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By John EvansStaff Reporter
The final home game of the season for the CMU baseball team was a tough one to swallow, especially for its seniors.
The Chippewas dropped the game against the Oakland Gold-en Grizzlies Tuesday afternoon at Theunissen Stadium by a score of 7-5.
CMU held on to a 3-2 lead go-ing into the eighth inning, but five runs by Oakland in the final two innings sealed the game.
“We definitely wanted to go out with a ‘W’ but for me it was nice to go out on that mound one last time,” said senior pitch-er Jake Sabol. “If we play like we did today we won’t be around for too long, we made a lot of mental mistakes.”
Sabol started the game on the mound for CMU in what was a staff day for the Chippewas as they ran six different pitchers out to pitch throughout the game. Sabol pitched the first inning and was followed by junior Ryan Longstreth who pitched the next two.
Sophomore Scott Marinier pitched the next inning and al-lowed one earned run.
Senior Bryce Morrow followed Marinier and threw two score-less innings while striking out four Oakland batters. Junior Har-vey Martin took his turn follow-ing Morrow, allowing one earned run in one inning pitched.
Junior Jon Weaver finished the
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MAN’S BEST FRIEND | Mount Pleasant resident feels “spiritual connection” with adopted dog
jake may/staff photographerMount Pleasant resident Paul Gould, 41, stands by a small lake outside his house as his five-year-old dog Buddy, a lab mix, takes a drink of water during an evening walk. Gould adopted Buddy about four years ago from the Isabella County Animal Shelter. Gould said Buddy has grown a lot since then, now 180 pounds. “I knew he was going to be a big dog,” he said. “We just love being outside and our walks give me such a spiritual connection with him. I am not a religious person by any means, but we connect. He’s a friend, a good friend. He’s my buddy.”
By Jordan SpenceStaff Reporter
Former Michigan Gov. John Engler returned to his birth place of Mount Pleasant May 16 to speak to the Fourth District Re-publican Committee.
Engler attended the fund-raising breakfast at Bucks Run Golf Club, 1559 S. Chippewa Road, amongst fellow Repub-licans such as U.S. Rep. Dave Camp, R-Midland, State Sen. Judy Emmons, R-Sheridan, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette and State Rep. Kevin
Cotter, R-Mount Pleasant.“We have a collective national
challenge,” Engler said. “We’ve got to do what works, including creating a simpler, flatter tax, cre-ating jobs and a more competi-tive business industry.”
Engler was named president of the Business Roundtable, an association of chief executive of-ficers of leading U.S. companies, in December 2010.
He said the organization has looked at tax rates and their ef-fect on corporations and found the way things are operating now is outdated and needs to change.
“We’ve looked at our surging tax rates that are now second from highest in the world,” he said. “Which matters a great deal.”
Camp, who is chairman of
the House Ways and Means Committee, said the U.S. is in a debt crisis because Washington spends too much, not because it taxes too little.
To lower unemployment rates and protect programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, Camp said employers need to pay more wages instead of more taxes.
“Hiring more employees and paying less taxes are exactly what they will be able to do under our plan,” he said. “Most importantly, it focuses on what matters most, getting our economy back by extensive tax reform and renew-ing our commitment to creating more competitive markets.”
For employers to hire, innovate and expand, Camp said the bud-get needs to be cut, similar to the $100 million state cut outlined
earlier this year. That way there will be real change, he said.
Camp said events like the breakfast are a good way to fire up the faithful.
“What it does is helps you to keep working hard at governing and campaigning,” he said.
Megan Piwowar, Camp’s di-rector of communications, or-ganized the event and said fund-raising is imperative in the fourth district as it is one of the largest in Michigan.
“This is Engler’s home district,” she said, “so it’s the best way to speak to the people.”
She said it was special to see the success of the Republican party and to have support from people like Engler.
Taxes, jobs main challenge, Engler tells RepublicansFourth District event focuses on national economy
jordan spence/staff reporterFormer Michigan Gov. John Engler speaks to the Fourth District Republican Committee during a Monday morning fundraiser breakfast at Bucks Run Golf Club, 1559 S. Chippewa Road. “Michigan has to think competitively,” Engler said. “Right now we need to not take the focus off the most important issues, like job creation and the economy.”
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By Andrew DooleyStaff Reporter
Downtown Mount Pleasant is about to get much more colorful, and not just from flowers finally in bloom.
Art Reach of Mid Michi-
gan, in partnership with the City of Mount Pleas-ant, will host “Paint the Sidewalks” between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m on May 21 in celebration of Art Reach’s 30 years of artis-tic encouragement in the community.
