Although bedbugs are a growing problem at many colleges and uni- versities, including in the Kalamazoo area, they can be eradicated if the problem is discovered early. Kalamazoo College has had bed- bug problems periodically through- out the year. “Five residence hall rooms were infested and had to be treated,” Dana Jansma, Dean of Students for KC said. “We were really aggressive with it so it didn’t become widespread.” Rose Pest Control treated the five infested rooms. “ey literally bring heaters into the room and heat up the room to over one hundred degrees for several hours and that will kill the bedbugs,” Jansma said. “Sprays aren’t as effec- tive because bugs can really get into clothing and bedding and we really wanted to get rid of everything, even the [bedbug] eggs.” A bedbug-sniffing dog was also brought in to sniff out the bugs. “Dogs can be trained to sniff out just about everything and they were able to give us a clean bill of health,” Jansma said. ere are numerous ways for a student to know if they have bed bug problems. “Students will know because they will wake up with bites. If you don’t treat the [bites] right away the bedbugs will get worse and you will spread them, especially in a residence hall where people live in really close quarters,” Jansma said. Rose Pest control said the bugs are really good at “hitch-hiking,” accord- ing to Jansma. “For example, if you’re sitting in your room and someone walks in to sit down the bugs could hop up on their shoulder. ey spread quickly that way,” Jansma said. ere are multiple ways a bedbug can detect a human. “Bedbugs are the insect version of a vampire – they need blood and feed off of humans at night. e warmth and carbon dioxide from our bodies attracts this pest,” said Dr. Lisa Mar- shall, WMU medical director. Students will know if there is a bedbug problem by the bites they will get. “One or more days aſter a bedbug As the tragic Sept. 11 anniversary approaches, Americans are taking time to remember their fallen heroes. Recently, Kristin Jones of Bellevue University in Bellevue, Nebraska, has taken on a project in order to provide an opportunity to those with lost heroes to share their stories. Bellevue University is opening a website to fami- lies and friends of Ameri- can soldiers where they can submit a brief memoir of their fallen soldier. Bellevue then plans on using these stories to publish a special book, titled, “We Will Nev- er Forget.” “Bellevue University is proud to show its support of military personnel and their families by publishing a memoir of our soldiers,” Jones said. “e university administration feels it is a fitting tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service of our country.” e website, www.bel- levue.edu/neverforget, launched Sept. 1, and will be open for submissions until Jan. 15, 2012. Bellevue plans on releasing the final book on Memorial Day of 2012. Jones said the uni- versity is looking for sub- missions from those with e Bronco Marching Band leſt their home sta- dium this past Saturday to play at the University of Michigan’s home opener, which was against the Broncos. is is only the sixth time WMU and U of M have played against each other. e band went to play at the game this year and also two years ago, ac- cording to Marshall Wer- ling, senior staff videogra- pher. “It is a great way to start off the season, especially for the freshman,” Werling said. If the freshman and everyone else can make it there (U of M) then they will have no problem at Waldo’s, according to Wer- ling. Both schools’ bands played at the game. “If the opposing band is coming it is common courtesy to let the oppos- ing school’s band play the pregame and half time or just half time,” Brittney Brown, a fourth year pic- colo player said. Both schools share the half time show. e marching band usually does not usually go to away games, according to Brown. e band only travels for big games such as U of M, Michigan State and Notre Dame. It depends on what the school of music and the coach thinks. “In the stands it’s a lot In an effort to make students aware of the importance of setting enough time aside for studying, Western Michigan University is implementing an initiative called 30 Matters. According to the assistant direc- tor of Residence Life, Laura Darrah, there are three parts of this intiative being indroduced to the freshmen this