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History courses to be reduced to counteract budget shortfall

By Evan Sasiela News Editor news@cm-life.com

As university administrators address a two-year estimated $20 million budget deficit, the elimination and reduction of courses is a way the Department of History is saving money.

Gregory Smith, first-year chairman of the Department of History, said his department plans to cut 16 class sections. The reductions will likely include cuts to course Gregory Smith sections of Latin American history, African American history and Native American history.

Fixed-term faculty usually teach four classes per semester, which equals 16 per year, Smith said. The department of history is cutting two fixed-term faculty positions, which equals 16 sections.

The department will lose one tenure position and one fixedterm position from its base budget, Smith said. The tenure line has been vacant since 2014, and CMU has denied the department’s requests to hire a new regular faculty member for the position. The position, which is in 19th century American history, was funded at a rate that

allowed the department to hire the equivalent of one fixedterm faculty.

Smith said that is why the department will cut two fixedterm faculty members. Some history courses are taught by fixed-term faculty members.

This semester, 28 courses in history are taught by regular faculty, with 26 taught by fixedterm faculty. Smith said this semester is unusual, with three regular faculty members on sabbatical.

The history department has reduced its faculty from 22 when Smith started in 2006 to 16 in 2017. The department will add an extra regular faculty next year with the hiring of a Native American historian to teach Native American history.

In a March 21 address to the Academic Senate, University President George Ross told academic senators that the budget deficit have been mischaracterized as a “crisis” by the news media.

However, Smith said it is a crisis.

“For anyone that has lost this much and has to cancel 16 courses like I do next year, it is a crisis,” Smith said.

The College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences has been asked to cut 10 percent, Smith said. CHSBS generates the largest revenue of any college of campus with more than $85 million in total

“For anyone that has lost this much and has to cancel 16 courses like I do next year, it is a crisis.”

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revenue, according to the 201617 CMU operating budget.

“It’s like cutting back on the most efficient factory the university has,” Smith said.

Provost Michael Gealt said he values the history department, and said it is a major doctoral program on campus. Under the university’s RCM budget-model, dollars are distributed to deans who have freedom to distribute those wherever they want.

Those monies are proportional to credit hours they generate.

CHSBS is not generating credit hours like it did 10 years ago, Gealt said. In 2006-07, CHSBS generated about 140,000 student credit hours. In 2015-16, its most recent update, it generated 112,000 — a 28,000 difference.

The College of Science and Engineering generated 111,000 student credit hours in 2006-07 to 109,000 in 2015-16 — down 2,000.

“That’s why one college has seen a bigger decline in dollars than the other college,” Gealt said.

“The College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences still gets more dollars because they’re generating more credit hours.”

Ray Christie, senior vice pro-

vost for Academic Administration, said when course sections

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are eliminated, so is the revenue fixed in that section.

Graduate assistants play a vital role in the history department and will most likely be retained for next year, Smith said. However, with two fixedterm faculty members set to lose their positions for next year and a possible reduction or

cut of University Program and 300-level courses in the department, Smith said the faculty in his department are devastated.

“Overall, the morale side is hard,” Smith said. “There are very little indications of support that the university and administration believes in what our college does.”

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PERSON OF INTEREST IN PORNOGRAPHY CAR WINDSHIELD CASE HAS DIED A person of interest in a string of incidents involving pornography found on cars across Isabella County has died, according to the Isabella County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies have ruled the death as a suicide, according to a sheriff’s office press release issued Wednesday, March 29.

Deputies are not releasing the name of the man or any other identifying information other than that he was 68 years old.

Sheriff Mike Main said the investigation is now closed.

Deputies were

investigating the 68-year-old man as being connected to approximately 10 incidents involving notes and pornographic material left on cars throughout the county. The majority of these incidents happened in Mount Pleasant and Union Township, Main said on March 27. He believed that one suspect was responsible for the incidents targeting young females ranging from 16 years old to women in their early 20s.

A Central Michigan University student was a victim in one of

those incidents. That incident occurred on March 23 in the parking lot of Mount Pleasant’s Target store, located at 4097 E. Blue Grass Road.

According to the press release, the person of interest spoke to his family about the incidents before his death.

“We are relieved that there will be no other incidents and our prayers go to the family during this very difficult time,” Main wrote in the release.

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United Apartments founder Jim McGuirk leaves behind a legacy of philanthropy in Mount Pleasant

By Ben Solis Managing Editor news@cm-life.com

Jim McGuirk, founder of United Apartments and a champion of philanthropy in Mount Pleasant, died on March 28. He was 84 years old.

As a prominent Mount Pleasant real estate developer, McGuirk was known for his contributions to off-campus housing for Central Michigan University students.

The developer founded United Apartments in 1963 and continued to operate the company with his nephew, Rick McGuirk, until his death.

To Rick McGuirk, his family and the community members he leaves behind, Jim McGuirk was more than a builder of student housing.

“We all have an expiration date, and

Jim’s was too early for us to see what this community meant to him,” said Rick McGuirk, the current operations manager and broker for United Apartments.