The event will give resi-dents of all ages a chance to paint more than 50 squares of the recently widened sidewalk on Main Street between Bellows and Illinois streets.
The paint and patterns will be provided along with complimentary refresh-ments and music, accord-ing to a press release from Art Reach. Painters must follow pre-selected designs created by local artists.
“Because the city owns the sidewalk, we’re not willing to take any risks about what people would come up with,” said Art Reach director Kathy Hill.
Participants will be pro-vided with traffic paint,
which will remain in place for at least two years. About 10 gallons of paint in a variety of colors have been purchased, and both brushes and rollers will be available for participants.
Hill said the event, which has been advertised in fli-ers, social media sites and other media, should have a strong attendance, but it is always difficult to gauge turnouts.
She said anyone in-terested in painting, re-
gardless of artistic talent, needs only to show up to get started. A hospitality tent will be located on the corner of Main Street and High Street where partici-pants can access supplies and event coordinators.
Mount Pleasant senior Meghan Borland, who is involved with Art Reach, said she thinks the paint-ing party is a wonderful idea.
Residents invited to color the community‘Paint the Sidewalks’ will decorate stretchof Main Street
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By Maria AmanteSenior Reporter
Although CMU has expe-rienced overall growth in enrollment figures over re-cent years, registrants for the 2011 summer semesters
were noticeably thinner.Summer course enrollment
has decreased, CMU Registrar Karen Hutslar said, though of-ficial numbers were not avail-able at press time.
“Enrollment in the summer is a little bit down this year,” Hutslar said.
The official count date is to-day, she said.
Hutslar said enrollment for
summer semester courses is usually fairly stable in a 2009 interview, but was unable to give a reason for the decline in enrollment.
Some classes have been
canceled as a result of the lower numbers, but that is a decision made by individual departments.
“Normally, they look for certain enrollment levels in order for a course to be a go, not only summer, but fall and spring,” she said.
Megan Goodwin, chair-woman of the the human en-vironmental studies depart-
ment, said a few classes in her department did not have suf-ficient enrollment and were canceled as a result.
She said the department informed students of classes that could potentially replace canceled courses. She said she noticed those other op-tions had an increase in en-rollment.
“We looked at (summer
courses) as being a benefit to students who are trying (to graduate more quickly,)” Goodwin said. “It’s disap-pointing we had to notify stu-dents we were not able to of-fer all of the things we said we would.”
Grand Haven senior Josh Myers said he is taking one
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sean proctor/staff photographerJulia Miller of Mount Pleasant, sits with her four-year-old son, Maiingan Miller-Hosler, and helps him put his shoes on while his sister, five-year-old Kerrina Miller-Hosler, waits for them. The three planned to head over to the swing set and play in the quickly dissipating sunlight on Sunday evening at their house on East River Road. Maiingan and Kerrina were also joined by their little brother, two-year-old Gizhep Miller-Hosler, on the swings. According to Miller, the three usually follow her outside and play around when she steps out for a cigarette.
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todayw the 11th annual CMU Staff and Faculty Quilt Ex-hibit will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Bovee University Center’s Multicultural Education Center.
thUrSdayw a "faculty family picnic" will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Island Park, 331 N. Main St.
Fridayw a stock car race will begin at 7:45 p.m. at the Mount Pleasant Speedway, 4658 E. River Road.
SUndayw the play "Caving in" will be performed from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Broadway Theater, 216 E. Broadway St.
“It’s great that it brings art in the community, and that anyone can be involved,” she said. “It will make Mount Pleasant look cooler, like it’s an artsy town.”
Michael Ostling, assistant
professor of philosophy and religion, also thinks highly of the plan.
“That sounds like a great idea, and it will beautify Mount Pleasant,” he said.
More information about the event can be found at Art Reach’s website, art-reachcenter.org.
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course this summer with a particularly small class.
“My professor said it is nor-mally a class with 60 people, but it only has 15 to 20 now,” Myers said.
He said he likes the reduced size because it allows for more one-on-one time with his in-structor.
Not all courses experienced
the low enrollment trend. Chesterfield senior Kara Kraft said her special education class added an additional sec-tion due to high demand.
“My class was opened be-cause there were at least 15 people on the waiting list,” Kraft said.
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By Erika BolstadMCT Campus
WASHINGTON — Inte-rior Secretary Ken Sala-zar on Tuesday defended his agency’s changes in the year after the Deep-water Horizon explosion, dismissing criticism of a lengthier and more exten-sive permitting process as mere “Washington noise.”
