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CMU in court battle with former professor over sabbatical pay Ross, Shapiro, dean named in suit filed in federal court By Aaron McMann Editor-in-Chief
A former geology professor at Central Michigan University and her husband, a former student and
leader in slapping University President George Ross and Provost Gary Shapiro with a vote of “no confidence” last spring, are embroiled in a court battle with university administrators over money both sides say is owed to them. Kathleen Benison, a former professor of geology, and her husband, Christopher Benison, a former student at CMU, filed a lawsuit against Ross, Shapiro and Ian Davison, dean of the College of Science and Technology, in U.S. District Court in Bay
City on Nov. 28, seeking more than $75,000 in costs and lost pay. In the complaint, obtained Wednesday by Central Michigan Life, Kathleen alleges Davison wrongfully denied her a promotional salary supplemental pay increase of $7,250, and Ross and Shapiro shot down several appeals made during her spring 2012 sabbatical because of her relationship to Christopher, a student and active member of the Academic Senate. Amid heated contract negotia-
tions between CMU and its Faculty Association in fall 2011, Christopher Benison launched the registered student organization Students for Faculty and was one of two academic senators to initiate a “no confidence” vote against Ross and Shapiro that was endorsed by several departments on campus. In the complaint, the Benisons allege Ross, Shapiro and Davison, who publicly supported the president and provost, “retaliated ... because of his decision to seek and promote a vote
Provost search draws about 30 candidates
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Central Michigan University’s search for the next provost is in the final recruitment stages. Parker Executive Search, an Atlanta-based search firm hired by CMU in January for $70,000, announced in a news release Thursday advertisements have been placed and applications are being accepted for the person to replace Provost Gary Shapiro when he resigns at the end of the semester. The search firm has contacted professionals from public and private institutions, along with leaders of academic associations to determine recommendations for the position. Laurie Wilder, executive vice president and managing director of Parker Executive Gary Shapiro Search, said in the release almost 30 candidates have applied. The search committee will schedule interviews with candidates in early March, with the interviews to be held later that month. On-campus interviews will take place within the first two weeks of April, and the university hopes to make an offer on the position by the end of April. Shapiro announced in September he was resigning at the end of the 2012-13 academic school year, taking a year off and then returning to CMU to teach in 2014. Shapiro has held the position for three years and has been an employee at CMU since 1978. The provost is the secondhighest ranked administrator at the university and is responsible for the university’s academic division. Wilder said the search committee will still accept nomination letters and recommendations from the campus community.
of ‘no confidence’.” Kathleen received a pay supplement in fall 2008 after being promoted from associate professor to professor, said attorney Brad Glazier of Bos & Glazier, P.L.C., a Lansing-based law firm representing the Benisons. Glazier said Benison is not aware of anyone in the geology department who has been turned down for a pay supplement in the past.
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The Subway armed robbery suspect, Vincent Miguel Belmarez listens as he is charged with four counts involving armed robbery, felonious assault and firearms charges before Judge Paul Chamberlain via video arraignment at the Isabella County Courthouse, 200 N. Main St.
Subway armed robbery suspect arraigned on four charges Police not saying if Vincent Miguel Belmarez was involved in other robberies By Tony Wittkowski | Senior Reporter
The suspect arrested Wednesday in connection to the armed robbery at the 203 N. Mission St. Subway restaurant Sunday was arraigned Thursday before Judge Paul Chamberlain and had his bond set at $950,000. Vincent Miguel Belmarez, 28, was charged with four counts involving armed robbery, felonious assault and firearms charges before Chamberlain at the Isabella County Courthouse, 200 N. Main St., via video arraignment. “If you violate a condition on release, they will be revoked with new additions applied if you are found in contempt of this court,” Chamberlain said. Some of the bond conditions of his release included no contact with the female Subway employee he allegedly assaulted or the business by telephone or through a third party. Belmarez has also been prohibited from purchasing a firearm. The four counts were set at
$500,000, $200,000, $150,000 and $100,000, in that respective order, with a combination of 16 years in prison at minimum if convicted. The counts ranged from carrying a fire arm at the time to commit a felony, assault with a dangerous weapon and owning a firearm while ineligible after a previous conviction. Chamberlain said Belmarez was previously convicted for possession of marijuana, which made him ineligible to own a firearm at all. Isabella County Prosecutor Risa Scully was present for the arraignment as Belmarez asked for counsel provided by the court. Belmarez said he could
not afford his own attorney because he was laid off and had no source of income. Chamberlain set the preliminary examination for 8:15 a.m. Feb. 28. No further information has been released in regards to the motive or how Belmarez was discovered because it is still an ongoing investigation, said Mount Pleasant police Public Information Officer Jeff Thompson. In a news release sent out by Mount Pleasant police, the other three armed robberies that took place in the city limits of Mount Pleasant are still under investigation. The first robbery that occurred at the Next Door Food Store, 2025 E. Remus Road, is under investigation by the Michigan State Police. The release raised the possibility of additional charges to come after Thursday’s arraignment. Belmarez has previously been charged in Isabella County with having an open intoxicant in 2009 and driving with a suspended license in December.
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Less than six weeks before the state’s right-to-work law takes effect, Central Michigan University rejected requests from two campus unions looking to add security clauses to their contracts that would keep members paying dues for several years. Contracts ratified after the law takes effect March 28 will make union dues optional for members. The Faculty Association, comprised of about 650 tenure and tenure-track faculty, requested to engage in bargaining with the goal of adding a security clause. “We were proposing (a clause) lasting up to 10 years, but nothing was set,” FA President Laura Frey said. “We were willing to sit down and discuss what would have been reasonable, but we were not given the opportunity to engage in that.” The FA’s contract, ratified last January after more than five months of negotiations and a oneday strike, will expire in June 2014. Earlier this month, CMU’s chapter of the AFSCME union for maintenance and custodial workers also filed a request for a security clause in their contract, which expires June 30, 2014, said Kevin Smart, director of employee relations. The proposed agreement would keep members paying dues until June 30, 2022, Smart said. In a statement to faculty and staff Wednesday, the university said it will reject all such requests by unions on campus in order to “comply with the intent of the law.” “CMU has reviewed the requests and concluded the outcomes of the proposals, while not illegal, would prevent employees from exercising their rights under Michigan’s new right-to-work legislation,” Provost Gary Shapiro said Wednesday in an email issued to staff obtained by Central Michigan Life. The Graduate Student Union began bargaining Feb. 15 on a new contract that will go into effect July 1 and is subject to the right-to-work laws. A CONTRACT | 2
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President Ross: ‘We’re still a very safe campus ... I stand by that’ By John Irwin Managing Editor
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President George Ross answers questions during the president’s report at the Academic Senate meeting on Jan. 15 in Pearce Hall.
University President George Ross said he is confident the campus remains safe, despite the recent string of armed robberies and other crimes in recent months. “We live in a society that does not make this campus immune,” Ross said during a meeting with Central Michigan Life. “But if you look at the overall crime statistics for this campus, we’re still a very safe campus. I stand by that.” Ross said the string of five armed robberies earlier in the week in Mount Pleasant and Union Township, in addition to the January abduction and sexual assault of a Grand Rapids senior, make him concerned for students’ safety. “(The robberies) didn’t hap-
pen on campus,” he said. “(They) happened near campus, though. I’m concerned, but probably no more concerned than the mayor of Mount Pleasant, or the police in Mount Pleasant and probably no more concerned than (Isabella County) Sheriff (Leo) Mioduszewski.” Ross said he will continue to have police and university officials review policies in the case of emergency or threats to campus safety. “We’re under constant review,” he said. “There are discussions about our police patrols on campus, about the lighting grid, about blue lights, about our Safe Rides escort program, about Central Alert.” As previously reported by CM Life, the Safe Rides program saw its ridership numbers double in the wake of the abduction incident.