Rick McGuirk worked closely with his uncle, and eventually took over a large role in the company as Jim McGuirk focused his energy on giving back to Mount Pleasant.

He helped start two charitable funds, including a scholarship through the Mount Pleasant Community Fund.

The scholarship helps pay for college tuition for two high school seniors who attended Ganiard Elementary School while growing up in Mount Pleasant.

He was also a major donor to CMU, which remodeled Rose Arena and renamed it McGuirk Arena in 2010. McGuirk’s nephew said his uncle viewed philanthropy as one small way to support the community

he worked and lived in since he was born on Sept. 21, 1932.

“He was not a man who wanted nor needed recognition for his accomplishments,” he said. “He just knew it was good for the community that treated him so well over the years.”

McGuirk was a graduate of Mount Pleasant High School in 1951, and later served in the U.S. Army from 19531954. He worked at Dow Chemical Co. in the photography department during the 1960s.

In the middle 60s, McGuirk purchased his first few homes that were eventually converted into apartment dwellings. By the 1970s, McGuirk was working full-time at Dow and expanding United Apartments.

During the 1980s, McGuirk purchased several multi-unit apartments near the campus of CMU. The rest is history.

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Other properties in McGuirk’s real estate portfolio included Mount Pleasant’s Super 8 Motel, the Baymont Inn, Microtel Inn and a Holiday Inn ExMcGuirk press. Each of the hotels except Baymont were sold during the 2000s to help jumpstart new student housing projects including Jamestown and Deerfield Apartments.

An avid boater and dedicated “car guy,” Rick McGuirk remembers spending time with his uncle out on the water or traversing the outdoors riding recreational vehicles. Still, McGuirk’s business acumen left the largest impact.

“He taught me that you can accomplish many things with hard

work, honest transactions and trust,” he said. “He helped shape my view of society that your word is sacred and you lead by example.”

McGuirk was preceded in death by his parents, James and Mamie (Vujtech) McGuirk, and brothers Pat and Leroy McGuirk. He is survived by two sisters, Sonja Albaugh and Jan Nehrt, their husbands and many nieces and nephews.

A public visitation is scheduled from 3-7 p.m. on April 13 at the Charles R. Lux Family Funeral Home, located at 2300 S. Lincoln Road.

A celebration of McGuirk’s life is scheduled from 3-4 p.m. on April 14 at Buck’s Run Golf Club, 1559 S. Chippewa Road. Family members are asking for contributions to the McGuirk/Ganiard West Side School Scholarship Fund or the McGuirk Family Fund in lieu of flowers.

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Innovation in action New Venture Competition gives students hands-on learning opportunity, brings culture of enterprise to CMU

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rom a multi-nozzle, temperature-sensing 3-D printer to an on-campus mobile emergency alert phone app to a thermal bra made to help women who have had a mastectomy, the ingenious minds of New Venture 2017 did not disappoint us.

Twenty nine teams comprised of students from Central Michigan University and Michigan Tech University presented their business ideas last month at CMU’s seventh annual business competition.

We think New Venture, hosted by the College of Business Administration in partnership with Isabella Bank, continues to be a way of bringing student entrepreneurship to life while building a culture of innovation at CMU. In many ways, New Venture is a business incubator for student entrepreneurs to gain hands-on experience at developing a product and starting a business. It proves how beneficial it is for academic colleges and departments at CMU to provide students with active learning opportunities outside of the classroom. The

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lessons students learn at New Venture are ones that can’t be taught sitting in lecture or reading a textbook.

Competing in New Venture is real-world work with a realworld payoff.

The competition awarded more than $77,000 in startup capital to student teams this year — real money students will use to continue developing their ideas.

Since its beginnings in 2011, New Venture has contributed more than $500,000 toward funding student startups. According to the New Venture website, more than 15 businesses are still in operation and thriving years after competing.

In addition to cash prizes, New Venture gives students the chance to network with experienced investors and entrepreneurs from around the world. Even if a team didn’t win the $30,000 prize, competitors still had the chance

Mikayla Carter | Assistant Photo Editor Clinton Township senior David Wong, left, and Grosse Pointe senior Analisa Guido, right, receive a check for Best Lifestyle Venture on March 24 at McGuirk Arena.

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CMU ‘a decade behind’ in development due to lack of innovation I am a proud ‘77 graduate of Central Michigan University. I have readily and happily devoted my time, energy, passion and financial resources to my beloved alma mater, but recent decisions by the university administration have forced me to make a difficult decision. I have resigned from the advancement board after realizing our administration is not capable of leveraging our vast alumni talent to push for university greatness.

My involvement began in 2009 when former CMU President Mike Rao invited me to serve on the development board. While flattered by the invitation, I initially declined, having no interest in serving on a “ceremonial board.” President Rao and development director Mike Leto assured me that the board engaged in weighty, substantive endeavors.

