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TOP LEFT: Fans celebrate CMU’s touchdown tying the game 20-20 in the fourth quarter. TOP RIGHT: Lexington freshman Josh VanderGraaff buries his head into a towel as Miami scores the game-winning touchdown on a 71-yard pass. ABOVE: Bowing his head and kneeling on the 20-yard line, junior wide receiver Cedric Fraser cries after a pass intended for him was intercepted in the last three seconds of the game, resulting in CMU’s 27-20 homecoming loss to Miami on Saturday at Kelly/Shorts Stadium.

heart brokenHope rose in a dormant student section

Saturday when freshman kicker David Harman split the uprights to tie the

game at 20 with 4:33 left on the clock.Warren sophomore Laei Johnson threw his

pink-painted fist into the air in celebration.The game was in reach.The Chippewas fought to hold Miami’s offense

for a chance at an overtime win during CMU’s homecoming game, but one play ended it all.

With 19 seconds left on the clock in the fourth quarter, a 71-yard touchdown pass gave Miami the lead and inevitably the win.

Lexington freshman Josh VanderGraaff buried his head into a towel, ashamed of the finish.

“It’s just another letdown to come all the way

back just to lose,” he said. “After these last two home losses, it’s just depressing. We gave up almost 400 yards passing. Hopefully they’ll pull it together. They’re still a young team, but to go from Dan LeFevour to Ryan Radcliff — well, it’s a big dropoff.”

Head coach Dan Enos called the 27-20 loss against the RedHawks ‘very disappointing.’

“When we had our crystal ball before the sea-son started, we didn’t think after seven games this is where we would be,” Enos said. “But that’s life and adversity. We’re going to take a step and move forward.”

jeff smith/staff photographerThousands of people fill lot 63 tailgate area outside of Kelly/Shorts Stadium before the football game Saturday. The tailgate had the largest attendance since the new policies were put in place last year.

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By Rachel DybickiStaff Reporter

More businesses are hir-ing recent college gradu-ates across all fields, ac-cording to a survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers.

Survey results show hir-ing is up 13.5 percent, based on 31,470 students from more than 400 colleg-es and universities nation-wide surveyed between Feb. 9 and April 30.

“All places of work are starting to become busi-ness-ready and they’re looking to start hiring,” said Ed Koc, NACE director of strategic and foundation research. “There is a search for a larger workforce to take over for the baby

boomers’ work. Numbers are looking good and it’s positive around recruiting season.”

Degrees in accounting, business, computer sci-ence, engineering and so-cial sciences were most likely to have job offers by graduation. More than 40 percent of the responding seniors in each of these cat-egories received job offers before graduating, accord-ing to the NACE survey.

“This is really good news, especially with how the economy has been,” said Birmingham senior Ashley Wasniewski. “There is so much relief for when I look for a job.”

Koc thinks enthusiasm from people like Wasniews-ki will translate into higher attendance at career fairs.

There was a large decline in job fair attendance in fall 2009, along with a decline

Job opportunities on rise for college gradsHiring up 13.5 percent, survey says

Michael L. Hoffman Staff Reporter

Students and visiting alumni filled lot 63 over Homecoming, as police re-ported increased attendance and minimal crime.

David Wirth, who has two children attending CMU, said he thoroughly enjoyed the pre-game festivities.

“It’s great,” the Richmond resident said. “Whenever

we come up here we always have a good time. The peo-ple are great and the kids are great.”

CMU Police Chief Bill Yeagley said he was happy with attendance Saturday, although he didn’t have an estimate for crowd num-bers.

“No question, this is the biggest tailgate we’ve seen this year,” Yeagley said.

He said he believes the weather has been a factor in bringing more students and alumni to the tailgate.

“This is wonderful,” Yea-

gley said. “We filled up the lot and people have been be-having. It’s great.”

Though Wirth was pleased with tailgate, many students and alumni had reservations because of new regulations imposed upon tailgate in 2009.

Dan Burleson, a 2009 alumnus, said he thinks the tailgating policies have in-jured the institution of tail-gating.

“(They have) taken away a great tradition at CMU,” Burleson said.

A time of crime?Yeagley said criminal ac-

tivity during tailgate was mostly quiet.

There was only one ar-rest made during tailgate for trespassing, and two cita-tions written — one for mi-nor in possession and one for destruction of property.

There weren’t many in-fractions for the rest of the weekend, Yeagley said, with two arrests for destruction of property, three MIPs and three other tickets for dis-

Homecoming tailgate shows higher attendanceFew arrests made over weekend

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By Carisa SeltzSenior Reporter

CMU’s rainy-day fund has increased by $37.8 million since last year, and admin-istrators plan to utilize more of it in the next two years.

Nearly a quarter of the available university reserves will be used on construction projects until the 2012-13 academic year, according to the capital budget.

David Burdette, vice pres-ident of Finance and Ad-ministrative Services, said restricted expendable and unrestricted net assets make up the university reserves.

“If we had a major disas-ter, we have access to (re-serves) of $258.3 million,” Burdette said.

According to the universi-

ty’s audited financial state-ments, CMU has $30 million in restricted expendable net assets and $228.3 million in unrestricted net assets as of June 30.

The most recent example of a construction project needing additional contin-gency dollars than originally allocated is the Events Cen-ter.

Carol Haas, director of fi-nancial planning and bud-gets, said money is allocated into the reserve account at the end of the year after all revenue and expenses have been accounted for.

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CMU reserves increase by $37.8 millionAdministrators plan to use 1/4 in next two years

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Total reserves available by yearw 2010: $258.3 millionw 2009: $220.5 millionw 2008: $220.3 million

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in job recruitment, Koc said. “The depression of jobs

created a negative outlook for students causing them to be missing from job fairs,” Koc said. “With the project-ed growth students need to start coming back out to job fairs due to better prospects and increasing involvement because of job and economy improvements.

“The more the students participate and become more aggressive towards the job market, it will show the employers how confident and ready they are.”

The classes of 2008 and

2009 struggled to find jobs, Koc said. Future graduating classes need to see the pro-jected growth and change their outlook.

Student reaction should vary since it’s such a unique episode in the job search arena, said Vivian Como, as-sistant director for CMU Ca-reer Services.

Over the past few years, she said students have be-come discouraged with their job search efforts and this information could re-invig-orate their searches.

“This is very encouraging news,” Como said. “It might be some of the most encour-aging news for college gradu-ates for the past two years.”

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orderly conduct, marijuana possession and an assault.

Nick Bell said he misses the atmosphere of tailgate during his tenure at CMU.

“I used to have to wait over an hour just to get in the lot,” the 2008 alumnus said. “But today we left the house at nine and were parked by 9:11.”

Bell said he was disap-pointed with not only the tailgate policies, but the poor attendance by CMU students.

“I remember how it used to be — packed,” he said. “This whole lot would be full.”

Kalamazoo senior Drew Speese said this year’s tail-

gate could not compare to those of previous Home-comings.

He said although he doesn’t like some of the re-strictions, he understands a few of them.

“I understand some rules, the no glass rule and things like that,” he said. “But I think the limit on beer was dumb.”

Ashley Guzick, a 2007 alumna, was also unim-pressed by this year’s show-ing.

Guzick said she was happy to be back at CMU for Home-coming, but she would just have to make the most of what was left of the event.

“I am an alumna, so I re-member what it was like,” she said. “Tailgate would start early and fill up every time.”

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into university reserves when more contingency funds are needed for unplanned capi-tal infrastructure needs, she said.

“If you were to have a boiler go down,” Haas said, “that’s not a planned expen-diture and that could cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and that’s when you would use your reserves.”

An estimated $62,440,816 was allocated from univer-sity reserves to finance re-

stricted projects, including the Events Center, College of Medicine, Ronan Hall and Bovee University Center renovations.

Steve Lawrence, associate vice president of Facilities Management, said an addi-tional $750,000 was needed to repair unforeseen con-ditions, design errors and omissions in the Events Center because of alleged inaccurate design plans pro-vided by Smith Group.