“(Safe Rides) provides another opportunity for our campus community to be safe and is designed for individuals to not have to walk across campus in any danger,” CMU Police Chief Bill Yeagley said last month. Ross reiterated that campus safety remains his top priority as president. “If one thing keeps me up at night, it’s potential harm to students and faculty on this campus,” he said. “But, we live in the real world.” As reported by CM Life, Vincent Miguel Belmarez, 28, was arraigned Thursday on charges stemming from the Sunday robbery of the Subway restaurant located at 203 N. Mission St. Police are still investigating the other four robberies. A ROSS | 2
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EVENTS CALENDAR TODAY w Alpha Kappa Psi’s Career
Day, an opportunity for students to network with professionals and discuss internship and employment opportunities, will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Finch Fieldhouse.
SATURDAY w Bowl for Kids’ Sake, a
bowling fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Great Lakes Bay Region, will take place at Chippewa Lanes Bowling Alley, 1200 S. Mission St., from 9:30 to 11:30 p.m. w “Late Late Show” host
Craig Ferguson will perform at Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort, 6800 Soaring Eagle Blvd., at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $40. More information can be found at soaringeaglecasino.com.
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play will be shown in Plachta Auditorium as a part of Black History Month. Tickets are $4 for students and $8 for the public.
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LAWSUIT | CONTINUED FROM 1 The lawsuit comes about four months after the CMU Board of Trustees, on behalf of the university, first filed suit against Kathleen Benison, alleging a breach of contract on her sabbatical leave. In a complaint filed July 23 in Isabella County Trial Court, obtained Thursday by CM Life, the university is demanding Kathleen Benison refund $62,958.25 after resigning from her job at the university in June to take a job as associate professor of geology at West Virginia University. Benison, who went on sabbatical from Jan. 9 to May 22, was compensated $41,594.49 in salary payments, $17,067.76 in health insurance benefits and a $4,296 tuition waiver for Christopher to attend CMU. CMU is being represented by attorney Michael E. Cavanaugh of Lansing-based Fraser Trebilcock Davis & Dunlap, P.C. A letter to Kathleen Benison from Shapiro on Dec. 7, 2010, shortly after her sabbatical was approved, included three requirements to receive full salary during her time off, including that she return to CMU for at least one academic year.
CONTRACT | CONTINUED FROM 1 Outside of formal bargaining, the GSU asked to discuss the idea of a security clause agreement, union president Michelle Campbell said Wednesday night. “The Graduate Student Union is disappointed and disheartened that the leadership of Central Michigan University decided to take this stance regarding collective bargaining,” Campbell said via email. “Unlike Central Michigan University, many other institutions around the state are coming to the table to discuss similar reasonable proposals.” Districts across the state, including Wayne State University, are racing to get their contracts in place before the new law takes effect, The Detroit News reported earlier this week. WSU’s faculty union, which represents nearly 2,000 faculty members and staff, has been bargaining since last
ROSS | CONTINUED FROM 1 In addition to the five robberies and the abduction, the area has seen a jump in notable crimes and other incidents during this academic year. On Feb. 6, an armed robbery was reported on the corner of Main and May streets, just north of campus. On Feb. 1, a 20-year-old man was stabbed after he entered an apartment without permission, marking
the fourth stabbing since September. Most notably, 20-year-old Mount Pleasant resident Tyrone D. Stanley died from a stab wound Nov. 24 in an apartment on Main Street. Additionally, 55-yearold John Douglas White is alleged to have murdered Rebekah Jane Gay, 24, in her Broomfield Township home. That’s on top of an incident involving former CMU student Kayla Ash-
ROBBERIES| CONTINUED FROM 1 The Subway restaurant robbery occurred around 10:56 p.m. Sunday near the intersection of Mission and Mosher streets.
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She electronically signed an agreement on Jan. 13, 2011 that stated: “I agree to return to the university in my regular assignment for one full contractual period following the termination of my leave or to refund the compensation paid to me by CMU for the period of my leave.” “(Her) promise was clear, definite and unequivocal,” CMU says in the complaint. She issued her letter of resignation on June 6, citing the wrongful denial of the salary supplement and “failure of (Ross, Shapiro and Davison) to meet CMU deadlines for consideration of her appeal and the increasingly hostile environment created.” “Her working conditions were so intolerable, she had to resign,” Glazier said Thursday. Asked why Glazier waited nearly three months to alert the media, he said the university has declined an offer to enter into mediation and begun telling its professors not to talk to him. “I want to get my client’s side of the story out in public,” he said. Both suits remain in initial discovery mode. Manuel Rupe, CMU’s general counsel, declined comment Thursday.
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summer. It could reach an agreement this week, union leadership told The News. The faculty had been seeking a 10-year contract, but the issue was later resolved. Eastern Michigan University settled contracts with adjuncts and lecturers unions this week, a university spokesman said. Neither included security clauses. The lecturers union at Michigan State University is currently bargaining on its contract, which expires April 20, a spokesman said. The Union of Teaching Faculty, which represents about 340 adjunct-faculty members at CMU, did not request a security clause, union president Jim Eikrem said in an email. CMU is preparing to begin bargaining with unions for public broadcasting employees, office professionals and the supervisory/technical association, Smart said. All three union contracts expire June 30.
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missing man found, held on assault warrant By Shelby Miller Senior Reporter
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Québec hip hop artist Webster performs on stage Thursday night at Park Library Auditorium. Webster is a french rap artist and has recorded two albums with Abuzive Muzik Recording Company. Webster is part of a larger rap and hip hop culture in Québec’s burgeoning music industry.
Webster live Quebec rapper talks race, hip-hop at Park Library By Ryan Fitzmaurice | Staff Reporter
“If you don’t understand French, that’s not a problem. Just feel it,” Webster said. Already, it was difficult not to. The Quebec hip-hop artist known as Webster, born Ali Ndiaye, graced the Charles V. Park Library Auditorium Thursday night, entertaining a crowd of about 40, where he rapped about everything from politics to history to childhood nicknames.
The rapper was brought in by the foreign languages, literatures and cultures department and was sponsored by the College of Humanities, Social and Behavioral Sciences. Before performing, Webster spent the day teaching hip-hop workshops to French students at Central Michigan University. Webster is part of a larger hiphop culture in Quebec’s growing music industry, but he said that starting a hip-hop movement in Quebec was not easy. “I was talking about being a hiphop warrior; hip-hop doesn’t come with all the benefits you think,” Webster said. “A lot of you probably think it comes with fame, money, ladies; that’s not true.” Webster, who has been rapping since 1995 and has released two studio albums with another due in September, said getting to where he was today wasn’t easy. In the begin-
ning, he had hard times finding studios, media attention and even venues in which to perform. He said that it was not only the hip-hop culture that faced discrimination in the Quebec area, but there were also racial tensions as well. “They were always saying ‘What are you doing so far from your neighborhood, you should stay in your cage.’” Webster said. “I’m fighting against this. The media isn’t. You have Fox News over here; we have the same thing over there.” Webster spent a large portion of the performance interacting with the crowd, telling stories behind his music and even climbing into the crowd on multiple occasions. He ended the performance in the crowd’s fifth row seating. The performer said, along with rap, history was his other main passion. He was surprised to find when
he began studying Canadian history later in his life that there was a hidden black history that wasn’t talked about. The song he wrote about it is called “Quebec History X.” “I always thought, when I was a child, that black people came in the 70s. But, black people have been in Canada since its beginning. I studied history in college, and they never taught me that,” Webster said. “You talk about slavery; it’s not like in the U.S., where it’s an open wound gushing blood. In Canada, they don’t know about that.” Gregory Taylor, a Troy senior who Webster met at the workshops, was invited on stage to freestyle during one of Webster’s songs. His freestyle about the pressures of schoolwork struck a chord with Webster. A WEBSTER | 5
Juan Romero III, the missing Shepherd man with mental disorders, was found at his mother’s home in Chippewa Township Thursday morning. Following up on a tip, Isabella County Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski said police were able to find Romero just before 6 a.m. Police said Romero told them he had been at his mother’s home for a couple days, contrary to what she told police Tuesday. “I don’t think she was honest with us Tuesday morning,” Mioduszewski said. “According to (Romero), he had been there a couple days.” Romero’s mother told police Tuesday she had not talked to her son and gave them a letter she said Romero wrote to her, dated Feb. 15 at 5:22 p.m., hours before he was reported missing. Although Mioduszewski said police were skeptical following Tuesday’s interview with Romero’s mother, there was not enough evidence to administer a search warrant at that time. Romero is currently being held at the Isabella County Jail on an arrest warrant from Shepherd police for the assault that occurred Feb. 15, the day he was reported missing. As Central Michigan Life previously reported, police said Romero walked away from his group home at 9080 E. Pleasant Valley Road at around 11 p.m. Feb. 15 following an assault at the group home. The sheriff ’s department coordinated searches with the Michigan State Police helicopter, Civil Air Patrol, Isabella County Community Emergency Response Team, Midland Search and Rescue Team and Mid-Michigan Working Dog K-9 Units to find Romero. Romero is 5 feet 11 inches tall, weighs 280 pounds and has long black hair that is usually worn in a ponytail. Mioduszewski said Romero has a tattoo of “Big Brother” on the left side of his neck and another tattoo with “Juan” and the number “3” on his right forearm. Numerous leads were followed up on for days, but police were unable to locate him until Thursday. metro@cm-life.com
morning Sun parent company to lay off 840 media employees in michigan By Kyle Kaminski Senior Reporter
It is unclear how the The Morning Sun will be affected by its parent company’s decision to lay off more than 840 employees in Michigan. Journal Register Co. filed for bankruptcy in September and plans to sell its assets by April 17, laying off more than 840 employees in the process. The hope is that the new owner, 21st CMH Acquisition Co., an affiliate fund managed by Alden Global Capital LLC, will rehire the staff and continue to operate the business.
