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Trustees stand by Ross, Shapiro despite many votes of no confidence By Catey Traylor University Editor
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University President George Ross looks at his watch while walking from Charles V. Park Library to Warriner Hall after a press conference, as hundreds of protestors follow behind Monday, Aug. 22, 2011 chanting “negotiate now.”
A new deal CMU Faculty Association ratifies three-year contract in January after seven months of bargaining By Theresa Clift | Staff Reporter
Faculty Association ratified its 201114 contract on Jan. 12 after more than seven months of bargaining with the university, including a strike on the first day of fall semester. salary changes from the university’s original offer made before the fall semester began. CMU’s Nov. 11 offer allowed FA members to keep MESSA only until June 30 and under certain conditions. CMU Director of Public Relations Steve Smith said the university was pleased to see the contract ratified. “Without question, the extended process that ultimately resulted in this agreement was challenging and, at times, divisive,” Smith said. “We must now
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CMU Faculty Association President Laura Frey cheers with Waterford Graduate Assistant Michelle Campbell Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011 outside of Mount Pleasant High School. The facutly association announced that it failed to reach an agreement and that faculy members would not be holding classes Monday, Aug. 22, 2011.
move forward as one university and do all that we can do — together — to make this institution even stronger.” The contract freezes salary for this year, with a 2.25-percent increase in year two and a 2.5-percent increase in 2013-14. The FA had originally proposed to accept a salary
freeze during the fall 2011 semester, with a 2.2-percent increase spring semester, a 3.7-percent increase in year two and a 3.9-percent increase in 2013-14. On Nov. 22, the FA proposed a one-year contract, which included a pay freeze for the 2011-12 A FA STRIKE | 2D
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$10M for Events Center considered a donation By Catey Traylor University Editor
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Nearly three quarters of the members cast a vote, FA President Laura Frey said in an email obtained by Central Michigan Life. The FA did not plan to release the vote count, Frey said when reached for comment. The numbers were not released to members. The contract was tentatively agreed upon Dec. 1, 2011 at the Isabella County Courthouse after about 14 hours of bargaining. The agreement allows the FA to keep MESSA for health care if members absorb premium increases but includes no
A vote of no confidence against University President George Ross and Provost Gary Shapiro by the Academic Senate on Dec. 6 was met with messages of approval across the university. The monumental vote was followed up with 17 departments endorsing the no confidence vote, including: human environmental studies; psychology; chemistry; communication and dramatic arts; counseling and special education; recreation/park and leisure; English; physics; political science; math; foreign language/literatures and cultures; biology; journalism; teacher education; sociology, anthropology and social work and philosophy and religion. Additionally, the Council of Chairs — made up of 22 department chairpersons — voted no confidence in Ross and Shapiro on Feb. 15, as well as the university librarians, who voted on Feb. 24. Sarah Opperman, former chairwoman of the Board of
Trustees, released a public statement immediately after the initial Dec. 6 vote in support of Ross and Shapiro. “The Board remains confident in the leadership of Drs. Ross and Shapiro and their commitment to the academic, personal and professional success for our students,” she said. “Likewise, the Board is firmly committed to the College of Medicine, which will improve access to care and increase the supply of physicians in underserved areas, with a specific focus on training physicians who will practice in central and northern Michigan.” The A-Senate had approved a motion by a 52-percent majority in a hasty vote at the end of a December meeting. “Dr. Ross’s and Dr. Shapiro’s refusal to abide by the Academic Senate’s resolution on the CMED initiative is evidence of their disregard for the principles of shared governance at CMU,” stated the fourth point of the motion.