year. e first of these phases was introduced during freshman orientation which began June 2. “It is advocating the 25 to 30 hours [per] week that Western stu- dents should be studying,” Darrah said. Part two of 30 Matters will be introduced in the fall and the final wave will come out before mid- terms. According to Darrah, different degree programs have different study requirements, and studying can come in different forms. “A theatre major may not realize that practicing is studying,” Darrah irty minutes of live, student- written plays all ending with a volcano meteor crashing to earth can only be described as “e Space-Cano!” part of Western Michigan Uni- versity’s New Play Project. Steve Feffer, associate pro- fessor of Eng- lish at WMU, started the project eight years ago with two theater professors. “It’s something so unique to WMU,” he said. “It’s one of the teaching experiences I’m most proud of.” is year, actors were given a chance to pitch play ideas to the writers, who would craſt weekly episodes, he said. His advice to students: “Take my classes. Experience the Feffer difference.” Suggest people to be featured in our WMYou feature at newsedi- [email protected]. Courtesy Photo Kierstin Nall, center, advocates the 25-30 hours per week students should be studying, along with Connor Rodriguez, left, and Jillian Haney. S ERVING WESTERN MICHIGAN U NIVERSITY AND K ALAMAZOO SINCE 1916 T UESDAY , S EPTEMBER 6, 2011 V OL . 96 I SSUE 2 W ESTERN HERALD.COM wm YOU CAMPUS Feffer Unique opportunity brought to students Pesky bugs not just found in beds Marching band plays at U of M School prints 9/11 book By Katie King Staff Reporter By Katie Krausman Staff Reporter By First Last Staff Reporter See 30 Matters Page 2 See Band Page 9 Katrina Murphy/Western Herald The WMU Marching Band performs at Michigan Stadium Saturday. See Page 7 for game coverage. By Katie Havrelock Staff Reporter See Bedbugs Page 2 See 9/11 Page 2 WMU hits the books in Brief Poll College of Aviation to unveil gift of 727 e Western Michigan Uni- versity College of Aviation will receive a FedEx Boeing 727 air- plane, valued at $1 million, from Federal Express and the Organi- zation of Black Aerospace Profes- sionals (OABP) in a formal cer- emony on Wednesday at 10 a.m. e event will be held at W.K. Kellogg Airport in Battle Creek. e first giſt announcement was on Aug. 6, 2010 during the OABP annual meeting in Mem- phis. is fall, the giſt will be used primarily for large aircraſt avia- tion maintenance and technol- ogy education and will play a role in minority recruitment and outreach. FedEx Express Captain Al- bert Glenn, the Chairman of the OABP, WMU President John M. Dunn and other aviation scholars will host the welcoming presen- tation. — Marcell Rivera LAST WEEK’S THIS WEEK’S What will you spend the most money on this Semester? a) Text Books b) Parking Pass c) School Supplies d) Parking Ticket To submit an answer go to www.westernherald.com How will you get to class this fall? a) Drive (53%) b) Bike (20%) c) Walk (13%) d) Bus (13%)
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Although bedbugs are a growing problem at many colleges and uni-versities, including in the Kalamazoo area, they can be eradicated if the problem is discovered early.
Kalamazoo College has had bed-bug problems periodically through-out the year.
“Five residence hall rooms were infested and had to be treated,” Dana Jansma, Dean of Students for KC said. “We were really aggressive with it so it didn’t become widespread.”
Rose Pest Control treated the �ve infested rooms.
“�ey literally bring heaters into the room and heat up the room to over one hundred degrees for several hours and that will kill the bedbugs,”
Jansma said. “Sprays aren’t as e�ec-tive because bugs can really get into clothing and bedding and we really wanted to get rid of everything, even the [bedbug] eggs.”
A bedbug-sni�ng dog was also brought in to sni� out the bugs.
“Dogs can be trained to sni� out just about everything and they were able to give us a clean bill of health,” Jansma said.
�ere are numerous ways for a student to know if they have bed bug problems.
“Students will know because they will wake up with bites. If you don’t treat the [bites] right away the bedbugs will get worse and you will spread them, especially in a residence hall where people live in really close quarters,” Jansma said.