Based on my background, a career in worldwide building for a client and partner, Cisco Systems, Inc., and 20 years in law, as a member of the senior leadership with one of California’s largest and most profitable firms, I felt confident my background would benefit CMU. Hoping to make a significant difference, I joined the development board. As someone fully and professionally engaged in idea generation and in challenging conventional thinking — two traits essential for thriving in the Silicon Valley where every day is a cage fight — I have been reminded to my dismay that the entrenched bureaucracy at CMU is not looking for innovative solutions to problems.

Under President George Ross the university has not demonstrated a serious commitment to fundraising,

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the primary function of its advancement board. Filled with CMU pride, energy and entrepreneurial spirit, I took it upon myself to carefully study our organizational structure and staffing. The chart on the right side of the page demonstrates how far CMU has fallen behind other MAC schools. We are almost $500 million behind Buffalo and control about one third of Western Michigan University’s endowment.

President Ross made a decision to de-emphasize development when he placed a part-time executive with no fundraising experience atop the organization. We stagnated and wasted critical time. Our modest $130 million endowment ($98 million but for a recent $32 million state pension windfall refund we placed in the fund) is now $146 million behind the MAC average.

Meanwhile, our president and staff resisted every attempt to raise the fundraising bar at CMU, dragging their feet in refusing to adopt a mission statement, sharing our donor lists, giving histories, fundraising staff performance levels, and staff overhead budgets. They also pushed back hard against benchmarking statistics necessary to “measure” how CMU was performing compared to our “peers.”

Our modest endowment struggled to prudently invest its then perhaps $90 million endowment. Our returns were far lower than the top

endowments like Harvard, Yale, Stanford and Michigan. I wanted to understand why and by how much?

I sought from our own Development staff information about CMU’s historic returns and those of nearby University of Michigan. Information reluctantly provided by CMU’s staff revealed that Michigan was consistently earning a 3 percent higher rate of return than CMU over 10 years (and 35 percent during the two years prior to that.) Likely this was with lower overall risk.

I explored with Gov. Rick Snyder my idea of CMU’s “co-investing” or piggybacking on UM’s investments, to share its substantially higher returns. The Governor loved the idea, so I prepared and circulated a proposal for the idea to be considered by the development board.

Our administration did everything it could to kill the idea. David Burdette, then vice president of finance, characterized the idea as “raising serious legal, moral and ethical concerns” in his effort to cast me as some kind of villain. As a contributing alumnus, I was appalled. The episode benchmarked for me the extraordinary incompetence I was dealing with at CMU in development under our president.

Had we worked a deal through the governor’s office to co-invest in the University of Michigan’s endowment, something we were unwilling to even explore, we might have enjoyed something like an additional $3 to $4 million in annual returns.

That’s more than our looming and just announced $20 million deficit.

Interestingly, President Ross never disclosed this budgetary problem to his advancement board.

Consequently, I made it my mission to demonstrate the need for CMU to hire an experienced development professional. Last year, our first partial year with our new, experienced Advancement lead, Bob Martin, was CMU’s most successful in its history in raising outside capital. I asked to be placed on the search committee to identify our new advancement lead, the only board member to make that request.

Our president declined and never called me about his reasons why.

President Ross’s decision to deemphasize development has now put CMU a decade behind. His fear of failure made him extremely reluctant to hit the “go” button on our second capital campaign. This delay has cost CMU millions. Higher Education is an arms race. It takes money to stay in the game and even greater resources to reach aspirational goals. Had we encouraged, rather than punished, innovation and idea generation on our board and in our community, who knows what powerful ideas and opportunities we might already have discovered?

President Ross has not been interested in finding out who has what talents on our board. It appears he does not understand how to “partner” with this important function of his own university. CMU doesn’t know how to leverage the enormous talents of its accomplished advancement board — the pantheon of our university’s “stars.” This past week saw a rash of resignations from our board and our most important subcommittee, its investment committee, over our university’s struggle over advancement.

Sadly, I have not heard from

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Todd J. Anson is a California attorney, real estate developer and venture investor and major donor to CMU. He has been recognized professionally by Ernst & Young as “Entrepreneur of the Year” in San Diego, by NAIOP as its “Developer of the Year” and by CMU as a “Distinguished Alumnus” of the College of Science & Technology. He has taught at the Haas School of Business at Berkeley in the MBA program. He is a graduate of Mount Pleasant High School and graduated Summa Cum Laude from CMU in 1977.

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SGA candidates plan to bring change to campus

By Haley Les Staff Reporter news@cm-life.com

Three students who serve higher roles in Student Government Association are hoping to take the next step in the organization.

Midland junior Anna Owens, Palms junior Luke Anderson and Belding senior Cody Van Buren are running to be student body president for the 2017-18 academic year.

Owens, the current SGA vice president, has sophomore Derek Sturvist as her running mate. Sophomore Galen Miller will serve as Anderson’s vice presidential candidate, while senior and Senate Leader Emilee Madison will

want to make sure that any concerns students have, they can come to us and vice-versa.”

Owens said she not only promises dedication to help Owens students and pass legislation on Monday nights, but to be active in the Mount Pleasant community and to volunteer.

