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By Rachel MaterStaff Reporter

Bay City senior Jennifer Voss has dedicated the past six months to fashion.

She designed multiple circus-themed outfits and earned awards for them Sat-urday at “Autobiography,” the 12th annual Threads Fashion Show.

“I remember the first run-through, when they all got dressed up — I was so excited to see it all put together,” she said. “It was definitely impor-tant for me to prove to myself that I could do it and just get my name out there.”

Voss designed outfits for

many fully and not-so-fully clad models crowding Finch Fieldhouse.

The show was entirely stu-dent-run and spotlighted 35 students and one professor.

Students were only required to be members of the Fash-ion Association of Merchan-dising and Design and have

taken AMD 140: Introduction to Apparel Construction, said co-producer and designer Matthew Bartels, a Unionville senior.

About 1,000 people attended to view the designers’ collec-tions.

The showThe models strutted out on a

walkway going through Finch Fieldhouse, where onlookers could view the distinct designs.

Charlevoix senior Suzanne

Ashley Miller/Photo EditorMetamora freshmen Chelsea Benoit talks with Owossa junior Michelle Goeckel while preparing for Threads 2010 on Saturday night in Finch Fieldhouse. Benoit and Goeckel modeled for Charlevoix senior Suzanne Curtis. “I love it. Definitely spunky and out there,” Benoit said about the line.

Threads fashion show showcases student ‘autobiographies’Awarded Designers

w Best Construction: Jennifer Vossw Best Menswear Design: Matthew Bartelsw Best Use of Recycled Materials: Kateland Harrisw Best Use of International Influence: Kristin Maddenw Best Use of Tubular Knits: Eileen Peitschw Best Runway Choreography: Kateland Harrisw Best First Year: Shannon Hubbardw Best Runway Presentation: Matthew Bartelsw Designer of the Year: Jennifer Voss

cm-life.comSee the Web site fora video from Threads2010 at Finch.

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Photos by MAtthew stePhens/SEnior PhotograPhErSparta freshman Adam Miller of the Centra Michigan University wrestling team performs Sunday night in Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium for the 16th annual Jock Rock. The money raised will be donated to Kids In Distressed Situations, a nonprofit children’s charity in Haiti.

By Ryan CzachorskiSenior Reporter

Roughly 11.9 percent of Cen-tral Michigan University stu-dents say they have illegally sold prescription drugs after recent reports said such pills are the third-most sold drug in Isabella County.

In a survey of more than 300 students conducted by Central Michigan Life, 20.5 percent said they have bought prescription drugs.

One CMU junior, who asked to remain anonymous, said she buys Adderall — a stimulant used to treat attention deficit disorder — at least once a week on campus for $2 or $3 to help her study and accomplish tasks at work.

“You can get it really cheap and that probably contributes to college kids using it,” she said. “It’s cheap and it works. When you have a lot of work to do, it helps immensely.”

In 2008, a CMU honors stu-dent’s personal survey of about 400 students indicated about 13 percent of students used drugs

such as Adderall to study.Lt. Det. Amado Arceo of the

Bay Area Narcotics Enforcement Team told CM Life in March that 20 percent of the 197 arrests the division made in 2009 were for prescription drugs — just behind marijuana and cocaine.

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w Do you know anyone who has bought or sold prescription drugs? 73% Yes 27% Now What kind of drugs do you think get sold most frequently at CMU? 72% ADD Medication 26% Painkillers 2% Other

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cm-life.comSee the Web sitefor a video fromSunday’s Jock Rock.

By Tony WittkowskiStaff Reporter

Brittany Mouzourakis and David Breed were elected the next president and vice presi-dent of the Student Govern-ment Association — but not without controversy.

The pair had 1,170 of the 2,121 student votes, said Sean Howard, a Marysville senior and SGA election commit-tee co-chair. Their opponents, Troy junior Evan Agnello and Highland junior Jessica Rich-ard, received 951 votes, leaving Mouzourakis/Breed with 55.2 percent of the support.

However, officials say there were problems with the elec-tion process.

Press releases from the Ag-nello campaign claim some students who attempted to vote after midnight Saturday could

not because there was nothing to vote for — cutting the elec-tion short by 12 hours.

Howard acknowledged is-sues with the system.

“We apologize that people could not vote,” Howard said.

“However, this is the official vote.”

Mouzoura-kis has already begun plans for the next SGA meeting, scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. today in Moore Hall 112.

“I think it is really excit-ing — Dave and I are well prepared,” said Mouzourakis, a Garden City senior. “We will be announc-

ing open Executive Committee seats and talking about what

Mouzourakis, Breed new leaders of SGAAgnello asks for, but denied re-vote due to voting glitch

Brittany Mouzourakis

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The proceeds raised from the event went toward KIDS for Haiti — KIDS meaning Kids in Distressed Situations.

Seufert and her teammates put on a skit at Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium focused around a “diva battle,” with famous celebrities such as Lady Gaga and Beyoncé at-tempting to out-dance each other.

For Seufert, Jock Rock was a chance to have fun with her team-mates.

“Jock Rock is just another experi-

ence for our team to bond and come together as one,” she said.

Jock Rock featured 10 separate acts from different student athletic teams. Each act was less than eight minutes long, and ranked by four

Jocks ‘Bring It’Athletes, PR Central students mock rock to raise money for Haiti relief

Alma sophomore Nathan Sanchez carries Indiana freshman Zach Tranter off the stage Sunday night. Sanchez performed the song “Guy Love” from Scrubs with Pinckney freshman Chris Lotz as part of the CMU men’s track and field team’s skit for Jock Rock.

By Randi Shaffer | Staff Reporter

Pam Seufert put on her blonde wig and danced across the stage to familiar beats by Madonna at Sunday night’s Jock Rock.

The California junior participated with her team-mates from the Central Michigan University field hockey team in the 16th annual community service event sponsored by CMU’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and PR Central.

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Today

w "Why am I so broke?" a seminar on managing financial affairs, takes place at 12 p.m. in the Bovee University Center Lake Superior Room.

w Mandisa Mbali will discuss her work in HIV and AIDS activism at 7 p.m. in the Education and Human Services Building’s French Auditorium.

Tuesday

w "Retention Matters," a session focusing on univer-sity retention data, takes place at 9 a.m. in Rowe Hall 229.

w The 2004 foreign film "María llena eres de gracia" plays at 6 p.m. in Pearce Hall 327.

w Jeff Alexander discusses his book, "Pandora’s Locks: The Opening of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway," at 7 p.m. in the Charles V. Park Library Auditorium. Alexander is an author and former environmental journalist for the Muskegon Chronicle.

w The CMU Percussion Ensemble performs at 8 p.m. in the Music Building’s Staples Family Concert Hall.

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The Central Michigan University women’s track and field team ‘transforms’ Sunday during the 16th annual Jock Rock to Chris Brown’s song ‘I Can Transform Ya.’

we want to do for next year.”With 2,121 total votes cast

in this year’s SGA election, ap-proximately 10.4 percent of the university’s estimated 20,444 students participated.

no re-voTe plannedHoward said himself, current

SGA President Jason Nichol, and Sarah Lechota, a Flint se-nior and co-chairwoman of the election committee, could make the decision to call for a re-vote. But Nichol, a Mount Pleasant senior, said the group decided it was unnecessary.

One student unable to vote after midnight was Northville junior Matthew Amatucci.

“I was informed the polls closed at noon,” Amatucci said. “I tried to vote at 3 and 9 a.m., but it said no election was run-ning.”

Agnello felt the election was unfair to the students.

“This is absurd and goes against all principles of open, honest and clean elections,” he said in a press release to Central Michigan Life. “This election was never transpar-ent and it was clear from the beginning that certain forces within SGA would do what-

ever they could to ensure the status-quo won.”

Agnello said in the press re-lease he contacted Tony Voisin, director of Student Life. Voisin told CM Life voting is left com-pletely to SGA.

Both parties would see draw-backs from the fact the voting site was down, Breed said.

“Even if they did close early, we were also at a disadvan-tage,” the Muskegon senior said. “Not only could their peo-ple not vote, but ours couldn’t as well.”

Mouzourakis said glitches happen every year. Last year, a glitch left all votes from the first day of voting uncounted and forced some voters to recast.

“I don’t think it needs a re-vote,” Mouzourakis said. “Most people had their chance to vote and, plus, 219 votes is really hard to get.”

This year’s election was lon-ger than those in the past by a day and a half. Last year, the election went from Monday through Friday, Howard said, whereas, this year, it was ex-tended through the weekend as well.

Richard could not be reached for comment Sunday and Ag-nello declined further comment beyond his press releases.

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different judges on a com-bination of creativity, lip syncing, originality, audi-ence approval and time al-lotment.

For the first time ever, Jock Rock ended in a tie between CMU’s Baseball and Women’s Track-Cross Country teams.

