By Amelia EramyaSenior Reporter

Interim University Presi-dent Kathy Wilbur’s request for cost centers to devise poten-tial budget cuts has triggered concerns among many faculty members about Central Mich-igan University’s developing medical school.

Wilbur spoke at Tuesday’s Academic Senate meeting about her request for plans of 3, 6 and 9 percent budget cuts and the responsibility of de-partment leaders to identify potential problems should a funding cut be implemented.

But faculty members were concerned over the money be-ing set aside for CMU’s school of medicine.

“My concerns that I added were related to the increased transparency and the cost for the medical school,” said Laura Frey, associate profes-sor of counseling and special education.

Currently, $5 million has been set aside annually from the operating budget for the medical school project, said David Burdette, vice president of finance and administrative

services. The amount will be sufficient, he said, as long as plan-ning for the school con-tinues at its current pace.

The funds are set aside over the course of five years, or through the ex-tent of development, Burdette said. Each year, any remaining expenses will carry on to the next, in addition to the fund-ing.

Frey said setting aside money for the medical school in dire economic times is not financially prudent when de-partments must, at the same time, slice their budgets.

She asked Wilbur whether the money being set aside would be available for other colleges across campus if the project did not continue.

Wilbur said they could be used.

“I did appreciate that at least she was indicating that the funds could be used,” Frey said.

Wilbur believes, realistically, cuts will have to be made to the general budget either way.

“We have to be prepared,” she said. “I do not hold out great hope that there will be

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By Brian C. Barton Staff Reporter

Kaitlyn Allore never thought she would be a sorority sister.

But after Wednes-day night, the Bay City fresh-man has the Greek life on her mind. She is considering join-ing Phi Sigma Sigma.

“Truthfully, I can’t explain what sorority life could bring me because I never thought about going Greek,” Allore said. “But I hope to meet new people and find out if this re-ally is something for me.”

Allore was one of more than 100 students — many of them freshmen — that packed Carey Hall’s Real Food on Campus on Wednesday night during this

year’s annual spring recruit-ment event, “Meet the Greeks.”

Allore and the others had one thing on their minds: ex-ploring Greek life.

The event gave students a chance to sign up for Greek events and, within the coming weeks, the sororities and fra-ternities will decide whether to accept them as members.

Hold your ownEvery Panhellenic Council

sorority and Interfraternity Council fraternity was repre-sented.

Each chapter had its own station with presentation boards explaining what it means to be a member.

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By Melissa TorokStaff Reporter

Peter Lawrence is excited to attend his fourth March for Life rally in Washington, D.C.

The Dexter graduate stu-dent is one of 16 Central Michigan University stu-dents headed to the march this weekend. March for Life is an anti-abortion event held annually on the Jan. 22 anniversary of Roe V. Wade, a landmark 1973 U.S.

Supreme Court case that le-galized abortion.

“I want to lend a voice to everyone there,” Lawrence said. “I believe every per-son’s life is valued, from conception to death.”

The students will meet with other Michigan uni-versities in Ann Arbor and travel to the capital in three charter buses.

From there, they will join thousands of other anti-abortion activists marching along Constitution Avenue

to Capitol Hill, holding signs and banners.

“There’s a lot of chant-ing along the way and some groups pray the rosary,” Bay City junior Toni Dick-sen said about the feeling of high energy during the march.

‘once-in-a-lifetime’ op-portunity

Participants are united by a common anti-abortion belief.

They hope to influence

their representatives to re-ject abortion policies, in-cluding those in the pro-posed Health Care Reform bill.

“It’s not like we’re against Health Care, but abortion is not universally recognized and shouldn’t be funded by taxpayers,” Midland senior Sheri Krotzer said.

Krotzer has traveled to the march five previous times but, this time, she or-

Students to march in D.C. anti-abortion rally

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By Jaimie CremeansStaff Reporter

Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop proposed a 5 percent pay cut to govern-ment employees and educators — including college professors — as part of a series of reforms.

The cut is part of a plan that

he said could save the state $2 billion and supplement a $1.6 billion deficit on the horizon for next year. The 5 percent proposal, specifically, would remain level for the next three years.

Many Central Michigan Uni-versity professors do not see eye to eye with the cut — they believe it is unfair and would hurt Michigan’s education sys-tem.

“It seems to me that there are other places in the state to cut that wouldn’t affect teachers’

already-not-very-high pay,” said assistant p h i l o s o p h y and religion professor An-drew Blom.

Janet Lein, professor of foreign lan-guages, literatures and cul-tures, said decreasing pay for professors and teachers would discourage qualified educators from staying in Michigan.

“You don’t get the best teach-

ers by cutting their salaries,” she said. “Teachers are one of the groups of people in this state that work above and beyond to help students and we don’t get paid any extra for it.”

‘teacHers are our future’Bishop stated on his Web site

that he knows the proposal will generate some hard feelings, but he thinks the cuts are nec-essary.

He said everyone in Michi-gan is suffering through hard times and government employ-

ees, including himself, need to “make some sacrifices” to best serve the state’s citizens.

In the reforms, Bishop pro-poses an estimated $615 mil-lion in savings by reforming public employee health care and another $70 million to $118 million in savings with police and fire. He identifies upwards of $363 million of possible sav-ings in K-12 school spending, $160 million-plus of savings in Medicaid and $1.2 billion of savings in public employee compensation.

Lein said it is already unfair that teachers make less than most other white-collar em-ployees. Cutting pay, she said, would only heighten the in-equality.

Mike Griffin, a secondary education major at CMU, said he would be disappointed if Michigan reduces teachers’ and professors’ salaries.

“It sounds cliché, but teach-ers are our future,” the Romeo senior said. “And, lately, there’s

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Libby marCh/staff photographerLake Odessa senior Britney Orszula squeezes a ball while giving blood during the Central Michigan University vs. Western Michigan University Blood Drive on Thursday in Kulhavi Hall. Orszula, a Towers Resident Assistant, has donated blood before.

By Carisa SeltzStaff Reporter

Mid Michigan Community College is expanding its Mount Pleasant campus to better ac-commodate the needs of a growing student body.

The MMCC Board of Trust-ees in December approved building designs submitted by Hobbs & Black Associates, Inc. for the construction of a 15,000-square-foot addition to the Her-bert D. Doan Center for Science and Health Technologies.

The building is at the corner of Summerton and Broadway roads. College Spokesman Matt Miller said early estimates of the cost for the Doan Center addition amount to $3 million.

The addition will become the new home of student ser-vices and will include a new bookstore, computer labs and a student lounge area, while con-currently freeing up space for classrooms and learning labs at the Pickard Street campus, which currently houses student services on one floor.

“Over time, we have found that Mount Pleasant has been an area that we’ve had healthy student growth in and, (now), our Pickard building isn’t ad-equate for the student services area,” said Doug Jacobson, MMCC board chairman.

Miller said the college has

doubled in size as a whole over the past 10 years, amounting to more than 5,000 students, and more than half of all the credit hours MMCC offers are taken at the Mount Pleasant campus.

“We are trying very hard to respond to the needs the com-munity is showing us they have,” MMCC President Carol Churchill said. “We’ve had a presence in Isabella County since the day we were founded and ... we are absolutely pulling out all the stops to accommo-date every student we can.”

moving onwardMMCC will fund the addition

by drawing on savings set aside for such projects and by utiliz-ing $1 million left over after construction on the Doan Cen-ter was completed in the spring of 2008.

“We’re fairly well poised fi-nancially to take on this expan-sion,” said Miller, who expects the project to be finished with-in the next year to 18 months. “We expect this to move fairly quickly.”

After the Board of Trustees approves a finalized architec-tural plan, MMCC must get approval from the Joint Capital Outlay Committee in Lansing before it can start construction on the Doan Center’s addition.

