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Non-traditional students share experiences caring for kids and working full-time while learning.

CMU gets in on the action and helps health department distribute vaccines to those deemed high risk.

SPORTING CMU Journalism alumnus discusses new role at Detroit Free Press and how his passion for journalism began.

RAVING GEEKS S3 E6 This time on the podcast, our three hosts discuss theater’s surprising success in light of restrictions.

Make sure to read all of our coverage on our website, cm-life.com.

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THE PARTY IS OVER FEB. 25, 2021

Banned fraternity cancels rush week events after soliciting recruitment on campu

By Ben Jodway Staff Reporter ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Phi Sigma Phi, a fraternity banned

by Central Michigan University in 2018, is still operating and is attempting to recruit students this semester.

Administrators banned the fraternity after an investigation revealed allegations of sexual assault and hazing. Complaints filed against PSP ranged from the reported sexual assault of a woman in a bathroom by multiple men to circulation of non-consensual pornography.

About one week ago, flyers circulated around campus advertising PSP-hosted Rush Week events. One of the events was scheduled at a

house, the other event was scheduled at Wayside Central.

Wayside Central owner John Hunter said managers were told that someone named Alex wanted to host an event. After learning that the RSO wasn’t affiliated with the university anymore, Hunter immediately canceled the event.

“They made it seem like this was some sort of new recruitment that any fraternity would do,” Hunter said. “I think they ordered four pizzas, which tells you the size of the group that they were expecting.”

If students receive an invitation from a student organization they don’t recognize, they should check CMU’s list of RSOs that are suspended or banned, said Molly

Schuneman, Assistant Director for Fraternity and Sorority Life.

“Organizations that are on that list have had their recognition revoked by the institution for various reasons, including such things as hazing, alcohol and drug abuse, risk management violations and failure to comply with university policies and expectations,” Schuneman said.

Luanne Goffnett, Residence Hall Director of Robinson and Calkins, said that door-to-door solicitation is against Residence Life policy.

The house on PSP’s flyer is located at 1002 S. Washington. Laying on the front porch was a sign reading “Home of the Phi Sigs” with a crest featuring a circle in the center and two swords bisecting it. According to

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Hazing: an anonymous email was sent to an administrator alleging that her boyfriend was forced to “chug over a pint of alcohol and beer.” She would not give her name for fear of retaliation.

PSP had numerous incidents in a 100-page report obtained through a FOIA request in 2018.

This is a timeline with only a few of those incidents.

city charter, a student organization not associated with the university cannot display any letters or iconography of their organization.

While the university revoked its recognition of PSP, the national chapter has not removed the CMU chapter’s charter, said Shawn Head, PSP National Director of Crisis and Risk Management. The organization is still seeking a hearing on the accusations against the CMU chapter, he said.

Suing the university is “always a possibility,” though they haven’t taken any action yet, Head said.

Interim Vice President of Enrollment and Student Services Tony Voisin said PSP is on its own since the fraternity is no longer affiliated

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• A senior alleged she was raped during the fall semester. She was told by PSP’s president that they “handled it.”

• A PSP member slammed the door on an Isabella County Sheriff deputy. The deputy went to the McLaren Emergency Room with a fractured finger.

A PSP member reportedly attempted to use a date rape drug to incapacitate a woman. Others stepped in and removed the woman from the situation.

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with CMU. The university has no intention of reconciling with the fraternity, he said.

“The issue is done and over ... regardless of what PSP’s nationa ganization is indicating,” Voisin Comment was requested from student whose phone number is the flyer. The person who answe the phone, Alex, said that the ev were canceled and “changed to s thing else.” Alex refused to respo to questions about who they wer what the events were changed to The PSP Instagram page remo an image of the flyer. The only R Week post left on the page asked dents to direct message two acco for event information.

A woman was reportedly raped in the basement of the PSP house before Western Weekend. A search warrant was sent out to find the woman’s underwear. It wasn’t found.

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PSP member Kevin Ajluni fell down a flight of stairs at a house on Main Street after a fraternity event. He died of his injuries. An autopsy showed a blood alcohol percentage three times the legal limit.

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CMU announced the banning Phi Sigma Phi from campus in an email sent to students.

PSP attempts to recruit on campus by spreading flyers advertising their rush week events.

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Jacob Hartshorne, 31, of Mount Pleasant stimulates his senses with a flashing light Oct. 27 at his home in Mount Pleasant. Hartshorne has impaired hearing and vision, so he enjoys bright lights and textured items. Before the pandemic, Hartshorne enjoyed going to stores and visiting the the carpet aisle to feel the different textures.

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A LOOK INSIDE JAKE’S WORLD

CHARGE syndrome impacts a ability to see, hear,

communicate and interact with the world around them. CMU students are working with a local family to help offer their son ‘a a life just like everyone else’s.’

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BY CHARGE

Jacob Hartshorne, 31, laid in a window seat on the east side of his house in Mount Pleasant.

When the sun peeks through the blinds, it is one of Hartshorne’s favorite places in the house to relax, especially on a cold afternoon.

Caregiver Melanie Haste walked over to Hartshorne and gave him a disco light. He quickly switched it on, and a swirling sea of flashing lights garnered all of Hartshorne’s attention.

“He’ll do this in the bathtub before bedtime and sit there for hours if you let him,” Haste said.

Hartshorne is one in 15,000 people born with CHARGE syndrome, a recognizable genetic syndrome with a known pattern of features.

According to the CHARGE Syndrome Foundation, the syndrome is an abbreviation for several of the features common in the disorder which spell out the acronym: coloboma, heart defects, atresia choanae, growth retardation, genital abnormalities and ear abnormalities.

The acronym was first used in 1981 as a way to refer to recognized clusters of features seen in a number of children.

Hartshorne’s father, Tim, started studying the condition after his child was identified as having CHARGE in 1989. Now, the Central Michigan University professor is considered an expert in his field.

“We have always tried our best to give Jacob a life just like everyone else,” he said.

“Now, he has 24/7 homecare and a bunch of beautiful women looking after him.”

Hartshorne’s assistance is provided by a team of about 20 caregivers. Many are CMU students interested in careers helping people with mental and physical conditions.

Holt senior Jacob Shuler is lead caregiver for Hartshorne right now. He said Hartshorne is always teaching the staff important lessons.

“The biggest thing that I’ve learned from Jake is patience,” Shuler said. “With the nature of his cognitive disability, you sometimes have to take a step away and give him some time to process the situation.”

Bay City grad student Maranda Richard

has worked as a caregiver for four years. She said Hartshorne has taught her a different way of perceiving things around her.

“His world is so much different than mine,” Richard said. “Communicating with him and learning his behaviors has been a huge learning process, and it has taught me a lot.” ​Hartshorne’s condition makes him highly susceptible to coronavirus. However, Hartshorne was able to recently receive his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

His mother, Nancy, said it has relieved stress after worrying about Hartshorne potentially contracting the virus for almost a year.

Recent CMU graduate Alyssa Bright was lead caregiver when COVID-19 was first recognized in the United States.

After graduating, Bright began working at an autism center helping kids with autism function in realistic world.