Intended to be funded entirely by private donations, it was reported in February that the $23 million Events Center received a $10 million allocation from Central Michigan University. During a Feb. 14 Academic Senate meeting, members expressed concerns regarding the funds, and the issue of transparency was discussed. “I don’t know that this was intentional, but it wasn’t as transparent as it could have been,” Jim McDonald, A-Senate chairman, said. “... This is just another example of where things could be clearer and more transparent. More options need to be explored for members of the campus community. Rather (than) all information be communicated toward the end of projects, if things are known, make them known to everybody.” Two days later, University President George Ross said he wasn’t at CMU during the time of the allocation, and former University President
Michael Rao would have to be contacted for comment. Rao did not respond to calls and emails from Central Michigan Life. Ross said CMU did nothing wrong, as the state of Michigan knew the plans for funding the project all along. “The state of Michigan knew exactly what we were doing,” Ross said, pointing to a July 2009 Board of Trustees meeting in which the oard approved a motion that said: “Total project cost not to exceed $21,000,000; funding to be from donations, reserve for future construction, reserve for remodeling and university recreation facility expansion reserve.” Wilbur said $8 million had been raised privately, and she was unsure when the rest of the funds would be raised. “The Events Center is a very high priority for the university,” she said. “We keep working with donors and hope to eventually raise a total of $11 million through fundraising.” A EVENTS CENTER| 4D
Men’s hoops coach Ernie Zeigler fired; son Trey, other players leave program By Staff Reports
Central Michigan Athletics Director Dave Heeke pointed out that the men’s basketball program has had four winning seasons since 1980 during a March press conference. That led to Heeke firing head coach Ernie Zeigler that morning after he coached six seasons in Mount Pleasant. Zeigler ended his tenure at CMU with two consecutive 20-loss seasons. He never finished a season with a winning
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record. “After a thorough review of the program, a change in leadership is needed in order to improve the overall performance of the program,” Heeke said. “I appreciate Coach Zeigler’s commitment to Central Michigan University and his hard work on and off the court. We wish him nothing but the best in his future endeavors.” Zeigler was able to meet with his team one last time after being fired by Heeke – a decision the athletic director said came the night before. “The last couple of weeks, we focused on what’s the right next step for the program,” Heeke said. “We try to let the season play out and look at it after the season. The decision comes down to what’s the best decision for the student athletes and program.” Zeigler was paid $368,437 for the buyout clause in his contract. Assistant coaches Darren Kohne, Pat Miller and Terrance Chatman were also fired, Heeke said. The director of basketball operations Marcelo Olivarez and video coordinator Jason Owens are still on staff. “We looked at everything,”
Heeke said. “The competitive side is very important, recruiting and retention of student athletes, too. Forecasting how things are going.” In the 2008-09 season and 2009-10, Zeigler’s teams won the Mid-American Conference West division, but he never finished with a winning season. “We’ve only had four winning seasons since 1980,” Heeke said. “In the ’70s, this used to be a basketball hotbed.” Five days after his father was fired as head coach, sophomore guard Trey Zeigler made the decision to transfer from CMU men’s basketball team. He committed to the University of Pittsburgh on April 7. Trey was later granted a waiver exception by the NCAA and will be allowed to play right away for the Panthers. The Mount Pleasant native scored 1,011 points during his two-year career with CMU and finished one point behind Buffalo’s Javon McCrea for Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year in 2010-11.
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Jane Goodall, the renowned primatologist, laughs as President George Ross places his hand on Mr. H, her famous toy monkey, after being introduced for her public presentation March 28 in McGuirk Arena.