“We are one of the largest Quinn Kirby | Staff Photographer (registered student organizaCandidates for SGA president and vice president address audience members during the Student tions) on campus and there’s Government Electoral Debate on March 27 in the Bovee University Center. a lot more that we can do to run with Van Buren, the curcurrent SGA president Jazmin volunteer,” Owens said. “On sole treasurer candidate, Biernat.

Monday nights we have so junior Mike DeGregory in the rent House leader.

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Owens is studying political science with a concentration in foreign relations and cultural and global studies.

Additionally, Owens has been a house representative, house clerk, house pro tempore, Senator, Senate Leader and the governmental affairs committee chair. She is also the founding president of the Mock Trial Association.

ANDERSON/MILLER Anderson, the current SGA treasurer, said students should vote for him because he is an executor and gets things done.

“I want what (students) want and I would Anderson like to execute for whatever that is,” Anderson said.

There are three priorities Anderson and Miller would like to establish — a Gender and Sexuality Center, an oncampus polling station and a bike-sharing program using

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“Being able to do a ridesharing company would not only cut down on carbon missions, but maybe even help students at Central Michigan be a little more active,” Anderson said.

Anderson added a lot of legislation is passed by SGA, but the results are not seen by the campus community. “(I’m) not saying that legislation has never made an impact here because it definitely does,” Anderson said.

“But sometimes I have talked to a lot of senators and they are just like well nothing ever came of it, so I would like to change that.”

Anderson is studying Economics and Applied Mathematics. He has been a senator for the College of Business Administration and college program fund chairperson, runs for Central Michigan’s Track and Cross Country team, is a member of Fortify Capital Management, Finan-

cial Management Association and Phi Alpha Delta.

VAN BUREN/MADISON Van Buren’s platform calls for inclusion, leadership and community.

“When I have a driven desire to accomplish something I get it done, and that’s something I think makes me different than my competitors,” Van Buren said.

A main platform of Van Buren and Madison’s campaign is to enhance school spirit and foster relationships between Mount Pleasant and Central Michigan University.

“We talk about school spirit and having a sense of pride for this institution because ultimately, what we do here for the four years reflects the next forty years of our life.

That’s something that we want to advocate here at (CMU),” Van Buren said.

Van Buren also thinks CMU can improve their relationship with the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe.

“I don’t think we have really reached out to them enough as students and that’s something that I would like to do with our administration,” Van Buren said.

Listening to the concerns of the student body is another Van Buren area Van Buren would like to work on.

“People have these ideas and ideas are great but it’s like, how do you get the idea on paper? That’s where I strive at,” Van Buren said.

Van Buren is doublemajoring in International Politics and Comparative Governments with a minor in Military Science and Leadership. He is also involved in the ROTC, Model United Nations and is a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He was previously a Senator for the College of Education and Human Services.

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ART EXHIBIT DISPLAYS INJUSTICES IN PRISON SYSTEM AT UNIVERSITY GALLERY on Saturday, April 8.

“The system is all around us and we are all in the system,” said David Stairs, instructor of the capstone course. “It’s why we chose such a generic name for the exhibit.”

By using a variety of art forms, such as paintings, animations and live performances, the 18 capstone students collaborated their talents to demonstrate the poor conditions of prisons while humanizing the prisoners themselves.

Gallery visitors will also be instructed to walk in a

Students in the ART 472: Graphic Design Capstone Experience class spent three semesters researching, developing and creating a project together that reflects the injustices within the American penitentiary system.

The “In the System” art exhibition is intended to give viewers a realistic representation of the prison experience. It opened at the University Art Gallery on April 1 and will be on display until April 15.

There will be a celebratory reception from 2 to 4 p.m.

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Stairs said students were able to “lose their identity” with this project, to dedicate themselves toward using art to make a social difference for the greater good.

“We (are) trying to bring awareness and encourage conversation,” said Rockford senior Austin Scogg, a student in the class. “If we do that, we’ve done our job.”

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Student managers for baseball, basketball teams gain experience in sports industry by helping student athletes, coaches

By McKenzie Sanderson Assistant Sports Editor sports@cm-life.com

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very day after attending his morning classes, Brendon Cozier goes to work.

When he arrives at Theunissen Stadium, he begins the chore most of his peers, and members of the Central Michigan baseball team, loathe — laundry.

It’s not a glamorous job, but it’s an important one.

Cozier is one of the student managers who helps varsity CMU sports teams behind-thescenes. Although they don’t get paid, student team managers say the job is a way for them to stay connected to the sports they love. While they don’t contribute to points on the playing field, their impact is tremendous, according to the coaches they assist in a number of ways.

“There are a lot of things that go into a team,” said head baseball coach Steve Jaksa. “Some guys are gifted to be players, some guys are gifted to be managers. Brendon is loyal and he gets along with the guys which is important. They embrace him like any other teammate.”

Josh Barnhart | Staff Photographer Men’s basketball manager Ryan “Bones” Colpitts cleans up the men’s locker room on Feb. 16 in McGuirk Arena.

