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Life in brief METRO Isabella County Trial Court to adopt new policy prohibiting cellphones The Isabella County Trial Court is adopting a policy prohibiting cellphones, recording devices and cameras in the county courthouse.

Beginning March 9, attorneys appearing in connection with any judicial proceeding or presenting evidence of bar membership and Isabella County Trial Court employees will be permitted to use cellphones in the court house.

Law enforcement and corrections officers appearing at the court on official business, members of the media with permission and individuals representing themselves who require a cellphone or electronic device to present evidence will also be allowed.

Additionally, cameras—but not cellphone cameras—will be permitted for use by those attending weddings or adoptions taking place at the courthouse.

Failure to comply with this policy may result in confiscation of the cellphone or electronic device, a fine, incarceration, or both for contempt of court.

Chief Judge Paul Chamberlain said Friday that innovations in technology as another reason for the new policy.

“It’s a harsh remedy to the problems that are coming to light,” he said.

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Grammy winning band performs at McGuirk

Two women banned from Chippewa Tribe

By Paige Sheffield Staff Reporter

The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribal Council unanimously voted Thursday to permanently banish two women who were caught trafficking drugs by the Mount Pleasant Police Department last week.

Tribal Chief Steve Pego said in a press release the action is a reflection of the Tribe’s commitment to its war on drugs.

“Today our people have shown that we are no longer going to tolerate people who peddle unhealthy and life-destroying substances on this reservation,” Pego said. “Today, we took necessary

Mike Muscat arrived at the Events Center at 7:30 a.m. Saturday to begin prepping for the crowd of students that would later pack McGuirk Arena.

The Program Board concert chair said different struggles came up throughout the day, but he and the rest of the staff learned to “roll with the punches” and move on.

With weeks of preparation behind them, Program Board members and 150 other staff members worked to

By Jacob Kahn Staff Reporter

Abbie Robinson | Staff Photographer Siblings Kimberly (left), Neil (middle), and Reid (right) of The Band Perry perform for Central Michigan University on Feb. 28 in McGuirk Arena.

turn the arena into a concert venue for The Band Perry and special guest Eric Paslay. The show cost about $170,000, before production costs.

Josh Palmer, president of Program Board, said there many steps when bringing a band to campus.

“There’s a lot of pieces to the

puzzle but once it’s all put together, it looks awesome,” Palmer said.

To prepare for the event, the stage, sound and lights all have to be set up to transform the arena into a concert venue. Keith Voeks, assistant director of University Events, said the 48 by 40 foot deep stage had to be built

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university “Shark Tank” speaker moved to Finch Fieldhouse Due to a high level of interest in his upcoming visit, a speech by the star of ABC’s “Shark Tank” Daymond John, has been moved from Plachta Auditorium to Finch Fieldhouse.

John will speak as part of the Central Michigan University Speaker Series at 7 p.m. March 4. His program, “Get into the Goal-Setting Mindset” is a first-come, firstserved event with no tickets required. John will discuss goal setting.

John has been a cast member of “Shark Tank” for eight years. John costars along with four other business executives who listen to business pitches. The executives invest their own money and become partners with entrepreneurs.

John is also the founder and chief executive officer of FUBU, a clothing company.

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Baylen Brown | Staff Photographer Ben Crane, junior, bassist for local group Interchangeable Dad, lets loose during the opening set of the night Feb. 27 at a house show at 906 Franklin Street in Mount Pleasant.

Student converts home into concert venue for local music LIFE INSIDE

By Brianne Twiddy Staff Reporter

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The living room vibrated with the sound of loud music and dancing students.

They filled the room, arms up and heads bobbing, as the live band performed in front of them, illuminated

by Christmas lights strewn throughout the living room.

Suddenly, the singer stood up and jumped into the raised arms of the

crowd. He continued to sing as he crowd surfed, while dozens of arms carried the performer around the small room until he was set back on the makeshift stage.

The “906 house shows,” hosted

by Chelsea junior Ashley Tisdale, began last July 4. After deciding to invite a few bands she knew to perform at her house and seeing the results, Tisdale knew it was something she wanted to continue doing.

“There was just this atmosphere,

this energy I was excited about.

It’s something I really enjoy doing and really makes a positive impact on the music community in Mount Pleasant,” Tisdale said. “There’s a lot of bands here and in the state that no one knows about and people can experience them in this kind of setting.”

The shows have grown into a monthly event. In addition to reaching out to bands around Michigan, Tisdale now has bands contacting

her to perform. About 17 bands have performed at the student’s house.

The 906 now has their own Facebook page where students can RSVP and invite their friends. The house shows on average have around 40 people. Friday’s show, which featured bands Trace of Lime, Drifted Lifted and Interchangeable Dad, had 99 RSVPs on Facebook. w shows | 5

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By Andrew Surma Staff Reporter

Sarah White | Assistant Photo Editor Woodhaven freshman Jordan Eddison studies macrobiology in a independent study room where students may take U-testing March 1 in the Charles V. Park Library.

Library seeks student feedback on website

By Conner Emery Staff Reporter

The Charles V. Park Library is asking for students to give feedback on the library’s updated website.

At least three students a month participate in the testing. Students sit in a room for a 30 minute session and perform tasks with three to five scenarios given to them by system librarians who are observing in another room. Students can apply to take part in the sessions by going to the library’s website and filling out their basic information and availability.

“An example we use is ‘You spoke to a friend of yours earlier today who told you she/he used the library website to get help.

Show me how you would use the library website to get help’,” said systems librarian Ann Kucera.

Other scenarios include looking up resources for a website using the SmartSearch feature and using the ask a librarian feature.

“With that [ask a librar-

ian feature] we are trying to see if students prefer to contact the librarians through email, text or in person,” said web services employee Eric Bellmore.

The first month of testing has received positive feedback with few hiccups. Library workers are trying to eliminate the gap between students and librarians.

“Students bring a fresh perspective,” said Library Facilitator Susan Powers.

“We want to make our tools as intuitive and as helpful as possible in order to help students succeed.”

Students will receive a $5 gift card from Java City after completing the 30 minute session. In the future the library hopes to expand the testing to global campus students, as well as testing out the Clarke Historical Library and global campus websites.

“Input from users is important for all websites,” Powers said. “I think it would be a great idea for other departments to test their CMU websites with (its) users.”

heroin | continued from 1 steps to protect and uphold our members and their families against this plague called addiction.”

The two women, 33-yearold Kristy Posthumus and 31-year-old Audrey Shipman, were found to be transporting 13 bindles of heroin and 12 bindles of another unidentified drug after a traffic stop Feb. 17.