Rose Pest control said the bugs are
really good at “hitch-hiking,” accord-ing to Jansma.
“For example, if you’re sitting in your room and someone walks in to sit down the bugs could hop up on their shoulder. �ey spread quickly that way,” Jansma said.
�ere are multiple ways a bedbug can detect a human.
“Bedbugs are the insect version of a vampire – they need blood and feed o� of humans at night. �e warmth and carbon dioxide from our bodies attracts this pest,” said Dr. Lisa Mar-shall, WMU medical director.
Students will know if there is a bedbug problem by the bites they will get.
“One or more days a�er a bedbug
As the tragic Sept. 11 anniversary approaches, Americans are taking time to remember their fallen heroes. Recently, Kristin Jones of Bellevue University in Bellevue, Nebraska, has taken on a project in order to provide an opportunity to those with lost heroes to share their stories.
Bellevue University is opening a website to fami-lies and friends of Ameri-can soldiers where they can submit a brief memoir of their fallen soldier. Bellevue then plans on using these stories to publish a special book, titled, “We Will Nev-er Forget.”
“Bellevue University is proud to show its support of military personnel and their families by publishing a memoir of our soldiers,” Jones said. “�e university administration feels it is a �tting tribute to those who made the ultimate sacri�ce in service of our country.”
�e website, www.bel-levue.edu/never forget , launched Sept. 1, and will be open for submissions until Jan. 15, 2012. Bellevue plans on releasing the �nal book on Memorial Day of 2012. Jones said the uni-versity is looking for sub-missions from those with
�e Bronco Marching Band le� their home sta-dium this past Saturday to play at the University of Michigan’s home opener, which was against the Broncos.
�is is only the sixth time WMU and U of M have played against each other. �e band went to play at the game this year and also two years ago, ac-cording to Marshall Wer-ling, senior sta� videogra-pher.
“It is a great way to start o� the season, especially for the freshman,” Werling said.
If the freshman and everyone else can make it there (U of M) then they will have no problem at Waldo’s, according to Wer-
ling. Both schools’ bands
played at the game.“If the opposing band
is coming it is common courtesy to let the oppos-ing school’s band play the pregame and half time or just half time,” Brittney Brown, a fourth year pic-colo player said.
Both schools share the half time show.
�e marching band usually does not usually go to away games, according to Brown.
�e band only travels for big games such as U of M, Michigan State and Notre Dame.
It depends on what the school of music and the coach thinks.
“In the stands it’s a lot
In an e�ort to make students aware of the importance of setting enough time aside for studying, Western Michigan University is implementing an initiative called 30 Matters.
According to the assistant direc-tor of Residence Life, Laura Darrah, there are three parts of this intiative being indroduced to the freshmen this year. �e �rst of these phases was introduced during freshman orientation which began June 2.
“It is advocating the 25 to 30 hours [per] week that Western stu-dents should be studying,” Darrah said.
Part two of 30 Matters will be introduced in the fall and the �nal wave will come out before mid-terms.
According to Darrah, di�erent degree programs have di�erent study requirements, and studying can come in di�erent forms.
“A theatre major may not realize that practicing is studying,” Darrah
�irty minutes of live, student-written plays all ending with a volcano meteor crashing to earth can only be described as “�e Space-Cano!” part of Western Michigan Uni-versity’s New Play Project.
Steve Fe�er, associate pro-fessor of Eng-lish at WMU, started the project eight years ago with two theater professors.
“It’s something so unique to WMU,” he said. “It’s one of the teaching experiences I’m most proud of.”
�is year, actors were given a chance to pitch play ideas to the writers, who would cra� weekly episodes, he said.
His advice to students: “Take my classes. Experience the Fe�er di�erence.”
Suggest people to be featured in our WMYou feature at [email protected]. Courtesy Photo
Kierstin Nall, center, advocates the 25-30 hours per week students should be studying, along with Connor Rodriguez, left, and Jillian Haney.