“I find myself going, ‘Oh my gosh. I learned this from Jake,” she said. “I’m constantly thinking about how I learned things in Jake’s world first.”

Even though she can’t call and talk to him over the phone, Bright said she stays updated on Hartshorne’s life by messages from caregivers, texts from Nancy and photos on social media.

“With COVID-19 and being so far away, updates on Jake are really special to me,” Bright said. “Jake was definitely my favorite memory about Mount Pleasant (and CMU).”

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Jacob Hartshorne of Mount Pleasant reaches out for caregiver Melanie Haste for help getting back to his feet after laying on the carpet Aug. 27 in his parents bedroom in Mount Pleasant.

Because of his Kyphosis, it is good for Hartshorne to lay on his back. He receives physical therapy at least twice a day from caregivers during their shifts.

Left) Jacob Hartshorne gets help from his father walking down a staircase Aug. 27 in his parent’s home in Mount Pleasant.

Hartshorne’s father Tim Hartshorne started studying CHARGE in 1989 after his child was identified as having it. Now, the Central Michigan University professor is considered an expert on CHARGE. “We have always tried our best to give Jacob a life just like everyone else,” Tim said. “Now, he has 24/7 homecare and a bunch of beautiful women looking after him.”

Hartshorne’s assistance is provided by a team of about 20 caregivers. Many are CMU students interested in careers helping people with a variety of mental and physical conditions.

Jacob Hartshorne lays in a window seat cuddling a glove while caregiver Kaity Zdybel tries to get him up to go outside Aug. 12 at the front of his home in Mount Pleasant.

Hartshorne, who thrives on a set weekly schedule, had trouble adjusting to life amid a pandemic.

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Jacob Hartshorne, 32, of Mount Pleasant is toweled dry after sitting in his hot tub for almost 45 minutes Aug. 27 in the enclosed back porch at his home in Mount Pleasant.

Jacob Hartshorne, 32, of M Hartshorne has difficulty sw might follow.

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Mount Pleasant reaches for a bottle before helping caregiver Melanie Haste make a smoothie Oct. 29 in the kitchen of his home in Mount Pleasant, MI. wallowing things that are either too thick or thin. It is important that his caregivers get the right consistency when blending his food or heavy coughing

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Lead caregiver Jacob Shuler helps Jacob Hartshorne steer his bicycle June 30 on the sidewalk outside his home in Mount Pleasant.

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Jacob Hartshorne of Mount Pleasant brushes his fingers across the top of his birthday cake May 14 while laying in the lawn outside his home in Mount Pleasant.

A socially distanced party was held to celebrate Hartshorne’s birthday.

Nancy Hartshorne hugs her son, Jacob Hartshorne, Aug. 27 during a visit to their home.

In 2018, Hartshorne was moved into his current home which neighbors his parent’s.

In the beginning of the pandemic, former caregiver Alyssa Bright said it was apparent that Hartshorne was missing his parents who were quarantining to keep themselves and their son safe.

“He pulled me over to the couch and laid his legs on my lap,” Bright said. “That’s something he and his dad do, so he definitely missed him.”

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Jacob Hartshorne retreats to his bedroom after getting visibly upset with a caregiver because they wouldn’t help him to a third serving of chocolate pudding — one of his favorite foods — March 6 at his home in Mount Pleasant.

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EXPERIENCE Students share impact of COVID-19 on college experience

By Chloe Majeske Staff Reporter

This past year has been difficult for all college students, but one group, in particular, has been overlooked in discussions about how COVID-19 has changed the college experience.

That group is non-traditional students.

The National Center for Education Statistics defines a non-traditional student as any college student who is older than 24 years of age. The definition also includes students who work full-time jobs, are married, have children and students who received their GED’s.

Edward Johnson, a 47-year-old meteorology major living in South Haven, is in his second semester at CMU. Johnson already has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Western Michigan but decided to come back to school after taking some meteorology courses online through Penn State University.

Johnson, who served in the US Navy for six years, said that as a sailor, he was especially interested in the weather.

After completing courses at Penn State, Johnson learned about the program at CMU and decided to

apply to the meteorology program.

Johnson said the pandemic has been a “double-edged sword” for him and his family. Balancing his two children’s virtual learning with his own virtual learning and a full-time job has been difficult.

As a non-traditional student living almost 150 miles from campus, especially because of COVID-19, Johnson said he feels isolated from the rest of his classmates.

“I’ve never met any of the teachers,” he said.

“When I was going to school before, if I had a question I could just drop in on the teachers and ask them, but I haven’t really had any opportunities to do that.”

At the same time, Johnson said remote classes which were made available during the pandemic have allowed him to participate in the program remotely.

Johnson said while Hyflex remains an option, he will be able to continue studying at CMU. Jeannie Snyder, 48, of Blanchard has an experience similar to Johnson. is a 48-year-old from Blanchard, double majoring in Geography and Environmental Studies.

The geography and environmental studies major said she decided to come back to school after finishing her second associate’s degree.

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Snyder said some days it is “nearly impossible” for her to balance her classwork with her everyday responsibilities.

Snyder said she is currently juggling 12 credits at home while balancing ­­­­unemployment submissions, helping to operate the farm that she lives on, and assisting her children and her grandchildren with online school.

She also added that “My mother has a compromised (immune system) and is self-quarantined.

Trying to juggle 12 credits and all of the above with the constant fear my internet is going to go down has been immensely stressful.”

“Trying to juggle 12 credits and all of the above with the constant fear my internet is going to go down has been immensely stressful,” Snyder said.

Still, Snyder said she is grateful to her professors, who have been very understanding of her circumstances.

Snyder said she’s worried about catching COVID-19 because her mother is immunocompromised. Snyder is set to graduate in May and is concerned that contracting COVID-19 might affect her plans to graduate.

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ournalism alumnus Kirkland Crawford quickly realized that becoming a professional athlete was never in the cards. He found a different way to stay close to sports.

Crawford knew he wanted to be a sports journalist after noticing the reporters, radio broadcasters and TV personnel lining the sidelines at basketball games.

Now, the Detroit native is leading the place he idolized growing up – the Detroit Free Press sports department.

For Crawford, the last six weeks as sports editor have been a whirlwind, from a blockbuster trade of former Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford to a three-week pause of U-M Men’s Basketball due to COVID-19.

Still, the 2006 CMU graduate is taking the opportunity to learn the personalities of his staff and continue the legacy of the industry leaders who came before him.

Crawford sat down with Central Michigan Life to discuss settling into his new role and what led him to fall in love with journalism.

How has it been transitioning from your role as deputy editor to editor?

I am learning more about my staff. Before I was the good cop.

Now, I might have to be the bad cop too. That is taking a learning period.

The bigger adjustment is administrative things. And a big shock here – the sports guy doing a sports analogy – but it is sort of like being the manager of a baseball team where you have different people with different roles within an organization. You’re trying to get the best out of everybody no matter what their roles may be.

As you can imagine with all the sports we cover, some of the roles are different. The challenge becomes figuring out not just that person’s role but their personality and what their limitations may or may not be. It is also understanding the place where each person on the team wants to get to and figuring out better ways to get there. One of my colleagues said, “You spend a lot of time doing neither sports nor editing.” There is a little bit in that.

