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lifestyle

Special olympics: More than 100 student volunteers and 921 Special Olympians traveled to Traverse City during the weekend for the 2016 Winter Games.

student death: Police are investigating the death of a student w See Page | 4 in Deerfield Village.

connection TO THE TRIBE: Lacrosse team carries Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribal tradition and colors onto playing field.

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6 City may recall mosquito control contract

14 Lacrosse falls to Michigan in first game of program history.

Family members came from as far as Canada and Syracuse, New York for the game

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One year of bonamego: Sports Editor Taylor DesOrmeau looks back at his initial impressions of football Head Coach John Bonamego, a year after his hiring.

won its sixth game in a row, putting it second in the MAC

8 editorial: Athletics Department should end culture of silence listen: raving geeks

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5 Students can order food from campus restaurants with new phone app

6 Foust Pharmacy changes pharmacy closure date

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public relations manager Elise pelletier

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Student found dead at Deerfield

By Sydney Smith Managing Editor

Heeke announces plans for new football facility

@SydneyS_mith | news@cm-life.com

Michigan State Police and Central Michigan University Police are investigating the death of a 23-year-old male Central Michigan University student in Deerfield Village Apartments that occurred late Saturday night. He is a resident of Oakland County.

Officers exited a Deerfield Village apartment with a stretcher carrying a body bag at 12:18 a.m. on Feb. 7. At about 10:48 p.m. on Feb. 6, Michigan State Police troopers responded to a call in the apartment complex. The student was found unresponsive by his roommates. He was pronounced dead at the scene, said Trooper Andrew Pflaum in a press release.

While taking statements from several of the victim’s friends, police said the victim was laying on a couch next to a trash bin in Unit J. The victim’s friends were crying and

By Evan Sasiela Staff Reporter @Salsa_Evan | sports@cm-life.com

Monica Bradburn | Assistant Photo Editor Neighbors comfort a friend of the victim on Feb. 7 at Deerfield Village Apartments.

hugging, saying “I don’t believe it.”

The death remains under investigation. An autopsy is scheduled for Feb. 8. Police are still in the process of notifying the victim’s family members.

While police and emergency respondents worked, neighbors

looked on. Some continued partying in a nearby apartment building.

Police asked neighbors to go back inside their apartments while they brought the victim outside and put the stretcher in an ambulance.

Officers will release more information Monday morning.

Director of Athletics Dave Heeke asked the campus community to support a new facility planned to be constructed on the north end of Kelly/Shorts Stadium.

Heeke said talks for the new facility are in the early stages and added it is part of the Comprehensive Capital Campaign, which is a campaign with a goal of raising $100-150 million by 2022.

The football facility will cost $10-20 million and would feature locker rooms, meeting space and training space, Heeke said. He said CMU’s current facilities are “dysfunctional.”

“It allows us to relieve some pressure on the other facilities,” Heeke said.

The Athletics Director added he is looking to add some “very attractive,

high-level seating options in that area,” which would include amenities, club rooms and boxes.

Heeke said he the process is in a “quiet phase” and needs to secure sizable donations before establishing any timetables.

“Hopefully some of the signees we have coming in have an opportunity to see that new facility,” Heeke said.

Head Football Coach John Bonamego said he has known about the facility since he interviewed for his current position in early 2015. He said CMU is due for upgrades.

“In order to stay competitive in (the Mid-American Conference) and nationally, we need to make some improvements,” Bonamego said. “It’s important in that area that you stay ahead of the curve. We’re excited about that. I know it’s something on the agenda and I hope it happens sooner rather than later.”

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New app lets students order from campus restaurants

By Micayla Glennie Staff Reporter @Micayla_Glennie | news@cm-life.com

Between running to class and going to work, finding time to grab a bite to eat can be hard. Now, students can order food on the go and save time with Tapingo.

The new app coordinates food deliveries and pick-ups on campus. Students can then select Central Michigan University, enter their student ID numbers and use Flex dollars as payment.

Credit cards can also be used as payment through the app.

Students can search on-campus restaurants such as Starbucks, Papa John’s or Java City.

Leanne Reis, an employee for Tapingo, said the company strives to make students’ lives easier.

“In just a few clicks, you can browse menus, customize orders, pay and then have

your lunch ready for pickup immediately or scheduled at your convenience,” Reis said.

“Our advance mobile ordering for pickup is a feature eliminates the time wasted waiting in line, which is something that resonates with the college crowd.”

CMU’s Campus Dining was also a large part of bringing the app to campus, wanting students to have the opportunity to order food even with a busy schedule.

Nikki Smith, Marketing Manager for Campus Dining, said the app just made it to CMU on Jan. 25. She said while student student-employees may worry about jobs being lost due to the app, those fears are unnecessary.

“Tapingo has the potential to increase through output. For example, if six students that normally stand in line to order at Starbucks start using Tapingo instead, we could then accommodate more

Chelsea Grobelny | Staff Photographer

A sign promoting Tapingo sits on the drink pick up ledge at Starbucks on Tuesday, Feb. 2, inside the Bovee University Center.

students in line as well while maintaining our high standards of customer service,” Smith said.

