Life in brief

Monday, March 23, 2015 | MoUnT PLEaSanT, MIch. | ISSUE no. 68 VoL. 96

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Central Michigan Life’s advertising and public relations departments took top honors at this year’s College Media Business and Advertising Managers conference March 18 - 21 in Chicago.

CMBAM awards student media for top advertising, marketing, public relations, design and social media.

Central Michigan Life claimed 11 first place awards, seven second-place honors and three third-place honors.

First-place awards included best student-run agency, sales representative and public relations or marketing manager.

Mount Pleasant sophomore Alex Gonzales was named the best sales representative in the country, while Novi senior Maria Haugen was awarded the top honor for public relations manager.

Saginaw senior Gabriella Hoffman took second place for best advertising manager, while Livonia senior Andrea Shaw won third place for best designer.

Other firsts included best sales pitch or proposal, best video ad, best self marketing or promotion plan and best sales promotional materials.

Central Michigan Life also took top honors in best mobile app, best sales incentive program, best self-promotion ad and best black and white display ad.

Second place winners were multimedia campaign, sales strategy for a special section, best social media strategy, interactive or digital card or media kit, sponsored content or native advertising and ancillary operation.

Third place was awarded for best training program and self-promotion, multi-media ad campaign.

- CM Life Staff reports

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SAE chapter responds to viral racist video

Sarah White | Assistant Photo EditorSigma Alpha Epsilon of Central Michigan University placed a sign that reads “SAE MI-DO stands against discrimination of any kind #NotOnOurCampus” in response to the University of Oklahoma’s chapter.

Teaching faculty contract ends in July

By Andrew SurmaStaff Reporter

The contract between the Union of Teaching Faculty and Central Michigan University ends July 1 and negotiations are likely to include increasing wages and job security.

UTF is a union of fixed-term faculty with 360 members. It has been in the preliminary pro-cesses of gathering input from its members, to prepare for collective bargaining in July.

UTF Vice President and lecturer in journalism and broadcasting departments Mark Ranzenberger said money is usually the number one priority while bargaining.

The current contract, which was signed June 19, 2012, saw pay in-creases for both fixed-term faculty who are paid a salary and those paid by the credit hour.

UTF member and Assistant Professor of Religion Sara Mosle-ner said she worked with the data collected by UTF’s survey and that wages will be addressed in the discussions.

“Higher wages. That will al-ways be the case and that’s never going to be met to our satisfac-tion,” Moslener said.

UTF President Amanda Garrison said job security is also a major point of concern for UTF members.

“CMU is a very good place to work. So when people come here, especially as adjuncts, it’s really hard to have to leave if you don’t get a reappointment,” Garrison said “The students are wonderful. The resources are wonderful. The benefits are wonderful. We want to stay here and job security is very important.”

Moslener added she would like to see fixed-term faculty be rec-ognized for scholarship and be given he ability to creating more scholarly work.

“Part of that means being able to request a course release. Fixed-term faculty cannot get a course release for any reason,” Moslener said. “The university is assuming we are temporary, but they aren’t giving us resources to get to a posi-tion that is not temporary.”

Garrison said the UTF has a good working relationship with the university.

“It’s not slamming fists on the table,” Garrison said. “We have a generally good working rela-tionship with the administra-tion. We are not at a point where there is any contention.”

Moslener said she would like to see fixed-term faculty be

Union to start new bargaining period

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By Emily DeRuiterStaff Reporter

Drumbeats symbolized dancers heartbeats as the rhythm called them into McGuirk Arena at the 26th an-nual Celebrating Life Pow Wow.

Students, faculty, the Mount Pleasant community and other tribes across the nation were invited to McGuirk Arena on Saturday and Sunday for a taste of valued Native American traditions. Pow wows have social and spiritual significance to the Native American people as times of gathering and celebrating the new beginning of spring.

The event was put on by Central Michigan University’s Pow Wow Committee, a student organiza-tion providing social, cultural and educational events.

Attendee Damian Badboy, from the White Earth Nation in Minne-sota, was at the Pow wow to record the drum group “Charging Horse.” He has been to and danced in many pow wows before, and said they are valued for how they bring people together.

“The pow wow is such a great celebration to meet new friends and see your old ones,” Badboy said. “It’s great because we get to dance, we get to sing (and) have fun.”

Spectators stood as the head veteran, flag bearers and dancers dressed in traditional Native Ameri-can regalia circled the arena during the opening Grand Entry ceremony. Afterward came a welcome address, tiny tot dance special and several dance and drum contests.

The event continued into Sunday with contests in dancing and drum-ming and winner announcements.

Dancer Viola Recollect has com-peted in pow wows since she was six years old. She is now a grandmother of five, and said the feeling she gets on the dance floor is hard to explain.

“It feels like something is missing until you go to the next Pow wow,” Recollect said. “I love it because it brings me more peace with who I am.”

Several dance and drum contests took place throughout the day, split-ting participants into age groups of youth, adults and elders. Contests were in traditional dance, grass dance, jingle dress dance and fancy dance—all of which had different regalia and unique origins.

“The pow wow is very important to us as Anishinaabe because you feel good about who you are,” Recol-

lect said. “We are connecting with each other.”

About 20 vendors were set up near the arena selling handmade goods ranging from bead-work, pouches and jewelry to jams and syrups.

Saline junior Randi Bennett volunteered to help organize and set up the pow wow because of her great uncle, who passed on his interest in the culture. She is also part of the Honors Program at CMU, and used the opportunity to gain service hours.

“I think it’s interesting to be able to get a piece of culture you’re not used to seeing,” Bennett said. “It was really incredible, especially during the victory songs and the flag songs.”

Calli Morris | Staff PhotographerMinnesota resident Marquel Crawford, 24, competes in the Adult Men’s Fancy dance during the 26th Annual Celebrating Life Pow Wow March 21 in McGuirk Arena.

Celebrating Life Pow Wow honors Native American heritage

By Zahra AhmadNews Editor

Central Michigan University’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter does not approve of the actions of the University of Oklahoma’s chapter.

On March 8 a viral video surfaced showing the University of Oklahoma’s SAE chapter members leading a racist chant emphasizing the chapter’s exclu-sion of African Americans.

SAE president Ryan Coy said the chapter is disgusted and appalled by the video that caused the expulsion of two University of Oklahoma SAE members leading the chant.

“It was outrageous and upsetting to see people have such discrimi-nation and hate,” Coy said. “That

type of behavior and discrimina-tion has no place in our society, and especially in our organization. My chapter will continue to follow our fraternity’s values and will continue to accept men based on character and embodiment of our creed.”