A news release from JRC reports layoffs will affect 295 employees in operations, 156 in advertising, 131 in editorial, 125 in circulation and 137 in other positions. Morning Sun Executive Editor Rick Mills declined comment Thursday on the number of jobs at risk specifically in Mount Pleasant. Alden will have ultimate jurisdiction on the future of the newspaper. “Journal Register Company’s leadership team cannot speak on behalf of the new owner, but has continually expressed to the purchaser that a competent and competitive workforce is critical to the
company’s success moving forward,” Jonathan Cooper, vice president for media relations at Digital First Media, said. The company owns four daily newspapers in Michigan: The Oakland Press, The Macomb Daily, Daily Tribune of Royal Oak and The Morning Sun, as well as weekly publications across the state under the names Advisor and Source Newspapers, Morning Star Publishing Co., Voice Newspapers and Heritage Newspapers. JRC entered into an asset purchase agreement stemming from its bankruptcy. According to a Digital
First Media press release, the Chapter 11 filing came with a debt of $162 million. The agreement states the JRC is to sell substantially all of its assets and business operations. Upon closure of the sale, the company will consequentially discontinue operations and terminate all of its employees. “From 2009-11, print advertising declined 19 percent, and print is more than half of Journal Register Company’s total revenue,” John Paton, CEO of Digital First Media said in a news release. “The Journal Register Company has made solid
progress in its digital transformation in the last two years...But that transformation is threatened by a decline in print advertising revenue – the company’s largest revenue source – and legacy costs incurred when Journal Register Company’s total revenues were nearly twice the size it is today. Since 2009, the company’s pension liabilities grew 52 percent.” Alden bid more than $122 million for the company, according to a Chicago Tribune article. university@cm-life.com
Graphic design students get real world experience with local companies, on-campus rSOs in class By Neil Rosan Staff Reporter
Students are gaining hands-on experience with clients as part of a design class on campus. ART335: Design Bureau, taught by assistant professor of art and design Jonathon Russell, brings in clients from the community and university and allows students to design work for them. “The premise of the class is to give students the chance to work with real clients while still in school,” Russell said. “As the professor, I try to find clients to work for. At the beginning of the year, the clients come in and give presentations of what they are looking for and what they are interested in.” At the start of the year, students were broken into groups of three and were given two clients competing in the College of Business Administration’s New Venture Competition. From there, students work on set-
ting up meetings and work on logos and presentations for their clients. “A big part of this class is for students to learn how to do group work,” Russell said. “Many times in the professional world, most of the work they will be doing will be in groups. It’s important that the students learn that now so they are ready.” Grandville senior Andrew Russo said the real clients make this class very different from other design classes. “Instead of creating designs and getting graded, we are actually meeting with clients,” he said. “We set up all the meetings and do all the work ourselves. The only thing that makes it like a class is that we are graded on the quality of our work, but, besides that, it’s like a real work experience.” Once the students are assigned their New Venture clients, they are also put into groups of six that work with either the art department, Moore Hall TV, News Central 34 or the non-profit
group Starry Night. The groups work in a variety of mediums when designing for their clients. Students working with the art department use traditional print media, as well as designs for a phone application. The groups working with Moore Hall TV and News Central 34 are working with moving graphics, as well as standardizing the graphics to give both groups a more professional look. Students working with Starry Night work with business cards, letter heads and logos for other print media. “I am in the group working with News Central and MHTV,” Russo said. “It’s pretty exhilarating to think that I’m actually doing work that will be used professionally by a company in the community. I think it will look really good for my portfolio, and, if I am applying for a job in the area, I can show them the design my group made and how it was used in the community.”
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Ferndale senior Cecelia Bethuy and Grandville senior Andrew Russo work together on designing a logo for the non-profit organization Solar Cycle Light in ART 335: Design Bureau Wednesday afternoon in Wightman Hall.
The hands-on experience is very valuable and an advantage over other design students, Russell said. “(My students) definitely have an advantage, because they have built working relationships and learned how to be professional about their
work,” he said. “A lot of work like this is about compromising with the client, and students learn how to balance their work while maintaining a good relationship with their client.” university@cm-life.com
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EDITORIAL BOARD | Aaron McMann, Editor-in-Chief | John Irwin, Managing Editor | Kristopher Lodes, Sports Editor | Hailee Sattavara, Metro Editor | Catey Traylor, University Editor
EDITORIAL | CMU has no choice but to abide by right-to-work laws
John Irwin Managing Editor
Make love, not WAR
Following an approximately fivehour offseason, the Detroit Tigers start playing baseball again today in spring training action against the Atlanta Braves. I could use this spring training kickoff column to talk about my insanely high expectations or about how those insanely high expectations will inevitably fail to be met. Instead, though, I’m going to fight the power and speak out against WAR. No, not actual war. (You didn’t actually think I was going to talk about something substantive on our Voices page, did you?) I’m talking about wins above replacement, the stat ESPN has dubbed the future of baseball statistics. Here’s WAR in a nutshell: By calculating a player’s UZR, BABIP, pythagorean record and other statistics through a linear rates system (no, I don’t know what any of that means), we get a number. The number is supposedly how many wins that player gives a team over his backup. Opponents of WAR, such as myself, like to point out that tangible statistics — think hits, batting average, home runs — should be given precedence when deciding the value of a player. Because, you know, they’re measures of actual happenings on the baseball field and not the result of an obscure calculation very few understand. It’s still infuriating that some gave rookie superstar Mike Trout consideration for MVP over the Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera, the first winner of the coveted Triple Crown since 1967, because of WAR. Most of those people were talking heads on ESPN, who spent the day Cabrera won MVP citing Trout’s high WAR as enough reason for him to win it. To them, the antiWAR crowd was too feeble-minded to understand the godsend that WAR is not only to baseball, but to all of humanity, as Sam Miller writes in a recent piece for ESPN the Magazine. “We live in a world of disagreement on epochal issues that we can’t resolve even when the science is unambiguous: evolution, vaccines and climate change among them,” he writes. “These issues are daunting. Relying on science that’s hard to understand can be scary. So, the tendency is to cling to the comforts of ideology and tradition — even when those ideologies are wrong, even when the traditions are outdated.” At that point, it dawned on me. WAR is laughable to me because I don’t live in a world where baseball deserves the same amount of careful, dedicated analysis as the study of complex sciences that could alter the future of the humanity. Instead, I live in a world where baseball is a game in which grown men swing wooden sticks at flying spheres and occasionally run on a giant dirt diamond. I’d like to treat it that way.