He said the number of repairs and the cost to fix

them exceeded the original amount of contingency dol-lars available.

“I’m baffled by it actually, to be honest with you,” he said.

CMU will seek to recoup these funds from Smith Group, he said.

Reserve funds are also used to front the cost of con-struction projects in some scenarios. As was the case with the College of Medicine, Haas said incoming dona-tions will offset the amount used by the reserves to start construction.

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By Kelli AmelingStaff Reporter

Mid Michigan Community College will receive over $1.9 million to help address student and institutional needs.

The Title III grant will be dis-persed to the college over the next five years and is designed to enhance student advising, developmental math and ca-reer advising, according to an MMCC press release. The grant will also improve financial aid literacy and encourage the use of educational development plans.

“For example, students will be assigned specific advisers who will guide them through their program of study,” said Matt Miller, executive director of col-lege advancement. “Using an educational plan, students will clarify their goals and the steps needed to achieve those goals.”

Miller said MMCC was one of four community colleges in the state to receive the grant. Con-cordia University Ann Arbor, Jackson Community College and Kirtland Community Col-

lege also received the grant.The grant is very competitive,

Miller said. MMCC submitted a good

proposal and was hopeful, Mill-er said, but no schools know if they will get the grant until the notifications are sent out.

“The application is quite in-tense,” he said. “Even with a ba-sic foundation of information in place, our grant team works long hours for weeks to complete the application.

Of the 38 community colleges in Michigan, MMCC receives the least revenue per student contact hour, according to the press release. Contact hours are the hours faculty and staff spend with students inside and outside the classroom.

As state funding per student has decreased, enrollment has increased.

Over the last 10 years, the number of students attending MMCC has grown 122 percent — from 2,371 students in fall 2000 to 5,252 students in fall 2010.

“This is a historic moment for MMCC and our students,”

said Carol Churchill, president of MMCC. “These grants are significant not because of the dollar amount, but because they allow us to take a fresh look at how we serve students and then provide the resources to take those services to an en-tirely new level.”

The college’s local millage revenues are also the lowest in

the state.“The grant comes at a time

when we have record enroll-ment and imminent shortfalls in state and local funding,” Miller said. “With the Title III funding, we can now implement those services and programs to sup-port student success.”

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paige CaLamari/staff photographerJackson sophomore Elise DeBruler, left, and Saginaw sophomore Christopher Sowatsky of Larzelere Hall perform to the Styx’s “Come Sail Away” Friday night during the annual Chippewa Rock Rally in Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium. Larzelere Hall tied with Saxe, Herrig, and Celani halls for first place.

perry fish/staff photographerCaledonia sophomore Emily Schubert, left, and Washington sophomore Erica Lagos wrap Fabiano, Emmons, Woldt teammate Clinton Township freshman Becky Burtka in toilet paper during “The Quest for Central Spirit” Monday evening by Anspach Hall.

Two cardboard boats collide as students fight for position during the Cardboard Boat Races on Satur-day morning at the Rose Ponds.

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homeStudents compete, get involved throughout Homecoming 2010

jake may/photo editorFans watch the football game in the student section Saturday at Kelly/Shorts Stadium. The Homecoming game attendance was recorded as 24,761.

Aaron Hensler, center, embraces his nephew Kyler Wood as he watches the Homecoming parade with his sister and family Saturday morning along Washington Street. Hensler and his family came to CMU from Ohio and Indiana to celebrate the Homecoming weekend.

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A convention to revise the state constitution, as sug-gested by Proposal 1 on the election ballot Nov. 2, is not the answer to the state’s problems at this

time.

EDITORIAL | Michigan’s problems cannot be solved with a constitutional convention

No on Prop 1Reinvent education

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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.”

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Treats have started filling store aisles, each candy packaged in orange and black and other Halloween-centric imagery.

Halloween offers a bounty of goods as a treat for children knock-ing at each door. But one staple of the season, chocolate, has a dark, sinister side associated with it.

Chocolate, a $13-million indus-try, is made from the fruit of the cacao tree. Cacao pods contain nibs that are crushed to make unsweetened chocolate.

According to the BBC documen-tary “Slavery: A Global Investiga-tion,” slaves were being abused on the cocoa farms. This story caused a public relations nightmare for the chocolate industries in the U.S. in 2001.

In the film, a freed slave said, “You are eating my flesh,” describ-ing the torment of harvesting chocolate.

West Africa is the world’s largest supplier of cocoa beans, providing 43 percent of the world’s supply. The documentary exposed the labor practices on these farms.

According to the documentary “The Dark Side of Chocolate,” chil-dren are slaving away harvesting cocoa, before Western chocolate kings Hershey and Mars Inc. buy it, keeping prices low and profits high.

Slavery-produced chocolate was supposed to be banned by now in America and chocolate companies were supposed to adhere to the Harkin-Engel Protocol of 2001.

According to the protocol, the chocolate industry was to develop and implement credible, voluntary and industry-wide standards of public certification, which would take effect by July 1, 2005. Five years later, slavery is still an issue.

Anti-slavery coalition Stop The Traffik claims Ivory Coast planta-tions have bought 12,000 child slaves since 2005. These children are fed little, beaten daily and some have lost limbs as punishment for attempted escape.

William Wilberforce, a Brit-ish slave trade abolitionist in the 1800s, was able to organize a suc-cessful sugar boycott which helped end slavery in England. Why can’t Americans successfully boycott chocolate?

Perhaps money and cheap prod-ucts is all people care about.

Some change has happened, some chocolate companies have taken steps to end these brutal practices. More awareness is still needed.

A few simple things can be done. Start with finding out where fair trade chocolate is sold.

Perhaps a Halloween chocolate boycott across this nation would get the attention of chocolate companies.

Reforms inevitably mean less profit for the chocolate industry because the farmers would have to pay legal workers. It also means that consumers have to pay a little more too.

People who value human life should not mind that.

Have you ever asked yourself if textbooks, grades, degree require-ments, tests, class schedules and curriculums are really helping you learn? Most people have not.

Human beings are hard-wired to accept things, to comply with instruction. It is an evolutionary trait that carried over through time and causes society to persist with practices that should be ques-tioned and reformed. We call these calcified practices “tradition.”

It seems safe to assume that a system so important, widespread and traditional as the one that provides our education is efficient. But I think that assumption is extremely dangerous.

Education is tasked with the intellectual formation of every member of our society. What if that system is fundamentally flawed in some way? The system of education could be creating a society that is unintelligent, shal-low and has only bits and pieces of knowledge they never use floating around their brains.

Traditional education is sitting students of similar age in a room during a scheduled time so that a qualified teacher will lecture on the approved subject matter and assign homework, tests and grades which will ultimately weigh your academic performance.

What makes a teacher qualified? Suppose the system of education used to create teachers is flawed.

Who decided that academic performance is important or that homework or grades are efficient? How do we know that tests mea-sure accurately a student’s grasp on a subject?

Regardless of the answers, no one is really asking these questions. There are boards of education across this nation and around the world thinking about curriculum reviews and how long students should stay in school.

We assume traditional practices work. Why? Because they’ve been around a long time, which just might be what’s wrong with them.

These traditions are the founda-tion of a system responsible for molding our entire society, which I believe calls for them to be ques-tioned constantly.

There are an abundance of suc-cessful programs that use nontra-ditional methods.

The “Hole in the Wall” program in India taught over 60 children English and computer skills by simply embedding a computer on a wall in a rural village.

A program called “Sementinha” taught Brazilian children about science, math and Portuguese by having discussion circles under a mango tree and playing games.

Neither of those programs had teachers, textbooks or grades.

Although those are two extreme examples, they show what can be accomplished far outside our con-ventional view of education.

Students need to take it upon themselves to challenge what is automatically accepted when we think of education.