“Our creed the gentlemen” is more than just a saying for the brothers of SAE, said Chapter adviser Brad Kloha.

“Anytime (an incident) gets to the heart of what (we) believe at (our) core, the values of (our) organization, we’re being challenged,” Kloha said. “Our brothers believe very strongly in the values of our organizations ‘Our creed the true gentlemen’ in diversity, inclusion and in treating their fellow man equally.”

An emergency meeting on March 16

allowed SAE members to discuss the video. SAE at CMU took their response to social media by tweeting a photo captioned “Discrimination of any kind

is unacceptable #NotOnOurCampus.”The photo showed a sign placed in

front of the chapter’s house, located

HONORINGTHE TRADITION

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Calli Morris | Staff PhotographerDrummers play during the 26th Annual Celebrating Life Pow Wow on March 21 in McGuirk Arena.

Fraternity members say they are appalled by University of Oklahoma chapter’s discrimination

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do her homework. According to Zoski, one of

the hardest parts about being a desk receptionist position is the night shifts. Deskies are re-quired to live in the residence halls, attend training sessions and have basic knowledge of campus policy.

Desk receptionists also check the mail, pass out trash bags and toilet paper, check in students in the fall at night. Parker said being a desk

receptionist is a customer service position. He said he doesn’t like it when desk receptionists are too absorbed by what they are doing.

“What turns me off are any kind of behaviors that aren’t focused around customer service,” Parker said. “During our training, I talk about how I don’t want anyone to walk by the desk without the deskie saying hello. If someone is looking at YouTube or other

stuff and are not paying atten-tion to (who) is going by, that’s a disservice to our community.”

Parker said he doesn’t like it when students say being a desk receptionist is only great because students can do their homework.

“There are opportunities to do homework, depending on which shift, but a good deskie really (cares) about being there, being present in the mo-ment,” Parker said.

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What are the facts?Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions advocates

shrewdly use human rights rhetoric to inspirefollowers. But anyone tempted by this appeal mustask two questions: 1) How true are BDS’s accusationsagainst Israel, and 2) what is BDS’s political agenda?If we examine the hard facts, we see that BDS isactually based on false myths and a disguisedpurpose.

Myth #1: Israel is colonizing Palestine. While BDSpaints the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in polarizedterms, in fact it is oneof the world’s mostcomplex, emotionallyfraught disputes. BDSportrays Palestinians asthe region’s sole“indigenous” people, while in truth Palestine has twoindigenous peoples—Jews and Arabs. Jews have liveduninterruptedly in the Holy Land for more than3,000 years, since the time of biblical Abraham. Israeldoes not insist it is the only heir to Palestine, butBDS advocates assert Jews have no right to a statethere. This denies the Jewish people the right tonational liberation. Since colonialism is “the controlof one nation by ‘transplanted’ people of anothernation,” and Jews are natives to Palestine, Israelcannot be termed a colonial force.

Myth #2: Israel is occupying Palestinianterritories. It’s simplistic to argue that Palestine“belongs” entirely to either Jews or Arabs. Ownershipof these territories is disputed—it can only bedetermined by negotiations. While Israel does notdeny Arab rights to a state in Palestine, BDS opposesJewish self-determination. When Israel declared astate in 1948, it was attacked by five Arab armieswhose intention was to expel the Jews. In 1967, Arabarmies again attacked Israel, but Jordan, Egypt andSyria actually lost to Israel territory they hadcontrolled. In fact, none of the land Israel currently“occupies” in Israel or its ancient lands of Judea andSamaria (the West Bank) was ever part of an Arabstate. While Israel maintains security in parts of theWest Bank, it is to protect Israelis from terror attacksthat have killed thousands. More pointedly: As late as2007 Israel offered Palestinians 95% of the WestBank, as well as a capital in Jerusalem, as anincentive for peace, but the Palestinians rejected this

offer. While smart diplomacy will surely be neededto resolve the territorial issues that divide Arabs andIsraelis, it is intellectually dishonest to declare Israelan occupier.

Myth #3: Israel is an apartheid state. Apartheid was“an official policy of racial segregation, involvingpolitical, legal, and economic discrimination inSouth Africa against nonwhites.” In fact, Israel is byfar the most diverse nation in the Middle East—onewhose population is 21% Arab and includes theregion’s largest Christian population. Israel’s Jews

hail from Ethiopia,Yemen, Morocco, Iran,Iraq, and Syria, as wellas every Europeannation and LatinAmerica. Unlike any

other Middle Eastern nation, equal civil rights of allethnic groups in Israel are protected—and theyinclude freedom of speech, assembly, suffrage andsexual orientation. No ethnic group is segregated.Political office is open to every ethnicity: Israeli Arabsare members of the parliament and supreme court.Economic discrimination is forbidden, and when itoccurs, as in the U.S., the courts oppose it. In short,Israel bears no resemblance to South Africa. It is anexemplar of liberty for minorities.

What do the BDS leaders really want? While theU.S., Western European powers, Israel and the U.N.Security Council have embraced a “two-statesolution” as the basis for peace between Israel and thePalestinians, BDS leaders, like Ali Abuminah, arguefor a one-state solution in which Arabs outnumberJews. When BDS talks about occupation, it refers notto disputed West Bank territories, but to all of Israel.BDS has consistently opposed Israeli-Palestinianpeace talks, calling them “collaborationist.” In fact,the leaders of BDS openly confess their goal is notpeace, but conquest. No wonder BDS founder OmarBarghouti admits, “If the occupation ends . . . wouldthat end support for BDS? No, it wouldn’t—no.” Thisexplains why BDS insists on the “right of return” notfor the estimated 50,000 living Palestinian refugeesof Israel’s 1948 War of Independence, but for theirfive million descendants—a bizarre definition of“refugee” applied to no other people. Of course, suchan influx of foreign Arabs into Israel would swampthe Jewish state, conquering it demographically.

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Supporters of BDS make three stirring demands: Stop Israel’s colonization, occupation and apartheid inPalestine. But how valid are these three accusations, and what are the real goals of the BDS movement—forIsrael and the Palestinian people? Above all, does BDS really seek peace?

For all its emotive appeals, the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions effort is based on falsehoods—a hijackingof human rights values. Even Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has acknowledged that BDS iscounterproductive, proclaiming, “We do not support the boycott of Israel.” Indeed, anyone who truly desirespeace between Israelis and Palestinians must oppose this pernicious movement.