To break the tie, each team selected a member for a final dance-off, result-ing in an ultimate win for the third year in a row for the Women’s Track-Cross Country team.

‘an amazing opporTuniTy’

Not all of the teams were set on winning.

“It’s just something fun to go to and watch,” said Allie Boyer, an account executive for PR Central who helped coordinate the event. “You don’t really get a chance to see (the athletes) this per-sonal and having a good time.”

Boyer, a Birch Run senior, undertook coordinating the event not only to help raise money for a valuable char-ity, but also to boost her work experience as a pub-lic relations student and to improve her resume.

Last year, Jock Rock sold around 700 tickets and raised more than $1,500 for both the American Red Cross and the Isabella Community Soup Kitchen.

This year, Boyer said Jock Rock exceeded the amount that was raised last year. Total donations were not yet calculated

Sunday night.Bellaire Senior Melissa

Lee was pleased with the organization Jock Rock chose to benefit this year.

“I think it’s an amazing opportunity for us to be able to help out with Haiti,” said the PR Central member and Jock Rock volunteer.

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CM Life earns regional honors

Central Michigan Life won eight first-place, two second-place and four third-place Mark of Excel-lence Awards Saturday during the Society of Professional Journal-ists Region 4 conference. CM Life won first place in the breaking news category for its coverage of former University President Michael Rao leaving for Virginia Commonwealth University and first place in the general news category for its tailgating cov-erage. Grand Haven junior Jake May won three first-place pho-tography awards. Central Beat on Modern Rock 91.5 took first place for best all-around radio news-cast and Grand Central Magazine won first place for best indepen-dent online student publication. For a full list of winners, visit cm-life.com.

Downtown-campus connection

City of Mount Pleasant staff will present two design concepts for Main and Washington streets to the City Commission beginning at 7 p.m. today at City Hall, 300 W. Broadway St. The designs are part of ongoing plans to create a more cohesive connection between downtown Mount Pleasant and CMU’s campus. The concepts are expected to include traffic calm-ing and walkable or bikeable fea-tures. Residents can review each concept and submit comments at mt-pleasant.org/campusconnec-tion/input.htm.

Improv auditionsSaturday Night Improv, Central

Michigan University’s on-campus improvisation group, will hold auditions to replace some of its graduating members from 9:30 to 11 p.m. today in Moore Hall 132. Participants do not need to have had prior experience. For more in-formation, contact Katie Meyer at [email protected]. Callbacks will be from 9:30 to 11 p.m. Tuesday.

Boater safety courses

Isabella County residents 12 years and older can sign up for boater safety course offered by the Sheriff’s Department. The course begins May 1. Those in-terested can choose from one of five times. The classes will occur from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 1, May 22, June 5, June 19 and July 1. To register, call 772-5911 ext. 273 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Mon-day through Friday. Pre-registra-tion is required at least one week before the class date. Each class is free and includes lunch. Special accommodations require at least a two-week prior notice.

Job openingsMoore Media Records is seek-

ing to fill several positions, in-cluding business manager, mul-timedia manager, A&R manager, demo-service coordinator and production manager. To apply, pick up an application in Moore Hall 314B. Applications should in-clude an unofficial transcript and a demo-tape for production staff.

Theatre anniversary

Friends of the Broadway The-atre, 216 E. Broadway St., is cel-ebrating its 10th anniversary with a variety show at 7 p.m. Thursday. Tickets cost $5 each for acts that include singing, magic, whistling, tap dancing and guitar play-ing. For more information, visit friendsofthebroadway.org or call 772-2075.

2010 censusMount Pleasant is one of

many cities county-wide making another attempt to target col-lege students this week through a “March to the Mailbox” for the 2010 census. The city will partner with CMU’s Volunteer Center on Wednesday to promote a free T-shirt campaign for stu-dents to wear all day. Students who participate are asked to pick up the “March to the Mail-box” T-shirt beforehand. Visit mt-pleasant.org/2010census for more information.

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By Ryan CzachorskiSenior Reporter

A Mount Pleasant man re-mained in serious condition Sunday after being dragged several hundred feet down East Bellows Street in an ap-parent pedestrian accident

earlier that day. The 20-year-old victim

was flown to Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospi-tal in Grand Rapids follow-ing the accident that took place around 3 a.m. He was pushing a car eastbound on Bellows with a friend when his car was sideswiped by another vehicle, according to a news release from the Mount Pleasant Police De-partment.

“After he was hit, the same

car that had hit him, he ended up being pinned underneath it, and that’s how he ended up being dragged,” said Dave Sabuda, MPPD public infor-mation officer.

Police are calling the acci-dent a hit and run.

A suspect vehicle was identified and located by the MPPD, but is still being processed for evidence. Po-lice are still searching for the driver.

Police are not yet releasing

the name of the victim — who was originally transported to Central Michigan Commu-nity Hospital — or if we was a Central Michigan University student.

Sabuda said the victim was in serious condition after the accident and was awaiting an update on his condition.

Portions of Bellows Street were blocked off on both sides of Mission Street in the early morning hours Sunday as po-lice processed evidence and

recreated the crime scene.Officials from the Mount

Pleasant Fire Department, Isabella County Sheriff’s De-partment, CMU Police, Sag-inaw Chippewa Tribal Police and Mobile Medical Response assisted.

Anyone with information is asked to contact city police at 779-5100, an anonymous tip line at 779-9111 or Central Dispatch at 773-1000.

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Hit and run victim in serious conditionVictim dragged hundreds of feet on Bellows Street

“Once we establish this and get these guys through this pro-gram, we want to get as much feedback as possible,” he said.

The Citizens Academy is a pilot group this year. The Criminal Justice Club was selected as initial partici-pants because many are in-terested in criminal justice and have a criminal justice background, Warren junior Matthew Weiland said. Next year, officials plan to open the training to the general public — other students, community members and high school seniors.

“It could be just anyone

who wants to get a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to be a police officer,” he said. “This program is good because a lot of us are getting exposure to this that we don’t get in our (educational) pro-gram.”

Weiland said he wants to work in federal law enforce-ment and he enjoyed getting involved in actual police train-ing simulations.

One of the most enjoyable parts of the training was the Range 3000, which was used Saturday afternoon, said West-land junior Amanda Sundberg.

The firearms simulator de-

velops scenarios for the stu-dent, Case said. Technicians can program the machine to place the student in fatal and non-fatal situations and tell him or her how much time they would have to react to each one.

Sundberg started the Crimi-nal Justice Club this fall and the group is already at 40 members. The idea for the Citizens Acad-emy came from Police Sgt. Ri-ley Olson, who pitched the idea to Rebecca Hayes-Smith, the Criminal Justice Club’s faculty adviser.

“I pitched it to the (mem-bers) and they were 100 per-

cent interested in doing it,” said the assistant professor of sociology.

Students rode with police officers Sunday through a law enforcement course to practice pursuit driving and practiced traffic enforcement stops. The weekend was de-signed to be more like a day-to-day police academy, Case said.

“I think everybody here is very passionate about crimi-nal justice,” Sundberg said. “It shows (those going to the acad-emy) what to expect.”

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A taste of police lifeCitizens Academy puts criminal justice students to the test

Photos by nathan kostEgian/staff photographer“Slowly come back to the sound of my voice. Stop,” said Sgt. Trent Case of the Central Michigan University Police Department to Saginaw junior Kevin Stelter as they acted out a felony stop Sunday afternoon in Lot 62. The police academy was hosted by the CMU Police Department and the Criminal Justice Club.

Saginaw senior Kyle McGraw, 21, exits a police car as she practices making a routine traffic stop Sunday afternoon in Lot 62. “The siren was the perfect touch,” said McGraw as she approached the car.

By Maryellen Tighe | Senior Reporter

The transition into life as a police officer can be an interesting one.

That is what several Criminal Justice Club students learned over the past week during several nights of classes as part of a Citizen’s Police Academy.

The two-hour night classes focused around com-munication and technology, and community polic-ing, including narcotics investigation, crime scene investigation, traffic stops and operating while intoxi-cated arrests, said Central Michigan University Police Sgt. Trent Case, a facilitator. Case said the program was intended to give participants an inside look at the university’s police academy and the training of-ficers go through.

By Emily PfundStaff Reporter

The search for Central Michigan University’s second-in-command is not expected to take place until fall despite current searches to replace in-terims for other senior officer positions.

University President George Ross told the Academic Senate Tuesday that out of 40 senior officers currently under him, 15 are interims — namely In-terim Provost Gary Shapiro.

“ P r e s i d e n t Ross has in-dicated that he plans on launching a search in the fall,” said Steve Smith, director of public rela-tions, of the pro-vost position.

Shapiro stepped in for for-mer Provost Julia Wallace, who left for the same position at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay last year. He was the dean of the College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sci-ences beforehand.

