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BREAKING STEREOTYPES
By Jordyn HermaniStaff Reporter
Christina Zardus knew that she would always to return to Italy, a place where she had ventured as a child. It also helped that Italy is known for its arts, something that would benefit Zardus’ minor.
“Before I even came to Central I knew I wanted to go back to Italy,” said the Dearborn senior. “For me it was the perfect place because I knew I wanted to study art. If I were just to travel to Florence, I wouldn’t have had the same expe-rience.”
Luckily for her, Central Michi-gan University helped Zardus visit the Florence University of the Arts as part of its study abroad pro-grams.
Whether a student wishes to
study ecology in Costa Rica or fashion in France, the study abroad program has something for every-body.
Working to send over 500 CMU students abroad throughout the course of an average school year, Amber Schneider, assistant direc-tor of Study Abroad, meets with students to help them plan their travels.
“We have about 150 programs in 40 different countries,” Schneider said. “We have both tuition ex-change programs as well as other low cost offers.”
During her own time at CMU, Schneider traveled abroad three times, including a trip to Africa to student teach.
Students can choose from abroad programs including faculty-led exchanges, a tuition exchange,
an affiliated program exchange or as an intern. The amount of time spent overseas varies by program. Faculty-led programs have the shortest duration of stay out of the choices offered.
Some requirements for studying abroad dictate that students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 or better, although some programs may have more extensive requirements, such as a knowledge of a foreign language.
“We offer programs all over the world in English so students are not required to have to learn a lan-guage,” Schneider said. “For stu-dents who are seeking programs in English, they can either look at our view book or our website. There is a wide variety of options, even in non-English speaking countries.”
Students must also have spent
a minimum of two semesters of classes on campus prior to all international travels. Students can come in as early as their first year to meet with an adviser to plan an abroad trip.
After staying for six months while attending classes in Flor-ence, Zardus said the hardest part was the culture shock of coming home.
“It was really hard when I came back,” Zardus said. “Even just driv-ing down the road, the cars were huge, the roads were huge. In Flor-ence, everything was so tiny.”
Any fears of leaving the safety of your home country or returning in one piece after studying abroad are normal, said Schneider, but the program offers something for every major and every minor.
Study abroad programs help students learn worldwide
Emily Mesner | Staff PhotographerTaken from the London Eye, the House of Parliment towers under a sunset on April 15 in London, England.
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Central Michigan University football’s Andrew Flory has been suspended indefinitely from play this season.
Flory was cited for a violation of team rules, according to Athletic Department officials. The department did not give an explanation for Flory’s second suspension.
His first suspension came during the summer months after he and teammate Ryan Oruche were arrested on June 7 – Flory and Oruche attempted to steal $500 worth of DVDs and snacks from Walmart.
Oruche was let go from the team almost immediately following the incident. Flory was suspended from the team on July 1.
Flory finished second among CMU receivers last season with 32 catches for 384 yards and two touchdowns. He is regarded arguably as CMU’s second-best wide receiver behind senior Titus Davis.
Flory made his first appearance of 2014 in the second quarter of the Chippewas powerhouse win over Purdue last weekend. He saw limited playing time but was not thrown to.
The Chippewas host Syracuse Saturday.
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By Malachi BarrettSenior Reporter
Three Saginaw men face felony charges for unarmed robbery and home invasion incidents that occurred during Welcome Weekend.
Celestino-Vincente Cas-tillo Avitia, 20, Terron Jaquan Coleman, 21, and Kyrie Green-Norment, 20, were arrested in Saginaw for assault with intent to commit unarmed robbery and conspiracy to commit assault unarmed robbery, both 15-year felonies.
Coleman and Green-Norment
also are charged with first-degree home invasion and conspiracy to commit first-degree home inva-sion, both 20-year felonies.
Coleman also is being charged with second-degree home inva-sion, a 20-year felony.
Police are waiting on a warrant for a fourth suspect, said Central Michigan University Police Lt.
Larry Klaus. On Aug. 24,
CMU Police began an inves-tigation of the robbery of a CMU student who was as-saulted and had property stolen in Lot 1
on campus. CMUPD coordinated the
investigation with the Mount Pleasant Police Department, who were investigating a home inva-sion that took place on the same date in the 1000 block of Douglas
Street.Klaus said officers checked
on-campus surveillance footage while investigating the robbery and found individuals carrying stolen property, linking the two investigations.
Warrants were issued after CMUPD and MPPD obtained more evidence from the incident.
According to a press release from both departments, the suspects have been arraigned by the Isabella County District Court. They are waiting for their preliminary examinations.
Coleman remains in the
Robbery suspects arrested
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The Biosciences Building will celebrate its first day of construction with a groundbreaking ceremony at 10:30 a.m. on Sept. 17.
The ceremony will take place near the building construction site behind the Engineering and Technology Building. Students and faculty are invited to the occasion. Members of the Central Michigan University Board of Trustees, President George Ross, and Dean of the College of Science and Technology Ian Davison will be in attendance.
The four-story, 169,000 square-foot Biosciences Building is intended to provide students and faculty greater opportunities for hands-on research and attract leading researchers to the university. The $95 million construction project is scheduled for completion in September 2016.
The building will provide classrooms and state-of-the-art laboratories for approximately 40 research-active faculty, their students and support staff.
Parking will be available in Lot 33.
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“There are so many program options,” she said. “There really is something that can meet the needs of each student.”
More than anything, Schneider insists that there are many benefits to study-ing abroad, including an increase in self-confidence and something to talk about
in job interviews.Schoolcraft senior Andrea
Van Lopik studied abroad for three weeks in Denmark and said she considers it one of the best decisions of her life.
“I wanted to study abroad ever since I came to Central, but I kind of kept putting it off,” she said. “It was prob-ably four days before the
deadline of the application and I was kinda just like ‘Mom, I guess I’m going to Denmark!’ So it was just kind of a spur of the moment decision.”