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By Emily DeRuiterStaff Reporter

When Connor Vanwag-oner needed a job, the Jackson sophomore decided to apply to be a desk receptionist at Merrill Hall. This meant Van-wagoner could interact with people and still balance work with being a student.

Desk receptionists, or “deskies,” are trained to respond to emergency situa-tions and tasked with aiding residents and guests by pro-viding resources, information and a welcoming atmosphere. Students can apply for the Fall 2016-17 school year with individual hall applications to each residence hall.

“The desk is the front line of everything, so what I look for is people that are attentive (and) I

can trust,” said Bo Parker, Swee-ney residence hall director. “(I look for) people that have that outgoing nature, creating a welcoming environment right off the first interaction.”

Desk receptionists applica-tion due dates vary between residence halls. Applications will be available in each resi-dence hall, contact residence hall directors or residence staff for additional information.

“The timetables (for hir-ing) are unique to the specific buildings, the hall directors and staff,” Parker said. “It typically happens post spring break that first month that we’re back.”

Sophomore Julia Zoski said she was attracted to a desk receptionist in Merrill Hall because she wanted to know more people, be helpful and liked how she would be able to

Sitting in the front linesDesk receptionists applications

available in residence halls

Abbie Robinson | Staff Photographer

Grand Blanc sophomore Sarah Brown speaks with residents on March 22 at the Larzelere Hall front desk.

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recognized as a bigger part of the university—a part that wants to remain at CMU for the long term.

“Fixed-term faculty are not temporary, but in fact are committed to this university,” Moslener said. “We only have two levels (of fixed-term

faculty), lecturer one and lecturer two. I would like to see something beyond that to recognize people who are here for the long-term.”

Garrison said job security also involves knowing when and what classes a fixed-term instructor will be teaching. Often those reappointments or non-reappointment letters do not come in a timely man-ner, she said.

“The adjunct (fixed-term

faculty) position is strenuous because the department or the dean, or whomever, doesn’t know whether certain classes are going to fill up,” Garrison said. “If they don’t fill up, people don’t get those appointments.”

If they get reappointments, Garrison said fixed-term faculty often do not receive re-appointment letters until a few weeks prior to classes starting, which is not enough time to prepare for the semester.

on Main Street. The sign reads “SAE MI-DO stands against discrimination of any kind #NotOnOurCampus.”

SAE’s national office in Evanston, Ill. issued a statement calling for training, awareness and resources on “cultural diversity issues.”

It is unclear how SAE’s national response affected CMU’s chapter. Greek Life coordinator Katrina Crawford said incidents like the video are unfortunate but allow for sensitive conversations.

“It’s important to have these conversations,” Crawford said. “These are oftentimes very uncomfortable conversations to have, but you have to be un-comfortable to get to the root of the issue. It’s unfortunate that this has to happen to have these conversations, but that’s what we have to do.”

Every registered Greek

organization has a required multicultural competency. Crawford said there will be more programing on diversity and community inclusion, fol-lowing the SAE incident.

Tom Idema, director of stu-dent conduct which oversees all of Greek Life, said the univer-sity would handle a situation similar to the video according to the campus’ code of conduct.

“We would speak with the fraternity to find out what was going on,” Idema said. “We look for threats being made or discrimination being displayed. There would be an investiga-tion in which we’d work closely with the Office of Civil Rights.”

“If we were to find a violation in the policy, the chapter would be placed with heavy sanctions. These sanctions are removal from housing, removing the RSO status and suspending students involved with the violation.”

CMU’s SAE chapter has a history of members being well-known leaders on campus. Khola said the chapter pro-

motes growth through leader-ship and acceptance.

“We welcome anyone of any race or any sexual orientation,” Khola said. “It’s about the man and the values they hold personally in terms of leadership, and how they want to contribute to the group. For that type of language to be used and that type of thought process to be associated with an organiza-tion we care about, it was very jarring. It was antitheti-cal to what we believe.”

SATURDAYPi-Miles 5K run and walk9 a.m.Pearce Hall

Math department student

clubs will be hosting “Pi

Miles 5K Run or Walk.”

Registration lasts from 7:30

a.m. to 8:50 a.m. in Pearce

Hall. The cost is $15. The

race begins at 9 a.m. in the

area between Pearce and

Anspach Hall.

MONDAYExhibit: Equinox8 a.m. - 5 p.m.Charles V. Park Library: Baber Room

Corby Blem’s paintings

feature characters looking

forward to the Next Big

Thing: The 21st Century.

Blem’s work is nostalgic,

a tad melancholy and

mostly ironic when viewed

through the lenses of 21st

century retro-vintage

frames.

Sean Forbes: Deaf Rapper7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.Warriner: Plachta AuditoriumASLS welcomes Sean Forbes,

a successful Deaf rapper.

He will be sharing some of

his music which is centered

around his experience in

the Deaf world as well as

speaking on the topic. There

will be a meet and greet

after to meet the artist.

life in brief

State Rep. CotteR to addReSS Mount

pleaSant City CoMMiSSion

House Speaker Kevin Cotter will ask Mount Pleasant city commissioners to support a May 5 ballot proposal that would help fix Michigan roads.

Cotter is scheduled to speak at the beginning of the March 23 city commission meeting.

Proposal 15-1, also known as Proposal 1 for Safer Roads, will appear on the May 5 special election ballot. The proposal will increase the state’s sales tax from 6 to 7 percent.

The measure will eliminate the existing sales tax on gasoline and diesel fuels. Additionally, the proposal will increase vehicle registration fees to increase revenue for fixing roads.

Cotter is urging commissioners to sign a resolution that will show support for Proposal 15-1. The resolution has been drafted and is awaiting commissioner approval. Commissioners passed a resolution in December 2014 imploring the Michigan state legislature to not support any road funding mechanism that took money away from schools and local governments.

Proposal 15-1 will set aside a portion of the new use tax revenue to increase the School Aid Fund (SAF). The new SAF money allocated by the proposal will be used to increase funding to community colleges and vocational schools. If passed, 15-1 will prohibit use of the SAF for four-year colleges and universities, like Central Michigan University.

Proposal 15-1 makes no mention of increased or decreased funding to K-12 schools.

City commission meetings are held at 7 p.m. on the second and fourth Mondays of each month in City Hall.

- Ben Solis,Staff Reporter

city

SuSo to hoSt laSt panel of the yeaR

university

insiDe life

The Speak Up Speak Out series will host a panel and public forum on drug policy titled “This Panel is on Drugs” today 7-9 p.m. in the Charles V. Park Library Auditorium.