Kevin Cotter is the best choice for the next state representative from the 99th district. As a CMU student, I recognize how important it is to have someone in the state legislature who will be a tireless advocate for

the university and for our great community. Kevin Cotter is a two-time graduate of CMU, once for his bachelor’s degree and again for his master’s. He knows the challenges that the university faces and what needs to be done to

tackle them head on.Aside from being the

best choice for CMU in the 99th district, Kevin will bring a fresh face and a new, positive attitude to Lansing. It’s evident that the old ways aren’t work-ing. Kevin understands

what it will take to do the heavy lifting and make this state great once again.

On Nov. 2, cast a vote for CMU and for a new direc-tion. Vote for Kevin Cotter.

Nicole CeccacciHowell junior

Green energy is not the only sustainability issue at Central Michi-gan University that de-mands the attention of institutional leadership.

Though it is a prob-lem often overlooked by the campus populace, CMU’s current land management operations may not be a friend of the environment — or even of humans.

The use of convention-al pesticides and fertiliz-ers in land management has been a common practice since the chemical applications gained rapid popularity in the ‘60s.

However, in recent years, a number of insti-tutions have eliminated pesticides and other chemicals on their cam-puses, including Har-

vard University, Seattle University and Western Washington University, to name a few.

Why make the shift?Simply put, pesticides

and fertilizers are detri-mental to environmen-tal and human health. Universities that made the decision to transi-tion to sustainable land management operations witnessed a number of environmental ben-efits, such as increased root growth, healthier nitrogen levels, de-creased irrigation due to improved soil moisture, and a boost in nutrient cycling.

Furthermore, of 30 commonly-used lawn pesticides, research shows that 19 of them are highly likely to be carcinogenic, 13 are

correlated to birth de-fects, 21 to reproductive effects, 15 to neurotox-icity, and 26 to liver or kidney damage, while 27 are sensitizers and/or irritants, and 11 have the potential to disrupt the endocrine system.

There are a number of eco-friendly and human-friendly land manage-ment options available that institutions such as CMU can phase in, with-out significantly increas-ing costs, and possibly even decreasing them.

One method includes the development and application of specific organic compost teas mixed with humic acid and North Atlantic kelp, as well as sustainable organic fertilizers.

The Student Govern-ment Association is

working to pressure CMU’s institutional leadership to implement more sustainable land management initiatives, especially as our univer-sity grows in size, influ-ence, and thus in social responsibility.

Accordingly, the CMU Great Lakes Institute for Sustainable Systems must focus upon this problem and search for ways to eliminate the use of pesticides and other toxic chemicals in its land management functions so that our student body can enjoy a healthier, more “green” campus environment.

Colleen McNeelyStudent Government

AssociationBrighton sophomore

Do no harm with land management

While there are major issues that need changing in Michigan government, and indeed in the constitution, it should only be re-written when there is a dire need to retool the logical basis at the core of the document.

The major problems with gov-erning this state do not rest in the core of the document, but with the politicians determining the

law and the direction it needs to go in. The air of partisan tension is thick to a breaking point in Lansing and there is a regular and unflinching refusal for legislators to step across the aisle and work together.

The partisan rift is what has kept the state budget from being completed on time multiple years in the recent past and has heavily

affected the efficiency of legisla-tors’ ability to approve important bills.

If Proposal 1 is adopted and there is a constitutional conven-tion, these are the people who will be a part of it. These are the people who will potentially consume $50 million and three years, which state Rep. Bill Caul, R-Mount Pleasant, estimates the convention would take up.

Before Michigan makes a more drastic move like revising the constitution, voters in the state should focus on electing officials who are less partisan and more willing to work toward the collec-tive prosperity of the entire state and not any individual, party or special interest group.

With Michigan in the state it currently is, the players in the

state government are more inte-gral than the rulebook they are playing with.

One of the primary arguments of those in favor of Proposal 1 is that the current constitution, written in 1963, was created while the state was in a much different economic state than it is now, in the middle of the boom of auto-motive manufacturing. While that is true, a new constitution is not a giant red “fix it” button that will bolster any kind of industry or job growth in the state.

There are changes that need to be made within the Michigan Constitution, but currently tack-ling them piece-by-piece through amendments and legislature will create change in the document much quicker than rewriting the constitution from the bottom up.

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By Josh simmetStaff Reporter

Three townships are looking to expand the Chippewa River District Library with a millage after a county-wide millage failed in August.

Residents from Fremont, Rol-land and Coe townships will vote on a 1.75 millage Nov. 2, making it possible for out-of-district li-braries to join the CRDL These out-district libraries can join the CRDL.

This means other in-district libraries, such as the Veterans Memorial Library, 301 S. Uni-versity Ave., will provide some administrative services and pay some costs, said Rob Wang, the district’s marketing and com-munications manager.

“The millage will provide these townships with stable funding to expand hours, add

jobs and help with space issues and adding materials,” Wang said. “It will allow these smaller libraries in other townships to stay open.”

Fees for out-of-district pa-trons will be the same net cost as patrons who are paying a millage to support their library, Wang said.

After reviewing public opin-ion, the township boards of Fre-mont, Rolland and Coe decided residents did want to be a part of the CRDL and to reattempt the millage.

“The vote in August was a tri-township vote, with Rolland, Sherman and Fremont town-ships all voting on this millage,” said Fremont Township clerk John Schimmelmann. “But the problem was if one township failed it, we all failed it.”

The average house in Fre-mont is worth between $50,000 and $60,000, so the tax will be around $100 for most people, Schimmelmann said.

Sherman Township is at-tempting a different solution.

After polling residents, the

township board determined it was the one which failed tri-township vote, said Sherman Township Clerk Denise Liver-more. But not wanting to be completely without a library, they are attempting to establish a township library.

“It’s not like we at the board were just sitting around and thought of this. We received pe-titions to set up our own library,” Livermore said. “There has been a lot of interest in it.”

The Sherman Township li-brary will require a tax, but only at .75 mills. For households be-tween $50,000 and $60,000, this tax comes out to around $40.

“I’m hopeful that this mill-age will pass,” Livermore said. “I think it is important for the township to have a library.”

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By Ryan TaljonickSenior Reporter

Nathan Lehman practices with his team five days a week, four hours a day.

But instead of working on free throws or pitching techniques, he practices head shots and memorizing map strategies.

Lehman, a Hope senior, plays “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2” on a competitive level, par-ticipating in online team-based tournaments that pay cash priz-es to the top teams in the world.

On a typical day, he spends about six hours playing video games.

“I feel like I’m more busy with competitive gaming than I am with work and school com-bined,” he said.

He hopes to someday make a living by competing in profes-sional gaming tournaments.

He said most gamers can’t be identified by their physical ap-pearance.

Grosse Point Farms graduate

student Alex Grabski said he’s proud to be a gamer.

“There is a sort of perception that gaming is more for kids or teens; it’s like admitting that you’re some sort of recluse,” he said. “I think for the most part, it’s definitely something that is more socially acceptable than it has ever been before.”

According to the Entertain-ment Software Association’s re-port, “2010 Sales, Demographic and Usage Data: Essential Facts About the Computer and Video Game Industry,” 67 percent of Americans play computer or console video games.

The report also states the av-erage gamer has been playing video games for about 12 years.

“Games are more involved now,” Grabski said. “People are involved in social groups, a community of people that are playing a game, trying to achieve goals together.”

He said he enjoys the involv-ing and fulfilling plots some games offer.

“I play once or twice a day, I set aside some time between studies, work and writing pa-pers to play,” he said. “It’s some-thing to do for relaxation. Other people watch TV, but I need a

little bit of game time each day to unwind.”

Lehman said his gaming hab-its have had a negative impact on his grades.

“I had a 3.2 GPA my freshman year and I had a lot of college paid for,” he said. “Ever since I moved out into an apartment my sophomore year, my grades have been declining steadily.”