FOR THE LOVE OF BASEBALL Cozier was only able to play baseball until the eighth grade due to an injury, but the sophomore student manager said the sport continues to be a major part of his life — especially as he helps the CMU team prepare for every practice and game day.

Cozier goes to the clubhouse hours before practice to wash and organize equipment and helps the coaching staff and other team members with whatever they might need. This usually means 3-to-4 hour unpaid workdays in addition to the time he spends preparing for classes.

“If they have a belt that broke, I’ll repair that,” Cozier said. “I’ll get more batting gloves for whoever needs them and mostly (handle) the equipment side.”

On game days, Cozier arrives at the stadium three hours before the first pitch to help the coaching staff write out, organize and review the batting lineup for the day. When the team hits the field, he helps the assistant coaches with video, re-

Josh Barnhart | Staff Photographer Freshman infielder Zach Heeke, left, and baseball manager Brendon Cozier, right, shake hands on April 1 at Theunissen Stadium.

cording every pitch throughout the game so Jaksa and the players can review it later.

After the games, Cozier is one of the last ones to leave. He spends hours of his own time organizing equipment and cleaning up around the clubhouse.

“What he does for us is a full-time production,” Jaksa said. “He’ll stand in at practice or before a game and help us with drills if we need an extra set of hands. He does literally whatever we ask him to do. He’ll do it all and we really appreciate that.”

As a Colorado native who transferred to CMU from Northwood University last semester, Cozier grew up watching the Rockies with his father. It was something the two bonded over. It also helped Crozier develop a love of the game. After graduating from high school in 2014 at West Michigan Aviation Academy, Cozier made it his goal to work with a baseball program during his college career.

“I’ve wanted to be in the sports industry ever since I was little,” Cozier said. “Not having a baseball team at my high school really (bothered) me. My ambition was wherever I went to (college), I would be part of that baseball program no matter what it involved.”

After high school, Cozier enrolled at Northwood studying sport management and became one of the first student managers for the Division II Timberwolves. Though he was in his element working with the team, Cozier was unsatisfied with the lack of experience there for him.

“There wasn’t much for me to do and there wasn’t a lot of room to grow,” he said. “It was such a small team. I felt like (the coaches) were struggling to find work for me. That’s not their job to worry about what I can do for them, so I started looking at other schools.”

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Josh Barnhart | Staff Photographer Baseball manager Brendon Cozier reaches for his glove and hat on Feb. 2 in the Baseball Performance Development Center.

Cozier’s school for a college fair. Central Michigan was only a half hour away from his dorm in Midland, so he decided to explore the options in the Chippewa baseball program.

It was a perfect fit, he thought. Cozier decided to make a phone call. He left Jaksa a message explaining his role at Northwood, that it wasn’t working out and he would love to help out at CMU. Jaksa called him back that same day for a phone interview. A sit-down interview came a week later.

“It was instantly a home feeling,” Cozier said.

“After I came in for a tour, Jaksa shook my hand and acted as if he had known me for a long time.”

Admiring Cozier’s enthusiasm, Jaksa knew he would be a good fit for the baseball program and was eager to give him an opportunity to be around the sport he loves and gain work experience.

“He loves what he does,” Jaksa said of Cozier.

“He’s a baseball guy and he wants baseball to be a part of his life and I understand that feeling. We’ll do everything we can to help him. We give him some gear here and there, but I wish we could do more.

When you can trust a guy like that and you know he’s going to get things done, that’s a great feeling.”

A HUMBLING EXPERIENCE Though he only does his own laundry once every couple of weeks, senior Ryan Colpitts makes

Josh Barnhart | Staff Photographer Men’s basketball manager Ryan “Bones” Colpitts listens with the team during a timeout on Feb. 18 in McGuirk Arena.

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sure the men’s basketball team is well taken care of every day during the season.

During the offseason, Colpitts and fellow student manager Travis McConnell help the coaches with scouting and recruiting, as well as doing individual and team workouts with the student athletes.

“What we do is we try to make things easier for

the coaches and players,” said McConnell, a Chesterfield junior. “I spend just as much if not more time in the office as I do at practice and at games.

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keep track of stats and do team comparisons.”

Colpitts is a veteran who has never taken the court during a game at CMU. He has been a student manager for the Chippewas since his freshman year. The Niceville, Florida senior fell in love with the sport when he was old enough to dribble a basketball. The hardest part of the job is when Braylon Rayson or Marcus Keene miss a shot. Colpitts and McConnell said they feel helpless on the sidelines.

“Losing is the worst part of this job because we can’t do anything out there on the court,” Colpitts said. “If they’re not doing the defense (techniques) we learned in practice, I can yell from the sideline, but I can’t get out there and actually do what I could have done when I played in high school.”

Colpitts and McConnell both played basketball during high school. When they arrived at CMU, they traded their high school jerseys for DI stat books, equipment to wash and organize, and towels to wipe puddles of sweat from the hardwood floors.

“A lot of times when you get to college, the

APRIL 3, 2017 | CENTRAL MICHIGAN LIFE | CM-LIFE.COM opportunity to play isn’t there for us,” Colpitts said. “Being able to be around the sport you’re in love with is a great motivation to wake up every morning.”