Van Lopik also encouraged students who are worried about studying abroad to try the smaller three-week sum-mer courses.
“You can get a class out of the way while also trying the abroad,” she said.
The Office of Study Abroad is located in Ronan Hall 330, and an appointment can be
scheduled online to meet with an advisor.
“Study abroad is a great opportunity to enhance your resume,” Schneider said. “It tells your future employers that you are open to work-ing with different people from different backgrounds. You’re a risk taker. And of course, it’s a lot of fun too.”
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By Ben SolisEditor-in-chief
Opening the year with its first meeting of the 2014-15 academic session, members of Central Michigan Uni-versity’s Student Govern-ment Association heard questions and concerns over the group’s proposed new logo on Monday.
The hope was to have a discussion on the logo and move it along. Practically all of the SGA membership decided to table the vote and further discussion on the logo until the govern-mental body’s next meet-ing.
Executive board mem-bers of SGA worked over the summer to produce a new updated logo for the organization. SGA Presi-dent Chuck Mahone said the executive members worked to create a new logo for a number of rea-sons.
“If you see up there, it says ‘since 1924,’ which is funny because we were founded in 1920,” Mahone said. “This logo also wasn’t approved by the SGA body, so it isn’t our logo. It should be all of ours, and we want your input.”
Mahone and other execu-tive board members created the logo during the sum-mer using funding gathered through Student Activi-ties and Involvement. The department also served as
an oversight mechanism for the group as they created the logo.
Taylor Gehrcke, SGA’s treasurer, said a full list of money spent on the logo’s design would be on the SGA website by the end of Monday night.
SGA’s executive board didn’t just create the logo, it also placed it on a num-ber of pieces of merchan-dise, such as water bottles, fliers, posters and banners for the university’s MAIN-stage event.
Expenditures made on these items will be includ-ed on the expenditure list Gehrcke plans to post on-line. While he didn’t have exact figures at the meet-ing, Gehrcke said the group spent nearly $1,200 on the water bottles and close to $200 on the fliers and ban-ners. Some of that money, he added, came from funds they had held over from last year.
As Mahone and Mariah Urueta, SGA vice presi-dent, opened to the floor to discussion, a variety of con-cerns were voiced against the new logo’s design and the money spent on it.
Ty’asia Jones, a 19-year-old representative for CMU’s Sophisticated Women of Color regis-tered student organization, thought the new color scheme didn’t match the bold look of the old one.
“The old logo has so
Questions, debate stall approval of new logo
Katy Kildee | Staff PhotographerSGA Vice President Mariah Urueta and President Chuck Mahone listen to discussion about the proposed new SGA logo during the first meeting of the semester on Monday in Anspach 162. After a lengthy discussion, the issue was tabled until next week.
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Isabella County Jail on a $100,000 bond, while Avitia was released after posting 10 percent of his $50,000 bond.
Green-Norment has paid 10 percent of his $40,000 bond but remains lodged on a $50,000 bond.
Welcome Weekend at-tracts non-CMU students, Klaus said, because it is a week earlier than other universities around the state. A large number of the incidents involving police
are caused by these visitors, he added.
MPPD Public Informa-tion Officer Jeff Browne said only 69 of the 168 tick-ets issued by MPPD during Welcome Weekend were to CMU students.
“We know there are people coming form other places causing trouble, hence the proactive patrols we have,” Browne said. “We caught, in the city, two different groups that were here for home invasions over that weekend.”
Arresting suspects who reside outside of Mount Pleasant is more time-con-suming but not necessarily more difficult for police.
“(Dealing with students from other schools) is more difficult because they don’t have the same education and programming we do with our students,” Browne said.
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much life, and this new one just seems dull,” Jones said.
She suggested chang-ing the palette to a more vibrant set of colors. Geh-rcke countered by saying the new maroon and gold scheme – a feature not shared with the old logo – was chosen because it was closely aligned with the palette used on new CMU promotional materials.
In addition, 24-year-old Sean Lathrop, a representa-tive from the CMU Club Dodgeball team, inquired about any additional marketing costs associated with adopting a new logo. Mahone said there would
be only minimal new costs involved, but that was a given when the group con-sidered the update.
Another concern voiced at the meeting was the legality of using the name “Central Michigan Univer-sity” in the logo because it was a registered trademark.
Mahone said the execu-tive board looked into the matter when it was creating the design and was given permission to use the name.
The final and deci-sive concern was that there wasn’t enough SGA oversight over the money spent on creating the logo, and that a sub-committee
should be formed to look into the logo’s design and expenditures.
The formation of the sub-committee was all but shot down by the majority of the SGA leadership because it would waste valuable time and money to create and or-ganize the committee.
“I personally think we have better things to do and to spend our money on,” said Shelbe Klebs, SGA’s Student Budget Alloca-tions Committee chair. “I would rather see this extra money spent on students and student programing as opposed to wasting time and effort on a whole new
logo when this one looks awesome.”
Gehrcke agreed with Klebs’s sentiment on focus-ing resources elsewhere.
“We did work very hard during the summer time on this new logo,” he said. “If people want to see changes, that’s fine. We just have to make sure they are worth it.”
Gehrcke predicts the logo design will pass next week, yet it will be a difficult debate if people don’t have tangible solutions.
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For sorority sisters on Cen-tral Michigan University’s campus, a number of unfor-tunate and poorly-attributed stereotypes follow them like a dark cloud as they make their way to classes.
“’Sorority girl’ in itself is an awful stereotype perpetu-ated by films that are way off based on what Greek Life is really about, and it suggests that we are mindless girls who bounce from fraternity house to fraternity house and hand over daddy’s credit card in the blink of an eye,” said Chesterfield senior Danielle Cywka.
People judge them for their clothes: Maybe a pair of skinny jeans with Ugg boots and a crew neck sweatshirt complete with letters that Central Michigan Univer-sity students might not know how to pronounce. Or maybe it has to do with their perceived demeanor, with
people assuming that they’re looking down upon their ‘average’ peers.