Though his grades also suf-fered, alumnus Mason Shapiro said he could not help being drawn to games by the sense of adventure they offer.

“You’re actually doing stuff instead of just reading about it,” he said. “The choices you make reflect what story you get. The participation keeps me coming back.”

Shapiro said modern gamers can relate to each other, regard-less of what type of games they play.

“I really honestly don’t think that any gamer is going to care if they’re called a geek,” he said. “There will be jocks playing ‘Madden,’ and they’re gamers. When you know a gamer is a gamer, you can automatically relate to them.”

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Pure Michigan advertise-ments might be back again very soon.

Gov. Jennifer Granholm re-quested $25 million from the state’s general fund Oct. 11 to return to the presently paused Pure Michigan tourism cam-paign.

The state’s general fund has $100 million more than ex-pected, according to the state’s treasurer, and the governor wants the money sent to the campaign as soon as possible.

“I certainly support doing as much as we can for Pure Michigan,” said state Rep. Bill Caul, R-Mount Pleasant. “If Pure Michigan is critically im-portant, then we could put the rest in state savings.”

Pure Michigan is a tour-ism campaign promoting the state’s attractions — lakes, golf courses and cities — with television and radio ads nar-rated by actor and Michigan native Tim Allen. Travel Michi-gan, who runs the campaign, paused the campaign for the first time since its creation in 2005 when it opted out of air-ing autumn advertisements.

If the governor’s request is honored, the commercials could return to air by the holi-days.

Caul said Pure Michigan is a positive program, provided there are no more taxes or fees as a consequence of allocating the surplus to the campaign.

This year’s budget allowed $5.4 million for the campaign.

State officials say visitors to the state spend $15 billion annually while traveling the state, generating $850 mil-lion in state taxes and creating 142,500 jobs.

The Saginaw Chippewa In-dian Tribe has a very visible statewide promotional cam-paign.

Frank Cloutier, the state’s public relations director, said whenever a marketing cam-paign for Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort, 6800 Soaring Eagle Blvd., is paused it is obvious.

“We’ve noticed through our marketing ... if it’s not done where it’s once done, there’s

a big influx,” he said. “We see that in our (slots and hotel) reservations. Out of sight, out of mind.”

The tribe is a member of the Michigan Chamber of Com-merce.

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By Annie HarrisonStaff Reporter

The upcoming midterm elections are far from a mat-ter of being black and white.

The next Speak Up, Speak Out forum will give students a chance to voice their opin-ions on the elections at a fo-rum entitled “Elections 2010: What Do the Experts Say?”

The forum will take place Tuesday from 7 to 9:30 p.m. in the University Center Au-ditorium.

David Jesuit, a political sci-ence associate professor, will facilitate the forum.

Jesuit said the panelists will give their predictions for the state and local elections. He said the race for gover-nor between Democrat Virg Bernero and Republican Rick Snyder is an important race for Michigan.

“The gubernatorial elec-tion will be a major focus,” he said.

Panelists for the event will be Maxine Berman, Grif-fin Endowed Chair and Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s director of special projects; state Rep. Bill Caul, R-Mount Pleasant; Bryant English, Jackson ju-nior and advocacy chair of College Democrats; Battle Creek senior Travis Faber, first vice chair of College Re-publicans; and Chris Owens, an assistant political science professor.

Jesuit said the panel will also discuss possible out-comes of the elections, such

as a Republican control of Congress and its potential effect on the economy.

Students do not need to have a strong knowledge of politics to attend the forum, he said.

Berman said she hopes the audience will get involved and ask questions. She said the panel will focus on topics the audience is interested in.

“I’m hoping we’ll have a lot of discussion,” she said. “I want to give people the op-portunity to talk about what they want to talk about.”

Berman said the panel includes Democrats and Republicans with diverse perspectives and will be re-spectful of all views.

Caul, who has served six years in the state House, said he will speak about his expe-riences as a politician.

“I can give a perspective of what it takes to run a cam-paign,” he said.

Caul hopes the panel will be able to educate people and make them more re-sponsible voters. He said it is important for people to learn about the issues and candi-dates.

“You can never go wrong getting as much information as possible,” he said.

Jesuit said he expects a big turnout. He believes many students who became po-litically active in the 2008 presidential election will be interested in the midterm elections.

“Ultimately,” he said, “we should care because this is how public policy is deter-mined.”

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By Kurt NaglStaff Reporter

Elton John’s “Crocodile Rock” rippled through 91.5 WMHW’s radio waves this past weekend, inviting CMU into the generation of love, peace and music.

The 11th annual Alumni Takeover transformed the modern rock station into a classic rock one, along with other older music. The mar-athon began at 12:01 a.m. Friday and lasted a record 48 hours, thanks to the help of 27 alumni.

Michigan Radio Net-work audio news editor Bill Thompson, a 1978 alumnus, coordinated the event and is happy to see the increased interest over the eight years he has been in charge.

“The takeover has been expanding ever since we started it in 2000,” Thomp-son said. “We extended it to 48 hours this year and I think that will have to be the cutoff.”

Each alumni donates $30 for a block of two hours on the air to do whatever they desire. The event usually raises about $1,000, Thomp-son said.

“The money will go to-ward alumni chapter func-tions,” he said. “$250 of it is put toward the Al Painter

award, which is given to an incoming CMU student.”

1982 alumnus Tim Rob-erts, operations manager for 104.3 WOMC Detroit and 99.5 WYCD, used his two-hour block Saturday to shell out classics from the late ‘70s and early ‘80s.

“I love it and it’s fun,” he said, “I just want to help as many students in broad-casting as I can.”

Alumni tailgate host Bri-anne Frucci-Tucker has been involved with the takeover since graduating in 2004 and intends to par-ticipate for as many years as possible.

“These alumni helped me get jobs,” she said. “Now it is my turn to give back the support.”

Though familiar faces and classic tunes resurrected the old days at CMU, changes in the Moore Hall broadcasting booth didn’t go unnoticed.

Digital technology has long replaced vinyl records and even CDs. The 10-watt station of the late ‘70s has been overtaken by the 13,000-watt station of to-day.

The dramatic increase in communication technology left something for even the seasoned alumni to learn.

“I think one of the big-gest changes is the Inter-net,” said Michael Patton, a 1978 alumnus. “Not only are there requests on the phone, but on Facebook too.”

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S p e a k u p S p e a k o u t

By sherri KeatonStaff Reporter

Jack Harkins was a little

nervous when he asked his girlfriend Mary to the prom 53 years ago.

But when they danced at what is now known as the Powers Hall ballroom — her golden dress float-ing across the floor — his nerves melted away.

“Sure, we were nervous,” Harkins said. “We were in high school (and) I had eyes for my girlfriend, but it was the thing to do in those times.”

From taking elementary school classes in the ball-room to graduating with his master’s in 1965, the 71-year-old Mount Pleas-

ant resident practically grew up on CMU’s cam-pus.

Harkins is still involved with campus projects, but because of all the ball-room memories that swim in his mind he said had to come back for a special occasion. On Friday after-noon, about 200 students, alumni, faculty and staff joined him to celebrate the newly restored Powers ballroom.

Built in 1939, the ball-room hosted a number of formal affairs from the 1940s through the 1950s when it was known before as Keeler Union, according to CMU’s website.

In 1961, the music pro-gram moved into the build-ing after the student union was transferred to Bovee University Center. Powers Hall is now home to the history department as well as the leadership and hon-

ors programs.Pamela Gates, interim

dean of the College of Hu-manities, Social and Be-havioral Sciences, said the restoration of the ballroom came at a cost of about $100,000, slightly less than what was originally expect-ed.

“The reason we came in under (is because) the work was done in house by Facilities Management,” she said.

She said if they contract-ed the work out the resto-ration would have been much more expensive.

The ballroom was com-pleted in less than a year.

James Hill, political sci-ence professor and former honors program director, led the initial design of the ballroom and said the fin-ished project came a long way.