Take us through your many experiences at the Detroit Free Press and your ascension into your current position.

It starts in high school. The Freep and the Detroit public schools in concert with the Ford Motor Company fostered this high school journalism program. At the time, there were 15 or 16 high schools in Detroit that had a relationship with Freep.

So, once every couple of weeks, the high school newspaper staffs would go down to the Freep and help produce each page within a special section.

That reignited a passion I had for journalism. I wanted to be a part of journalism since I was a little kid as many people in this field find themselves.

I was able to get to Central Michigan University through the Lem Tucker Journalism Scholarship which is an incredible opportunity. I was blessed to go to CMU through the equivalent of an athletic scholarship. That was why I was so involved with extracurriculars like CM Life, MHTV and News Central.

I graduated from college and eventually crawled my way back to Freep as the Tigers were good for the first time in a generation. I was brought in to help.

As things went along, I helped fill one role or another within the sports department – from freelance writing to writing and editing. I was one of the first web producers in the department. I have had a hand in what our website covers and looks like since 2007.

There is so much that we cover, and it has been fun to be a part of it for as long as I have been. You just work your way up the ladder.

Q&A Kirkland Crawford

Detroit Free Press Sports Editor discusses how attending CMU shaped his life and career and why students should savor college life for as long as they can.

Isaac Ritchey ■ Editor in Chief What is it like covering teams that you also root for?

There has to be a way you separate what you do, but I am also human. I want the teams here to do well. I also have to be honest enough not to sugarcoat the facts if they’re not doing well.

Do you want those teams to do better? Of course. The separation point is that I am not rooting for them play to play, because I am observing and trying to see if there’s a story to tell. I watch sports differently. That’s how I’m wired when watching sports.

The Lions recently traded franchise quarterback Matthew Stafford to the Los Angeles Rams. What is it like to watch a guy you’ve covered so long move on with another franchise?

It is high action and high adrenaline. It is what keeps me going. “This is happening” – that’s the phrase we use in the department. It is a frenzy of phone calls and emails.

We got word of the Stafford trade at 10 p.m. at night. That

next day’s edition was going to be finished at 10:30 p.m. We were prepared for the “what if,” but when it happens, you can’t tell the clock “OK, stop for 20 minutes.”

You talk about your “commitment to your audience.”

What does that mean?

I would say it means we’re going to tell you what we know, what we believe and why we believe it. What I know is that our audience is extremely smart. All the sports teams in Michigan are not fly-by-night teams. They didn’t just pop up around here. The loyalty for all Michigan sports teams has been passed down from generation to generation. We can’t treat our audience like we know more than they do.

There are thousands of different outlets to get the final score of a game. What fans can’t get from an instant push alert is why things happened, how they are happening, why a decision was made and why a guy was traded. It is our job to tell them what we know and tell them what we think is happening based off our ability to have that kind of access. That’s the responsibility we have.

What led to your interest in journalism when you were younger?

The initial spark goes back to when I was 6 or 7 years old and watching basketball. I innately believed that I wasn’t going to be a professional athlete at that point. However, I noticed that there was a table along the sideline that people were sitting at.

I figured that I’m not going to be on the court, but those people have really good seats. How could I get there? My father explained to me that they were newspaper writers, radio broadcasters and television networks. He said they get paid to watch the game and tell people what’s going on.

I went, “Woah. Let’s do that.”

That was the beginning of the spark of wanting to be a part of the journalism business. So, I started reading. At a young age, I would walk to the store and buy both Detroit newspapers. We were lucky enough to have two.

That got me closer to the teams that I liked. I learned more about my teams. I started to like to read and like the people who were writing. That love kept growing upon itself. By the time I got to high school, I knew that I wanted to be a part of journalism.

What is it like to look back at your time at CMU? My years at CMU were some of the best four years of my life.

Many of the important people in my life still today, I met at CMU. It was learning about yourself while learning about other people. I think 80 percent of the weddings I’ve been to have been people from CMU. You’re able to forge life-long partnerships and relationships with people because you’re going through this experience together and not just going to PSY 101.

It is about understanding what adulthood is like.

I was able to associate myself with people from all over the state – from The Thumb to the West Side, to up north, the UP and all places in between. I think that’s valuable. I grew up in the inner city and brought that experience to the table, but I knew nothing about growing up in a town with a McDonald’s and two flashing red lights. Those experiences are one’s I look back on and think that I wouldn’t know half of what I do now.

I tell college students to savor those experiences as long as it takes them. Don’t rush it. You’re going to be an adult way longer than a college student.

What other areas of your life have sports had an impact on?

Sports has had a great impact on my life outside of the fact that it is my livelihood. It is the reason I can keep a roof over my head.

My love for sports and journalism drove me to CMU. It got me into school with the Lem Tucker scholarship, a legacy I hold dear.

If I don’t go to CMU, I don’t meet my wife or have my two kids.

Sports and journalism are the conduits to almost everything good that’s happened to me.

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pecial needs educator Cassie Mistrzak was one of many Isabella County residents receiving their second COVID-19 vaccine on Central Michigan University’s campus.

Cassie Mistrzak takes her jacket off while getting ready to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Feb. 17 in Finch Fieldhouse.

To Mistrzak, getting the vaccine is like giving her students another layer of protection from COVID-19. Now, her students can get their education without worrying about getting sick.

“If this is a way that we can make school safe for kids to go to and if we can kind of return to a little bit of normalcy then, I’m happy to do my part,” Mistrzak said.

CMU and the Central Michigan District Health Department partnered to host a vaccine clinic on campus. The clinic administered both first and second doses of the vaccines all day on Feb. 17 and 18 in Finch Fieldhouse.

“We plan to continue to offer vaccine clinics at CMU,” said Steve Hall, CMDHD health officer. “We appreciate the partnership with CMU in providing us a location for these clinics.”

By McKenna Golat Staff Reporter ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– CMU chose to offer Finch Fieldhouse as th the two-day event because of the building’s s DeRoche, emergency preparedness coordina lic information officer for CMDHD, said Finc gave them the ability to vaccinate more peop “We wanted to have a location that was eas to people in all ways,” DeRoche said. “We als to make sure it was a location that if we so ch could keep coming back to time after time an be a location that we could only use once and have to keep finding new locations.”

Kim Wagester, CMU’s assistant controller services, said the health department is antici doses to vaccinate more people. She said Fin house provides ample space for as many peo vaccinated as possible.

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“I think it’s better than knowing you might be the reason that someone or someone’s loved one got the virus and passed away,” she said.

One member of the protected age group receiving the vaccine was Sharon Picket. She received her first dose of the vaccine on Feb. 17 and said she had no hesitancy about it as she had done her own precautionary research.

“I had read up on that a lot and sought advice from medical people that I know, so I did not have any reservations at all,” Picket said.

Retired nurse Susan King said she was both relieved and excited to get her second dose. She said now that she’s received it, she and her husband will be going home and staying there until the pandemic is over. King said she wished everyone would get the vaccine.

