in a short amount of time,” he said. “But people were well aware that this weather was coming and planned accordingly.”
Wassman said the univer-sity does a phenomenal job at snow removal and it plays a part on the safety of cam-
pus roadways.Muskegon junior Chad
Pothoff commutes from Deerfield Road to CMU. He said the road conditions were bad and it was fright-ening to drive to school.
“The sidewalks on cam-pus were really bad, too,” Pothoff said. “They weren’t really salted and were pretty slick.”
Drivers should anticipate that ice can form on the roads when the temperature is 40 degrees or less, accord-ing to the Michigan State Police website.
Any shaded area or an area that has a water source over is susceptible to black ice, according to the state. Morning hours are particu-larly dangerous.
Mioduszewski said driv-ers should drive slow during snow storms and plan their driving time wisely.
“Slow down and make
sure your headlights are on, even during the day,” he said.
The cast and crew of “Fat Pig” hope to shake up the way society looks at relation-ships.
A play by Neil LaBute and sponsored by University The-atre, “Fat Pig” will be per-formed at 7 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday in Bush Theatre.
The play offered a chance to show Mount Pleasant an issue in society for director Jill Taft-Kaufman, a professor of Com-munication and Dramatic Arts.
“I think that it is a very time-ly and fascinating subject,” she said. “It’s not only a play about the obsession that we have with bodies, but a play about personal conviction and how to follow through with your choices and ideas.”
Weidman sophomore Jenny Wright plays the title character, Helen. As a plus-size woman, Helen meets Tom, a average-built man. Tom begins to fall in love with Helen, and things
become complicated for the pair.
Mount Pleasant senior Mi-chael Knight plays the role of Tom’s friend Carter. Knight said Carter is a representation of what people really think about the issues at hand.
“(He is) the worst human being that you’ll ever meet in your life,” he said. “What he says is what people are usu-ally thinking, but never want to say.”
Knight said he enjoys play-ing the role of Carter, and hopes audience members get a strong message out of the presentation.
“I think people are going to get basically a slap in the face,” he said. “What this play is tell-ing them is, ‘This is what you do — stop it.’”
Knight said even though the production has faced minor setbacks throughout the pro-cess, the cast is very strong and ready to perform.
Wright is one of several rela-
tively fresh faces to theatre productions at CMU to per-form in “Fat Pig.”
She went from playing a minor role in “My Antonia” to holding the title character role in the current production.
Despite facing her first ma-jor performance, Wright said she was excited.
“When you start dress re-hearsal and everything, it starts to become more real,” she said. “It’s less of kids just saying
lines on a stage and more of an actual production.”
For Wright, Knight and Taft-Kaufman, it all comes down to the message behind the cos-tumes and excitement.
“I think that (audiences) will be entertained,” Taft-Kaufman said. “They’ll be provoked to think about their own relation-ships and what they’re willing to stand up for.”
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By Emily GroveSenior Reporter
An environmental study will be conducted on the Mount Pleasant Center prop-erty as city officials continue to consider the benefits and drawbacks to its potential purchase.
Mount Pleasant residents gathered Monday evening to give input to the City Com-mission regarding the possi-ble purchase of the sprawl-ing property located along West Pickard Street.
After all input was heard, commissioners voted to pay $36,845 to have a phase II environmental study done to assess the conditions of the 120-year-old property, currently owned by the state of Michigan.
“Many of the buildings are in a sad state of disrepair and all the buildings have lead and asbestos,” said City Manager Kathie Grinzinger.
The city must make a de-cision about the property by mid-March to close on the deal no later than April 23.
If it does not buy the prop-erty, it could go up for public auction, competitive bids, sale to other governments or remain vacant.
Mount Pleasant is being offered the property for just $1, plus an estimated cost of $50,000 to prepare the sale. However, the potential costs and problems are more ex-pensive, Grinzinger said.
Some of the buildings on the property also have col-lapsed roofs and floors, no water and no heat, she said.
“I think it’s a fantastic piece of property even if it does have some problems with contamination,” said Mount Pleasant resident Dave Demski, who spoke during the public forum. “I don’t think that’s too big of a hurdle.”
The estimated cost of de-stroying the buildings all at once is about $4 million.
If the property is pur-chased, there are different revenue options to cover
various costs, i n c l u d i n g Project 2000 funds, the B r o w n f i e l d Fund, the E c o n o m i c D e v e l o p -ment Fund, a surplus sav-ings account or a millage.
Grinzinger also pointed to a bond that will be paid off in 2016, which annu-ally costs the city about $300,000. Once it is paid off, the money could be directed toward the Mount Pleasant Center costs if desired.
Pros and consIsabella County Commis-
sioner and Mount Pleasant resident Jim Moreno was largely in favor of buying the property.
Moreno urged the city to move forward and was hopeful for possible new de-velopment for Mount Pleas-ant, or even the chance to sell the property and make a profit.
“I hope you take the leap and be brave to do a great thing for the people and jobs here,” he said.
Other residents came forward and gave vari-ous reasons to pass on the property, while more spoke about what potential proj-ects could be built upon the property. Ideas included a homeless shelter, retire-ment community, commu-nity pool, aquatic park, or-ganic gardens and concert halls.
Mount Pleasant resident Tony Kulick was against pur-chasing the property.
The city does not have the funds for the purchase with cuts in state revenue shar-ing, he said. He said officials should let other developers buy it.
“We can control the prop-erty through the Master Plan and zoning,” Kulick said. “We don’t have to own it.”
Mt. Pleasant Center to undergo study
photos by ashlEy MillEr/staff photographerMount Pleasant senior Michael Knight, above, and Clinton Township senior Kevin Broomfield rehearse as Carter and Tom in the play “Fat Pig” Tuesday night in Bush Theatre. When Tom falls for an overweight woman, he encounters issues of attractiveness, body image and personal conviction.
Officials hear opinions, suggestions from local residents about property
joE tobianski/staff photographerA car gets towed after running off the road and crashed next to Mission Street just north of Preston Street in Mount Pleasant on Sunday afternoon. Snow started to fall around 3 p.m.
