Oct. 28, 2013

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MONDAY, OCT. 28, 2013 | MOUNT | MOUNT PLEASANT, MICH. | ISSUE NO. 28 VOL. 95

Number of academic dishonesty cases up

LIFE IN BRIEF SOCCER

FOR THE WIN The Chippewas won a 1-0 overtime thriller at home to keep their hopes up for a good seed in the upcoming MAC tournament. Check out a recap. w 1B

Photos by Katy Kildee | Assistant Photo Editor Zombie team members high-five a member of the vampire opposition before a bout on Saturday at Spinning Wheels Arena.

STUDENT LIFE

WAYSIDE HOSTS YOGA PANTS PARTY Love yoga pants? CMU PINK held its first Yoga Pants Party event at Wayside on Saturday to spread the word about the new RSO. w 6A

METRO

Many cases go unreported, three have been reported this semester By Ryan Fitzmaurice Staff Reporter

Samantha Pilarski of Mount Pleasant takes a break from running the penalty box to show off her makeup on Saturday at Spinning Wheels Arena.

ZOMBIES vs.

LET’S DO THE TIME WARP AGAIN! Alpha Psi Omega continues an annual tradition by hosting its version of The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Broadway Theatre. w 5A

SPORTS

BLOCK PARTY The team is back to .500, both overall and in MAC, after earning its’ first weekend sweep. The team’s blocking was one of many highlights. w 4B

VAMPIRES ‘Undead’ teams battle for roller derby supremacy By Megan Pacer Senior Reporter

Zombies and vampires from across the state went head to head in a heated battle Saturday night at the Spinning Wheels Arena in Mount Pleasant. Behind the makeup, women of all ages came together to celebrate their love of roller derby. Beginning with a less-experienced bout at 6 p.m., the mixed scrimmage hosted the home team, Central Michigan Mayhem, and members of several other groups including the South-central Michigan Renegade Rollergirls and the Ann Arbor Bruising Company. The only requirement to compete was that skaters must have completed a roller derby skills test. Sabrina O’Neil of Alma and Jessica McQuarter of Linwood, also known as Flash Fatale and Curvy Q, were members of Central Michigan Mayhem in 2010 when the group was formed, and said they are proud of how far the team has come since then. “There was a group of people who started it,” O’Neil said. “Some of them have come and gone. There’s a few of us left who are founding members.” Both women attribute their interest in the roller derby to an early love of skating in their childhood. “I used to do it as a kid like every weekend,” McQuarter said. w DERBY | 2A

Life inside CMU report: 20 percent of students graduate within four years »PAGE 3A CMU Professor John Meixner pleas no contest »PAGE 6A

Field hockey drops final home game to Northwestern, beats Missouri State »PAGE 3B

Professor Jen Green has seen about 21 cases of academic dishonesty during her 12 years teaching at Central Michigan University. That’s almost one case for every semester of every year the history professor has been at the university. More recently, she’s seen two students turn in the same paper to two different classes. She’s also received papers reused from previous years and paragraphs ripped from Wikipedia. CMU has no specific definition of academic dishonesty, but its policy lists behaviors that can be considered dishonest. Academically dishonest actions include cheating on examinations, plagiarism, fabricating information, submission of identical or similar assignments to two separate classes, misconduct in research and creative endeavors, using computer resources in acts of plagiarism or illegal activity and being complicit in another students violation of the policy. w ACADEMIC DISHONESTY | 2A

CM Life wins Pacemaker Award; first since 2010 CM Life Staff Reports

Central Michigan Life was named a 2013 national Pacemaker Award winner Saturday at the Associated Collegiate Press and College Media Association Conference in New Orleans. CM Life was one of 11 newspapers to win in the four-year, non-daily newspaper category. The Pacemaker is considered by some to be the highest achievement in collegiate journalism. Aaron McMann, who served as the Spring semester editor-in-chief, was in downtown Detroit eating dinner when he first heard the news. “It’s exciting to know that all the hard work put in last year paid off,” McMann said. “We had a bunch of big stories, which helps.” McMann said what really pushed the paper over the top last year was comprehensive breaking news coverage and investigative reporting, including stories on the abduction of a CMU student and the arrest of professor William Merrill. “One of the big things we had was the professor who was arrested for child pornography,” McMann said. “We handled it really well and followed up on it.” Eric Dresden, the Fall editor-in-chief and current city reporter for the Pioneer newspaper of Big Rapids, said the Pacemaker has validated everything the staff has been working toward since its last nomination in 2010. “We were very good at matching photo, design and investigative pieces up well,” Dresden said. “I think that’s one of the things they noticed. When we had very good stuff, we knew how to show readers how to interpret that information.” The Pacemaker is awarded by the Associated Collegiate Press. CM Life was one of 22 finalists out of 300 national submissions. editor@cm-life.com

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november 6th 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Comfort Inn Conference Center Mount Pleasant SEE OUR AD ON PAGE 5B FOR MORE DETAILS


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