Women involved in Greek Life at CMU say that projec-tions are more than unfair and have major issues with the common stereotypes used to describe them. They see their experiences of be-ing in a sorority as more than social. It’s an opportunity to help their community.
While being called a “sorority girl” can be a hurtful stereotype in itself, it comes with many differ-ent assumptions about a woman’s personality, ap-pearance and social life.
Livonia senior Brynn Cavanaugh says people have made assumptions about her and her friends after finding out they were involved in Greek Life.
What some students seem to forget about a sorority are the basic principals of the or-ganizations: Sisterhood and philanthropy.
Although social gatherings
are a normal facet of Greek Life, there are many other aspects of each Greek orga-nizations at CMU that push the cultural envelop further than the stereotypes.
Students involved with Greek Life often dedicate hours of their lives to vol-unteering, and each chap-ter fundraises for specific philanthropies. During last year’s Greek Week, students raised over $30,000 for Special Olympics Michigan in less than seven days.
“In addition to raising money through large-scale events, we are constantly working to spread aware-ness and educate the public about the philanthropies we support,” Cavanaugh said. “Aside from each chapter’s philanthropies, individual Greeks complete many hours of service to better the com-munity each semester.”
Another stereotype of women in Greek Life is that they fit cookie-cutter molds in regards to their appear-
ance. Ionia senior Madelyn Downes thinks the opposite.
“I believe that our Greek Life already breaks the superficial territory by our looks because there are people of every shape, size and color in our commu-nity,” she said.
More than appearance, being involved in a soror-ity means expectations of academic success.
“Chapters have grade point average requirements, and members are held ac-countable for their success in school,” Cavanaugh said. “When a member is strug-gling, there are numerous re-sources for them to consult in order to get themselves back on track, and we ac-tively support each other in succeeding academically.”
Many of the assump-tions associated with women in sororities leave the women of CMU Greek Life wondering why they are the constant target of negative judgement that
disregards the main fo-cuses of being Greek.
“I think people stereo-type Greek Life because it’s easy,” Cywka said. “It’s easy to take a large group of people and label them all as one thing, rather than taking the time to actually be informed and learn what it’s really all about.”
According to women in Greek Life, what it’s really all about is being part of something bigger than them-selves, having a constant support system, a legacy to follow and one to leave be-hind for sisters to come.
“Being Greek isn’t about having a million friends. It’s about doing things for the community and doing these things as one,” Illinois junior Melissa Nowak said. “It’s about forming a close bond with friends who become sisters and practic-ing the values that brought us all under the specific chapter we chose.”
Women of Greek Life break stereotypes on sororities
Sitting at a small cafe table, senior Harrison Light looks like many people at Star-bucks – a guy drinking a cup of coffee. While other people usually worry about carbs and the “Freshman 15,” he has to worry about his blood sugar levels. That’s because when he was just four years old, Light was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes.
Diabetes is considered an invisible illness, a disease or ailment that affects people without showing any outward signs or symptoms. The week of Sept 8-14 is known as Invis-ible Illness Awareness Week, a time for acknowledging those who suffer silently with their diagnosis.
Type 1 diabetes typically affects children and young adults, whereas Type 2 devel-
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Taryn Wattles | Assistant Photo EditorMembers of the Phi Mu sorority pose in front of their charity ball Tuesday outside of the UC. Students pay a dollar to sign the ball, and the money raised from signing goes to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Last year alone, their ball raised over six hundred dollars for charity.
Sarah White | Staff PhotographerLinden senior Harrison Light checks his blood glucose levels outside of Moore Hall on the campus of Central Michigan University Monday afternoon.
Living the college life with with Type 1 Diabetesops later in life and is more common – both are conditions in which the body cannot take sugar out of the blood stream.
“Harry would yell at the top of the stairs when he was little, and Adrianne and I did not understand why,” said Erica Light, his older sister. “When he was diagnosed at four, he figured it was from the high blood sugar.”
In Light’s case, his pan-creas does not create insulin, the enzyme his body needs to break down the sugar in his blood. Instead, he wears a pump that acts like a pancre-as, giving him a steady stream of insulin at all times.
Low blood sugar levels can be very dangerous. Light has been hospitalized five times because of them. If his blood sugar levels drop, he can expe-rience blurry vision, headaches or even pass out.
Light doesn’t complain about his situation.
“I don’t really know what it’s like to not have it,” he said
Now a senior, Light remem-bers freshman year as a big adjustment. Not only did he have to adjust to living on cam-pus and going to classes, but he also had to carry snacks, check his blood sugar level, adjust his insulin pump and “watch more carefully than the other students” in the cafeteria.
There are people all over Central Michigan’s campus
just like Light, people who seem similar enough on the outside, but actually live life day-to-day with a burden like anxiety, depression, can-cer or some other invisible illness. Many of these people are living on campus for the first time, far away from their old support systems.
“At the beginning of every semester, I tell my professors I have diabetes in case of an emergency,” Light said. “That way, if I need to eat or drink
something in class, they know it’s because of my blood sugar levels. It’s really nothing to be em-barrassed about. People are usually just curious to learn about diabetes.”
If students with diabe-tes or any other invisible illnesses need assistance, Central Michigan University has the University Health Services Department to help. The medical clinic and pharmacy are located on campus in Foust, near the
corner of Preston and East Campus drive. Free on-cam-pus counseling can also be given through the counseling center located in Foust.
There are other stu-dents who have similar stories to Light. Freshman Roger “Trey” Andy, also has Type 1 diagnosis.
“While you have to watch yourself more than the aver-age student, I have adjusted to the college life just like anybody else,” Andy said.
The following incidents were reported by the Mount Pleasant Police Department between Sept. 5-8.
Sept. 5
2:44 a.m. - Officers transported a 21-year-old St. Louis man from Gratiot County on a bench warrant for failure to appear and lodged him at the Isabella County Correctional Facility.
12:43 p.m. - Officers cited a 60-year-old Mount Pleasant woman for driving without insurance.