“Every time a college builds a building, you have to get state

approval, and so that’s a step that we’ll need to take... but we’re not asking them for mon-ey,” Churchill said.

Churchill and Jacobson said the college will not request state money to supplement funds for the expansion because of the economy and the need to com-plete the expansion as soon as possible.

“We see this as something that is pretty urgent in our needs because of our growth and our capacity limitations over at the Pickard building,” Churchill said.

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ganized the trip. She said it was an opportunity to step up with a cause close to her heart.

Fraser junior Sarah Za-lewski said the event is huge.

“I only miss one day of classes, so it’s worth it,” she said. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and I’d miss an entire week of class for it (if I had to.)”

Krotzer said not as many students are attending this year due to the economy. Each student paid $200 for the bus, hotel and food.

The movement hosts many entertainers, news-casters, politicians, reli-gious leaders and speakers from all over the country.

A conference, separate from the march, is held the following day and provides more education on the anti-abortion cause.

“It’s inspiring to see so many people fixed up about a cause, especially one that affects so many people.” Krotzer said. “Hopefully we’ll make an impact on legislation.”

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been so much talk about im-proving education in Michigan, so why cut teachers’ pay?”

Blom said he believes the cut could be detrimental to the overall quality of education in Michigan.

“Michigan has a long tradition of being one of the states that is more supportive of public edu-cation and I think that is an at-traction for educators,” he said. “In desperate and hard times, teachers and professors have been coming here and I think this change could hurt that.”

The Associated Press contrib-uted to this report.

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w a siBs 2010 meeting will take place from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in the Bovee University Center Auditorium and will focus on planning events for Siblings Weekend.

w the martin luther King Jr. community Ball is from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. in the Bovee Univer-sity Center Rotunda Room. Tickets cost $15.

w a dr. martin luther King Jr. charity skating party will take place from 10 to 11:30 p.m. at Spinning Wheels Skat ing Rink, 1241 North Mission Road.

saturday

w freeze X fest, a Michi -gan Winter Act ion Sports Event, will take place at Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort. Tickets can be purchased at freezexfest.com.

w daniel ramirez’s artwork is on display from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Charles V. Park Library Baber Room.

w primary visions: foundation art students’ exhibition is on display from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Charles V. Park Library Extended Study Hours Room.

By Maryellen TigheSenior Reporter

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is part of an ongoing series exam-ining the university budget.

There are not many service organizations within the uni-versity that make money.

Residences and Auxiliary Services is one that does.

It includes Parking Services, Residence Life, ProfEd, Cam-pus Dining, Campus ID Ser-vices, Bovee University Center, Printing Services and the CMU Bookstore.

Each area plans to make

money, but is still expected to cut its expenses like all other departments.

Residences and Auxiliary Ser-vices accounts for a projected $69,643,217 of the university’s 2009-10 operating revenue.

ProfEdProfEd, off-campus and on-

line course offerings is one of the larger revenue centers for CMU. ProfEd offers courses to non-traditional students; those who may have taken a break, are coming back to school or are balancing work and school.

“ProfEd has always operated like a business,” said Merodie

Hancock, vice president for ProfEd. “It’s a lot of creativity in trying to make education af-fordable.”

Patty Davison, director of financial planning and operations for ProfEd, said ProfEd made a profit of about $40,000 between July 1, 2008, and July 30, 2009. This money, like all other tuition money, goes back to the colleges that offered the programs through ProfEd.

ProfEd works to maintain high enrollment numbers by focusing on donations so it can offer payment plans and finan-cial aid options to keep tuition

low. The program does not re-ceive any state appropriations — it acts as an auxiliary and puts money back into each de-partment according to enroll-ment.

AllocAtionsMoney is assessed to each

department and each auxiliary service in order to cover ex-penses for such things as main-tenance and building usage.

Tuition money is divided among the departments based on student enrollment when it comes in to CMU. The univer-sity runs on a responsibility-centered management model

that is incentive-driven for each academic department.

“It’s all about student credit hours. If the department teach-es and you pay to take more classes (i.e. more student credit hours) that’s where the money goes,” said Barrie Wilkes, asso-ciate vice president of financial services and reporting. “The money follows students and the courses they’re taking.”

Each academic college is allocated a percentage of the student tuition dollars for their classes. The rest supports other university services.

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Art Reach classes

A variety of classes offered through Art Reach of Mid-Michi-gan starts in February. Classes in-clude watercolor painting, draw-ing upside down, soap making, knitting, ceramic tile making and acrylic and oil painting, among others. Classes are available for a variety of ages. Art Reach is at 319 S. University Ave. The classes range in cost. For more informa-tion, visit Art Reach’s Web site, artreachcenter.org, or call 773-3689.

Sibs Weekend meeting

There is a 2010 Sibs Weekend general committee meeting from 1 to 2:30 p.m. today in the Bovee University Center Auditorium. For more information, contact Robert Dolecki at 774-2547 or dolec1rp@cmich.edu. Siblings Weekend is Feb. 5 to 7. For a list of events for the weekend, more information or to sign up to vol-unteer, visit the Siblings Week-end Web site at stulife.cmich.edu/programs/siblings or e-mail sibscmu@cmich.edu.

Charity skating party

Central Michigan University’s Minority Student Services and the Office for Institutional Diversity are hosting the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Charity Skating Party at 10 p.m. Saturday at Spinning Wheels Arena, 1241 N. Mission Road. This event is part of Mar-tin Luther King Jr. Week, and all proceeds will benefit the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Fund in Washington, D.C. Admission is $7 and covers skate rental and the entrance fee. For more informa-tion, contact the Multicultural Education Center at 774-7318.

SMEA meetingThere is an informational

meeting for the Student Michi-gan Education Association from 8 to 9 p.m. Sunday in Anspach Hall Room 161. New members are welcome to attend. For more information, contact Stephanie Glowacki at glowa1sm@cmich.edu or at 493-5813.

Faculty musicMusic professor and percus-

sionist Andrew Spencer will per-form at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Music Building’s Staples Family Concert Hall. Tickets are $3 for Central Michigan University stu-dents and senior citizens, and $5 for general admission. Tickets can be purchased at the Central Box Office at the lower level of the Bovee University Center or by calling 888-CMU-0111. Tickets also can be purchased online at cen-tralboxoffice.cmich.edu. For more information, contact John Jacob-son at jacob3ja@cmich.edu.

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Central Michigan Life will occa-sionally send a reporter and photographer to find a quick story of what’s happening on campus. This story is the first in the series, “Scenes on Campus.”

Andrew Abissi knows a thing or two about silk screen printing.

The Grand Rapids senior said he has done it three times before, so he had an upper hand in his ART 250: Printmaking II class Thurs-day, when students created silk screen projects.

“I like the simplicity of the process,” Abissi said.

There is a delicate process students must go through when creating silk screen prints.

First, they coat a screen with photosensitive emul-sion and, after the screen dries, it is placed on a vac-uum light table to be ex-posed.

Once exposed, the screens are blasted with pressure water. Then, stu-dents squeegee ink onto the screen to make designs.

Associate Professor of Art Johanna Paas shows stu-dents the process of silk screen printing in ART 250 and how it can be used in the dimension of fine art.

“I love teaching this class,” she said. “(It is) an integration of different techniques and materials, and I like it because of the design element.”

Paas said silk screen print-ing is an extension of draw-ing and can incorporate photos and graphics.

“It’s a strategic process,” she said. “It is old school commercial printing, but for fine art.”

AbstrAct workPaas teaches screen print-

ing in ART 250, ART 350: Printmaking III, ART 450: Printmaking IV and ART 550: Printmaking V. She teaches all four classes in the same room at the same time.