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2011 VOL. 96 ISSUE 2
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wm YOU
CAMPUS
Feffer
Unique opportunity brought to students
Pesky bugs not just found in beds
Marching band plays at U of M
Schoolprints 9/11 book
By Katie KingSta� Reporter
By Katie KrausmanSta� Reporter
By First LastSta� Reporter
See 30 MattersPage 2
See BandPage 9
Katrina Murphy/Western HeraldThe WMU Marching Band performs at Michigan Stadium Saturday. See Page 7 for game coverage.
By Katie HavrelockSta� Reporter
See BedbugsPage 2
See 9/11Page 2
WMU hits the books
in Brief
Poll
College of Aviation to unveil gift of 727
�e Western Michigan Uni-versity College of Aviation will receive a FedEx Boeing 727 air-plane, valued at $1 million, from Federal Express and the Organi-zation of Black Aerospace Profes-sionals (OABP) in a formal cer-emony on Wednesday at 10 a.m. �e event will be held at W.K. Kellogg Airport in Battle Creek.
�e �rst gi� announcement was on Aug. 6, 2010 during the OABP annual meeting in Mem-phis.
�is fall, the gi� will be used primarily for large aircra� avia-tion maintenance and technol-ogy education and will play a role in minority recruitment and outreach.
FedEx Express Captain Al-bert Glenn, the Chairman of the OABP, WMU President John M. Dunn and other aviation scholars will host the welcoming presen-tation.
— Marcell Rivera
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Mark St. Martin, assis-tant professor and outreach coordinator at the Univer-sity Counseling and Test-ing Center o�ers tips for students who feel homesick and/or depressed.
�e �rst thing to do is realize you are not alone, he said. Don’t let negative thoughts dominate your life.
Get active with groups that share similar views or values, exercise, engage in healthy eating and sleep-ing, push yourself to meet people.
It is highly inadvisable to ‘treat’ homesickness by go-
ing home every weekend. �is reinforces the idea one needs to escape back home to be happy (which is not true).
It also lessens the likeli-hood of the student mak-ing connections, getting involved in activities and adapting to their new real-ity and functioning in their new life role.
Counseling Services in Sindecuse Health Center (387-1850) can also assist those students who are suf-fering from depression and anxiety.
— Krystin Nichols
stories of soldiers who have fallen since Sept. 11, 2001, in Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, or Operation New Dawn.
Jones encourages anyone with a memorable story to submit it to the book.
“It is a great way to re-member and heal,” she said.
�e website is a great op-portunity for students to share their memories with others who have similar sto-ries.
“I have had family and friends in the army, so I think this book is a good way to honor the soldiers that died, and shows to the rest of them that people really ap-preciate all that they do,” said
Ron Pavlik, a freshman ma-joring in special education at WMU.
Another Western Michi-gan student, freshman com-munications major Alexis Gutierrez, said she plans on submitting a story to the site because the book is such a great way to honor all of those who are sacri�c-ing their lives for us and our country.
When remembering those who lost their lives in battle, it is crucial that the friends and family members le� behind can be part of a community. Jones’ website o�ers a chance for personal memories and stories to be shared, creating a lasting bond between com-plete strangers who share a tragedy that America will never forget.
bite, linear patterns or clusters of red bumps will develop on exposed skin,” Marshall said, ”�e act of scratching to sat-isfy the itch can lead to infec-tion of the skin.”
Bedbug bites can be treat-ed with over the counter medicines, Marshall said.
“Health professionals generally recommend using
over-the-counter or prescrip-tion hydrocortisones and an-tihistamines to manage the symptoms of itching and ir-ritation. �e bumps tend to go away in 1 – 2 weeks,” Mar-shall said.
Waldo Library also had a case of bedbugs in January 2001.
“A book was brought in that had been ordered through inter-library loan and when we were starting to put it back to process they saw a bug so they immedi-ately isolated [the book] and put it in a plastic bag,” Dean of Libraries, Dr. Joseph Reish said.