Although Tapingo has the college students’ benefit

in mind, it seemed to make work for the employees more difficult. Some baristas at Starbucks are not so sure.

Royal Oak senior Megan

Wolynski has mixed feelings about Tapingo.

“I think it is a good idea, but I only like it as a person, not as an employee,” Wolynski said, “I

think there will be less people in line but more things to make.

I also think there will be more people who stop by when they see the line isn’t very long.”

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The Mount Pleasant city commission will decide if the city will terminate its contract with APM Mosquito Control at its Feb. 8 meeting.

The reconsideration comes after receiving negative input from residents concerned by the inorganic spray.

The proposal was created in September regarding the one-year contract and $85,000 cost during a joint meeting with the Charter Township Union and the city commission.

While the township decided to not pursue the contract, the city commission held a public hearing in the fall to solicit input from residents before accepting the proposal in November. The city intended to implement the program in 2016.

“The city commission saw some people were

interested and had seen the success of the program in other communities and wondered if it was something we could do in Mount Pleasant,” said city manager Nancy Ridley.

The possibility of cancellation was raised at the Jan. 11 meeting by commissioner Lori Gillis because of concerns she received from residents about the environment and public health.

The city also asked biologists to weigh in before the contract was approved.

Both also expressed environmental concerns.

The city commission then asked if it was possible to terminate the contract.

“We did research and it appears that we do have ability to tell the APM company that we aren’t

interested in having the mosquito control program after all,” Ridley said.

A majority vote of the seven city commissioners in attendance at Monday’s meeting is needed to cancel the contract.

While the city commission will not hold a specific public hearing, a public comment period in the beginning of the meeting is available for residents.

“They could also send a written communication through our website, which we’d make sure all city commissioners received before taking their vote,” Ridley said.

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Foust pharmacy changes closure date Foust Pharmacy will close Thursday Feb. 25, four days before it was originally scheduled to.

Reduction of hours will start Monday, Feb. 8. This is due to an unexpected change by the vendor who supplied temporary pharmacist coverage. The pharmacy will be open exclusively on Thursdays and can fill or transfer prescriptions to other pharmacies until it closes.

Director of Marketing and Communication for the College of Medicine Gabriel Santi said the new closing date is the result of “purely a

staffing issue.”

“We (just) don’t have the persons available to keep the pharmacy open until the original date,” he said. “We were able to contract with some on-call employees in order to keep the pharmacy open on Thursdays. That is based purely on (staffer) availability.”

Santi said there is one person who will be affected by the pharmacy’s closing.

She has found other employment since the announcement of the Foust Pharmacy closing. Santi did not name the staffer.

“It is our goal to help facilitate a smooth transition for all pharmacy patients,” said Manager and Clinical Practice Operations of University Health Services Tam Crabtree in an email sent to students and staff Feb. 4. “If you need prescriptions filled or transferred on a day that our pharmacy is closed, please contact your physician to have the prescription filled at a pharmacy of your choice.”

-Jordyn Hermani, News Editor

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Students volunteer at Special Olympic winter games

By Micayla Glennie Staff Reporter @Micayla_Glennie | news@cm-life.com

Traveling more than two hours and spending several days in the cold and snow, Central Michigan University students helped put on one of the biggest Special Olympics Winter Games games in the country.

About 100 students volunteer to help run the event each year, said Kellie Jean Murphy, sports and training coordinator of Special Olympics Michigan. This year, the event was held in Traverse City. About 111 student volunteers and about 921 athletes came to volunteer and compete.

This year’s athlete total surpassed last year’s total of 915, Murphy said.

“Without the help of these CMU students this event would not be possible,” Murphy said. “They work from sun up to sun down for four days to provide an amazing experience for our athletes. In exchange, the volunteers get an experience they will remember for the rest of their lives.”

In order for students to volunteer at the Winter Games, they must be one of the first 100 people to sign up and attend a meeting which details what a volunteer is going to do for the duration of the games. CMU also offers a Special Olympics class that lasts for five weeks. If students want to volunteer for a long period of time, they have to complete online training.

Volunteers are assigned to work one of six events: alpine skiing and snowboard, cross country skiing, snowshoe, skating, indoor special events or outdoor special events.

Their jobs range from set up and tear down to score-keeping, time keeping, announcing events and giving awards at the end of the competition, Murphy said.

Alyssa Bellamy, a volunteer and President of Special Olympics College at CMU, has coached and worked with the Special Olympics for the past four years, making this year her last. This year, she worked on cross country skiing. She timed the events, recorded scores, and cheered on the athletes.

“My favorite part would be seeing one of my Special Olympics athletes from Area 7 (Mount Pleasant) win three gold metals. Seeing him do so well made me really happy and emotional,” Bellamy said. “The atmosphere of Special Olympics is a magical feeling and it is nearly impossible to walk away without having your heart changed and screaming for more.”

Photos by Samantha Madar | Staff Photographer Athletes celebrate as they receive their awards for the snowshoe race at the Grand Traverse Resort on Feb. 5. More than 900 athletes competed in the 2016 Winter Games.

Area 34 athlete Tina Corser, 30, has her makeup done at Howe Arena in Traverse City before her figure skating performance on Feb. 4.