He also served as interim provost in 2007 before Wallace was appointed in 2008.

Shapiro did not have much to say on the provost search, specifically on whether he would thrown his name into the ring of future candidates.

“That really is a presidential issue,” he said. “I’ve got noth-ing to say until the president has something to say.”

Smith said Ross is focused on “completing the school year, the budget, his transition and student success,” and will later focus on placement of permanents in the vacant po-sitions.

“He’s getting a feel as to how the university can best serve the students,” he said.

The candidate pool would be stronger in the fall, Smith said, which is another factor in Ross’ decision to wait to start the search.

“(Ross) realizes that he’s got a very competent interim team in place,” Smith said. “When you’re surrounded by good people, there’s less of an ur-gency to fill the positions.”

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Provost search to take place in the fallPresident Ross happy with team currently in place

sEan Proctor/staff photographerSinger and songwriter Lauris Vidal performs an original song from his EP, “Shoot Shoot the Skeletons,” during the To Write Love On Her Arms UChapter Tour, Lyrics and Con-versation, on Sunday evening in the Moore Kiva. The event included songs by Vidal and fellow singer/songerwriters Andy Zipf and Damion Suomi, as well as discussion about art, pain and inspiration, led by Jason Blades of To Write Love On Her Arms.

Gary Shapiro

By Ryan TaljonickStaff Reporter

Stuart Eastman was not sure what to expect when he walked into the Moore Hall Townsend Kiva to see musicians Damion Suomi, Lauris Vidal and Andy Zipf.

But the musicians who came to Central Michigan University on Sunday, touring for To Write Love on Her Arms, moved and inspired him.

“They’re so inspirational. The

music was so full of hope, it had such a great message,” the New-port sophomore said. “It lit my soul on fire.”

About 50 people listened to and interacted with the three folk musicians.

Suomi, Vidal and Zipf played songs reflecting the message of TWLOHA, a nonprofit organiza-tion providing support for those suffering from depression, ad-diction and self-injury.

The musicians explained the meanings behind each of their

songs and shared several life stories with the audience.

Students were encouraged to ask questions and share their own stories with everyone.

Eastman said he heard about the event from a friend of his. The three musicians have been touring for TWLOHA since March 15 and plan to wrap April 28.

“We use (music) as therapy,” Zipf said. “We needed to get

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Mouzourakis and Breed definitely have their work cut out for them as issues such as budget cuts, discussions on tuition this summer and next fall’s tailgating season loom ahead.

Our hope is they will take further the positive momentum in leadership that SGA president Jason Nichol brought to the table throughout the last academic year.

SGA in the past has not had the sig-nificant influence on campus it boasts by name. Nichol helped to rectify

that a bit by actively advocating for students’ interests. He was instrumen-tal in adding $26,100 to the Campus Programming Fund last fall.

He also worked with the administra-tion to loosen tailgating rules imple-mented last fall during football season, including lifting the ban on external sound systems in time for CMU’s Homecoming game.

The fact that Mouzourakis worked alongside Nichol and saw first-hand what it took to be an effective SGA

president will be her biggest strength. The pro bono legal center she and

Breed proposed during their campaign is an intriguing proposition. It could be one of the most beneficial places for students on campus, considering a good amount of students are unaware what to do when they receive an MIP and have other run-ins with the law. Hopefully, the two will hit the ground running with this proposal.

Mouzourakis and Breed’s biggest challenge as president and vice presi-dent, however, will be between the administration and the students.

If this past academic year has proven anything, administration at this university has exercised a measly effort at transparency, between ap-pointing University President George Ross without an open forum, choosing a medical college dean in private and handling Jacqueline Garrett’s resigna-tion from the Board of Trustees.

It is Mouzourakis and Breed who will serve as the students’ voice. To be effective leaders, they need to recog-

nize the importance of open commu-nication and not ignore issues handled inefficiently.

Communication will be a huge part of keeping things transparent between the administration and students. The SGA president should be in consistent contact with the administration, even on weeks when things seem mundane. When something does happen, the two will need a working relationship with those in charge at the university to have an influence.

They also will have to get students more involved with policies and issues happening on campus. The communi-cation has to be a two-way street and students have been known to not be as involved as they should be.

Given Mouzourakis’ past experi-ences with SGA and the platform she built with Breed, SGA should have no problem continuing the forward mo-tion Nichol developed.

Kudos to Nichol for his hard work, and we are hopeful Mouzourakis will develop a vision of her own.

The editorial board would like to congratulate Brittany Mouzourakis and Dave Breed for be-ing elected as the new Student Government

Association president and vice president. The two should take a moment to celebrate — but keep that moment brief.

EDITORIAL | Mouzourakis and Breed have big shoes to fill this coming year

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Keep it cleanA recently published study by

research companies Arbitron and Edison Research concluded that nearly half of all Americans have a profile on at least one social net-working Web site.

The way people communicate with one another has been in a state of almost constant change since the Internet became widely used, and it continues to change.

While people, businesses and public officials move along with the changing trends in communication, it is important to make sure the convenience and novelty of social networking does not overtake the importance for personal privacy.

I use Facebook and Twitter on an almost constant basis. It is a rare occasion that my computer is not in my lap, and that tabs for those two sites are not open in my browser.

However, even I try to keep a line between my private life and what gets put on the Internet, for the sake of privacy and decency.

But an even better example of why it is important to be a discrimi-nating social networker is the site Formspring.me.

The idea of Formspring is that once a person sets up their profile, anybody can go and ask them anything they want, and choose whether to be anonymous.

In March, a story was circulated that the entire site was a prank and that, on April 1, the identity of everybody who asked questions anonymously would be revealed. Naturally, this would create a huge potential for embarrassment.

The story ended up to be a hoax, but activity on Formspring dropped off afterward nonetheless.

Although a hoax, this story conveys an important moral — do not put anything on the internet that you would have a problem with anybody seeing.

As the Internet and social net-working becomes an even more prevalent part of modern life, it will become even more important to be mindful of how you are portrayed through these Web sites.

Take advantage of privacy func-tions and be mindful of what is being posted to these sites.

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

– The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

Communication is an essential skill — and it can only enrich any relationship.

It is important to know not only the ways you communicate, but also the ways others around you do.

Gary Chapman, author of “The Five Love Languages,” offers an insight into the ways we talk to each other.

The five languages are touch, af-firmations, service, gifts and quality time.

Now before this column gets too gooey, I want to note this idea ap-plies to other relationships and not just those of the romantic nature.

Knowing your primary language, as well as the language of your part-ner, can aid in better interaction.

These languages are largely self-explanatory. If you are a “touch” person, it means you primarily communicate through touch and enjoy doing so.

You receive comfort when being touched by others in gestures such as hugs and holding hands.

Touch is a way for you to display emotions such as excitement, con-cern and sympathy.

If you are an “affirmations” person, you thrive on receiving nice comments about yourself, and provide others with compliments as well.

For you, romantic and platonic feelings are expressed best in a nice sentence.

“Service” people enjoy token favors from others, such as when a roommate picks you up from the bar without needing to.

You show you care by giving some of your energies to others.

Those who are “gifts” communi-cators enjoy giving to and receiving gifts from others, but it is not neces-sarily about the dollar value.

To you, a present infers the love and thoughtfulness put into choos-ing it.

Finally, those who identify with “quality time” thrive on spend-ing moments with those they care about. Knowing which way you communicate is important because it gives you insight into what your wants and needs are.

Knowing which way others around you communicate also is important, because it provides you with a framework of how they con-nect emotionally.

In a relationship, knowing your love languages, and especially those of your partner, can open the two of you into a deeper bond.

Chapman offers more informa-tion on these languages as well as an assessment of yours on his Web site: 5lovelanguages.com

Me, I am primarily an affirma-tions person.

I know the person I am dating is a gift communicator, because he bought me a whole ton of stuff last time he screwed up.

By giving gifts instead of utiliz-ing other love languages, it is clear affirmation is not his first commu-nication style.

When I want to communicate on a deeper level with him, I would consider both of our languages.

Eventually, I will.For now, I am just going to con-

tinue receiving gifts.

Troller said:Well, with the way the law works,

if the driver is drunk, he gets in less trouble if he flees because they can-not prove what his blood alcohol was at the time of the accident if he is apprehended the next day.

Leaving the scene of a personal injury accident is only a on– year mis-demeanor, and felonious driving (the worst thing that driver can be charged with now) is only a two–year felony.

On the contrary, operating while in-toxicated causing injury is a five–year felony (along with OWI third offense, if applicable).

So yeah, there’s less time to do by leaving the scene. The driver was probably drunk, but they’ll never be able to prove that now.

hcomiskey said: I can’t believe someone would just

leave him there to die. Don’t they un-derstand that they would get into less trouble if they stay there to help and call 911? What is this town coming to?