Kathie Grinzinger
About 30 accidents reported on sunday, MondayPolice advise cautious driving on snowy roads
By Randi Shaffer | Senior Reporter
A piggy productionStudents, staff hope to ‘shake up’ Mount Pleasant’s view of relationships
By Maria AmanteSenior Reporter
Editors note: Every Wednes-day, CM Life will publish an in-depth piece, examining different issues.
Four years may be the ideal amount of time for students to graduate, but the average student at CMU will not grad-uate until his or her seventh year.
About 60 percent of CMU students will complete their bachelor’s degrees within seven years, according to documents from the Office of
Institutional Research.“In a perfect world ... 100
percent of our students would graduate in four years,” said Provost E. Gary Shapiro. “But we recognize that as unreal-istic.”
The data is based on stu-dents who began their aca-demic careers at CMU from 2001 to 2005. The number has risen since 1990.
The number reflects a na-tionwide trend of graduation rates modestly increasing, according to a survey of 1,400 schools by the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Shapiro said most of the
university’s programs require students take about 31 credit hours annually to reach 124 credits to graduate in four years.
He said some programs require more than 124 credit hours, citing special educa-tion as an example. He also said students often change their major, which may add extra semesters to complete the new requirements.
Availability of courses is keeping Honor junior Stuart Jeannot on campus at least an additional semester, he said.
“I worked hard to mold all of my class scheduling to-
gether,” Jeannot said. “It’s nice to take (time in college slow), but it would have been nice to graduate on time.”
Shawn Wilson, director of Student Retention, said most students take 12 to 15 credit hours a semester, which re-sults in more time spent on campus.
Switching majors or fi-nancial difficulties also may result in additional time on campus, he said.
“(The biggest factor) comes down to the individual stu-dent,” Wilson said. “You need to know what you’re going to do and stick to your plan.”
A major focus of student retention is making sure stu-dents stay engaged, whatever that means for any one indi-vidual student, Wilson said.
“We need to be in tune to what our students ask for and respond appropriately,” he said. “I think from the institutional side of things, the things we need to be do-ing are making sure students have a seamless transition coming into the university and as seamless of a journey they can have.”
Wilson said there are sev-eral resources available for students looking for guid-
ance or experiencing diffi-culties, including the offices of Career Services, Study Abroad, Scholarships and Financial Aid and Academic Advising.
Shapiro said CMU’s gradu-ation rates are comparable to other universities with simi-lar admission standards.
According to data from Western Michigan University, WMU graduates 52.2 percent of students after six years based on students who en-tered in 2004; the same year, CMU graduated 54.2 percent
60% of students graduate within seven years
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Shortly before 8 p.m. Sunday, Uni-versity Communications sent out an e-mail announcing campus was closed until noon and that a verdict on the af-ternoon’s status would arrive by 10 a.m. It was a status that, for the time being, was completely appropriate without knowing how well-plowed or icy the roads may have been by midday.
But upon evaluation Monday morn-ing, administrators should have recon-sidered their decision to open campus for the remainder of the day. The call was ill-advised and simply irresponsible.
And this is not just because we’re col-lege students who wanted the day off.
By noon the roads continued to appear under-plowed, particularly
Broomfield Street and its Michigan lefts, which are critical paths of travel for students driving to commuter lots. Local police chatter buzzed most of the day with minor vehicular accidents. Many instructors even canceled their afternoon classes because of being snowed in.
It was obvious that roads were not ready for such high volumes of traffic, such as the typical flood of cars that pile on to campus each afternoon.
Any student, instructor or CMU staff member who drives in from out of town was forced to leave a considerable amount of time to get to Mount Pleas-ant. Many may have been forced to stay home, forcing some students to miss class. Lot 33, for example, was at times only half full.
The university ought to thank its lucky stars no one was seriously in-jured, or even killed, while en route to
campus, which could have potentially opened the university up to litigation at its own expense.
For all those who made it to campus successfully after noon, you are troop-ers.
True, CMU has already had one snow day — something usually seen as a rar-ity. And Sunday night’s storm was by no means as serious as January’s “snow-pocalypse.” However, administrators’ logic in reopening campus was perhaps disjointed.
The perspective that at this point in the semester there is no time to waste and students’ education is too impor-tant to again cancel classes would in most scenarios warrant the decision to tough out the weather.
However, safety ought to be CMU’s No. 1 priority and a single afternoon of operation is not too much to ask. As the cliché goes, better safe than sorry.
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Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011
While many students may have been grateful for the chance to sleep in Monday, CMU’s morning cancellation of classes and delay of on-campus
operations was a frankly arbitrary attempt to accommo-date weather conditions.
EDitoRiAL | safety should have been no. 1 concern in decision to delay campus operations
A cold mess
[your voice]
“they shouldn’t admit a larger
class next year, but maybe for future because of the new med school and all the land they
have for parking and stuff.”
Mike Naeyaert, Detroit senior
c m y o u | Do you think CMU should try to admit a larger, smaller or similarly sized freshmen class next year as it did this year? Why?
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“I think it should stay the same size because
we have a good reputation. We
have the second highest rates for room and board
in the state.”Yuhao Wu, China senior
“I think they should have a smaller class if
they are going to stack people in like that. It puts stress on the
students and on the faculty.”
Melissa Dickson, rodney junior
“I think that CMU should only
admit enough freshmen as
they can com-fortably house.”
Danielle Cook, oak park sophomore
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Snyder’s budget cuts Michigan’s hopes for future
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At a time when the state faces a budget deficit of $1.4 billion, some painful cuts were necessary, and for the most part, Gov. Rick Snyder cut spending in areas that were most appropriate in his 2012 budget.
One key way his budget will reduce the deficit is in removing the tax exemption on senior’s pensions. That exemption alone would have cost the state $900 million, and Michigan is one of three states in the nation with such an exemption.
As of now, pensions of public of-ficials, whether federal or local, are completely exempt, while private pensions are exempt up to $45,120 ($90,240 for couples filing jointly).