Jane Goodall tells stories of primate research, discovery to packed crowd By Jessica Fecteau Student Life Editor
“Every single person makes an impact every day, and we have the choice for what kind of impact we’re going to make,” Jane Goodall told a capacity crowd March 28 in McGuirk Arena. More than 4,700 free tickets were given out to people of all ages to hear the worldrenowned primatologist, anthropologist and conservationist speak for more than an
hour about her life of research and discovery with primates. Goodall came to Central Michigan University as part of the intermittent Speaker Series at a cost of $60,000, said University Events Director Bob Ebner. Contribution for the sponsorship of Goodall’s visit came largely from the Provost’s Office and the Council of Deans. Prior to her speech, Goodall hosted a private question-andanswer panel with about 100
selected CMU students from multiple programs. “I wanted to hear the words of a woman who brings so much hope to us turning around all the damage that we’ve done to the environment,” said St. Johns graduate assistant Sarah Murphy, who attended the panel. “And maybe take my own little bit of hope from her to make my own mission in life easier.” AGOODALL| 2D
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Provost releases Academic Prioritization results; 16 percent of programs targeted for elimination By Mike Nichols Staff Reporter
In October, Provost Gary Shapiro recommended nearly one-third of Central Michigan University’s academic programs either receive less support or be targeted for elimination. Following a process that began more than a year ago, Shapiro’s preliminary Academic Prioritization report was released to the campus community on Oct. 27. It evaluated 401 programs, placing them into priorities ranked one through five. Priorities 4 and 5 included programs suggested, respectively, to be
“retained but at a lower level of support” and made a “candidate for reduction, phase out or consolidation with another program.” About 17 percent were distributed to Priority 4 and 16 percent to Priority 5. “Not all of them will necessarily be deleted, but a substantial number will,” Shapiro said. “It’s not blanketed.” Shapiro’s recommendations and priority rankings are listed online at http://provost.cmich. edu under Academic Priorization Results. Next to each program is a “short rationale,” which Shapiro said explains how it received its ranking. These recom-
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Jane Goodall sits with students after her speech in McGuirk Arena.
GOODALL | CONTINUED FROM 1D Murphy said it was fascinating to hear that Goodall started in the field with no experience. “You don’t see those sort of stories very often, and her story is more of a reminder and a warning to us that if we follow these (safer) paths, we close ourselves off to all sorts of opportunities,” she said. Goodall spoke about her experiences to a much larger crowd following the student panel. After Goodall was welcomed with a standing ovation, she greeted the audience with a “primate hello” by imitating the noise chimps make when they greet her. Roots and Shoots, a youth program founded by Goodall and the Jane Goodall Insti-
tute, was a major topic of her speech, especially the conservation and advocacy work it does in developing countries. Goodall said previous generations, including her own, have done serious damage to Earth, but she finds hope in human ingenuity and the energy for change she sees in youth. The indomitable human spirit, the human brain, the resilience of nature and the determination of young people are Goodall’s four reasons of hope. “My greatest reason for hope is what is happening among the young people,” Goodall said. “The tremendous enthusiasm and the willingness to roll up their sleeves and get out there,
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CONTINUED FROM 1D At the university’s request, the contract also excludes College of Medicine faculty from the bargaining unit. Originally, CMU proposed to also exclude coaches hired after July 1, 2011 and faculty in any other “professional program.” Under the contract, CMED tuition remission is capped at the in-state doctoral graduate cost. Tuition remission refers to faculty and other full-time employees at CMU receiving 24 free credit hours per year for themselves, their spouses or their dependent children. The FA originally wanted to increase the cap from 24 to 30 credit hours and offer reimbursement for courses unavailable at CMU but taken at other schools. Also included in the contract is a study committee to review issues related to ProfEd will be created.
mendations were written by Shaprio and CMU’s college deans, though Shapiro said he had the final edit. These rankings, according to the provost’s report, are expected to be used in decisions regarding supplies, equipment and tenure-track and fixed-term faculty lines. For students now enrolled in low-priority programs, Shapiro said they will be able to graduate. No additional students would be admitted to these programs, but provisions would be made for current students. Shapiro said the university will not terminate regular faculty who instruct for a lowpriority program. Rather, he work hard and not to give up.” She said people are beginning to think about their ecological footprint and think how they can leave a lighter footprint as they go from day to day. Middleville senior Grace Welton said hearing Jane Goodall’s speech was a oncein-a-lifetime opportunity. “Her work is really inspiring,” Welton said. “For a woman to go to Africa and study what she did is incredible.” As a fan of her work, retired CMU General Counsel Eileen Jennings said Goodall’s visit to campus was fantastic. “She is certainly among the biggest ones,” Jennings said referring to the other women who have spoken on campus. “What’s different about her is she is the biggest name who isn’t in politics or entertainment.” Before walking off stage to do a book signing with her fans, Goodall took questions from audience members. When she was told there was only time for one last question, she insisted on allowing all of the children in line a chance to ask theirs. “Do you think you’ll ever go back to Africa?” asked one young girl. Goodall and the rest of the crowd let out a chuckle, and she responded that she returns at least twice a year to “recharge her batteries” for a few days. “And maybe one day you will be able to go as well,” Goodall said. studentlife@cm-life.com
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The report’s release had been delayed twice prior. Shapiro said this was because of the need to quadruple-check facts, and that it was frustrating, but necessary for accuracy. CMU had no intention to save a preset amount of money, Shapiro said. “The intention was not to save dollars,” he said. “The attempt was to reallocate dollars in the best possible way.” During the creation process, some appealed for changes, many of which Shapiro said he approved.
