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LIFECENTRAL MICHIGAN

Claire Abendroth | Staff PhotographerStudents cheer during the Northern Illinois game on Feb. 18 at McGuirk Arena. Central Michigan University went on to win the game 68-66.

A SHIFT inCULTURE

During Central Michigan Uni-versity’s last three Saturday home games, the men’s basketball team drew crowds of 4,041, 4,403 and 5,350 fans respectively, averaging 4,598 fans per game in that stretch.

This is a level of popularity the team hasn’t experienced in more than a decade.

The program has not seen a winning season since former head coach Jay Smith led the Chippewas to the second round of the NCAA Tournament dur-ing the 2002-03 season.

Twelve years and two coaching

changes later, the 2014-15 team has a legitimate chance be a part of March Madness, and lift the program to the national stage.

The Chippewas are 19-5 overall, 9-4 in Mid-American Conference com-petition. The team occupies the first-place spot in the MAC West division.

The feeling around campus is large-ly one of excitement and optimism. Students are coming out to support the team more than in the past.

“When you’re at 80 to 100 percent capacity, that’s when you know you’re a program that’s going to continue to go forward,” Head Coach Keno Davis said. “Hopefully they’ll make a com-mitment to come out more because it’s

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Grawn Hall to undergo $10.8 million renovation

By Sydney Smith News Editor

To encourage students to spend more time in Grawn Hall, College of Business Administration Dean Charles Crespy proposed a $10.8 million renovation that was unani-mously approved at the Board of Trustees meeting Thursday.

The renovations will add 6,600 square feet to the oldest building on Central Michigan University’s campus. Construction includes a public space for a collaboration area, expanded space on the first floor, integrating the first and second floors and re-orienting the entrance. Corridors will be updated and fire suppression will be added.

A cafe, atrium space and quiet room for reading and studying will also be added.

The College of Business Admin-istration has more than $900,000 in commitments for donations to use on the renovations, and hopes to raise $5 million. The university will match donations to the project dollar for dollar.

Plans for the renovation have been in discussion for about a year. The changes will be done in three phases of construction each sum-mer and are scheduled for comple-tion in 2017.

The goal of the changes, Crespy

Folmar said.

Courtesy Photo | Mount Pleasant Police DepartmentMount Pleasant resident, Kristy Posthumus, 33, was arrested while attempting to transport 13 bindles of heroin and 12 bindles of another unidentified drug.

MPPD makes two arrests for transporting heroin

By Jacob KahnStaff Reporter

In what police are calling the big-gest drug bust from a traffic stop in the history of the department, Mount Pleasant Police Department officers arrested two Mount Pleasant women attempting to transport 13 bindles of heroin and 12 bindles of another unidentified drug.

Officers stopped the women in their black Dodge Charger for having

illegally tinted windows and an im-properly placed license plate. Officers identified the driver as Kristy Posthu-mus, 33, a federally-recognized Native American in the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe.

Posthumus’ license was suspended and her vehicle was uninsured. Driving on a suspended license is a misdemeanor offense which requires officers to make an arrest.

Officers conducted a search of the vehicle and found close to a gram of heroin and three quarters of a gram of an unknown white substance hidden in a Mentos container. Each bindle is one sixteenth of a gram. This discovery allowed officers to search the passenger, Audrey Shipman, a 31-year-old.

Shipman was in possession of two knives, mace and a large collapsible baton, which she said she was carry-ing for protection.

Posthumus was arrested on three counts of possession with intent to deliver heroin, driving with a suspended license, and operating a vehicle without insurance. As a fed-erally recognized Native American, Posthumus was arraigned in Tribal Court and will move through the Tribal Court system.

Under Tribal law, narcotics viola-tions fall under Title 1.2036 Con-trolled Substances, Narcotics. She faces one year of incarceration and a fine of $5,000.

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Taylor DesOrmeauStaff Reporter

Central Michigan Head Football Coach John Bonamego will be headlining a free meet-and-greet put on by the Chippewa Athletic Fund from 7-9 p.m. Saturday at the Soaring Eagle Casino ballrooms.

A special program will begin at 8 p.m., featuring Bonamego, his coaching staff and the 2015

recruiting class. Appetizers and a cash bar will be available.

With space limited, fans are invited to RSVP to 774-6680 or email [email protected].

Special ticket pricing for Saturday’s women’s and men’s basketball games are available to those who RSVP for Saturday night’s event, including $3 tickets to the women’s game at 1 p.m. and $6 tickets for the men’s game at 4:30.

Joe JuddStaff Reporter

By Malachi BarrettNews Editor

Testifying before a Michigan Sen-ate panel in the Charles V. Park Li-brary, Central Michigan University President George Ross highlighted how achievements of faculty and students directly benefit the state.

The Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education selected CMU to host its first 2015 hearing on state funding for Michigan’s 15 public universities, also listening to testi-mony from Wayne State University and Michigan State University Extension. Ross appealed to panel members to consider the impact of Gov. Rick Snyder’s cuts to higher education funding, which puts a heavier burden on students and their families to pay for college.

“There are universities that serve a largely homegrown population and who transform Michigan youth into the leaders of tomorrow,” Ross said. “CMU is one of those. Ninety-five percent of our students hail from this Great Lakes State. When

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By Ben SolisStaff Reporter

Attorney Todd Levitt’s case against Central Michigan University student Zachary Felton was dimissed Thursday in Isabella County Trial Court.

Judge Paul Chamberlain issued a written opinion concluding that

Felton’s parody Twitter account is protected free speech.

“The Supreme Court has held that certain statements are protected, even when provable false,” Chamberlain wrote. “In this case, (Felton’s) Twit-ter account cannot be reasonably interpreted as anything other than a parody account.”

Chamberlain pointed to the

language of the Tweets as a clear indication of satire and the account made multiple attempts to distinguish it as parody.

Levitt sued Felton in June 2014 after the two feuded on Twitter using their respective accounts. Felton’s account, titled Todd Levitt 2.0, posted tweets impersonating Levitt. The account also used Levitt’s logos and pictures.

Mount Pleasant attorney Gordon Bloem represented Felton since the case’s inception. Bloem said he’s happy the case is over.

Bloem said his client’s case was “solid from the get go.” Felton’s dense was aided by Grand Rapids attorney Jon Schrotenboer, who was added to the case in January. Felton’s family has an insurance policy that protects them from this type of litigation, Bloem said. Schrotenboer joined the case so the policy could pay the legal fees.

Levitt does have a right to appeal.

Judge dismisses Levitt v. Felton case

Police say heroin use is increasing in Isabella County

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said, is to allow students to spend more time being pro-ductive in Grawn Hall.

“Right now we have the perfect facility for a 19th century education,” Crespy said. “We would like stu-dents to spend more time in the college.”

More than 4,000 business students attend classes in Grawn Hall every year. Crespy said renovations will make the building architecturally consistent, more inviting for recruitment purposes and more student-friendly, as business students often work in groups.

“The changes will improve collaboration,” said Univer-sity President George Ross. “They will allow students to

engage with each other and faculty members.”

Elwell senior Jennie Wernick said the changes are necessary. As a frequent visitor of Grawn Hall, Wernick often sits in a room between classes with three computers, several tables and a P.O.D. Express food area.