Paas said there is a nice collaboration between all

the classes. She said the high classes lead by example.

ART 450 student and Bridgman senior Amanda Svorec has worked on sev-eral projects with silk screen printing.

“I like it more for the ab-stract, and it’s cheaper,” she said.

Svorec said she likes the art because it prints out flat and without a lot of texture.

It is commonly known, she said, for being on T-shirts and posters.

Fremont senior, Arik An-derson, said he looks for-ward to using the technique on T-shirts someday.

“You get a lot of detail and can use any kind of picture or material (for silk screen printing),” he said.

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Silk and screenArt students get to work in printmaking class

Fremont junior Emily Scheffler, right, pulls back ink across a screen print of sketches Thursday in ART 250: Advanced Printmaking II in Wightman Hall. “It’s fun, easy to do and allows for a lot of creativity,” Scheffler said. “It comes together fast, giving us the ability to do a lot of prints in a short period of time.”

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photos by JakE May/staff photographerFremont junior Emily Scheffler, center, and Wisconsin senior Mark Samuelson, right, watch as Johanna Paas, associate art professor, examines a print screen after spraying it down with water to expose the sketch Thursday in ART 250: Advanced Printmaking II in Wightman Hall.

By Edward SchutterStaff Reporter

The position of Isabella County diversity coordina-tor is once again vacant one year after it was filled.

Blossom Hill, who as-sumed the position in Janu-ary 2009, resigned last fall to further her education out-of-state. County officials say

they have no concrete plans to fill the void at this time.

The county expected to fi-nance the position through a 2 percent stipend from the Saginaw Indian Chippewa Tribe. But the arrangement is no longer in place.

“When we put in to re-ap-ply for the funding, we were told that it wasn’t a priority,” said David Ling, chairman of the county’s Board of Com-missioners.

The tribe did not cut the position, Ling said, but, rather, the funding has gone elsewhere. The county’s Hu-

man Rights Committee is covering some of the du-ties a diversity coordinator would handle.

County Commissioner James Moreno said the com-mittee is looking at other options.

“I heard the Human Rights Committee is trying to hire some interns to do some of those jobs,” he said.

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Ling said Central Michi-gan University students are the likely candidates to help

fill those intern positions. Students, he said, are a big help.

“They provide a great deal of assistance to the pro-gram,” he said. “At this point, there are discussions under way with the university.”

The county board started the HRC in 2008. Accord-ing to the Isabella County Web site, it is intended to “serve as a liaison between the county and other local diversity and minority orga-nizations.”

Hill was the third person to hold the county’s diversi-

ty coordinator position. She was unavailable for com-ment Thursday.

The position was in limbo for several months when former Diversity Coordinator Sharon Quinlan resigned in fall 2008 amid the renewal of County Administrator Tim Dolehan-ty’s contract. Ling said Hill, a Central Michigan University alumna, will be missed.

“She worked very hard and did a very good job for the county,” he said. “She pro-vided a lot of great service.”

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Tribal lawsuit could expandboundariesIf successful, territory would include half of Mount Pleasant

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By Ryan CzachorskiSenior Reporter

An ongoing lawsuit against the state could shake up the boundaries of Mount Pleasant and surrounding areas in the coming months.

Originally filed by the Sag-inaw Chippewa Indian Tribe against the state in 2005, the suit considers historic reservation boundaries and the tribe’s abil-ity to exercise its power within. It is scheduled to be heard Aug. 10 in U.S. District Court in Bay City.

According to the tribe, the lawsuit stems from concerns it has with governing its people. But all local leaders agree the logistics will take a long time to sort through.

“It was brought about to pro-tect our tribal boundaries and exercise our sovereignty while protecting tribal members,” said Frank Cloutier, the tribe’s inter-im public relations director.

If the tribe succeeds, the res-ervation’s boundaries would include half of Union and Chippewa townships, and all of Deerfield, Isabella, Nottawa, Denver and Wise townships. It would include half of Mount Pleasant, with everything north of High Street becoming tribal land.

A change in the reservation boundaries would not result in new taxes for non-tribal mem-bers, Cloutier said, as the tribe would lack the jurisdiction to do so.

whAt doEs it mEAn?It is still unknown what the

ramifications would mean for the city of Mount Pleasant and area townships.

“When I say nobody’s really sure what that means, I’m not hedging — that’s just truth,” City Manager Kathie Grinzinger said. “No one really knows if that means that local ordinances would still be the implementing ordinance or if the tribe’s zoning or planning or ordinance would supercede those.”

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The project is looking more and more unstable as time progresses. If Trustees and the administration really want this to work, it has to be quick in finding someone will-ing and qualified to take charge.

Enarson had spoken with en-thusiasm about being the dean in December, when he was the last candidate for the medical school.

“I think what we can create here is magnificent,” he said.

One month later, Enarson at-tributed turning down the job to personal reasons. With two other finalists dropping their candidacy for medical school dean, Central is left in the dust.

Steve Smith, director of uni-versity communications, said

the university is aiming to secure a dean by the end of the aca-demic year. With three-and-a-half months remaining, CMU is run-ning out of time.

Appointing a dean in such little time could result in a convenient candidate rather than a qualified one. Add searching for four asso-ciate deans to the mix without an inclination of who to hire, and the medical school begins to sound like it is teetering on the edge of hopelessness.

The medical school has been kicked around the university for too long now. The energy has been sucked out of the project and it has found itself in a sorry state of disarray. Its reputation has become lackluster, and funding is at a premium. Trying to get the school off the ground is becoming tiresome.

Even former university presi-dent Michael Rao, who initiated

the medical school plan just months before leaving for Virginia Commonwealth University in mid-2009, is not around to push it forward.

University President-designate George Ross will hopefully have more success than Rao and interim president Kathy Wilbur, despite having nothing to do with starting it. He is walking into a challenge that has been around for more than a year and still doesn’t have sufficient leadership.

The university will no doubt continue with the medical school, despite the lack of support it has received.

If CMU is serious about the project, it will have to recruit someone who is truly committed to see the project through.

This is one wild goose chase Trustees and administrators can-not afford to lose.

Central Michigan University’s proposed medi-cal school continues to stumble. Cam Enarson, who has been serving as the

school’s interim dean, turned down the permanent job Tuesday. Along with four empty spots for associate deans, the medical school still has no leadership despite being approved in September 2008.

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free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

– The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

It’s becoming known as the “Massachusetts Miracle” by some.

In an amazing come-from-behind victory, State Senator Scott Brown defeated Attorney General Martha Coakley in the special election to fill the late Senator Ted Kennedy’s seat. Brown defeated Coakley in a 52 to 47 percent margin.

Back in December, most every-body, even FOX News, said who-ever won the Democratic primary could essentially be considered the next Massachusetts Senator. Early last week, I said Brown had abso-lutely no chance of winning. It was Ted Kennedy’s seat, after all.

Boy, was I wrong.So how did Brown win, becom-

ing the first Republican Senator from Massachusetts in 31 years?

It was a combination of a few things: An extremely energized electorate behind Brown, a terribly run campaign by Coakley and a large amount of independent vot-ers worried about the direction of the country.

When Brown began to rise in the polls, conservatives did not just gravitate toward him — they actually got involved. People from all over the country traveled to Massachusetts to help both sides, but conservatives in Massachusetts worked especially hard to ensure a Brown victory.

The Coakley campaign will go down in political history as one of the worst campaigns ever run. A senior Democratic Party official labeled the campaign the “worst debacle in American political his-tory.” Gaffes such as labeling for-mer Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling as a “Yankees fan” and misspelling “Massachusetts” were just surface issues in a campaign that made a fool out of Coakley and failed to successfully energize the Demo-cratic base.