I think the town should just have

cops roam all over so things like this do not happen.

I would rather there be five driving under the influence charges in one night than one death.

Matthew Erik Trzeciak said:The state has the right to do this

because it is something that affects the health of citizens.

The problem is that it is encroach-ing on the rights of the owners. They are no longer allowed to permit a legal activity in their establishments.

I realize that the non-smokers are all for this, but let’s face it, without the ban, Lil’ Chef already went smoke free, as did all of LaBelle’s Indepen-dant division restaurants (Big Boy, Italian Oven, Pixie and Big Apple). These businesses did it on their own.

They chose to go smoke free, something that other business own-ers will not have the right to do. They are being strong armed into running their business the way that a select few see fit.

This was a bill of election in the

Legislature, not a Public Initiative, so don’t give me “70 percent of Michigan residents support it.”

That is just a non-scientific poll with an agenda, not a ballot poll that was elected into effect by the people of the state.

Remember folks, when a state is doing something like this, it is be-cause they are trying to follow a trend and include more rules by which they can force you to be less individual and more conformist to the view of so-ciety that the people at the top want you to live, whether you like it or not.

Dancing Rats said:To allow or not allow smoking in a

bar or restaurant should be decided by the owner, not the government.

People who want to smoke will go to smoking establishments. Those who are worried about other people affecting their health willl go to non- smoking establishments.

I have noticed that some bars and restaurants already have many more smokers than others.

This tells me that people are al-ready choosing for themselves.

We need to be careful about pas-sively allowing our government to control our personal lives.

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Ritalin, are the most popu-lar, whereas others referred to painkillers such as Vicodin or Oxycontin.

“The stats don’t surprise me,” Arceo said. “I hope (users) are more aware of how it’ll af-fect them.”

Need better eNforcemeNt?

The 20-year-old CMU ju-nior thought the numbers in the survey were accurate in terms of the prevalence of drugs sold on campus.

Arceo said painkillers such as Vicodin are sold for much higher prices than Adder-all — an 80-milligram pill of Vicodin sometimes sells for as much as $50 on the street.

CM Life’s survey revealed 73.2 percent of students know

someone who has bought or sold prescription drugs illegally.

The junior said the prescrip-tion drug trade on campus is certainly notable.

“They’re very prevalent,” she said. “I can always find some-one on campus to buy from. It’s everywhere.”

CMU students think the problem needs to be handled better by local law enforce-ment agencies, with 61.3 per-cent saying law enforcement

agencies do not do enough to stop sales.

The difficulty in arresting people for illegally obtaining prescription drugs is whether the drug actually belongs to the person found with it.

“You’re not doing anything wrong by having (prescription drugs),” Arceo said. “What that person does with them is the hard part.”

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By Michael L. HoffmanStaff Reporter

Some music students felt the beat of Motown this weekend.

Central Michigan Universi-ty’s School of Music held Opus XIII Saturday night, showcas-ing the talent of students and faculty alike. About 300 peo-ple were in attendance at the event, which took place in the Music Building.

Guests mingled to the sounds of eclectic Motown and a cap-pella music, vocal duets and even a pair of dueling flutists.

Cory Allen, guitarist for the night’s opening act, Central Av-enue, said he was very excited to participate.

“This is a great way to bring in money (for the school) and spread the arts throughout the

community,” the Lexington se-nior said.

Salma Ghanem, College of Communication and Fine Arts dean, said the night’s main at-traction was a collage concert performed by more than 140 music students.

University President George Ross was in attendance and said it was a chance to show-case what students are capa-ble of.

“This is a great opportunity to showcase the talent of our music students and faculty,” Ross said.

The event is an annual fund-raiser for the School of Music, but Ross said there is more to it than that.

He said the key point is to raise awareness about the tal-ent within the School of Music, but it also helps gather money for scholarships.

“This is our 13th Opus, and it brings people in from all over the state, even some from out of state,” he said. “It’s a wonderful

way to show what our students can do.”

Keith Voeks, assistant di-rector of University Events, said the Motown theme was an easy choice because of its Michigan roots.

“We didn’t choose it just be-cause of its Michigan roots, though,” he said. “We try to choose themes that have musi-cal context to them.”

Ghanem said they felt the theme also would bring more attendance.

“We wanted something that would not only attract people, but something we could in-corporate with the music,” she said.

Voeks said he was very pleased with how the event turned out.

“We spend almost a year planning the Opus,” he said. “Tonight turned out great. This was great for the School of Mu-sic.”

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By sherri KeatonSenior Reporter

Pontiac freshmen Kiara Tay-lor was only eight years old when the massacre at Colum-bine High School shocked the nation.

On April 20, 1999, Eric Har-ris and Dylan Klebold killed 12 students and a teacher and wounded 23 others before committing suicide at Colum-bine High School near Little-ton, Colo.

Journalist Dave Cullen, who wrote the New York Times best-seller “Columbine,” may have answers that Taylor and others are looking for.

“I was too young to under-stand this shooting, but I want to know exactly why people around my age would do something like this,” she said.

Cullen hosts a free presenta-tion, titled “Columbine: Dispel-ling the Myths — Understand-ing Why,” at 12:30 and 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Education and Human Services Building’s French Auditorium.

His presentations focus on the “why” — the psychological aspect of the shooters — and the community’s healing pro-cess.

“I would go to find what I didn’t know as a little girl,” Tay-lor said.

Holt senior Devin Jones is promoting the event with the Faculty Center for Innovative Teaching.

He said attendants will learn Cullen’s standpoint on why everything happened and how the community is recovering.

“I think it was a big deal and it is part of American history, and it is interesting to hear some-body that did all this research,” Jones said.

The discussion is one many people will relate to, he said,

because it delves into the psyche of the students.

“I think we can all kind of re-late to it because of our age now and how old we were when it happened,” he said.

Michael Gilbert, Educational Leadership Department chair-person, is co-sponsoring the event.

“He’s an extremely engag-ing speaker, and I would en-courage anybody interested in hearing about the things facing education today,” Gilbert said. “I think each person will take away what they find impor-tant.”

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paige CaLaMari/stAff photogrApherTennessee graduate assistant Andrew Allen (center) performs Stevie Wonder’s “Sir Duke” with the Central Wails Saxophone Orchestra Saturday night during the 13th annual Opus in the Staples Family Concert Hall. Central Michigan University’s School of Music and the Bell Tower Society celebrated the night with a Motown theme.

‘Columbine’ author to discuss1999 shooting in EHS Building

If you go...w What: Author Dave Cullen speaks about the Columbine massacrew When: 12:30 and 7:30 p.m. Wednesdayw Where: The EHS Building’s French Auditoriumw Cost: Free

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By Mike NicholsStaff Reporter

Kenny Meyers has a new ap-preciation for magnets thanks to a new exhibit in Rowe Hall.

“It’s really cool when you can make the fluid move back and forth,” the Beal City Elementary School fourth-grader said. “It looks like a porcupine.”

The Mount Pleasant Discov-ery Museum tapped into the imaginations of hundreds of kindergarten through eighth-grade students during a grand opening of its magnetic field ex-hibit Saturday.

The exhibit is housed at the Museum of Cultural and Natu-ral History in Rowe Hall and in-cludes several hands-on games and activities.

“I hope the kids take away the memory of a good day,” said Heather Frisch, vice chair of the Discovery Museum.

Frisch set up several exhibi-tion booths for the children to enjoy.

“It doesn’t matter how much you read about magnets,” Frisch said. “The hands-on experience is what they learn from.”

The Discovery Museum sent out invitations to schools in Isabella, Clare, Mecosta, Gratiot, Midland and Montcalm coun-ties, resulting in a flood of stu-dents that passed through the museum’s doors.

Four-year-old Cordelia Brown of White Pine Montessori School played with magnetic blocks.

“I’m building a tower,” Cord-elia said. “This is fun.”

Jennifer Fields teaches at Mid Michigan Community College and serves as chairwoman of the Discovery Museum.

“We think the community would benefit from this option,” Fields said. “It would be good for families, schools, my kids, and lots and lots of other people’s kids.”

Shelly Smith, the Discovery Museum’s secretary of trea-

sury, said the museum was invited to use temporary ex-hibit space in Rowe Hall be-cause it does not have its own building yet. Gathering mon-ey to back the project is still a work in progress — officials anticipate the first year’s op-erating costs will be around $3 million — but Smith said officials hope to break ground later this year on a permanent structure.

Jared Defrain, a 16-year-old

junior at Mount Pleasant High School, serves as vice president of the Youth Advisory Commit-tee.

The committee voted to grant the museum $2,500.

“We all talked about it,” De-frain said. “We thought it would impact a large number of kids.”

The Discovery Museum plans to keep the exhibit open through the summer.