“We’ve already had relatives die,” King said. “We’re going to do everything we can to make sure we don’t get it.”

As a partner of the vaccine clinic, CMU offered volun-

teers and its own staff to aid in running the event. This group ensured social distancing and mask guidelines were met and maintained sanitizing stations. CMU also had some of its own medical students administering vaccines in the clinic.

Marquette graduate student Eliza Annelin and Grand Ledge graduate student Karlie Lambie were administering vaccines on Feb. 17. Both said they were happy with the opportunity to help the community get vaccinated.

“It’s really quite an honor to get the community members vaccinated,” Lambie said. “I see this as a way to get back to normalcy and or protect the community members.”

Lambie said she will be an advocate of the vaccine and will encourage her patients to get it. Annelin agreed.

Both students received the first dose of the vaccine and are waiting to receive the second. While maintaining COVID-19 restrictions, both Annelin and Lambie have plans once they receive their second shot.

“I plan on seeing the family members that I haven’t seen since COVID started,” Annelin said.

Aurora Abraham | Photo Editor Cassie Mistrzak waits her turn to sign in at the clinic’s registration tables Feb. 17 in Finch Fieldhouse.

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n Paul Lauria’s eyes, police and politics don’t mix.

After news circulated Jan. 18 about a controversial Facebook post shared

by Mount Pleasant Vice Mayor Amy Perschbacher, the public safety director and police chief said he talked about it with officers.

Perschbacher’s post was an image of a “Thin Blue Line” flag. The blue line was being peeled back to reveal a Nazi swastika. Perschbacher said the post was provided “without context” and has since provided a public apology and removed the post.

“I don’t think you can see a Nazi flag and not have emotion or comments about it,” Lauria said.

“What it comes down to for the officers is this: The post was Paul Lauria made and we have Chief of Police two ways we can Director of Public respond. We can Safety either respond negatively to it and cause division or uproar.

“Or we can look at it, talk about it, evaluate it and move on. That’s what we did.”

Mount Pleasant City Commissioners discussed the post at their Jan. 25 meeting.

They received comments from the members of Mount Pleasant and Central Michigan University.

At the commission’s Feb. 8 meeting, a resolution to censure Vice Mayor Amy Perschbacher was defeated in a 4-2 vote.

Commissioners Lori Gillis and Petro Tolas voted in favor of the resolution.

Perschbacher’s Attorney, Dustyn Coontz, defended her during the public comment section of the meeting.

“To censure her is to censor her,” Coontz said. “If you disagree with what that Facebook (post) says or what you think it says, the remedy is not to punish her and her expression of speech.”

Lauria was present at both meetings as a staff member. He did not comment on behalf of the department and doesn’t plan to.

“The post is what it is. That doesn’t mean that it doesn’t create emotions or distractions but we talked about it and we decided

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Screenshot A screenshot taken of a Facebook post made by Mount Pleasant Vice Mayor Amy Perschbacher which shows a swastika set inside a “Thin Blue Flag” Jan. 18. The post was removed the same day and later resulted in an apology from Pershbacher.

as a division ‘let’s continue to move forward, let the politics be the politics,’” Lauria said.

“We’re going to continue to go out and serve the public.”

The issue isn’t over, however. There’s an ongoing conversation about the divide among the city commissioners.

Tolas expressed outrage with the commision at the Feb. 8 meeting, calling the vote not to censure an “embarrassment.” He cited the ethics ordinance (30.16 section 3, item “e”) that states an official shall not interfere with the city’s administrative functions as

evidence for censure.

Tolas argued the commission’s process didn’t follow traditional procedure to begin with.

“That meeting was totally out of control; the mayor couldn’t control it. People were addressing certain commissioners by name which isn’t allowed,” Tolas said. “It turned out into a three-ring political circus.”

The censure resolution that was voted down included other actions, like a statement that expressed the commission’s support of local law enforcement and a commitment to

developing a policy for social media use.

Before a final vote on the resolution was made, Mount Pleasant Mayor Will Joseph motioned to strike the paragraphs.

Tolas said he intends to work toward getting the other resolutions passed at future meetings.

Joseph said he was against Perschbacher’s post and the resolution to censure her.

“I thought that it was in poor taste, and I thought that it lacked the careful messaging to really convey what she was trying to say,” Joseph said. “I can separate the two issues of supporting our local police officers and partner agencies while also saying, ‘Yes, I don’t like this Facebook post.’ I think it sends a bad message, but it doesn’t rise to the level of censure.”

Joseph said he may support creating a social media use policy if it didn’t appear Will Joseph with a resolution Mayor of to censure. He Mount Pleasant said censure is the most severe action a commission can take to condemn a member’s behavior.

Joseph will be a commissioner for at least another two years. He said he aims to remedy the acrimony between members of the city commission. “(The division) has been a concern for me for the last several years. We are ideologically divided on a lot of issues,” Joseph said. “I encourage all the members to reach out and talk to each other.

“I believe there is more consensus than there is divide — the division just grabs more attention.”

Joseph wants the commission to shift its gaze to other issues like providing aid to the community during the pandemic.

“I think city commissioners and county commissioners need to realize that they represent a whole community, not just the people that voted for them or agree with them,” Joseph said.

City commission meetings can be streamed via the city’s YouTube channel.

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Drew Travis | Staff photographer Kingsford sophomore Olivia Allen pours fly food into a flask. The food is “Essentially instant potatoes,” says senior Jacob Szczepanski. “Somehow, I can still eat potatoes,” he says.

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ometimes while researching complex diseases, information that may lead to treatment is found in unexpected sources. For Alzheimer’s research at Central Michigan University, one of these sources is fruit flies.

Fruit flies, considered by most to be a nuisance living it up in trash cans, are integral to the research of biology faculty member Dr. Michelle Steinhilb.

Steinhilb is studying the root causes of Alzheimer’s disease, a type of dementia that affects memory, thinking and behavior.

Fruit flies are used to study the degeneration that leads to Alzheimer’s in humans.

They are inexpensive and reproduce quickly, which makes them an excellent option for Steinhilb’s research.

Using what Steinhilb calls a “toolbox of genetic tools,” she and her research team are able to engineer flies that produce a specific human protein involved in Alzheimer’s disease called tau. Using various mutations, they can synthesize the tau protein in different parts of the fly like the eyes, the brain or the muscle system. Once they have the fly they want, they can study how the cells live and die.

“I really want to help people and I really want to make their lives better,” Steinhilb said. “If my research could somehow help illuminate a strategy that drug makers or companies could use to help solve this terrible disease, it would mean a lot to me.”

Steinhilb’s research not only helps those affected by Alzheimer’s disease, but benefits

the students working in her lab. She mentors them and helps them prepare for their future careers. One student, Ionia senior Bobby Eppler, has worked in her lab since freshman year.

“You can tell that she really just cares,” Eppler said. “She cares about her research but she really really cares about the people that are working with her.”

Eppler will be attending medical school at CMU in the fall. He says his time in Steinhilb’s lab has helped him learn accountability and responsibility, as well as make connections within the medical field.