“We need more than just one room,” she said. “This room fills up really fast, and there are only three computers. An auditorium would be nice for business presentations.”

Because of traffic in the lounge area, Crespy often sees students lining the floors of the hallways between classes.

“The facilities we have right now are not appropri-ate for what we have in mind for a quality education,” he said. “The more time students spend in Grawn Hall, the bet-ter their resumes.”

Courtesy Photo | Nehil Sivak consulting structural engineersThe rendering of Grawn Hall’s $10.8 million renovation shows the updated facade of the building and redesigned entranceway.

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By Malachi BarrettNews Editor

Members of the Central Michigan University Board of Trustees stressed a commit-ment to increase the number of Global Campus courses at their Feb. 19 meeting in the Bovee University Center.

Trustee Tricia Keith gave her report on the activities of the Academic and Student Af-fairs committee, where faculty communicated the challenges of increasing global campus course offerings.

“From a board perspective, we are proud of the national ranking that we have in our online programs and we want to ensure we are able to maintain that wonderful ranking,” Keith said.

Faculty members expressed concerns about producing on-line content at the committee meeting. She said accelerating the numbers of course offer-ings is important for the future of the university.

Board Chair William Kanine said he benefitted from infor-mation shared by presenters at the committee meeting and stressed the importance of maintaining CMU’s reputation as a top ranked online educa-tion provider.

“We have to look and seri-ously consider what we are going to do and what we are going to consider to make on-

line offerings a better opportu-nity for everyone,” Kanine said. “Access and affordability are important.

University President George Ross and trustee Sarah Opper-man stressed the importance of staying competitive with other universities who have adapted and improved CMU’s Global Campus model.

Opperman said CMU has been doing well competitively but is “starting to slip back” and is losing market shares.

“We have to recognize the pressures from other univer-sities,” Ross said. “It’s about our students and preparing them. As we go forward, I will rally our leadership team on this campus.”

The board also passed several action items includ-ing a motion authorizing Ross to ratify and sign collective bargaining agreements with unions representing faculty members and the campus police department, as well as $1.7 million in upgrades to the steam generation system.

Board Chair William Kanine opened the meeting by welcoming newly-appointed trustee Rich Studley before Ross delivered his president’s report to board members. Ross highlighted several achieve-ments of the university, includ-ing the continued construction on the $95 million Bioscience Building, the success of CMU’s

alternative breaks program and the strategic planning team reconvening to update metrics of the university’s strategic action plan.

“That plan outlines five priorities for the university,” Ross said. “Student success, to promote excellence in research and creative activity, to sup-port quality faculty and staff, to build community partnerships and to uphold smart infra-structure stewardship. This is a time for momentum at CMU.”

Ross addressed the board with optimism for the future of CMU, expressing a renewed “cohesiveness” among leader-ship at the university.

Promotions to tenure were given to 22 faculty members,

which will take effect in the fall 2015 semester.

Provost Michael Gealt reported quarterly figures for the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs. CMU brought in $2.5 million in awards this quarter, consistent with the $2.5 million awarded in the previous quarter ending in September.

Vice President of Facilities Management Steve Lawrence reported that construction for the Lodgco Hotel project is on schedule to meet its August 2015 deadline.

Lawrence said the only change in construction is the removal of a proposed restau-rant on the south end of the building due to bidding issues.

Board of trustees approve action items thursday

they graduate, about 76 percent choose to stay in Michigan and make a difference.”

Under Snyder’s budget pro-posal, public universities would see an additional $28 million for general operations, including a 3 percent restoration of funds taken from CMU since Snyder’s first budget cut. However, increases during the past three years would still not fully make

up for the cuts.The panel was comprised

of House Speaker Kevin Cot-ter, R-Mount Pleasant, and Senators Peter MacGregor, Tonya Schuitman, Curtis Hertel Jr. and Judy Emmons.

“We firmly believe providing a quality affordable educa-tion is an important role that our public universities do,” Schuitman said. “The impact on this state is immeasurable. Nationwide, the long-term trend has been to disinvest in our students and I think that is the wrong approach.”

She added this year’s budget

is uniquely difficult, as business tax credits for a road funding tax proposal have presented challenges.

State funding today accounts for 17 percent of the CMU operating budget. Ross said if the university operated on state funding alone, the money would run out in 62 days.

In his testimony, Ross lauded the university’s fiscal responsi-bility, stating CMU has main-tained the lowest cumulative tuition increase in Michigan for the past five years.

Ross asked senators for equity in per-student funding,

where CMU ranks 10th among Michigan’s 15 public univer-sities at $3,600 per student. He said funding in the state ranges from $2,800 to $8,100 per student.

Ross introduced Delton native and College of Medicine student Barbara Buehler and Galesburg senior Kyle McPher-son as examples of students at CMU who are making an im-pact in their home state through medicine and engineering.

He also pointed to a recently awarded $10 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to protect the Great

Lakes coastal wetlands and the College of Medicine’s commit-ment to rural medical care in the state.

CMU alumnus and ac-counting department Chair Chad Stefaniak was also recognized for returning to his alma mater after earning his master’s and PhD at the University of Alabama and teaching at Oklahoma State.

Daytona Niles | Photo EditorPresident George Ross and members of the Central Michigan University Board of Trustees listen during Vice President of Facitlities Management Steve Lawrence’s presentation about new updates on the construction of a hotel east of the football stadium Feb. 19 at the Bovee University Center.

MPPD has also referred Posthumus’ case to a federal prosecutor, who will decide whether to file charges against her in Federal Court. A Native American can be tried for the same offense in Tribal and Fed-eral Court, but it is uncommon.

Shipman was arrested on three counts of carrying a con-cealed weapon, and one count of possession of a dangerous weapon. Shipman, also a Na-tive American, is not federally recognized, and will therefore move through the Isabella County Court.

Carrying a concealed weapon is a felony that carries a sentence of five years in prison and a $2,500 fine. Pos-session of a dangerous weapon is a felony with a sentence that varies based on the weapon and intent.

Shipman has been arrested several times before, most re-cently in 2012 for driving while

license suspended, possession of narcotics, assault and bat-tery, disorderly conduct, mali-cious destruction of property, second degree retail fraud and disturbing the peace.

Officers impounded Post-humus’ vehicle and delivered the 12 bindles of an unidenti-fied white substance to the Michigan State Police Crime Lab in Grayling. Troopers have ruled out cocaine and heroin as the possible substance. The unidentified white powder might be finely ground opiate pills, which is common among heroin users.

Browne said Posthumus will face an additional charge once the other substance is identified.

Lt. Mark Uribe of the Bay Area Narcotics Enforcement Team said Isabella County is facing an increase in heroin use among teens and adults rang-ing from ages 17 to 30.

Uribe has been with the Michigan State Police for over 26 years, and has been in the narcotics division for 13 years.

“When heroin moves

in, so does a lot of other crime,” Uribe said. “You see an increase in breaking and entering, larcenies and other crimes. People need to fuel their drug addiction, and it gets expensive.”

Heroin is known as a “dirty opiate” because it can be mixed with other substances, Uribe said. Dealers mix in other substances which look like heroin, such as rat poison, in order to charge more based on the weight.