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jeffrey sMith/stAff photogrApherCordelia Brown, 4, of Mount Pleasant builds a tower with magnetic shapes at the grand opening of the “Magnetic Field!” exhibit Saturday at the Mount Pleasant Discovery Museum in Rowe Hall 103. The exhibit featured dozens of interactive stations to teach kids about magnets and magnetism.

Ryan TaljonickStaff Reporter

Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop will make a stop at Central Michigan Univer-sity this week.

Bishop is a candidate for attorney general and will speak to the College Repub-licans at 9 p.m. Tuesday in Anspach Hall 169.

The event is free and open to the public.

Coleman sophomore John Porter, vice-chairman of the College Republicans, said he is excited to talk with Bishop.

“It’s not him on the cam-paign trail coming to kind of schmooze people over,” he said. “It’s just him coming, sitting down with the College Republicans at CMU, being real and straight-up with us.”

Bishop is the head of the Republican Caucus and is the lead spokesman for Republi-can policies in Michigan.

Porter said Bishop will likely speak about his ac-complishments as the state Senate majority leader and

his plans if elected attor-ney general.

He said it is inspiring when a gov-ernment offi-cial takes time out of their day to talk with students.

“It really speaks to how important groups like ours can be and will be,” Porter said.

A lot to coverJohn Truscott, the spokes-

man for Bishop’s general attorney campaign, said Bishop will cover a range of issues.

“He’ll talk about what’s go-ing on in the Senate and what the Senate Republican Cau-cus is doing as it relates to legislation and the budget,” Truscott said. “He’ll probably touch on a little bit his race for attorney general and then he’ll most likely open up for

questions.”Truscott said it is important

for students to attend and get involved in politics.

“If you want to make a dif-ference, politics is certainly a way to do that,” he said. “You can see the results of your ef-forts immediately.”

Battle Creek senior Travis Faber, vice chairman of Col-lege Republicans, said he has met Bishop and is eager to see what he has to say.

“(Bishop) is one of the most important and power-ful politicians in Michigan right now,” Faber said. “He’s a person that shapes Michi-gan’s government’s policy from the Senate, and he could possibly be our next attorney general, which is pretty important.”

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If you go...w What: Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop speaks with the College Republicansw When: 9 p.m. Tuesday w Where: Anspach Hall 169w Cost: Free

CMU’s CollegeRepublicans hosting discussion

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“It doesn’t matter how much you read about magnets. the hands-on experience is what they learn from.”

Heather Frisch, vice chair of the Discovery Museum

Mike Bishop

something out, so we use this to cope.”

Kaitlynn Baylerian and Alex Chouinard found out about the event from posters in their dorms.

“I loved it,” said Baylerian, a Bloomfield Hills sophomore. “You could really feel the raw emotion in the songs.”

Chouinard said he was im-pressed by the quality of the musicians.

“It had a really positive mes-sage,” the Milford sophomore

said. “Things like this are really important to have on a univer-sity campus.”

more iNvolvemeNtChouinard said more stu-

dents should get involved with organizations such as TW-LOHA.

“As a generation, we have such an opportunity to do what we want,” he said. “What’s to stop you when you’re passion-ate about something to make a global impact?”

Ross Czepcinski, president of the CMU TWLOHA chapter, said the event was very mean-ingful.

The Rockford junior said

TWLOHA at CMU, a registered student organization, had to raise $1,000 for the musicians to come.

The group received $500 from Program Board, and $500 when the Active Minds student group applied for funding through the Student Budget Allocation Commit-tee.

“The school helped us out so much trying to put this to-gether,” he said.

TWLOHA founder Jamie Tworkowski will visit campus at 8 p.m. Thursday in Plachta Auditorium.

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Curtis painted the word “Nasty” in black on the back of her model.

“I hope to express a sense of freedom and fun,” she said.

Bartels said, as a producer, he does not get to see the hard work until the show takes place.

“I think it went stupendously — I just thought all of the de-signers worked really hard and all the clothes turned out very well,” he said. “I think it even exceeded my expectations.”

Kateland Harris, a third-time Threads designer and Big Rap-ids senior, had difficulties with the open heart on the back of a dress she made. She was unable to fit her model until shortly be-fore the show because she lives

out of town. “Sewing takes a lot of time,”

Harris said. “I don’t know if peo-ple realize how hard it is to get a good show to come out.”

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Threads 2010

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TOP LEFT: Working production at Threads 2010 in Finch Fieldhouse, Central Lake sophomore Renne Rothgarber and Fraser sophomore Laura Czupinski look from a hallway window out into the crowd moments before the show Saturday.

TOP RIGHT: Orion senior Alissa Berriman’s models walk onto the runway to display the veteran Threads designer’s line Saturday.

LEFT: From left, Allen Park junior Kasey Farrell, South Haven senior Katie Bleil and Chesterfield senior Genna Randazzo model Ohio senior Kimmi Hodson’s clothing line while dancing to “Forever” by Chris Brown on Saturday.

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Student designers, models walk the runway at Finch

ABOVE: South Haven junior Kimmi Hodson’s line is modeled on the runway Saturday night at Finch Field House during the 2010 Threads Fashion Show.

RIGHT: First-time model Katy Gust turns at the end of the runway while modeling for her sister and designer Maryann McCracken, a Carson City senior, during Threads 2010. McCracken was a first-year designer for the show and dedicated her line to her parents and sisters.

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By David VeselenakOnline Editor

The Christian Unity Res-toration Group has not giv-en up on efforts to establish a men’s homeless shelter in Mount Pleasant.

Linda Oates, chairwoman of the group’s board of di-rectors, said officials of the organization plan to meet for a discussion on other possible locations for the shelter in Mount Pleasant. The city Planning Commis-sion rejected a rezoning proposal for a house at 121 S. Lansing St. at an April 1 meeting.

“We are going to look for another place,” she said. “The best idea would be to sit down with the zoning board and see how they see us in the community.”

The group had requested the property be zoned as an OS-1 with a special use permit, the same zoning the city’s women’s shelter has.

Oates said Christian Unity Restoration Group will not try to acquire the property on Lansing Street for sever-al reasons — the main one, neighborhood resistance. About 13 people came be-fore the Planning Commis-sion, requesting the rezon-

ing for the shelter not be granted.

“That’s probably why the commission dismissed us so quickly,” she said. “People are questioning our ability to what we can do.”

Mount Pleasant’s shelter for women and children is the only one in the city.

Open Door Homeless Shel-ter in Midland houses some men from Mount Pleasant, said Ken Hicks, a resident adviser at the shelter.

“We have a lot of men from Mount Pleasant,” he said. “Several a month, I’d say.”

Open Door allows up to 20 men to live at the shelter

for a 30-day period. Hicks said the shelter has expe-rienced the same situation as the Christian Unity Res-toration Group has with residents hesitant to allow a new shelter “in their back-yard.” Open Door wanted to expand and went to the city to request rezoning in a dif-ferent area of Midland, but were rejected after several residents spoke out against the new location, Hicks said.

“In the long run, we just withdrew our petition,” he said.

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By sherri KeatonSenior Reporter

There are “forgotten” dis-eases that ravage places around the world.

Mandisa Mbali hopes to advocate for change and raise awareness among the global health community.

Mbali, a South African Yale University postdoctoral as-sociate, is speaking today at Central Michigan University about diseases in poor coun-tries and how universities and students can help.

“I think it is critical to act and students can really make a difference,” she said.

Mbali’s message takes place at 7 p.m. today in the Educa-tion and Human Services Building’s French Auditorium with a meet-and-greet at 6:20 p.m.

The CMU Chapter of Uni-versities Allied for Essential Medicines brought Mbali to campus because of its inter-est in her global health mes-sage.

Nepal senior Pratik Chhe-tri is the UAEM International Chapter outreach coordina-tor and said Mbali is an excel-lent candidate to talk to the university.

“We’re really impressed by her interaction with global health issues and her knowl-edge in this area,” Chhetri said.

The discussion will revolve around two main issues: the need for universal access to HIV treatment and the university’s role in lowering

pharmaceutical drug costs.“The university can con-

nect with a pharmacy to conduct a clinical trial and, if a generic drug is made, it creates that competition and drives down prices,” Mbali said.

One of the points Mbali will speak on is how expen-sive HIV/AIDS treatment has been in the past.

“AIDS drugs were more ex-pensive than they are now, and activism around an issue can make a difference,” she said.

Students especially should familiarize themselves with issues and see what they can do. It is a fundamental ethi-cal issue that everyone has a right and access to health care, she said.

Fremont junior Kaitlin Carlson is the UAEM presi-dent and hopes people come out to learn more about glob-al health.

“They can find out what they can do and overall uni-versities should do to help with global health issues,” Carlson said. “Our universi-ties and the students have the opportunity and responsibil-ity to improve global health.”