Eppler’s roommate, Saginaw senior Derek Resio, also works in the same lab. Resio has a personal interest in Alzheimer’s after losing a family member to the disease. He is hoping to continue Alzheimer’s research in graduate school and in his career.

Both Eppler and Resio said that Steinhilb has helped them gain experience, given advice on graduate school applications and written letters of recommendation.

“It’s a relationship that promotes growth,” Resio said. “It’s really just a positive, beneficial relationship where you feel like you can always talk to her.”

Steinhilb is equally grateful to her students for the amount of work they put into the research.

“This work couldn’t be done without students,” Steinhilb said. “I don’t really get to be in the lab doing many of the experiments — all that hard work gets done by my students and I would definitely say that they deserve so much credit.”

Drew Travis | Staff photographer Dr. Michelle Steinhilb (second from left) and some of her students; (far left) Robert Eppler, (middle) Derek Resio, (second from right) Olivia Allen and (far right) Jacob Szczepanski Jan. 25, on the Biosciences terrace.

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THE ART OF STAYING WELL Students put classwork on pause to take advantage of Adventure Center on second Wellness Day

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n the Finch Fieldhouse Adventure Center, Central Michigan University students got to spend their second Wellness Day flying high on the ropes course while others spent time catching up on homework.

The event began with an introduction to the high ropes course and a short briefing on safe practices while on the course.

Jordan Bruursema, the manager of the Adventure Seminars, described the practice of “challenge by choice,” where participants are encouraged to step out of their comfort zone only as far as they choose.

“We’re excited to have life back in the facility,” Bruursema said. “It’s been pretty stagnant for the last nine months.”

Jackson senior Victoria Teachout attended the event to have fun on the day off. She said she appreciates having the Wellness

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Days but misses having a dedicated spring break where she does not have to worry about homework.

“I really like doing stuff like this,” Teachout said. “I like to try new things and be more physically active. The pandemic has shifted to watching movies and doing more inside things. It was honestly a nice way to get out and try something fun that’s really challenging.”

A common theme among students in the Adventure Center was that they had assignments they needed to do later in the day.

Mount Pleasant sophomore Emilie Ehler said she finished writing a paper before coming to the Adventure Center. Junior Noel Schafer, also from Mount Pleasant, said she planned to work on assignments and take a nap later.

Clinton Township senior Adam Samuel said he had to work after the event, but he likes that the wellness days give him a break from school in the middle of the week.

The events were organized by Program

Board, High Adventure Club, Recreation, Parks and Leisure Services, the Association of Recreation and Event Professionals (AREP) and the Recreation Therapy Club.

Bethany Childs and Claire Adams were tabling for AREP the organization responsible for marketing and creating flyers for the event. Childs and Adams also had “tons of homework” to do later in the day.

Josh Olszewski, a graduate assistant for Program Board, said that the RPL events such as the snowshoe hike from the first wellness day in February are something his organization wanted to see more of.

“Thinking about really taking these wellness days for what they should be — wellness — we kind of figured what the heck, we have this facility as well, let’s give students an option to do something that’s going to benefit them and challenge them,” Bruursema said.

The university will have five more wellness days with activities for students on March 10, March 23 and April 2, 7 and 30.

Nate Pappas | Staff Photographer A student climbs a rock wall as they spend their Wellness Day Feb. 22 at the Adventure Center in the Finch Fieldhouse.

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Evan Stehlik’s eye for design is always lashed and lined when he transforms in drag persona, Remington Rose.

Stehlik, 20, hones his artistic ability as he majors in costume design. The Central Michigan University sophomore spends time perfecting his drag ski when he isn’t helping out in the theatre department. Though he had always itated toward the spotlight, Stehlik didn’t realize he wanted to pursue drag his senior year of high school.

“No one was there to judge me anymore,” Stehlik said. “I’m on my own gonna make the best of who I am and I’m going to do this as my art form Central Michigan Life sat down with Stehlik to discuss his experience w drag, from a child prancing around in his mother’s pink pumps to a quee searching for the spotlight in the midst of a pandemic.

Who is Remington Rose?

Remington Rose ... she is my girl, basically that I perform as. I do it as a hobby, but I feel than just a hobby most of the time because I f a part of me that’s missing when I’m not bein When I get to be Remington, it’s like I’m my s I’m always on my game with Remington. I tel a chameleon; I will conform to anything that I at that particular moment in time. So if I’m fe I will become a princess for you. If I’m feeling dark and mysterious, I might become a mistr I’m very versatile in that way, so maybe that m still figuring out who I am, but I believe that t who I am. Just someone who is a very versatil

How has COVID-19 impacted the drag s This is something that has put a little bit experience as a drag queen. I know a lot of q been doing live streams; I am a queen that n there in the moment with the people. It’s so do Instagram live or Twitch or something. I type of person. I’m not tech-savvy enough. A connection with the people that you get whe audience waiting for you to come out from b tain. There’s a feeling I can’t describe when haven’t done much since COVID has happe my gigs were canceled. I had some very big this year downtown where I’m from. I was s cause I thought, ‘I’m gonna be able to show who I am.’ And that’s something that they d exposed to that much.

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I feel like Remington brings out this other side of me that I struggle with as Evan, because I always have been told to act like a boy. And I have never felt like “acting like a boy” was under any terms of what I wanted to do. So being Remington, I feel like I can express myself in any way possible. I can be a life-size Barbie doll, dress myself up, be confident, strut my stuff and make other people happy, too.

What sparked your interest in drag?

I always tell everyone I feel like I was a drag queen since I was born, because I came out of the womb wearing heels.

My mom had these bright pink heels and I would always walk around the house in them. They didn’t even fit my feet at all, but I would still strut my stuff walking down the stairs in them, trying to make it work. So I feel like I’ve always wanted to be something that is a phenomenon, making a spectacle of myself. I’ve always wanted to be that person.

Where do you see yourself in five years?

In five years I hope to be known. There are so many things that I want to accomplish and I’m always trying to outdo myself. I want the most exposure possible because I love what I do. I feel like if I love what I do ­­­— and do it with heart —­­then other people will love what I do. In a few years, I would love to be performing in bars again, and I want to do a few pageants. That is on my bucket list.

To be Miss Drag Michigan that would be so cool. I would be like, gagged. For my family to see that? My family is supportive, but I don’t think they realize how important it is to me and how passionate I am about it. So to just show my family and my friends how serious I am about it would be really cool. I think in the next five years I’d really be perfecting who Remington is and giving the audience a true definition. I want to be able to define Remington Rose and have her set in stone.

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How did you come up with your drag name?

A drag name is something that’s really hard to come up with right away, but when I got out of high school I finally made the decision on Remington Rose, because Remington is something that I saw around my family all the time. When you see Remington, you think of the Remington Rifle. I always felt a little bit excluded because my whole family were hunters and country bumpkins, but I wanted to do fashion and I loved beauty. So when I found Remington hair dryers and curling irons, I was like, ‘this is really cool — there is a connection here that I can make.’ So that beauty and death came together to make Remington, and Rose would’ve been my name if I was born a woman.

Do your friends and family support your art?