The panel will answer questions like “Should drug offenders be incarcerated? Should drug problems be a criminal justice issue or a health issue?”

The discussion forum will have two professor panelists, three student panelists, and the audience discussing current issues on drugs. Some topics will include legalization, incarceration and the criminal justice system and the impact drugs have on communities.

Audience members are encouraged to participate.

- Emily DeRuiter,Staff Reporter

SKILL IT

Women of Central Michigan Mayhem deliver brutal intensity during roller derby

By day, they are students, teachers and mothers.

By night, the women of Central Michigan Mayhem, Mount Pleasant’s roller derby team, em-brace their alter egos for a brutal bout with another team from the state or Midwest.

The league was founded in 2010 as a way to bring women together in an atmosphere that promotes self-empowerment and individual-ism, as well as team unity.

Consisting of 26 members, the league includes four Central Mich-igan University students. The team has two coaches and a number of volunteer referees. The team is run and owned by the skaters who vote on all decisions made.

One student never expected to be involved in roller derby, but since discovering the team, she’s hooked.

“I was in On the Rox, and we sang the national anthem before a derby,” said Wixom senior Melissa Anderson. “I knew I wanted to try it. If you want to come to the prac-tice, they’ll help you even if you’re falling down on your skates.”

Each team member has a derby nickname that encompasses her derby persona. “Dr. Potter,” or Mount Pleasant resident Sara Pot-ter, got her nickname from the way she approaches each bout.

“I approach it with precision,

By Sydney SmithNews Editor

like a surgeon, so I put ‘doctor’ in front of my last name,” she said.

Other team nicknames include “Marilyn Monroller,” “Sugar & Spikes” and “Getcha Pawz Off.” Potter said coming up with your derby nickname is a big deal for each team member.

One team member said her mom gave her the nickname, “Fitch Slap.” After retiring from figure skating, 2013 alumna An-dria Fitch still wanted to skate, and said she loves the camarade-rie of roller derby.

“We are all hitting each other during practice, but we all get along,” Fitch said. “It’s its own little community.”

Fitch serves as one of the team’s four “jammers.” This team mem-ber will wear a star on her helmet, so the opposing team knows who to block. The rest of the team, the “blockers,” have to try to block the opposing team’s jammer from passing them to score points. Once the jammer breaks through the opposing team’s blockers, she must make a full lap before being able to score points.

The game is referred to as a “bout” and has two 30-minute periods.

In their game March 21 at Spinning Wheels Arena, Mayhem played against the Black Heart Maidens from Hastings as part of March Madness. Mayhem won the bout 202 to 177.

Before beginning each bout, the team huddles up for their chant, in

which they yell “mayhem” three times. Throughout the game, their motivation comes from a team say-ing, “skill it n’ kill it.”

“That means we practiced some-thing over and over again,” Potter said. “We always practice until we get it.”

Because bouts can get ferocious, each team member must wear a helmet, knee pads, elbow pads, wrist guards and a mouthguard. The players hip or butt check each other, sometimes leading to a derby girl landing in the lap of an audience member. For braver spectators, the front row of the au-dience is called “suicide seating.”

During the bout, the audience kept the team motivated with chants, yelling nicknames and clapping. Shepherd resident and

team member Jessica Ryan, or “Dirty Island Girl,” said part of the reason she has derby fever is the family atmosphere. She has been on the team for more than two years.

“The team is like a second family,” she said. “There’s a close atmosphere, and the challenges (derby) gives you are a great feel-ing. Every bout is fun whether we win or lose.”

Central Michigan Mayhem is holding a 5K run/walk at 9 a.m. June 6 at 4658 East River Road. It is $15 to participate.

For information on Central Michigan Mayhem, go to centralmirollerderby.com. Their next home bout is June 6 at Spinning Wheels Arena.

Herman Boone will speak in Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium at 6:30 p.m. March 25 as part of The Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow College of Health Professions’ Marge Bulger Sport History Lecture Series.

Boone is the former head football coach of T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia and portrayed by Denzel Washington in “Remember the Titans.”

Boone, who missed a scheduled lecture last semester due to a family death, will share his experiences of race in his lecture called “Lessons in Diversity.”

This is the 22nd year of the Marge Bulger Sports Lecture Series.

- Andrew Surma,Staff Reporter

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File Photo | Taryn WattlesFrom 11 p.m. until 3 a.m., CMU students participated in many events offered at the 2014 Up All Night, including inflatable races, a dance-off, dodgeball and bull riding.

KILL ITN’

By Lexi Carter Staff Reporter

The Student Activity Center will come alive Saturday night, as Up All Night entertains students until the early hours of the morning.

Central Michigan University will be holding the seventh annual Up All Night event from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. Saturday, March 28.

Up All Night was first held in 2009 and was run directly by Pro-gram Board, but was later taken on by the Office of Student Activities and Involvement. For the last three years, attendance has been around 2,000 students and general public attendees.

The event is meant for students to have fun and relieve stress. Up All Night is free for CMU students

with their student IDs and $5 for the general public.

Both floors of the SAC will host activities and games, ranging from dodgeball tournaments to inflatable jousting and a live DJ.

Free items include food, inflata-bles and laser tag. Unique this year, “The Hobbit” will be playing in the SAC pool so students can swim dur-ing the movie.

Garden City junior Rachel Quinn, marketing coordinator for Up All Night, said the event allows students to have a fun night with friends.

“It is important because we are providing a night of alcohol-free entertainment to all students,” Quinn said. “This event really allows our students a place to have a great unique experience with friends and fellow students.”

Bad Axe sophomore Ben Sobczak said the event is a great way to wrap up the end of the year.

“Everything is free and the event gets better and better each year,” said Sobczak who attended last year.

For potential giveaways, the Student Activities and Involvement staff is encouraging students to fol-low their social media accounts. For more information, visit the event’s page on Orgsync.

Seventh annual Up All Night aims to de-stress students

Photos by Monica Bradburn | Staff PhotographerMembers of Central Michigan Mayhem high five a member of the Black Heart Maidens before their match March 21 at the Spinning Wheels Arena.

Central Michigan Mayhem team member “A Piece of Merry,” talks to the team before their match against the Black Heart Maidens on March 21 at Spinning Wheels Arena.

A member of Central Michigan Mayhem attempts to skate past a member of the Black Heart Maidens on March 21 at the Spinning Wheels Arena.