Uribe attributes the increase in heroin usage to the spike in prescribing of opiate pain killers by doctors, the price of heroin and the spread of gateway drugs.

“A lot of people start off us-ing opiates such as Vicodin or Oxycotin,” Uribe said. “When they get addicted, they go to a dirty opiate which is cheaper to buy.”

The street price for heroin in Mount Pleasant is about $30 a bindle, Uribe said. An addict might use heroin 3 to 4 times a day. The amount an addict uses depends on their individual

tolerance and the potency of the heroin they are using.

Browne said the reason her-oin leads to so many overdoses is that it is nearly impossible for a user to determine the purity of the drug.

“It’s like drinking alcohol that you don’t know the proof of,” Browne said. “You have no way to know how power-ful it is, which is why so many people overdose and die.”

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life in brief

tax website operational

for filing seasonJust in time for tax season,

the Student Government Association unveiled its new tax website to guide students through the process of filing federal and state taxes.

The website, myfreetaxes.com, allows students to file taxes online or in-person with an IRS-certified volunteer income-tax preparer.

The online tax help is offered in Spanish and in English.

Students interested in using the site will need to provide their Social Security Number, W-2 or other tax return forms and childcare provider name. They will also be required to submit their bank routing and account number for a checking or savings account, last year’s tax return and a valid email address.

For more information, students can visit the website or Facebook group at facebook.com/myfreetaxes.

Students will also be able to give feedback and ask questions about the site directly to SGA on Feb. 22 from 8–9:30 p.m. on Twitter. The SGA Twitter account can be found at twitter.com/@CMUSGA and questions with “#SGA2015” will be answered.

- Jordyn HermaniStaff Reporter

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By Kate CarlsonStaff Reporter

Courtney Bonneau will be the first woman in her family to enlist in the military.

The Taylor freshman has a goal to rise to the top of the ranks in Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.

“I want to become the best of-ficer cadet at Central Michigan University,” Bonneau said. “I want to be known. My goal for ROTC is to better myself in any way pos-sible. I want the program to be bet-tered. It’s already good, but I want to achieve more.”

The university’s ROTC program is 68 percent men and 32 percent women. Kennedy Stone remem-bers the first day of her ROTC class, when all of the women in her class were together, huddled in a circle.

“Initially, it’s a shock,” said the Detroit freshman. “It’s fine after that and everyone opens up. You don’t feel like you’re the only girl there. They include you.”

Coming from a military family, Stone said she enjoys the physical training portion of her ROTC class with the entire battalion because she gets the chance to meet people from different grades. She de-scribed the community as open and welcoming.

Professor Chair in the Leader-ship Training Course Greg Thayer said women in ROTC have just as many opportunities as men.

“The thing that’s really cool about the Army is that there is no ceiling for a woman,” Thayer said.

Unlike Stone, military does not run in Erika Havenaar’s family. She decided to take ROTC classes after being introduced to the program with a game of paintball at her freshman orientation.

“Overall, ROTC is beneficial,” said the Plainwell junior. “You have to keep a certain GPA and certain standards. It keeps you in shape and mentally focused on school.”

After three years of ROTC class-es at CMU, Havenaar serves as a specialist in the National Guard. Havenaar plans to complete the Officer Training School to become an officer—the only other way to become an officer.

“You used to think of a woman in the military as not really a woman—or a tomboy,” Havenaar said. “Now it’s more of a positive thing and it’s empowering women all around the country to join the military.”

There are still branches of the military that don’t accept women.

Finalists named for CCFA dean

Shelly Hinck

Steven Block

Janet HethornOfficers from the Mount

Pleasant Police Department responded to a three-car accident on Mission Street just north of East Bluegrass Road Thursday afternoon.

The driver of a green Jeep Patriot heading north on Mission Street drifted into a blue Ford Focus also heading north in the adjacent lane, damaging the driver’s side mirror. The driver of the Patriot then over-compensated for the impact and swerved into oncoming traffic, striking a south-bound red Chevy Malibu in a head-on collision.

The passenger in the Malibu was taken to McLaren-Central Michigan to be treated for injuries to the lower body.

Officers arrested the driver of the Jeep Patriot for driving on an expired license and driving without insurance.

-Jacob KahnStaff Reporter

By Paige SheffieldStaff Reporter

Three candidates vying to be the next dean of the College of Communications and Fine Arts will be interviewed starting Monday, Feb. 23.

The search committee, led by Dale-Elizabeth Pehrsson, dean of the College of Education and Human Services, interviewed seven semi-finalists over Skype last week then invited candidates to come to campus.

“These were the four that rose to the top,” Pehrsson said. “They were well-prepared, they were professional, they were very knowledgeable about CMU, they understood the College of Com-munication and Fine Arts and it was pretty clear these were the strongest candidates.”

Pehrsson said she is excited to hear what the university com-munity thinks of the candidates. The candidates will hold open forums in Chamichian Hall in the Music Building.

“I encourage as many people to attend as possible because to be able to interact with a potential dean of a really great college is very important,” Pehrsson said.

The forums will allow people to ask informative questions and see how the candidates respond. The week after the interviews, the search committee will review all information, including feedback from individuals who attend the forums, then make a recommenda-tion to Provost Micheal Gealt.

Pehrsson said the committee is looking for someone who can help build the college’s strengths and has many different skills. She said she always looks for someone who cares about the community and student learning.

The three finalists are Steven Block, Department of Music chair at the University of New Mexico, Janet Hethorn, director of the Delaware Design Institute at the University of Delaware and Shelly Hinck, interim dean of the College of Communication and Fine Arts at CMU.

Steven BlockBlock became

the chair of the Department of Music at the UNM in 1999. He has a PhD in Composition and Theory from the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to his candidacy, he was the Composition-Theory chair from 1991 until 1999 accord-ing to his curriculum vitae.

Block will visit campus Mon-day and Tuesday. His forum will take place from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Janet Hethorn

Hethorn became the director of the Delaware Design Institute in 2009. She was also the chair of the Department of Art at the Univer-sity of Delaware from 2008 until 2013. She has a PhD in design with supporting areas in studio arts and art history from the University of Minnesota in St. Paul.

Hethorn will visit campus Wednesday and Thursday with a forum held from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

Shelly HinckHinck became

the interim dean of CCFA at CMU in August 2014 after the resigna-tion of Salma Ghanem. Before her candidacy, she was the as-sociate dean of CCFA starting in 2010 and has been at CMU since 1988. She has a PhD from the Uni-versity of Kansas.

Hinck will be interviewed Thursday and Friday and will have a forum 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday.

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Mission street

Monica Bradburn | Staff Photographer Cadet Kennedy Stone, right, and Cadet Bailey Kellerman, left, attach a blasting cap to a claymore during an ROTC training on Feb. 18 in Finch Fieldhouse.

Positions that didn’t allow women in the past—like combat, infantry, ranger school and artillery—are slowly starting to accept women, Havenaar said. Branches like spe-cial warfare in the Navy are still male exclusive.

“Its kind of like a trial period,” Havenaar explained. “There are still a lot of things women aren’t allowed to do, but we are slowly breaking the barriers down.”

In ROTC, women adhere to dif-ferent standards than men when it comes to physical training. They don’t have do to as much as their male classmates.