Posthumus was arrested on three counts of possession with intent to deliver heroin, driving with a suspended license and operating a vehicle without insurance. Shipman was arrested on three counts of carrying a concealed weapon and one count of possession of a dangerous weapon.

The Tribe has been taking a stronger and more proactive stance against

Audrey Shipman

Kristy Posthumus

substance abuse. In September of 2014, Chief Pego signed a birch bark document declaring war on drugs, which had not been done in the Tribe since 1763. Pego said one of the factors leading to the deceleration was a rise in heroin abuse.

Tribal Police Captain Jim Cates said the Tribe is a community which has no place for drugs.

“The choice to exclude these individuals before conviction is our way of sending the message that this will not be tolerated in our community,” Cates said.

Twenty-five years ago, Janet Sturm sat in a special education classroom as part of her training at Western Michigan University thinking spoken and written communication for students with significant disabilities could be better.

Now a speech language pathology professor in Central Michigan University’s College of Health Professions, Sturm, devoted her career to an innovative writing-based curriculum for students with significant disabilities, was released Friday.

The First Author Writing curriculum is designed to improve students’ “crossmodality” Sturm said, which is a student’s ability to speak, listen, read, write and apply those integrated skills in the classroom.

Sturm’s First Author Writing Curriculum can be used in conjunction with the First Author Writing Software, a computer program she conceptualized with colleagues at the University of North Carolina and developed here at CMU. Her curriculum can be applied without the software program as well.

“We began to look at the use of good instruction and assistive literacy software like talking word processors, word banks, word prediction software and organizational software,” Sturm said. “The program gives students the ease of access to the writing process to plan, compose and share like everybody else. That was the dream for First Author.”

Sturm’s curriculum embodies a new perspective on the limitations of significantly disabled students, who are not as limited as previously thought.

“The students I have thought about my whole career, the attitudes and knowledge barriers in the education system are that these

Under Ordinance No. 3 of the Tribal Code, the Council can choose to exclude individuals from their territories.

Despite the Tribal Council’s ruling, Posthumus is still protected by law and cannot be charged in the Isabella County Court for her offenses. However, MPPD has referred her case to a federal prosecutor, who will decide whether to file charges against her in Federal Court.

students are not capable of becoming writers,” Sturm said. “My vision, is that we need to change thinking around the world — change expectations and beliefs of what these individuals are capable of accomplishing.”

Sturm said her curriculum changes attitudes and perceptions by empowering teachers to, “challenge students while keeping them safe.”

This creates a classroom environment of encouragement, which is important for students with significant disabilities.

Jenay Prytula, who teaches physically impaired students at Warren Woods Middle School in Warren, said teaching her students writing lessons was difficult before Sturm’s curriculum was tested at her school.

“Teaching writing was horrible. It was not feasible,” Prytula said. “Before there were not enough teachers.

Students needed to be helped one at a time, but now we can have classrooms of 10 to 12 students who are all being helped. It (the curriculum and software) makes teaching writing manageable.”

Prytula said the First Author Writing curriculum and software has been the best thing to happen to her 30-year teaching career and classrooms have a new atmosphere. Her students are more self-confident and eager to express their ideas and parents are thrilled.

“Before these students didn’t see themselves as writers. It was a difficult task for them so they didn’t want to do it, but now they are motivated and enthusiastic about writing,” Prytula said. “Dr. Sturm has been a phenomenal resource. She helped me become a better teacher and gave me the confidence to branch out and go further into teaching the material.”

Prytula said she believes Sturm’s curriculum will be a major help for teachers

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sistive features that support more sophisticated needs of the student.

The curriculum

Sturm’s curriculum gives teachers the structure to teach effectively. The curriculum consists of “minilessons,” which target a key daily concept and are done four times a week for five to 15 minutes.

After the mini-lesson, students have “writing time” four times a week for 25 to 30 minutes. Students write about a self-selected topic that can be shared with others. Once a week, students will participate in “Author’s Chair” which is a vital part of the curriculum. Once a student has composed a piece of writing, that work is shared out loud. Immediately after sharing, peers and educators can ask questions or make comments to the author.

“The Author’s Chair fosters students’ perceptions that writing is about communicating with others and they grow to view themselves as authors.” Sturm said.

“Students were able to identify the growth of other students,” Prytula said.

Sturm said that no matter what, everyone’s writing is encouraged while being in the Author’s Chair.

The program

According to the Don Johnston, the company who produces First Author, the First Author Writing software takes the most time-consuming tasks out of teachers’ lesson planning and allows students to write independently.

Prytula said teachers often could not judge a student’s writing level because the teacher assisted the student in the writing’s composition. The program assists students by automatically generating picture prompts and word banks that are personalized to the student’s interests and needs.

Additionally, the program gives students a word bank of structural words that can help compose a sentence.

Sturm said as students progress as writers, the program offers more specialized as-

The measurement scale

The Don Johnston website states “The measures assess writing on both quantitative and qualitative dimensions.

The 14-point Developmental Writing Scale assesses tracks writing from scribbling (emergent) to paragraph writing (2nd grade). They also track text type diversity, topic diversity, total intelligible words, total unique words, total number of letters, and total unique letters.”

Sturm’s measurement scale pinpoints for teachers what topics they should target next in a student’s development.

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First year graduate student and Grand Rapids native Paige Janet Sturm Allen said working with Sturm as a part of her speech language pathology clinical training was an amazing experience.

“It definitely was life changing,” Allen said. “Dr. Sturm has been an incredible mentor.”

In addition to the First Author Writing curriculum, Sturm also developed a group of writing quantity and quality measures for beginning writers. The anchor measure is a Developmental Writing Scale that helps teachers more precisely identify a students’ overall writing level and supports in making decisions about instruction for that student.

The measurement scale is a resource Prytula finds especially beneficial in the classroom.

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India Jackson | Staff Photographer Mount Pleasant Chamber of Commerce President Brett Hyble, left, and Rotaract member Logan Pellegrom serve food at the Mount Pleasant Rotary Club’s 52nd annual Rotary Beef Dinner Feb. 21 at the Comfort Inn, Mount Pleasant.

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CMU Rotoract Club volunteers across the country

By Adriana Cotero Staff Reporter

Plunging into ice water, serving a beef dinner and holding a bake sale are just some of the recent activities of the Central Michigan University Rotaract Club.

The registered student organization participates in volunteering events throughout the year across the state and world.

President and St. Charles senior Ben Reyhl and Vice President and Battle Creek junior Stephanie Bird, help ensure the four-year-old organization remains active.