Appearing before the Senate Energy and Natu-ral Resources Commit-tee, Salazar stressed that the U.S. is committed to offshore oil and gas de-velopment when it’s done safely.
A plan to streamline the permitting process, championed by Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, got the backing last week of President Barack Obama, who called Saturday in his weekly radio address for easing the way for more
domestic oil and gas pro-duction, particularly in the offshore Arctic and Na-tional Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
Begich and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, are pushing for increased off-shore production in the Arctic as a source of oil that will keep the trans-Alaska pipeline running. Alaska’s senators have been meet-ing repeatedly with the president and White House officials in recent months to find ways to cut through red tape to move projects forward in the state.
“The past year has been evidence that (streamlin-ing the permitting pro-cess) is needed now more than ever,” Begich told the committee Tuesday. “I was glad to hear the president talking about ... the need to coordinate between the many different federal agencies.”
Interior secretary defends off-shore drilling permit changes
By Amelia EramyaLead Designer
Almost 5,000 pieces of non-perishable food were stacked into the American Red Cross Food Pantry, 215 E. Broadway St., May 15 for the National Association for Letter Carriers’ Food Drive.
NALC and the U.S. Postal Service have teamed up to collect food items for the past 18 years throughout Mount Pleasant, Isabella County and the U.S.
Jeff Smith, delivery super-visor at Mount Pleasant’s USPS office, 813 N. Main St., said the drive began in California, and has reached more than one billion pounds of items collected nationwide.
“It’s good for the com-munity,” Smith said. “Every-thing that is collected stays within the community.”
Food Pantry supervisor Irene Lopez-Casillas said a total of 4,961 food items were collected for this year’s drive.
Mount Pleasant resident Dan Brough was one of mul-tiple letter carriers to deliver several boxes of items to the Food Pantry on Saturday.
“I know everybody is real-ly appreciative of it,” Brough said. “Residents just leave the stuff by their mailboxes,
and we pick it up.”Lopez-Casillas and sever-
al volunteers organized the items dropped off by letter carriers Saturday morning.
Lisa Moody, 38, of Blanchard, volunteered to assist the pantry in orga-nizing the items donated. Moody said she was there since 11 a.m. and expected a
big turnout.“I think it’s great,” she
said. “It’s definitely helping the community.”
Moody’s 17-year-old son Quentin, also of Blanchard, helped with the organizing.
“Now (he) knows why I’m always tired,” Lisa said, laughing.
Two other volunteers
worked alongside the moth-er and son to sort the items for the region’s hungry de-spite Saturday’s gloomy weather.
“Even though our econ-omy is bad, it’s great to see how many can give,” Lisa said.
Partnering for the FutureCentral Michigan University and MidMichigan Health enjoy a longstanding partnership in educating health care professionals and training physician assistants and physical therapists for the best possible education and clinical experience. Through The CMU Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow College of Health Professions, physician assistants, physical therapists, speech and language
pathologists and athletic trainers have received one-on-one training from practicing MidMichigan Health physicians and therapists.
CMU’s Physician Assistant program is ranked among the best in the nation, with graduates scoring highest on standardized tests. Clinical rotations with MidMichigan Health physicians play a strong role in preparing the program’s future physician assistants. Many CMU physician assistant graduates are now working throughout MidMichigan Health and the region.
Physical therapy students also receive clinical rotations from practicing physical therapists throughout MidMichigan Health and then later join the MidMichigan Health team at Medical Centers and outpatient rehabilitation facilities throughout the region.
When CMU’s new College of Medicine enrolls its fi rst class of medical students in Mt. Pleasant, anticipated in 2013, the CMU-MidMichigan Health partnership will continue to grow. MidMichigan Health’s physicians will
play a strong role in training CMU medical students as part of a clinical affi liation that makes perfect sense.
More than 60 MidMichigan Health physicians practice right here in Mt. Pleasant – and more than 350 in the region. In addition, MidMichigan Health has Medical Centers in Midland, Alma, Clare and Gladwin.
For students, having these opportunities close by means less need to travel and more time to learn from experienced doctors while contributing to excellence in health care for our communities.
The Family Medicine Residency Program at MidMichigan Medical Center–Midland has graduated more than 200 family medicine physicians since 1969. These doctors served our communities’ needs during their residencies, and many chose to practice in Michigan.