1: 50 p.m. - A 32-year-old Mount Pleasant man was lodged for violating his parole.
3:18 p.m. - A 10-year-old Big Rapids female was arrested for violating probation.
Sept. 6
1:24 a.m. - A 21-year-old Mount Pleasant male was cited for carrying open intoxicants at the 1000 block of South University St.
9:59 a.m. - A miscellaneous criminal offense was reported at 804 E. High St.
11:28 a.m. - Damage to property at the 100 block of East Locust Street was reported.
4:02 p.m. - A larceny was reported at the 600 block of East Locust Street.
10:27 p.m. - A 21-year-old male from Hamilton was cited for carrying open intoxicants with a passenger in the vehicle.
Sept. 7
12:20 a.m. - A 20-year-old New Jersey male was cited for being a minor in possession of alcohol.
1:35 p.m - A theft from a vehicle was reported at the 1400 block of East Maple Street.
9:01 p.m. - An individual obstructing justice was reported at 804 E. High St.
Sept. 8
12:42 a.m. - A 35-year-old Mount Pleasant male was lodged at the Isabella County Sheriff’s Department on a contempt warrant for domestic violence and not having a valid snowmobile operator’s license.
8:33 a.m. - Officers investigated a report of a lost child. The child’s parent was contacted and returned unharmed.
Liberty in North Korea will host speaker Michael Malice at their meeting at 8 p.m. on Sept. 10 in Anspach 162.
Malice is the author of the book “Dear Reader: The Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Jong-il.” He spent time in North Korea in 2012 and used a great deal of other books to assist him when writing this book.
The author will discuss issues that the North Korean people currently face. Malice’s book discusses things such as how Kim Jong-il can “shrink time,” how he dealt with the famine and why Kim Jong-un was chosen as a successor over his older brothers.
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Binge drinking, drug use and blowing off classes are the central part of what it means to pursue higher education, according to many movies and television shows. While this might make for good entertain-ment, it fails to reflect reality.
These deceiving portray-als result in a lack of un-derstanding of the greater college community, which includes hardworking stu-dents caught in a constant balancing act of stress, work and school.
No group suffers more from these damaging college-life stereotypes than the Greek community. As Greek Life and Cen-tral Michigan University celebrates its two-week recruitment period this week, we call on the entire CMU community to learn about the good these
groups do and not their as-sociated stereotypes.
Throughout this period, there will be reminders of the Greek community scattered across campus in the form of fliers, sidewalk chalk displays and chapter letters stitched to shirts and purses. For the Greeks, it is a time to self-promote and to educate potential new members on what it means to go Greek.
Many members of the Greek community joined rank with their respective fraternities and sorori-ties because they wanted to be part of something bigger than themselves. Going Greek means laying the foundation for one’s college career. As a result, the community molds the identities of its members.
Through philanthropy, community engagement, understanding and ex-
On Sept. 11, 2001 I was 7,500 miles away from ground zero, a second-grade student at Camp Mc-Tureous in the western part of Uruma City in Okinawa, Japan.
I don’t think I under-stood the gravity of the situ-ation when it happened; 13 years later I’m still unsure if I do.
Here’s what I do under-stand: Sept. 10 was a hell of a lot different than Sept. 12.
On Sept. 10, vehicles driv-ing toward the base, one of 10 such satellite instal-lations spread through the island that made up Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler, were met with smiles and waves from the locals and a casual inspec-tion from two Military Police officials stationed at the front gate. Standard procedure called for a presentation of military identification, though this became less common if a rapport was built with guards. Most were waved through the gate with little incident.
On Sept. 12 vehicles driv-ing toward the base, the smallest of the 10, were met with cautious glances from an uneasy local population and multiple Military Police officials clad head-to-toe in tactical gear and wielding machine guns.
I have precious few memories of that period in our history. That is one that sticks. Overnight, Camp McTureous put its finger on the trigger; I imagine 7,500 miles away the scene looked much the same.
I don’t think 9/11 really ever hit home for me be-
cause I never felt unsafe. I was constantly surrounded by Marines who were easily a foot taller and a hundred pounds heavier than the average Okinawan.
Locals were excited to see Americans in public to the point where trips to historic Katsuren Castle or the beaches to the north in Nago almost became annoy-ing because of the excessive hospitality.
I never considered there were wolves at the door.
Back home, I suppose it would be too easy to say everything changed. In reaction to the overwhelm-ing grief and confusion that became part of our cultural lexicon in the 2000s and since, America has tight-ened its borders, increased its security networks and systematically targeted terrorism in all of the dark corners of the world.
In the 13 years since 9/11, I would argue we are no less afraid.
The feeling of vulner-ability is the most pervasive and long-lasting effect of 9/11. It’s easy to give in to that, to distrust our neighbors, keep the guns pointed and remember how we were hurt by the outside world.
I spent two more years in Japan after the tragedy. In those days the security was tight, but after the initial shock, we were met with unprecedented compas-sion and kindness from the international community.
When I returned home, a shared pain and sense of solidarity had already swept across the country.
But out of this atrocity came unity and strength.
I have precious few mem-ories of that period in our history, but that is one that defines it for me.
There are five seasons of the year for field organizers and activists. Winter, spring, summer, fall and election season - the time when you table and door knock for hours while empowering stu-dents to use their voice and cast a vote in the November election.
This election cycle throws Gov. Rick Snyder in the bully pulpit with Democrat Mark Schauer, and looking at the polls, the fight is going to be a bloody one.
Who will rise to the top? That is for the voters to de-cide. More specifically, that is for the students to decide.
I work for a number of nonprofits and other voting rights groups. I am not writ-ing to represent those groups. My opinions are my own. However, one thing is certain: the future relies on your vote.
Preparation for the polls starts long before submitting
a ballot. There is education involved.
Pop quiz. True or false:1) If you did not register to
vote in person, you cannot vote absentee the first time. True.
2) You can register to vote the same day as the election. False.