“We operated according to protocol we had before,” Reish said; “the pest con-trol people came in as they do monthly and the book was never put back on the shelves.”
Without the library’s strict protocol, the bedbug may never have been found.
“Books are susceptible to a lot of things. For example, if there are great tempera-tures there can be mold. A lot of things can happen to [the books]. �ey can be mildewed and we’re always looking out for things like that,” Reish said.
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said. “Teaching students what is studying will help students normalize what is studying.”
“Study time is anything that helps a student study.”
Residence Life has been working together with Cen-ter for Academic Success and First Year Experience for the past six to eight months on
a program like this for stu-dents, according to Randy Ott, director for Academic Success Programs.
A university in California tried an academic program with their students, accord-ing to Darrah.
Darrah said the program was not as widespread as the program at WMU; it was only tried at speci�c colleges.
“It increased the number of students on the dean’s list,” Darrah said. �ere has been training with the student leaders and ambassadors for the program.
“[30 Matters] will weave into a lot of di�erent things we do,” Ott said.
“It is a great campaign,” Ott said. “It will get students to think about how much they study.”
“We would like this to reach every student to give them a better way to manage their time.”
When talking to �rst year students about the program some sco�ed at it, according to Ott.
Studying is not just sitting down; it is getting ready for class and tests.
�ere will be �iers and t-shirts around campus.
Beginning Sept 15 stu-dents and faculty can go to www.wmich.edu/acs/30matters for more help and study tips.
“�is is all in the hopes that students study more ef-fectively, have more success in class and the grades go up,” Ott said.
Tuesday, Sept. 6: University �eatre students will per-form a reading of “Like You Like It.” �e reading, free to all students, is at 8 p.m. in the Dalton Center Recital Hall.
Wednesday, Sept. 7: Experience traditional trumpet and timpani fanfare at “Fanfares and Introductions.” �e free concert starts at 1 p.m. in the Dalton Center Recital Hall.
�ursday, Sept. 8: Intervarsity Christian Fellowship-Immerse - First outdoor large group event of the semester. Meet at 7:30 p.m. at the �agpoles. Free pizza.
Friday, Sept. 9: �e 31st annual Bronco Bash welcomes back students with games, live music and tons of free stu�! �e event is from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Fountain Plaza near Miller Auditorium.
Saturday, Sept. 10: Bronco football vs. Nicholls State at 7 p.m. at Waldo Stadium. Free to WMU students with a valid Bronco ID. Tickets are ranging from $12-25.
Sunday, Sept. 11: A program to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks will be held in downtown Kalamazoo at Bronson Park at 4 p.m. A former Kalamazoo County sheri� is the featured speaker.
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WMU dining halls dish up local food
On Wednesday, Sept. 14 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Western Michigan Univer-sity Dining Services will fea-ture locally grown foods at a Farmer’s Market
According to a press re-lease on WMU News, Dining halls throughout campus will have a variety of food prod-ucts that have been locally produced or grown straight from Michigan farms.
For more information about the luncheon, visit www.wmich.edu/dining.
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Bronco Bash set for 3 p.m., Sept. 9
�ousands are expected to turn out for the 31st an-nual Bronco Bash, this Fri-day, Sept. 9.
“Bronco Bash serves as one of the main opening events for the campus com-munity,” Chris Sligh, direc-tor of Student Activities and Leadership Programs at WMU, said in a press release to WMU News.
“It gives everyone a chance to catch up with each other a�er being away all summer, and it allows new students to explore the many ways in which they can get involved on campus and within the community.”
�is years Bronco Bash, begins at 3 p.m. and ends at 6 p.m.
Visit http://www.wmich.edu/broncobash/ for more information about this year’s event.
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WMU professor presents on race
Dr. James Croteau, a coun-selor from Western Michigan University, will be presenting “�e Journey Toward a Non-racist White Identity in the United States” Sept. 8.