Our partnership with CMU is the next step in bringing clinical education to the region. We are proud to be affi liated with Central Michigan University, The Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow College of Health Professions and the future College of Medicine. We look forward to helping CMU train new physicians as part of our mission to provide excellent health services to improve the quality of life for people in our communities.
Learn more about MidMichigan’s efforts to promote and sustain the health of our communities at www.midmichigan.org/communitybenefits.
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By Jake BolithoStaff Reporter
Local business owners must account for fluctuat-ing sales as students enter and exit town throughout the year, significantly alter-ing their pool of custom-ers.
The departure of CMU students remains a regular cause of slower operations, staffing cuts and reduced hours for several bars, res-taurants and other estab-lishments in the area.
Shift manager Rich Ryan said a drop in customers is quite noticeable, but busi-ness carries on at student-oriented restaurants such as Menna’s Joint, 1418 S. Mission St.
“Students still order — there are always people,” he said.
Between the spring and fall semesters at CMU, the Menna’s Joint workforce is cut by more than half, Ryan said.
The clientele at the Bird Bar & Grill, 223 S. Main St., consists of a steady mix of students and community members, said manager Melissa Burgtras. She said the establishment sees less of a hit to sales and atten-dance during the summer months because many cus-tomers remain.
“We maintain a lot of customers,” Burgtras said. “There are certain days when there are more stu-dents and certain days when there are more local business people.”
Thursday at the bar is most popular for students, while many locals are seen on Fridays, Burgtras said. She believes a lot of stu-dents remain in Mount Pleasant this season.
Brian Lombard, a man-
ager for Chippewa Cab & Limo, 1608 N. Fancher St., said the service is well-di-versified and includes air-port, casino and medical transportation. The busi-ness still finds itself serv-ing a fair amount of people in the summertime, mostly community members.
“With students gone, it hurts business all over town,” Lombard said.
Rubbles Bar, 112 W. Mich-igan St., hosts local musical talent on a weekly basis to attract customers.
The shows continue into the summertime, but make the shift to Friday and Saturday, rather than the Thursday and Friday performance schedule fol-lowed during the fall and spring semesters. Perform-ing bands often hail from Mount Pleasant, but groups from outside of mid-Michi-gan have also performed at the bar.
Manager Melissa Gross said business is noticeably affected, but even those who are not CMU students still show up to support their favorite local artists.
“We have a lot of locals who come in to watch the bands,” she said. “The dy-namics change a bit more.”
Live musical performanc-es also continue at Kaya Coffee and Tea Co., 1029 S. University Ave. However, hours are reduced through-out the week, said man-ager Elly Cotton. Open Mic Night is not usually hosted between the spring and fall semesters.
“We see more commu-nity members, but we still see some students,” Cotton said.
Regardless of their prod-ucts or services, many lo-cal business owners agreed students make up a large portion of Mount Pleas-ant’s customer base.
“Without a doubt, (CMU’s) Welcome Weekend is the busiest time of the year,” Ryan said.
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Local business shrinkswith loss of studentsEbb, flow of CMU population regular part of economy
ameLia eramya/lead designerSeveral volunteers from the American Red Cross Food Pantry, 215 E. Broadway St., work to organize food donations from the Letter Carriers’ Food Drive sponsored by the U.S. Postal Service Saturday morning.
By Jordan SpenceStaff Reporter
Though Mission Street traf-fic is often more manageable late at night, nocturnal driv-ers may not find as smooth of a ride due to extensive road construction this summer.
Because Mission is a state road, the Michigan Depart-ment of Transportation is in charge of the nighttime repair project that will take place over the majority of the summer months.
“The area from South Mis-sion through High Street will be finished by the end of June,” said MDOT Deliv-ery Engineer Brian Ulman. “Then beginning July 6 un-til the end of August, we will work on the area from High Street to North Mission.”
The project encompasses joint and crack repair, as well as road resurfacing and side-walk repairs at intersections.
In addition to the repairs, MDOT will also install dis-ability ramps on intersection corners.
“By adding texture to those areas (of the sidewalk), it’s easier for people who are blind to tell what part of the sidewalk they are at,” Ulman said.
The project is being car-ried out at night to avoid heavy daytime traffic on Mis-sion Street.
The Isabella Road proj-ect will also be finished this summer. The first half of the project was finished last summer, and the remaining construction between River Road and Baseline Road is slated to finish the Friday before Memorial Day.
Pat Gaffney, an engineer
for the Isabella County Road Commission, said the dead-line might be pushed back because rain delayed the project’s start date.