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Central Michigan University students have been showing respects and practicing humility surrounding the 50th anniver-sary of many milestones for hu-man rights, whether it’s partici-pating in Martin Luther King Jr. Day activities, or continuing the Civil Rights Movement by pro-testing against a systemic illness of police violence.

The campus is alive in honor-ing and continuing the Civil Rights Movement.

All over the country, action is being taken to further the cause for justice. For some outliers, this call to action leads them down a path of violence.

On the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, President Obama gave a resounding speech to honor the history made that day on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala-bama. He spoke of the acclaimed and the nameless who braved the institution of Jim Crow and stood tall amidst the violence and bloodshed. He commended the tactics of nonviolent direct action that drove the movement. And then he criticized those who took to self-defense. This is where Obama went wrong.

For Obama to assert that the only “right way” to act in the face of violence is through non-violent passive resistance is to make martyrs out of people who do not want to be heroes, who simply wish to survive.

In his speech, although he didn’t mention the violence of Ferguson, Obama alluded to the backlash of the death of Michael Brown. Obama passively did so by saying, “Veterans of the movement trained newcomers in the tactics of non-violence, the right way to protect yourself when attacked.” This line by Obama concerns me for a num-ber of reasons.

When politician and civil rights leader John Lewis led the march on the bridge in the quiet town of Selma, he knew the risk of what he was getting into, and he accepted this risk. He knew the goal of nonviolence was to make white racists look so evil,

so inhuman, to target nonviolent black protestors that it would shock the conscience of the na-tion. Lewis and Dr. King were right.

However, those who walked on the bridge for freedom did not have a duty to stay nonvio-lent. When attacked, they had every right to react to defend their lives. But in protest, they did not.

To instruct a populous that faces danger to remain non-violent is enforcing on them an ideology that they do not have a duty to adhere to. When some-one’s life is threatened unex-pectedly, they have every right to defend themselves, even if it means resorting to violence.

Malcolm X spoke on this a number of times:

“Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.”

Again in another instance:“I don’t even call it violence

when it’s self defense; I call it intelligence.”

Dr. King’s tactic of nonvio-lence was just that, a tactic. It was a tactic to reveal the mon-ster that was the white southern racist. Nonviolence had a pur-pose to show that the actions of those upholding Jim Crow and institutionalized racism were pure evil.

Nonviolent passive resistance is itself a study, a lifestyle, a concept that takes many years of practice. And while it may be the moral action, I do not think that it is wrong for those whose lives are threatened to take an-other route to spare themselves.

While those of us at CMU who continue the march to justice do so in a nonviolent manner, I stand firmly in the position that those whose lives are in immediate danger have the fundamental right to defend themselves.

Whether in Selma, Ala. or Mount Pleasant, unless I give myself to the cause of social justice, I will defend myself to whatever end.

In defense of defense

Brynn McDonnell

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When was the last time you went a day without looking at some kind of screen?

College students in particu-lar are too wrapped up in the digital media available to us. Netflix, video games and phone apps are taking up too much time for students.

A few years ago, I was curi-ous as to how much time I spend using digital media. I realized that I spent about five hours a day on it, which adds up to 75 days per year wasted gawking at a screen.

I cut video games and televi-sion out of my life. I haven’t touched a game in over a year.

Now is an especially good time to find a worthwhile hobby for yourself other than

Get a hobby

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digital media. This harsh winter that beat us down is finally letting up, giving us all more energy dur-ing the days. Don’t keep slumming around thinking its still winter — do something.

Explore an hobby you are pas-sionate about. Spring is the per-fect time to explore yourself and your interests.

Find an activity you find pleasure in doing such as playing guitar, running, collecting coins, learning languages, working on your car or whatever you find therapeutic and interesting.

There is an interest for every-one out there.

There are close to 350 reg-istered student organizations on campus that appeal to every student. The RSOs can range from indoor sports to creative writing to Pokémon club.

In my alone time, I found a pas-sion in drawing and writing that gets me through the cold winter days and stressful final weeks. I hardly have any time to sit around and do nothing between writing a book, having a social life, working a job and attending classes.

Find a good hobby to keep your mind occupied through the emer-gence of spring.

Productivity awaits, Central Michigan.

Calli Morris | Staff PhotographerMembers of tribes from North America dance during the 26th Annual Celebrating Life Pow Wow on March 21 in McGuirk Arena.

More than entertainment, the annual pow wow is an oppor-tunity for the Central Michigan University community to learn about the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribal culture they are sur-rounded by.

It is an opportunity that should not be missed. If we are going to wear, display and cheer the Chip-pewa name at sporting events, we have a duty to understand and respect the people and culture it represents.

The reservation was established in 1855 and is an integral part of the university and surrounding community.

CMU partners with the Tribe on many initiatives, from summer sports camps run by athletes and a mentoring program for tribal youth, to education and training for all Athletics Department staff

and student athletes.The Pow wow is organized by

CMU’s student-run Pow Wow Committee, and serves to further strengthen the relationship between the Tribe and university, bringing members and students together under one roof for celebration.

The largest strength of the pow wow lies in its ability to educate non-Native people and create deeper understanding between the Tribe and CMU community.

All too often, non-Native people are presented with inaccurate portrayals of Native Americans, such as Disney’s Pochahontas, or negative examples, such as the Washington Redskins mascot, to base their opinions on.

By being presented with song, dance and regalia all traditional to the Saginaw Chippewa people at the pow wow, students and oth-ers are given a look at their true

history and culture, unaltered by non-Native interpretation.

With so many negative ste-reotypes pervading our society, it would be a shame not to take advantage of an annual event that dispels those assumptions and fosters understanding and unity.

It is especially important for those involved in the sports cul-ture at CMU to seek to educate themselves on the history of the tribe. Each tribe related to a sports team, collegiate or otherwise, dif-fers in their opinion of what is ac-ceptable when representing them.

At CMU, for example, it is permissible to use the Chippewa name, but not to have a mascot. Florida State University, on the other hand, has an agreement with the Seminole Tribe of Flori-da which allows them to continue using a Native American mascot.

It is imperative for students and community members to under-stand the rules behind the use of our Native nickname so as to pay the people it represents the respect they deserve.

If we are going to claim to be “Chippewas,” we should have a basic understanding of what that really means or risk misrepresent-ing an entire culture.

SONGAnnual pow wow an opportunity for education

As the 26th annual Celebrating Life Pow Wow

took place on campus during the weekend,

students, faculty and community members had the

chance to do more than spectate.