Pre-election polls showed more than 20 percent of registered Democrats planned on voting for Brown, whereas less than 10 percent of registered Republicans were for Coakley.

But perhaps the biggest factor in the race was health care. Mas-sachusetts voters were unhappy with the current health care bills in Congress. Brown used that issue to his advantage perfectly, and did more than that. He appealed to those worried about the economy by emphasizing his fiscal conser-vatism, opposing higher taxes and committing to representing the voters of Massachusetts and not special interests.

With Brown’s victory, the biggest question is what will happen to health care reform? The Demo-crats will have to carefully plan their next move. If they can get the House Democrats to go along with it, simply passing the Senate bill is their best shot. If they can’t do that, major health care reform probably won’t happen.

And what does the future hold for Scott Brown? Sure, he won on Tuesday, but it still is Massachu-setts, and Brown’s conservatism will probably be his downfall in the 2012 election. Until then, Republi-cans and Brown should celebrate what truly was an amazing victory.

Democrats and progressives may not see it now, but the elec-tion of Scott Brown to the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts on Tuesday is a blessing in disguise.

Yes, a Republican significantly to the right of even John McCain is now sitting in the late Ted Ken-nedy’s seat.

But there are lessons to be learned from this election that Democrats would do well to heed.

Firstly, never take an election for granted.

Martha Coakley, the Democratic opponent of Scott Brown, took a three-week vacation after she won the Democratic primary in December.

Scott Brown was touring the state, shaking hands and speaking to whoever would listen. Martha was checking her e-mail.

Next, we as Democrats need to

stop pretending there are “liberal” and “conservative,” “blue” and “red” states.

This election has turned this idea on its head.

A state President Barack Obama won by a whopping 26 points in 2008 just elected a conservative “Tea Party” Republican.

There are only American states, and every American is an inde-pendent thinker.

Finally, Democrats in Congress need to do what they were elected to do: break the status quo.

Billions in giveaways to health insurance companies is not what I voted for.

I understand that Wall Street bailouts are a President George W. Bush precedent, but that is no excuse to continue to allow these (taxpayer-owned) giant corpora-tions to give their CEOs tens of

millions of dollars in bonuses — bonuses the taxpayers are paying for.

People often say “Where is my bailout?” and it is time you give them one; Michigan is desperate for jobs and the time has come for a national jobs bill.

Republicans are still promot-ing Bush-style tax cuts and war escalation.

Real change will come from Democrats. But it is up to each one of us to hold them to their word.

This election is how Massachu-setts chose to do so.

We will clean up our act and beat all expectations.

But resorting to Republicans is not the way to go.

Brad O’DonnellCollege Democrats President

A Democratic response to the political shake-up in Massachusetts

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I recently visited a former professor I had to talk to about his views in regard to how diversity is handled on campus.

I figured his perspective would be legitimate given he came from Nigeria many years ago.

One thing he mentioned is the great change that he has witnessed over the last 20 years at Central Michigan. He mentioned that when he was first brought in, there was only a handful of minority faculty.

Now, there isn’t a department lacking a decent representation of various ethnicities and other de-mographics. After all, the Informa-tion Systems Department Chair is Chinese.

So during the course of the con-versation, the subject arose of the diversity report that Dr. Senter et al had completed in 2008.

I’ve previously written on this report twice, but my professor brought up a question in response to the report’s negative outlook: Why don’t diversity groups talk about the positive things that have happened over the last 20 years in-stead of all the perceived negatives?

That simple question made me realize the most effective way of determining the legitimacy of these groups is not to challenge them directly but, rather, ask why they focus on the perceived problems when so many positives have oc-curred.

Additionally, for the claims the survey makes about more than one half of minority faculty and staff reporting negative experiences, it seems there isn’t a flight from employment at Central Michigan University.

So I wonder, are these diversity groups and initiatives actually bringing anything of value to the university, or are they merely trying to justify their existence?

I think Central Michigan Univer-sity eliminating or severely reduc-ing diversity related expenditures, amounting to $1.3 million in the 2009-2010 budget, would make a good start in the budget reduction process.

SubSidized ServiceSSubsidized auxiliary services

generate a lot of revenue, but not enough to cover expenses. They also have budget goals they must meet.

Some subsidized auxiliaries include Athletics and Health Services.

“They only get a certain amount from the general fund,”

said Carol Haas, director of Fi-nancial Planning and Budgets.

Service centers, such as University Recreation, Library Services and the grounds de-partment, are not expected to generate a lot of revenue and most of their expenses are cov-ered by the general fund.

“The grounds department doesn’t raise revenue; their job is to mow the lawn,” said Da-vid Burdette, vice president of Financial and Administrative Services.

Service centers were funded

by fees before the CMU Prom-ise fixed tuition rates. They have since been supported by part of each student’s tuition money.

While these services may occasionally earn money from late book fees or Student Activity Center non-student memberships, general fund money is essential. Some ser-vice centers, such as Scholar-ships and Financial Aid, try to give away as much money as possible.

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By Ryan CzachorskiSenior Reporter

Melody Shea had tears in her eyes as she spoke in Isa-bella County District Court Wednesday.

At one point, the 25-year-old Mount Pleasant resident turned to Matthew Grinzinger, the driver who struck her in an August hit-and-run.

Grinzinger, 19, of Mount Pleasant received a 56-day jail sentence and 200 days of community service for the pe-destrian accident.

“You’re only getting 56 days,” Shea said to Grinzinger. “I was laid out for more than 56 days. I was unable to care for my kids. Being a mother, it really hurt.”

Grinzinger struck Shea on Aug. 9 on Bluegrass Road near Collegiate Way. He left the scene and spent 45 minutes

at Walmart, 4208 E. Bluegrass Rd., before returning, said Stuart Black, Isabella County senior assistant prosecutor.

Shea suffered multiple in-juries in the accident, which resulted in her not being able to keep her job laying asphalt, she said. She wore a neck brace Wednesday.

According to previous re-ports, court documents stated Shea was found laying on the road in a puddle of blood when the Isabella County Sheriff’s Department responded to the scene.

“This has had a long-lasting impact on Ms. Shea, and she didn’t ask for this,” Black said.

‘A difficult cASe’Grinzinger will serve his

sentence after completing a term of probation and a two-year delayed sentence for fe-lonious driving. The 56-day term is for lesser charges of aggravated assault and fail-ure to stop at the scene of a personal injury accident, both misdemeanors. He also

was charged with zero toler-ance, a non-jailable misde-meanor.

The sentence was part of a plea agreement settled prior to Wednesday’s sentencing be-fore Trial Judge Mark Duthie.

“It has been a difficult case,” said Dan O’Neil, Grinzinger’s attorney. “I sense this agree-ment has caused both sides frustration, which probably indicates it’s a good deal.”

The original sentence was 60 days, but Grinzinger will be credited for four. The sen-tence is stipulated, and he will receive no work and school releases or good time reduc-tions.

Grinzinger must perform the community service over the next year, according to the terms of his probation. O’Neil said Grinzinger will not be al-lowed to drink, go to bars and may need an alcohol monitor following his jail term.

“For the terms, it’s basically stay out of trouble,” he said.

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Hit-and-run driver gets time in jailVictim feels 56-day sentence not enough in case

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medical school |continued from 1A

additional funds from the state.”

Well inveStedRay Christie, vice provost for

Academic Administration, said it ius absolutely essential that cost centers prioritize costs for core functions in their 3, 6 and 9 percent proposals.

He said the medical school

is an important project and the university will continue with its plans.

“The Board has made a de-cision and we’re well invested along the way,” Christie said.

Burdette said it has been es-timated the school will cost up to $15 million a year once it is established.