What is the purpose of Rotaract?

Reyhl: It’s about volunteering, building connections and friendships with other people. We do a lot to raise money for organizations by going out volunteering. We also have speakers come in, and we have bonding nights as a group. Rotaract is part of a larger organization that is Rotary International. Almost 200 countries have Rotary clubs.

There are also high school level clubs like Interact, the college-version Rotaract and the original adult Rotary Club.

Bird: We are service over self. We are always looking to help our community and give back to our community. We have speakers come in, we’ve had a speaker talk about leadership and tonight we are talking about the Chinese New Year. We try to get informed about a lot of different things.

We also do international

projects too. This year we want to raise money to stop sex trafficking in Brazil.

Why is volunteer work beneficial for students?

Reyhl: It’s a chance for us to do something truly meaningful. We don’t just volunteer in our own communities, but also around the world in international projects. This work is something students really get a lot out of, because they feel like they are making a difference. I think when students are in high school there is almost a limit on what they can do. In many cases, you’re stuck doing what an adviser tells you or suggests, and we can actually go out and find volunteer opportunity projects.

What inspires you to perform volunteer work?

Reyhl: For me, it’s just a chance for me to feel like I’m really doing something meaningful. It’s chance to step out from the daily grind of just classes, homework, and even some extra-curriculars, it lets me step back and put things into perspective with helping others. I have grown up around Rotary a little more than other because my dad is a Rotarian.

Just being able to see some of the things Rotary has been able to do to help the community, really made me want to work with this good opportunity.

Bird: It is a way for me to do something that is bigger than

India Jackson | Staff Photographer Mount Pleasant Schools Superintendent Mike Pung, middle, works with students from local schools and students from Central Michigan University to prepare food for guests Feb. 21 at the Comfort Inn, Mount Pleasant.

myself. I have always cared a lot about volunteering; I’ve always felt like it is something that is needed. Ever since I was young, I have wanted to help people anytime I could.

Being able to do something that could potentially change someone’s life is just awesome.

UP NEXT Meetings are held at 7 p.m. every Tuesday in Grawn Hall 103 and are open to all students.

What do members do?

Reyhl: This semester, we have been trying to mix it up by not having the same formula every week. The Mount Pleasant Rotary has a speaker every week, and on occasion we will too. But we also try and use this time to do some relatively small work, like in the past we’ve wrote letters to the military.

Bird: Every Tuesday in Grawn 103, we have weekly meetings that are open to all. We have announcements at the beginning of the meeting then talk about fundraising and then our activities vary week to week.

Last week, we made valentines for Hearts for Hospice and then this week we are recognizing the Chinese New Year.

How does volunteering affect the community? Why should Rotaract be important to Mount Pleasant? What are some upcoming events?

Reyhl: Within our community, we try to be involved in many volunteer works, fundraising, and projects.

A group of us were in the Polar Plunge, we have raised nearly 750 dollars for Special Olympics and want to raise even more. In April, we will have a team fund for Relay for Life, and we have our international projects and now the most recent local playground project.

Bird: We have a community project we are just getting started on. We want to have a playground built with a nice baseball diamond for a local trailer park. We are at the beginning stages of starting this big spring project. If we get a good amount of people willing to volunteer then we can make something beneficial. We can do a lot of damage and raise a lot of money and awareness.

Local developer planning to build new ASA house

By Ben Solis Staff Reporter

Alpha Sigma Alpha will get a new house if local developer Joe Olivieri can convince the City of Mount Pleasant to approve the project.

Olivieri wants to build an 18-occupant Registered Student Organization house for ASA on their current lot at 1024 S. Main St. The project will expand to the adjacent 1026 S. Main St. lot. ASA’s current house and the house on the 1026 S. Main St. lot are both eight-occupant homes. The plan is to demolish both houses to build the new development.

ASA has 79 members, Olivieri said.

The new house would allow the group to hold functions and other events.

Olivieri plead his case for the project before Mount Pleasant officials at Thursday’s Zoning Board of Appeals meeting. The Feb. 25 meeting gave

Olivieri the chance to present his plans.

The board has semi-judicial powers and their approval would send his project plans to the city’s Planning Commission. Olivieri can move forward with the project once approved by planning officials.

Before they could decide, Olivieri asked to postpone the vote. Olivieri has 30 days to review or redo his plan.

If the board would have opposed the project, Olivieri would be barred from bringing the RSO house plan before the ZBA for a period of one year.

Zoning Board of Appeals members questioned whether Olivieri’s request for an 18-occupant house was valid. Both of the existing houses are eight-occupant dwellings. The lots combined could only house 16 occupants.

Olivieri tried to strike a deal with the board to increase the density by two if he beautified the property and reduced

Central Michigan University launched its new marketing campaign, “Put your stamp on the world” today.

Research for the campaign was coordinated by University Communications and a team of faculty and administrators. The research was executed by Market Strategies International with prospective students, parents, high school teachers and high school counselors.

An advertising management class tested the results of the campaign in the fall.

The campaign serves as a recruiting tool for prospective students, and will be advertised through television spots, billboards, bus wraps, brochures, campus bus shelters and digital advertisements.

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Oliveri management is developing plans to bulldoze 1026 S. Main St. and 1024 S. Main St. to make way for a larger residence.

parking. The two existing buildings are known as non-conforming properties.

By combining them, the RSO would conform to city zoning and building ordinances, which is an incentive for the city to approve the project.

Peter Orlik, a board official and Central Michigan University’s Broadcast and Cinematic arts department chair, said he couldn’t support the

plan. Orlik argued that the floor plan of the house is too similar to other Olivieri-built RSO houses.

The supposed uniqueness of the project was Olivieri’s main argument for increasing the density. ASA also has a history of trash and city code violations. These violations were presented to the board in addition to the request, and weighed on officials’ minds.

Central Michigan University students swept awards for the College Photographer of the Year category at the Michigan Press Photographers Association awards.

Novi senior Zack Wittman took first place, Beal City senior Shannon Millard was the runner-up and Chicago senior Taylor Ballek took third place. Ballek won second place in the News Story category for her story “Reckless Control,” about a business owner addicted to meth.

Other CMU students also received awards in categories where they competed against professionals in the industry.

Spring graduates Taryn Waffles and Emily Brouwer took second-place in the Personal Vision category and was an honorable mention in the Sports Photography category, respectively.

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Director of Diversity Education finalists and open forums The Office for Institutional Diversity and the search committee will hold open forums with the three finalists for the Director of Diversity Education position on March 2, 5 and 13.