“There are women that can pass the male standards,” Havenaar said. “Those are the women that should be at the ranger school and infantry. Physically, as a woman, there are a lot of standards we couldn’t meet that males could.”

Graduate student Tamara Hul-lender is studying identity devel-opment in female student veter-ans and is a veteran herself. She graduated from basic training as an honor graduate and served for four years beginning in 1983, when women accounted for about ten percent of the total Army.

“We feel like we have to do more to feel like we are good enough,” Hullender said.

Saginaw Valley State Univer-sity sophomore Kaitllyn Kapka is a guest student at CMU because there is no ROTC at her school. She enlisted in the guard and has plans to join the Governor’s Own Band as an army musician, playing the euphonium.

“ROTC is a great program and women shouldn’t be afraid to come in here. We’re all treated fairly,” Kapka said.

Photos by Monica Bradburn | Staff Photographer TOP: Cadets learn the proper usage of the claymore during an ROTC training on Feb. 18 in Finch Fieldhouse.BOTTOM: Cadet Pierce listens during a ROTC class with other classmates on Feb. 18 in Finch Fieldhouse.

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prograMing funDStudent Government

Association President Chuck Mahone announced Wednesday, Feb. 18, that Central Michigan University’s Budget Priorities Committee will consider a $327,000 increase in the Campus Programing Fund.

The announcement was made at the Board of Trustees’ Student Liaison Committee meeting on the third floor of the Bovee University Center.

The CPF would go towards assisting extracurricular activities, such as the Leadership Institute and the Volunteer Center, along with RSO sponsored events.

“(SGA) asked for more funding and the Budget Priorities Committee gave a recommendation that they are going to give to the president and his cabinet,” Mahone said. “At that time they will review everything and see how to go about giving back to (the fund).”

-Jordyn HermaniStaff Reporter

SGA

“I want to be known. My goal for ROTC is to

better myself in any way possible. I want

the program to be bettered. It’s already

good, but I want to achieve more.”

Courtney Bonneau, Taylor freshman

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The Student Government Association

created an online petition to bring parking

issues to the attention of Central Michigan

University administration.

eDiToRiAL | Student Government Association should invest time, effort in smaller projects

Although some students have expressed concerns about parking for years, parking is not likely to change at this university. It shouldn’t. Students’ time and effort would be better spent on other, more attainable goals.

According to Parking Services, there are 11,301 parking spaces on campus, giving the university a better space-to-student ratio than Eastern Michigan University. Only 7,655 parking permits were purchased as of September 2014.

More than 200 parking spots were added to university lots in 2013 and 22 were added in 2014.

University President George Ross has expressed that there are plenty of park-ing spaces for students, but is willing to hear student concerns in the form of SGA’s petition.

“With over 11,000 parking spaces

and the utilization of those spaces, there’s lot of parking,” Ross said in an interview following the Board of Trustees meeting Thursday. “What there isn’t is a lot of parking in front of the building that your class is in. I’ll wait to see the petition.”

CMU has done its part to make parking as simple as possible for students. Still, those unhappy with the situation have cited limited parking as the cause for being late to class. The addition of more spaces or construc-tion of a parking structure have been suggested as solutions.

A parking structure is an enormous, expensive undertaking. To construct one similar to those on Michigan State University’s campus would cost the university millions of dollars and take years to build.

Michigan is experiencing a decline in the number of high school graduates that mirrors trends seen nationwide.

The Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education reported that the population of high school graduates in the state will drop 29 percent from 124,000 in the 2007-08 year to 86,000 by the 2027-28 academic year.

Why spend millions of dollars to add additional parking to a campus that will see fewer and fewer students?

Rather than petition the university for an ill conceived goal, students should spend their time and effort on more relevant issues that have a greater chance of being recognized.

In its Wednesday committee meeting with members of the CMU Board of Trustees, SGA asked for more program-ming funds to account for the effects of inflation on its purchasing power.

Students elect SGA members to represent their needs while in school. Small initiatives like extending the Bovee University Center hours and introducing a legal clinic for students are representative of those needs.

Parking on campus isn’t perfect. Pe-titioning is an option, but isn’t arriving early an option, too?

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Brian Williams lied. After covering wars and

news events across the world, earning respect and credibility along the way, he ended up as a creator of fic-tion, not journalism.

Williams dedicated his life to providing necessary infor-mation to the public, and we should thank him for that. As a human being, it’s tough to work for the betterment of mankind, which largely only thinks about itself.

His recent embellishment of his role in events in Iraq was wrong, but it is also wrong to destroy a reporter’s career that has given so much to society.

Covering the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina and giving viewers stateside a view of the war in Iraq are tasks even the most dedicated humani-

tarian would wince at. Williams’ decision to serve

as a journalist was a noble cause that does not exempt him from basic morals, but should garner him respect the as he endures this fall from grace.

He simply got carried away. Embellishing one small fact after another during his storied career, Williams be-gan rolling a snowball down a hill, and has a glacier of falsehoods to deal with.

It could mark the end of an era, over a lapse in memory and an embellishment of the truth. Viewers and journal-

ists alike have taken swipes at Williams, claiming he has no business delivering the news.

He did not fabricate stories unapologetically without care for the harm they could cause. He had no reason to lie to advance his career.

There was no malice. Williams simply exaggerated, offending a lot of people in the process.

Would those same people even attempt to do what Wil-liams has done? Would they put themselves in front of a faceless public and accept all the criticism that comes with it?

Resoundingly, the answer is no.

Viewers should consider the broader implications of these recent events, and put trust where it is deserved.

Public should not take pleasure in Williams’ humiliation

Everyone has that special story that seems too unbe-lievable to possibly be true. It forces us to either spend far too much time trying to prove what we said is true or give up and live content, knowing at least we know what really happened.

It’s like all those chance meeting stories you hear about where Bill Murray walks up to your table, eats a handful of your fries, says “no one will ever believe you” and then walks away.

Try as you might, un-less someone caught it on camera, no one will believe a comedy legend ate your fries and then just walked away.

It doesn’t matter whether innocent stories like that are true or not when you’re just the average person sharing the story and a beer

with a friend.When you hold a position

that relies on credibility, how-ever, having any lack of truth in what you say can damage not just your career but your livelihood as a whole.

With the controversy surrounding NBC Nightly News Anchor Brian Wil-liams’ lapse of honesty behind several anecdotes about his time covering the Iraq invasion, among other things, credibility in the media has once again been severely damaged and will likely suffer for many years to come.

Some might say Williams was just embellishing the truth; it’s not a big deal and we should just move on.

There’s a big difference between embellishing the truth and telling an out-right lie.

When you embellish, little things here and there might get spiced up with colorful language and zesty verbiage, but the truth remains the same.

When you tell a story about something that happened to someone else but change that someone to yourself, the story becomes a lie.

Putting yourself in the experiences of another person for your own gain is plagiarism of the human condition. Of all people, Williams should have known better.

Everyone makes mistakes, but lies are intentional

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Sorority Phi Sigma Sigma raised $1,700 at its annual ¨Mr. Phi Significant¨ pageant Wednesday, in the Bovee University Center Auditori-um donating to two charities.

Twelve fraternity mem-bers competed for the title of Mr. Phi Significant in three contests that show-cased togas, talent and a question-and-answer ses-sion. A panel of judges gave scores of up to 10 while the audience voted by making donations to named jars: $1 equaled one point.