Orlando Perez, political sci-ence department chairman, un-derstands the money being set

aside is crucial for CMU to con-tinue with plans for the medical school. But he does not think it is reasonable to continue with the project when there are many needs rising across campus.

Perez said he is glad the bud-get cuts requested from budget centers also are being asked of the medical school.

“I do appreciate Wilbur’s an-swer that the medical school is included in the proposal,” Perez said.

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Current Greeks helped explain the lifestyle.

Colorado junior Taylor “Tay” Jackson represent-ed Sigma Chi and said he knows what he wants from a future fraternity brother.

“What we’re looking for in recruits are people that can hold their own,” Jack-son said. “We need people with strong personalities that can represent the eth-ics our fraternity focuses on.”

Delta Zeta sisters Gab-brielle Webb, a Monroe sophomore, and Melissa Fortuna, a Sterling Heights junior, were pleased with their potential sorority sis-ters.

Delta Zeta welcomed 23

new members during the fall and hopes to add an-other 10 this semester.

“We’re super happy with (the new members),” For-tuna said.

iS it for you?Alpha Gamma Delta

alumna Kaitlin Irish could not resist the temptation of being around old friends.

So she stopped by.“I’m sad to be missing

out this semester, but be-ing a student teacher re-ally forces neglect to old habits,” the Mount Pleas-ant senior said. “I’m just thrilled to still be a part of this culture and hope peo-ple interested enough to come tonight sign up.”

Novi freshman Shawna Small had no intention of joining a sorority, but curi-osity and a friend prompt-ed her to come.

“I’m interested in see-ing what Greek life is all about, but I’m just not sure it’s something for me,” she said. “I could go in there but, honestly, I’m waiting for a friend who might be interested.”

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By Alethia KasbenStaff Reporter

Mount Pleasant will lose one of its only book outlets in the next three weeks.

Book Mark, 2200 S. Mission St. in Stadium Mall, will close as soon as its stock is liquidated.

Breckenridge resident Cindy Gilbert is not sure where she will shop once it has closed.

“I am really shocked and disappointed that they are go-ing out of business,” she said. “It’s a smaller store, so I don’t feel so overwhelmed when I come in. They have a very large selection, and I’m not familiar with other bookstores in the area.”

Co-owners Deb Hayes and Gene Moutsatson have run the bookstore and coffee shop

since 1999, though it opened in 1973. It moved to its current location in 1985, and was previ-ously on Main Street.

The economic recession has affected small businesses na-tionwide and some say Book Mark is no different.

“People just don’t have the money to spend that they used to — they want everything at a discount,” Moutsatson said.

After serving the community for so long, he said it is difficult to not feel badly about closing.

“We are sad and disappoint-ed,” Moutsatson said. “We’ve served this community for 37 years.”

other StoreS cloSing, tooBook Mark has two locations

in Owosso and Manistee that also will go out of business. These two might be purchased, Moutsatson said, but nothing is finalized yet.

He plans on retiring after the stores close their doors. His daughter, Kris, manager of

Book Mark, is unsure of her fu-ture plans.

“Myself and our five employ-ees who work here will be with-out jobs,” she said. “And four of them are college graduates, the fifth being very close to gradu-ating.”

Moutsatson advises new en-trepreneurs to be well capital-ized and ready to work hard.

As for Book Mark, they do not feel they could have done any-thing differently.

Richard Templeman of Cole-man owns Book Garden, 114 S. Main St., in downtown Mount Pleasant, and said his biggest challenge is the location, not having another bookstore in town.

“My biggest competition is to get people to fight the traffic, know where we are and come downtown,” he said. “The people at Book Mark are good about telling customers we ex-ist.”

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Book Mark shutting its doorsOne owner: We couldn’t have done anything differently

paige CaLaMari/staFF photographerCMU alumna Deborah Kenny, a Mount Pleasant resident, looks through the magazine section Thursday afternoon at The Book Mark, 2200 S. Mission St. After 37 years of operation in The Stadium Mall, The Book Mark will be closing after the stock is liquidated.

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SportS WeekendFootball schedule | CMU Athletics Director says Indiana owes CMU money for breach of contract, 3B

Wrestlingdefeats EMU 34-3CMU winsnine of 10 boutsin 31-point rout

on GUArdMid-aMerican conference Men’s basketball

Backcourts scoring at rapid pace early

Leave the scoring to the smaller guys.

That is what most Mid-American Conference men’s basketball teams have done this season.

Guards have emerged as the MAC’s most dynamic players — nine of the conference’s top 10 scorers reside in the backcourt.

Western Michigan senior shooting guard David Kool — who won last season’s MAC scoring title — leads all of them with a 20.1 aver-

age per game.Kool is joined in the top 10 by veterans such as Buffalo

senior shooting guard Rodney Pierce (18.7), Eastern Michigan point guard Carlos Medlock (15.2) and Central Michigan point guard Robbie Harman (14.4).

But several MAC newcomers have made quite theimpression.

Two freshmen — Ohio’s D.J. Cooper (Chicago) and Toledo’s Jake

Barnett (Wauwatosa, Wis.) — have been tabbed to lead their under-

manned teams’ offenses.

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Western Michigan

Current record: 10-7, 2-2 MACLast season: 10-21, 7-9 MAC; Tie-1st West; lost to Ohio in MAC first round Coach: Steve Hawkins, seventh year (115-90)Plays CMU next: Feb. 27 at Rose ArenaWatch out for: Senior guard David Kool, who is l iable to score in droves if left unchecked. The 6-foot-4 Grand Rapids na-t ive has three 30-plus-point games thus far, and his average of 20.1 per game leads the MAC. Kool also can defend — he is fourth in steals, averaging almost two per game. CMU coach Ernie Zeigler holds Kool in high regard : “ I think David Kool is the (MAC’s) best player. He scores in a variety of ways and he’s very difficult to prepare

for and try to slow him down.” Kool helps lead the Broncos along with 6-foot-10 senior center Donald Lawson, whose 26 blocks rank second in the MAC.Last MAC tournament title: 2004Last NCAA tournament appearance: 2004

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Ohio

Current Record: 9-9, 0-4 MACLast Season: 15-17, 7-9 MAC; Lost to Bowling Green in MAC quarterfinals Coach: John Groce, second year (24-26)Plays CMU next: Feb. 11 in Athens, OhioWatch out for: Freshman point guard D.J. Cooper (5-foot-11), who averages 13.2 points per game. He also distributes and defends the ball, ranking second in MAC assists (5.4 per game) and fi rst in steals (2.8 per game). A McDonald’s All-America nominee from Chicago, Cooper has led the team in points in three of the Bob-cats’ four MAC games. Last MAC tournament title: 2005Last NCAA appear-ance: 2005

Toledo

Current record: 3-15, 0-4 MACLast season: 7-25, 5-11 MAC; 6th West; lost to Akron in MAC first roundCoach: Gene Cross, second year (10-40)Plays CMU next: Feb. 14 at Rose ArenaWatch out for: Freshman guard Jake Barnett. The 6-foot-5- inch shooting guard is the conference’s early favorite for Freshman of the Year honors as his 14.3 points per game ranks sixth. The Rockets are a young bunch — they start three freshmen on a regular basis and their roster includes eight freshmen. Barnett is the go-to guy, but fellow freshman Malcolm Griffin is averaging 11.3 points per game in conference play.Last MAC tourna-ment title: 1980Last NCAA tournament

appearance: 1980

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Northern Illinois

Current record: 8-8, 4-0 MACLast season: 10-20, 5-11 MAC; 5th West; lost to Kent State in MAC first roundCoach: Ricardo Patton, third year (23-50)Plays CMU next: 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Rose ArenaWatch out for: Junior guard Xavier Si las, a transfer from Colorado. The 6-foot-5 Silas missed five games after fracturing his right hand in the Huskies’ 77-55 loss at Northwestern to open the season, but he has averaged 19.3 points in 11 games. Last MAC tournament title: 1982Last NCAA tournament appearance: 1996 (As member of Midwest-ern Collegiate Confer-ence, now Horizon League)