�is presentation, accord-ing to WMU News, will “ex-plore the issues white people go through as they ‘encoun-ter’ people of color and work toward racial healing.”
�e event is part two of a discussion Croteau began in June and will be held in Battle Creek from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Further information on this presentation, can be found at WMU News.
— Compiled fromWestern Herald sta�
and wire reports
Students wondering how much cash it will cost them to attend Western Michigan University this upcoming school year will �nd all they need to know on the O�ce of Regis-trars web-site, which i n c l u d e s not only details regarding tuition rates and other fees, but the raise in tuition for those who attend the Haworth College of Business.
“We know the economic constraints our state is in, and we remain committed to doing everything we can to not only serve our state,
but also to preserve and protect the program qual-ity our students expect and deserve,” President John M. Dunn said in a WMU press release. “�ese are di�cult economic times, but for our students, this is their time. We cannot infringe on the quality of their education, and we cannot tell them it’s time to restrict their options, come back another year or curtail their hopes for the future.”
Rates for attending WMU’s main campus are divided between two cat-egories: resident and non-resident, which then in-cludes upper and lower-level undergraduates, according to the Registrars website. Lower-level residents have to pay a $4,381 �at rate for 12-15 credits , $303.00 per credit hour for 1-11 credits,
and $4,381 + $303.00 for each credit hour over 15, while lower-level non-res-idents have to pay $10,747 �at rate for 12-15 credits, $743.32 per credit hour for 1-11 credits, and $10,747 plus $743.32 for each credit hour over 15.
Tuition was raised by 6.66 percent, making it the highest hike out of all 15 of Michigan’s public universi-ties, according to a WMU press release.
Upper-level residents have to pay a $4,840 �at rate for 12-15 credits, $334.87 per credit hour for 1-11 credits, $4,840 + $334.87 for each credit hour over 15, while upper-level non-resi-dents have to pay a $11,967 �at rate for 12-15 credits , $827.65 per credit hour for 1-11 credits, $11,967 plus $827.65 for each credit hour over 15.
“We’ve worked very hard to contain our costs and re-
main a good value over the years,” Dunn said.
�e rates for Haworth Col-lege of Business and College of Fine Arts were changed on Feb. 11 by the WMU Board of Trustees, and will take e�ect today. According to the Regis-trar’s Web site, undergraduate students studying at the Col-lege of Fine Arts will have to pay a tuition rate of $50 more per credit hour, or $700 if stu-dents fall within the �at rate of 12-15 credit hours. Junior and senior level students study-ing at the Haworth College of Business will have to pay a tuition rate of $40 more per credit hour, or $560 if student fall within the �at rate of 12-15 credit hours.
For more information, contact the O�ce of the Registrar at 269-387-4300, or through email at [email protected].
�e Western Michigan Uni-versity Department of �eatre opens its season this month with “References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot” by Jose Rivera.
According to the depart-ment’s Web site, Tara Lynn Ma-kowsky, a WMU theater alum-na, traveled from Boston to be a guest director.
“�is program is a superstar in undergraduate theater educa-tion,” Brant Pope, chair of Dra-ma and Dance at the University of Texas-Austin, stated on the Web site.
�e department has a play lined up for each month, giving audience members a chance to see “some of the highest quality students in the nation,” Pope said.
— Erin Gignac
Western Michigan University �eatre is ready to take the stage and open their 2011-2012 season with a brand new, energetic musical titled Like You Like It.
Directed by Sammy Buck and Dan Acquisto, and based o� of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, this new, fun musical is ready to showcase WMU’s talented performers in a concert perfor-mance at the Dalton Center Recital Hall, Tuesday, Sept. 6 at 8 p.m.
Like You Like It is a musical set in 1985 about a girl named Rosalind that would do anything to go with Orlando, a boy she is head over heels for, to the school dance. Since Rosalind is not brave enough to confront Orlando herself, and is will-ing to do anything to go with him, Rosalind dis-guises herself as a boy to learn his real emotions toward her. However, Rosalind’s brilliant plan be-gins to go wrong and she �nds herself complicat-ing more than just her love for him.