Nikita Murry, Ph.D., LPC, current Program Coordinator/Clinical Supervisor for the Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault in Midland, Michigan, will be on campus at 11 a.m. on Monday, March 2 in the Bovee University Center Isabella Room.

Sapphire Cureg, Ph.D., previously the director of the Center for Inclusive Excellence and an adjunct instructor at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois, will be on campus at 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 5 in the Bovee University Center Lake Huron Room.

Hannah M. Lozon, current Coordinator of Social Justice Education at the University of Arizona, will be on campus at 11 a.m. on Friday, March 13 in the Bovee University Center Lake Huron Room.

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EDITORIAL | Students should keep medical amnesty in mind during upcoming St. Patrick’s Day celebrations

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PUNISHMENT Students have medical amnesty in dangerous situations

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ince 2012, Michigan law has encouraged students to take responsibility for each other in emergency

situations by granting them medical amnesty.

Public Act 125 outlines the terms under which a minor can be exempted from legal punishment for calling emergency medical services after consuming alcohol.

With St. Patrick’s Day 15 days away, students should keep this law in mind. The risks of not seeking medical help far outweigh the benefits of avoiding legal trouble.

Breaking the law by drinking while underage is never advisable.

However, Public Act 125 exempts students who call for help from punishment, a practice Mount Pleasant law enforcement has followed for years.

Students are exempt if they call for help for a friend or themselves, or accompany a friend to seek medical help.

If there was no law in place to protect students from legal ramifications, hesitating to call emergency medical services for

fear of an MIP would not be worth it to some.

According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, more than 1,800 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 will die each year from alcohol-related injuries.

The Central Michigan University community was given a harsh reminder of the dangers of unchecked alcohol consumption in October with the death of Michael Hartnett, 18, who was visiting campus for Homecoming weekend.

Watching out for your friends while under the influence can make the difference between a fun night out and a tragedy. Calling an ambulance or other emergency service when a friend needs medical help is a huge part of taking care of them.

If students put themselves at

risk by drinking underage, they need to be prepared for potential consequences and prepared to act responsibly.

Sometimes potential danger is not always apparent. A friend could look like they are simply sleeping it off. This does not mean your friend is out of harm’s way. Never hesitate

to call emergency services, whether a person is physically hurt, has put themselves in harm’s way or appears to be sleeping.

Avoiding trouble, no matter how much, is never worth a person’s safety or life. Thanks to Michigan law, that’s a decision students shouldn’t have to think twice about.

Letter to the

EDITOR

Academic Senate votes to drop ‘global’ in UP Group IV: Studies in Global Cultures and Diversity TO THE EDITOR: Tuesday was a sad day for Central Michigan University students when the Academic Senate voted to drop the word “global” in University Program Group IV, originally titled: Studies in Global Cultures and Diversity, and in Subgroup B, originally titled: Studies in Global Cultures Outside of the AngloAmerican Tradition.

The vote effectively eliminated a possible home for a group of proposed global studies courses in business, art, communication and journalism. Despite the fact that no one in the Senate denied the importance of global studies during the Senate debate, about 67 percent of the senators voted to delete the word.

In its guideline document, the General Education Committee inserted the wording, “Courses that do not indicate a specific region or tradition of study (i.e. are global in scope, or are surveys of most or all regions in the world) are not appropriate for inclusion in this subgroup.”

I’m baffled by why the committee is

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so entrenched in opposing the inclusion of courses that are global in nature in this group. Why does this UP subgroup have to be reserved specifically for courses on regional studies outside of the United States, and why do area studies courses merit an exclusive UP subgroup while global studies courses cannot find a home?

The main defense for the changes focused on logistics and history, and the best argument was: “My course is just better than yours.” It was still hard for me to believe that such defense and argument held sway at the Academic Senate.

Some senators might see this debate as a fight over SCH or tuition dollars among academic departments. But the course I taught over the years, International and Cross-cultural Communication, was in the UP until the overhaul.

I had thought the overhaul was intended to update the UP, not to go backward or against the trend of history, which is toward globalization. I felt great satisfaction every time I read in a student paper that “this assign-

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ment had opened my eyes to how news is covered around the world and why.”

Now I had to trim this course down to “Asian media and communication” to fit into the UP subgroup.

Do our students have to take one course for each continent of the world in order to study the global media or international communication? I believe the vote is a major loss for students at CMU. I believe our students need more—not less—international education in order to be competitive on a global basis. I believe our students deserve a choice in selecting either a course that is global in nature or a course that focuses on one region of the world.

An alumnus of the journalism department, who took my international communication class a few years ago and now works for the Toledo Blade newspaper, sent me an email after he read the story on the Senate debate in Central Michigan Life. He wrote: “I am one of your former students from a few years ago. … I took the Global Cultures class and it was very beneficial to me

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and I just wanted to let you know I really appreciate you caring and fighting for the class….”

I hope we keep students’ needs in mind when we make curricular decisions, which should focus on what students need rather than what we want to teach them.

It’s a cliché to say that the world is becoming smaller and that we live in a “global village.” I hope we do not limit the worldview of our students to only one house in that village. Many college students today see themselves as global citizens. As educators, I hope we help expand that vision rather than narrow it down. CMU listed “global understanding” as one of the core values in its mission statement. I hope we’re not paying lip service to those values.

I hope that university administrators will take a stand and that students will join in the discussions.

JIAFEI YIN Interim Chair, Journalism Department Central Michigan University

As I entered the Capitol, I hoped my facial expression came across as someone with a goal instead of just someone with the intention of being a tourist of the building.

As a student journalist who has never interviewed anyone above the level of a college dean, walking into the beautiful Capitol Building in Lansing to interview Kevin Cotter, the Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives, left me shaking in my admittedly underdressed boots.

Happy with being a partner at the Kerr Law Firm, PLLC in downtown Mount Pleasant, Kevin Cotter had no interest in running office until he realized many students he talked to weren’t even considering Michigan as an option after graduation.

It wasn’t until a family member graduated from Central Michigan University and could only find a job in Florida that it finally clicked.

He thought about his own family attending college in 20 years.

His future family in mind, he decided to stop complaining about politics and get involved instead.

As someone double majoring in political science and journalism, his decision to get involved and make a change struck a cord with me.

Cotter admitted to seeing our generation as one more involved than those previous. This is something I’ve rarely heard from those not part of my generation.

Social media has become an outlet for young adults to raise awareness on issues ranging from foreign affairs to social justice. I watched as my peers tweeted about the Chapel Hill shooting before news outlets reported it. My timeline quickly filled with the hashtags #chapelhillshooting and #MuslimLivesMatter, prompting further research to see what had happened.