I have had a really good upbringing. That’s one thing that I feel is a shocker to some people, because people are judgmental. I have had nothing but support with my drag persona. My family has supported me 100% of the way. It was scary to come out to them and tell them who Remington was, but once they finally understood the reason behind the art form and why I was doing it they were right on the same boat with me and they can’t wait to see the other looks that I put out. I give my friends a lot of credit, too, because they have pushed me to be the best that I can be and also have pushed Remington to keep producing better content to get more exposure.

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Freshman battles uncertainty during canceled hockey season Michigan collegiate athletes have faced uncertainty for nearly a year on the status of the sports they love due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Freeland freshman Lizzie Angulo felt the uncertainty before her first college class at Central Michigan University began.

Angulo is a member of the CMU women’s club hockey team, which announced it would not play during the 2020-21 campaign on Jan. 12.

Angulo said she was devastated.

“Before joining the CMU team in the fall, I took the longest break from hockey since I started playing due to the first shut down, so realizing that that this six-month break was going to be extended indefinitely killed me,” Angulo said. “I had been on the same team from sixth grade until I graduated high school, so I was excited for a new team and excited for my freshman season of collegiate hockey.

“Now knowing that I will never get that is one of the worst feelings ever.”

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“I knew that hockey was my passion; there was never a doubt in my mind that I would keep pushing forward,” Angulo said. “When something means that much to you, nothing can get in the way.”

While most hockey players in the state mold their game after other players like Detroit Red Wing greats Pavel Datsyuk, Steve Yzerman or Henrik Zetterberg, Angulo’s skill set is molded by her personality and her desire to be the best teammate she can be.

“My teammates aren’t just teammates, but my family,” Angulo said. “I was definitely the ‘enforcer’ of my team and was ready to protect my teammates at any given point. Off the ice, I am outgoing, funny and girly. I am always talking and laughing, whether it be in the locker room, during warm-ups, on the bench or even on the ice.”

Angulo’s stepfather, Brandon Filbeck — a coach for the CMU women’s hockey club team — described her play on the ice as aggressive.

He said something a lot of other hockey players tend to shy away from — making her different than other hockey players.

“She plays a lot more like the boys,” Filbeck said. “She’s definitely not afraid of body contact since no checking is allowed in women’s hockey. She is phenomenal in defensive situations. She’s hard on the puck and will put a body on someone in the corner to make sure

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they can’t get by.”

Longtime Midland Hornets teammate, Allison Haney, described Angulo as a teammate that is an ultimate competitor on the ice and a great friend off the ice.

“Lizzie can be feisty,” Haney said. “She’s someone who will always be there for you — very considerate and consistent. She’s someone who will always hang out with you and never bails on someone.

“She always goes the extra mile for her friends, and when she makes a friend she wants to keep the friend long-term.”

While many athletes have opted-out of their respective seasons due to COVID-19, Angulo is staying anywhere but away from the ice despite playing a club sport, which includes no scholarship money.

“I have never been the type of person that plays for recognition or for love back from a university,” Angulo said. “I train hard because I want myself to be better, and because hockey is something I love, regardless of what I get back from it.”

As for her inspiration, Angulo said she saw her parents give their all for their passions and were able to build careers from the persistence.

Angulo said she credits her parents for helping her make it as far as she has with the game of hockey.

“Hockey is anything but a cheap sport and I continue to be thankful that I got the opportunity to play, because I know others that didn’t,” Angulo said. “My parents have done so much for me and seeing them work hard for their own success inspires me to do the same.”

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After eating a quick meal in the Fresh Food Company, Angulo returns to her dorm with her friend before practice on Feb. 11.

Angulo’s mom shows up for a practice to support her daughter on Feb. 11 at the Mount Plesaant I.C.E. Arena.

Angulo gets a weekly COVID test that will allow her to play the following “I always get the girl to test me, she’s super nice and gentle.”

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Angulo gets ready to hang out with friends in the dorms on Feb. 17. “They have a hamster,” Lizzie excitedly tells her mom on a video call.

week in Foust Hall on Feb. 4. “I’ve never had a bad test,” Angulo said,

During a break in practice, Angulo lays on the ice and stretches her back on Feb. 11. “It must be sore from carrying the team,” she jokes.

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Bischel excited for another shot at MAC title after COVID cut last season short

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File photo CMU’s baseball team jogs to the dugout before a game against Grand Valley State on March 26, 2019 at Theunissen Stadium. CMU won the game 6-2.

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ordan Bischel saw a large amount of success in his first season at the helm of CMU’s baseball team. His second season had a large amount of promise, but it was cut short when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States.

“I look back at the last 20, 21 months, and I’ve coached baseball (games) for four weeks of it,” Bischel said. “It’s weird for me, have I forgotten how to coach the team? When we get back on the field, that’s our first time on the field together in a game setting in a long time.”

Bischel said he hopes the players learned that any given season cannot be taken for granted after the season was ripped away from them last March.

“If nothing else, hopefully, there’s a level of appreciation that getting back out and playing is a privilege,” Bischel said. “It’s fortunate we can do that. We owe a pretty big debt of gratitude to a lot of people for the time and money to get us back on the field.”

Bischel’s third year at the helm — which began with a losing three-game sweep at Texas A&M Corpus Christi on Feb. 21-22 — will be challenging, but familiar. He coached in a similar format at Northwood before

coming to CMU in 2019. CMU is set to play 40 games in the Mid-American Conference and 16 nonconference games. With no conference tournament, the regular-season champion will earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

The Chippewas were selected by MAC coaches to win the conference when the preseason poll was released on Feb. 17.

“It’ll be different,” Bischel said. “You’d like to think if most of the teams get most of their games in, 40 games would give a true champion. Whoever does go to the NCAA Tournament will certainly have earned it.”

PITCHING IMPORTANCE

When looking ahead to navigate the challenging season, Bischel said he is looking to ensuring the pitching staff is ready to roll.

Midland senior right-hander Jordan Patty will be looked upon as the team’s top pitcher this season, Bischel said. Pontiac, Illinois senior right-hander Cam Brown is looking to rebound after struggling last season.

Bischel added that Brown and Jenison sophomore right-hander Ian Leatherman will see extended roles coming out of the bullpen, simulating shorter starts.

CMU has one of the largest rosters it has carried in recent years due, in large part, to

the extended NCAA eligibility. Bischel said getting guys into games for important experience will be tough, but doable.

“We had a pretty solid team last year. You clump in six, seven, eight more guys you want to contribute, how do you find that playing time?” Bischel said. “We have the depth that we have six or seven options that could start. We have to figure it out during the first month of the season.”

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Typically, college players would go play in a summer league to keep playing into fall ball leading into the spring season.

After COVID-19 knocked out the college season, both Brown and Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin senior centerfielder Zach Gilles played in the Northwoods League.

In 31 games over the summer with the Mankato MoonDogs, Gilles posted a teamhigh .366 batting average with 41 hits, 18 runs and 18 RBI. “I was pretty fortunate to have an indoor facility to workout at any time,” Gilles said. “(The Northwoods League) helped me out a lot this summer to get prepared for the upcoming season.”