Though his vantage point from the sidelines is much different than the one he had playing on his high school court, McConnell said his role is just as important.

“In high school when you were the one playing, you’d never picture yourself as the one cleaning up someone’s sweat,” McConnell said. “It truly is humbling. That’s the only word to describe it.”

Working behind the scenes tending to Division I athletes is something Colpitts hopes to use in his career. The aspiring youth minister said he has “great stories” from the four years he has spent with the Chippewas. Colpitts said his experiences on the basketball court have given him the right mindset for it.

“Being part of the basketball program here, and maybe coaching for a high school team someday, would help me show kids how to live their life in a great way,” he said. “You have to make sure you’re not thinking you’re better than anyone else, and I’m thankful to have learned to look at life from that perspective.”

For McConnell, this experience extends further than the basic job description. The manager

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Working closely with the Chippewas and the coaching staff helps prepare McConnell for his future in the collegiate sports industry. After graduating from CMU, he plans to apply to graduate schools around the country to become

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McConnell’s ultimate goal is to become a head basketball coach at the collegiate level.

“You have to start at the bottom and work your way up. It’s a blue collar mentality that I’ve always had,” he said. “It’s not like you can just hop to be a coach at a college level.”

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CENTRAL MICHIGAN LIFE NAMED COLLEGE MEDIA COMPANY OF THE YEAR For the fourth consecutive year, Central Michigan Life took home the title of College Media Company of the Year at the College Media Business and Advertising Managers convention.

The annual convention serves students and advisers within business and sales departments of college media companies.

This year’s convention was held from March 29 to April 1 in Fort Worth, Texas.

“It is an incredible honor for our students to be recognized by the professionals who judged the categories, Kathy Simon, assistant director of CMU Student Publications said.

“There are so many talented programs in the country, and I am very proud of their accomplishments this year.”

CM Life won awards in 27

out of 46 categories at the convention, placing first in 12 categories including Best College Media Sales Program and Best College Media PR/ Marketing Program.

The title of College Media Company of the Year is earned through placement in each award category. Mustang News from California Polytechnic State University placed second and Ka Leo from the University of Hawaii at Manoa placed third.

Grand Rapids December 2016 graduate, Maddie Davis, placed third for Best PR/Marketing Manager.

Howell December 2016 graduate Maureen Hamell placed third for Best Advertising Manager.

“Our students continue to impress me with their passion, creativity and tenacity to improve our program each year,” Simon said.

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Freshman pitcher returns to hill after ACL rehabilitation

By Kullen Logsdon Staff Reporter sports@cm-life.com

A flurry of emotion ran through Tyler Hankins as he took the mound on Feb. 25 in San Antonio, Texas.

The freshman pitcher was not only playing in his first game in nearly two years, but was facing college hitters for the very first time.

The left-hander, however, held his own that day.

Hankins pitched five innings in his collegiate debut against the Incarnate Word Cardinals, allowing a mere three runs on seven hits, while striking out two batters and walking one.

While the Chippewas fell 11-10 to the Cardinals in extra innings, the 6-foot-9 pitcher proved he could contribute immediately and has a bright future ahead of him with the Central Michigan baseball team.

“I was definitely a little nervous,” Hankins said. “I tried to go out there and prepare like any other game, even though it was my first time pitching again in quite some time.”

Since then, Hankins — who missed his high school senior year due to a torn ACL — has been the linchpin of the Chippewas’ pitching rotation through the first month of the season. The freshman leads all starting pitchers on the team in earned run average (3.64), strikeouts (31), innings pitched (42), fewest walks (11) and fewest runs allowed (17).

Hankins leads all CMU pitchers in innings pitched and strikeouts.

COMING BACK FROM INJURY In 2015, the Bartlett, Illinois native was coming off a strong junior season at South Elgin High School in which he was invited to the All-State Showcase after a 4-1 record and 2.80 ERA. CMU head coach Steve Jaksa met with Hankins at the beginning of the summer and offered him a scholarship shortly after. Hankins committed to CMU before the start of his senior season.

While Hankins was set to go to college on a baseball scholarship, he was also a four-year varsity player on South Elgin’s boys basketball team. Mid way through the season, however, Hankins jumped to catch a pass in a game and landed on the defender’s leg. Hankins immediately knew he tore his ACL. Hankins dedicated himself to recovering and getting back to playing sports as soon as possible.

“I didn’t want to take it lightly,” he said. “I wanted my knee to get healthy and I wanted to come back stronger. There was just a motivation to come back and play at a higher level.”

Jaksa quickly got in contact with Hankins after the injury and re-affirmed his commitment to his scholarship. He encouraged him to stay the course on his rehab.

“Stay focused — just keep getting better,” Jaksa told

Hankins. “You’ll come back stronger mentally and physically.”

After missing his senior baseball season, Hankins moved to Mount Pleasant in August and started fall workouts with the team.