“There was a number of people who said, ‘Here’s some additional information; can we change this?’” Shapiro said. “There might have been about 10 or 12, of which seven or eight were changed.” So far, academic college administrators’ reactions to the report have been generally positive, Shapiro said. Charles Crespy, dean of the College of Business Administration, said their college worked intimately with the provost during the process and had no appeal for the rankings. It was difficult cutting programs, he said, but overall he feels the process will transform CMU’s
business college into a state of the art department. “It does a wonderful job of identifying where the colleges need to go in the years ahead and how we can make our college better,” he said. Most programs in the College of Science and Technology’s earth and atmospheric sciences department did not rank higher than three. Only the meteorology program, which merged with the geology department in 2010 to form the current one, ranked higher at No. 2.
dence and Oklahoma back in 2010 but went with the opportunity to play with Ernie at CMU. Following the termination of Ernie’s contract, the CMU basketball team also said goodbye to guard Derek Jackson and forward Jevon Harden due to failure to meet eligibility requirements, as well as
guard Austin McBroom who transferred to Saint Louis University. Five more Chippewas failed to attend the team’s six-week summer workout program, leaving new head coach Keno Davis with four returning players from the 2012 season.
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Justin Gawronski named SGA president; VP Anna Dvorak resigns in first week Staff Reports
Macomb junior Justin Gawronski was elected to be the president of the Student Government Association with 37 percent of the vote on March 18, with Alma junior Anna Dvorak originally as his vice president. Exactly one week after inauguration, Dvorak resigned as Vice President and was replaced by Hesperia senior Killian Richeson. The administration of Gawronski and Dvorak came under criticism in its first week from Treasurer Tony Grettenberger and three members of the House and Senate. Those allegations, regarding bylaw violations, led to the formation of three committees. “I think as a whole, we will continue to focus on ... the relevancy of the SGA,” Gawronski said. “My broad goals are going to stay the same, but, with Killian as my vice president, we will be able to change more. This is not the way I would (have) liked this to happen, and it wasn’t expected, but I am happy with the change.” Gawronski said Dvorak resigned because of personal reasons, which he would not
disclose. Gawronski made no connection to the recently formed review committees. He also would not comment about whether Dvorak would be involved in the SGA in the future. “I resigned to focus on my personal life,” said Dvorak, declining to give further comment. Richeson ran against Gawronski for the SGA presidency, finishing in third with 20 percent of the vote. Gawronski credited Richeson’s campaign as one of the main reasons he chose him to replace Dvorak. “He ran a good campaign and has an immense amount of experience with the SGA and all of its positions,” Gawronski said. “I cannot think of anyone more qualified for the position.” Gawronski said appointing Richeson to the position will not change his administration’s goals but will allow him to accomplish more. “I’ve been involved with SGA for a long time, and now that I have the chance to serve in a position like this, I’m going to pour everything I have into it,” Richeson said. “I’m going to be dedicated to the internal aspects of the SGA in working to possibly clarify
NO CONFIDENCE | CONTINUED FROM 1D Student senators Christopher Benison and Michelle Campbell presented the motion in the last 10 minutes of the meeting. Benison read the motion and A-Senate Chairman Jim McDonald opened the floor to discussion. Campbell said in an email the next step after the vote is for the Central Michigan University Board of Trustees to “examine the leadership of President Ross and Provost Shapiro.” “I and Senator Benison felt it was appropriate to present this at the meeting today because the evidence was overwhelming that the president and provost have