Philanthropy chair Emma Hardey said funds will be donated to organizations that purchase school supplies for children. The program aims

to close the achievement gap between high and low-income students.

“(The money) goes toward the Phi Sigma Sigma founda-tion, our philanthropy is college-readiness,” said the West Bloomfield junior. “We just recently partnered with two organizations, The Kids and Me Foundation and Practice makes Perfect. They are both organizations that help kids in need.”

Livonia junior Mathew Slinder won the competition. His talent was the ¨Evolution of Dance¨ performed to a re-mix of several different songs including the chicken dance. Judge Lori Irwin, assistant professor in recreation and events management, said the judges’ verdicts were based on how much the partici-

pants were willing to express themselves.

“We were looking for personality, humor, (and) ef-fort,” Irwin said. “Just guys that were willing to have fun with it.”

Dearborn Heights sopho-more Francis Rosales said he liked being a contestant in the pageant because it gave him a chance to have fun for a good cause. Some talents included lip syncing, danc-ing and rapping.

“The raps they did were really good, especially the one where they researched the background of Phi Sig and put that into their rap,” Irwin said.

Wixom sophomore Philip Mitchell was runner up and Jackson senior PJ Harworth took third place.

Phi Sigma Sigma raises $1,700 during ‘Mr. Phi Significant’ for charity

By Andrew Surma Staff Reporter

Sigma Chi fraternity has sold out their “Sigma Freeze” philanthrophy event at 7 p.m. Feb. 21 in the Mount Pleasant Ice Arena.

Sigma Chi takes on “rival” fraternity Sigma Pi in a fully-padded hockey game for charity, Sigma Chi Philanthropy Chair Ryan Holder said.

“Sigma Pi is the hot name on campus,” the Woodhaven sophomore said. “They have the new house. They have a really good chapter. It will be a good head-to-head of one prestigious fraternity against another prestigious fraternity.”

Proceeds from Sigma Freeze will go to the Huntsman Cancer Institute—Sigma Chi’s frequented partner charity.

Holder said events like

Sigma Freeze help breakdown Greek stereotypes.

“We want to get away from the idea that all Greek students just party,” Holder said.

Phi Sigma Sigma member Ryann Patton said she is excited for the event.

“I don’t think anyone has ever done a philanthropy event like this before, so it’s breaking new ground,” said, the Belle-vile sophomore. “I think it shows Greek unity. Every sorority is talking about it and everyone is excited to go. I think there’s going to be a huge turnout.”

Another Phi Sigma Sigma member, Harrison Township sophomore Summer Messina,

said she sold 30 tickets herself.“Even non-Greek life

people are looking forward to it,¨ Messina said. ¨I’ve had people who don’t even like hockey come up to me (and ask) about it because it’s for a great cause.”

Admission is $10 at the door, $8 for advance tickets. For more information about Sigma Freeze, contact Ryan Holder at [email protected].

Sigma Chi face-off with Sigma Pi builds excitment in Greek Life

Andrew Surma | Staff ReporterMembers of Phi Sigma Sigma gathered Feb. 18 for their annual Mr. PhiSignificant pageant that raises funds for children in need. Livonia junior Mathew Slinder won the pageant with his own version of the “Evolution of Dance.”

Calli Morris | Staff PhotographerLivonia mentor Cory Muniga, left, laughs while graduate students Richard Rasmussen of Fort Gratiot and Daniel Sanchez of Texas compete at the ERPsim competition on Feb. 19 in McGuirk Arena.

ERPsim team competitors being sought after by company recruiters

By Brianne Twiddy Staff Reporter

After spending three days a week participating in simulation training for the third annual Enterprise Re-source Planning Simulation Invitational Competition, Martin Porea felt his team was prepared.

The Macomb graduate stu-dent was part of the Pricewa-terhouseCoopers team. After each practice, the team spent hours looking at data and seeing what sold and discov-ering trends. The prepara-tion was time consuming, but worth it, he said.

“You don’t get this kind of experience in the classroom. We felt pre-pared, but you never know what’s going to happen,” Porea said. “You come in with a plan and two days later, your plan goes out the window because the market changes.”

The ERPsim is a simula-tion game. Twenty teams managed their own compa-nies in a simulated competi-tive market in McGurick Arena Thursday.

This year was a Logistics Dairy Game where six dairy products had to be sold in three regions. The competi-tion hosted two games with the team that accumulated the most Net Profit dollars being the winner.

This year, Auto-Owners won ranked first place, Gen-eral Motors 1 second place and Consumers Energy 2 third place in Server GM3. In Server GM7, Deloitte 2 ranked first place, Tata Consultancy 2 second place and Rockwell Collins 1 third place.

Director of the Systems, Applications and Products University Alliance Pro-gram Frank Andrea knows of no other school in Michi-gan involved in the SAP University Alliance commu-

nity. There are over 2,000 programs worldwide in the competition where students are united with a company mentor and competing for scholarships and awards.

“I think it’s good for the students because this is essentially what we do during any of our projects,” Rockwell Collins Team 1 mentor Dan Hellerstedt said. “You’re under a time crunch, you’ve got a lot of stress on you and have to work with a lot of people.”

The event hosted a panel discussion featuring Harley-Davidson, 3M, GM, Consum-ers Energy, IAC and Central Michigan University.

“Above all other things, it is the knowledge that the students who have worked hard in this event will be sought after by company re-cruiters,” Director of the SAP University Alliance Program Frank Andera said. “It is truly the smile and pride a student

shows to me when they come to me with their excitement telling me that they have a full-time offer from their sponsoring company.”

President George Ross attended the event to talk to students and show his support for the competition. Seeing corporate partners viewing

the students during the event that “brings together highly intelligent students” through hard work and teamwork “encouraged” him.

“As I look across these groups and see the diversity in the groups that are full of male and female students, international students

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made that commitment. “I’ve gone to the last four

home games and I’ve seen the crowd grow,” said sophomore Jacob Soehlke, of Lagrange Park, Ill. “The first game I went to, they didn’t even give away all of the T-shirts. Now you have to show up an hour early to get one.”

Tim Folmar, a current student and former member of the CMU basketball band, now called the “Sixth Man Band.” He remembers the Chippewas’ 10-21 overall finish in 2011.

“It’s been explosive watch-ing how everything is going on from the fans to the band to the team itself,” said the Cadil-lac graduate student. Every-one seems to be reaching that next level and pushing and driving for it.”

This men’s basketball team’s performance has transformed Mount Pleasant into a town that pays attention to what is hap-pening on the hardwood.

“It’s exciting to see that more people have pride,” said junior Ali Fonz of Bay City. “We have

been doing so well and it’s nice to see so much school spirit.”

Sophomore Tricia Dwyer said she has seen a drastic change in how the Chippewas are followed, both in person and on the Internet.

“Last year I didn’t really hear negative or positive (opinions) about the team,” said Dwyer of Saginaw. “This year they’ve been blowing up on social me-dia and everyone’s freaking out about how good the team is.”

The Chippewas say they are thankful for the students’ sup-port this season.

“We expect to have their en-ergy behind us the whole time,” junior forward John Simons

said. “It makes it that much more fun to play in. It makes it easier to go on a run.”