Removing this exemption only makes sense. Pensions are merely a form of income during retirement, so why should people be exempt from paying taxes just because they are elderly?
Everybody else has to pay state income taxes, including college students, who often have much lower incomes than retirees.
Cuts to K-12 education were kept to a minimum, with only a 4% cut. While universities will see a 15 percent cut, $83 million is being set aside for universities who don’t raise tuition by more than 7 percent.
While the cuts to higher educa-tion will hurt, the money has to come from somewhere, and keep-ing the focus on K- 12 education until the state gets on its fiscal feet was a smart move by the Governor.
One area where the cuts went too far was the Department of Cor-rections. The decision to privatize food service and prison stores was a good move, saving the state $32.2 million, but closing a prison later this year is an unnecessary move, and it will only save $18.9 million.
The decision was made based on the fact that the prison population is down from its highest level in 2006, but the reason the population is down is because the state started paroling more prisoners so that Standish Maximum Correctional Facility could be closed in 2009.
Even Republican Attorney Gen-eral Bill Schuette advocated against the closing of an additional prison, because increasing the number of paroles granted to reduce the prison population is not a safe way of reducing the state’s budget.
Further cuts could have been made by reducing the cost of his staff and cabinet.
Snyder’s ten-member senior staff alone makes $1.4 million a year, and his twelve-member cabi-net makes $1.9 million.
John Nixon, the budget director, makes $250,000, which was in-creased from the former director’s salary because two departments were merged together. Is heading two departments really worth that much money?
If the governor is truly commit-ted to fixing the budget deficit, reducing his staff and cabinet’s salary to below $3 million would be further prove his commitment.
Republican Gov. Rick Snyder released his version of the budget this past Thursday, and just like Lt. Governor Brian Calley warned, it was an “atomic bomb.”
It presents a state where university and higher education funding is cut by 15 percent, but are thrown an “incentive” to not raise tuition past a certain point.
A state where prisons-for-profit are commonplace and corpora-tions make money by locking people up.
A state where revenue shar-ing to local government is cut so severely that police and firefight-ers are laid off or cities have to raise taxes.
A state where the Earned In-come Tax Credit is eliminated for the working poor.
All of which is being done not just to balance the Michigan budget but also to finance a tax cut for corporations estimated at $1 billion.
All in all, the conservative an-swer to Michigan’s problems is to emulate Mississippi, Kentucky or West Virginia and avoid investing in our state’s future whatsoever.
In the other corner is the progressive vision for Michigan. Democrats sometimes reject this vision and team up with Republi-cans in favor of the pro-corporate agenda, but most are pretty good at doing the right thing.
In a progressive Michigan all government activity is viewed in terms of investments and dividends.
When we invest money into higher education the dividends are economic growth and higher incomes. This attracts talent from across America and will help build a better Michigan.
When we invest into Michi-gan localities the dividends are cleaner, healthier cities and more police on the beat. This will retain young people who are most interested in city living. Imagine a Detroit that compares to Chicago, Seattle or Minneapolis.
When we invest into common sense corrections facilities the dividends are lower crime and safer neighborhoods.
We must remember there is no example in history where a gov-ernment that gutted education and public schools, police, and assistance to the working poor started to thrive. It is always those bold governments willing to invest in its people that excelled and prospered.
Michigan can again become an envy of the world. We al-ready have everything we need to get the job done. People all over the world could aspire to move to America and settle in Michigan.
The budget put forth by Gov. Snyder sends a much different message to the world and to Michiganders: Last one out, turn off the lights.
Comments in response to Classes, nor-mal operations to resume at noon
Derek — Feb. 21
In that case, it’s a good thing CMU gave you an extra 4 hours to prepare! You can’t just leave at 11:50 like any oth-er day (if you needed to be on campus at 12) and expect everything to work out OK.
whatever — Feb. 21
I agree the sidewalks are PURE ICE. They need to hire more people because they cannot handle making it safe to walk on. Ridiculous.
John — Feb. 21
Oh for crying out loud. Just read the pre-printed powerpoints the professor would just read in class anyway :)
michael — Feb. 21
the roads are still bad, the drifts are
still huge. and most importantly, the sidewalks are crappy. thanks for mak-ing us walk to class in this.
CMU_Senior — Feb. 21
Add to that, the number of professors and students that have to drive from Midland or wherever or be forced to fall behind in their courses...Very poor risk assessment by the university.
Comment in response to EDITORIAL: Smaller freshman class presents oppor-tunities for academic improvement
The problem is the board of direc-tors doesn’t want to improve the aca-demic programs, it wants to reduce spending. So far the only viable targets for them seem to be the academic programs. Maybe they should con-sider following the governor’s lead and reduce their salaries. Even a $50,000 drop could save a job or two. Yes we really do have instructors making $25,000 or less a year ... lowering the number of students lowers the de-
mand for faculty and staff. Basically, they can let more people go if there are fewer students to tend to.
Comment in response to COLUMN: The war inside my body
Dan Digmann
This column by Ryan Taljonick is so incredibly written and truly drives home some powerful points about liv-ing with a disease such as rheumatoid arthritis! Bravo to him for being so open about it and for inspiring so many, my-self included.
I have multiple sclerosis, a similar disease in that my body is attacking itself. My wife, Jennifer, is living with the same chronic illness of the cen-tral nervous system as I do, but hers is much more progressive. But we move forward with the drive of two people re-fusing to let this disease bring us down, and Ryan’s words and positive example connected with us.
Thank you so much for sharing this insight with CM Life readers.
By Jessica FecteauStaff Reporter
Living off cheap ramen noodles and boxes of maca-roni and cheese may seem all too familiar to many col-lege students.
Students living on their own are often without meal plans and can find it hard to budget in food after moving out of the residence halls into an apartment or house.
“I’m always tight on mon-ey and it’s tough buying gro-ceries as they are hard to af-ford,” Macomb sophomore Glen Stratton said. “I do get a free meal every time I work at the cafeteria but that’s still not enough.”