ignored shared governance and the voices of the CMU community to the detriment of CMU’s students, faculty and staff,” she said. “I hope that the board of trustees takes the vote of no confidence seriously and reacts in an appropriate manner that will satisfy the concerns and grievances of students, faculty and staff on this important issue.” The motion was approved against Ross and Shapiro in less than a minute. Former Student Government Association President Vincent Cavataio said the wording in the motion regarding the “Resolution for the Proposed Central
and expand upon the bylaws and the constitution so that they are concise, and, most importantly, focus on serving the student body.” Vince Cavataio, a Shelby Township graduate student and former SGA president, said he expected Gawronski’s administration to move past Dvorak’s resignation and said he will continue to play an advisory role. “Justin and Killian are both highly qualified and very capable. They’ll take SGA in the right direction,” he said. “Throughout the rest of the year, I plan on staying involved with Justin, helping him with the transition.” The Gawronski administration came under fire by Senate and House members because of how the senators acted following multiple appointments, which was allegedly in violation of Bylaw Article II Section 1, which in part states, “A Senate seat that becomes vacant shall be filled by the General Board.” The complaints also address recent appointments made by the Gawronski administration to previously appoint Richeson as elections director and Grosse Pointe junior Anthony J. Smith as
Michigan University College of Medicine” is inaccurate. The motion states “Dr. Ross and Dr. Shapiro have ignored the results of a vote taken by the Academic Senate on Nov. 1, 2011 to support a motion entitled “Resolution for the Proposed Central Michigan University College of Medicine.” “The motion in question was introduced as an incidental resolution. That means that no discussion can take place,” Cavataio said. “No one had a choice in the matter even if they wanted to.” During the presentation and discussion of the motion, Ross remained silent and Shapiro appeared to shake his head, chuckle and talk to surrounding senators. Ross and Shapiro left immediately following the vote. university@cm-life.com
membership director only 45 minutes after their inauguration, as well as appointing Cavataio as the graduate student representative in the Senate. The complaints alleged the Gawronski administration was filling governmental positions with friends and supporters. The administration was also accused of violating Bylaw Article V Sections 7 and 9, which require a campus-wide application process in selecting an elections director, one that complaints said couldn’t have been achieved in the 45 minutes it took to appoint Richeson and Smith. The SGA has responded to the recent allegations by forming three new committees. The first, the review committee, is composed of the treasurer, two senators and two House representatives randomly chosen by the House and a representative of the Office of Student Life. Grettenberger has previously stated he will step down from the committee because of personal bias. The review committee will review the
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Macomb junior Justin Gawronski and Alma junior Anna Dvorak address Student Government Association members in the Charles V. Park Memorial Library Strosacker Room.
constitutionality of the recent actions taken by the Gawronski administration. Also formed was the constitution committee, which will review the constitution and deem if any changes should be made, and the ad hoc committee, which will focus on student concerns outside of the constitution.