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Baseball comes back thrice, sweeps Zips

Weekend wins should propelCMU forward

photos by Ashley Miller/photo editorThe CMU baseball team empties the dugout as senior James Teas slides into home plate to score the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning Sunday at Theunissen Stadium. Junior Matt Faiman hit an RBI double to score the run. CMU trailed 8-4 going into the ninth inning.

Team finishes fourth in Central Region

By Nick ConklinStaff Reporter

The No. 24 CMU gymanstics team came up short Saturday of the second-place finish it need-ed in the NCAA Central Regional Championships to advance to Nationals.

It placed fourth of six with a score of 195.125 in Lexington, Ky., missing out on second place by 0.85. The team finished be-hind No. 13 Illinois (195.425), No. 12 Nebraska (195.975) and No. 1 Alabama (197.4).

CMU beat No. 20 Kentucky and Michigan State. Coach Jer-ry Reighard said he was aware of the challenge in facing such

strong competitors and left rel-atively pleased.

“The team performed very well. It was as stiff of competi-tion as we imagined it would be,” he said.

The finish came behind strong performances on the balance beam from freshman Britney Taylor, who led the squad with a 9.8. Seniors Ka-tie Simon and Jessica Suder finished their careers with bal-ance beam scores of 9.725 and 9.7, respectively.

The Chippewas began the day on the beam and tied for second with Nebraska, posting a score of 48.65.

Following a bye, the team moved to the floor rotation, where it posted a 48.95. Conlin paced the team with a 9.825.

“(She) had a great floor rou-tine,” Reighard said. “She was very close to winning that event,

it just wasn’t quite there.”

Her event score was .15 be-hind the event winner (Morgan Dennis, Ala-bama).

Taylor also led the team on vault with a 9.85. Simon (9.825) and sophomore Kristin Teub-ner (9.8) followed. This shifted the team into third place going into the final event.

The uneven bars began af-ter another short bye and saw a career-best performance by freshman Kari Dieffenderfer (9.875). As a team, CMU scored a 48.5.

Simon led the team in the all-around with a 39.125, fin-ishing fifth overall, .05 points shy of qualifying for nation-als. Reighard said he has been

happy with Simon’s efforts this season and the leadership she has shown.

“She was the best gymnast in our conference,” he said. “She has just been very a committed team player.”

FutureReighard said he liked the

contributions he got all year from his underclassmen. Four freshmen, a sophomore and two juniors competed.

“It was really a positive expe-rience for our underclassmen, to get that taste of a successful season,” Reighard said.

Ending the season with a 20-5 record, the team won its 11th Mid-American Confer-ence Championship and saw its team ranked the highest mark (23) since the 2005 season.

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By Aaron McMann | Staff Reporter

Junior right fielder Matt Faiman is tackled by teammates after hitting a walk-off double in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat Akron 9-8 on Sunday at Theunissen Stadium. Faiman went 4-for-5 in Saturday’s game.

MAtthew stephens/senior photographerJunior shortstop Robbie Harman steps on second base and throws the run-ner out at first to complete the double play Saturday vs. Akron.

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Junior right fielder Matt Faiman had visions of his little league team dance through his mind Sunday afternoon.

Faiman connected on a walk-off double to drive in the win-ning run as the CMU baseball team rallied from five runs

down in the ninth inning to defeat Akron 9-8 before 342 at The-unissen Stadium, completing a three-game sweep.

“When I was younger — when we were 11 and 12 — we were called The Cardiac Kids because we always came back in the bot-tom of the sixth to win the game,” said Faiman, who went 4-for-5 with two runs batted in and two runs scored.

“I got down 0-2 and knew I had to hit the ball. I just put it in play

— kept doing what I’ve been doing this whole time and just drove the ball.”

The Chippewas swept the Zips despite facing late deficits of at least three runs in each game. They came back from a 7-4 deficit Saturday to win 8-7, and responded to a 5-1 deficit with a 10-6 victory Fri-day.

CMU improves its record to 18-11 overall and 8-1 in the Mid-American Conference, re-maining tied atop the West Divi-sion with Toledo for first place. It has won seven consecutive MAC games.

The team entered the last in-

ning trailing 8-4 after leaving two runners on base in the eighth inning. Back-to-back pinch-hit singles from freshmen Jordan Dean and Jordan Adams and a single to left field by senior Billy Anderson loaded the bases.

A single by junior Bren-dan Emmett scored two and cut Akron’s lead to 8-6. Senior Dale Cornstubble (2-for-5, one RBI) followed suit with the team’s fifth consecutive single to cut the deficit to one.

Following a sacrifice bunt by sophomore Nate Theunis-

Matt Faiman

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Big crowds all weekend witnessed the CMU baseball team winning in ways that can

hardly be scripted.It completed a series sweep of Akron on

Sunday after being down 8-4 in the ninth inning. The Chippewas have now won seven consecutive Mid-American Conference games to put them in first place.

All three games ended in comeback fash-ion, two of which had more drama than at any point this season.

The Chippewas seem to have chemistry throughout their lineup with players picking each other up at the plate, and consistency through the pitching rotation has given the team a chance to win regularly.

They have shown all year there is no quit in them and, no matter how many runs it is los-ing by, any deficit can be overcome.

That mentality was on full display last weekend.

After a four-hit game Saturday, junior outfielder Matt Faiman had his turn to be the hero Sunday.

The Chippewas scored five runs in the bot-tom of the ninth to come back and win, 9-8. It was Faiman who got the RBI single to end the game.

Sunday’s comeback capped the series sweep and improved the Chippewas MAC record to 8-1.

Last season, the team was 4-5 through its first nine confer-ence games. This year, CMU sits atop the West, tied with Toledo and Ball State at 7-1.

Most importantly, CMU is finding ways to win.

Prior thrillerSaturday’s game mirrored the constantly

changing weather — it was sunny to start before gusts of 30-mile-per-hour wind swept through as a storm neared.

After a come-from-behind victory Friday afternoon, Game 2 of the weekend series never seemed to be out of reach. The Chip-pewas found themselves down 7-4 heading to the bottom of the ninth inning.

From there, the entire complexion of the game would change.

Faiman already had three hits and three RBIs when he came up to bat in the ninth inning. He followed it with a towering fly ball that, when the wind caught it, continued un-til it hit the wall for a two-RBI double. It cut the lead to 7-6.

The crowd had new life, as did the team. Later in the inning, senior Ricky Clark drove in a run to send the game to extra innings.

“Every win means just that more when you look back at the end of the season and

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By Daniel MonsonSenior Reporter

Jordan Bitzer’s 15 points topped every competitor Saturday in the first round of Michigan’s 3-Point Shoo-tout at the Palace of Auburn Hills.

But the same score was not enough in the men’s finals against Calvin Col-lege’s Matt Veltema, who took the contest against the former CMU guard.

“It’s one of things where you have to try to get a rhythm,” Bitzer said. “I didn’t really get that great of a rhythm. I was on and off. I can’t be mad about it, though — I made it to the finals, and he just outshot me.”

Veltema needed a shoot-out to get past Detroit Per-shing High School’s Juwan Howard in the first round. Eastern Michigan’s Carlos Medlock totaled 12 points in the first round, while Oakland’s Johnathon Jones had six.

Contrary to standard rules, Bitzer — the high-est scorer — shot first in the final round and could only watch as Veltema to-taled more than 20 points for the title. Veltema went on to defeat Mandy Piechowski, who won the women’s competition, in the battle for state su-premacy.

Bitzer said he had a pos-itive experience despite his runner-up finish.

“It was a lot of fun — it helps being able to see it on TV at the (NBA) All-Star Game and experience that,” he said. “To be asked to play in it was an honor. It was a little different shoot-ing off a rack but, once the

first couple of shots go up, you don’t think about it.”

Women’s highlights

F o r m e r w o m e n ’ s b a s k e t b a l l player Britni Ho u g h t o n , CMU’s oth-er represen-tative, shot second in the women’s c o m p e t i -tion, scor-ing less than 10 points. She did not make it out of the first round.

Piechowski beat Sand Creek High School’s Landis Robichaud in the women’s finals. Detroit University’s Brigid Mulroy, who won the women’s national 3-point competition at the Final Four, was eliminated in the first round.

mott CC Player eleCtriC

Bitzer said the slam dunk contest was one of the most exciting parts of the night.

Mott Community College freshman Doug Anderson won the competition with a flurry of impressive dunks, edging Academy of Oak Park’s Dimitri Abner in the finals.

His final dunk, which fea-tured a between-the-legs slam off a pass from himself behind the basket, was wor-thy of the NBA dunk contest, Bitzer said.

Bitzer plans to play profes-sionally overseas by August.

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Bitzer loses in finals of Michigan 3-point contest

sen (2-for-4), senior James Teas (2-for-5, one RBI) tied the game with an infield hit, setting up Faiman’s game-winning extra-base hit off the left-center wall.