Davis said strong support from the campus and local fans helped the Chippewas open the season with 12 consecutive home wins.

The feeling of excitement has spread outside of campus. Ben-nett Raymond is a 16-year-old Mount Pleasant High School student who has followed the team through tough times.

“I love how (CMU is) playing right now,” Raymond said. “I like how (the Chippewas) shoot threes. “(The atmosphere) is a lot better than it has been the past couple of years.”

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Chris Fowler, John Simons and other members of the Central Michigan University men’s basketball team have recharged this campus’ appetite for excit-ing basketball.

If you haven’t heard by now, the men’s basketball team is changing the game this year.

As they sit at 19-5 overall and 9-4 in Mid-American Conference games, the Chippewas have rejuvenat-ed a student body that was yearning for a competitive men’s hoops team.

Head Coach Keno Davis has his team playing its best game weeks ahead of the MAC Tournament, which every team in the conference qualifies for.

The winner of the confer-ence tournament receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and a spot in “March Madness” the an-nual nationwide freak-out over college hoops.

In Mount Pleasant, the madness has already begun.

The Chippewas style of play this season is captivat-ing. Long-range 3-point-ers and a lightning-quick

transition game keeps fans’ heads on a swivel from the opening tip to the final buzzer.

Emphatic blocks and rim-rocking dunks send the student body into a frenzy on each of the Chippewas’ trips down the court. The “Sixth Man Band” blasts the fight song off the walls of McGuirk Arena. The sound of the raucous crowd has been deafening.

On Wednesday, the student body helped the Chippewas claim their 14th win at home this season.

That breaks the program record.

On Feb. 7, 5,350 fans “packed McGuirk” to watch CMU pull of an improbable comeback and send rival Western Michi-gan University — last year’s MAC champs — home packing. That attendance figure tied the program record.

CMU has lost only once at home this season. 14-1 is the best record at home in the MAC this season.

It’s been more than a decade since the team has been this good, and most

Chippewas fans expect a MAC Tournament run next month.

An always-hopeful Davis said the Chippewas are not even close to reaching their full potential this season.

The Chippewas are mainly healthy, confident and focused. These are the key ingredients needed to make conference champi-onship stew.

These are all pieces of a puzzle that Davis has assembled in an attempt to bring the Chippewas back to the NCAA Tournament. He had high hopes for the on-the-court achievements of this year’s team, which he says is a constant work in progress.

But as the Chippewas work to reach their full potential, the way this campus has responded to this team’s success is more than Davis, or anyone else could have hoped for.

As team chases greatness, atmosphere is top-notch

Dominick Mastrangelo

Sports Editor

men’s basketball seeks fifth consecutive mAc win for first time since ‘03 By Taylor DesOrmeau

Staff Reporter

The last time the Ball State University men’s basketball team won a game was Jan. 10 against Central Michigan University.

The Cardinals were 2-0 and alone at the top of the Mid-American Conference West Division standings.

Since Jan. 10, Ball State is 0-11 with an average los-ing margin of 8.91 points per game. The Chippewas are 8-3 since losing to Ball State and are tied for first

place overall in the MAC. Ball State comes to McGuirk Arena at 4:30 p.m. Saturday.

The Chippewas will at-tempt to claim their fifth straight MAC win for the first time since the 2002-03 season.

“We feel like we let one get away (at Ball State),” said senior guard Austin Keel. “But they’ve got to come to McGuirk, where we’re (14-1), so it should be a good game and hopefully we’ll come out on top.”

CMU has already broken a program record with 14 home wins this season with the only loss coming to

Bowling Green by two points in overtime.

While CMU’s 18-point loss to Ball State was its larg-est loss of the season, Head Coach Keno Davis said he doesn’t believe Saturday’s game is a revenge game for his team.

“I don’t really feel that way,” Davis said. “When you get upset, you feel like there might be a revenge game. I didn’t think that was an upset, I thought they were the better team that day. It’s our goal to be the better team when we play them on Saturday.”

CMU led the Cardinals in the first meeting 52-51 before a 7:08 Chippewa drought without a field goal. Ball State ended the game on a 32-13 run.

Five of Ball State’s nine players scored in double dig-its, including Zavier Turner’s team-high of 21 points. The 6-8, 228-pound Matt Ka-mieniecki had 10 rebounds against CMU, but has missed the past four games with a back injury.

Keel said the team has grown since the Jan. 10 meeting. Even as the only

senior on the team, Keel said he is surprised at how fast the team’s growth has mate-rialized into wins.

“There’s definitely a little more expectation just be-cause for the most part we’re favored to win these games,” Keel said. “You still have got to go out there and put the ball in the hoop. I knew that we were building something strong and I’m enjoying every minute of it.”

Sophomore Braylon Rayson scored 23 points in Wednesday’s 68-66 win over Northern Illinois,

where the Chippewas needed a late basket to hold on to beat the 10-14 (4-9 MAC) Huskies.

“We’ve got to play against every team like it’s the championship game,” Rayson said. “We can’t take anyone lightly.”

A win for CMU Saturday would give the Chippewas five straight MAC wins for the first time since March 2003. It would also be the first time CMU has a win against every MAC West team in a single season since 2009-2010.

By Taylor DesOrmeauStaff Reporter

With five games left to play

in the men’s basketball Mid-American Conference regular season, Central Michigan Uni-versity and Toledo University sit atop the MAC West stand-ings, tied at 9-4.

The Chippewas control their own destiny in the MAC West and picking up a top four seed for March’s MAC Tournament, but junior forward John Si-mons said the team still checks in on conference opponents.

“As much as we try not to look ahead, as much as we try not to watch the scores, we know,” Simons said. “We also know that we also have to go take care of business by ourselves. The rest will control itself.”

Head Coach Keno Davis isn’t counting out the rest of the MAC West, including a West-ern Michigan team that lurks two games out of first place.

“It might come down to us and Toledo,” Davis said. “It wouldn’t surprise me if those teams that are third or fourth

make a run.”While winning the MAC

West would be an honor for the Chippewas after finishing in fifth place the past three seasons, earning a higher seed for the tournament would be a bigger achievement.

The top two seeds receive a bye to the semi-final while the three and four seeds get a first-round bye. Seeds five through eight host seeds nine through 12 in the first round of the tournament.

Winning the division won’t guarantee the Chippewas a top four seed.

“I think the idea now is not only to take it game by game, but also, what seed can we be?” Davis said. “The better seed you have, the better position you put yourself in going into the conference tournament.”

CMU, Toledo, Bowling Green and Kent State are tied for the best record in the MAC with Akron sitting one game back. CMU and Toledo will play in the second-to-last game of the regular season March 3 at McGuirk Arena.

Chippewas, Rockets battle for firt place in West Division

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(19-5, 9-4 mAc)Sat. vs. Ball State (7-17, 2-11 MAC) at 4:30 p.m.Tuesday at Eastern Michigan (16-10, 5-8 MAC) at 7 p.m.Feb. 28 at Northern Illinois (10-14, 4-9 MAC) at 8 p.m.March 3 vs. Toledo (17-9, 9-4 MAC) at 7 p.m.March 6 at Western Michigan (16-10, 7-6 MAC) at 7 p.m. toledo (17-9, 9-4 mAc)Sat. at Western Michigan (16-10, 7-6 MAC) at 2 p.m.Tuesday vs. Northern Illinois (10-14, 4-9 MAC) at 7 p.m.Feb. 28 vs. Ball State (7-17, 2-11 MAC) at 7 p.m.March 3 at Central Michigan (19-5, 9-4 MAC)March 6 at Eastern Michigan (16-10, 5-8 MAC) at 7 p.m.