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Swallow the pill ight-to-work laws prohibit agreements between labor unions and employees
regarding the mandatory payment dues associated with being in the union or a set length of membership. Currently, 24 states have rightto-work laws, and Michigan will become the 25th on March 28, when right-to-work takes effect. While many opposed when Gov. Rick Snyder’s right-to-work laws swept the Capitol, this Editorial Board ultimately agrees with what the law is striving for. Compromise is about give and take, but that is not possible when one side does not practice checks and balances. For years, unions have been able to secure larger contracts and bigger pensions for their workers—something they should be proud of. If you can get, take it. But after The Great Recession and weak economic recovery the
last few years, things needed to change. You can only get so far with yearly pay raises, secure contracts and perks a declining number of workers receive. Many of us here in Michigan love unions. We all grew up with someone in our family who was a member of a union. But creating change involves sacrifice. This state is going to be somewhere residents leave in droves if significant changes aren’t made — changes that hurt both sides. Central Michigan University released a statement Wednesday saying it would not bargain with unions until the law takes effect in Michigan. Two unions on campus have requested to add
clauses to their contracts that would require members to pay dues for several years. Once the law goes into effect, dues will become optional. Although this is an inconvenience and disappointment for unions, they shouldn’t be upset with the university for following the law. Agree or disagree, the law is the law. Those who disagree with right-to-work laws need to realize that there are no perimeters for collective bargaining within the state now. If you don’t like it, work to elect new lawmakers in Lansing in the 2014 election that share your worldview. That’s the beauty of democracy. While unions can provide helpful leverage for those who are members, at points, they can prove to have too much. It is more effective to strike a balance between power on both sides and making what can be difficult compromises, and that’s what the law allows CMU to do.
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[ YOUR VOICE ] Reader reactions to the Feb. 21 story “CMU rejects Faculty Association’s request to extend contract before right-to-work law takes effect”
the buck,” to use a term a former CMU president got in hot water for using. I don’t know what Gross does for anyone. -dweiss3
George Ross thinks the state will give him some kind of political payback for doing this. He’s sadly mistaken. Al Psholka isn’t exactly keen on increasing funds for higher ed, after all, he’s an uneducated rube. -Toka313
Reader reactions to the Feb. 18 story “Armed robbery reported at check cashing store near Mission and Broadway streets, marks fifth holdup in three days”
Nice to see the greedy unions exposing themselves. -Peter Panner Reader reactions to the Feb. 19 story “Porn star Nina Hartley and pastor Craig Gross debate impact of porn on women, society at Plachta Auditorium” Gross is just getting himself off by following the porn industry in this manner and making money to boot. Often he regaled the crowd with his knowledge of titles and particular scenes. He even shared a story of a performer telling him how she got ready for certain scenes. He seemed very fond of the recovering Ron Jeremy, his regular debate foe. Porn has and will survive with or without the Craig Grosses of the world. Craig Gross would not survive without porn. At least the profession of Hartley provides some “bang for
I am so nervous because my son lives on Franklin Just North of Campus. When I was up visiting him a couple of weekends ago, the Detroit Tiger Party store on Main street got robbed, which is only two blocks away from him. I am one nervous Mom. -Cindy Cope Derington I just want to say thank you for all the police agencies of Mount Pleasant out there doing the best they can to protect Mount Pleasant. These officers are trained for this job and, again, are doing the best they can. Ignore all these people who are bad-mouthing police. And to all those people bad-mouthing the police agencies of Mount Pleasant: If you think you can do a better job, why don’t you come on down and try ; ) God bless all and god bless the officers out there protecting the city of Mount Pleasant. -Megan Martinez
Come on down and try? My services are no longer warranted by the moral pillars of the local community since they know more about law enforcement than everyone else. Theft is theft. Assault is assault. Rape is rape and Murder is murder. When you commit a crime, vetting the alleged suspect based on who they are, what connections they have to the moral pillars and will this become a public relations nightmare isn’t policework. And I feel sorry for those officers on the line who can’t speak openly about this kind of nonsense going on. They do their jobs and the names that come up, the case suddenly goes cold. This investigation is no exception. Let’s face the facts. This suspect has connections to the tribe and has been given a “hands-off ” reprimand. It’s the game local law enforcement has to play in order to get their “toys” thanks to the 2% distribution payments from the tribe. Remember the county Dragnet a couple of years ago in front of Walmart? How about the Delta Chi brawl where a dozen football players were ID’ed but none of them were charged with home invasion (a felony)? Same thing here. -Charles W. Murphy
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Thank your friends Friends: They’re one of the fundamentals of preschool. They’re those people you share your cookies with and ask to play house with. They tell off the people who upset you and hug you when you’re sad. It’s like being a friend is something instilled in us since birth, because, as humans, we look for those other people who understand what we are thinking and how we are feeling. And, when we do find them, they’re not something you let get away. Some people make their first friends in elementary school, and some people are lucky to still call those their best friends. But many don’t thank their friends nearly as much as they should. Sure, you thank them for picking up the coffee tab or driving this time to the gym, but do you ever just call them up and tell them how awesome they are? If not, then you should. They might be caught off guard and feel a little “what did I do to deserve this?” But they did everything to deserve that. They’re the ones hugging you and calling the jerk who hurt you every name in the book and making sure you eat enough chocolate until that’s all you can think about. They drop everything and rescue you when your car breaks down. Or, in my case, rescue you when you wear a grandpa sweater to a kegger where girls are half naked. (Thanks, Michele.) Friends also snap you right back into reality when you say something ridiculous. But, they also say the most ridiculous things with you. They sense when you’re not doing well and call you to tell you that everything will be fine. I have one friend who I am pretty sure has a sixth sense that I am upset. I don’t even show it in sad Tumblr quotes or “I hate my life” tweets. Really. He just knows. A lot of romantic relationships are based on performance — how the person measures up to your standards and your “list” … we’ve all got one. But, with pure friendship, you’re not constantly comparing yourself to someone else or making sure you’re good enough. Friends help make you a better person and take you for who you are, not who you can be. If it’s been a while since you’ve thanked your friends for just being your friend, do it. Trust me, they might think you’re a little nuts, but they will also love you that much more. And, if you’re lucky, maybe they’ll even share their cookies with you and ask you to play house.
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OIT renews security certificate for faculty, staff email system By Brianna Owczarzak Staff Reporter
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Dewitt junior Lindsay Chestnut and Grayling senior Damnon Hunter act as troll hunters trying to kill the troll played by Weidman junior Jenny Wright Wednesday night during the Trap Door Improv show at The Platform Theater in Moore Hall.