“We’re widening the shoul-der and creating new ditches as well as repaving,” Gaffney said. “So far, it’s been OK for residents to get around, but it’s been challenging with the Delfield Factory and getting trucks in and out of there.”
Union Township manager Brian Smith said Baseline Road between Mission Street and Isabella Road has fund-ing, but the township is wait-ing for a contract from the road commission to com-plete it.
CMU alumnus Chris Bozell said he was fortunate to own a sport utility vehicle while contending with Deerfield Road’s conditions.
“My car is a tank, so the potholes don’t damage my vehicle too badly,” Bozell said. “I just swerve around them. I do see a lot of people on the side of the road with flat tires, though.”
Smith said he is not sure when the Deerfield recon-struction project will begin because Union Township is waiting for the result of a funding request from the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe.
“If we don’t get the money then the board of trustees will need to determine if General Fund dollars will be used,” he said. “I would like to see the road completed by this fall, but it would be determined by the schedule of the county road commis-sion.”
A sidewalk will also be placed in front of Celebra-tion Cinema, 4935 E. Pickard St., from Pickard Street to National Drive.
Mission Streetunder construction through summerIsabella Roadproject also to be finished
L o C A L Food drive collects about 5,000 items
outing for CMU but struggled a bit, allowing OU to score four runs in the top of the ninth in-ning. Weaver (2-1) was charged with the loss. Oakland’s Jake Ar-endsen (3-1) picked up his third win of the season in relief.
“We did have a plan on the mound that we wanted to ac-complish,” said head coach Steve Jaksa. “Unfortunately, the ninth inning was not a good in-ning for us and it was very dis-appointing with how that came about.”
CMU (27-24 overall, 15-8 Mid-American Conference) did show some fight in the bot-tom of the ninth inning. Seniors Robbie Harman and Brendan Emmett both scored runs but the comeback fell short when sophomore Jordan Adams struck out swinging to end the game.
Harman, Emmett, and fellow senior Matt Faiman combined for four of the five runs scored in the game for the Chippewas.
It was a tough loss for the se-niors against an Oakland team
with only 16 wins in the season.“The team will be ready to
play (leading up to the champi-onship) regardless of what this game showed. We have shown great resiliency through the course of the year,” Jaksa said. “We will be ready to play against Eastern Michigan. We have got a lot yet to play for.”
The Chippewas will begin their final conference series against Eastern Michigan on
Thursday at 6 p.m. at Oestrike Stadium.
The EMU Eagles (33-18, 15-9 MAC) sit just half a game behind the Chippewas for first place in the MAC West Division. This weekend will be a key series for both teams as they look to get the highest seed possible in the MAC Tournament, which begins on May 25 in Chillicothe, Ohio.
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An eight-run second in-ning is never a positive, especially in post-season play.
That was the case May 15 as in-state rival Western Michigan beat the Central Michigan softball team 9-0
in the Mid-American Con-ference consolation semifi-nal in Akron, Ohio.
Senior pitcher Kari Sed-don didn’t have an ideal day in what was her final time on the mound as a Chippewa. She allowed four hits and seven earned runs in just one and two thirds innings. Meanwhile, junior Meredith Whitney maintained a one-hitter with seven strikeouts to carry the Broncos.
WMU’s second inning was one to remember. Arguably,
the largest hit was when se-nior Michelle Bendewald hit a three-run home run over the left field wall.
Senior infielder Amanda Patrick was the only Chip-pewa to get a hit off Whitney all afternoon.
The Broncos went on to win the 2011 MAC Tourna-ment Championship later in the day. Whitney was named the tournament MVP, pitch-ing three complete games.
CMU falls to champ WMUBroncos claim title as conference champions
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By Kristopher LodesStaff Reporter
The Central Michigan men’s track and field team finished third at the Mid-American Con-ference Outdoor Champion-ships in Dekalb, Ill. from May 12 to 14, though the 10th-place women fared worse.
For the first time since 2006, CMU took third place with 119 points, trailing Kent State and Akron, with Akron winning the conference championship.
“A lot of the underclassmen did a great job and we were ex-cited for them and the future of the program,” said track and field director Willie Randolph.
More than half of the team’s points came from underclass-man athletes. None of the points came from nationally ranked sophomore Alex Rose in the dis-cus.
Freshman Ross Parsons took fourth in both the 100- and 200-meter dash at 10.52 and 21.33 seconds, both personal bests.
He joined freshman Ryan Brooks and sophomores Renal-do Powell and Greg Knaus for another fourth-place finish and a personal-best time.