Both committees, as stated in the bylaws, will be chaired by Richeson and composed of representatives from both the Senate appointed by Richeson and members of the House appointed by the Speaker of the House, Westland junior Patrick O’Connor. studentlife@cm-life.com
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Decision reversed on Deaf student’s use of an interpreter to obtain teaching degree By Catey Traylor University Editor
After a petition, local media coverage and legislation introduced by the Student Government Association, one student’s degree is no longer at risk. The College of Education at Central Michigan University reversed its decision regarding Deaf elementary education student Kelly Laatsch’s use of an interpret-
er to complete her student teaching requirements in late February. The original decision, first reported by Central Michigan Life, threatened Laatsch’s student teaching graduation. After the reversal of the decision, Laatsch said she felt like a weight has been lifted off her shoulders. “I’m so relieved. It feels like thousands of pounds have been lifted off my
shoulders,” the Freeland senior said. “Nobody deserves to have the feeling I’ve had for months. It was absolutely draining, but now I can focus on what most other student teachers are doing during their student teaching experience.” Laatsch has been deaf since birth and uses cochlear implants to speak and hear more clearly. While she is able to speak in English, her hearing isn’t as good as
that of a hearing person, so Laatsch requested the use of an interpreter while completing her student teaching at a Saginaw elementary school. Upon her request, Laatsch was told by Director of Student Teaching Karen Edwards that if she were to utilize an interpreter throughout her entire time as a student teacher, she wouldn’t pass her student teaching requirements.
The Student Government Association proposed and passed a resolution that called on CMU to review the College of Education’s decision to deny Laatsch the ability to earn her teaching degree. “I am very pleased that the university has made the right decision and reversed the decision about Kelly,” former SGA President Vince Cavataio said. “I wish Kelly the best of luck in continu-
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Ron Paul criticizes government spending during CMU campaign stop By John Irwin Election Coordinator
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul visited Central Michigan University’s campus in February giving a speech in front of a crowd of more than 1,450. Paul, a congressman from Texas, said he believes a “revolution is going on,” adding the people are “waking up” and growing tired of war, debt and government spending. “We need to wake up Washington D.C., because they are sound asleep and they need to hear our voices loud and clear,” Paul said during his speech held in Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium. Paul was joined on stage by veterans of World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He spent much of the speech decrying war and its impact on the federal deficit and America’s image abroad, saying the United States should consider a “golden rule” in foreign policy. “Americans, by a large majority, have come around and said the wars we’re fighting in the Middle East make no sense whatsoever,” Paul said. “In the last 10 years, these wars have caused us to build up $4
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trillion in debt, and, quite frankly, I don’t feel safer because of it.” Paul said the U.S. has stretched its military resources too thin. “We have over-expanded ourselves,” Paul said. “We should just mind our own business and just come home.” He drew parallels to the calls for war with Iran from some of his fellow Republicans to those made for the Iraq War a decade ago. “The war drums are beating,” Paul said. “We are not under threat from the Iranians. We need to wake up and tell our representatives that we don’t need another war. We need less war.” Paul said sanctions similar to ones President Barack Obama and the United Nations have placed on Iran “solidify support for their dictator.” He went after Obama’s expanded drone program overseas, saying it is increasing animosity abroad. “We have drones all around the world, and they (the federal government) wonder why (other nations) might be annoyed?” Paul said. He criticized the Patriot Act, a law passed in 2001 that, among other things, authorized warrant-less wiretaps and the 2012 National Defense Authori-
ing her teaching program.” Laatsch said she is thankful the situation is resolved, but is wary of the good news. “It’s really hard to trust (the College of Education) now,” she said. “I really hope they learned from this situation and don’t do this again to others. It’s been an experience for everybody involved. I’m just very relieved.” university@cm-life.com
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Republican candidate for presidential Ron Paul waves to the crowd during a February campaign stop in Plachta Auditorium.