Athletes prepare to race in the 50 meter snowshoe competition on Feb. 5. at Grand Traverse Resort.

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Editorial

CENTRAL MICHIGAN LIFE | CM-LIFE.COM | FEB. 8, 2016

CULTURE OF Contradiction

Athletics Department unwilling to discuss bad news yet asks for student support

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ess than two weeks ago, the Central Michigan University Athletics Department welcomed a new volleyball coach. We’re interested to see where Mike Gawlik will take the program.

We’re also interested in knowing what happened to the team’s previous coach. We asked, but did not get any answers from CMU Athletics or its director, Dave Heeke.

That’s a problem.

Coaches are university employees paid with public dollars. When one is suspended or fired, the public is owed answers – no exceptions.

Heeke cites a “fundamental belief” in protecting the privacy of employees as the justification for withholding details on an investigation into former coach Erik Olson’s conduct. A Freedom of Information Act Request revealed Olson was potentially engaging in “unprofessional behavior toward student-athletes.” He resigned before the investigation could provide a conclusion.

A culture of secrecy exists within the department. CMU’s coaches, athletes and students deserve better than to be shut out when something bad happens in the department.

The most recent example of Heeke’s unwillingness to explain his decisions comes in the form of a coach who resigned.

Olson was put on a paid leave of absence on Oct. 6.

The department still hasn’t given a reason as to why Olson was put on leave, inviting the community to rely on imagination and speculation.

This way of doing business is nothing new for the Athletics Department.

On the day of the Chippewa football

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team’s Quick Lane Bowl in Detroit, we learned punter Ron Coluzzi left the program. Before the game, CMU Athletics never informed the press, or fans he had left. They never offered an explanation why.

A season earlier, star running back Thomas Rawls was withheld from the team’s home game against Syracuse. A CMU spokesman told reporters not to ask questions about Rawls after the game or the

postgame press conference would be ended.

CMU Athletics officials usually have no interest in talking about bad news. Yet, the department is forthcoming with information when it benefits them.

Ex-head golf coach Tom Beidleman was fired three weeks before the Rawls incident.

CMU Athletics held a press conference on Beidleman’s firing and provided the media with plenty of documentation (two binders worth of e-mails

and other damning documents) on what led to the coach’s firing — a man they hired and then called a liar.

When Heeke hired John Bonamego as football coach, the department hosted an elaborate press conference welcoming him at the CMU Events Center.

Subsidized to the tune of roughly $21.1 million by the university, Heeke has plenty of resources to spend on feel-good stories during the last few years.

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The Athletics Department has built an in-house quasi-media organization, complete with a full-time staff writer for its website to spread only positive news about CMU sports.

But when it comes time to answer specific questions about why a player leaves or a staff change was made, Heeke’s staff is unwilling.

This is symptomatic of a larger effort to paint the university in an always-positive light. Call it the “PR-ing” of CMU. There is never a lack of “good news” stories on CMU’s website, but the potential auctioning of the university’s public broadcasting assets is passed by the board of trustees without public discussion.

Silence breeds suspicion.

We are not calling for CMU and its officials to burn former employees or open the university up to potential litigation. But students, faculty and staff should not be left in the dark for no reason.

Heeke, because of his department’s high profile and big budget, faces constant and intense scrutiny. Heeke is good at his job and, like most of his administrator colleagues, we think he wants the best for CMU. In fact, Heeke often says his chief responsibility is building a “championship culture.”

That culture is based on integrity. Integrity is never being afraid to be accountable, open and honest.

The silence that continues to surround the Olson suspension and resignation doesn’t live up to the standard Heeke sets for his department’s “championship culture.”

What’s worse: It doesn’t meet the standard Heeke should set for himself.

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Opinions

World leaders take Clinton seriously, so should we With the 2016 democratic presidential primary heating up, it has turned into a two-candidate race between Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Both candidates have made a career in Washington fighting for reform and progressive ideas, something democratic voters clearly value.

But the biggest difference between the two is Clinton’s vast foreign policy expertise. This is an area Sanders lacks in.

He has never had to negotiate with foreign

Tommy Berry Vice President, College Democrats leaders or broker a deal between nations.

We live in an ever-changing global landscape. We need our next president to understand what is going on in the world.

Clinton is no stranger to foreign affairs.

Before she held public office, she spoke

to a group of world leaders at a United Nations conference in Beijing. She emphasized the importance of advancement to women’s rights globally and challenged foreign leaders to give women equal rights in their respective countries.

After one of the toughest primary fights in Democratic Party’s history in 2008, Clinton chose to work for a former rival in the Obama administration.

When President Barack Obama took office, the Bush administration had left a bad impression of who America is

and what we stand for.

Clinton took on the role of Secretary of State or “Chief Diplomat” and began to restore faith in our allies of America’s values and commitment to making the world a safer place.

When Clinton served in that important role, she worked daily with foreign leaders and has built a reputation as a tough negotiator with a willingness to seek a peaceful solution.

She is also not afraid to use the full power of the American military.

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Sanders does not have any of this experience.

We cannot afford a president’s long learning curve.