Trap Door Improv group attracting more women By Katelyn Sweet Staff Reporter
Women packed the comedic punches at Trap Door Improv Wednesday night. Senior Jacqueline Voice has been involved with the Trap Door Improv group since it was called Saturday Night Improv, but more than just the name has changed since then. Three and half years ago, the group had only two women participating. This year, the number has doubled to mark the most female involvement there has ever been. “For some reason, people just don’t think girls are as funny as guys,” the Traverse City native said. “I think that people feel like raunchy jokes are more appropriate when they are coming from men, and I like that we are changing that.” On Wednesday night, the Central Michigan University Theatre presented the
“Personally, I think the girls are funnier.” Zachary Pedica, Warren junior Trap Door Improv group, who hosted their first show of the semester at the Platform Theater in Moore Hall. This will be Voice’s last season of performing since she is graduating, and she said she will miss working with the Trap Door Improv group. “We are a family; we will bend over backward to help each other,” Voice said. “When there are evening shows on the weekend, we all hangout and have a big family dinner before. I’ll really miss the troupe.” Voice said she hasn’t always been this comfortable with the Trap Door Improv group, though. When she first went to audition, she was so nervous she almost chickened out, and her
friend literally had to pull her into the room. “I am so glad she did that,” Voice said. “This group is hilarious and brilliant.” Junior Zachary Pedica said the reason he joined the Trap Door Improv was because Voice convinced him to. “We had done a show together previously and started to become friends after that. One day, she said, ‘You know, you’re kind of funny,’ and after that, I auditioned,” the Warren native said. Pedica said he agrees there is a stereotype that women are less funny because it is perceived to be more acceptable for men to say crude jokes. “Personally, I think the
girls are funnier,” Pedica said. Pedica said Voice brings the best jokes to the innuendo game they play, and he will miss her energy that she brings to the group when she graduates. Voice said she is embracing her last season and is looking forward to the new audience participation game inspired from the show “Whose Line is it Anyway?” called “Scenes from a Hat.” “I can guarantee that everything we do is 100-percent made up on the spot,” Voice said. Pedica said he loves that he never knows what to expect from the group, and one of the main strengths of the members this season is comfort with each other. “What happens in our shows is unexpected, and the only thing we can promise the audience is that they will laugh,” Pedica said. studentlife@cm-life.com
The security certificate for Central Michigan University’s faculty and staff email system has been renewed by the Office of Information Technology. A security certificate is a security registration for a website or system that confirms the party is who it says it is. “It applies to secured connections. This is registered with a trusted, third-party security firm so that most browsers and devices know to automatically trust the secured connection,” OIT communications manager Kole Taylor said via email. The old security certificate for the faculty and staff email system was set to expire soon, Kole said. “Certificates have a finite lifespan, so they need to be renewed every so often,” Kole said. With the new security cer-
tificate in place, most people shouldn’t experience any difficulties, although some browsers might prompt the user to accept the new certificate. “To my knowledge, this has not been the case, or in the few cases where it might have happened, it has been simple enough to accept the new certificate that people have not encountered enough trouble to report it,” Kole said. Since certificates expire, it is required to renew them occasionally. “If we don’t, people will begin receiving ‘Are you sure you trust this site?’ prompts from their browsers, or even worse, certain security settings or devices will block access entirely,” Kole said. If any problems are encountered, users are asked to contact the OIT desk for help at (989) 774-3662 or via email at helpdesk@cmich.edu. university@cm-life.com
WEBSTER | continued from 3 “I’ve been tired for almost 12 years now of all those rappers rapping about money and that,” Webster said. “You have money, girls, jewels, so what? I don’t. But exams, pressure, that’s real stuff; you can relate to that.” Taylor said Webster’s performance struck a similar chord with him. “He was amazing. I enjoyed how he broke down every song,” Taylor said. “He said a lot of stuff I already agreed with.” Audrey Valentine, a Hastings senior, said she thought Webster brought a special energy to the stage. “(He) is a dynamic and vibrant performer,” Valentine said. “When he climbed into the crowd, I was like, ‘That’s awesome.’”
Amy Ransom, an assistant professor of foreign languages, has a forthcoming article in the American Review of Canadian Studies analyzing Webster’s song “Quebec History X.” Ransom said Webster’s workshops gave the participating students a great experience earlier in the day. “What amazed me was the workshops today. He gave the students a literary expert view on hip-hop,” Ransom said. “... In the concert, he referred to hip-hop as a literary movement, and it is that, a literary movement.” studentlife@cm-life.com
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roller Derby team play benefits local charities, next bout Saturday By Shelby Miller Senior Reporter
The Central Michigan Roller Derby team has more than the speed, strategy and athleticism the sport requires. It also has a large heart. The non-profit organization donates a portion of the $8 presale and $10 door tickets it earns at each bout to a different charity. Following Saturday’s bout are one March 23, May 18 and June 1. The schedule is online at centralmirollerderby.com. League President Kristen Saxton, who goes by the roller derby name Krush, said the team enjoys playing a role in the community. “For each of our bouts, we choose a charity and donate a portion of the proceeds,” Saxton said. “We love to give back to the community.” Through athletic events, the ladies have donated to numerous organizations, including S.A.N.E., a service of Woman’s Aid, and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
The group, which formed from a Facebook post, has already drawn in quite a crowd since its formation in October 2010. Sara Potter, who goes by Doctor Potter on the rink, said the team works hard to get the word out by putting up flyers and posters to advertise bouts and events. “We go out and talk to people to make them aware that the awesome sport of roller derby is right here in central Michigan,” she said. “Derby is a fun, fast-paced sport that is exciting to play and exciting to watch.” The team currently has 14 skaters on its roster, two referees and several new skaters who joined during “Fresh Meat February,” a month-long recruitment drive when the league waives the usual $5 trial fee. “It’s an incentive for (skaters) to come learn the ropes of derby at no out-ofpocket cost,” Potter said. Potter said the prospect of trying a new sport drew her to the team, and after playing for two years, she said it’s the challenge and
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Darwin’s Wrath of Team Zombie high fives opposing players as she is announced during the Zombies vs. Vampires roller derby match Oct. 13. at Spinning Wheels Arena, 1241 N. Mission Rd.
relationships she formed that keep her coming back. “I realized that it is the combination of two things that keep me enthralled with the sport-athletic challenge and working together
with amazing teammates,” she said. “It is an experience like no other.” Saxton echoed Potter’s affection for the sport. “It’s so fantastic because it is mostly just women and
if you’re a guy and you want to get into we can always use refs,” Saxton said. “It’s something you fall in love with.” Anyone interested in more information can stop by
Spinning Wheels Area, 1241 N. Mission Road, Mondays 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. and Thursdays 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. metro@cm-life.com
PATH series offers students tips on safety, preventing physical, sexual assault By Charnae Sanders Senior Reporter
How to prevent and take action against physical sexual assault and stay safe were the main focuses of the Prevention, Awareness, Treatment and Healthy Habits series Wednesday night in the Bovee University Center. Presenters Dr. Natalie DeNooyer Kroll and Dr. Sandeep Rao, who receive patients for obstetric and gynecology needs in Midland and Mount Pleasant, said one of the first things students can do to prevent assaults is to shed light on the issue. “I think the biggest key
to trying to help prevent (physical and sexual assualt) is making it something that’s (knowing) and known that it’s not acceptable,” Kroll said. “And that speaking out, though it may be not popular, it’s the right thing to do, and it may make a difference for that one person.” Kroll said students should be active participants and should get involved. She also advised students to recognize the contributing factors of sexual assaults. “Certainly alcohol; it’s the biggest (contributor),” she said. “The other con-
tributing factors being in situations where you don’t know people, you’re not with friends, you don’t have a cell phone; you don’t have any connections to people that might be able to help out.” Rao said another thing students should understand is that they have the power to say “no.” “The importance of saying ‘no’ does not necessarily mean saying the word ‘no,’” Rao said. “It’s more so of having that empowerment of knowing who they are and knowing what kind of situation they’re in and where they want to be. If
CMU group to review pepper spray policy By Ryan Fitzmaurice Staff Reporter