“At that time, what we lacked at CMU was an

event space other than the UC,” Hill said. “The UC was always booked with activities and other groups so we could never find the space when we needed it.”

Hill said the room’s dia-gram was developed by an honors student completing her senior project.

“She developed the floor and carpeting colors,” Hill said. “It all worked out. The only problem is that we didn’t have a room.”

After money was trans-ferred and contributed to rebuilding the ballroom, they were able to obtain and fix it.

Hill said the room was meant to look classy and not institutional.

“We wanted something everyone would go into and say ‘Wow this is really nice,’” he said.

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PhotoS by SEan Proctor/assistant photo editorJunior running back Paris Cotton is comforted by Miami defensive lineman Jordain Brown following CMU’s 27-20 loss Saturday at Kelly/Shorts Stadium. CMU dropped to 1-3 in the Mid-American Conference and have lost the last four games. “It’s very disappointing,” said head coach Dan Enos after the game. “They made plays when they needed to, and we didn’t. The guys are frustrated, I’ll tell you that.”

John EvansSenior Reporter

A season full of missed op-portunities? Sure.

A couple of bounces here or there and everything could be different? Possibly.

Are these becoming excuses, or is this just the reality of how the Central Michigan football team’s season has gone so far?

With seven games now under their belt, the Chippewas find themselves on the other side of the spectrum for the first time in four years. Past success has created a certain kind of at-titude and culture around here. Now that things are beginning to look bleak, fans are starting to ask questions.

But who is to blame for the 2-5 start, with those wins com-ing against Eastern Michigan and Hampton?

Can you blame head coach Dan Enos for lack of execution on the field? Absolutely not.

Can you blame the coaches for some questionable play calling? Yes. But that is certainly not the reason for the lack of wins.

So who is to blame, or what is to blame for this abysmal first half of the season?

Well, as Enos pointed out in the news conference follow-ing Saturday’s loss, football is a team game. It is the little things here and there from the entire team that has made the Chip-pewas struggle so mightily this season.

Yes, the kicking game has been horrible, but the offense has failed multiple times to put the ball in the end zone when given the opportunity. Settling for field goals has started to get really old.

The defense has been a strong point, but has been sus-ceptible to the big play in each of the losses.

The offense has simply been inconsistent. Sophomore quarterback Ryan Radcliff has showed he has the skill set to be a great quarterback; he has also showed the youth and in-experience that lies within him.

Saturday’s 27-20 loss against Miami means a lot more than just a fluke homecoming loss in which the team faltered in the final minute of the game.

This is a loss that will take a toll. With the chance to play for a Mid-American Conference championship in Detroit now

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Sophomore defensive back Jahleel Addae careens into Miami freshman quarterback Robert Partridge following a fourth down attempt by the Red Hawks in CMU’s red zone Saturday. Cook fell short of the first down and was taken out of the game with an injured knee. Addae finished the game with eight tackles. CMU lost 27-20, falling to 2-5 on the season and 1-3 in the MAC.

WHAT NOW?Season takes nosedive with fourth consecutive loss; bowl hopes fading

By Aaron McMann | Sports Editor

This couldn’t have been what Dan Enos imagined when he accepted the head coaching job in January.

One season after the Central Michigan football team reached a new high, winning 12 games and cracking the Top 25 for the first time in school his-tory, it appeared to hit a new low Saturday afternoon at Kelly/Shorts Stadium.

A 71-yard touchdown pass from Miami quarterback Zac Dysert to a wide open Andrew Cruse down the right sideline with 19 seconds remaining gave the RedHawks a 27-20 victory and handed CMU its fourth consecutive loss in front of a homecoming crowd of 24,761.

“It hurts,” Enos said after the loss. “We work real hard. Everybody’s disap-pointed.”

And with that play went the Chippewas hopes for another Mid-American Conference championship.

The loss, the team’s second at home this season, drops their record to 1-3 in the Mid-American Conference and into a tie for last place with Eastern Michigan in the West Divi-sion.

The same EMU team that snapped its 18-game losing streak Saturday by beating the same Ball State team that outplayed the Chip-pewas in their own stadium two weeks ago.

“Guys are frustrated. Coaches are (too),” Enos said. “It’s wearing on them.”

Offense nOt getting it dOne Sophomore Ryan Radcliff recorded 300

yards passing for the second game of the sea-son Saturday, going 29-for-52 for 329 yards, but was overshadowed by three interceptions and an inability to maximize scoring inside Miami’s 20-yard line.

CMU drove into Miami’s red zone six times, but could only punch it in for six points twice,

settling for field goals on three other occa-sions.

Radcliff said he didn’t have an answer as to why the team continues to struggle in their opponents’ red zones.

“It’s something we’re going to have to figure out,” he said. “We’re taking too many field goals down there and not get-ting in the end zone. It sucks because it was pivotal point in our season. Before this game, we were still able to achieve a lot of the goals we had set.”

The running attack was also held in check as CMU’s leading rusher in the game, senior Carl Volny, was limited to 47 yards on five carries.

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andrEw Kuhn/staff photographerCMU senior goalkeeper Shay Mannino gets the rest of her team fired up before the Chippewas game against Western Michigan Friday at the CMU Soccer Complex.

soccer extends MAC unbeaten streak

By Josh BerenterStaff Reporter

The Central Michigan women’s soc-cer team extended its Mid-American Conference regular season unbeaten streak to 21 games game Sunday as it defeated Northern Illinois 3-0 on se-nior day at the CMU Soccer Complex.

With a pair of wins over the week-end, the Chippewas (11-3-1 overall, 8-0 MAC) have now won eight con-secutive games, including a 1-0 vic-tory against rival Western Michigan

on Friday.Sophomore for-

ward Laura Twidle opened the scoring with a goal in the 17th minute after a long throw in from sopho-more defender Bailey Brandon. The goal was Twidle’s fourth of the season, which is tied for most on the team with junior defender Liesel Toth.

“I was wide open on the back post and just had to tap it in,” Twidle said.

CMU is unbeaten in its last 21 home games. Its last loss was Oct. 19, 2008.

Twidle said the team, which is un-beaten in their last 21 home matches dating back to the 2008 season, is

more comfortable playing at the CMU Soccer Complex.

“It’s just a different atmosphere at home,” she said. “We don’t want to be beaten on our home field. We want to keep (the unbeaten streak) going.”

The Chippewas controlled the tempo against NIU, outshooting the Huskies 29-5 in the game. Head coach Tom Anagnost said he was happy with the team’s offensive performance.

“W exerted ourselves in the attack, especially in the second half,” he said. “We created a lot, which was great, and I was pleased with the chances created.”

CMU extended the lead in the 30th minute when sophomore midfielder

CMU improves to 8-0 in conference with shutout of NIU

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F o u r D o w n s

Miami 27, CMU 20 - Final statisticsScore by quarters 1 2 3 4 TotalMiami 0 10 7 10 27Central Michigan 0 7 7 6 20

Scoring summaryQtr Scoring play Score2nd MU - Andy Cruse 10-yard pass from Zac Dysert 0-7 (12:03)

2nd CMU - Paris Cotton 5-yard run 7-7 (6:41)

2nd MU - Seth Philip 40-yard field goal 10-7 (0:20)

3rd MU - Nick Harwell 24-yard pass from Dysert 17-7 (9:25)

3rd CMU - Carl Volny 1-yard run 17-14 (1:19)

4th MU - Seth Philip 21-yard field goal 20-14 (11:49)

4th CMU - David Harman 28-yard field goal 20-17 (9:40)

4th CMU - David Harman 23-yard field goal 20-20 (4:33)

4th MU - Andy Cruse 71-yard pass from Dysert 27-20 (0:19)