We need a leader who, on day one, will enter office ready to lead and position the United States as a global leader willing to stand up for American freedom and help spread human rights across the world.

Sanders can’t do this effectively.

I endorse Clinton in her bid for the presidency in 2016 and I look forward to the direction she will take us.

Public should consider full spectrum of Flint water crisis Two weeks ago, Central Michigan Life covered the Flint Water Crisis.

Hearing stories from students whose families have been affected by this tragedy is heartbreaking.

As someone who grew up just outside Flint, I have sympathy for those suffering.

I agree the government has let the City of Flint down. Citizens should be able to trust that their leaders are looking out for their best interests.

In this case, they were not.

However, I was a bit frustrated by the opinion that Gov. Rick Snyder is completely to blame and should be fired. Though our governor had a hand in the crisis, it is important to look at the big picture.

Mackenzie Flynn President, College Republicans

There were several other leaders, both at the state and local level, who contributed to this disaster.

Back in 2013, the Flint City Council voted to stop buying Detroit water and join the Karegnondi Water Authority (KWA), a new pipeline project that would deliver water from Lake Huron.

It would save the city $19 million over

8 years, which is exceptional considering the small amount of people living and paying taxes in the area.

Shortly after this decision was made, Detroit notified Flint that it would no longer sell water beginning in April 2014, even though the KWA project would not be completed for 3 years.

Forced to find a new source of water, Flint began investing $4 million into its water plant.

City council members, city employees and state officials all gathered to break ground on it, and city mayor Dayne Walling said, “It [was] a historic moment for the city of Flint to return to its roots.”

After problems arose in January

2015, City Manager Darnell Earley announced he would hire a water consultant to try and improve water.

By September, the city was notified that the water was acceptable under the Safe Drinking Water Act. However, in October, Governor Snyder committed $1 million to purchase water filters for Flint, began testing the water in schools at the state’s expense and worked to gain better control of the lead pipe erosion.

Obviously this is a crisis and there are victims who are suffering; however, only blaming Governor Snyder seems fallacious.

Mistakes were made, but they were

made by more than just one person.

What is even more important to consider is Snyder’s actions since the crisis: he asked President Barack Obama to declare a federal emergency, released all emails regarding Flint, and is working to the best of his ability to respond to the crisis.

Naturally, being the governor, Snyder has received a great deal of blame, but instead of focusing on whose fault it is, it seems much more important to find a solution.

Rather than firing Snyder, we should respect his willingness to accept the repercussions of this tragedy, his extreme transparency, and his progressive attitude in fixing this problem.

Letter to the

EDITOR

Sale of public broadcasting assets would be damaging to CMU To the Editor: News reports that the CMU Board of Trustees may decide to sell broadcast spectra currently used by WCMU TV, and thus likely end the university’s public TV broadcasting role, are distressing to say the least. Despite the temporary financial windfall it might bring, such a sale would not be in the best interest of CMU nor in the general publics interest.

I am sure other citizens have made the case for the irreplaceability of WCMU and PBS programs.

These are without parallel, both in subject content and quality, espe-

cially when compared to faux PBS programming found on commercial outlets such as the History Channel. The absence of PBS type quality programming on for profit TV is a textbook example of what economists call “market failure.”

Even if public television could be made available from other sources to the population served now by WCMU, there are two other reasons why forcing WCMU to go off the air is wrong.

First, WCMU is an invaluable public relations tool for the university.

It constantly puts the institution of CMU before the public in a positive

light, in innumerable and sometimes surprising ways. I recall staying in an Ontario Hotel, and, while dining, observing WCMU’s station identification visuals on the television that folks were watching. This constant exposure to CMU as an institution serving the public has long-term effects hard to calculate. It is not farfetched to imagine that young people growing up with WCMU may later be inclined to choose CMU. Secondly, there are political costs to sacrificing WCMU for a one time financial gain. It is pretty widely understood that public television

has always had a small minority of ideologically hard right detractors.

They believe that all media should be in corporate hands, and that it is wrong for government to be in the broadcasting business. They are also convinced that PBS’ excellent, award winning public affairs and news programs have a “liberal bias” which needs to be silenced. These are the same people who think Fox News is objective. They are convinced that their ideologically skewed view of reality is the only correct one and that all competing views are a kind of brainwashing.

The majority of the public rejects the above opinions. If the decision to end the life of WCMU were made, wouldn’t it be likely that citizens would jump to the conclusion that the CMU Board and President were somehow politically motivated by extreme right wing values? Too often we find that, in politics, perceptions are reality. Justifiably or not, there would be alienated feelings and negative reactions, damaging to CMU as an institution, in the wake of such a decision.

John Dinse, CMU Professor Emeritus of Political Science

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Mary Lewandowski | Staff Photographer Minnesota freshman Riley Huda high-fives her teammates before their first game on Sunday at the University of Michigan.

Lacrosse team welcomes risk while building a new program

By Evan Sasiela and Taylor DesOrmeau Staff Reporter and Sports Editor

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he Central Michigan lacrosse team might be starting from scratch, but Head Coach Sara Tisdale isn’t.