“It’s pretty exhilarating,” said coach Steve Jaksa. “One of my guys said it best, it was like a laser show at the end — we hit every single ball hard. They just got in a good flow — they be-lieved in themselves and they believed in what they were do-ing, and that makes a huge dif-ference.”

The Chippewas faced their largest deficit in the sixth in-ning as the Zips scored three

runs in the top half of the in-ning to take a 7-1 lead. Jaksa called a team meeting on the steps of the dugout between innings, stressing patience with Akron starter Benjamin Danziger, who retired CMU hitters in quick fashion the previous two innings.

CMU responded with three runs in the bottom half of the inning — two came from a pinch-hit double from senior Tyler Kipkee — that started the comeback.

“The calmness in that whole meeting was just to let them know how the guy was pitch-ing,” Jaksa said. “He was doing a nice job of getting the ball to sink, and we hit a lot of ground balls. Our goal was to see the ball up in the zone and make sure that it was there.”

other series WinsA bases loaded walk-off

single by James Teas in extra innings gave CMU an 8-7 win against Akron on Saturday.

The Chippewas, trailing 7-4, rallied for three runs in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game. Faiman went 4-for-5 with five RBIs to lead the team. Freshman left-hander Dietrich Enns pitched 3 and 2/3 innings in relief, allowing one run on three hits, to earn his third win of the season.

The Chippewas scored nine runs in the final four innings after falling behind 5-1 to beat the Zips 10-6 on Friday in Game 1.

CMU travels to Illinois-Chi-cago at 6:05 p.m. Wednesday.

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Ashley Miller/photo editorJunior right fielder Matt Faiman swings at a pitch during CMU’s last at-bat of the game. Faiman doubled, driving in senior James Teas to end the game Sunday at Theunissen Stadium.

By Aaron McMannStaff Reporter

Timely hitting proved to be the difference Sunday as the CMU baseball team com-pleted a three-game sweep of Mid-American Confer-ence opponent Akron.

Trailing 8-4 while heading into the ninth inning, coach Steve Jaksa made a decision to pinch hit for senior Ricky Clark (.304 average) and ju-nior Robbie Harman. The two infielders had struggled offensively, combining to go 1-for-6.

The lineup change paid off as freshmen Jordan Dean and Jordan Adams connect-ed on consecutive singles that started a five-run rally and third consecutive come-from-behind win against Akron.

“Somebody had to lead and get on base, and that’s what I told Dean,” Jaksa said. “It doesn’t matter when you got the hit, it just mattered

that some-body got it. They (Akron) hadn’t seen them and they don’t know how to pitch to those guys.”

The hits did not end there, as senior Billy Anderson and junior Brendan Emmett continued the rally, scoring CMU’s first two runs of the inning. Se-nior Dale Cornstubble, who finished 2-for-5, got his big-gest hit of the game to cut Akron’s lead to one, with everyone in Theunissen Sta-dium sensing the Chippe-was would pull off another comeback.

An infield single from se-nior James Teas, who had a walk-off hit in Saturday’s 8-7 extra-innings win, tied the game and set up junior Matt Faiman’s game-winning double.

“You’ve got some guys in the lineup that can swing the bat a little bit and can be dan-gerous,” Jaksa said. “You’ve got to have some good hit-ters to be able to come back in a game like this.”

saturDayFaiman, who struggled

early in the season, had sev-en RBIs on 9-of-13 hitting this weekend.

The outfielder was an in-tegral part in Saturday’s win, going 4-for-5 with five RBIs and a home run in the eighth inning. After Teas reached base on an error in the ninth inning, Faiman — down to the final out of the game — kept the game alive with a two-run double to bring CMU within one of Akron.

Enter senior second base-man Ricky Clark, who fin-ished 2-for-5. Clark got his biggest hit of the season, a blooper over the head of the shortstop, to tie the game and send it to extra innings.

Much like in Sunday’s win, Cornstubble also had a pres-ence in the ninth-inning comeback. He picked up a one-out single through the left side to start it.

“Everybody did the same thing we did (Saturday) in the bottom of the ninth,” Faiman said. “We just stayed within ourselves and put the ball in play.”

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Chippewas benefit from timely hitsLate-inning heroicsgive team threecomeback victories

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Houghton: 17-of-4835.4 percent

CMU shooters

By Justin HicksStaff Reporter

The CMU softball team wrapped up its weekend of conference play Sunday with an 8-4 loss to Miami (OH) to return .500 in the Mid-Amer-ican Conference.

Sophomore shortstop Molly Coldren put Central (17-12, 4-4 MAC) on the board first in the top of the second inning with a solo home run, her team-leading eighth of the season. With the home run, Coldren tied Elizabeth Barnes’ single-season school record with at least 16 games remaining.

“I have a lot more confi-dence in my swing and myself as a player this season,” Cold-ren said. “The coaches know I can hit, and their confidence in me has helped me too.”

Miami (19-16, 4-2 MAC) took control quickly after, adding two runs in both the second and third innings, and another three in the fourth and one in the fifth, taking an 8-2 lead.

Despite both teams posting nine hits, Central was unable to translate its hits into runs, ending consecutive innings in the second and third with a runner in scoring position.

The team attempted to rally in the sixth inning behind a two-run homer by senior first baseman Jill Schulz, her second of the season. She fin-ished 2-for-3 on the day, lead-ing the team with 36 hits on the season.

Miami pitcher Jessica Simp-son snapped any comeback hopes, retiring the next five batters to close out the game.

Freshman Kara Dorbos (7-3) started the game for CMU and gave up three runs on four hits

before being pulled after two innings. Junior Kari Seddon’s relief effort allowed four runs on two hits and three walks on 1 and 1/3 innings. Redshirt freshman Sarah Patterson finished the game, allowing one run on three hits.

With a close race in the MAC West, coach Margo Jonker said she anticipates the con-ference will come down to the last weekend.

“The team who keeps com-peting and keeps fighting down to the last games will win it in the end,” she said. “We just need to keep winning games.”

the WeekenD

The team started the weekend Friday with a se-ries against defending MAC champion Ball State. It lost the opener 12-8 before win-ning 11-3 in the second game

of the doubleheader to split the season series.

Continuing into the week-end, the Chippewas shut out Miami 1-0 Saturday. Seddon pitched a complete game, al-lowing one hit and striking out seven.

Schulz, who finished with nine hits and five runs bat-ted in, led the CMU offense this weekend. She has 22 hits in her eleven-game hitting streak.

The team takes a break from conference play Wednesday in Ann Arbor as it takes on No. 2 Michigan (30-5, 7-0 Big Ten).

Jonker said the team does not need to change its play in the game against the Wolver-ines.

“We just have to do what we do every day. We need help from all parts of our game and to be strong,” she said. “They’ve been good this year, but all we have to do is pitch so they can’t get good swings on the ball and then put runs on the board.”

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CMU loses finale, splits four games

file photo by MAtthew stephensSophomore shortstop Molly Coldren hit her eighth home run of the season Sunday against Miami. Coldren tied Elizabeth Barnes’ single-season school record.

ashcraft, pilling pace men

Carr, schroll lead women’s side

By John ManzoStaff Reporter

Junior Shanaye Carr and senior Erika Schroll led the CMU women’s track and field team at the 31st an-nual Sun Angel Track Clas-sic last weekend in Tempe, Ariz.

Carr took first place in the long jump, clearing 19 feet, 4 and 1/4 inches. Schroll finished second in the high jump at 5-10. Even at a highly competitive meet, the team had numer-ous strong performances, said CMU coach Willie Randolph.

“We are very excited with the direction we are going,” he said. “The team performed very well this weekend.”

Carr also competed in the 100-meter hurdles and finished with a time of 14.47 seconds, earning a 21st-place finish.

Senior Cara Dukes fin-

ished the 400-meter run with a time of 57.71, earn-ing a 22nd-place finish.

Randolph said he was im-pressed with Carr’s ability to bounce back after strug-gling at Mesa Community College the day before the Sun Angel Track Classic.

“It’s really good to see her performing well, and we will look to see these results a month from now out of her (at the Mid-American Conference Championi-ships),” he said.

The weather conditions in Tempe were dramatically different compared to last weekend’s meet in Kalama-zoo, where temperatures were around 35 degrees with rain and heavy wind.

At the Sun Angel Track Clas-sic, temperatures reached as high as 90 degrees.

The team is about to start the toughest stretch of the season, Randolph said. It will travel this weekend to the Lenny Lyles/Clark-swoods Invitational in Lou-isville, Ky.

But even as the team has enjoyed success in recent weeks, Randolph said it is important to not look too far ahead.

“It’s exciting to see the team performing at a high level,” he said. “We are ex-cited, but we are staying focused and taking things one day at a time.”

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Duo takes first and second place, in respective events

By Nick ConklinStaff Reporter

Senior Greg Pilling’s eighth-place finish in the discus highlighted the performance of several competing CMU men’s track and field athletes last weekend in the Sun An-gel Track Classic.