Central Michigan University will be forming a committee to review CMU’s pepper spray policy and will make a recommendation to the policy by the middle of next week. The committee consists of the Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs Tony Voisin, the Vice President of Finance and Administrative Services David Burdette, CMU Police Chief Bill Yeagely, Associate Vice President of Residences and Auxiliary Services John Fisher and Sexual Aggression Peer Advocates Director Steve Thompson. The committee hopes to convene by the end of this week and have a recommendation by the middle of next week. Under current CMU policy, students found in possession of self-defense spray or other devices are subject to suspension and dismissal from CMU. This directly contradicts state law, which allows for the possession of a variety
of self-defense sprays under certain legal parameters. Burdette said the committee is needed to bring Central’s policies in line with CMU practices. “Clearly students and others are carrying pepper spray on campus ... we sell them at our bookstore,” Burdette said. “We have a mixed message.” The committee will also discuss how to best approach the reality of students carrying pepper spray on campus. “One of the concerns I have heard is that carrying this stuff makes you more vulnerable,” Burdette said. “You’re attacked and you’re fumbling along with your purse ... We’re going to have to meet and discuss the best way to approach this. This is why we have invited people from a variety of areas of campus.” Steve Smith, the director of public relations, said the committee is dedicated to finding the best solution for the student body. “We are now trying to reconcile our current policy with what is realistic for our
campus,” Smith said. The issue of pepper spray not being allowed on campus was brought to the spotlight by Student Government Association Senator William Joseph, who brought legislation to the SGA floor that called for the university to amend its weapons policy to allow students to carry pepper spray. The legislation was passed by the SGA house Monday Night, granting it student approval. The CMU Bookstore, which had been selling pepper spray for several years, Smith said, pulled pepper spray from its shelves after learning it was against the weapons policy. They were not aware of it beforehand. “The University has removed the Mace products from the Bookstore pending clarification of the policy wording that mentions ‘dangerous chemicals’ not allowed on campus,” said Barry Waters, the director of the CMU Bookstore. studentlife@cm-life.com
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they’re uncomfortable, it’s easy to give in to pressure … I just want them to know that they don’t have to give in. They themselves have their own voice, their own identity, and if they don’t want to be there they can say ‘no,’ and that’s totally fine.” Rao said students should know the vulnerabilities of human beings. Rao said kicking someone once in the shin will not make a major impact, but kicking them three or four times in the shin will give them the opportunity to hurt the perpetrator and escape. “Just knowing the vulner-
abilities of the human being is very important because that gives you knowledge,” Rao said. “And with knowledge, you have a little bit of power, and, with power, you have the ability to get out of any situation.” Ypsilanti junior Krista Huff, who attended the PATH event, said learning how to escape dangerous situations is very useful. “A lot of people brush things like that under the table, but it’s actually a very common thing,” Huff said. “The whole self-defense thing was very interesting, and I think that was one of the things I’ll remember
most — what kind of physical things I can do to get out of a situation.” Health educator Lori Wangberg, who works with the PATH series, said she think it’s important to have conversations about how to remain out of harm’s way. “These sessions are driven to have those conversations, so that students have opportunities to attend things like this to be able to learn the techniques and information on how to stay healthy and safe,” Wangberg said. university@cm-life.com
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Heads to Western Kentucky after canceled Thursday game at Murray State » State PAGE 8
TRACK AND FIELD: Distance running will be strength for teams » PAGE 9
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TRACK AND FIELD
Team rolls into last regular-season dual at Michigan State » PAGE 8
CMU track ready for Indoor MAC championships » PAGE 9
Women host Toledo Sunday, 1st place on line in MAC West By Mark Cavitt Staff Reporter
With the MAC tournament looming, the top two women’s basketball teams in the MidAmerican Conference will play in McGuirk Arena at 2 p.m. Sunday. Toledo comes into this matchup as the MAC West leader, while CMU sits second, one game behind and the tiebreaker on its side. Head coach Sue Guevara said she hopes the fans will turn out in large numbers to support the team. “Hopefully, we’ll get a lot of students to come in and heckle the living tar out of Toledo,” Guevara said. “I hope we get a lot of people in the stands. We need a sold-out McGuirk Arena; we need that sixth man there for us.” The Chippewas are the only MAC team and one of only two teams to beat the Rockets this season after a 73-66 win at Savage Arena on Jan. 10. Sophomore guard Crystal Bradford had 27 points in that game, her second-best scoring output of the season. Since the loss, Toledo has gone a perfect 11-0 in the MAC, thanks to its strong defense, which ranks first in the conference. It has only given up an average of 49.7 points per game to MAC opponents. Only three teams have scored more than 60 points against Toledo in conference play. Knowing the magnitude of the game, Guevara said she is looking forward to this matchup. “We’ve got Toledo coming in; we’re one game back,” Guevara said. “We’re the team that beat them at their place, now they’re going to be on our floor. This game has ramifications for seeding come tournament time. It’s going to be a real good basketball game.” CMU will look to counter with its first-ranked offense, averaging 76.7 points per game. Bradford is coming off her eleventh double-double performance of the season against Western Michigan on Wednesday. She had 21 points and 10 rebounds. She is second in the MAC in both points per game (17.8) and blocks per game (1.7) and is first in rebounds (10.7 per game). Senior guard Brandie Baker has been a model of consistency this season both defensively and offensively. She scored 11 points to go along with five rebounds in Wednesday night’s win. Offensively, the Rockets are just as dangerous, ranking fourth in the MAC, averaging 64.8 points per game, while the Chippewas have been good defensively as well, giving up 59 points per game ranking fourth in the MAC. Toledo is led by the reigning MAC West Player of the Week, junior guard Andola Dortch. She has averaged 14.8 points in her last eight games to lead the Rockets. She is fourth on her team in rebounding, with 4.5 per game. Dortch was the 2011-12 MAC Defensive Player of the Year. A WOMEN’S BASKETBALL | 8
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Senior guard Kyle Randall poses for a portrait Thursday afternoon. Randall will play in his hometown of Youngstown, Ohio against the Youngstown State Penguins this weekend for the first time since he graduated high school in 2009.
homecoming CMU’s Kyle Randall returning to Ohio this weekend
By Jeff Papworth | Staff Reporter
Senior guard Kyle Randall first played basketball in the hallway of his home in Youngstown, Ohio. It was all so typical, with a basketball hoop hanging on the door. He gained something there and through his later years in his hometown that his head coach, Keno Davis, and his father, Craig Randall, both pinpointed as something that has made him flourish this season: His basketball IQ. “He would be what you would call a student of the game,” Craig said. Davis added: “And that’s to understand angles, understand how to attack the basket, which he has done better as the season has progressed.”
Randall will use the knowledge gained through the years as he makes a trip back to where he was first groomed to become a basketball player when he plays at Youngstown State at
“Wherever there was a hoop and ball and we had enough space, that’s where we tried to play.” Kyle Randall, senior guard 7:05 p.m. Saturday. The last time he was in Youngstown was during Christmas, and he could not have expected the gift he coincidentally received from the schedule. The reason the Chippewas are playing the Penguins is because they were matched up in the ESPN BracketBusters on Feb. 4. “It’s funny how God works,” Randall said. “I call it a blessing, going home. It’s the first time I’m going home to play basketball in my whole college career.” Randall has been the leader for CMU this season, averaging 17.8 points per game, 2.2 points
higher than what the second-and third-leading scorers are averaging combined per game. Craig said he was “pleased” with how his son has performed, and about 20 to 40 people are planning to watch Kyle play. “Kyle has worked very, very hard,” he said. “But he had been very blessed to have the opportunity CMU has provided him.” Kyle had lived in Youngstown all his life. He even remained there when he attended Kennedy Catholic High School in Hermitage, Pa., commuting 35 minutes. A RANDALL | 8
Jessica Green doubful for Toledo game with knee injury By Brandon Champion Staff Reporter
Women’s basketball might be without one of its key players when it takes the court with Toledo for first-place in the Mid-American Conference. Sophomore guard Jessica Green is doubtful for the Chippewas (16-9, 10-2 MAC) clash with first-place Toledo (232, 11-1 MAC) after suffering a potentially serious knee injury three minutes into the second half of CMU’s 77-53 win at Western Michigan Wednesday night. She will be getting an MRI done today and Guevara isn’t ruling out that she can return this season.