When it comes to buying food, Najat Yehia, foods and nutrition instructor, said she knows how to stretch dollars and maximize buy-ing power.
“Shopping for groceries is all about planning and be-ing smart,” Yahia said. “It is cheaper to stick to a list made before going out to the store.”
Yahia suggests for stu-dents to look up the weekly specials and try to plan a
shopping list around what is on sale at the supermar-kets near campus. Along with preshopping prepara-tion, students should look in stores for products with long shelf lives.
“The supermarkets always put the old stuff in front and push all the newer items to the back,” Yahia said. “So it is smart to look for items that have the later expira-tion date so you get more bang for your buck.”
Sophomore Scott Realy feels he has found a go-to meal easy on his wallet.
“I usually just buy the dol-lar boxes of noodles and the Kroger brand jars of sauce and make spaghetti without meat for dinner,” the Shelby Township native said. “I usually look for quantity at a lower price because I can’t be picky about luxuries such as taste.”
But according to Yahia, taste does not need to be compromised for price. For more flavor, Yahia stresses adding a variety of pro-duce. Mixed vegetables can bought frozen in large bags and saved for later use. Ad-vertising for locally grown produce also usually in-dicates lower prices since they cost less than imported ones.
To save time on prepar-ing meals instead of eating out, Yahia said, students can cook in bulk and freeze it, then microwave servings throughout the week.
The foundation for any healthy diet is eating plant based food such as fruits, vegetables, legumes and whole grains, Yahia said.
As an excellent source of protein and money saving, Stratton relies on buying eggs.
“I like to make eggs mainly because they are cheap,” Stratton said. “I
can get a dozen eggs for like $1.50 which is fairly cheap and they‘ll last me a few meals.”
Yahia also suggests stay-ing away from shopping at the supermarket on an emp-ty stomach which can also lead to an empty wallet from impulse buying.
“Eating smart is the foun-dation for success in life,” Yahia said. “In order to suc-ceed, you need to first fill your body with the right foods.”
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Students’ diets may suffer on budget
bEthany waltEr/staff photographerMacomb sophomore Glenn Stratton eats an egg Thursday night in his Jamestown apart-ment, 4075 S. Isabella Road. “Money is tight at times, but I need to eat. I budget money by what’s on sale and make bulk meals last me a long time,” Stratton said.
Cheap, healthy options available
of students in the same amount of time. WMU does not provide seven-year fig-ures.
“We are similar to Western Michigan, based on statisti-cal analysis of our predicted graduation rates,” Shapiro said, “but taking CMU’s student characteristics and other aspects, they create a predicted graduation rate (for students). Our actual rate is higher than our pre-dicted rate.”
Universities that graduate and retain higher percent-ages of students in the four-year period also have more elite standards, Shapiro said, referencing Harvard, Duke and Northwestern universities. He said those universities also have fewer part-time and academical-ly-challenged students.
“Our university has a lower four-year gradua-tion rate relative (to those schools),” Shapiro said. “It is more common for people (at CMU) to graduate in 4.5 to five years.”
Shapiro said the univer-sity encourages academic advising and is working on increasing availability of classes to improve gradua-tion rates.
“We are working very hard on that because certain ar-
eas don’t have enough spac-es because of demand,” he said.
Before signing a major, students may go to Aca-demic Advising and Assis-tance, an office that con-ducts orientation sessions and coordinates tutoring, said Michelle Howard, as-sistant dean and director of Academic Advising and As-sistance.
Howard said a big part of her office’s responsibilities are organizing M.A.J.O.R. night, an event featuring departments across campus to help guide students to-ward finding their preferred program.
Howard said her office focuses on “orientation and pre-major advising.”
“The first thing we do is position advisers in loca-tions extremely student ori-ented,” she said. “We have five ... Student Success Cen-ters and four of them are located in residence halls across campus.”
She said an important part of advising comes with involving faculty members.
“Once students declare a major or minor, they meet with a faculty member who is authorized to outline the requirements for the major and minor, and that step is required by 56 hours of earned credit,” Howard said.
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In honor of Black History Month | Central Michigan Life
BWednesday, Feb. 23, 2011
CAMPUS VIBE
Carol Moseley-Braun once said, “Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.”
When I was first asked to write a column about what it means to be black at CMU, I took a breath and then a pause. What does it actually mean to be a black student at a predominately white university?
To me, that question is akin to being asked, “What does it feel like to be kissed by the sun?”
You don’t exactly know how to describe this deep, sometimes spiritual experi-ence, but you just know it is one that you wouldn’t want to exchange for anything else.
There are so many ideas and experiences I have of my blackness — a concept that is very hard to capture in this publication’s space. But I will try.
I wear my blackness proudly without even think-ing about it, because being black is something that makes me who I am and forever will be.
My color, brown, always sticks out in CMU’s sea of reds, whites and yellows. When I first came here I didn’t know anyone. And I felt isolated.
Who could I relate to? Where are my people? Yet, as time grew, my feelings changed, because I began to see more and more blacks. I also related to other minori-ties who were in the same predicament as me.
But even when I was (and still am sometimes) the only black student in class, I do not think of myself as a minority. Even though there are days when I don’t always feel like I am in the majority.
Yet, I still don’t feel the term “minority” applies to me, because there is noth-ing marginal about me. I am black, yes. But my name is Sherri Keaton. I also love poetry. And I want to travel the world.
I do not fit inside a mi-nority box. Life is too big for that.
And for the past (almost) three years here, I have re-defined my blackness, growing from CMU’s experi-ences.
From working at a predominately Caucasian newspaper to telling my non-black roommates why I grease my hair before wash-ing it, these experiences shaped my life and helped me understand and appre-ciate my differences.
I also really appreciate when CMU takes notice of growing diverse popula-tions; especially when it decided to add a black hair care line, Motions, to the Market. I am still excited about that.
Being black at CMU means so many things. As a reporter I would like to see more diverse stories in the paper. But there is a fine line I have learned to not cross when it comes to writ-ing objective stories about my brothers and sisters.