This isn’t her first startup project or first lacrosse experience at CMU. The 2006 Chippewa graduate played on CMU’s club team before coaching club lacrosse at Michigan State. In 2010, she started a Division III lacrosse program at Augustana College in Illinois and went 51-8 in her three seasons in charge. The Vikings went 16-1 last season.

Tisdale said her experience at Augustana taught her how to start a program and was likely a main factor in her hiring at CMU in July 2014. She said she began recruiting the same day.

“You’ve really got to find that student that is a great fit for CMU that happens to be a great lacrosse player,” she said. “You can’t sacrifice either in the process. I definitely learned that from Augustana.”

Tisdale said she was able to find student-athletes who were a good fit for CMU. One of those women is goalkeeper Dominique Hamman, who was also considering playing for fellow Division I school Niagara University.

Hamman called the opportunity to come to CMU a risk, but it also came with familiar territory for the New York native.

“At my old high school, we kind of went through the same thing,” she said. “I played goalie for our first ever varsity team, so I knew the reward that came along with that risk. Just because we’re young doesn’t mean we’re less than anybody else.”

Tisdale brought in some players who were offered spots at other schools and others who “flew under the radar.” Some are on scholarship, others are not. She said the common element amongst the first class is their excitement about the uncertainty of building a new program and the opportunity it creates to leave a legacy.

“The student-athletes that didn’t choose CMU, I think a lot of times it was because they went with an option that they knew exactly they were walking into,” Tisdale said. “But those honestly weren’t the student-athletes we wanted. We wanted student-athletes excited about building and excited about going through some of the challenges.”

Competing on the field The team played its first regular season competition

Mary Lewandowski| Staff Photographer

Florida freshman Kaitlin Kimble looks for a pass during CMU lacrosse’s first game on Sunday at University of Michigan. The Chippewas lost 14-1 of the wolverines.

nknown in program history Sunday against Michigan in Ann Arbor, losing 14-1. Tisdale and her players see the risk of joining a program without a foundation as exciting.

There could be some setbacks this season, she said, and the key to handling setbacks is overcoming adversity as a team.

“They want to do well,” Tisdale said. “We’ve preached that culture of the work you put into it is going to get the results we all want. I think we’ve seen our team take the bull by the horns off the field and know that work will pay off.”

Tisdale said the unknown factor of a new program applies to opposing teams when preparing a game plan. CMU had three years of games to study when getting ready to play Michigan. For the Chippewas, the players themselves didn’t even know who would be starting come Sunday, much less the other team.

“It’s definitely a risk,” said freshman midfielder Natalie Bloniarz. “To not have an upperclassman (on the team) is kind of a scary aspect of joining a first-year program, but I think all of us can agree that we’re excited to start a new program here.”

Tisdale said playing time is earned based on how well the players compete.

“One of the great things about (starting) a new program is starting spots are up for grabs,” Tisdale said. “There’s no expectation of ‘OK, I’ve been the starting goalie for three years and this is my spot.’ Every game is a great opportunity to compete for a spot and for playing time.”

Stepping onto campus The 25 freshmen and one sophomore arrived from all across the country and internationally, from California to Canada, with five coming from Michigan.

Tisdale said team-building has been a part of the process and chemistry is the main objective.

“One of the biggest challenges is how you create the culture and the chemistry that’s not already there,” Tisdale said. “It’s actually something that I love, building that

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Lacrosse basics • Field Dimensions: 120 yards in length and 65 yards across.

• Number of players: 12 • Game duration: 60 minutes — two 30 minute halves.

• Game play: Seven players can attack offensively at one time and seven defenders can defend. The field has a line to restrain defensive players from going too far up field and offensive players from coming too far down field.

• Equipment: The ball must be yellow, made of solid rubber and 7.75-8 inches in circumference and weigh 5-5.25 ounces. Players must have a mouth guard and wear protective eyewear. The crosse or stick must be between 35.5 and 43 inches with a pocket seven to nine inches wide.

The pockets on the women’s crosses must be shallow enough so the entire ball cannot fully sink into it.

• Goalie equipment includes helmets with facemasks, mouth guards and throat and chest protectors. Goalie crosses can be 35.5 to 48 inches with a 12-inch-wide pocket.

• Physical contact: Unlike the men’s game, women’s lacrosse doesn’t allow aggressive contact or stick checking.

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off-the-field connection and forming a unique culture within the team.”

The team had to practice Friday how to line up during pregame when starting lineups are announced and what to do during the national anthem, Tisdale said.

“The softball program, for example, they’ve always done that,” she said. “So the older players teach the younger players. Those are some of the small little things that a new program has to do.”

“If you have great team chemistry off the field, you will see an exciting team product on the field,” Tisdale said.

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Alanna Sparks | Staff Photographer Okemos freshman Natalie Bloniarz poses after practice Wednesday in the Indoor Athletic Complex.

Lacrosse connects university to tribe’s roots

By Andrew Surma Assistant Sports Editor @andrew_surma | sports@cm-life.com

Chippewas: A name carried onto many sports courts and fields, across the chests of hundreds of Central Michigan student-athletes.

As of Sunday, the connection between the mascot name and Saginaw Chippewa Tribe has deeper meaning.