3) You have a specific poll-ing place where you must vote and cannot just walk into a polling location on Election Day. True.
I am a cynic. I know the political system we have is
broken. But I know how to fix it: voting, and voting smart.
Students are the election. Our generation is one of the largest in history, bigger than the Boomers. If every student voted in Mount Pleasant, the political landscape would change.
I am neither a Democrat, nor a Republican; I am a Progressive. I am pro-choice, pro-LGBTQAI and pro-environment. Many on this campus share the same views, and there are people in power
who wish to silence these opinions.
There are people of power who want to make it difficult for you to vote because they know how powerful the vote is. If the vote didn’t have power, the Suffragettes would not have starved themselves for the right to vote and The Civil Rights Movement would have never occurred.
Your vote is your voice, and your voice is powerful. This election, use it to shape the future of Michigan.
How we remember, 13 years later
Your voice, your vote
MalachiBarrettSenior
Reporter
This week, we are
all GreekFrom “Animal House” to “Old School,” or even the more recent “Neighbors,” Hollywood
has created a distorted reputation for Greek life and college life in general.
hibiting a set of long-held core values, an individual becomes a part of family he or she never imagined they could have. This – the heart and soul of what it means to go Greek – is too often overlooked.
By nature, there has al-ways been discord between Greeks and non-Greeks. Greeks and non-Greeks might have their differ-ences, but as human beings, most all of us are united by the daily struggle to follow our passion and become better people.
The staff of Central Michigan Life understands this struggle to better people’s lives most of all, as many of us got into the industry to make a last-ing impact on our readers, to raise awareness and to change perspectives.
Our community as a whole – no matter if we
wear Greek letters, athletic uniforms, suits and ties or a CM Life polo – must stop letting stereotypes distort our understanding of one another.
And on a final note, we call upon the community to accept all Greeks as one unit, not just the social fra-ternities and sororities that garner so much attention. Members of multi-cultural, business, professional and academic fraternities and sororities are as important and hold as much currency on this campus and beyond as they do.
This week, you are all Greek.
By accepting and em-bracing our differences, we are able to see the diversity that makes this commu-nity – and this world – so beautiful.
Central Michigan Life | File ArtDelta Zeta and Pi Kappa Phi use props, including a cardboard cut-out car, throughout their AC/DC routine in April 2014 during Mock Rock.
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Sarah Roebuck | Student Life Editor Senior Sarah Roebuck shares a photo from Venice, Italy during her Spring 2014 semester studying abroad in Italy.
Sarah Roebuck | Student Life Editor Senior Sarah Roebuck shares a photo of The Colosseum in Rome, Italy from her time studying abroad during the Spring 2014 semester.
Emily Mesner
| Staff PhotographerTwo highland cattle sit on the grass near Nevis Range on April 18 in Fort William, Scotland.
Emily Mesner | Staff PhotographerA telephone booth stands in front of the London Eye on April 15 in London, England.
Sarah Roebuck | Student Life Editor Senior Sarah Roebuck shares an image from the Vittorio Emmanuel II Monument she visited during her Spring 2014 semester studying abroad in Italy.
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Central Michigan Life staffers visited two foreign
countries on Study Abroad trips. Here is a selection of
photos they shot on their trips.
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College academics can sometimes be scary and confusing. When questions arise and problems unfold, individuals may feel as though they have exhausted all pos-sible options for help.
This is where the Student Ombuds Office comes in. Director of Administration for Enrollment and Student Services Brad Kloha said the Ombuds Office is a safe place for students to voice their concerns about administrative problems.
“What the student (om-
budsman) function really does is that they’re a neutral party,” Kloha said. “They’re an advo-cate for a fair process. They’re a neutral party that helps to refer the student to figur-ing the conflict process or to someone who can help them better with the situation.”
The Ombuds Office serves as a counseling system for students confused with the administrative process. Things such as grade disputes with a professor can be brought to the Ombuds Office, which works to help individuals put them on the right track and guide them to the correct personnel. Student complaints
are confidential.“I think more than any-
thing, it’s just to act as a resource for students to make sure that their voice is heard and to make sure they get assistance when they need it,” Kloha said. “It’s really a situation basis. A lot of times in most situations, it’s just usually like ‘Oh have you gone through the proper adminis-trative channels?’ And if they haven’t, it’s getting them to talk to the right person they need to. Usually it’s all recti-fied and it doesn’t go much higher than that.”
Getting students to talk to the correct person usu-
ally involves getting them in contact with the department chair, dean, or director of the administrative office the individual is having problems with. Students can voice their concerns in the Ombuds Office because that’s what it’s there for: Outlining options that are available for solving problems.
The office, however, is not to be used for legal counseling.
“The Ombuds Officer can advise you of your rights within the university but will not provide legal advice or represent you in a legal mat-ter,” reads the FAQ section of the office’s website. “The Ombuds Officer is a neutral
facilitator, not an advocate for either side of a dispute. The goal of the Ombuds Office is to advocate for fair process.”
Kloha stressed the fact that Ombuds is available to students as a resource.
“Student Ombuds doesn’t really make a decision,” he said. “They will refer to people who can make that decision or explain what a university policy is that’s really affecting that situation.”
Students interested in mak-ing an appointment with the Ombuds office can do so by phone, email or simply walk-ing into Kloha’s office, Ronan 220.
“[Students] can call the office,” Kloha said. “There is a specific Ombuds phone they can reach, 989-774-3010, and an email, [email protected] .”
When emailed by students, Kloha works with Kyle Pybus, the Student Ombuds Officer and Administrative Aide of CMU’s Global Campus, to de-cide the best course of action. Both Global Campus and on-campus departments collabo-rate to handle the problem to the best of their ability.
Ombuds Office hours are from 8 a.m-5 p.m. and are available for students Monday through Friday.
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By Alex CarrierStaff Reporter
Thursday will mark 13 years since the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center. Many Americans say the sorrow and shock of the terrorist attacks still feels like it was yesterday.