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Eastern Michigan

Current record: 9-8, 1-3 MACLast season: 8-24, 6-10 MAC; 4th West; lost to CMU in MAC first round

Coach: Charles Ramsey, fifth year (51-88)Plays CMU next: March 4 in Ypsi lanti

Watch out for: EMU’s upperclassman trio of senior guard Carlos Medlock (6-foot), junior forward Brandon Bowdry (6-foot-6) and senior forward Justin Dobbins. Medlock’s addit ional responsibi l it ies include assists (3.6 per game) and steals (1.7), ranking seventh in each. Last MAC tournament title: 1998Last NCAA tournament appearance: 1998

BuffaloCurrent record: 10-5, 3-1 MACLast Season: 21-12, 11-5 MAC; lost to Akron in MAC title game; lost to Wichita State in CBI fi rst roundCoach: Reggie Witherspoon, 11th year (136-176)Plays CMU next: Feb. 4 at Rose ArenaWatch out for: Rodney Pierce (6-foot-2- inch senior guard), who ranks second in the conference in scoring, averaging 18.7 points per game. Pierce was named MAC East Player of the Week for the past two weeks after two 31-point performances in that span. Last MAC tournament title: NoneLast NCAA appearance: 1982 (D-III)

By Daniel Monson and Tim Ottusch | Senior Reporters

InsIdew More team capsules, 3B

D.J. PalomaresStaff Reporter

The CMU wrestling team opened its quest for a Mid-American Conference title with a 31-point win against in-state rival Eastern Michi-gan.

The 34-3 victory Thursday night against the Eagles was the biggest win since defeat-ing Nebraska-Kearney 37-3 on Dec 19.

“I thought we wrestled well considering we had some young guys in the lineup, and we had to bump some guys around to dif-ferent weight classes,” said coach Tom Borrelli. “East-ern didn’t perform very well tonight, but we still have some good teams in our conference.”

Senior 125-pounder Matt Steintrager started the match with his first pin of the season. After jumping out to a 10-1 lead, Steintrag-er pinned freshman Greg Egbert halfway through the second period.

“I really didn’t think Matt Steintrager was ever going to get a pin,” Borrelli said.

Sophomore 133-pounder Scotti Sentes s n a p p e d E a s t e r n M i c h i g a n senior Sean Clair’s six-match win streak with a 6-1 decision.

Also earn-ing techni-cal falls for CMU were 174-pound senior Tyler Grayson and 184-pound freshman Ben Bennett.

“I was really impressed with Tyler,” Borrelli said. “He did some really good things offensively and just had a great match.”

Heavyweight sophomore Jarod Trice extended his 12-match win streak with a 3-1 win over EMU sopho-more Wes Schroeder.

“I feel pretty good lately,” Trice said. “I have been trying to do anything to get on that podium.”

The win bumps CMU’s re-cord to 10-2 while Eastern Michigan dropped to 7-8-1. The win was the 11th con-secutive for CMU against in-state competition.

Central now has a week off before heading south to take on Virginia Tech and Old Dominion on Jan. 29 and Jan. 31.

“It is going to be a good test for us,” Borrelli said. “Both of those teams really no our guys so it is going to be a tough couple of matches.”

NotesCMU extended its win-

ning streak over EMU to 19 matches. It has not lost to the Eagles since 1991.

The Chippewas had an 18-0 lead after the first five bouts.

Senior Conor Beebe, red-shirt freshman Justin Mc-Dermitt, redshirt freshman Donnie Corby and senior Eric Simaz also earned wins for CMU.

Grayson, who usually wrestles at 165 pounds, bumped up a weight class and wrestled at 174 pounds in the match.

McDermitt and Corby earned their first career MAC dual victories.

The Chippewas have now won 58 of its last 60 confer-ence dual matches.

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By Aaron McMannStaff Reporter

The CMU women’s bas-ketball team takes a three-game winning streak into its 4 p.m. game Saturday at Rose Arena against Mid-American Conference East Division opponent Ohio.

Ohio (5-13, 1-4 MAC) is coming off a 64-63 win We d n e s d a y against Akron after losing four consecu-tive games to MAC East op-ponents Kent State, Bowl-ing Green,

Miami (OH) and Buffalo. The Bobcats are led by se-

nior point guard duo Jenny Poff and Jennifer Bushby, who average 11 and 8.9 points per game, respectively.

“I know those kids can score,” said coach Sue Gue-vara. “They’re very guard-oriented.”

In its meeting last year with Ohio, CMU won 72-65 after scoring 29 points off 25 Bobcat turnovers. The win snapped a five-game losing streak against Ohio, who won eight of the last 10 meetings between the two teams.

Four players scored in double figures in the win for the Chippewas, including a 20-point performance from MAC Freshman of the Year Brandie Baker.

Guevara said her team is anticipating Ohio’s press and trap-style defense Saturday and must limit its turnovers to be successful.

“We have to focus on wanting the basketball,” she said. “I like to play against that, and I think our play-ers like to play against that, because it gets us going. But it’s a matter of taking care of the ball and valuing it.”

Wednesday WinA 14-0 second-half run

proved to be the difference Wednesday in the team’s 89-74 win over Northern Il-linois, its third consecutive win against a conference opponent.

CMU is 6-11 and tied for second in the MAC West Di-vision with Ball State at 3-2.

The win also snapped an 11-year losing streak in DeKalb, Ill. Much like last year’s game at NIU, The Chippewas jumped out to an early lead, but let the Huskies back into the game toward the end of the first half.

“We weren’t going to that let that happen again,” Gue-vara said.

After NIU built a double-digit lead early in the sec-ond half, senior guard Ken-dra Holman checked into

the game and helped lead CMU on its momentum-changing run.

Guevara said Holman’s defense against NIU guard Kylie York, along with senior forward Britni Houghton and guard Heidi Warcinsky’s ability to penetrate the NIU defense, sparked the come-back. NIU’s York was held to nine points on 3-of-10 shooting.

“I just wanted to give my team a little spark plug com-ing off the bench,” Holman said. “When games do come down to tight plays, we (the seniors) just have to be ready and step up and be leaders.”

Junior Kaihla Szunko re-corded her sixth double-double of the season, scor-ing 24 points and grabbing 14 rebounds.

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Gymnastics up against BYU, Denver

By Nick ConklinStaff Reporter

The CMU gymnastics team will have a share of physi-cal challenges Saturday at the Hamilton Gymnasium in Denver.

The team will compete against No. 14 Denver, Brigham Young and higher el-evation in Denver the team is not accustomed to.

With the city 5,183 feet above sea level, the Chippewas put added emphasis on condition-ing during this week’s practic-es. Focus was centered on the floor exercises, which can be especially draining when per-formed as the last event, coach Jerry Reighard said.

Reighard altered his prac-tice sched-ule slightly, adding more conditioning in order to prepare the team.

“ E v e r y -thing we can do to make them pre-

pared, we have done, but I as-sure it is still not enough once you get into that mountain air,” he said.

Some of the changes in practice have been interlacing the floor routines with work on the exercise bikes, as well as an increased load of cardio-vascular work.

Because of decreased oxy-gen in higher elevations, it takes an athlete about 7-10 days to become fully accus-tomed to performing in those conditions. However, Junior Cheryl Conlin said she is pre-pared for whatever type of challenge the altitude may bring.

“It’s the same, and we just need to focus on the little things,” she said.