In the training room, Hankins met sophomore right-handed pitcher Sean Martens and the two quickly became friends. Martens — who underwent a ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction on his pitching arm last season — gave the freshman “quality” advice on coming back from a major injury.

“I told him you have to listen to your body. You have a timetable that the surgeon gave you so you got to follow that,” Martens said. “If something is bothering you, make sure you tell the coaches. Don’t push through it because it’s your career.”

DOMINANT START After finishing rehab, Hankins was cleared to play.

He has made the most of his freshman season so far.

Through seven appearances and six starts, Hankins sits at 2-0 and is coming off his best two games this season.

Against Northwestern on March 18, Hankins shined as he pitched all nine innings for the 5-1 complete-game victory. Pitching just 40 minutes outside of his hometown in Evanston, Illinois, Hankins surrendered just one run on eight hits and a single walk.

It was the first time in his baseball career he pitched nine innings.

“I was happy and lucky enough to go the full nine innings. It was a great game,” he said. “My family was super excited. It was the first time my brothers have seen me in college, so it was very exciting.”

His next start came at the home opener at Theunissen Stadium on March 24. In his first home start, Hankins nearly went the distance again, pitching 8 and one-third innings. A lead-off triple in the ninth ended his day after accumulating eight strikeouts against eight hits.

Hankins received a standing ovation from the home fans as he exited for junior Colton Bradley, who got the win in a 2-1, walk-off victory. Hankins said his slider and two-seam fastball have been his best pitches this year and credits the team’s throwing program for his stamina.

Through his long journey of rehab and returning to the mound, Hankins said he has learned a lot about perseverance and patience. He now appreciates every chance he gets to play and is excited for the rest of the season.

“I’m so happy to be back. I missed it so much,” Hankins said. “It was so boring doing nothing and having to rehab my knee. I’m just relieved to finally be playing again and think I’ve matured a lot from the experience.

“I’m really excited to start MAC play. It’s going to be a fun ride.”

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Davis’ book highlights perspective of mid-major basketball

By Dylan Goetz Staff Reporter sports@cm-life.com

The stage was set for Central Michigan men’s basketball head coach Keno Davis in the 20152016 season.

With Davis’ first recruiting class entering their senior season, CMU was named Mid-American Conference West Division Champions. The senior heavy roster was primed for a MAC tournament championship and a bid to the NCAA Tournament, but were upset by Bowling Green in the 2016 MAC Tournament, crushing their hopes for a long run in March.

To document the ups and downs of a historic basketball season, Davis teamed up with 1995 CMU graduate and Muskegon Chronicle lead news reporter Eric Gaertner to write “Busting Brackets and Breaking Ankles,” which was published this year.

The book is based on the 2015-16 basketball season when the Chippewas finished with a 10-8 Mid-American Conference record and tied with Ball State to lead the MAC West Division.

Senior point guard Chris Fowler led the team during the 2015-16 season. Though he struggled

File Photo | Rich Drummond Head coach Keno Davis poses for a photo during Media Day on Oct. 23 at McGuirk Arena.

with an undisclosed injury for seven games, Fowler was named to the 2016 All-MAC team and finished second in total assists with 5.9 per game.

Davis’ team finished 2016-17 with a 16-16 overall record. CMU finished sixth in the MAC West.

“Busting Brackets and Breaking Ankles” starts by

giving some background about Davis and the 2015-16 basketball team. Davis and Gaertner highlight stories from Davis’ childhood that led him to coaching a Division I college basketball team.

The book gives an insider’s perspective on Chris Fowler, Rayshawn Simmons, Braylon Rayson and John Simons — all key players in the 2015-16 MAC West Championship run.

Davis answers frequently asked questions throughout the book like what the different messages are to recruits and what traveling is like at the mid-major level.

Though publishing his experience something that Davis has always wanted to do, this is not the first time he has been involved with writing.

“I always thought that I would like to write a book about an inside look on the season of college basketball and also somewhat from a coach’s perspective,” he said. “Not only do you get some of the stories we go through each year but also some insight into what a coach is thinking about developing a program.”

The intention of the book is to give readers a more “in-depth” look into a mid-major college basketball program since smaller programs do not get the same exposure as bigger programs, Davis said.

Gaertner is no stranger to writing, having published a book called “Torn In Two” about the impact of a shipwreck. They met to discuss ideas and plot their visions for a book about college basketball.

“We started (writing) right before that (2015-16) season,” Gaertner said. “The first time I went to be there with the team was during the preseason scrimmage. That really kicked off the process.”

Gaertner interviewed players throughout the season to acquire knowledge on the topic. He traveled with the team to see what “life was like on the road” and held conversations with people closely related to the basketball program on the administration level.

“As basketball fans, we see mid-major schools knock off bigger (schools) all the time,” Gaertner said.

“You get to that point and you can’t go back to the season to find out what the team had to go through to get to that point.”

The book’s cover features reviews from Mark Snyder of the Detroit Free Press, Jeff Goodman of ESPN and Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports.

“Busting Brackets and Breaking Ankles” is now available on Amazon and at the CMU Bookstore for $18.