Yet, at the end of the day, it is not about being black — but being human. An experience that is universal.
Sherri KeatonStaff Reporter
It’s not about being black, it’s
about being human
A Tough Transition
photoS by jakE may/photo editorOakland Park sophomore Jalese Johnson closes her eyes while she prays during a peace vigil after a two-mile march commemorating the memory of Martin Luther King, Jr. on Jan. 17 on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Johnson said King’s message needs to be remembered throughout the year. “For me, it’s not just dwelling on the past. The slavery, the racism — we don’t use this day to mourn the torn pieces in our history, but instead stand up for change,” she said. “That’s what Dr. King wanted us to do. Not hate, but fight for the rights we all deserve. There’s not a day that goes by I don’t think about his message.”
By Randi ShafferSenior Reporter
Many students would not list a culture shock as their primary experience when they first arrive at CMU.
But for some, the term is an understatement.When junior Jessica Montgomery left her Detroit home
to study at CMU, she was a little overwhelmed by the sight of campus.
“I would say it was a major culture shock,” she said. “It’s not that I haven’t been around Caucasians (during) my life, but ... to see that (there were) so few (other black people) was just ... hard. It was an adjustment.”
According to statistics from the registrar’s office, the number of students registered as black at CMU in the 2010-11 school year is 889. The number of students regis-tered as white attending CMU is 17,514.
Montgomery said transitioning into the different cultur-al atmosphere was made easier her freshman year, when she lived in Troutman Hall, home to students in the multi-cultural advancement program. She said she got involved with a multicultural program her first year here to get to know more people outside of racial boundaries.
“I really just try not to focus on skin color that much,” she said. “Sometimes it gets hard. It’s really not that hard anymore.”
Kenya graduate student Allan Busaka said he has gone to school all over the world, including the United Kingdom and Australia, which he said makes adjusting to an inter-national university setting easier.
“So far, it’s been extremely friendly and people have been really cool,” Busaka said.
He said the amount of information made available to students about diversity is outstanding. He added that his advisor is available when he needs her.
“I don’t feel like I’m treated differently at all,” he said. “At
Adjusting to campus sometimes a ‘culture
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By Odille ParkerStaff Reporter
CMU’s student population is not as diverse as its administration would like.
As of spring 2011, 82 percent of students attending the university are registered as being of a white/non-hispanic background. Of the remaining 18 percent, 4 percent are black, 1 percent American Indian, one percent Asian, 2 percent Hispan-ic, 6 percent unknown and 3 percent non-resident alien, according to the Office of Institutional Research web-site.
Only 1,750 of the university’s 19,658 students represent a minority group.
Warren senior Amanda Shepard said she was not surprised by the statistics.
“I knew (CMU) wasn’t very di-verse,” Shepard said. “Coming from the Metro Detroit area, CMU seems very rural, and I really do wish we were more diverse.”
Shepard blamed the lack of di-versity on Michigan’s overall gov-ernment. More of the state’s money needs to go toward high schools with higher diversity to promote higher education, she said.
Denise Green, associate vice pres-ident of Institutional Diversity, said while these enrollment figures may not reflect the university’s goal, they do show positive gains.
Enrollment figures by ethnic background moved in the right di-rection from Spring 2010 to Spring 2011, Green said. This spring, 1,750 minority students are enrolled com-pared to 1,613 last spring.
“A plethora of diverse education opportunities are offered through-out the school year to students, fac-ulty, and staff through our programs as well as programs sponsored by other departments and colleges,” Green said. “Promoting and advanc-ing diversity is a campus-wide effort that requires the entire CMU com-munity to participate.”
Green said Institutional Diversity has worked with faculty, staff and students to develop the Recognition for Cultural Competency, establish the Intergroup Dialogue Program, create more opportunities for fac-ulty to incorporate diversity into the classroom and update the Strategic Plan for Achieving Diversity.
She said most students recog-nize the lack of diversity at CMU compared to other universities and
would like to see a change.Fenton junior Maye Conley ques-
tioned whether there is a quota for enough diversity and emphasized the importance of not just having it, but being informed of social injus-tice and other cultures.
“I think CMU does a lot to pro-mote diversity,” Conley said. “They have the (Multicultural Advance-ment Cofer scholarships and pro-gram), plus the initiative to bring a lot of diversity (to campus), along with different cultural aspects.”
Conley is the Larzelere Multicul-tural Advisor. She said students go to university to grow and expand their horizons, and a greater cam-pus diversity will allow students to do so.
Students, staff recognize CMU’s lack of diversity, want improvement
Me and my friends, like sometimes you get that sense of like, ‘Maybe it was because we’re black that that happened,’ but then i just say, like,
well you just have to look at the per-son, like, i just try really not to focus
on skin color that much.”Jessica Montgomery, detroit junior
“i was in school in the UK before this. i was in school in Australia before
this. So i’m kind of used to an inter-national university setting. i thought
it met up to my expectations. So far, it’s been extremely friendly
and people have been really cool.” Allan Busaka, Kenya graduate student
“You get people that look at you funny sometimes, but a majority of times i don’t have an issue. You still get looks from time to time. Nothing
that’s a big racial issue, just mo-ments you can tell where people aren’t comfortable with you being
black around them.”Ricardo White, detroit junior
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least, not in class, not on cam-pus and not outside when I go shopping. Overall I say, I mean, I’ve not felt uncomfortable, not once while I’ve been here. I’ve not even felt that I stand out. I feel part of the crowd.”
As president of the National Association for the Advance-ment of Colored People at CMU registered student organization, Detroit junior Ricardo White said he doesn’t rely on his skin color to inspire his involvement in the group.
“We’re trying to advance ev-eryone,” he said. “(We’re) trying to get rid of all discrimination. I’m saying it’s the advancement of all people.”
White said NAACP works with other registered student orga-nizations on campus that are not traditionally black to hold educational and political panel discussions.
“Basically on campus we’re just trying to show that we’re here,” he said.
White said he hasn’t faced many issues because of his skin color.