The lesson I learned by visiting the Capitol is that not only should I not be intimidated by those who had once been in my underdressed shoes, but that our generation isn’t hopeless. While we may not storm the streets as often as our grandparents did, we raise our voices in the place where everyone from our fellow students are our distant family members to random bloggers can hear them: the Internet.

Despite some misconceptions, we don’t just complain about the issues to our friends. We post about them on our social media outlets to our hundreds of followers and cite sources to actually inform and educate those who read the posts.

We sign petitions and raise money for causes we care about.

Protests still occur, as seen by the Ferguson protests that are still ongoing, but using the Internet is a timely and efficient way to get the word out and our unhappiness known until action can be taken.

Once the interview with Cotter concluded and hands were shaken, our Central Michigan Life team walked around the building.

As I looked down at the chairs Senators sat in during sessions and walked past business people in expensive suits who gave polite smiles as they passed by, I realized they were all like Cotter, who had once been like me, a college student intimidated and amazed by their work and building.

A few discreet selfies later, we left the Capitol and headed home.

As we did, a new outlook on those who work in high positions formed in my mind.

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Students take home awards at juried art show

By Kate Carlson Staff Reporter

After a semester of constructing a six-foot-five sculpture of welded metal, Michael Griswold’s work was recognized with the Grand Award of $200 in the 2015 Annual Juried Central Michigan University Student Art Exhibition.

The Coleman senior was visibly shocked when his sculpture named “Infinitron” took the grand prize. He said he was not expecting his sculpture, which depicted a metal human form to be accepted into the show.

“There is sort of a convoluted narrative behind it,” Griswold said. “It depicts a ‘springing to life’ as the creator is walking away from his creation.”

Students were given the chance to display their art in the Main and West Gallery in the University Art Gallery after completing an acceptance process juried by artist and professor from Albion College, Anne McGauley.

She said she reviewed 138 pieces by 63 student artists. Of these, 73 works by 48 artists were selected for the exhibition and awards were given to the top pieces.

Awards were announced at a reception Feb. 28 afternoon as students and their families filled the gallery.

“I was most appreciative of the inventiveness and diversity of their ideas and approaches, as well as their skill in execution,” McCauley said. “Some

Baylen Brown | Staff Photographer A crowd surfer narrowly misses hitting the ceiling during local group Interchange Dad’s set Feb. 27 at a house show at 906 Franklin Street, Mount Pleasant.

shows | continued from 1

Abbie Robinson | Staff Photographer Central Michigan University faculty and students gathered Feb. 28 in the University Center Art Gallery for the 2015 Annual Juried CMU Student Art Exhibition.

openly challenging, others quietly suggestive, this reflects well on (CMU’s) program and suggests a creative community that is thriving.”

Sculpture, photography, clothing, painting, film and mixed media were some artistic approaches displayed.

The exhibition was comprised mostly of work from Central Michigan University art students, but was open to anyone on campus who wished to enter the exhibit. Voting for the Public Choice Award will continue until March 21.

A structured form of a dress sat by the window of the gallery. As the sun shined through

the colorful fibers, an array of pigments from the wax relief process was exposed. Monroe junior Kelsey Lancina used wax to dye the butterfly dress on display.

“I used wax in the dying process to create a resist effect,“ Lancina said. “When you hold it up to the light, it reveals colors that are trapped in the wax.”

Lancina earned an honorable mention for her other entry in the exhibit, a ceramic wall piece that depicted honeycombs from the perspective of a bee.

One piece rendered by Jackson senior Stephanie Husted was of two contrasting body types to show society’s take on

women’s body image.

“There is pressure in our society to look a certain way,” Husted said. “You’re really just buying into that type of look.”

Chicago senior Amy DiNovo used inspiration from her Drawing in Florence study abroad class to create a monotype image of an Italian country road. She said she tried to capture the movement and feeling of Italy in her artwork.

“This is really cool for my art to be displayed like this,” DiNovo said. “I usually make art for myself as a therapy to take my mind off things, so this is a new step for me.”

Teacher Education Task Force to increase grads

By Lexi Carter Staff Reporter

Changes in teacher preparation have been made across the nation to prepare students to be educators.

Provost Michael Gealt said at the Feb. 19 Board of Trustees meeting there are efforts being made at Central Michigan University to reduce credit hours to graduate more teachers and fill roles in areas they are most needed.

“We’ve been working toward a real evolution, or revolution, of teacher preparation,” Gealt said.

To increase the quality of CMU’s teacher education program, The Teacher Education Task Force convened in 2013-14, comprising representatives from all 23 teacher education units on campus.

The task force addressed concerns about program quality, graduation time and alignment to state and accreditation standards.

Task force recommendations are now in an implementation phase, including raising the GPA requirement of the program from 2.7 to 3.0.

The Department of English is currently piloting a course for pre-identified students interested in teacher education who need intensive writing support.

College of Education and

Keith said.

Human Services Dean DaleLooking toward the future, Elizabeth Pehrsson said now is Pehrsson said her hope is to the time for transformation. Afcreate great teachers who can ter completing an investigation be looked up to. into the quality and success of “We are moving forward in the program, it was found that EHS with a tremendous focus requiring 165-220 credits only made students spend more time to have our teachers be leaders,” Pehrsson said. “I would say that at college, accumulating debt. we are leading the state in this.

Betty Kirby, associate dean Schools are starting to look at of the College of Education and CMU as a leader. The time is Human Services, said there right, it’s a good time.” have also been several changes The professional readiness in how teachers are being preexam was implemented in 2013. pared and evaluated.

Before this exam, a basic skills “There’s been increased test was taken with a statewide accountability in several areas,” pass rate of 82 percent. With Kirby said. “What we’re seeing the PRE, there was a 22 percent across the state and nation is pass rate for CMU last year. a ranking of our program and In September 2013, ​The our teachers as far as how they perform in the field during their Bridge Magazine reported the the basic skills test was insuffirst three years.” ficient for preparing teachers.

Vice President of DevelopThe test was changed to the ment and External Relations PRE later that year.

Kathy Wilbur said Pehrsson will This exam is a requirement head to Lansing to meet with state leaders later this year to ad- to get into the teacher education program and begin student dress concerns about the test. teaching. The test evaluates stu“The leaders are very happy dents’ college readiness before to meet with us,” Wilbur said. coming to the university.

“They’re very concerned with According to PRE results the state of teacher education from 2013-14, 38 percent of when they look at these PRE students in the state passed the test results.” writing portion of the exam.