Brown, playing for the Wisconsin River Rafters, pitched in five games and allowed

six runs (three earned) on seven hits and a 3.36 ERA in 8.0 innings of work. Brown said he spent time with his family that he normally would not be able to.

“It was nice to get back to the roots a little bit,” Brown said. “I was able to play (for Wisconsin); just getting back out there was nice.”

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Making the game fun has been one of the keys to CMU’s success since Bischel took over in 2019.

Whether it was the dances or the costume heads, the 2019 Chippewas had fun playing and it translated to a MAC championship.

In 2021, the Chippewas still aim to have fun — just slightly differently — with wacky masks or socially-distant dances.

As for Bischel, he said he is ready to face the season and get it started.

“I’m looking forward to most is that first pitch being thrown — just playing baseball again,” Bischel said. “It’s not gonna be totally normal. But we’re a year into this thing where it’s kind of normal now. These guys have spent a lot of time preparing and hopefully the reward is the games.”

“I’m looking forward to these guys having a chance to play.”

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ONE MOORE SHOT

Quarterback going pro after NCAA suspension appeal

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Moore wanted to know if McElwain d Frye believed that the Alpharetta, orgia quarterback could make it in NFL. With everything he had been ough, Moore knew his NFL dreams ght be a long shot.

e decision was not necessarily Moore’s to make. Because uspension, Moore was not initially eligible for the extra of eligibility granted to all fall athletes. Moore would more approval from the NCAA just to suit up for CMU e fall. meeting with his coaches, the people he trusted, would him make a decision. Moore valued the input of the hes who took him in. Had their answers been different, re may have stayed put. If both said yes, Moore knew he ready to head to the NFL. harlie and (McElwain) both said, ‘Yes, You’ll get a shot ure. We think that you can get a shot, 100 percent,’” re said. “That’s all that I needed.” th the decision to enter the draft, Moore finally held ower of his future. After nearly two years of the NCAA ng him out of action for one mistake, Moore was ready ke a chance.

avid felt like he needed to get out’ oore was first suspended on Oct. 8, 2019 after testing ive for an NCAA banned substance. When the ban was ed down, Moore felt pain. at first suspension kicked off a period of time that Dafather, Michael, called “extraordinarily frustrating.”

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“Whatever this was that entered his system ... he went to GNC and bought some protein kind of stuff,” Michael Moore said. “Then, all of a sudden, it was tainted.”

Both of Moore’s positive tests were for the M3 metabolite of Oral Turinabol, an anabolic steroid that can stay in the body for an extended period of time. Moore, his family and their legal team were eventually able to prove that the metabolite showing up in the test was not due to continual use, which led to him winning his December appeal.

Heading into his second appeal, Moore’s circle felt that they had put together a defense that they felt could not lose. While the NCAA granted the appeal, there was still the issue of his eligibility. Moore’s suspension in 2020 meant that he was ineligible for the waiver of an extra year of eligibility.

To return to CMU, Moore would have to risk leaving his decision in the hands of the NCAA. Had Moore decided to stay and had his waiver denied, he believed his chances at playing in the NFL would be “like 10 percent.” Michael believes that if his son would have stayed, they might not have known of his playing status until August.

Michael believes that as difficult as leaving CMU was for Moore, the need to take his career into his own hands became evident with the latest hurdle the NCAA threw at him.

“David felt he needed to get out from under the NCAA and really take his own career in his hands a little bit more and see what happens in terms of the NFL,” Michael said.

If you love football, and you love your teammates, then that’s what you’re going to do.

David Moore Former CMU Quarterback

Leading, contributing in new ways After Moore learned of his second positive test during the Chippewas’ preparation for their first game of 2020, he was determined to not return to his personal low. Instead of falling victim, he used the opportunity to find new ways to help his teammates. “(David has) worked really, really hard,” Michael said. “It was finally a chance for him to get out and to do his thing.

When all of this stuff happened, it was hard for me just knowing how hard he had worked and how much he had looked forward to playing with his teammates and to getting out and to do his thing for Central Michigan.”

Had he not been suspended, he would have led the offense.

Instead, with the Chippewas low on numbers thanks to gray shirting freshmen and opt-outs, Moore spent practices as the scout team safety.

When practice was over, Moore would find quarterback Daniel Richardson and the two would go over the game plan.

“We’d talk about everything,” Moore said. “I’d give him as much advice as I can. During our home games, I was in the booth, in the press box. I was talking with Daniel on the phone. It gave me another look at football. I gained a lot of knowledge of the game just this past year in more of like a helping coaches role more so than a players role.”

Moore’s passion for leadership dates back to his time at Memphis when he was a backup; former Tigers coach Mike Norvell taught his quarterbacks to lead by service.

“I just really learned how to put (my) head down — to work and to service who was starting and just do your best for the team,” Moore said. “If you love football, and you love your teammates, then that’s what you’re going to do. And I love my teammates, and I love football.”

Retaking the field When Moore was finally able to play competitively again at the Hula Bowl, he cherished every second. Moore began the week of practice as the last quarterback invited and ended it as the starter for Team Aina.

“It was a really good experience,” Moore said. “I hadn’t put my pads on, hadn’t put my helmet on, got a chance to get out there, be a leader compete. All that stuff is the reason you play football. It’s the most fulfilling part.”

Meanwhile, Michael noticed little things about David that he had missed. Michael remembered David being too small to properly grip a football. He pointed out David having extra energy after scoring his two-yard touchdown in the Hula Bowl and ‘a little look’ in his eye while being interviewed on the sideline.

“As a dad, let’s be honest, I don’t know how many more chances I’m gonna see him do that,” Michael said. “I pray, I hope that he’ll have a chance to play at the next level. But nothing’s guaranteed.”

While the suspensions have led to plenty of conversations and uncertainty, Michael says he would do it all over for his son.

“I’ve been blessed with four sons, four kids and I would give my life for all of them,” Michael said. “The fact that we had to go through some serious hoops for David, I would do anything for them.”

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I said goodbye to grandma on my birthday because of COVID Jamie Rewerts Engagement Editor On my 10th birthday, I spent the whole day playing with my new Barbie house — the one my parents swore they weren’t getting me.

I had made the varsity cheer team on my 16th birthday.

I knew Nov. 29, 2020 was going to be different. COVID-19 has taken so much from so many families. The year 2020 had already been filled with disease, debt and death. The continuing impact of COVID-19 meant there wasn’t going to be a big dinner party or night out at the bar with friends. That was OK with me. There will always be next year, I reasoned.

But I will always consider my 22nd birthday to be the most memorable. It was the day I discovered COVID-19 would take my grandmother from me.

It was the day I didn’t tell her goodbye.

Barbara Rewerts was the strongest woman I knew. Her track record shows it. She recov-

ered from a work accident that caused her brain damage at 41. She beat lung cancer at 75.

She spent the majority of her life raising three children.

But COVID-19 shows no mercy.

At first, it was the pandemic that brought us together.

With her no longer able to live alone and me laid-off from my job, we spent the summer quarantined together.

I learned more about her in that time than I’ve known my whole life.