However, as time goes on, many CMU students it is a distant and foggy memory.
Alayna Smith, a Garden City senior, remembers things a little differently. She was eight years old at the time.
“They didn’t tell us anything at all at school,” she said. “But we could tell something wasn’t right. Some parents came and took their kids out of class. The teacher was running around a lot but we didn’t know what was wrong.”
Once she learned of the at-tacks, Smith said the severity of the situation still didn’t quite sink in.
“My brother, who was 14, explained it to me after school,”
Remembering Sept. 11
she said. “I guess I kind of thought he was talking about a video game or something at first.”
Even if Smith didn’t under-stand it, she picked up on the fear and pain that the entire country was feeling.
“My parents were watch-ing the news and crying,” she said. “My biggest problem was something was affecting my
family so deeply, and I couldn’t do anything about it or under-stand it.”
That seems to be the prevail-ing memory for most CMU students: Fear, confusion, a feel-ing of uncertainty. Like a thick fog, those fears crept across the country and grabbed a hold of everyone and in many different ways.
Danny Karadsheh, a Kent-
wood senior, was affected in a way we don’t often think about. Karadsheh is a first genera-tion American, and his parents moved to the U.S. from Jordan in the 1970s. He said his experi-ence was a bit different because of his background.
“The thing I remember most is my parent’s worrying about my sister,” Karadsheh said. “She was going to Western at the
time. My dad called her up and told her to go home and lock the doors.”
Karadsheh added that his father wasn’t afraid of more attacks, he was worried about being in danger because or their heritage
“He was worried about her safety,” he said. “He didn’t want somebody taking their anger out on her because of her skin.”
Photo Illustration by Meagan Dullack | Photo Editor
The American Red Cross is looking for students to donate blood and help save lives Wednesday at Finch Fieldhouse.
Students can make an appointment at www.red-crossblood.org or walk in from noon to 6 p.m. in Finch 110.
All blood drives con-ducted by the Red Cross this week are being held to honor and remember those affected by the events of Sept. 11, 2001.
To ensure the safety of blood donation for both recipients and donors, all volunteer blood donors must be evaluated to de-termine their eligibility.
Donors must weigh at least 110 pounds and be at least 17 years old to donate.
Malachi Barrett, Senior Reporter
Blood drive to honor9/11 victimsStudents describe
panic, confusion
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CM-Life staff reports
With four days separating the Central Michigan University football team from its most cru-cial matchup of the season, head coach Dan Enos addressed several burning questions surrounding the Chippewas.
Head gamesKicker Ron Coluzzi was injured
against Purdue last Saturday when he took a big hit as he at-tempted to make a tackle on a
Boilermakers kick returner.Coluzzi lay on the ground for
several minutes before standing up, appearing dizzy and collaps-ing onto the grass once again.
He did not return to the game, but Enos said Coluzzi practiced Tuesday.
“He seems alright,” Enos said after practice.
davis watcHSenior wide receiver Titus
Davis suffered a left knee sprain during the Chippewas home
opener on Aug. 27.Davis was clobbered by a big hit
on a pooch punt during the late stages of CMU’s opener and was seen writhing in pain as he lay on the ground. He needed assistance from his teammates leaving the field.
Sitting out of CMU’s 38-17 upset win over Purdue, Davis went through last week on a day-to-day status.
Enos did not confirm if Davis would play Saturday when the Chippewas host Syracuse.
24 Hour effectAfter Saturday’s win over Pur-
due, Enos allowed the Chippewas to “enjoy” the upset victory for a period of no longer than 24-hours. Then it was back to work.
“We had a good practice today,” Enos said Tuesday. “We’ve done a good job of staying humble and keeping our mouths shut. It’s been very productive.”
The Chippewas host Syracuse Saturday at noon.
Davis participates, Enos talks humility as Chippewas gear up for Week 3 hosting of Syracuse
Notebook: CMU football news and notes
Our soccer team started its last fall season with tough opponents and a tough record. This year, it is much the same. CMU has scored a mere four goals while allowing 11 in their first five games.
Although it is a bit early to pinpoint exactly what is caus-ing the struggles, it is clear that the offensive production needs to be picked up. They have been outshot 87-32 this season.
With that being said, stats are just stats, and real gameplay is always more important. CMU has stepped up defensive efforts as well as offensive in their last two matches. Chippewas senior captain Laura Gosse scored a brace in the team’s home season opener victory against Oakland.
Head coach Peter McGahey made some early-season adjust-ments on the defensive side and has adapted to several injuries. McGahey and his team traveled to Ann Arbor a day after their first victory to take on an NCAA champion-worthy University of Michigan.
This game is potentially the turning point in the 2014 season, CMU conceded two goals in the first 15 minutes, which is almost expected against such an es-tablished team with McGahey’s young side.
All soccer analysts and coach-es agree that 2-0 is the toughest score line. Instead of the game turning into what coach McGa-hey described as a “laugher”, the Chippewas had a goal cleared off the line and kept the Wolverines to only one more goal in the 80th minute’s offensive push.
CMU kept one of the best teams in the state of Michigan to zero goals for over an hour.
The last two games brought the team to the level they know they can play at. McGahey has stamped his saying of “experi-ence is the best experience.”
His eight underclassmen in the starting 11 against a previously nationally ranked opponent, gained a valuable experience that they will take with them throughout the season.
In 2013 CMU went 8-3 in the Mid-American Conference, realistically the Chippewas won when they really needed to, ev-ery single win was in the MAC.
Although the Chippewas have had a disappointing start, they are on track to finish better than in 2013, not only that but I believe that they will win both games in Colo. this weekend.
They are on track to be a good team this year, despite mislead-ing statistics and numbers. They are undefeated at home and after the Colorado weekend double-header, they host three games at home in a row, which they will not lose.
If CMU takes the games they can, anything less than a MAC Championship is a failure. They have the talent, leadership and coaching, but these next two games are essential.