Claire Abendroth | Staff PhotographerIndiana sophomore Tyler Richards cheers during the Northern Illinois game, Feb. 18 at McGuirk Arena. Central Michigan University went on to win the game 68-66.

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By Greg WickliffeStaff Reporter

In the midst of a four-game losing streak, Cen-tral Michigan University women’s basketball team seeks to beat the team that started it.

The Chippewas have fallen from the top of the Mid-American Conference West division to the bottom in less than a month. On Saturday CMU faces arch rival Western Michigan University Saturday, who the Chippewas fell to 69-64

in Kalamazoo on Feb. 7, in which the Broncos snapped an eight-game losing streak to CMU.

Ball State too much down the StretchThe Chippewas were in great condition leading 51-49 with nine minutes left in the game, but Ball State went on a 13-2 run to capture a 73-64 victory on Wednesday night.

Senior forward Jas’Mine Bracey and freshman Aleah Swary combined for 36 points and 14 rebounds, but

it was not enough as the Chippewas offense strug-gled in the final minutes of action.

CMU’s inability to get to the free-throw line proved to be a big factor as Ball State shot 16-for-20 from the free-throw line compared to five attempts for CMU.

Ball State’s Nathalie Fontaine and Shelbie Justice gave CMU more than they could handle as they scored 45 of the team’s 73 points.

Senior guard Crystal Bradford has missed four games this season, including

the past three, with sore-ness and swelling in her knee. Her return remains uncertain according to Head Coach Sue Guevara. In the games that Bradford has missed this season, CMU is 0-4, losing by an average of 11.5 points per game.

With Bradford on the sideline, the Chippewas are not only losing the top scorer and rebounder in the MAC, but also the chance at a good seed in the confer-ence tournament.

The Chippewas have seen great success in front

of their hometown fans in recent years. However, CMU has not been as successful during the 2014-15 cam-paign. The Chippewas are 6-5 at home this season and have lost three of their last four after going undefeated at McGurik in 2013-14.

Despite the Chippewas recent struggles at home this year, CMU beat WMU at Mc-Guirk. CMU has won the last six matchups at home against the Broncos by a margin of 10.8 points per game.

CMU’s younger players have shown signs of im-

provement.Freshmen Cassandra

Breen and Swary have found some rhythm in the last couple of contests. Breen has been able to find the range shooting 5-for-11 from the 3-point line over the past two games after not connecting on a long range shot since Jan. 3.

Swary came up big for the Chippewas in their last game against Ball State as she scored a career-high 17 points and hit five 3-point-ers. Swary had only nine points on the year.

Women’s basketball notebook: Bradford day-to-day, freshmen improving

By Neil RosanStaff Reporter

Attempting to snap a

four-game losing streak, the Central Michigan University women’s basketball team hosts rival Western Michigan University on Saturday.

The four-game skid is the longest Mid-American Con-ference losing streak the Chip-pewas have had since they lost seven straight in 2007.

WMU defeated CMU, 69-64 in Kalamazoo on Feb. 7.

“We got better, but we still lost,” Head Coach Sue Gue-vara said. “I talk to the team about keeping their heads up and believing in the process. We have to have the same type of effort, but better execution.”

The Chippewas have lacked consistency from the very beginning of the season.

“We’ve got one or two guns that are working and the other ones are misfiring,” Guevara said. “When we can get maybe four out of five of our guns hitting, then it’ll come together for us.”

CMU has had seven dif-ferent players, including four freshmen, score more than 10 points during the losing streak.

“Our freshmen are get-ting a lot of minutes,”

Guevara said. “I just know, it’s going to pay off.”

Defensively, the Chip-pewas will look to stop one of the MAC’s best players, Miracle Woods.

The Fort Wayne senior ranks ninth in the confer-ence with an average of 14.8 points per game. Woods is an accurate shooter; making 52 percent of the shots she takes.

Woods scored 27 points and brought down 14 re-

bounds in WMU’s defeat of CMU earlier this season.

The Broncos’ second-best scoring option is another se-nior, guard A.J. Johnson. Av-eraging 9.6 points per game, Johnson is hitting 41 percent of the shots she takes.

Free throws will also be crucial for the Chippewas during their matchup with the Broncos. In the two teams’ last meeting, WMU hit 12-of-15 free throws while CMU knocked down 8-of-13.

The Bronco’s are ranked

third in MAC in free throw efficiency, shooting 71 percent from the line this season. Meanwhile, the Chippewas are shooting 65 percent from the line so far.

Staff reporter Greg Wickliffe contributed to this report.

Struggling women host Broncos in rematch at McGuirk Arena Saturday

Greg Cornwell | Staff PhotographerSenior forward Lorreal Jones contains Toledo forward Ana Capotosto during a matchup Feb. 11 in McGuirk Arena. CMU lost 61-46.

“We got better, but we still lost.

I talk to the team about keeping their heads up and believing in the process.

We have to have the same type of effort, but better

execution.”

Sue Guevara,

Head Coach

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As temperatures in Mount Pleasant hang below freez-ing, the Central Michigan University baseball team will head to the Sunshine State this weekend.

The Chippewas will take on Stetson at 6:30 p.m. on Friday before a doubleheader at noon and 3 p.m. Saturday in DeLand, Fla.

Head Coach Steve Jaksa said the team’s defense in their first four games is what impressed him most.

“Every game was close. Our defense was pretty solid. That has to be our staple. We have to pitch well and play that

defense,“ Jaksa said. Sophomore pitcher from

Lake Orion Nick Deeg will get the start on Friday for CMU.

Junior pitcher from Plain-field, Ill. Sean Renzi will start game one of the doublehead-er Saturday and sophomore pitcher from Oregon, Ohio Jordan Grosjean will get the ball in game two. Freshman pitcher from Jenison, Pat Leatherman, will start for CMU on Sunday.

“We are not going to stray,” Jaksa said. “Those guys pitched the ball well. We fully expect them to continue to pitch well.”

Senior outfielders Garrett Russini and Patrick Mazelka are the leaders offensively for

Stetson. Sopho-

more Mitchell Jordan returns as Stetson’s only pitcher from last season with at least seven starts. He posted a 3-8 record with a 5.64 earned run average last season.

Stetson finished 26-34 last season losing 2-1 in the Atlan-tic Sun Conference Cham-pionship game to Kennesaw State University.

CMU junior outfielder from Novi, Logan Regnier, the reigning MAC West Player of the Week, led the Chippe-

was last weekend with three triples and six runs batted in last weekend against Florida Gulf Coast.

“We just have to keep things rolling and keep doing what we’re doing,” Reg-nier said. “That’s all I would expect and hope we do this weekend.”

Jaksa said the team’s hitting approach in certain counts needs to improve while taking advantage the opposing pitching staff more often.