“�is show really speaks of what we all go through whether you’re ��een or ninety, that universal love story about putting yourself on the line and taking a risk to get what you want,” Buck said.
In support of WMU’s music theatre program, the Irving S. Gilmore Foundation and the Fritz Freund Fund collaborated and created a grant to develop a new musical to bring to WMU that
Bethany Bohlen/Western HeraldAbby Clark, foreground, and the cast of “Like You Like It” rehearse Sunday in the Gilmore Acting Studio.
Alisha Hull, secondary educa-tion major at Western Michigan University, tells the Western Herald how WMU has prepared her for life a�er college.
Western Herald: Why do you want to be a teacher?
Alisha Hull: I want to be a teacher for many reasons, but when I really think about it, I just really want to make a di�erence in our world. As cliché as it sounds, I want to educate the future leaders of to-morrow.
WH: How has WMU prepared you to become a teacher?
AH: WMU has actually prepped me very well. �e best way that they have prepped me is through our ED 3690: Education Class Organi-zation and Management class that us education majors are required to take. In addition, last semester I had the opportunity to be an intern at WMU’s Children’s Place Learn-ing Center. Getting the chance to use the skills and knowledge that I have acquired at WMU was a real treat! It is an experience that I will
carry with me for years to come.
WH: What spe-cial skills or talents will you bring to our
classroom?AH: I would like to think that
my attitude and enthusiasm would set a positive vibe to my classroom. I de�ne myself as an outgoing per-son who is open minded, I stick to my morals and keep an open-mind and open-heart. �ese traits will carry me not only through a career of teaching, but through life in gen-eral.
WH: What has been your most
inspiring mo-ment in teaching? �e most inspir-ing moment in teaching is see-ing the growth of my students and knowing that I can actually make a di�erence in someone’s life.
WH: What do you think will be the most challenging aspect of teaching for you?
AH: One of the most challeng-ing parts of teaching that I struggle with everyday is con�dence. I tend
to �nd myself nervous when I teach knowing that I do make a di�erence and don’t want to teach someone something incorrect.
WH: At the end of the school year, how will you determine whether or not you were success-ful?
AH: I don’t think that there’s a way to tell if I was successful neces-sarily, but one way I know that I did my job correctly is if all the chil-dren achieved all the benchmarks
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“Cure For Love”By Jay Berkow, March 15 – 25 Williams Theatre
“Hairspray”Music by Marc Shaiman,lyrics by Scott Whittman, April 12 – 22 Shaw Theatre
“Tony ’N Tina’s Wedding” March 30 – April 15Cityscape (Millenium Restaurant Group)
2011-2012 University Theatre Season
For details on all shows: 269-387-6222 or www.wmutheatre.com
“These are di�cult economic times, but for our students, this is their time. We cannot infringe on the quality of their education, and we cannot tell them it’s time to restrict their options, come back another year or curtail their hopes for the future.”
— WMU President John M. Dunn
As we put our Bronco gear on, in preparation for the big game against Nicholls State this
Saturday, I want us to think about one thing: Fan-man-ship. Let me tell you about
a situation I recently encounted where people did not display this quality. Last Saturday, I went to a football game. I don’t want to reveal the name of the school that did not demonstrate fan-man-ship, because that might be embar-rassing for them, so I’ll just say the school is in Ann Arbor. While arriving at The Big House, I was greet-ed with several foul words and a mouth-full of aggression. Granted, I was decked out in brown and gold in a sea of blue and maize, I still felt like I was being dis-respected. I was treated as “the other team” by fans and staff. Not good fan-man-ship. We as Broncos, with a serious amount of pride in our school, know what it means to show school spirit. We don’t want to see other schools stomping through our turf think-ing they’re the best, but we shouldn’t be attack-ing them, either. In-stead, we should show them what it really means to be a Bronco by kicking some booty on the field. I want Nicholls State to say that not only do we have an awesome football team, but an equally great fan sec-tion. We all know the nasty cheers, but let’s tuck those away, along with angry rivalry, this weekend. Perhaps we’ll share a beer and a brat with our opponents, or a friendly fist bump. I too, will be up in the stands rooting for the best team around, but instead of showing animosity toward the other team and being disrespectful toward their fans, I’m going to have a serious amount of fan-man-ship—and I suggest you do the same.