Soccer team has tools to rebuild
Cody DeBonaStaff Reporter
stuffing the statsheetBy Dominick Mastrangelo
Sports Editor
Through the first two games of the season, the Chippewas de-fensive secondary has served as the biggest difference in the two contests.
CMU defensive backs have com-bined for a total of six intercep-tions through the first two games, and 10 picks during their last five dating back to the end of the 2013 season.
Led by sophomore Tony Annese, juniors Kavon Frazier and Brandon Greer, the CMU secondary has dominated the airspace they at-tempt to protect on each down.
“It’s really just a team thing,” Greer said. “Our guys in our unit are understanding things better than we were before. When one of us gets better, the rest of us get bet-ter. That’s why all of this has been going on like this.”
The Chippewas allowed just 16.5 points and 177 passing yards per game. The unit has allowed oppos-ing quarterbacks to pass 37-for-73 during the first two games of the year.
Defensive backs coach Archie Collins said each member of the secondary has bought into the sys-tem in place and more importantly, each other.
“These guys all really know what the word team means,” Col-lins said. “They’re working on the little things. That’s what makes you a better player. They all pull each other together. I’d say they’re pretty good as a cohesive unit right now.”
The relationships between play-ers in the unit off the field, Collins
said, are almost as electric as the ones that produce high statistics.
“They’re a close bunch of guys,” Collins said. “On the field, things are just working out really well schematically. These guys are put in a good position to do the job like they have.”
Most of the defensive backs on the squad will shy away from the spotlight despite their out-of-the-ordinary turnover numbers.
“I always tell the guys, they have to understand the pieces of the puzzle in the football game,” Collins said. “They are really get-ting that now better than they did before.”
Greer had a career day against Purdue last week, scoring CMU’s first points of the game on a 54-yard interception return.
In the second half against the Boilermakers, Greer forced a fumble that he recovered himself and ultimately sealed the Chippe-was’ 38-17 victory.
“I always want to make a play,” Greer said. “It always comes down to the defensive line. If those guys don’t do their job than we can’t do ours. They’ve been getting it done down there lately, which is good for us.”
Meanwhile head coach Dan Enos would not admit the defensive secondary is the strongest aspect of his team, though he said he is pleased with the group’s perfor-mance.
“They really gave our quar-terbacks some trouble in train-ing camp,” Enos said. “I joked to somebody at one point: I hope our secondary ends up being pretty good. I’d say they’ve been doing a great job so far.”
Chippewas defensive secondary put up highest numbers on team
Tony Annese, who picked two passes off in CMU’s home opener, has earned himself the nickname of “Ballhawk.”
“I guess you can say I just really like being around the ball,” Annese joked after CMU’s first victory. “That’s just what we always talk about. So it feels great to go out there and actually do it.”
Collins said he is confident head-ing into the Syracuse pass game, that his team will keep its progress consistent.
“Our guys are still hungry. They know they have a lot of room to get better,” Collins said. “As a defensive back, that’s what you always want to do. You want to get that pick or lower the boom on someone.”
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Meagan Dullack | Photo EditorJunior defensive back Kavon Frazier and junior linebacker Tim Hamilton attempt to make a tackle on Saturday at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Ind.
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Junior defensive back Brandon Greer prepares to take on a Purdue offensive lineman Saturday at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Ind.
Meagan Dullack | Photo EditorJunior defensive back Kavon Frazier moves in to assist his teammates Saturday at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Ind.
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Penn State 21, akron 3
army 47, Buffalo 39
Virginia tech 35, ohio State 21
niu 23, northweStern 15
iowa 17, Ball State 13
Akron (1-1) picked off Christian Hackenberg twice and forced a fumble on the day, while the offense was without a turn-
over for the second-straight week. However, Penn State (2-0) would post 425 yards of total offense.
The Zips finished with
277 yards of total of-fense, but went 1-of-3 in the redzone and 5-of-17 on third down.
Trailing, 47-17, in the fourth quarter, the Uni-versity at Buffalo fought back and nearly capped an improbable come-back, but ultimately lost to the Black Knights, 47-39, at Michie Stadium on
Saturday afternoon.Joe Licata threw for
396 yards and an FBS-era school-record five touchdown passes in the game. The junior signal-caller hit 11 different receivers. His favorite
target was Marcus Mc-Gill who had six catches for 123 yards and two touchdowns – all career highs. Devin Campbell also had a pair of touch-down receptions.
Hokies quarterback Michael Brewer threw two key touchdowns in the second half of Vir-
ginia Tech’s upset over Ohio State. With starter Braxton Miller done for the season with injury,
OSU passer J.T. Barrett was 9-for-29 and threw three interceptions in the loss.
The Northern Illinois University Huskies used a 23-point second half of-fensive outburst and an un-relenting defense to defeat in-state foe Northwestern, 23-15, Saturday at Ryan Field in Evanston. The Huskies
won their third consecu-tive game over a Big Ten Conference opponent after recording wins over Iowa and Purdue a year ago, and claimed their first win in eight tries over the Wildcats.
NIU improved to 2-0 on
the season and has won 25 consecutive regular season games. The Huskies lead the nation with 16 consecutive wins in true road games dat-ing back to Oct. 1, 2011. NIU is now 5-3 versus Big Ten teams since 2009.
The Ball State football team came up a few plays shy of another signature win Saturday as Iowa came back in the fourth quarter for a 17-13 win at Kinnick Stadium.
The Cardinals, who were seeking to defeat a power conference team for the fourth straight season, fell to 1-1 on the year, while the Hawkeyes improved to 2-0.
The game was a defensive battle with Ball State giving up only a field goal through most of the afternoon to take a 13-3 lead into the clos-ing minutes.
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Here is a quick recap of some of the Mid-American Conference’s top games from Week 2:
-Courtesy MAC Communications
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Teams that find them-selves losing consecutive games usually revert to the basics.
For the Central Michigan University volleyball team, the time to get back to square one is now.