“You get people that look at you funny sometimes, but a majority of times I don’t have
an issue,” he said. “You still get looks from time to time. Noth-ing that’s a big racial issue, just moments you can tell where people aren’t comfortable with you being black around them.”
Detroit senior Amber John-son said she works as president of the Collective Action for Cul-tural Unity RSO to end discrimi-nation.
“We partner with other or-ganizations to put on different programs that discuss different cultures,” she said.
Johnson said she felt uncom-fortable because of her race at times at the university.
Though she’s never been a target of blatant racism, she said she has seen a few examples of covert racism, especially by servers in local restaurants.
“Being at Central at times takes me out of my comfort zone,” she said. “I think that you definitely come across people that treat you differently.”
Montgomery said regardless of whether a person is white or black, the transition to CMU all comes down to personality.
“It’s been easy because I’m just a personable person,” she said. “People are people, I just tell myself, so (I) won’t get into white, black and all that type of stuff.”
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ViCtoria ZEgLEr/StAFF photogrApherSaginaw junior Kayla Howell, center, holds the Olympic torch of Ron Freeman, track and field Olympic medalist, left, as political sci-ence Professor Sterling Johnson watches Tuesday afternoon during Soup and Substance in the Bovee University Center Rotunda. “The information he can provide us about our education today in the United States and how we rank globally is so significant,” Howell said, “all the while helping others less fortunate throughout his journey makes him such a positive role models.”
By Maria AmanteSenior Reporter
Ron Freeman said stu-dents felt an “urgency” to get and complete an educa-tion when he was in school — a notion that has since been lost.
Freeman, a 1968 gold medalist in the 4x400 relay, spoke Tuesday at Soup and Substance, an event hosted by the Multicultural Educa-tion Center.
“African Americans willed ourselves an educa-tion (during the Civil Rights movement),” Freeman said. “We had an urgency for ed-ucation, and we had that urgency during that race.”
Freeman said he and his teammates nearly boycot-ted the 1968 Olympics be-cause of poor treatment of black people.
He said those who are ed-ucated need to “reach down and reach out” to those who are less fortunate — to show the benefits of educa-tion — to regain that sense of urgency in this country today.
Sterling Johnson, po-litical science professor, said Freeman is a personal family friend and his work during the Olympics made Freeman a hero of John-son’s.
“I had his poster in my dorm,” Johnson said. “He is one of my heroes, he had a big influence on my self. I have great esteem and pride for him, he is a big motivator for me.”
Saginaw junior Kayla Howell said Freeman’s speech was “absolutely ex-cellent.”
“He was very informa-
tive, especially for the many students who don’t under-stand the struggle to get an education,” she said. “He’s a very positive role model doing so much for the in-ternational community. It’s great to have someone so positive giving back.”
Freeman lives in Conakry, Guinea and works for the International Medalist As-sociation, a foundation he created to further educa-tion. Each February, he said, he gives a speaking tour for Black History Month and do-nates all proceeds he earns back to the foundation.
He said the money goes to support primary and sec-ondary education in Guinea, and also supports two homes for young women in need of aid in the country.
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What should I make for dinner?
I am terrible at cooking, but only because I am impatient. I want my food, and I want it now.
To help solve this dilemma, my mom gave me a slow-cooker and matching cookbook for Christmas. I thought I would never even take the thing out of the box, but it has proven to be the perfect kitchen appliance for my lifestyle.
Like most college students, I am constantly busy. The slow-cooker allows me throw a few ingredients together, head out on my way and return to a per-fect meal.
Here’s a recipe I just used last week that turned out great:
Place three to four boneless chicken breasts in the bottom of the slow-cooker. In a bowl, mix together one can of com-pressed cream of chicken soup and one-third cup of milk. Pour this mixture over the chicken. Then mix one box of stuffing with one-and-two-thirds cups of water. Spoon this over top of the chicken/soup combo. Set on low for six to eight hours.
The soup and stuffing will end up mixing into a thick sauce and the chicken will come out tender and falling apart. I would suggest throwing some rolls in the oven and heating up a quick veggie side.
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What do you do if you see a past hook-up at the bar? Do you say “hi” or ignore him?
Usually this all depends on the circumstances, but gener-ally I would vote to say, “Hi.”
If you decide to ignore him, you’ll find yourself having awk-ward moments for the rest of the night. He’ll sit at a table nearby and you’ll catch yourself making awkward glances; you’ll bump into him on your way up to the bar; you’re out on the dance floor and there he is grinding with the flavor of the week.
That doesn’t sound like much fun. You can avoid all this by acknowledging each other’s ex-istence.
If you say hello, try to do it ear-ly. Don’t dart across the bar and seek him out, but the first time you’re nearby give a small wave or make a casual comment. This way he knows you’ve moved on, and you can go on enjoying you night without having to worry about the next awkward mo-ment around the corner.
It might be hard to do, but it’ll be worth it in the long run.
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My friend and former room-mate has the same major and minor as I do, and is also in many of the same classes I am. She tends to be a control freak, and I can barely tolerate her anymore. How do I tell her, without sacrificing our friend-ship (or my grades) that I need to spend time away from her outside of class?
Confrontation sucks, and it’s hard to tell how someone will react when you approach them with a problem. But the best thing to do is to be honest, in the kindest way possible.
Being considerate of your friend’s feelings is important, and by putting yourself in her shoes, you can understand where they may be coming from.
If you spend enough time with someone to the point of irritation, it is wise to distance yourself to save your friendship.
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If your friendship is as impor-tant as it seems, there shouldn’t be any issues with being honest with her.
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Radiohead’s eighth stu-dio album, “The King of Limbs,” is worth the the $9 price tag for hardcore and casual fans alike.
Right off the bat, it is clear the main influence the band is going for in this album is ambient in-telligent dance music, the opening track “Bloom” showcases the experimen-tal drum beats and unusual electronic noises for which the genre is known.
This influence is found throughout the album, be it the almost tribal-like nois-es in the song “Feral” or re-interpreted as guitar lines in “Morning Mr. Magpie.” These influences add a level of tension to the music that isn’t exactly uncomfortable but scoots listeners closer
to the edge of their seat as they listen.