Team totals

Miami CMUFirst downs 22 21Rushing yards 71 72Rushing TDs 0 2Passing yards 399 329Cmps.-atts.-int 29-47-0 29-52-3Passing TDs 3 0Total offense 470 401Gain per play 6.5 5.3Fumbles (No.-lost) 1-1 1-1Punts-yards 6-218 5-174Third-down conv. 4-14 5-15Fourth-down conv. 1-2 2-2Sacks by (#-yds) 1-8 2-20Penalties (#-yds) 9-79 3-20Field goals 2-2 2-3Possession 31:07 28:53

Game leaders

Rushing

Carl Volny (CMU) 5 carries, 47 yards, 1 TD

PassingZac Dysert (MU)29-of-47, 399 yards, 3 TD,

ReceivingAndy Cruse (MU) 8 catch-es, 179 yards, 2 TDArmand Robinson (MU) 9 catches, 102 yards

DefensiveEvan Harris (MU LB) 11 total tackles, 2 INT

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West Division Team MAC OverallNIU 3-0 5-2TOL 3-0 4-3WMU 1-1 2-4BSU 1-2 2-5CMU 1-3 2-5EMU 1-3 1-6

East DivisionTeam MAC OverallMIA 3-0 4-3OHIO 3-1 4-3TU 2-1 5-2BUFF 1-1 2-4KSU 1-2 2-4BGSU 0-3 1-6AKR 0-3 0-7

Saturday’s resultsMiami 27, CMU 20Temple 28, Bowling Green 27EMU 41, Ball State 38 (OT)Ohio 38, Akron 10Notre Dame 44, WMU 20Northern Illinois 45, Buffalo 14Toledo 34, Kent State 21

*Home teams in bold

RushingPlayer-team Att-Yds-TDw Chad Spann 137-753-8NIUw Paris Cotton 106-514 -6CMUw Matt Brown 91-504-6Toledo

PassingPlayer-team Cp-Att-Yds-TDw Ryan Radcliff 164-283-2,032-10CMUw Zac Dysert 161-246-1,622-8MUw Alex Carder 153-251-1,567-10WMU

ReceivingPlayer-team Rec.-Yds-TDw Kamar Jorden 62-697-3BGSUw Armand Robinson 56-599-3Miamiw Jordan White 42-590-3WMUw Cody Wilson 35-581-2CMU

TacklesPlayer-team Ttlw LB Dwayne Woods 81BGSUw DE Brian Wagner 74Akronw LB Archie Donald 72Toledow MLB Travis Freeman 69Ball Statew LB Dan Molls 65Toledo

SacksPlayer Ttlw DL Roosevelt Nix 6.5Kent Statew DE Paul Hazel 5.5WMUw DE Robert Eddins 5.0Ball State

RushingPlayer Att-Yds-TDw Paris Cotton 106-514-6w Carl Volny 34-172-3w Zurlon Tipton 18-88-1w Cody Wilson 10-70-1

PassingPlayer Att-Comp-Yds-TDw Ryan Radcliff 283-164-2,032-10w Derek Rifenbury 2-2-17-0

ReceivingPlayer Rec-Yds-TDw Cody Wilson 35-581-3w Kito Poblah 24-311-3w Jerry Harris 22-256-2w Paris Cotton 20-202-0w Cedric Fraser 14-181-0

TacklesPlayer Ttlw LB Matt Berning 63w LB Nick Bellore 49w S Jahleel Addae 49w LB Armond Staten 39w CB Vince Agnew 32

SacksPlayer Ttlw LB Matt Berning 2.5w DE Joe Kinville 2.5w DE Caesar Rodriguez 1.5w DL John Williams 1.5

Kick returnsPlayer No.-Yds-Avgw Zurlon Tipton 7-133-19.0w Jahleel Addae 7-111-15.9w Kito Poblah 6-110-18.3

Punt returnsPlayer No.-Yds-Avgw Cody Wilson 14-106-7.6

Field goalsPlayer FGM-FGA-Lng.w David Harman 5-6-41w Richie Hogan 0-3-0

CMU TEAM LEADERS

MAC LEADERS

AROUND THE MAC

Guys are frustrated. Coaches are (too). My job is to make sure we can learn from this.”

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at NIUSat., Oct. 23

The Huskies, picked to win the Mid-American Conference West Division before the start of the season, have started out a perfect 3-0. They had no trouble against Buffalo on Saturday, beating the Bulls 45-14.

Head coach Dan Enos

1ST AND TEN

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CMU senior defensive back Vince Agnew tackles Miami wide receiver Armand Robinson in the second quarter Saturday. Robinson recorded nine catches for 102 yards.

2ND DOWN

3RD DOWN 4TH AND INCHES

GAME OVER WHEN ...

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Zac Dysert

Offense

C-Sophomore quarterback had an-other 300-yard passing game, but threw three interceptions and failed to punch it in the end zone when the team needed it most. A fumble by Paris Cotton in the second quarter and missed field goal in the first quarter also proved to be costly.

Defense

DWhile Miami was limited to 71 yards rushing, quarterback Zac Dysert had a career game in the air, throwing for 399 yards and three touchdowns. A broken play in the secondary gave up the game-winning touchdown.

Special Teams

CA missed field goal on the first possession of the game hurt the team’s momentum. But solid tack-ling and a nice debut from fresh-man Valtorrey Showers helped. Freshman kicker David Harman came in and made two field goals.

Overall

C-With a strong homecoming crowd and a lot riding on the game the Chippewas simply choked. Blown coverage in the last 30 seconds lost the game for the team as they drop to 1-3 in the MAC. The team must win the rest of the remaining games for a shot at a bowl game.

Miami quarterback Zac Dysert found receiver Andrew Cruse wide open down the right sideline with 19 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter. The touchdown broke a 20-20 tie and gave the RedHawks their first road win un-der second-year head coach Mike Haywood.

S o p h o m o r e q u a r te r b a c k Zac Dysert went 29-for-47 for 399 yards and three t o u c h d o w n s Saturday for Miami. His 71-yard touch-down pass in the fourth quarter improved the RedHawks to 3-0 in the MAC, their best start since 2007.

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Sept. 2: Hampton, 33-0

Sept. 9: at Temple, 13-10

Sept. 18: at Eastern Michigan, 52-14

Sept. 25: at North-western, 30-25

Oct. 2: Ball State, 31-17

Oct. 9: at Virginia Tech, 45-21

Oct. 16: Miami, 27-20

Remaining schedule:

Oct. 23: at NorthernIllinois, 4 p.m.Oct. 30: vs. BowlingGreen, 3:30 p.m.Nov. 5: Western Michigan, 6 p.m.Nov. 13: at Navy, 3:30 p.m.Nov. 26: at Toledo, TBA

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Sophomore Valtorrey Showers returned the opening kickoff 42 yards to give CMU good field

position to start the game. After driving 47 yards to Miami’s 7-yard line, the drive stalled and the Chip-pewas were forced to kick a field goal.

The kicking woes, however, continued as Richie Hogan missed a 24-yard attempt.

Miami would extend its lead during the first drive of the second half, as Dysert connected

with Nick Harwell on a 24-yard touchdown pass.On their next drive, the Chippewas recorded a first

down but an incomplete pass to Matt Torres forced them to punt.

Two drives later, the Chippewas pulled within a field goal with a Carl Volny rushing touchdown.

After a scoreless first quarter, Miami got on the board with a 10-yard touchdown pass from

quarterback Zac Dysert. Two possessions later, CMU would respond with a touchdown of its own to even the score.

The RedHawks got a 40-yard field goal from Seth Philip to take a 10-7 lead into halftime.

After Miami took a two field goal lead in the fourth quarter, CMU’s field goal kicking came

through as David Harman kicked two field goals to tie the game at 20,

The Chippewas had a late chance to take their first lead of the game, but stalled and punted.

With 19 seconds to go, Dysert found Andrew Cruse wide open for a 71-yard game-winning touchdown.

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Jeff SMith/staff phOtOgrapherCMU senior outside hitter Lauren Krupsky attempts to spike the ball against two Miami players during CMU’s 3-0 victory Saturday at Finch Fieldhouse.