More than just

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By Kate Carlson Staff Reporter

Learning about magic in school is not just for Hog-warts students anymore.

An English literature graduate and Honors Program class at Central Michigan University toured the United Kingdom during spring break. Part of their curriculum was to study the cultural phenomenon of J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Pot-ter” book series. Students traveled to landmarks in-strumental to the books and movies in Edinburgh, Scot-land, Durham, Gloucester, Oxford, Watford, London and Cambridge during the course of 10 days.

Professor Joseph Michael Sommers, explained the trip as “looking at the (Harry Potter) books as an artifact of a society that we experi-ence—for it is the United Kingdom that is the true literature of the course—the books serve as our portal of entry into that world.”

The study abroad trip was an added bonus to taking a class for Haslett sophomore Emileigh Stoll.

“I would have taken this class even if we didn’t have a study abroad trip because I am mildly obsessed with Harry Potter,” Stoll said. “The whole experience of traveling abroad just makes it that much more of an enriching experience.”

A highlight of the trip for Stoll was Warner Brother’s Harry Potter Studio, which had most of the original sets and props from the movies.

“I remember standing in the Great Hall and be-ing speechless,” Stoll said. “That was like our version of our acceptance to Hog-warts that we were never going to get.”

Sommers explained his desire was to construct a class that would raise the bar for students’ expecta-tions for what could be ac-complished in a classroom.

“The looks on their faces, so many smiles, so many tears of joy from watch-ing this universe that they love unfold in front of their eyes,” Sommers said. “That’s the real magic of Harry Potter for me.”

For Sault Ste. Marie junior Emma Harrington, the first stop in Edinburgh couldn’t be topped for the rest of the trip.

“The main focus of the trip

was Harry Potter, and every-where we went was signifi-cant to Harry Potter, but at the same time I learned all of the history, all of the culture from these cities. It was definitely all-encompassing,” Harrington said.

Harrington went into the semester telling herself she would study abroad. When the class became available, she said it was perfect be-cause she is a huge Potter fan.

“I get to go to class twice a week and have an academic discussion about Harry Potter with a group of people who are interest-ed in the same things that I am,” Harrington said.

The opportunity to do re-search and write papers on topics she is truly interest-ed in has been a great part of the class, she said.

“It was so cool to actu-ally be standing in the same place as some of your favorite actors and child-hood movies and get a little glimpse of what they did or where they filmed,” said

Delton junior Elizabeth Jackson.

Jackson said students would have gotten to know each city better if they had more time, but getting to see a wide range of Harry Potter-related landmarks in a short amount of time was an amazing experience.

“I liked being able to so many different places, and now I have a reason to go back because I want to spend more time in all of them,” Jackson said.

A permanent 100-level course on Harry Potter for the English Department is being designed and devel-oped as a part of the suite of new 100-level English course offerings forthcom-ing in the near future, Som-mers said.

“I don’t know a profes-sor who wouldn’t kill for those moments where their students’ faces are aglow in educational delight,” Som-mers said. “I have a lifetime of those memories from a 10-day trip.”

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Courtesy Photo | Elizabeth JacksonAn English literature graduate and Honors Program class visits Durham Castle, where flying lessons in “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” were filmed in Durham, England.

Class travels to United Kingdom for magical learning experience

Courtesy Photo | Emma HarringtonSault Ste. Marie junior Emma Harrington stands in front of Westminster Abbey in London, England during spring break.

Courtesy Photo | Elizabeth JacksonDelta senior Elizabeth Jackson stands on Platform 9 and 3/4 at Kings Cross Station in London during spring break.

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Photos by Calli Morris | Staff PhotographerJames Day, 5, of Suttons Bay, dances during the 26th Annual Celebrating Life Pow Wow on March 21 in McGuirk Arena.

Dancing into spring

Members of tribes from North America gather in the center circle shortly after the Grand Entry on March 21 during the 26th Annual Celebrating Life Pow Wow in McGuirk Arena.

Members of Native American tribes across the nation draped themselves in

colorful regalia to bring life into the begining of spring.

The 26th annual Celebrating Life Pow Wow brought together Mount Pleasant community members, Central Michigan University students and tribe members as they celebrated the enriched hertiage of the Native American culture.

Different dances symbolized important aspects of the Native American traditions that date back hundreds of years.

Tribe members face toward the inner circle to listen to the Grand Entry speeches March 21 during the 26th Annual Celebrating Life Pow Wow in McGuirk Arena.

Young dancers finish performing March 21 during the 26th Annual Celebrating Life Pow Wow in McGuirk Arena. Canadian dancer Viola Recollect dances in her light blue, southern-style regalia March 21 during the

26th Annual Celebrating Life Pow Wow in McGurik Arena.

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Gamble pitches complete game shutout, baseball wins series with Ohio

Softball aims for consistency entering Mid-American conference play

Taylor DesOrmeauStaff Reporter

Evan SasielaStaff Reporter

Ohio University came to Mount Pleasant on Friday with the 12th-highest

scoring offense in the nation, but Central Michigan University baseball had the Bobcat offense dumbfounded by Sunday.

“I’m really proud of how our club battled back the last two days after a really tough loss on Friday,” said Head Coach Steve Jaksa.

Central Michigan University’s softball team has spent all of 2015 on the road and has

managed an 8-13 record.Finally, the Chippewas head home

this weekend hoping to turn their season around and gain momentum heading into its Mid-American Conference slate.

CMU begins MAC competition Friday with a doubleheader at home against Miami University after a doubleheader Tuesday at Valparaiso University.

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Baseball will do more than just compete in a talent-filled Mid-American Conference.

Expectations are higher and the Chippewas have more depth.

Depth can help make those expectations become reality.

With the lineup and pitch-ing staff Central Michigan University will be putting on the field this season, a MAC Championship will be in the

conversation for the Chip-pewas.

CMU was picked in the preseason poll to finish sec-ond in the MAC West with 55 points (two first-place votes) behind Ball State who received 67 points (eight first-place votes).

Kent State was picked to fin-ish first in the MAC East and first overall in the conference.

This could be the year the

Chippewas make a legitimate run at the MAC Tournament Championship.

Freshman Nick Deeg, junior Jason Gamble, junior Adam Aldred and freshman Pat Leatherman make up the starting pitching staff for the Chippewas.

A combined earned run average of 3.00 and a com-bined record of 9-4 through 24 games is a tell-tail sign the best is yet to come for this balanced starting staff.