When the CMU lacrosse team played its first game in program history Sunday, the players carried the colors of the Chippewa tribe onto the field.

Lacrosse is the fastest-growing women’s sport in the United States, according to the NCAA, but it isn’t a new sport in North America.

Lacrosse was originally created and played by Native American groups, including the Ojibwe — or Chippewa — tribe and others mainly in the Ontario region along the St. Lawrence River, the Great Lakes region and up into New England.

“It’s inspiring we have (a growing sport of lacrosse) happening in Michigan,” said Saginaw Chippewa Tribe Training Manager Jason George. “The name (Michigan) really means turtle. That’s an Ojibwe word and this is an Ojibwe game. The meaning is coming back to connect us as a family. We’ve never abandoned this place. We are still here.”

To incorporate lacrosse’s roots in the Chippewa tribe, CMU players’ pockets at the end of their sticks

have the colors of the tribe — red, yellow, black and white — woven into them. The goalie’s helmets also have the colors stripped on them. The team’s pockets are strung to replicate the medicine wheel.

Head Lacrosse Coach Sara Tisdale said the Ojibwe medicine wheel is a traditional Ojibwe tool for representing the connections within the circle of life and how an individual grows. Each color on the wheel represents a cardinal direction that Ojibwe people revere, George said.

Yellow represents East and signifies spring and birth, red represents South and signifies summer and youth, black represents fall and signifies autumn and adulthood and white represents North and signifies winter and elderliness.

There are many interpretations and teachings based on the medicine wheel.

CMU Athletics Director Dave Heeke said the university’s positive relationship with the tribe and the tribe’s history with lacrosse is a natural fit, something that celebrates the university’s partnership with the tribe.

“There’s tremendous opportunity to celebrate that (history) and to inform and educate people,” Heeke said. “That’s something we can accentuate and another area we can educate the people around this community and elsewhere about the sport of lacrosse, its roots, how rich (the tradition) is and how it’s all coming together now right here in Mount Pleasant.”

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The Central Michigan women’s basketball team was picked to finish fifth in the Mid-American Conference West Division, according to a preseason poll of the 12 conference head coaches.

However, the Chippewas (15-7, 9-2 MAC) have shocked the conference by winning six consecutive wins, vaulting them to the top of the MAC West standings.

A year after losing three 1,000-point scorers and arguably the best player in program history, Crystal Bradford, the young Chippewas have put themselves in a position for a potential top seed in the MAC tournament.

It’s been a surprise to many based on the experience — or lack thereof — CMU has. The Chippewas have four upperclassmen and 10 underclassmen.

With the emergence of two freshmen and two sophomores, the Chippewas have been the surprise team in the conference and have the longest winning streak in the MAC. Freshmen Presley Hudson and Reyna Frost have come out of nowhere to be key factors in the offense and on the glass, while sophomores Cassie Breen and Tinara Moore have improved from their rocky first years in the program.

“We believe in each other,” Frost said. “We’re strong enough to push through, even though we’re young.”

Guevara said Frost has had so much playing time, she’s es-

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“We believe in each other. We’re strong enough to push through, even though we’re young.”

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sentially a sophomore.

“It’s unbelievable,” Guevara said. “With the youth of this team, they don’t play like freshmen and sophomores. They just don’t.”

The key to the resurgence for CMU has been those younger players.

Moore has been dominant in conference play, recording 11 double-doubles and averaging 17 points and 12 rebounds per game. Hudson leads the team in scoring with 15 points per game.

Breen has been a consistent shooter and averages 13 points per contest, while Frost is third in the MAC in rebounding.

“We can play with anybody in this league,” Guevara said.

“If you look at everything we lost, I get it. (The media) had no idea what our freshmen were going to be like.

They had no idea what Tinara Moore and Cassie Breen had done over the summer to work on their games.”

With so many young players contributing at key moments, it has been the outcome Guevara hoped for coming into the season.

“I wouldn’t trade them for anybody,” Guevara said. “We have a nice blend. The belief in each other, the chemistry and the intangibles are there with this team.”

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Chippewas have done just that.

During their winning streak, the Chippewas have won three games by an average of 19.3 points and three games decided by two points or less.

Their most recent victory, a 76-75 buzzer-beater win over Bowling Green, showed the team can win games when it doesn’t play well — even when the other team makes 11 3-point attempts in a row.

“It would have been easy to fold and it would’ve been easy to put your head down,” Guevara said. “It’s nice to see this

team get better and find ways to win in different situations.”

The Chippewas have plowed through tough opponents to land one game behind Ohio for the top spot in the league.

CMU’s next game is with Ball State, the second-place team in the MAC West. The Cardinals are 8-2 in conference play, a half game behind the division-leading Chippewas.

“I don’t want to get caught up in the standings,” Guevara said. “I don’t want our team to do that either because then you start looking ahead. The next

game we play has to be Ball State. We’re just looking at it one game at a time.”

A win on Wednesday at Ball State would not only extend CMU’s winning streak — which is the longest since the team won 12 straight in 2013-14 — but it would also move the Chippewas one step closer to a favorable seed in the MAC tournament.