“There was a part of our game I thought we didn’t exploit FGCU well enough whether we weren’t comfort-able or didn’t understand the expectations,” Jaksa said. “We

addressed that. “Senior from Canada Tim

Black, the reigning MAC West Pitcher of the Week, ap-peared in two games against FGCU earning the save in Friday’s opener and throw-ing three scoreless innings in CMU’s 12-inning win Saturday.

CMU starters combined for 23.2 innings pitched last week-

end and struck out 13 batters. Senior infielder from Royal

Oak, Pat Mackenzie, said keeping things simple will be key in having success against Stetson.

“Our expectations this weekend are simple and that’s keeping the momen-tum we built the first week-end going into the next one,” Mackenzie said.

Baseball hoping to build on early season success against Stetson

Nick Deeg

Abbie Robinson | Staff PhotographerColorado junior Karlee Teet salutes after her dismount during a meet against Northern Illinois on Feb. 6 in McGuirk Arena.

By Cody DeBonaStaff Reporter

Coming off a season-high team score last week, the Central Michigan Univer-sity gymnastics team will attempt to match the con-sistency of Bowling Green State University when it hosts the Falcons at 1 p.m. Sunday.

BGSU has scored 195 or higher in each of its last three meets. CMU went from 196 to 194 before post-ing last week’s mark of 196.4.

Sunday’s meet will also serve as the annual Pink Meet for the Chippewas as they attempt to raise breast cancer awareness.

“We take that very seri-ously. It is a women’s health issue and one of my past gymnasts is a breast cancer survivor,” Head Coach

Jerry Reighard said. “It hits home for us. We are very appreciative of everything that The Cancer Research Center does.”

Most recently, the Chippewas gained a vic-tory against Mid-American Conference rival Kent State University.

Although, CMU has strug-gled at home this season, the Chippewas are still in conten-tion for their sixth consecu-tive MAC Championship.

“We need to block out the external things,” Reighard said. “There’s a different type of pres-sure at home with all the friendly eyes.”

The Falcons bring some-thing to the mat that the Chippewas have yet to see this season.

BGSU’s sophomore Alys-sa Nocella a former First

Team All-MAC selection, scored a 9.75 on bars, 9.825 on beam and 9.85 on floor in the Falcons’ last meet.

In last week’s win over Kent State, Reighard imple-

mented a new technique to keep the gymnasts in the game and in their own bubble by nailing a nail into a board for every time they nailed a routine.

Gymnastics hosts Bowling Green in final home meet of season

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CMU | 68PLAYER MIN FG 3PT FT RB PF TP Chris Fowler 40 3-9 0-2 4-6 2 4 10 John Simons 37 4-9 3-7 0-1 4 3 11 Braylon Rayson 31 7-10 7-9 2-2 1 1 23 Josh Kozinski 13 1-5 1-5 0-0 0 1 3 Blake Hibbitts 8 0-1 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 Luke Meyer 10 0-1 0-1 6-6 3 2 6 R. Simmons 26 2-5 2-4 0-0 1 2 6 A. Stewart 22 2-4 0-2 1-3 6 3 5 Austin Keel 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 DaRohn Scott 10 2-2 0-0 0-2 4 2 4 M. Cabarkapa 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0

ASSISTS: Fowler, 8 STEALS: Rayson, 5 BLOCKS: Simons, 1

NIU | 66PLAYER MIN FG 3PT FT RB PF TP J. Threloff 35 5-7 0-0 5-10 11 2 15 T. Baker 33 4-12 2-4 1-1 2 4 11 A. Armstead 26 7-12 3-3 2-3 4 4 19 A. Johnson 30 4-11 1-5 3-4 6 1 12 M. Orris 37 3-6 1-3 0-0 3 3 7 P. Rakocevic 5 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 A. Armstead 21 0-3 0-1 2-2 1 4 2 C. Iroegbu 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 3 0

TOTALSASSISTS: A. Armstead, 2 STEALS: Two tied, 2 BLOCKS: 0

WEST DIVISIONTeam MAC OverallToledo 9-4 17-9CMU 9-4 19-5WMU 7-6 16-10 EMU 5-8 16-10NIU 4-9 10-14 BSU 2-11 7-17

EAST DIVISION Team MAC Overall BGSU 9-4 17-7 Akron 8-5 17-9 Kent 9-4 18-8Buffalo 7-6 16-9 Miami 5-8 10-16 Ohio 4-9 9-15

CMU | 64PLAYER MIN FG 3PT FT RB PF TP Kerby Tamm 37 3-9 2-8 0-0 4 2 8D. Turner 30 3-10 0-1 2-2 4 2 8C. Bradford 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0J. Bracey 29 9-12 1-1 0-1 10 4 19Tinara Moore 5 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 C. Breen 26 1-5 0-3 0-0 2 0 2 Amani Corley 14 1-5 0-1 0-0 0 0 2L. Jones 29 3-11 0-0 2-2 11 3 8

TOTALSASSISTS: Turner, 10 STEALS: Four tied, 1 BLOCKS: Bracey, 3

BSU | 73PLAYER MIN FG 3PT FT RB PF TP R. Bennett 23 3-5 0-0 2-4 8 3 8 S. Justice 36 7-11 5-6 3-4 8 1 22 N. Fontaine 34 8-15 0-0 7-8 10 3 23 J. Morrison 36 3-12 3-12 2-2 3 0 11 C. Hosea 19 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 C. Ussery 27 1-4 0-1 0-0 5 1 2 M. Monaco 12 1-4 1-3 2-2 0 2 5

TOTALSASSISTS: Hosea, 7 STEALS: Two tied, 1 BLOCKS: Three tied, 1

PAST ThREE GAMES

Feb. 10 @ Ohio W, 74-69 Feb. 14 @ Buffalo W,75-74

Feb.18 v. NIU W, 68-66

NExT TwO GAMESSat. v BSU, 4:30 p.m.

Feb.24 @ EMU, 7:30 p.m.

PAST ThREE GAMES

Feb. 11 v. Toledo L, 61-46Feb. 14 @ EMU L, 85-64Feb. 18 @ BSU L, 73-64

NExT TwO GAMESSaturday v. WMU, 1 p.m.

Feb. 25 @ NIU, 7 p.m.

WEST DIVISIONTeam MAC OverallBSU 10-3 14-10 WMU 9-4 16-8 Toledo 7-6 14-10 EMU 7-6 14-10 NIU 6-7 10-13 CMU 6-7 11-13

EAST DIVISION Team MAC OverallOhio 11-2 20-4Akron 9-4 19-5Buffalo 8-5 15-9BGSU 2-11 9-15Kent 2-11 4-20Miami 1-12 4-20

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Claire Abendroth | Staff PhotographerSophomore guard Braylon Rayson shoots while Northern Illinois’ guard Anthony Johnson tries to block Feb. 18 at McGuirk Arena. Central Michigan University went on to win the game 68-66.

Claire Abendroth | Staff PhotographerSophomore guard Braylon Rayson, passes to a teammate during the Northern Illinois game, Feb 18 at McGuirk Arena. Central Michigan University went on to win the game 68-66.

Greg Cornwell | Staff PhotographerSenior guard Kirby Tamm makes a drive toward the hoop against Toledo at McGuirk Arena on Feb. 11.

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