We spent mornings watching game shows.

The afternoon was cooking, and she taught me her secret recipes. We ended the day with even more game shows.

At the end of summer she moved to an assisted living home where she had the opportunity to get daily physical therapy. It was the place where she was supposed to recover.

Instead of seeing her everyday, I now only saw her select days, and through a window. It hurt, but I was OK with it. I saw her get stronger.

Then, it was the pandemic that ripped us apart. She tested positive for COVID-19.

Three days later she was sent to Sparrow Hospital in Lansing. Two days after that her children and grandchildren were forced to tell her goodbye.

It was my 22nd birthday.

I went to the hospital with 12 other family members. At the last minute I decided I couldn’t handle it. Only three family members could be with her at a time — the waiting got to be too much. The devastation settled in and I found myself too broken to face her.

I was the only one who didn’t say goodbye.

I heard more “I’m sorry” that day than I needed to. “I’m sorry this happened on your birthday” or “I’m sorry this is how you’re spending it.”

Oddly enough, my older sister’s 22nd birthday is when we said goodbye to my grandfather.

So, I simply responded with “It happens.”

And it does. It is reported that over two million people have died from this virus.

Life moves fast. It doesn’t slow down for anything, but it feels like the coronavirus has somehow sped it up.

Some may say I’m still in the first stage of grief: denial. I believe she would still be here if she had never gotten it, even with her preexisting conditions. She was getting stronger — I saw it.

Coronavirus killed her and her chance to recover.

Take action. Do what you can to slow this virus down. When you can, stay home and get vaccinated. Let’s do our part to save more Courtesy Photo | Jamie Rewerts children, parents and grandparents. We are all Jamie Rewerts stands with her grandmother. at risk of losing a loved one.

Tackling the COVID college experience as a freshman Leona Falconer Staff Reporter Throughout this school year, I’ve constantly been reminded that I haven’t experienced normal college life.

Even when things begin to feel ordinary, I’m reminded by older students how far from normalcy Central Michigan University still is.

As a freshman experiencing my first year on campus, I’m isolated both academically and socially. My perception of college has become incredibly warped by the state of the world.

My first day of classes left me with hope for the year to come. My HON 100 class was filled with dozens of students in a giant lecture hall, each one socially distanced and masked up.

Perhaps there would be hope for a somewhat-regular year.

Unfortunately, my first day was an outlier.

Quite quickly, my HyFlex classes began transitioning to fully online. My only in-person classes were filled with three to four people.

Before I had even gotten a taste of regular academics, I found myself in fully online

Courtesy Photo | Leona Falconer Leona Falconer and her roommates stand outside of Larzelere Hall on the first day of classes.

classes. I was rooted in my dorm room day-in and day-out. The days became monotonous, leaving my classmates to question the hype surrounding the “college experience.”

Busy work was piled on relentlessly. I found myself yearning for the camaraderie that was able to exist in high school classes.

While online learning was less than ideal,

the missing social aspect is what truly began to take its toll. I completely respect and agree with CMU’s decision to allow HyFlex and online courses, but it quickly became a dreary prospect.

Of course, the tailgates, parties and sports events were great losses, but I found myself truly frustrated with the little things that

COVID had changed. Even as I desperately tried to get involved and meet new people, the transition to online modalities permeated throughout every activity, Registered Student Organization and event.

While previous freshmen worry about attaining the most memorable “college experience,” I’ve found that after five months at CMU, we’ve barely begun to make social connections.

We’ve become elated at the thought of gyms and restaurants being open, hanging out in the dorms or going to an in-person class. Experiences that were once boring activities to most students have become the foreground for our freshman experience.

A particular fear that has struck freshmen this year: Will we ever truly experience normal college?

The future remains uncertain, and many freshmen are nervous for the years ahead.

However, if we focus on the small silver linings and continue working to normalcy, hopefully this year can be an outlier to the greater experience.

In a brand-new environment, freshmen have had to quickly adapt to a whole new way of life.

We should be proud of ourselves for any accomplishments made during this trying year.

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STUDENTS DESERVE MORE THAN

WELLNESS DAYS

After two Wellness Days, many Central Michigan University students have concluded that Wellness Days are anything but “well.”

Classwork is beginning to pile up and deadlines are approaching. In response, students are beginning to long for a week-long break — not a day off.

The idea to replace Spring Break was a good one in theory, but Wellness Days are not providing the recess we are agonizing for.

Truth be told, Wellness Days are anything but a break from classwork. This was the No. 1 concern of students when the concept of Wellness Days was first introduced to replace our traditional Spring Break. We knew Wellness Days would be useless unless the time was spent away from stressors like daily classwork, projects and meetings.

These short breaks are exactly what we warned they might be — a dedicated 24 hours to catch up on work instead of quieting our minds, recharging and relaxing. Students are not being provided an opportunity to focus on their mental and physical health this spring.

With nearly all students in HyFlex classes, Wellness Days are nothing more than another workday.

If administrators wanted to help students they would’ve thought about implementing a plan similar to the shortened, 14-week fall semester.

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

One of the reasons administrators wanted to eliminate Spring Break was to prohibit the spread

EDITORIAL of COVID-19 and help safeguard the community around us. It’s a reasonable, but misguided idea.

Nothing is going to stop some students from creating their own, “unofficial” Spring Break. Just wait and see. Soon, social media will be flooded with posts by students vacationing for a week somewhere warm, especially since in-class, faceto-face attendance is not required.

Until the weather warms up and COVID-19 cases continue to fall, there’s not much for students to do on Wellness Days. There are some scheduled activities – and we appreciate the effort – but it’s too little too late. Yes, there are university events to attend – but most of them are online. Who wants to spend a Wellness Day behind a screen in another meeting?

There are a few good things that Wellness Days do provide. Those that are scheduled for Friday and Monday provide students with a long weekend. That’s something.

However, the next two Wellness Days are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday. What are students to make of a pause mid-week?

There was no way students were getting a week-long break this semester. We had very little say in regard to what was going to be done. At the least, students should have been able to help

schedule Wellness Days for their own benefit. For example, a Wellness Day scheduled the Monday after the Super Bowl would have been appreciated and felt purposeful to students.

Instead, students are about to embark on a stretch of ten weeks without a meaningful break.

The mental health benefits of a week-long break should have been more strongly considered when making a change to the spring schedule.

Instead, students are about to embark on a stretch that will probably be remembered as the worst part of our time at CMU. After 10 weeks without a meaningful break, we might end up feeling physically healthy – and helping prevent a COVID-19 outbreak is certainly important. But, it doesn’t feel like administrators considered what the impact of losing Spring Break will have on our mental health.

Seniors, this is going to be a grind until what will likely be your “virtual commencement.” Just consider losing your last Spring Break as a final insult in what has become a year of lost opportunities and stolen memories.

For juniors, sophomores and freshmen, all we can say is better luck next year.

The university should have trusted students and faculty to help make the right choice for the spring semester. Now, we are stuck with a decision that will have little impact on the people who made the choice to implement Wellness Days.

Hopefully, CMU chooses to do better by its students next time.

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