Leah Sefton/staff phOtOgrapherIllinois junior Kelsey Detweiler celebrates with her teammates Friday at Finch Fieldhouse after winning a set against Bowling Green. CMU swept the Falcons, 25-12, 25-22 and 25-21.

Weekend sweeps gives volleyball momentum

By Brandon ChampionStaff Reporter

Now that’s more like it. After struggling through the

first part of the conference sea-son, the CMU women’s vol-leyball team appears to have turned a corner after sweeping both Bowling Green and Miami this weekend at Finch Field-house.

The Chippewas swept Bowl-ing Green (25-12, 25-22, 25-21) Friday night before downing Miami in straight sets (25-23, 25-21, 25-18) on Saturday.

“Hopefully we turned a cor-ner here,” said CMU head coach Erik Olson. “We’re going to con-tinue to take it match-by-match. We’re not looking ahead, but we have high hopes for this team.”

Against Miami on Saturday, the opening set was a back and forth affair with the lead bounc-ing between both teams. With the set tied at 13, a Katie Schuette kill gave the Chippewas the lead. The home team then scored four more points to take a 18-13 lead before the RedHawks battled back, scoring three consecutive to trim the CMU lead to two.

With the score tied at 23, a Joc-elyn VerVelde kill gave the home team the lead in the first set.

The second and third sets came a bit easier. In the second set, CMU fell behind early — trailing 9-12 — but scored five

Olson believes team has turned corner in season

By Matt HerrodStaff Reporter

Gaining national exposure and building confidence for the Mid-American Confer-ence championships were two goals set out this weekend for the women’s cross country team.

Mission accomplished. The team finished 15th at

the NCAA Pre-Nationals meet hosted by Indiana State Satur-day in Terre Haute, Ind. Pre-Nationals gave both teams the opportunity to grab points for the end of the year and to see where they are before MAC championships Oct. 30 in Rochester.

Junior Raeanne Lohner led the women’s side, finishing 26th overall in a field of 261 runners with a time of 20 min-utes, 49 seconds.

“I really focused what I could control in the race and made sure I personally focused on my splits,” Lohner said.

Willie Randolph, director of track & field and cross coun-try, credits her performance to the training and the work of coaching staff.

“Coach Kaczor has done a great job training with her to help the transition from track to cross country,” Randolph said.

Finishing in a pack is one of

the main keys for a success-ful team. For the Chippewas, the next four runners did just that. Senior Danielle Dakroub set a personal-best with a time of 21:39, finishing 97th.

Freshman Krista Parks (104th, 21:41), senior Kylee Kubacki (124th, 21:53.6) and sophomore Maddie Ribant (125th, 21:53.8) rounded out the lineup.

“Everyone left feeling like we are in the mix for a MAC title,” Lohner said, “but it will be a challenge that can be done.”

Randolph’s goal for the team was to finish in the top 30, but with how well the team per-formed they have a chance to become ranked nationally, a feat that has never happened before with the CMU women’s cross country teams.

“The confidence level is ex-actly where we want it to be right now,” Randolph said.

Men’s sideThe men’s team is not likely

to contend for a MAC title this year after its 34th place finish. The team is rebuilding and does not have a front runner like they had last year.

Senior Chris Pankow paced the way for the men, finishing in 124th out of 241 runners in a time of 25 minutes, 17 sec-onds.

“I just forgot about the clock and focused on running,” Pankow said.

Other finishers for the 8k race included senior Cory Ar-nold (25:43) and sophomore

Jason Drudge (177th, 25:52), who ran in the same pack for much of the race.

Rounding out the top sev-en were junior Jeremy Kiley (209th, 26:21.3) and freshman Nathan Huff (213th, 26:31.4). Redshirt freshmen Zach Tranter (26:40.3) and Chris Lotz (27:24.0) finished 219th and 231st, respectively.

“We really wanted to fin-ish in the top 20, but it really wasn’t to our liking,” Pankow said “Some of the guys are still learning how the race works.”

But even though they are not one of the front runners to win the MAC, it does not mean the team has lost its confidence to compete.

“They are very aware they can do better than they have shown,” Randolph said. “The young guys ran more mentally competitive than physically at this one. Running as a team is more important this year for the men’s side.”

TiMe offAs they prepare for the MAC

meet, the message from Ran-dolph to both teams is still the same as day one: Go out and demand respect.

The top seven for the men’s and women’s sides will remain the same for now, but both will more than likely take nine runners to Kalamazoo in case of injuries.

The training will continue to be different for each ath-lete the rest of the way. In or-der for a strong showing in two weeks, Randolph said the

athletes need start doing their homework on their competi-tion.

“They must be aware of where everyone is at in the rest of the conference, includ-ing who they must beat per-son-to-person,” he said.

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points in a row to take a 14-12 lead and never look back, tak-ing the set 25-21 and 2-0 match lead.

In the third set, CMU looked like a team that was determined to finish the weekend perfectly, getting the points when it need-ed them most. With the score

tied at 14, senior Lauren Krup-sky gave the team the lead with one of her five kills in the set. The point energized the team as they went on to win the set 25-18 and claim their second sweep of the weekend.

“We had a good week of prac-tice, everybody was focused,”

said junior middle blocker Kait-lyn Schultz. “I think that helped us get this win.”

Krupsky had a match-high 15 kills while Schultz added 13 kills.

Defensive specialist Lisa Johnson had 10 digs.

Junior setter Catherine Lud-wig had 35 assists and contin-ued her strong defensive play with seven digs of her own.

sweep no. 1 On Friday night, CMU domi-

nated Bowling Green, In the first set, a Lindsey Delude kill gave the home team a com-manding 21-9 lead in the first set. The team finished off the set 25-12.

In the second set, CMU trailed only once, 3-2, and pulled away in the middle portion of the set to take a 2-0 lead.

With the score tied at 17 in the third set, Krupsky’s power serving gave the Chippewas the spark they needed. Her back-to-back aces gave CMU the lead and they never looked back, winning the set 25-21 and the match 3-0.

“We played CMU volleyball and had good intensity the whole match,” Krupsky said.

Krupsky led the Chippewas with 10 kills while Schultz and Lindsey Delude each added nine.

The Chippewas look to keep the winning streak alive next week when they travel to Akron and Buffalo on Oct. 22 and 23, respectively.

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Junior Paris Cotton was held to 23 yards on 15 car-ries, and had a costly fum-ble on the RedHawks’ 1-yard line in the second quarter. “One of our goals was to run the ball,”Enos said. “We were trying to be persistent with it, but as you start to go through the game and you’re not gaining yards, it’s tough to keep calling those things. We’re not getting things done inside like we need to.”

defensive sTrugglesThe defense also played a

major role in the game, spe-cifically with Miami’s game-winning touchdown late in the fourth quarter.

Enos said the RedHawks’ 71-yard touchdown pass was the product of a missed assignment by freshman cornerback Avery Cunning-ham, who started in place of an injured LaVarus Wil-liams.

“We’re not blaming it on him, but he’s going to have to learn,” Enos said.

CMU’s secondary allowed Dysert to throw for a career-high 399 yards on 29-of-47 passing.

Senior linebacker Nick Bellore, noticeably frustrat-ed following the game, lik-ened the defensive mistakes to that of the 2007 and 2008 season, in which the defen-sive unit ranked toward the bottom of the Football Bowl Subdivision.

“It’s been rough because we’ve been spoiled,” he said. “The last three years, we were probably the most

exciting team to watch and always seemed to win the close games. We don’t have that this year.”

The schedule does not get any easier for the Chip-pewas, who travel to DeKa-lb, Ill., on Saturday to play MAC West leader Northern Illinois (5-2, 3-0 MAC). The Huskies have the No. 1 scor-ing offense, averaging bet-ter than 30 points per game, while giving up 20 points per game, also tops in the MAC.