The (for all intents and purposes) single “Lotus Flower” is the easiest song off the album to get into as it presents carefully tex-tured ambient IDM in a less off-the-wall manner than the others, and can help newer fans ease into this album.
Many of the tracks feel as if they will build up and perhaps reach some sort of climax, or fill in the ambi-ence with something fuller and louder, but for the most part this doesn’t happen.
“Lotus Flower,” “Sepa-rator,” “Codex” and even less ambient tracks like “Little By Little” or “Morn-ing Mr. Magpie” all appear as if they are going to build to something greater and progress toward the end of the song, but none of them go much of anywhere.
The one song that feels like it has fully progressed by the end is “Give Up the Ghost.” Starting out sound-
ing out almost like an acoustic song fit for sing-ing around the campfire, it slowly but surely adds more emotion and texture to it.
It does not end with a crashing boom but it has a clear progression and is the best song on the album.
“The King of Limbs” is by no means a subpar album, it just feels like wasted po-tential. All the songs are fantastically written but they just cry to have some sort of progression or cli-max to them.
For what is present-ed, though, “The King of Limbs” is a good, enjoyable album and an easy recom-mendation.
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By John ManzoStaff Reporter
Every game is crucial at this point.
The Central Michigan women’s basketball team began this season with nine consecutive road games due to the construction of McGuirk Arena. Now, the team is in the final stretch of the regular season and the schedule has flip-flopped.
CMU (17-8 overall, 9-4 Mid-American Conference) won its first two games in a stretch where it plays four of its final six games at home.
It’ll look to continue its “home cooking” at 7 p.m. tonight at McGuirk Arena against Ball State.
On Jan. 15, BSU defeated the Chippewas 86-77 in Muncie, Ind.
However, the Cardinals (9-17 overall, 4-9 MAC) have dropped six consecutive games since and haven’t won on the road during confer-ence play.
BSU has won only two games since the teams’ last meeting, but don’t expect head coach Sue Guevara to take this game lightly. She, and the rest of the team, feels they have too much at stake to slip up this late in the sea-son.
“They’re a better basket-ball team than their record shows,” Guevara said. “We are preparing for a team that beat us and how they did it.”
Senior forward Emily Mag-gert was one of three 20-point scorers’ in the previous game between both schools. She had a game-high 22 points on 8-of-13 from the floor, and also tied four others for a game-high 10 rebounds.
Maggert leads the team in scoring with 15.4 points per game and has 8.4 rebounds per game — four more a game than any other player on the Cardinals roster.
“We have to make sure we pressure the basketball and make sure it’s not easy for Ball State to get it down to low to her,” Guevara said. “We have to be smarter on playing her.”
The more defensive-minded Chippewas will get their opportunity to show-case that defensive effort that lacked in the first game.
Senior forward Kaihla Szunko said it’s about com-munication.
“We’ve grasped it, but not fully,” she said about the team’s defensive commit-ment. “There’s always room for improvement, but if ev-eryone on the team talks we’ll be good.”
This will be the final home stand for CMU this season. Szunko said it’s important to win both of these games because it wants to have confidence and momentum
W O M E N ’ s b a s k E t b a l l
This time around, CMU looks for different results against BSU Chippewas lost, 86-77, on Jan. 15 in Muncie, Ind. Tipoff:
7 p.m., McGuirk Arena
Records:CMU: 17-8, 9-4 MACBSU: 9-17, 4-9 MAC
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Last meeting:Ball State won, 86-77, on Jan. 15 in Muncie, Ind. Cardinals lead all-time series, 32-30
CMU vs. Ball State
By Nick ConklinStaff Reporter
The gymnastics team will have to cram a week’s worth of training and rest before their Thursday night quad meet with only three days of practice until its next meet.
The Chippewas (11-1, 4-0 Mid-American Conference) will compete at 7 p.m. Thursday at McGuirk arena against Alaska-Anchorage (1-8), Eastern Michi-gan (3-5) and Southeast Mis-souri State (3-5).
CMU comes into the meet with prior wins against EMU and Alaska-Anchorage earlier in the season. That fact alone may help to quell some of the con-cerns that may arise from a short week of training. But redshirt freshman Megan McWhorter said that the team should not have any problems overcoming less time in the gym.
“We’ll be fine with regular
practice,” McWhorter said. “We just have to have confidence in what we (as a team) can do.”
The team will look again to McWhorter, who won the vault event last weekend with a 9.800 and posted a 9.875 the weekend before. McWhorter said that the reason she has been so success-ful is because nearly all of her time in the gym is spent perfect-ing her vault routine.
“It’s just a lot of numbers,” she said. “Some girls are just really good naturally, but I have to do a lot of numbers and do the skill repeatedly to get the feeling.”
CMU head coach Jerry Reighard said the short week is something that is rather uncom-mon in gymnastics. However, his team’s ability to re-focus this week comes down to its dedica-tion.
“It’s a testament to our ath-letes to have the will power to be focused against every oppo-nent,” Reighard said.
That focus has been proven in nearly all events, as CMU leads the MAC in the team all-around score (195.750) and on the bal-
ance beam, with a high of 48.9. Nationally, the Chippewas rank 15th on the beam with a per-meet average of 48.536, with the season-high 48.900 coming against Northern Illinois on Jan. 30.
Individually, junior Kristin Teubner leads the league in both the floor exercise (9.925) and the vault (9.925). Teubner’s high score in the all-around (39.250) is good enough for second in the league.
Reighard said that the team’s ability to maintain high aver-ages in all events comes down to each gymnast improving upon each other’s routine.
“Every single meet we’re there and our team knows that they can count on each other,” Reighard said. “We’re able to have someone come up right behind them and cover they’re back and allow us to still score well.”
This meet may also mark the 400th career victory for Reighard, who currently sits at 397.