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Two gymnasts qualify for NCAA Championships at Regional meet

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The season came to an end Saturday for the Central Michigan gymnastics team as the Chippewas finished in sixth place at the NCAA Regional in Fayetteville, Arkansas. CMU scored a 195.675, snapping its streak of three consecutive 196 scores.

Utah won Regionals with a 197.15 and Denver finished in second place with a 197.05 to advance to the NCAA Championships. The top two teams advance to the NCAA Championships.

Junior Katy Clements and freshman Denelle Pedrick both qualified for the NCAA Championships as event specialists.

Clements qualified on the balance beam with a score of 9.9 which was a four way tie for first on the event.

Pedrick qualified on vault with a score of 9.9 to also finish in a four-way tie for first place.

CMU started the meet on the floor and posted a score of 48.85. Junior Macey Hilliker led the team scoring with a 9.85 on the floor.

This was the first time since early February that the Chippewas didn’t post a 49 or higher on the floor.

The Chippewas moved onto the vault in the second rotation and scored a 49. Pedrick had the top mark on the vault with a 9.9, which was a four way tie for the top vault score at the regional. After the vault, CMU had a bye before going onto the uneven bars.

CMU scored a 48.7 on the uneven bars.

Sophomore Kasey Janowicz had the top score for the Chippewas with a 9.8 and finished the meet on the balance beam.

CMU struggled early in the season on the beam but the Chippewas posted above a 49 in each meet after March. CMU continued that trend Saturday after posting a 49.125 on the beam.

For beam, each gymnast scored over a 9.775 and Clements finished with the top score of 9.9 — good for a four-way tie for first place on the beam for the regional.

Clements and Pedrick will compete on Friday, April 14 in St. Louis, Missouri in the NCAA Championships.

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Football to utilize new offensive system this fall

By Dylan Goetz Staff Reporter sports@cm-life.com

Only three practices in, the Central Michigan football team has a new offensive coordinator, quarterback and offensive system.

Chris Ostrowsky was hired as the new offensive coordinator last month because of the high-scoring offense he built as the head coach at Northern Michigan. The Wildcats’ offense averaged more than 30 points per game last season.

Ostrowsky has been a head coach, offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach, recruiting coordinator, passing game coordinator and assistant head coach in his career. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree from Jersey City State College in 1993, Ostrowsky started coaching at East Side High School in New-

ark, New Jersey four years later, taking a head coaching job.

CMU head coach John Bonamego inspired Ostrowsky to take the job as the universities offensive coordinator. “(Bonamego’s) culture is a special one and one that I found really attractive,” Ostrowsky said.

Known for using the multiple stretch offense that led Northern Michigan to average more than 386 yards per game during the last two seasons, Ostrowsky is hoping to do the same thing at CMU. Ostrowksy said his high tempo offensive system is meshing well with the players so far.

“I couldn’t ask for any more than our guys are giving right now,” Ostrowsky said. “They are learning a new system for sure and a new approach. It has been awesome through the three

practices thus far.

“I am really pleased with the (quarterbacks’) work ethic and ability to embrace the preparation for a new system. All of those guys are competing and doing well right now.”

Bonamego praised Ostrowsky for being confident in his system and said he is excited for the “significant changes” that go along with transitioning to a spread offense.

“We are only under center in very special situations,” Bonamego said. “We are primarily in the gun.”

Though he wasn’t able to discuss Shane Morris — the graduate transfer quarterback from the University of Michigan — Bonamego said as of today, sophomore Tony Poljan is leading the quarterback race with junior Tommy Lazzaro and freshman Austin Hergott at the

two and three spots, respectively.

Senior running back Devon Spalding said the quarterbacks are working well with the new offensive system. “(The system) fits them,” Spalding said. “They are great athletes, they can move very well and get out of the pocket.”

Whoever earns the starting quarterback job will have some playmaking weapons to use in the new high-powered offense.

Bonamego and Ostrowsky both said senior tight end Tyler Conklin has emerged as a leader.

“We talk about getting the ball in the hands of our playmakers a great deal,” Bonamego said. “That includes that running back group and also our fairly talented wide receiver group. We have a good number of playmakers on offense when you look at (Corey) Willis, (Mark) Chapman, (Brandon)

Childress, (Eric) Cooper and certainly Conklin who has emerged as a significant weapon.”

Willis will return for his senior season at CMU as the reigning offensive player of the year. Willis led the team with 71 receptions, 1087 yards and nine touchdowns in the 2016-17 season.

Conklin ranked third in receptions last season and totaled six touchdowns in 11 starts.

Bonamego said running back is one of the deepest positions on their team. As a senior, Spalding is taking on a leadership role among the running back group.

“I try to help (the other running backs) out as much as I can and they help me out too,” Spalding said. “Because it is a brand new offense, we are all starting from square one.

“I lead vocally and try to help the younger guys out as much as

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Offensive coordinator Chris Ostrowsky speaks to members of the press on March 30 in the Indoor Athletic Center.

possible and direct the team in the way that I think is best. I say what I need to say, but I also lead by example as well.”

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