The mental aspect is an-other area Reighard has seen improvement during practice — three gymnasts fell on the balance beam in the team’s win over Utah State last week-end. The mental toughness of the squad must be present if it hopes to beat two quality teams, Reighard said.

“Can they mentally over-come it, when their minds are in that fatigued state?” he said.

Many gymnasts are fight-ing for a spot on the 10-per-son travel roster. Following Conlin’s all-around victory in the meet against Utah State (38.45), Reighard said he is pleased with her efforts and expects her to make another strong showing this weekend.

“(Cheryl) has been a real go-getter for us,” he said, “I was pleased with her attitude to make it into the line-up and not be bumped out.”

The compeTiTionThe Denver Pioneers enter

Saturday’s meet coming off wins against No. 22 Minneso-ta, Penn State and Air Force.

Top performers this season for the Pioneers include soph-omore Brianna Artemev, who

won her first all-around title, posting a score of 39.150. Se-nior Kelley Hennigan placed third overall with a score of 38.425.

The second challenge in the meet will be outperform-ing the sophomore-led BYU Cougars, whose roster in-cludes seven gymnasts in their second year of compet-ing. All-arounders Kara Mun and Holland Davis scored consistently in the high 9.7’s on the vault in 2009.

BYU opened its season last week losing against Southern Utah. However, the team posted a 193.050, higher than each of CMU’s totals thus far this year.

Despite the prowess of both programs, Reighard said his team needs to focus on its ef-fort and not get caught up in the national rankings.

“The goal is to not be over-shadowed or afraid of those teams,” he said. “Just go out and do CMU gymnastics.”

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Next up:Sat: vs. BYU and Denver (at Denver) Who’s hot:Junior Cheryl Conlin won the all-around last week with a 38.450.

Who’s not:Senior Katie Simon and junior Andrea de la Garza scored a 9.2 and 9.1 on the vault, respectively.

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Cheryl Conlin

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Central rides three-game streakRecent wins allowCMU to creep near top of West

Team competes against mile-highaltitude in meet

Next up:Sat: vs. Ohio (1-4 MAC)

Who’s hot:Juniors Kaihla Szunko and Shonda Long scored 24 and 20 points, re-spect ively, in the team’s win against NIU.

Who’s not:Freshman Jal isa Ol ive scored two points and had two turnovers in the win coming off the bench.

What’s on tap

Kendra Holman

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Two other newcomers are back in action after transferring. Junior Xavier Silas (Colorado) has Northern Illinois off to a 4-0 MAC start after it finished tied for last in the West Division in 2008-09. In the East, Ohio junior Armon Bassett (Indiana) joins Cooper in the backcourt and av-erages 13.4 points per game.

RoAd WoesJust one team — Northern Il-

linois (4-0) — has escaped un-scathed. Akron, the conference’s favorite to repeat as champion, lost on the road to a Buffalo team that received a rude wel-come at Kent State in a 89-54 loss Wednesday.

Teams are continuing last sea-son’s trend of struggling on the road. Teams went 31-65 (.323) away from home last season in

the conference and sit at a lowly 6-18 (.250) already this season. Only five of the conference’s 12 teams have won on the road.

It contributed in large part to the West’s subpar finish in 2008-09. CMU (7-9 MAC) shared the division title with Ball State and Western Michigan. No team in the division finished above .500.

But CMU coach Ernie Zeigler said the division has improved.

“I think it definitely will be just as competitive in terms of us beating up on each other but, from a win-loss standpoint, you’re going to have to win 10 or more games to win the (West) division,” he said.

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Ball State Current record: 8-8, 2-2 MACLast season: 14-17, 7-9 MAC; Tie-1st West; lost to Buffalo in MAC semifinalsCoach: Billy Taylor, third year (27-39)Plays CMU next: Feb. 17 in Muncie, Ind.Watch out for: Juwan

Scaife, an-other fresh-man guard who might take the conference by storm in the next few sea-sons. The hometown

sensation from Muncie, Ind., has taken some of the scor-ing load away from sopho-more forward Jarrod Jones, last season’s Freshman of the Year. Scaife averages 10.8 points per game in conference play to lead the team and scored a career-high 20 in a win Sunday against Toledo.

Central MichiganCurrent record: 8-8, 3-1 MACLast season: 12-19, 7-9 MAC; Tie-1st West; lost to Ball State in MAC quarter-finalsCoach: Ernie Zeigler, fourth year (46-62)Watch out for: The hot-shooting backcourt of senior guards Jordan Bitzer and Rob-bie Harman. Bitzer dropped a career-high 28 points Wednesday against EMU, while Harman added 15.

Akron Current record: 13-5, 3-1 MACLast season: 23-13, 10-6; T-3rd East; MAC tournament champions; lost to Gonzaga in NCAA first roundCoach: Keith Dambrot, sixth

year (111-47)Plays CMU next: Feb. 9 in Mount PleasantWatch out for: Simply put, the entire team.

Only one player, 6-foot-7-inch senior forward Brett McK-night, is averaging double-figure points per game this season (10.4). However, the Zips have seven players who average at least seven points per game.

Bowling Green

Current Record: 9-7, 2-2 MACLast season: 19-14, 11-5 MAC; T-1st East; lost to Akron in MAC semifinals; lost to Creighton in NIT first roundCoach: Louis Orr, third year (41-38) Plays CMU next: Jan. 30 in Bowling Green, Ohio Watch out for: Scott Thomas (6-foot-6 sopho-more guard), who leads a balanced Falcon scoring at-tack, averages 11.4 points per game.

Kent StateCurrent record: 11-7, 2-2 MACLast season: 19-15, 10-6 MAC; Lost to Buffalo in MAC semifinal ; lost to Oakland in Collegeinsider.com Tourna-ment first roundCoach: Geno Ford, second year (30-22)Plays CMU next: Feb. 6 at Rose ArenaWatch out for: Sophomore

forward Jus-t in Greene (6-foot-8), who ranks 11th in the MAC in scoring and 10th in rebounding, averaging 12.8 points

per game and 5.9 rebounds.

Miami (OH)

Current Record: 5-12, 2-2 MACLast Season: 17-13, 10-6 MAC; Lost to Akron in MAC quarterfinalsCoach: Charlie Coles, 14th year (234-191)Plays CMU next: Thursday in Oxford, OhioWatch out for: Kenny Hayes (6-foot-2-inch senior guard), the lone RedHawk averaging double-figure points per game this year (14.2).

Heeke: Indiana owesCMU $350,000for breach of contract

By Andrew StoverSports Editor

It is clear the CMU foot-ball no longer has Indiana on its 2010 home schedule.

The financial side of the matter is unresolved, how-ever.

After Indiana moved its Big Ten game with Penn State to FedEx Field in Landover, Md., on Nov. 20, the school searched for ways to gain a sixth home game.

The solution included removing its visit to Kelly/Shorts Stadium to play CMU, instead opting to host Arkansas State.

CMU, which was scheduled to repay the visit to Indiana at a future date, responded by canceling its future game in Bloomington, Ind.

CMU Athletics Director Dave Heeke said Indiana r e q u e s t e d to be re-leased from the contract and offered alternative s o l u t i o n s , but it did not make

sense for Central.“We felt the contract

was clearly breached and that we’re due those fees,” he said.

The uncertainy is cen-tered on those fees.

Dustin Dopirak of Her-aldTimesOnline.com re-ported Wednesday that CMU owed Indiana $50,000 after voiding the third and final game of the con-tract. Indiana was to pay CMU $150,000 for the first game in Mount Pleasant. CMU was to pay Indiana $200,000 for the return trip, the report said.

Heeke refuted the report, however.