Pilling threw 174 feet, 7 inches, while sophomore Kevin Mays II claimed 14th-place in the hammer throw (164-11) in Tempe, Ariz.

Coach Willie Randolph said he has seen many posi-tives on his team so far this

outdoor season as he looks to qualify as many athletes as possible for NCAA Re-gionals and Nationals. But he also has long-term goals in mind.

“We’re moving in the right direction. We are trying to do what we can this year and than come back with a stronger punch next year,” he said.

On the distance side of the competition, sophomore David Ashcraft was the top finisher for the Chippewas in the 400-meter run with a time of 48.79 seconds. He completed the 400-meter hurdles in second place with a time of 48.81.

Other top performers in-cluded Branden Post, who finished in sixth place in the

400 hurdles (53:24), and pole vaulter Marcus Breidinger, who cleared 17-2 3/4.

The Chippewas next com-pete Saturday in the Lenny Lyles/Clark Woods invita-tional in Louisville, Ky. This will be a scored meet where they will face Ohio State, Louisville and Eastern Ken-tucky.

Coach Willie Randolph said he is stressing the im-portance of the meet for the athletes that need to build up scores for the conference portion of the schedule.

“That’s for the conference piece of it — that’s all the people that need to have cer-tain things done by the time we get to peaking,” he said.

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Coldren tiessingle-season home run record

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It’s in the top of the first inning at Citi Field in New

York and Comerica Park in Detroit.

I have Justin Verlander on the mound as the Tigers play Cleveland. Johan San-tana is starting for the Mets against Washington. But on this particular Sunday, nothing could go worse from the start.

Verlander allows two singles before giving up a walk. Cleveland’s Travis Hafner hits a sacrifice fly to bring in a run but, before you know it, Matt Laporta draws another walk. Bases loaded.

Simultaneously, Santana has gotten himself in his own little debacle against the Nationals. A leadoff triple, walk, ground out, walk. Bases loaded.

Two aces that I depend on are struggling. Santana has just one out, Verlander two. And as Josh Willingham clobbers the cover off the ball to empty the bases, it’s dawned on me how terrible this day will be.

I text my roommate: “Ver-lander and Johan are (exple-tive) (expletive)’s”

He replies: “Lol.”I get back to the com-

puter monitor and scroll to the Tigers-Indians game. Cleveland’s Luis Valbuena — Luis who? — just went yard. I’ve never even heard of the guy, yet he insists on inflicting emotional damage to my well-being.

Two grand slams and not a complete inning pitched between the two.

These are supposed to be two of my horses I ride to another pennant. But on this day, they’re rendered useless. Check that, they’re harmful.

It’s just another day of fantasy baseball. But any fantasy baseball manager who knows anything about fantasy baseball knows this: It’s not a sprint to the finish, but a marathon.

a Fantasy liFestyleTo an avid sports fan, fan-

tasy sports is like heaven. Without the strings to pull or the managerial and sports-related background to get in a real front office, it gives us the chance to be our own general manager.

And unique to any other sport, baseball’s 162-game season lets us know from the beginning that you better prepare for the long haul. There is no 17-week schedule like in the Nation-al Football League. If you’re in, you’re in for six grueling, grind-it-out months.

As for fantasy hockey and basketball, they just don’t have the same draw for some reason.

But fantasy baseball is almost magical. Rotisserie style, head-to-head, draft or auction league — every style has its appeal to cer-tain people. And it gives stat geeks like myself the oppor-tunity to stay on top of the latest trends, hottest players and rising prospects.

It’s an easy way to get away, as well. I used to tell my girlfriend in high

school I was going to bed at about 11 p.m. or so. Little did she know, I was watch-ing the live updates roll in from the west coast games that started at 10 p.m. ET. Women and their phone conversations.

I’ve endured the situa-tion a number of times. I lie in bed, nearly dosing into a coma-like state as she rambles about my terrible listening habits.

Instead, I’ll make sure my closer gets the save out in San Diego. To be honest, with the start of the season, the start of the NHL playoffs this week and the NFL draft next week, it’s probably not a good time to be chasing females anyway.

But my patience grows thin on days such as today. Both starters did their best toward damage control after their abysmal first innings. My batters have hit well in the early going as well. But pardon me for having higher expectations.

Maybe I’m a bit naive for expecting the Santana of old to show up in 2010 rather than the injury-riddled pitcher of a year ago. But a combined nine

runs between two pitchers through the first inning? Nobody can make this kind of stuff up.

I swear I’m going to die of a heart attack before it’s all said and done. But I’m fighting to put perspective on things.

It’s still the first week, and this isn’t my first rodeo.

Any fantasy baseball man-ager who knows anything about fantasy baseball knows this: It’s not a sprint to the finish, but a marathon.

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John Dunn/newsday (MCt)New York Mets’ Johan Santana pitches to the Washington Nationals in the first inning at Citi Field in New York, Sunday.

Fantasy baseball: It’s a marathon

Andrew StoverSports Editor

Even fake general managers feel the pressure

see those ones that could have, should have or may have,” said CMU coach Steve Jaksa.

The Chippewas were not going to let this game be one that should have, could have or may have — like the other games in the series.

In the 10th inning, senior James Teas stepped to the plate with the bases loaded.

“I can’t ask for anything more than to be put in that situation,” he said. “It’s the stuff that you dream of.”

Teas looked at a couple pitches before sending a screamer up the middle that easily scored Ander-son, giving the senior a

walk-off hit and his team the victory.

Was Saturday the best game at Theunissen Sta-dium this season? At the time, it obviously was. But after Sunday’s comeback, it’s up for debate.

It’s the kind of series that can legitimise consis-tency through the rest of the MAC schedule and a long run in the MAC tour-nament. Everything that can pos-sibly go right for CMU has gone right. This weekend was a prime example.

CMU has six MAC series remaining as it battles atop the standings.

And if it can continue its success, the team may very well point to this series as the point where it turned on the extra gear.

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By Matt HerrodStaff Reporter

CMU club lacrosse coach Brad Thomas challenged his team to start faster in its two games over the weekend.

It responded with two vic-tories, including a 12-3 win over No. 19 Indiana on Sun-day.

Central, which also beat Ball State 14-6 on Saturday, led after the first quarter in both games.

Thomas said Sunday’s win was the first game his team put together a 60-minute performance. CMU led 2-0 at the end of the first quarter and 6-1 at halftime.

“The team was more fo-cused as we came out and took it to them,” Thomas said.

For the second consecu-tive game, the third quarter was CMU’s best, as it scored nine goals and allowed just one.

Thomas said the offense worked harder than before to get quality shots.

Junior attacker Justin Schaufler had six goals, giv-ing him 11 for the weekend and 22 on the season.

“He (Schaufler) did a great job finishing,” Thomas said. “We got him into spots where he could finish. He is a smarter lacrosse player than people might know.”

Sophomore attacker Jeff Wood added a pair of goals and three assists. Sopho-more midfielder Nick Culp had a season-high with three goals and one assist. Senior midfielder David Rivard had five assists, totaling nine on the weekend.

Tillman said it was CMU’s best defensive game of the year as well.

“We were sliding, talking, and (we) worked as a unit,” he said. “... This was the big-gest two wins of the season for us. This is a good mo-mentum push into the play-offs.”

CMU has to win its last two divisional games against

Western Michigan and East-ern Michigan to get into the playoffs, starting with West-ern Michigan on Friday.

saturDayCMU (3-5) got off to an-

other quality start Saturday, leading 4-2 after the first quarter.

The team executed its of-fense and did a good job of forcing turnovers, Thomas said.

And after taking a 9-3 half-time lead, Thomas wanted more.

“I challenged the defense at halftime to get a shutout and get after ground balls in the second half,” he said.

The defense responded to the challenge and shut out Ball State while the offense scored three more to extend the lead to 12-3.

Thomas said the third quarter was his team’s best, by far.

“We got more aggressive and forced more turnovers on top off shutting them out,” he said.

Both goalies split equal time. Junior James Latini got the start, stopping seven shots and allowing three goals. Junior Sean Coates played the second half and stopped six shots, allowing three goals.

The offense was led by Schaufler and Wood as they combined to score more than half the team’s goals. Wood had four goals and Schaufler led the way with five. Rivard chipped in with four assists.

“The offense ran its sets, found open teammates and finished,” said senior defen-seman Andrew Tillman.

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Club lacrosse beatsNo. 19 Indiana, sweeps weekend road tripTeam responds to coach’s plea for faster starts

Jeff Woods:Six goals (4 in Game 1, 2 in Game 2)

Justin Schaufler11 goals (5 in Game 1, 6 in Game 2)

David Rivard:Nine assists (4 in Game 1, 5 in Game 2)

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