“These kids work their tails off and it’s paying off,” Guevara said. “And we’re not done because they’ll continue to work.”

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Wolverines too much for lacrosse team in first game

By Evan Sasiela Staff Reporter @Salsa_Evan | sports@cm-life.com

Central Michigan’s lacrosse team gave up one goal less than two minutes into its first game in program history.

Through the next 58 minutes, there were 13 more.

The Chippewas trailed 6-0 by halftime and managed their only goal on an injured backup goalkeeper in a 14-1 loss Sunday at Oosterbaan Field House in Ann Arbor.

Despite the loss, Head Coach Sara Tisdale said she was pleased with her team’s effort in their first collegiate game.

“Michigan’s a very aggressive, up-tempo team,” Tisdale said. “I thought we handled that well for our first game. We were able to execute some of the things that

Mary Lewandowski | Staff Photographer Canada freshman Jocelyne Lemay runs the ball down the field during CMU lacrosse’s first game on Sunday, Feb. 7 at University of Michigan.

The Chippewas lost 14-1 to the Wolverines.

we’ve been working on.”

CMU scored with 23:56 left to play. Kimble scored on a wideopen for the first goal in program history. Michigan backup goalkeeper Alli Kothari went down

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Flocking to Ann Arbor Tisdale said she noticed more maroon and gold on the sidelines

than the maize and blue, something she hoped for.

Fans and parents from Mount Pleasant and beyond gathered in Ann Arbor to witness history. One side of the fieldhouse was filled with Chippewa supporters.

Heather Lemay, the mother of freshman midfielder Jocelyne Lemay, traveled from Canada to watch her daughter play.

“I’m very proud of her, the whole team and the program,” Lemay said. “I’m excited and looking forward to the whole season.”

Tom and Suzanne Cannon, the parents of freshman defender Samantha Cannon, drove nine-and-a-half hours from Syracuse, New York. Suzanne said it was worth every minute.

“This is the very first piece of history for women’s lacrosse at Central Michigan,” Suzanne said.

“We’ve got a great coach who’s

been fantastic and going to make a name for herself. These kids are here to give it their all and start this team out with a bang.”

Tom said he “wouldn’t miss it for the world.”

Freshman midfielder Summer Abdalla said she appreciated the support from the fans.

“We were all pretty nervous going into it,” Abdalla said. “But we were all pretty excited and I thought we executed well.”

Abdalla said Tisdale gave the team some advice before the game.

“Coach told us before the beginning of the game, ‘Some of the best advice I learned was to take a deep breath and take it all in,’” Abdalla said.

The Chippewas will fly to North Carolina for a matchup against Gardner-Webb at noon on Feb. 21. Gardner-Webb was 1-16 last season.

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Kimble’s goal made it a 9-1 game before the Wolverines scored the final five with a running clock.

Tisdale said she thought her team was tired out against Michigan’s 45-person roster but was happy with the effort.

“The score I don’t think reflects the effort we put forth,” she said.

“We had quality looks. I think we grew up a lot in those 60 minutes.”

Freshman goalkeeper Dominique Hamman allowed 14 goals and had 10 saves. Tisdale said the Chippewas played smarter defense in the second half.

“She did not play like a freshman goalie,” Tisdale said. “She played like an experienced goalie.”

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A look back at our initial impressions of Bonamego When John Bonamego was hired as Central Michigan’s head football coach one year ago, we didn’t know much about him.

But it’s the head football coach, so I figured out what I could and wrote a column on his pros and cons after his introductory press conference and a little digging online.

The media loves analyzing coaches, players, teams and athletic departments. But now, after having him around for one year, here’s what I had right and what I had wrong about the man they call “Bono.”

The cons Not exactly sure why I started with the cons of Bonamego, but here’s what I had: 1. He’s a special teams guy This one turned out much different than I anticipated. I figured the special teams play would be fantastic while the offense and defense could be in disarray at times.

Instead, it was the special teams that suffered — with CMU finishing at the bottom of the Mid-American Conference in most categories. His impact on the special teams game was supposed to be one of his biggest strengths, but ended up not being a factor.

With keeping most of the coaching staff from the season before, the transition for the offense and defense was smooth for Bonamego’s bunch.

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2. He hasn’t been a head coach since 1987, hasn’t coached a college team since 1998 While Bonamego said he had to adjust early on to the play calling and being in charge on the headset, it became natural as the season went on.

Bonamego was thrust back into the college game at the top position. Yet, having more than a dozen different coaching positions from high school to college to the NFL seemed to have prepared him for constant adaptation.

3. It’s the third time he applied for the job Just because he might not have been the best suited for the job before doesn’t mean he isn’t suited for the job now. Bono proved this year that the third time really was the charm, like he said in his introductory press conference.

Bonamego brings wisdom and experience to the program.

While he may have been qualified before, there’s little doubt he was well-qualified this time around.

The pros 1. He has a sense of humor, he wants to interact with the community It wasn’t just a facade.

There’s no doubt Bonamego is one of the most relatable public figures at CMU. “We want you to be able to reach out and touch us,” Bonamego said at the press conference. “We need your support.

We need you, we love you, we want you around, we want you to feel like you’re a part of this because you are.”