Once the starters leave the mound, you need a bullpen that can come in, shut a team down offensively and close out the game.

The Chippewas have a deep bullpen with a com-bined opponent’s batting average of just .241 led by freshman relief pitcher Brax-ton Markle, freshman relief pitcher Sean Martens, senior closer Tim Black and junior relief pitcher Sean Renzi.

Black is a solid closer with seven saves on the season and an ERA of 2.92, leading all CMU pitchers in appearances with 10.

Markle has an ERA of zero. He has not allowed a run in seven innings out of the pen.

There are multiple factors that make this lineup work.

Looking at this group of Chippewas, I see speed at the top with senior second baseman Pat MacKenzie and junior right fielder Logan Regnier.

There is power at the bot-tom with senior first baseman Cody Leichman and junior third baseman Joe Houlihan.

MacKenzie and Regnier are always a threat on the bases but can also hit. Both are one and two in batting average for CMU.

A standout player for the Chippewas is freshman short-stop Zach McKinstry. He has speed, power and a complete set of defensive skills.

McKinstry leads the Chip-pewas in hits this season and has started all 24 games.

Players like junior left fielder Ryan Heeke, freshman utility player Daniel Jipping and junior first baseman Zack Fields give the Chippewas depth off the bench, allowing for flexible lineup adjust-ments game-to-game.

Senior leadership from Leichman, center fielder Nick Regnier and catcher Tyler Huntey only add to the depth of this balanced attack on offense.

The Chippewas will finish first in the MAC West but second in the conference behind 2014 MAC Champion Kent State.

Expectations high for baseball

this season

Mark Cavitt Staff

Reporter

Last year was a season to remember for the Central Michigan University softball team.

The Chippewas posted a 34-22 record, which was the most wins the program has

had in a season since 2002. While the team was unable

to defend it’s 2013 Mid-American Conference Tour-nament title, CMU made it to the quarterfinals in 2014.

The 2015 season will see

much, if not more of the same successes because of the team’s strongest asset: An experienced infield.

Seniors Trista Cox and CarolAnn Sexauer will take charge in the Chippewas lineup as offensive and de-fensive leaders.

Sexauer led CMU with 102

assists last season and is well on her way to matching that mark with 23 in the first nine games she played. The short-stop has been efficient so far in 2015, with a team average fielding percentage of .951.

She leads the team with a .379 batting average in her first 29 at-bats.

Cox knocked in 12 home runs in 2014 with 40 runs batted in and a .343 batting average. The Indiana-native has started this season just as strong with 10 RBIs and two home runs in her first 41 at

bats of the season. CMU also has an inter-

esting mix of youth in this season’s lineup that will also play a crucial role this season.

In the circle, the Chippe-was return sophomore pitch-er Rachael Knapp. The Saint Joseph native went 15-6 with a 2.21 earned run average in her freshman season.

Knapp was instrumental for CMU down the stretch last season and has carried over some of her success to the 2015 season. Knapp

started the season pitching four complete games and two shutouts in her first six starts.

Following the departure of senior outfielder Brittney Horan, freshman outfielder Lacy Tolfree will be a wel-come addition at the plate. As of March 8, Tolfree has started her CMU career with a .324 batting average and a .432 on base percentage.

If CMU can match this production this spring, the Chippewas will reclaim the MAC title once again.

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Staff Reporter

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Head Coach Margo Jonker said she is excited to begin a new campaign against MAC opponents after leading her team to a second-place finish in the MAC West in 2014 with a .500 conference record.

“We’re always looking for-ward to having a winning year, and to play to our potential,” Jonker said.

The Chippewas’ will play MAC series’ against Miami, Ball State University, Eastern Michigan University, Kent State University, the University at Buffalo, the University of To-ledo and Bowling Green State University during the season.

CMU’s road MAC contests include games at Ohio Univer-sity, University of Akron, West-ern Michigan University and Northern Illinois University.

Jonker warned that Kent State is the top dog in the conference. Yet, parity exists across the MAC, in Jonker’s opinion.

“You can’t forget anybody,” Jonker said. “Once we get into conference, everybody steps up their play. Anybody can come through and really turn

it around.”The team returns to Margo

Jonker Stadium after finishing 6-6 at the University of South Florida Tournament March 6-14.

Despite the performance, Jonker has seen improvements in her squad.

“I think we are getting better,” Jonker said. “We are making adjustments that we have to make due to person-nel changes that we didn’t anticipate. We are making adjustments and I think we are starting to understand who we are and what we need to do to be successful.”

Senior third baseman Trista Cox and freshman outfielder Lacy Tolfree lead the Chip-pewa offense. They have a combined .306 batting average.

The duo has combined for 12 runs and 19 hits.

Jonker spoke highly of Tolfree’s speed, which has helped her steal 10 bases on 12 attempts.

“You have to be patient,” Jonker said. “It’s going to take some time. I think (the freshmen) are getting better in all aspects of the game and realizing what it’s like to play at this level.”

The Chippewas have found some power so far this season.

Cox and junior infielders Kate-lyn Rentschler and Chelsea DeLamielleure each have hit two home runs this season.

Sophomore infielder Kristen Goodall and freshman catcher Maison Kalina also each have a home run.

Jonker said CMU’s power hitting needs to be more con-sistent against MAC teams.

“At times it has been really good and at times not, so it’s the consistency,” Jonker said. “There are a lot of positives. We just need to put it all to-gether on every given day.”

In the circle, the Chip-pewas are led by sophomore right-hander Rachael Knapp, who is 5-5 with a 2.38 earned-run average and opponents are hitting .215 against her this season.

Freshmen Hanna War-ren and Taylor Weaver have combined to win three games for the Chippewas in the early going.

Jonker said her young pitch-ing staff is a work in progress, much like the rest of her team.

“I think every year we need to be more consistent on all ends. We need to put all the pieces together,” Jonker said. “We’re going to need to play with energy and enthusiasm throughout the year.”

Junior pitcher Jason Gamble pitched a complete game shutout, allowing six hits, one walk and zero runs over nine innings to tilt the series in favor of the maroon and gold.

Ohio averaged 7.7 runs per game before the weekend, but was held to nine total runs over the three-game series.

sundayGamble (3-1, 1.91 ERA) was

the key in Sunday’s 4-0 win, picking up his first career com-plete game.

“Gambie threw a great game,” Jaksa said. “For a guy going from being a reliever for two years to being a starter, now he throws a complete game shutout, that’s tremen-dous. I told him I want a no-hitter/perfect game next time.”