zation Act, which includes a controversial and vague provision that might allow the military to indefinitely detain American citizens without trial. “The worst criminals in the world have been given trials,” Paul said. “Now to assume that we can do this, this is a challenge.” Paul criticized government spending and federal debt and called for a return to laissez-faire economics
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and an eventual end to entitlement programs in order to reign in spending. “We have perpetuated our debt,” Paul said. “We are now in the biggest debt crisis in the history of the world.” Paul called for a return to the gold standard, saying the U.S. does not have to return to the same gold standard of the past but rather an improved-upon one. He also said the federal
government should stop the drug wars, adding that “they don’t work.” Paul was introduced by U.S. Rep. Justin Amash, R-Cascade Township, who Paul said has a voting record very similar to his. “There is no one who I admire as much as Dr. Ron Paul,” Amash said. studentlife@cm-life.com
In 2008, Director of Athletics Dave Heeke told CM Life: “We’re committed to raise all $21.5 million privately. We’re going to go out and ask alumni, friends and others to contribute to the project.” What began as a $21.5 million project in December 2007 became a $23 million project when the CMU Board of Trustees allocated an additional $1.5 million to the facility, following the discovery of “unforeseen conditions, design errors and omissions” in the building, according to a September 2010 Central Michigan Life article. According to the Events Center website, the university would not contribute to the funding of the Events Center because of “declining state appropriations,” the “university did not have the cash reserves or operating budget to fund a project of this magnitude and only academic buildings are funded by the state of Michigan.” The website was edited shortly after an Academic Senate meeting in February, when a link to the Frequently Asked Questions page, which explained why public funds were not being used to finance the project, was deleted. university@cm-life.com
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Central Michigan Life || Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012 || 5D
[YEAR IN REVIEW]
Gymnastics, wrestling, volleyball win MAC titles Staff Reports
The Central Michigan wrestling and gymnastics teams continued their dominance of the Mid-American Conference in the 2011-12 season, while the volleyball team picked up its first-ever MAC tournament. Head coach Tom Borrelli’s wrestlers claimed their 11th consecutive tournament title with help from three wrestlers making their first postseason appearance March 4 in Athens, Ohio. The Chippewas fended off MAC regular season champion Kent State 89-79 after holding a two-point lead over the Golden Flashes entering the finals. “Our guys fought really hard the whole tournament,” Borrelli said. “It was really important to them to not be the team to let the streak that we have going die.” CMU wrestling is now alone in first in MAC tournament championships with 16. Chippewas true freshman Zach Horan of the 133-pound division took his 0-1 MAC mark and defeated the firstranked wrestler in his bracket on his way to a conference title. He defeated a fellow unranked foe in Robert Jillard of Northern Illinois 5-0 in the conference title matchup. It came by no surprise that
the Chippewas spark plug in sophomore Joe Roth and true freshman Mike Ottinger also won a conference title on their first attempt. Roth was named the tournaments’ most outstanding wrestler. Ben Bennett and Donnie Corby each earned titles at their weight classes. Peter Sturgeon and Scott Mattingly both earned NCAA bids without winning conference titles.
GYMNASTICS
The gymnastics team won its third title in as many years with a score of 195.675. Kent State finished second with a score of 195.225, while Western Michigan finished third. The star of the tournament was CMU sophomore Brittany Petzold, who took first place as an all-arounder with a score of 39.150. Senior Kristin Teubner finished fourth as an all-arounder and freshman Halle Moraw finished eighth. Reighard was delighted with Petzold’s performance at the tournament. “We are extremely proud of Brittany Petzold,” Reighard said. “I can tell you no other sophomore works as hard as she does at practice. Her title was well-deserved.” Petzold embraced the feeling afterwards. “It felt really good to be
first place all-around,” Petzold said. “It’s good to know all the hard work I put in paid off. The team really came together too, and we had each other’s backs. We had a whole bunch of injuries at the beginning of the season, but we just pushed through it to win a championship.” “We went absolutely allout today and didn’t hold anything back,” Reighard said. “Nothing lacked today. The effort was what I wanted, and, more importantly, the attitude was we are going to win this. They went out and did that.” Sophomore Meaghan McWhorter took the title on vault with a 9.9. Reighard and McWhorter knew she had the ability to do it. “She comes into practice everyday saying she is going to score a 9.9,” Reighard said. “That hadn’t happened up until today, and what a day to do it.” McWhorter said she had been waiting to do this all year. “I’ve done it countless
times in practice,” McWhorter said. “I’ve just been waiting to pull it off at a meet, and I did it at the MAC Championship.” The titles kept coming as freshman Taylor Noonan took first place on balance beam. “She had a beautiful beam routine,” Reighard said. “We predicted that if she put it together at the MAC Championships she would win.” Teubner took home a couple titles herself, as she repeated as the floor event champion, scoring a 9.925, the highest score at the competition, and won senior MAC Gymnast of the Year.