“The way I interpreted it was that they clearly walked away from the deal,” he said. “The con-tract calls for a payment of $150,000 for the second game and $200,000 for the third game of the con-tract. It’s my understand-ing that Indiana will be paying us $350,000 ... I do know that legal councils for both universities are involved in determining the final outcome.”

Indiana Athletics Di-rector Fred Glass was un-available for comment as he is accompanying the men’s basketball team in tonight’s game against Penn State.

With Indiana off the schedule, CMU has non-conference road games scheduled with Virginia Tech, Northwestern and Navy.

Heeke said CMU’s non-conference home game

has yet to be scheduled.

defeNsive CooRdiNAtoRBlogger Kyle Warber of

Mlive.com reported that CMU has hired Pittsburgh linebackers coach Joe Tumpkin as the team’s de-fensive coordinator.

A source close to the situ-ation said the deal is all but done, but no papers have been signed and it remains unofficial.

Heeke said Tumpkin has not been hired, and he also shed light on other hires previously reported.

The hiring of five assis-tant coaches was confirmed Tuesday by the source.

Heeke disputed the no-tion of any confirmation at this point.

“We have not confirmed any of the hirings,” he said. “There’s certainly a lot of names floating around, but we’re going through the proper procedures on campus to hire staff mem-bers, and that’s in motion right now.”

Mike Cummings, Kyle Nystrom, Kort Shankweiler and Terrence Samuel were added to the staff. Max Glowacki is the lone hold-over from former coach Butch Jones’ staff.

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By Josh BerenterStaff Reporter

The CMU men’s and wom-en’s indoor track and field teams will compete together this weekend as they travel to The University of Michigan for the non-scoring Red Sim-mons Invitational.

The women’s team is com-ing off its first scored-meet victory in about six years.

Track and field coach Wil-lie Randolph said he ex-pects noth-ing less this w e e k e n d when the women com-pete against b i g g e r schools such as Michigan

and South Florida. “No matter what venue

we go into, we’re going to go in there competing,” Ran-dolph said. “We’re building to be ready for the conference meet. We’re excited about the level of competition.”

Senior Erika Schroll moved up to fifth in the na-tional rankings in the high jump competition.

“She’s a class-act young lady,” Randolph said. “She’s a silent competitor, but her energy is there, and that goes throughout the team.”

Randolph said it is exciting to see an athlete get some na-tional recognition for the pro-gram. Schroll, who was never

nationally ranked before this year, said it is surprising to be on a national stage.

“It’s kind of weird for me,” she said. “I’ve always kind of flown under the radar. It’s giv-en me a lot to look forward to and a lot of motivation.”

Juniors Shanaye Carr and Jordan Dunn and senior Cara Dukes have earned the highest marks in the women’s track events for CMU, but Randolph said he expects sophomore Dierra Riley to surprise people. Ri-ley, who sat out the first two meets, is expected to com-pete with Dunn and will be added into the mix this weekend, Randolph said.

The meet in Ann Arbor is non-scoring, but Schroll said her team will come out and compete at a high level.

“Last weekend, we got our hopes up and it lit a fire inside us,” she said.

The field events for the invitational will take place Friday, followed by all track events Saturday.

men’s TeamAll-American senior Greg

Pilling will compete for the first time in two weeks. Pilling, held out of last week’s meet for training, won the weight throw in the CMU Open.

Randolph said he wanted to

see Pilling get extra repetitions last week. Pilling was held out Jan. 15 at EMU because he competed with the Canadian national team in October and his body was tired.

Randolph said the extra reps were all he needed.

“Greg will be ready to go when it counts the most,” he said.

Freshman Kevin Bacon placed second in the high jump and long jump against EMU. Randolph uses him as a runner, also.

“We’ve been training him as a jumper,” Randolph said. “The objective is to balance out the jumping area and the running area.”

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Willie Randolph

“She’s a silent competitor, but her energy is there, and that goes

throughout the team.”

Track and field coach Willie Randolph, on Erika Schroll

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Chippewaslook for tieatop WestWin gives CMU same recordas leader NIUBy tim ottuschSenior Reporter

The CMU men’s basketball team plays for first place in the Mid-American Conference West Division against Northern Illinois at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Rose Arena.

The Chippewas enter the game second in the division with a 3-1 record, while the Hus-kies are first at 4-0.

“We’re going to have a huge challenge here,” said CMU coach Ernie Zeigler. “But this is what we want. We to be able to have these opportunities to compete to be at the top of our division throughout the season.”

The Huskies were 0-8 last sea-son on the road, but are 2-0 this season and are the only team in the conference to start 4-0. NIU has won six consecutive and has not lost in 2010.

The Chippewas swept the season se-ries against the Huskies last season, including a 63-44 victory in Rose Arena.

Xavier Salas (6-foot-5-inch junior guard), who averages

19.3 points per game after sit-ting out last season because of transferring from the Univer-sity of Colorado, has been NIU’s most consistent scorer.

“Xavier Salas is an absolute bundle to guard,” Zeigler said.

Fellow guard, junior Darion Anderson (6-foot-2-inch), av-erages 11.1 points and 7.2 re-bounds per game. Junior center Sean Kowal (6-foot-11-inch) av-erages 9.3 points per game.

“They’re a well-rounded team and we look forward to the chal-lenge Saturday,” said senior guard Jordan Bitzer.

CMU’s goal coming into the season was to win every MAC game at home and at least split on the road. So far, CMU is 1-1 on the road and 2-0 at home.

The eaglesCMU put itself in a position

to play for first place by defeat-ing Eastern Michigan 71-63 Wednesday at Rose Arena.

Bitzer led CMU with a career-high 28 points, outscoring the entire Eastern Michigan roster 19-18 in the first half.

The Eagles were held to 25 percent shooting in the first half and 35.7 for the game.

“I think you saw, in the first

half, Central Michigan basket-ball at its best on both ends of the floor,” Zeigler sad.

CMU shot 51.2 percent, its highest percentage in MAC play. Bitzer said Monday’s ex-tra shooting practices paid dividends in the game.

Eastern Michigan out-rebounded CMU 38-30 in the game and outscored the Chip-pewas 45-36 in the second half.

Junior forward Jalin Thom-as had 16 points and six re-bounds and senior guard Robbie Harman had 15 points and four assists.

Thomas and junior Will Mc-Clure, who had eight rebounds and played a career-high 29 minutes, kept EMU’s star play-ers in check for most of the game. Junior forward Brandon Bowdry was held to 11 points and six rebounds. Bowdry came into the game averaging a double-double (18.2 points and 10.6 rebounds per game).

The team begins play against MAC East opponents Thursday in Miami (Ohio). CMU’s next home game is Feb. 4 against Buffalo.

The Chippewas went 2-4 against MAC East teams last sea-

son, losing all three of their road games. Under Zeigler, the team is 7-11 during the regular season and 1-2 in the MAC tournament against the East.

noTesJunior forward Marko Spica

did not play in Wednesday’s win against Eastern Michigan with a knee injury. Zeigler said he is day-to-day and can possibly play Saturday.

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Matthew StephenS/SEnior photographErJunior guard Antonio Weary had eight points and four rebounds in CMU’s 71-63 win against Eastern Michigan on Wednesday at Rose Arena.

Next up:Sat: vs. NIU (4-0 MAC)

Who’s hot:Senior guard Jordan Bitzer scored a career-high 28 points and outscored EMU alone in the first half.

Who’s not:Junior forward Marko Spica did not play against NIU because of a knee injury.

What’s on tap

Jordan Bitzer

Next up: Jan. 23 at Red Simmons Invite at Michigan

Who’s hot:Senior Erika Schroll is now ranked fifth nationally in the high jump.

Who’s not:All -American senior Greg Pi l l ing missed the last meet because of fat igue.

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