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“This is not a reflection of our program,” Pehrsson said.

“This is based on high school performance. The idea is that students will be prepared when they get here.”

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“It’s always a great experience. House shows have the best energy. It’s not like just going to a bar to drink,” Trace of Lime bassist and backing vocalist Robert Gruevski said.

“College house shows are my favorite place to play.”

The cover charge was $2 Friday because some bands come from out of town to perform and “they deserve the money,” Tisdale said.

Despite the crowding and noise, the shows are kept under control. Aside from a few stains on the carpet, no major issues have occurred at

the house.

“It’s really energetic and exciting. There’s a lot of people who are all really friendly and excited,” said Fraser freshman Kenzie Eddy. “The bands are really good too. It’s pretty intimate with them.”

Interchangeable Dad member and Romeo junior Kyle Dluge likes that, compared to a bar show, students don’t have to worry about being 21 to see bands perform.

“I like the atmosphere.

Everything is more casual than playing at bars or venues,” Dluge said. “There’s usually a lot more friends who show up because it’s essentially just a party with live music.”

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Siblings Neil (left), Kimberly (middle), and Reid (right) Perry perform for Central Michigan University students on Feb. 28 in McGuirk Arena.

perry | continued from 1 before the event.

Voeks said the event had 46 production staff members who helped assemble the stage. Program Board had about 40 staff members who took tickets and wristbands and worked as ushers.

Muscat said hosting a concert on campus brings people together and provides exposure for the university.

“It helps put CMU on the map, not only as a concert venue, but as a university,” he said.

Muscat sees their hard work has paid off once the concert begins.

“The best, more rewarding part of all of this is 20 minutes after The Band Perry comes on, with all of the hard work I’ve put into this, to look out into the crowd and see everyone just going hard, loving it and just having a good time, to me, that makes everything worth it,” Muscat said.

Before The Band Perry started performing, three screens lit up with images of the band members, a countdown appearing be-

“It helps put CMU on the map, not only as a concert venue, but as a university.”

Mike Muscat, Program Board Concert Chair fore the audience.

At the end of the countdown, lead singer Kimberly Perry shouted “How ya’ll doin’?” before the band performed.

Visuals lit up the screens behind the band during each song as colored lights flashed across the stage.

With high energy, the band encouraged the audience to clap and sing along throughout the show.

Kimberly Perry told the audience country music brings different kinds of people together before launching into the slower tempo, “All Your Life.”

All throughout the crowd, people waved the flashlights on their phones in the air and sang along.

The band covered “Uptown Funk,” “Timber” and “Fat Bottomed Girls” and Kimberly Perry took a selfie with the crowd while the selfie song played in the

background.

Kimberly Perry said the future sometimes scares her and asked how many people in the audience were CMU students. According to her, everything students go through inspired the lyrics to the song “Pioneer,” which she dedicated to everyone on campus.

Kimberly Perry said country music brings people together. Muscat aimed for the concert to bring the campus together.

Together, the large audience in McGuirk Arena sang along to every word of “If I Die Young.”

“We’re excited and proud of the groups we bring to campus and the shows that we put on for the students because it’s all for them,” Palmer said. “That’s why we’re here.”

Kimberly Perry of The Band Perry performs for Central Michigan University Feb. 28 at McGuirk Arena.

Students and visitors packed McGuirk Arena on Feb. 28 for the Central Michigan University concert featuring Eric Paslay and The Band Perry.

Singer Eric Paslay opens for The Band Perry during the Central Michigan University concert on Feb. 28 in McGuirk Arena.

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A DELICATE BALANCE Concord junior Spencer Nousain, left, recieves tutoring in math from Indiana junior Tyler Danner, right, Feb. 26 in the Indoor Athletic Complex.

Chippewas use Dick Enberg Academic Center to keep good grades, stay eligible for competition

By Taylor DesOrmeau Staff Reporter

Central Michigan University student athletes had a cumulative 3.113 grade point average in spring 2014, compared to 3.063 during fall 2013.

Student athletes have had a cumulative GPA higher than 3.0 for 16 consecutive years.

One reason for this trend is the the Dick Enberg Academic Center. Located inside the Indoor Athletic Complex, the center is the hub of academics for CMU athletes.

Open 70 hours a week, the 6,000 square-foot facility includes a computer lab with 31 work stations, five tutoring rooms and a quiet study room.

The center employs two assistant directors, a full-time learning specialist, about 50 graduate and undergraduate tutors and 10 student assistants that work at the center’s front desk.

“It’s like a one-stop shop,” said Associate Athletic Director for Student Athlete Services Tera Albrecht. “A lot of times they’ll come over here and workout or have a training session. Then they’ll stop by and print something for class, or ask something about a class.”

Adjusting to college

The Big Ten Conference announced last week it was considering making freshmen ineligible for all or some sports, in an effort to emphasize the

notion that the most important part of the term “student athlete” is with “student.”

Teams around the country redshirt players so the athlete can sit their first season and develop physically, while retaining four years of NCAA eligibility.

Men’s basketball’s redshirt freshman Josh Kozinski is one example of this strategy.

After playing nine games and suffering more than one injury in 2013-2014, Kozinski was redshirted by Head Coach Keno Davis. After scoring 27 total points last season, Kozinski is averaging 8.5 points per game this season.

Athletically, Kozinski benefited from being redshirted and is on track to become one of the best 3-point shooter in Chippewa history. On the academic front, some coaches say a player’s freshman year can be just as challenging.

“Usually, most freshmen will hit a wall mid-February,” said women’s basketball Head Coach Sue Guevara. “Simply because of the physical, mental and emotional strain that has been placed on them.”

When they come to a Division I school, freshmen have more games, more practices and tougher opponents than they faced in high school.

They also have to deal with tougher academics and oftentimes miss classes for travel to games.

“Our academic teams do a nice job of teaching time management,” Guevara said. “There is no

reason for a student athlete to flunk out. We have a lot of things in place for them to be successful.”

Balancing school, game travel

All Chippewas athletes can use the academic center, but freshmen are required six hours of studying a week during their first semester.

With good grades, athletes don’t have to maintain study table hours after the first semester, although many athletes continue to take advantage of the help to stay on top of academics.

Junior guard Rayshawn Simmons transferred to CMU last season.

“I have a tutor for my economics class, which is pretty tough,” Simmons said. “Me being on the road so much, it’s tougher, so there’s this girl on the soccer team that tutors me and helps me with that.”