Brooks had a personal best in the 100-meter as well, with a time of 10.62, finishing sixth. Meanwhile, Knaus got a person-al best of his own in the 200-me-ter, finishing seventh clocking in at 21.59.
“It was an awesome experi-ence,” Parsons said. “I just com-peted to the best of my abilities and it was an awesome feeling to be a part of 23 points.”
Fellow freshman Tecumseh Adams got CMU’s only first-place finish with a personal best in the 1500-meter at 3:54.60. He also took second in the 5000-meter at 15:11.59.
Throwers were one of CMU’s strongest efforts in track and field coming into the champion-ship and they did not disappoint with junior Ryan McCullough leading the way.
McCullough got a personal best in the discus, placing fifth with a throw of 170 feet and eight inches, and third in the hammer toss with a throw of 196-07 feet. Junior Kevin Mays achieved his own personal best, finishing seventh with 188-09 feet.
Senior George Flanner came in fourth in the shot put with a personal best of 54-06 3/4 feet, while Rose finished sixth in the event with 53-10 1/2 feet and senior John Calvert finished sev-enth with 53-5 3/4 feet.
Freshman Kyle Smith, who finished first in javelin at the Len Paddock invitational May 7 at the University of Michigan, continued with a personal best throw of 203-05 feet, earning another CMU record.
“Getting third place was a huge accomplishment, but we’re only going to get better,”
Parsons said.
Women finish 10thTwo senior women’s track and
field members set school re-cords, as one of few bright spots for the women at the champi-onships.
Senior Mykal Imbrock fin-ished fourth in the hammer toss with 190 feet and seven inches, outdoing her CMU record-breaking previous best at Okla-homa.
“I knew it was good, but I re-ally didn’t know it was that far,” Imbrock said. “They say your good ones don’t feel that far, but they are because of your tech-nique.”
Senior Shanaye Carr broke alumna Tamera Thomas’ 14.24-second, 100-meter hurdle re-cord from 2006. Carr finished third at 13.77.
Juniors Kirlene Roberts and Dierra Riley, along with seniors Jordan Dunn and Brittnee Shreve, took part in the 4×100-meter relays and took third place with a time of 46.25.
Kent State won the cham-pionships, beating runner-up Eastern Michigan by one point. Miami took third.
“We had a lot of women do some good things, but we grad-uated a lot of people last season and we knew we were lacking in some areas,” Randolph said.
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andrew kuhn/staff photographerSenior infielder Brendan Emmett gets on base Tuesday against Oakland University at Theunissen Stadium in Mount Pleasant. The Chippewas fell to the Golden Grizzlies 7-5.
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By John ManzoSenior Reporter
Alumnus Chippewa running back Carl Volny’s football career is taking him in an unexpected direction — Winnipeg, Canada.
“It was a really big shocker,” Volny said of being the 32nd Canadian Football League draft pick for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers earlier this month. “Winnipeg contacted me and told me they were interested in
drafting me. The whole process was exciting because (of their interest).”
The 5-foot-10-inches, 195-pound running back joins the CFL’s leading rusher, Fred Reid, but also the league’s worst team. The Blue Bombers went four for 14 last season and finished on a four-game losing streak. How-ever, Volny said he believes ev-ery year is different and that he can bring a spark to the roster.
“I think I can come in there with a positive attitude and bring excitement to the team,” Volny said.
The former Chippewa be-came the fifth CMU player to make it to the CFL. He joins
wide receiver Obed Cétoute, defensive back Eric Fraser, line-backer Ike Brown and offensive lineman Greg Wojt.
Along with a positive attitude, Volny could add versatility to the Blue Bombers. In 2010, he ran for a career-high 402 yards, rushing for five touchdowns and receiving a touchdown.
Although his role is still unset-tled, the team wants him to at-tend a rookie minicamp where he can impress the staff and
earn a role as a running back or a special teams player.
Volny said he is solely focused on playing for the Blue Bomb-ers and would consider interest from a National Football League if and when it is expressed. As for now, he is glad to be a Blue Bomber.
“It’s just the CFL,” he said. “Right now it’s the CFL and I plan to play that.”
Carl Volny excited to join Canadian Football LeagueRunning back will play for Winnipeg Blue Bombers
file photo by jeff sMith/staff photographerCMU senior running back Carl Volny runs the ball down the field during the second half of the Oct. 16 game against Miami University of Ohio at Kelly/Shorts Stadium.
“i think i can come in there with a positive attitude and bring excitement to the team.”
Carl Volny, alumnus running back