“We don’t know anything yet,” head coach Sue Guevara said after the game. “We will see the doctor (Thursday) and then go from there.” The Belleville native has started all but three of the 25 games this season. She is second on the team in points, averaging 11.8 per game. Green is also third in assists, averaging 2.6 per game. She is also a key player for the CMU defense. She leads the team in steals with 2.2 per game. If Green is in fact unable to go, Guevara will have several options to insert into the starting lineup. The leading candidate is senior Jalisa Olive. The 5-foot-4 guard from
Chicago has six career starts, including two last season. This season, she is averaging 5.3 points per game, despite playing just under 11 minutes a game. Olive was named the 2011-12 MAC Sixth Person of the Year. Junior guard Kylie Welch is another candidate to start. The Grand Blanc native has played in just 15 games this season but has started seven. Welch also started 25 games last season. Freshman Da’Jourie Turner could also see her minutes go up if Green is out for an extended period of time. The 5-foot-6 guard from Warren is taller than both Olive and Welch and has shown plenty of ability in limited
action. She has appeared in 19 games so far this season. The freshman is averaging 2.4 points per game, 0.7 assists and has 10 steals while averaging just 8.1 minutes. Or, Guevara could go in a completely different route. Although Green scored 16 points in the first game against the MAC leaders, resulting in a 73-66 win, she didn’t start in that game. Guevara went with a bigger lineup with sophomore forward Jas’Mine Bracey starting. Tip-off between the Chippewas and Rockets is scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday. sports@cm-life.com
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Chippewas head to Youngstown State for ESPN BracketBuster game By Kristopher Lodes Sports Editor
Men’s basketball will look to end its eight-game losing streak Saturday when it travels to Youngstown, Ohio, to take on Youngstown State as part of ESPN’s BracketBuster weekend. The Penguins come in on a cold streak of their own, losing four of their last six games, including a 71-54 loss to Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Sunday. Despite the struggles, head coach Keno Davis doesn’t see many weaknesses to Youngstown State (15-12, 7-7 Horizon League). “You’re looking at a really talented team,” Davis said. “Very athletic, play extremely hard and can beat you inside and outside. They do a lot of the same things that we do defensively, but it’s more about improving
our team.” The Penguins are one of the top-scoring teams in the Horizon League, coming into the game at No. 3. They are also strong offensive rebounders, leading the league at 36.4 per game. They also take care of the basketball, leading the league in assists (14.7 per game) and assist/turnover ratio (1.2 per game). Translation: Freshman guard Chris Fowler will have his hands full as he will have to take care of the ball. The Chippewas (9-16, 2-10 MidAmerican Conference) have an eight-game losing streak, so perhaps a taste of non-conference play can help its woes. All eight losses have come against MAC opponents, but they are 7-6 in non-conference play. That, combined with a week off
to prepare, could help bring an end to the streak, just before the end of MAC play and the conference tournament. “It couldn’t have come at a better time for us,” Davis said. “We’ve been going a long time when you think about this summer, our August trip and through November and not having a Christmas break.” The break allowed the team to catch up mentally and physically and also allowed Davis to implement some new things to his scheme. “It was good physically and mentally, and it also gave us a chance to put in a couple of things in these last five or six games,” Davis said. “We haven’t been able to add much offensively and defensively, so it will give us a push.” A MEN’S BASKETBALL | 8
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Freshman guard Chris Fowler drives the ball while being guarded by Toledo defenders Feb. 16 at McGuirk Arena. Fowler was one of three Chippewas in double-figures scoring 12 points. It wasn’t enough as the Chippewas lost to Toledo 73-64 extending CMU’s losing streak to eight-straight.
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Chippewas knock off Western easily By Mark Cavitt Staff Reporter
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Senior No. 5 heavyweight Jarod Trice throws EMU’s Anthony Abro during the final home match of the season and last ever for Trice and fellow seniors on senior night Feb. 8 at McGuirk Arena. Trice won his match 3-1, and each of CMU’s five seniors defeated their opponents in their final match in McGuirk Arena to help secure an outright Mid-American Conference title with a 31-6 victory against Eastern Michigan.
CMU rolls into last regular-season dual at in-state rival Michigan State By Ryan Solecki Staff Reporter
No. 10 wrestling is riding a nine-dual win streak into its regular season finale at 7 p.m. today at Michigan State. That is not the only win streak the Chippewas have on their side; in the past six years they have an unblemished record against the Spartans. “Any time you wrestle in-state opponents, there is a little bit of everyone knows everyone,” head coach Tom Borrelli said. “Some kids wanted some people to come there to wrestle, and some wanted them to come here to wrestle.” All-time, CMU is only a win above the .500 mark with a record of 14-13 against MSU. Last year’s dual ended with a 21-12 victory for the Chippewas. Seniors Ben Bennett and Mike Ottinger both had impressive victories, while fellow senior Donnie Corby
looks to avenge a loss. “I think we’re pretty confident going into this match,” Borrelli said. “It’s going to be a good fight.” Unlike CMU’s undefeated conference record (5-0), the Spartans are 0-8 coming into the dual. And, after CMU came away with three wins last weekend in California, it moved up back into the top-10 in the national team rankings, according to InterMatwrestle.com. “I think there are some important individual matchups in this dual,” Borrelli said. “Some of their guys are ranked, and some of our guys need to build up the records for the tournaments.” MSU features four wrestlers ranked in the top 25. Senior No. 2 Ben Bennett will have his hands full with No. 17 John Rizgallah in the 184 weight class, while Friday’s finale will feature MSU’s No. 10 Mike McClure and No. 5
Jarod Trice for the heavyweight match-up. This will also be the senior’s last regular-season dual of their careers, and Borrelli said it will be bringing some extra energy to the dual. “I feel like we are getting better,” Borrelli said. “I’m excited to get the regular dual season over and get started with tournament competition.” The Chippewas look to finish the regular dual season with a win and enter the Mid-American Conference tournament with their tenthconsecutive win. The win could also be a little added momentum as the team will look to earn its 13th-straight MAC tournament championship, after regaining the MAC regularseason title after losing it in 2012, coming off back-toback titles in the 2010 and 2011 seasons. sports@cm-life.com
Baseball heads to Western Kentucky after canceled Thursday game at Murray State By Emily Grove Senior Reporter
Western Kentucky doesn’t have a win yet this season, and the Central Michigan baseball team would like to keep it that way. After its Thursday game against Murray State was canceled because of weather, CMU remains 1-3 and looks to keep improving. “There was a little bit of snow and rain at Murray State, and the conditions weren’t conducive to playing unfortunately,” head coach Steve Jaksa said. “We got to take a rest, and now we’re staying optimistic, and we’ll get a practice in at Western Kentucky’s field. We’ll be ready to go.” The Hilltoppers are 0-3 after last weekend’s series opener against Bowling Green. The series starts at 4 p.m. Friday. Jaksa said he prefers to worry about his own lineup more than the opponent’s.
“It’s more important to make sure our team is ready than making adjustments based on the other team’s lineup,” Jaksa said. They are expected to start left-handed pitcher Tim Brado today in the first game of the three-game series. The Chippewas will have sophomore Jordan Foley on the mound first, followed by senior Patrick Kaminska in game three and senior Rick Dodridge starting in the series finale. Sophomore Dylan Rheault was supposed to start the game against Murray State. Jaksa said the cancellation will not alter the original rotation, and Rheault will go back to the bullpen. With a .364 average, senior Ryan Huck leads WKU at the plate. He had two doubles and three RBI in the series against Bowling Green. Another power hitter for the Hilltoppers is junior Scott Wilcox, who record-
ed four hits and two RBIs last weekend. CMU has senior Jordan Adams, sophomore Nick Regnier and freshman Neal Jacobs making big contributions in the batter’s box. Regnier hit two home runs and recorded five RBIs in the season opener, while Adams also had a home run and three RBIs. And though it’s always nice to play at home, Jaksa said playing away shouldn’t ever put them at a disadvantage. “We just have to be in the position that (their) last bat don’t mean enough to them,” Jaksa said. “We have to do our job before the last inning.” Weather in Bowling Green, Ky., doesn’t look like it will cause any problems this weekend. Friday through Sunday all look sunny with highs of 63, 50 and 54. sports@cm-life.com
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The women’s basketball team defeated Western Michigan, 77-53, on Wednesday night, setting up a firstplace match-up with Toledo. Sophomore forward Crystal Bradford joined two other Chippewas in doublefigures, scoring 21 points and 10 rebounds, her eleventh double-double of the season. “We knew we wanted to come out and play hard,” Bradford said. “We knew Western (Michigan) was going to come in with some momentum coming off threestraight wins. We want to play everyone hard the rest of the season so we can seed well come tournament time.” Head coach Sue Guevara said she liked her team’s aggressive play, both with rebounding the ball and scoring in the paint. “I thought we did a much better job of finishing at the rim,” Guevara said. “We really were looking to attack the offensive glass, and I thought that really benefited us. We had 15 second-chance points off 19 offensive re-
RANDALL | CONTINUED FROM 7 “It definitely holds a special place in your heart,” Randall said. “You’re born there, you grew up there, all your friends and family live there or are from there.” He said it can be a boring city at times, but as long as you have a basketball or football in your hands, people keep busy. As far as his favorite court he played in his hometown, he does not have one. He played wherever he could find a place to play; whether it was The Y or Youngstown State’s own gym. “Wherever there was a hoop and ball and we had enough space, that’s where we tried to play,” he said. As well as being born in
bounds. I thought our kids did a nice job of not looking ahead but focusing on the task at hand.” CMU began the game fast as it got out to a 13-4 lead at the 16:17 mark in the first with Bradford leading the way with eight points in the first seven minutes. The Broncos took advantage of some of the Chippewas turnovers, getting to within two points at the 7:43 mark. They grabbed their first lead of the game at the 5:14 mark after a three-point basket from freshman guard Alex Morton. That lead didn’t last long; CMU went on a 5-0 run with baskets from Baker and Green putting it up 35-31. Baker finished with 11 points and five rebounds for the game. At the half, the Chippewas led 38-35. They shot 43.6 percent from the field, while WMU managed to shoot 44.8 percent. Sophomore guard Jessica Green, who left the game with an injury, and Bradford both led CMU throughout the first half. Bradford contributed with ten points and five rebounds, while Green led with
14 points in the half. The Broncos freshman forward Miracle Woods led all players in the first half with 16 points. The Chippewas began the second half just as they did to begin the game with a hot shooting start. They went on a 7-0 run, increasing their lead to ten, 45-35, at the 17:52 mark. “We made some adjustments for the second half and it really worked for us defensively,” Guevara said. “We held them to 18 points in the second half.” Defensively, CMU stepped up as WMU was only able to score 15 points in the first 15 minutes of the second half. Guevara said her team’s ability to force turnovers and limit them was key throughout the game. “I thought we did a good job of taking care of the ball,” Guevara said. “We only had eight turnovers and caused 23.” The Broncos were never able to overcome the CMU’s offensive attack as they went on an 18-4 run to end the game.