Guevara, who has assistants meet with players weekly to keep up on academics, said the constant travel is the biggest challenge for her team.

“For example, we played (Wednesday) and we left Tuesday at 4 (p.m.),” Guevara said. “So if you had a Tuesday night class, you missed that class.

And then you’re missing classes all day Wednesday. Our bus pulled in at 5:30 a.m. Thursday. So the whole day, you’re tired.”

Men’s basketball forward and freshman Luke Meyer is the only freshman that starts for Davis and plays 17 minutes per game.

Along with bulking up physically and learning the style of college basketball, Meyer has also had to learn the style of a college classroom. “(I’m) pretty beat up,” Meyer said. “It’s a lot different than anything I’ve ever done. I’ve gotten help with study habits and reading habits and all that. They’re awesome over there.”

A rewarding occupation

Athlete tutoring is much more structured than the free tutoring other students on campus receive, but Albrecht said much of the responsibility remains on the shoulders of the individual.

“We usually have a weekly meeting with coaching staffs, whether it’s the full staff or just the academic person to keep them up to date,” Albrecht said. “A lot of times it’s what the students tell us and hope that at the end of the semester there are no surprises.”

Tyler Danner is a junior who tutors at both the Academic Center and on campus for non-athletes and said the discipline student athletes have physically oftentimes helps them academically.

“It’s been pretty awesome,” Danner said. “I get to work with peers to make sure they have the knowledge and information they need. There are expectations and systems in place. (Athletes) come a lot more prepared and seem to be a lot more motivated in doing well.”

Despite loss to NIU, men’s basketball can clinch MAC West against Toledo

By Taylor DesOrmeau Staff Reporter

Greg Cornwell | Staff Photographer Sophomore Tyler Hamilton runs down the backstraight during the men’s 800 meter final Feb. 28 at the MAC Indoor Track Championships in the Jack Skoog Indoor Track.

Hamilton finished eighth in the race with a time of 1:58.10.

Chippewas place fifth, eighth during MAC Indoor Track and Field Championships

By Evan Sasiela Staff Reporter

The Central Michigan University track and field teams were unable to claim a conference title during the Mid-American Indoor Conference Championships at Jack Skoog Indoor Track this weekend.

The men’s team finished fifth with

64 points. The women finished eighth out of 12 teams with 39.75 points.

The University of Akron men, 152 points, and the Eastern Michigan University women, 110.75 points, were crowned the MAC Indoor Champions.

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The men’s basketball had its six-game winning streak snapped in a 73-55 loss to Northern Illinois University (12-15, 6-10) Saturday.

The loss to the Huskies sets up a showdown with Toledo University at 7 p.m. Tuesday and McGuirk Arena. The Rockets sit one game behind the Chippewas in the MAC West standings.

A win Tuesday against UT gives CMU its first Mid-American Conference West Division title File Photo Calli Morris | Staff Photographer since 2010, while a loss would Guard Rayshawn Simmons searches for an opening around Northern Illinois University put the Rockets up one game in guard Michael Orris Feb. 18 in McGuirk Arena. the conference standings heading into the final weekend of the its junior captain, Chris Fowler, Streak gets snapped regular season. foul out of the game with 7:05 The Huskies led from start to The Chippewas are 5-0 this remaining. finish Saturday, taking down the season following a loss, including While CMU’s chances at the Chippewas three days after beata 105-77 victory over Miami (OH) one seed in the Mid-American ing Toledo, the other top team in Jan. 14.

Conference Tournament did not the Mid-American Conference, “I’d rather not have this feeling come crashing down with the on the road. right now,” said Head Coach Keno loss, there was more than one col“There haven’t been many moDavis. “What I told the team after lapse in DeKalb, Ill. Saturday. ments where we weren’t tuned in was, ‘The best part of it is, we’re With 12:51 to go in the game, to what we needed to do,” Davis having this conversation now and said. “(But) this was one of them.” NIU’s forward Pete Rakocevic not on the night that ends your The Chippewas, shot 31.5 season.’ We get to play Tuesday.” percent on field goals and had w men’s hoops | 8

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“We’re playing for a championship.

We’re playing to go to Cleveland directly and I hope we get a great crowd out on Tuesday.”

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continued from 7 threw down a dunk to put his team up 16 points.

Seconds later, the basketball hoop began to fold up and collapse with CMU junior forward John Simons underneath.

Simons, was nearly struck by the crashing backboard, ducking and diving to narrowly avoid the crumpling hoop.

Taking on Toledo

Heading into Tuesday’s matchup with Toledo, Davis said the team has to learn how to matchup in a physical game.

“We’ve got to make sure that we go back to the drawing board and say, ‘What exactly did they do that bothered us?’” Davis said. “‘How

Track | Continued from 7 and field, said despite the disappointing results, he was “happy” with the way his team competed on the conference’s largest stage.

“I thought we had a great meet,” Guthrie said. “We still have work to do. But with the talent we have here, I thought they really reached down deep and got the job done.”

Friday

CMU kicked off the action with the women’s pentathlon highlighted by freshmen April Micheaux, Kyla Walton, and Wendy Szuminski.

Micheaux’s ninth-place finish was not good enough to

CMU (21-5) @ Toledo (19-10) When: Tuesday Time: 7 p.m. EST Where: Mcguirk Arena

do we prepare for that the next time so that when we’re put in that position, we can respond better?’”

CMU beat the Rockets in Toledo 65-62 in the first game of the MAC season thanks to a Simons 3-pointer with 1:08 to play.

“We’re playing for a championship,” Davis said.

“We’re playing to go to Cleveland directly and I hope we get a great crowd out on Tuesday at McGuirk and see if we can get back on the right track.” earn the Chippewas a point.

The men picked up a pair of personal records in the weight throw as junior co-captains Cole Walderzak 19.94 meters, and Dylan Banagis, 19.12 meters, each placed fourth and fifth, respectively. The women were represented in the event

by Kylee Dobbelaere, who finished second overall with a toss of 16.60 meters.

In the women’s 60-meter dash, Tina Davis, who entered the day second in the conference (7.55) missed the final cut and ended up finishing in 11th place in the preliminaries (7.74).

“Davis ran out of the blocks well, and then about the fifth step I don’t know what happened,” Guthrie said. “In that short period of time, you just can’t recover from that.”

Other notable events Friday

The top two seeds receive a bye to the semi-final round of the MAC Tournament, the third and fourth seeds receive double-byes to the quarterfinals. Seeds five through eight host the first round against seeds nine through 12.

The team that wins the regular season title and earns the top seed automatically receives a invitation to the NCAA National Invitational Tournament if that team fails to make the NCAA Tournament.