Gamble, from Wixom, didn’t have to do any pleading with Jaksa to come back out in the ninth inning to finish off the game, even though there were Chippewas warming up

in the bullpen.“I actually just walked to

the dugout and sat down,” Gamble said. “I was waiting for somebody to tell me something and nobody told me anything, so I just assumed I was back out there.”

After allowing his first walk of the game in the ninth inning and taking a ball off his leg with one out, Gamble was in danger of losing the shutout. With runners on first and third, Gamble got the game-ending double play.

“When (Associate Head Coach Jeff Opalewski) came out there, he said ‘It doesn’t matter what happens, just get your double play, let’s win the game and go home,’” Gamble said. “I didn’t want to make him mad, so I just did it.”

saturdayFreshman pitcher Pat

Leatherman (3-0, 3.00 ERA) was greeted by hugs from teammates as he walked off the field in the sixth inning in his first career start at Theunissen Stadium.

The Jenison native allowed five hits and three runs over

5.1 innings as CMU defeated Ohio 9-3.

Junior outfielder Logan Regnier started the scoring with a two-run triple in the third inning, his fifth triple of the season. Regnier, from Novi, was 3-for-3 Saturday with 3 RBI’s and two runs.

Canton freshman desig-nated hitter Daniel Jipping and Stanwood senior catcher Tyler Huntey had home runs Saturday.

friday

A double from Logan Regnier, followed by an error and a bunt single put CMU in prime position Friday to make a comeback with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning, down 6-4.

But the three runners would be stranded, giving the Chippewas 13 total runners left on base and Ohio the vic-tory Friday.

Ohio broke a 1-1 tie in the top of the fifth inning with a two-run double to the warning track just past the outstretched arm of junior outfielder from Mount Pleasant Ryan Heeke, who collided with the wall.

Greg Cornwell | Staff PhotographerJunior outfielder Logan Regnier readies to bat against Ohio Saturday at Theunissen Stadium. CMU won the game to even the series at one game a piece.

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Central Michigan Univer-sity’s club dodgeball team came into Saturday ranked as the No. 2 team in the Na-tional Collegiate Dodgeball Association.

With support from their home fans and some key plays, the Chippewas claimed the No. 1 spot after hosting NCDA teams Saturday at the Student Activities Center.

The Chippewas defeated all four of their opponents during their CMU Showdown at the Student Activity Center courts five and six. CMU downed No. 1 Grand Valley State University to claim the top spot in the NCDA.

“We played together as a team,” said St. Clair senior and captain Brett Hadwin. “That’s what gave us those wins. Beating Grand Valley was awesome. I haven’t beaten Grand Valley since Nationals my freshman year. They were on a 41-game win streak. To end that felt amazing.”

Gameplay consisted of two 25-minute halves. If the opponent has nobody left on the court, the team receives a point. The contest ends after the 50 minutes are complete. The teams are co-ed.

The seven-hour tourna-ment commenced with a meeting with No. 4 Michigan State University. The Chip-pewas prevailed with a 3-0 victory over the Spartans.

The performance was followed with a close victory over No. 3 James Madison University. Tied 1-1 with less than a minute to go, CMU’s Zach Bachner caught a ball while JMU only had one player left to give the Chippe-was the win over the Dukes.

Hadwin said he was ec-static about the play.

“It’s good that (Bachner) got it and just the feeling of nobody can question us,” Hadwin said. “That was the best feeling.”

CMU’s third matchup was against the top-ranked Lak-ers. CMU would go on to win 2-0, but it could have been closer if not for a key play.

Rochester Hills senior Kevin Greig outlasted GVSU attackers to preserve a 1-0 lead before halftime. If Greig would have been hit, it would have tied the game at 1.

“It was pretty cool being the last guy in there,” Greig said. “Things would have been way different in the second half if they would have gotten that point in the first half.”

CMU’s final game was against No. 10 Saginaw Valley State University. The Chip-pewas defeated the Cardinals 4-1 to secure the sweep.

The home crowd turned out to be a huge factor for the Chippewas. Spectators watched from the track area above, rooting for their home team.

“They fuel us and that’s awesome,” Hadwin said. “We’ve had fans come out and travel, but to do it at home is awesome. When we fill up that track that just feels great. It gives us more of a morale as a team in that we have people up there that we want to play

better for.”Okemos senior Jake Leski

agreed. He says it allowed CMU to play to the best of their ability.

“We were pretty confident that if we had our own crowd we could beat anybody,” Leski said. “We played out of our minds and as our last tourna-ment I knew we could do it.”

With the excitements also came frustrations. CMU struggled at times which led to players punching the padded wall. Hadwin and co-captain Wes Peters attempted to keep the players tempers under control.

“What’s really fun is that I get to be the hype man and

Wes tries to calm them down. We play both ends of the spec-trum. It helps us out a lot.”

This was the final day of matches for the Chip-pewas, who will now turn their attention to the NCDA Nationals from April 10-12 at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Ky.

“I think we are going to go into nationals on a high,” Hadwin said. “The only thing I’m worried about is if we come in on too much of a high. We’re going to have to work hard to make sure that we don’t come in on too much of a high and let them go out and take it from us.”

Leski said the goal for the

Chippewas is simple.“National Championship,”

Leski said. “We still have to beat some good teams. We did a great job (Saturday) but we’ve got a long way ahead of us.”

Greig said Saturday’s performance sent a clear message to the other teams in the NCDA.

“We knew we had the tal-ent to beat all these teams,” Greig said. “It was just about execution and sticking to our game plan that led us to win.

“Clearly we showed that we can beat any team in the nation. Hopefully we will end up doing the same thing at Western Kentucky.”

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No. 21 gymnastics comes up 0.1 short of sixth straight MAC ChampionshipBy Cody DeBona

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Failing to secure its sixth consecutive Mid-American Conference title, the Central Michigan University gym-nastics team had its second-highest score of the season but lost to host Kent State Saturday 196.375-196-275.

Both the Golden Flashes and the Chippewas excelled on floor, with Kent State scoring a 49.325 and CMU

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Head Coach Jerry Reighard set his sights on a 196.4 before the meet, the score needed to win the title.

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CMU had four 9.9’s in the championship, all of which were high enough to claim a share of the individual cham-pionships.

Senior Halle Moraw scored 9.9’s on vault and floor, junior

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“The spirit of our entire program has always sat on the shoulders of our seniors,” Reighard said. “I really have to congratulate (them). Our super six never gave up and they fought until the end. We were pushing every event.”

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