Quick turnaround for gymnasticsReighard going for 400th win
File photo by andrew kuhnFreshman guard Trey Zeigler struggled in CMU’s 61-55 loss at Niagara on Saturday, scoring 6 points on 2-of-11 shooting. The Chippewas have lost 10 straight on the road.
By Andrew StoverSenior Reporter
Trey Zeigler seemed relaxed and at ease, his legs dangling as he sat on the partially stowed bleachers after Tuesday’s prac-tice in McGuirk Arena.
The 6-foot-5 freshman guard on the CMU men’s basketball team had a subpar outing Sat-urday against Niagara, shoot-ing 2-of-11 from the field and finishing with just six points in CMU’s 61-55 loss.
But as the Chippewas pre-pare for tipoff against North-ern Illinois at 8 p.m. tonight in DeKalb, Ill., Zeigler’s calm, casual demeanor served the opposite of his message.
“Just wasn’t being in attack mode (against Niagara),” said Zeigler, CMU’s leading scorer with 16.6 points per game. “That’s what we need on the road. We got to come out and throw the first punch.”
That would be refreshing for a team that is notorious for starting slowly away from home, where it has lost 10 in a row and holds an 0-6 road record in the Mid-American Conference.
Against Niagara, CMU (8-18, 5-7 MAC) shot just 30.8 per-cent from the field and made just 1-of-10 3-pointers in the first half.
Zeigler made a jumper and one free throw in the first half, and finished just 2-of-8 from the line.
“That game, I tried to let the game come to me,” said the Mount Pleasant native, who matched his first-half output with three points in the second half.
Zeigler said he broke down
film after the game with his fa-ther, CMU coach Ernie Zeigler, and noted the times he saw his play turn “passive.”
But Trey and CMU’s road woes are mild in comparison to the losing skid NIU is in. The Huskies have lost seven con-secutive games dating back to an 83-74 win against Akron on Jan. 26.
Under the circumstances, it seems an ideal opponent for CMU to try to end the skid, as the Chippewas sit just two games back of Western Michi-gan and Ball State, both 7-5, in the MAC West. CMU can still stay in contention for the divi-sion if it wins out.
“It’s too hard, with us — our situation, such a young team — to focus on anything other than the next game,” Ernie Zei-gler said.
NIU (7-18, 3-9 MAC) is 1-9 since Jan. 20, when it lost a 66-64 game against CMU. Al-though MAC leading scorer and NIU guard Xavier Silas scored 24 points against the
Chippewas, Trey Zeigler stole the show with 27 points in the absence of senior Jalin Thom-as, who did not play because of a sprained ankle.
Ernie Zeigler said Trey Zei-gler and senior guard Antonio Weary will guard Silas — like the last meeting — but warned not to look too far into CMU’s prior win against the Huskies.
“They’re a different team, and we’re a different team from that first game,” he said. “That game is what it is. It’s history.”
Men look to end road skid at 10Chippewas travel to NIU two games back in MAC West
Tipoff:8 p.m., Convocation Center, DeKalb, Ill.
Records:CMU: 8-18, 5-7 MACNIU: 7-18, 3-9 MAC
TV/Radio:None/95.3 WCFX-FM
CMU vs. NIU
heading into the conference tournament.
“It’s really important because it gives us confidence,” she said. “We want to take that to the tournament and really capital-ize.”
Guevara hopes the momen-tum of Saturday’s win against in-state rival Western Michigan will cause a trickle-down effect throughout this home stand.
“I want to finish the home schedule playing really well,” she said. “We have momentum, but now we need to take it into Wednesday and then into Sat-urday.”
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File photo by ashLey MiLLerFreshman midfielder Samone Lazar started in 19 of CMU’s 20 games this season. Lazar had three assists and took four shots during the 2010 season.
By Justin HicksStaff Reporter
There aren’t too many high-er honors than representing your native country in the sporting world.
Central Michigan freshman Simone Lazar has been select-ed to receive such an honor as a reserve for the Canadian junior national field hockey team.
“When we recruited her, one of Simone’s questions was could she still pursue her as-piration to join the Canadian national team, and we’re very supportive of what she does,” said CMU head coach Cristy Freese.
Lazar took part in the U-18 Canadian Cup during sum-mer 2010 and was scouted along with 39 other players to be invited to a field hockey camp in August. The group was cut down to 24, and those advanced to the second round of tryouts in January along with an additional 16 players.
By the end of the tryouts, the junior national team was built of 18 players and six more were picked as reserves, including Lazar.
“Making the national team is like every player’s dream, so it’s just one step in the right direction for me,” Lazar said.
The team scheduled its first
tour for March 13-20, when it will play a four-game series against the USA women’s U-19 team in San Diego, Calif.
Lazar said the team will schedule other tours in which they will rotate the reserves into the lineup, but “the CMU season comes first” when those tours coincide with the school’s schedule.
“During our fall season, her number one commitment is to us,” Freese said. “The times she may have some Canadian commitments that would be her first obligation would be when we’re not in season.”
Freese said that playing for the two separate teams would help Lazar in different ways.
“We think we’re providing ways for her to improve her individual game and make her better for the Canadian team,
but I also think the Canadian team gives her a high level of play when she comes back to play at the Division I level with us,” Freese said.
The Etobicoke, Ontario, native made herself known in her debut season at CMU, being selected to the All-MAC tournament team. She started 19 games and appeared in all 20, picking up a team-leading three assists.
Her biggest shot came in the Oct. 2, 2010, game against Ohio, when Lazar netted the game-winning goal in a shoot-out at the end of regulation.
Her teammate, goaltender Anastasia Netto, took a simi-lar responsibility in fall 2008, competing for the Trinidad & Tobago national team. During her time on the team, Netto played in countries that in-
cluded Chile, Argentina, Mex-ico, Uruguay and the U.S.
“It gave her experience against a high level of compe-tition and we gave her some better, individual goalkeeping practices to help her improve her overall game,” Freese said.
Position: Midfielder
Year: Freshman
Hometown: Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
High School: Michael Power/St. Joseph’s HS
Major: Undecided
Simone LazarFreshman midfielderscouted to join team last summer
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