Seeding is based on conference records, not overall records, and the first tiebreaker is head-tohead matchups. The second tiebreaker is winning percentage against the top seed. If still tied, it’s the winning percentage against the second seed, then the third and so on.

If three or more teams are tied, the tiebreaker is the head-to-head record between the teams.

included a sixth-place finish in the women’s 5,000-meters from senior Abbey Kelto (16:55.18).

The CMU men’s distance medley relay team comprised of of freshman Joseph Emmanuel, sophomore Ziemowit Dutkiewicz, senior Kyle Allinder, and senior Ben Wynsma finished in second place and picked up eight points for the Chippewas (10:09.90).

Saturday

CMU notched their lone MAC Champion from high jumper Matt Mueller, a junior, who cleared 2.10 meters in the event. Fellow high jumper and sophomore Melvin Harris finished in sixth place.

Devene Brown set the indoor school record in the women’s shot put with a fourth-place

The Chippewas can earn the No. 1 seed if:

w CMU beats Toledo and Western Michigan AND Bowling Green loses to Buffalo and/or Kent State. w CMU beats Toledo and loses to Western Michigan AND Bowling Green loses to Buffalo and Kent State AND Kent State loses to Akron.

The Chippewas can earn the No. 2 seed if:

w CMU loses to Toledo and beats Western Michigan AND Bowling Green loses to Buffalo and Kent State and Kent State loses to Akron. w CMU beats Toledo and loses to Western Michigan AND Bowling Green beats Buffalo and loses to Kent State AND Kent State loses to Akron. w CMU beats Toledo and loses to Western Michigan AND Bowling Green loses to Buffalo and beats Kent State.

The Chippewas will earn a No. 5 seed or lower if:

w CMU loses to Toledo and Western Michigan AND Buffalo beats Ohio and Bowling Green AND Kent State beats Bowling Green or Akron AND Toledo loses to Eastern Michigan (assuming Toledo doesn’t win the tiebreaker against CMU for the fourth seed).

throw of 15.39 meters.

Guthrie was happy his junior thrower achieved something she has long coveted on the final throw in the final indoor meet of the year.

“Devene Brown has been chasing the record for the last couple of years,” Guthrie said.

“I was pleased for her because she is a good kid, works hard, and it’s a long time coming so I was happy for her.”

CMU had some surprise placements from freshman Erick Huertas in the men’s 400-meter dash (fourth place/49.61), sophomore Kelsey Ross in the women’s 800-meter run (fifth place/2:13.92), and freshman Lorenzo Wells in the men’s 200-meter dash (22.23).

“I’m glad as a freshman I’m able to score points in the MAC my first year,” Huertas said.

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While the majority of the Central Michigan University track and field team’s members are underclassmen, at the final Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships of their careers a small group of seniors said goodbye to the Jack Skoog Track.

Distance runners Ben Wynsma and Abbey Kelto, as well as 400-meter dash runner Ravyn Baxter, competed for the last time at Skoog.

Wynsma placed sixth in the men’s mile and was able to pick up one point and a podium spot for the Chippewas with a time of 4:15.34.

The distance runner said he could not believe his indoor career was over.

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“It’s hard to not think about next year and then I realize it doesn’t exist.”

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Ben Wynsma, distance runner Wynsma said “It feels kind of strange. It’s hard to not think about next year and then I realize it doesn’t exist.”

Baxter finished fifth in the 400-meter dash with a time of 57.44 to claim a spot on the podium.

“It’s an unreal feeling,” Baxter said. “I can remember being here as a freshman. It’s an up-and-down feeling knowing it’s my senior year.”

Kelto placed sixth in the 5,000-meter event on Friday, 16:55.18, and seventh in the 3,000-meters on Saturday, 9:41.65, to pick up

five points total.

“When I was done, the thought crossed my mind,” Kelto said. “It was my last time racing on an indoor track.

I know I’m going to miss it.”

The Chippewas say the time they have spent practicing and playing at the IAC will stick with them for the rest of their lives.

“I’m going to take away a lot of wisdom, strength and positivity,” Baxter said. “You’ve got to remain positive to be able to get the results that you want.

Without my team, the dream doesn’t work.”

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Women’s hoops loses final road game of regular season to Toledo

By Neil Rosan Staff Reporter

Greg Cornwell | Staff Photographer Junior guard Da’Jourie Turner dribbles past a defender Feb. 21 at McGuirk Arena. Turner had a career high 23 points in the Chippewa victory over the Broncos, 63-51.

With the Mid-American Conference Tournament less than two weeks away, the Central Michigan University women’s basketball team continues to search for consistency.

The Chippewas lacked uniformity during a 62-53 loss to the Toledo Rockets Saturday. The loss dropped CMU to 12-15 overall and 7-9 in MAC play this season.

“The lack of consistency we have at this late juncture of the season is disappointing,” said Head Coach Sue Guevara. “This is it for our seniors. They are running out of time.”

Senior guard Crystal Bradford did not play during the Chippewas loss to Toledo due to a knee injury. Bradford has been in and out of CMU’s lineup in February.

In Bradford’s absence on Saturday, the Chippewas’ offense worked to find rhythm.

A struggling post game was led by senior forward Jas’Mine Bracey and fellow senior Lorreal Jones. The two players combined for five points and 14 rebounds during the loss.

“It wasn’t a typical day

“The lack of consistency we have at this late juncture of the season is disappointing.”

Sue Guevara, Head Coach from Bracey and Jones,” Guevara said. “We need them to get to the post and finish at the basket.”

CMU was outrebounded 44-40 by the Rockets, marking the fourth time the Chippewas have lost the rebounding battle since the beginning of February.

In order to reverse this trend, Guevara said the Chippewas will need a rejuvenated sense of urgency.

“The toughness of Toledo got to us on the glass,” she said. “We got out-worked.

They ripped the ball away from us a couple of times. We can’t have that.”

Indiana native and freshman Aleah Swary scored 14 points against the Rockets and her minutes on the floor have been progressively increasing.

“I’ve had a lot of confidence in her,” Guevara said. “She brings us continuity. Ever since she played against Ball State, she has been consentient.”

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In the four games since CMU lost to Ball State, Swary has averaged 11 points per game and shot 39 percent from the floor.

While her offensive production has been strong, Guevara is more impressed with Swary’s defensive effort.

“She is good at rotating and has a good feel for the defense,” Guevara said. “I can play her anywhere in our zone.”

The Chippewas host Ball State at 7 p.m. Wednesday at McGuirk Arena.

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