He has helped reenergize the fanbase — even though attendance numbers didn’t see a spike after numerous poor weather situations.

Bono is a cool dude. People want to eat pizza with him in their dorms. Or hang out at O’Kelly’s with him.

What good does that do for the on-field product? If Bono can be relatable to college students, the recruiting game will prosper.

Even though CMU’s 2016 class is ranked in the middle of the MAC according to most recruiting sites, he was still able to draw big names. The Edwards brothers, a quarterback recruited by Michigan State and Oklahoma State to play tight end and a previously committed Toledo Rocket top the list.

He’s a funny guy that a program can build around.

2. He has a heart for Central Michigan, he’s a Central Michigan man You may remember Brady Hoke, a “Michigan man,” was rumored to be one of the candidates

Monica Bradburn | Assistant Photo Editor Head Football Coach John Bonamego watches a play at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan on Dec. 28 during the Quick Lane Bowl.

for the job. He got the job with the Wolverines a few years back partly because of his Michigan ties.

Clearly it’s only one facet to the job, but Bono definitely passes this test.

There’s a reason his buyout is so high. While the coach would be more soft-spoken and fixed in weeks after a loss, he lived out the “24-hour rule” more than most. No matter what happened on or off the field, Bonamego had maroon and

gold running through his veins.

This guy isn’t going anywhere.

He isn’t working hard to make his resume look better. Bonamego just wants to win and win with Central Michigan. One year later, that cannot be argued against.

3. It’s not a rebuilding process No Titus Davis. No Thomas Rawls. No letdown.

CMU finished 7-6, just like the year before, but did even better in MAC play. CMU’s 6-2 conference record was tied for

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He’s restocking for the future while leading the current squad forward. With Cooper Rush at the helm, the Chippewas could be one of the favorites to win the MAC. I had my doubts when Bonamego said he planned to win, win now and win for a “very, very, very, very, very long time.”

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prepared to move to Mount Pleasant. Freshman midfielder Logan Halvorson said a GroupMe was created as a way for the players to become comfortable with one another.

“That really brings us closer together,” Halvorson said.

“If someone needs help with homework or wants to go to the (cafeteria), we usually just text in that. It makes it easier for everyone.”

The team-building continued into the fall. During Labor Day weekend, the team traveled to the Upper Peninsula to the Hiawatha Sportsman’s Club in Engadine. Halvorson said Assistant Coach Mackenzie Lawler’s family has connections with the club. The team rented out cabins and bonded over meals and activities.

commemoration of the tribe’s roots is commendable.

“We’re still in the process of rediscovering (the game), finding our roots and making a connection to it,” George said.

“Those sports that are American — whether it’s football, baseball or basketball — those are all fine and dandy, but there’s something special about lacrosse that connects us to our past and our history.”

George said many tribe members don’t have their original language and many don’t have their own names, but lacrosse is one way they can relate to their roots.

“CMU has reached out to us to help us and encourage us,” George said. “It makes not just myself, but many others in the community who play the sport respect that.”

George said the tribe hopes to start a program of its own. The Iroquois have a team that competes against international opponents.

Tisdale said the tribe will bless the field at the CMU Soccer/Lacrosse Complex on April 15 with a a drum and snow birds ceremony.

The team will be presented ceremonial sticks made according to traditional and decorated by members of the tribe.

Team members toured the Ziibiwing Center early in the offseason where they were taught about the medicine wheel. Tisdale said it was “a great opportunity to have that connection.”

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Alanna Sparks | Freelance Photographer The CMU women’s lacrosse team poses during practice on Feb. 3 in the IAC. The team played its first game on Sunday at the University of Michigan and lost to the Wolverines 14-1.

“It was definitely a great experience getting away from lacrosse and school and connecting as a team and program and learning new things about each other,” Halvorson said.

Tisdale said no cell phones were used during the trip and there were “no distractions.”

“We were definitely a different team when we came across the

bridge back down,” Tisdale said.

Bloniarz said the team bonded one Sunday by playing elementary school games in a gym.

Tisdale graduated from CMU with a degree in physical education. She brought out parachutes and scooters for a fun and “active” evening, taking another step in forming the team’s foundation.

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Mary Lewandowski | Staff Photographer Okemos freshman Natalie Bloniarz prepares before CMU lacrosse’s first game on Sunday, at the University of Michigan. The Chippewas lost 14-1 to the Wolverines.

Tisdale said the connection creates an aspect to the lacrosse program unlike any other sport.

“Nobody else on campus, no other sport has that direct tie like we do, and we take that pretty seriously,” she said. “From a recruiting perspective, it’s very unique. It’s a relationship that people really remember a lot about.”

Freshman defender Kelly Spehar said learning about the sport has shown her lacrosse’s connection to the tribe along with the rules differences between the men’s game.

One difference, Spehar said, was how the games begin. The men’s game begins with a scrum for the ball placed on the ground. The women’s game begins with the ball being thrown into the air.

“The coolest part for me is that other schools have their mascots, but we have something deeper,” Spehar said. “We have the Chippewa tribe name. You definitely feel a stronger connection because you’re representing them and everything they did in their history.”

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