VOLLEYBALL
While Borrelli and Reighard’s teams fought to defend their titles, head coach Erik Olson’s volleyball team was working to knock of the defending champ – and it did. Northern Illinois was the favorite, with its No. 1 seed in the Mid-American Conference tournament. Simply,
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Junior outside hitter Lindsey Dulude cheers with her teammates after scoring a point during a match against Ball State last season.
they were supposed to be the life of the party. Then No. 6-seeded Central Michigan arrived. CMU beat NIU in five sets to win its first-ever MAC championship here on Sunday. “‘This is ours,’ that’s all I heard,” CMU head coach Erik Olson said about the team’s talk on the bench. “They were on a mission.” In five loud and fast-paced sets, Northern Illinois (27-6, 15-3 MAC) was sent home early from the party. The momentum CMU rode to its first championship had been built over the last two
days with 3-0 wins against both No. 2 Ohio on Saturday and No. 3 Western Michigan on Friday. “This is what aggressiveness will bring to you,” Olson said. “It was learned against Ohio, at Ohio.” All-Tournament sophomore setter Kelly Maxwell said the team was not shaken before the decisive fifth set against NIU. “Our whole team was just on fire,” Maxwell said. “We love game fives.” sports@cm-life.com
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Few CMU football fans remain late in the third quarter during CMU’s game against Ohio on Nov. 10 at Kelly/Shorts Stadium.
Attendance well below Division I mark in 2011 By Matt Thompson Staff Reporter
The Central Michigan University football team in the 2011 season was nearly 5,000 people short of the NCAA Division I benchmark needed once every two years. The average attendance was 10,466 in 2011, while the average announced attendance at the game was 15,291. Only 4,473 of those people-pergame actually paid for tickets. The 5,993 average people that get in for free mostly consist of students and free tickets distributed to the public. “We’ve tried to pump those tickets out,” Athletics Director Dave Heeke said. Near the end of the game against Ohio, CMU athletics announced an attendance of 12,127 but then reported to the NCAA that it was 4,336. The 7,791 difference between what CMU announced and reported to the NCAA was noticeable. Heeke said in February that CMU took the clicker count (from the gate), student groups (band, cheerleaders, working staff and possibly players) and tickets distributed to calculate the gameday announced attendance. Deputy Director of Athletics Derek van der Merwe said he and the ticket office are in charge of coming up with that number. But he said it was a estimate that takes into account how many tickets were given out and 8,000 to 9,000 students they expect to come per game. “That is what we’ve done historically and is the industry standard,” van der Merwe said. When asked how the site estimate was calculated, he responded “unscientific.” CMU barely hit 15,000 during its MAC title season. In 2009 when CMU went 9-2, won the Mid-American Conference and won the GMAC Bowl, the Chippewas barely met the NCAA attendance benchmark. They averaged 15,328 because of a weak home schedule and a game the day after Thanksgiving. Still, on Nov. 11, 2009, CMU hosted Toledo on a Wednesday night three games away from going to the MAC Championship Game. CMU only reported an attendance of 13,584 to the NCAA. The an-
nounced attendance that night was 18,310. That was with MAC title hopes on the line and superstars Dan LeFevour and Antonio Brown playing. Heeke has been outspoken about how weeknight games cripple attendance numbers, which was apparent that night. The MAC has ramped up the scheduling of weeknight games to get on an ESPN station. CMU had three Saturday games in 2009 and two midweek games. Two of the Saturday games did not exceed the 15,000 number as well as expected with a MAC Championship team. Against Alcorn State, the attendance given to the NCAA was 15,665 and against Akron 15,302, both Saturday games. In 2011, the schedule had three midweek games. At two of the MAC midweek games, CMU reported 4,336 and 5,834 attendances to the NCAA. The gameday announced crowds for both of those games were above 12,000. sports@cm-life.com
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