Youngstown, Kyle was more specifically born into a basketball family. Craig and his wife, Karla Randall, played college basketball at Westminster College, an NAIA school at the time, and Kent State, respectively. In the Westminster College record books, last updated in 2011, Craig sat at eighth alltime in points scored over his career with 1,503 in 89 games from 1980 to 1984. Karla received honorable mention in the Mid-American Conference in the 1981-82 season. Moments Randall brought up regarding basketball in Youngstown were not of his own play but buzzer-beaters by his older brothers, Lance, and his younger brother, Craig, have made in high school. “Basketball runs in my blood,” Randall said. “It’s in my family.”
When Kyle played in a recreational league, which was for people of all ages in the city, at South High Field House, he scored about 50 points when he was around 13 years old. Craig told him after the game that he beat his father’s record in points that were in the 40s. That was a moment that he will always remember of his own play in his hometown. “I don’t think anyone knew at the time,” he said. “My dad knew and I knew and he told me about it, and it was a great feeling for me, because you always want to try to outdo your dad.” Many more people will know if he helps outdo a college team Saturday in the Beeghly Center, where he often attended open gyms earlier in his life, to halt the CMU’s eight-game losing streak.
MEN’S BASKETBALL | CONTINUED FROM 7 This is the final year of ESPN’s BracketBuster, a weekend dedicated to pairing up mid-major teams across the nation, giving them the spotlight. This is the 11th and final year of the BracketBuster games. That is something many mid-major coaches are excited about as many coaches don’t like the weekend. “I have mixed feelings
about the BracketBuster,” Davis said. “I think the idea is good to gain exposure and propel teams that are on the bubble, but I don’t think, statistically, it has helped those teams.” This will be a special game for one player in particular. Senior guard Kyle Randall has led the Chippewas all season, and, on Saturday, he’ll be leading them
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL | CONTINUED FROM 7 Both teams have outscored opponents by a considerable margin and rank one and two in the conference in scoring margin. CMU ranks first with a +17.7 margin, while Toledo is right behind with a +15.2
scoring margin. Rebounding will be key in this game as both like to play a physical brand of defense by controlling the boards. These are the top two rebounding teams in the MAC, with the Chippewas averag-
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into his hometown. Randall, a Youngstown native, will be playing where he grew up for the first time in his college career. A situation that Davis is familiar with—the first regular-season game of the season was at Iowa—where Davis went to college. “It’s always special when you get to play in front of family and friends,” Davis said. “It’s why we stress our recruiting to be as local as possible, because it’s just a better experience.” sports@cm-life.com
ing 43.5 boards per game to the Rockets 39.9. CMU loves to force turnovers, ranking first in steals (11.2 per game) and blocks (4.9 per game). It will have plenty of opportunities to get steals as Toledo looks to distribute the ball as much as possible, ranking second in assists with 16.2 per game. sports@cm-life.com
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A mix of veterans and youth has made the track and field distance runners a threat in this weekend’s Mid-American Conference championships. Sophomores Ethan Lievense and Kyle Stacks for the men’s team and senior Charnele Lyons for women will be looking to give CMU some strong performances in Ypsilanti. The two sophomore runners will be competing in the 3000m, 5000m and mile run for their team. Even more impressive, they are ranked in the top five in each event. “It puts a lot of weight on my shoulders, but knowing I have my teammate doing the exact same thing helps,” Stacks said. “Because we’re both going to be going through the same pain. It’s a pretty cool feeling.” Going into this weekend, Lyons will be competing in the mile run, the 800m dash and will racing alongside her teammates in the women’s DNR relay. Competing once again in the MAC championships is something that Lyons always knew would happen once again, despite having to miss last season due to injury. “I knew I was going to come back; there wasn’t a doubt in my mind,” Lyons
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After months of preparation, the track and field teams will compete this weekend at the Indoor Mid-American Conference championships in Ypsilanti. The best the MAC has to offer will be running, throwing and jumping against one another for a chance to qualify for regionals and take home the MAC championship trophy today and Saturday. It was on the men’s side, in 2005, the last time a CMU team brought home the MAC Indoor Track and Field Championship. The women did it a year earlier. “We want this very badly,” sophomore Kyle Stacks said. “We keep looking up at the banners in the track bay, and we see all of these years, and we’re not anywhere near them. We would definitely love to see our year up there.” The team is certainly looking like a top contender in the meet, with 13 athletes ranked in the top 10 in their respective events. A majority of these competitors are underclassmen who have been developing
Sophomore runner Ethan Lievense runs out in front during the men’s one mile run as part of the CMU Open on Jan. 11 at the Jack Skoog Indoor Track. Lievense won the men’s one mile with a personal record of 4:20.25.
quickly over the course of the season, several of whom are competing in multiple events. “We always tell our athletes this: Numbers don’t mean anything right now; it’s what you do at the conference championships that matters,” Randolph said. “We have a lot of people who are going to try to help, but, at the same time, having more than one event per person to score in, that’s the difference.” Sophomore distance duo of Stacks and Ethan Lievense are both competing in three events. They will be running in the mile, 3000m run and 5000m run, of which they are ranked in the top five. “I know that I have a chance to score really highly in all my races,” Lievense said. “So, I’m going to take each one really seriously and try to score as many points for my team as possible.” For the women, distance running is also a strength with a veteran duo of Maddie Ribant and Charnele Lyons.
Lyons, having qualified in the mile run, the 5000m and the DMR relay, is looking to fair well against her opponents, despite tough MAC competition. Ribant also qualified for the 5000m run, as well as the 3000m run, and she believes she is prepared to in multiple events. “Resting up this week in order to mentally prepare for the MACs has been very important for me,” Ribant said. “Our workouts have been gearing us toward fine tuning, because we aren’t going to gain or lose anything this week.” Randolph said the team’s overall energy has been very focused this week in practice but also somewhat calmer compared to previous practices. “(Our) energy has been very calm and focused,” Randolph said. “We’re just ready to get things going this weekend.” sports@cm-life.com
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