A win and the team could make strides toward salvag-ing the season, but another loss could send the team into a tailspin finish that nobody — on the team or in the stands — wants to see. Games against rival West-ern Michigan, Navy and To-ledo (tied with NIU for MAC West lead) remain.

“There’s still five games ahead of us and we’re go-ing to come out and play five games at least,” Radc-liff said. “By no means is it over.”

noTes: the loss snapped CMU’s 18-game winning streak against MaC teams from Ohio. Its last homecom-ing loss was against Bowling green in 2004. … Mike hay-wood, in h is second year as head coach at Miami, earned h is f i rst road victory. … se-nior l inebacker Nick Bellore started h is 48th consecutive game. … senior receiver Kito poblah moved into eighth all-t ime at CMU in receptions (134).

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gone, the only thing left to play for is the possibility to reach a bowl game.

Seniors Nick Bellore and Matt Berning have had so much success at CMU throughout their entire career, this is differ-ent for them. Injuries are beginning to pile up and it showed when a freshman cornerback, Avery Cunning-ham, was on the field for the 71-yard touchdown that beat the Chippewas with just 19 seconds left.

If the team wants to go to

a bowl game this year, they will have to win the rest of the games remaining on the schedule and they will have to do it convincingly so. A long shot indeed, but still a slim chance.

Who is at a fault for the 1-3 start in conference play?

Over the course of the next five games most of the questions I have laid out today should be answered.

One question that fans should want to see an-swered before the season’s end: Who can make a play?

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aShLey MiLLer/staff phOtOgrapherSophomore wide receiver Jerry Harris attempts to carry the ball past Miami defenders during the first half of Saturday’s homecoming 27-20 loss. Harris recorded six carries for 30 yards.

aShLey MiLLer/staff phOtOgrapherSophomore wide receiver Cody Wilson carries the ball downfield during the first half of CMU’s 27-20 loss to Miami during homecoming Saturday at Kelly/Shorts Stadium.

Jeff SMith/staff phOtOgrapherJunior running back Paris Cotton shrugs his shoulders after referees called the fumble near the endzone in the first half Saturday.

By Anthony FenechSenior Reporter

There were seven minutes left in the first half.

The Chippewas were down, looked out and trailed Miami in front of a homecoming crowd.

There were missed kicks, dropped passes, an intercep-tion and a fumble. The offense couldn’t move and the defense couldn’t stop.

“They made plays when they needed to,” said head coach Dan Enos. “And we didn’t execute.”

And just a football field away, a tailgate was dying in Lot 63.

The biggest pregame crowd in two years was dispersing, lines at the Port-O-Potty restrooms disappearing and blood-alcohol levels declining, as a student body spilled from a parking lot into a football stadium.

But the Chippewas couldn’t come alive.

“It’s very disappointing,” Enos said. “The guys are frus-trated, I’ll tell you that.”

Not after a Paris Cotton five-yard touchdown run moments later, not after the half, not in the third quarter, and not in the fourth when two red-zone field goals just weren’t enough to top the RedHawks.

They tried.Miami led by 10. CMU cut

the lead to three. Miami led by six. CMU cut the lead to three. Miami led by three. And then, CMU erased the lead.

But as the Chippewas tried to keep pace, responding to an early second half Miami touchdown with a Carl Volny touchdown run here, and to an early fourth quarter Miami field goal with two David Har-man field goals there, some-thing was missing.

You could see it on the field, where the RedHawks gained

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more yards, took care of the football and made the most of their scoring opportunities. You could see it on the oppos-ing sideline, where Zac Dysert stood between running confi-dent drives, making plays and passing a yard short of 400 yards.

And you could see it in the stands, as the once-packed student section began to thin out near the end of the third quarter, and you could certain-ly see it wherever Dan LeFe-vour was — in the stands, on the sidelines or wherever else at Kelly/Shorts Stadium the former quarterback was — in his return to Mount Pleasant, a sign that the high-scoring, never boring offensive days of the past had, well, passed.

With 19 seconds left in reg-ulation, freshman defensive back Avery Cunningham drift-ed off of Miami receiver Andy Cruse. Cunningham peeked and Cruse streaked, 71 yards down the field.

Dysert would find him, wide open, feed him, wide open, and the game was over, a 27-20 Central Michigan defeat while the remains of a student sec-tion dissolved in a quiet hush.

The Chippewas are 2-5. They have lost four in a row. Three conference games for the first time since 2005. Homecoming for the first time since 2004.

“We can still make a bowl game,” said senior linebacker Nick Bellore. “As a senior that’s what I want to try to do. That’s

what we do here, is go to bowl games.”

“I can’t go to Detroit now,” he said. “And that’s tough enough to take.”

That, and that there is no time left in the first half.

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Ashley Mejilla scored on an assist from freshman Estee Outcalt. The Chippewas scored the final goal of the game in the 89th minute when freshman forward Jennifer Gassman scored her second goal on the season on a cross from sopho-more defender Bethany Allport.

CMU has scored 10 goals in its last four games after strug-gling earlier in the season to put away its opportunities. Most of the goals lately, including two Sunday, have come from set pieces that players said they have worked on every day in practice.

The defense has shined for CMU, giving up only three goals in the last eight games. Senior Shay Mannino earned the 40th win of her career in goal yester-day. Mannino became CMU’s all-time leader in wins with the victory on Friday over WMU. Mannino is the MAC’s all-time leader in shutouts (30) and goals against average, giving up 0.72 goals per game going into yester-day’s game.

CMU gets back to action Friday when it travels to Toledo. The Rock-ets are also 8-0 in conference play, and boast the only team with a bet-ter record than CMU at 12-2-2.

Twidle said it will be like a confer-ence title game.

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Central Michigan split its series with Missouri State after losing 1-0 against the Bears Sunday at the Plaster Sports Com-plex in Springfield, Mo.

The game’s lone goal came in the 18th minute on Missouri State’s fourth con-secutive penalty corner. Junior Casey Bayliss crossed the ball to senior Amanda Miyashita, who scored her second goal of the season, beating junior goalkeeper Anastasia Netto from 10 yards out.

Netto finished with 10 saves on 11 shots on goal in her 12th start of the season.

“(Anna) played well this weekend, but I thought she played really well today, coming up with some big saves for us,” Freese said.

On the opposite end of the field, sopho-more goaltender Stephanie Anderson re-corded her second shutout of the season, saving all six of CMU’s shots on goal.

CMU (4-10, 2-4 Mid-American Con-ference) had two scoring chances in the closing minutes of play.

Following a CMU timeout, Anderson saved a penalty corner by senior Amanda von Leer.

On the second consecutive penalty corner, the Chippewas thought they tied the game. Senior Kim Sihota caught a deflection off Anderson and sent it into the back of the cage, but the referee waived it off.

“The ref said it hit (Kim’s) body and she’s the one that has the whistle so we had to deal with it,” Freese said. “Kim worked hard to create some offense for

us and we just fell short today.”Missouri State improved to 1-5 in

the conference with the win at Plaster Sports Complex, the only turf field still used in the MAC.

“The challenge down here is more the field than anything else,” Freese said. “It’s just a slow field and you have to come down and do the best you can.”

The longer playing surface slows down the ball speed, changing the game speed and strategy for penalty corners.

“The ball moves a lot slower on this surface and it’s harder to dribble up, so we have to string a lot more passes to-gether,” Sihota said.

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CMU won the opening game of the weekend Saturday, beating the Bears 4-2 despite two MSU attempts to cut its two-point lead.

Freshman Juliana Makrinos recorded two assists in the first half, setting up freshman Alexis Gersbach and sopho-more Emily Girasole on each of their goals to take a 2-0 lead.

Miyashita scored her first goal of the season for MSU in the 28th minute of play, but sophomore Erin Dye returned the favor, scoring her third goal of the season to put the Chippewas back up by two.

In the second half, Kristi O’Connor cut the CMU lead back to one goal, but Dye found the back of the net again to put the game away.

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