Head Coach Erik Olson said after the Chippewas were shut out 0-3 when they hosted the Chippewa Invite, the women learned valuable lessons from the loss.
“I think we could of learned what we learned this weekend while winning,” Olson said after the tourna-ment. “I don’t want to give us a grade. I am in no way the slightest bit happy with their performance.”
It is not all bad for CMU, however. Olson claims the groundwork for winning has been laid, though results on the court have yet to surface.
“We got a better side ef-ficiency going. We’ve settled on a setter and a right side,” Olson said. “We mixed (positions) up and got some people off the bench who got some in-game experience.”
Olson has historically been a pass-oriented coach focus-ing on one of the most essen-tial elements of any success-ful sports team: defense.
“We continue to play great team defense,” he said. “This time last year, we didn’t have that going at all.”
The Chippewas’ protec-tion effort was led by junior Angelique White. The middle blocker said she was
happy with her individual performance despite losing the game.
“I’m really excited about
my energy right now,” White said. “Staying completely ex-cited gets really tough when you’re in five set matches. I feel like everyone around me is excited no matter what is going on.”
Senior Kaitlyn McIntyre entered the season as the favorite to lead the team in every significant statistical category. The outside hitter appeared to be in her com-
fort zone for the first time this season.
“I was really pleased with my setter connection,” McIntyre said. “ Our setters worked really hard this week and put up some awesome balls. I was able to get back into the flow and find some mojo.”
As CMU attempts to hone the success of the individual into a successful overall
performance, Olson said he knows exactly what is required of the Chippewas to do so.
“It’s a mental thing,” Olson said. “That means it’s not a rotational thing. It’s not a personnel thing. We’re going to kick their butts a little bit and show them what those standards are.”
Turning the corner: Volleyball gets back to basics following 0-6 start to 2014 season
Morgan Taylor | Staff PhotographerThe Central Michigan University volleyball team celebrates a point during the Chippewa Invitational Friday, Sept. 5 at McGuirk Arena.
Morgan Taylor | Staff PhotographerSenior middle blocker Hallie Enderle, left, and senior outside hitter Kaitlyn McIntyre communicate on the frontline of defense during the Chippewa Invitational on Friday at McGuirk Arena.
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Volley for Greek
Katy Kildee | Staff PhotographerSt. Clair Shores junior Jimmy DeLong rests in the sand after missing the ball on Tuesday during a night of beach volleyball for members and potential new members of Alpha Sigma Phi at the Towers volleyball court.
Katy Kildee | Staff PhotographerMembers of Alpha Sigma Phi and potential new members gather for beach volleyball Tuesday evening during recruitment week at the Towers volleyball courts.
As part of Fraternity Recruit-
ment Week, Alpha Sigma Phi
hosted a sand volleyball match
on the Towers volleyball court
on Tuesday. The event will be
followed by several activities
planned throughout the week.
Katy Kildee | Staff PhotographerMembers and potential new members of Alpha Sigma Phi gather for a night of beach volleyball on Tuesday at the Towers volleyball court.
Katy Kildee | Staff PhotographerDuring recruitment week, Alpha Sigma Phi hosts a night of beach volleyball Tuesday at the Towers volleyball court for members and potential new members.
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Used for safety purposes in case of an emergency, Mount Pleasant Police have access to their own armored vehicle, which has only been used once in the last few years.
Why police possess military equipmentBy Nathan ClarkSenior Reporter
Following the contro-versial shooting death of Michael Brown by police in Ferguson, Mo., a national debate has begun regarding law enforcement agen-cies acquiring and using military-grade equipment to perform their duties.
The Detroit Free Press recently published a database online collected from the Defense Logistics Agency, which oversees the Department of Defense Excess Property Program 1033, listing equipment pro-cured by police throughout the nation.
Reviewing the database, Isabella County police departments have acquired night vision equipment, straight telescopes and a dozen rifles: four 5.56 millimeter and eight 7.62 millimeter.
Mount Pleasant Police Department Public Infor-mation Officer Jeff Browne said the department’s emer-gency crew acquired an armored vehicle - a one-ton truck built in the ‘80s called “The Old Peacekeeper.”
“We’ve never used the truck on CMU property, and I can only think of one time in the last couple of years we needed to use it based on the situation,” Browne said. “A few years back there was a situation with a man with a rifle and we had to use the truck to get close enough to his home to order him to surrender.”
The vehicle was used to close the distance gap be-tween police and the armed suspect safely in case the suspect opened fire on the officers, Browne said.
The debate about the militarization of police is relatively new, but police acquiring equipment as-
sociated with the military is not.
“If you Goolge ‘top ten police shootouts’ or some-thing like that, you’ll see incidents where the police are out gunned,” said LTC Greg Thayer, professor of military science and head of the CMU ROTC program. “As weapon technology progresses, when do you say you don’t want the police to have something?”
Thayer recalled several high-profile incidents in the U.S. where police were under-equipped for a situa-tion. This included the 1986 FBI Miami shootout where two bank robbers out-gunned eight FBI agents, killing two. He also men-tioned the infamous North Hollywood shootout where two bank robbers in Kevlar armor, and armed with mul-tiple fully-automatic weap-ons, fired more than 3,300 rounds of ammunition in a
shootout with police.“The issue isn’t that po-
lice are getting equipment. It’s how it’s used,” Thayer said. “There needs to be training and oversight.”.
Browne said Mount Pleasant police train regularly with use of new equipment and “The Old Peacekeeper.”
Isabella County Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski said the Sheriff ’s Department is
aware of the Department of Defense program but has not participated, instead favoring a grant program to buy officers bullet resistant vests.
“We don’t use that stuff (military surplus),” the sheriff said. “Understand-ably, stuff like an armored vehicle can be valuable in certain situations. Keep in mind, just because a police department gets a Humvee
or something, it doesn’t mean they’re being milita-rized.”
A representative from the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Police Department was unable to be reached for comment about whether or not that department has ac-quired equipment through the program.
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