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As if col-lege wasn’t already expensive, now you have to learn how to manage money ef-fectively, while still having extra cash to take advantage of all the fun things WMU has to offer. With all of those extra fees and expenses, on books and park-ing passes, the life of a college student can be a tough one. I know, as well as the next person, that budgeting funds can get out of hand; and
as soon as that refund check comes in the mail you instantly think of all the wonderful things you want to go buy. I hate to be the one to tell you, but “I just re-ally want those shoes” can’t take precedent over your highly priced Biology textbook. Just don’t do it! Instead put all that sweet dough away into a savings account for when you may have an emergen-cy. Make a budget: Figure out what you will be getting back
from student loans, paychecks if you have a job and help from anyone that may be sending you money. Once you’ve made that budget figure out what your expenses will be such as books, rent, food, utilities and how much you will need for each of those things every month. You can find a very convenient spend-ing tactic by using your student account to man-age your purchases.
If your parents aren’t willing too, take some money and put it on
your Bronco Id card for dining dollars and bookstore bucks. This will come in handy when you may have forgotten to buy some-thing at the bookstore or are just feeling hun-gry. It also helps if you take your extra loan money and put it on your card as bookstore books for next semester because then you don’t have to worry about saving it. It will be on the card until you use it
all. You can also add money to a card for laundry services on campus. If you live in dorms or the on cam-pus apartments, you won’t have access to your own washer and dryer. Laundry mats are creepy and expen-sive. Adding money to a laundry card for the year will also take away the responsibility of having to save all your change in a cup for laundry instead of Den pops!
On Sept. 1, 2011, approxi-mately 1,200 students partici-pated in Click Downtown, an event to get freshmen better acquainted with Kalamazoo and help prepare them for a new chapter of their lives.
“Click Downtown is a two-hour photo scavenger hunt targeted to incoming freshmen who are participat-ing in the Fall Welcome Ex-perience. Click Downtown started in 2003 as a way to encourage students attend-ing WMU to explore, expe-rience, and enjoy downtown Kalamazoo,” said Deborah Droppers with �e Event Company.
�e unique nature of this event allows students to ex-plore Kalamazoo through a di�erent light they would not have experienced otherwise.
“�e e�ort was designed to have students experience downtown through the ‘eye’
of a camera,” Droppers said. “�e program started as an ‘add on’ optional event as part of Fall Welcome (then called Bronco Days). Due to the popularity of the event and its team building out-comes, the event was added as part of the Fall Welcome event schedule.”
Downtown Kalamazoo Inc. and the Fall Welcome program do a spectacular job at hosting Click Downtown each year, and this year was yet another success.
“�e event is hosted by Downtown Kalamazoo Inc. in cooperation with the Fall Welcome program,” Drop-pers said. “�e event incor-porates 36 downtown busi-nesses who agree to welcome the students in their busi-nesses/restaurant/downtown attraction. �e students are organized in their ambassa-dor groups and are assigned �ve locations to visit as well as a visit to Bronson Park for their group photo and to the
Arcadia Creek Festival Site for refreshments and listen to a band.”
Droppers said students begin by taking the Metro Transit downtown. �e transportation is free for stu-dents.
“Once downtown, the stu-dents take pictures, they visit various locations, learn about volunteer opportunities, and experience the �avor and diversity of downtown,” said Droppers.
WMU’s student ambas-sadors continue to do a great job at showing the incoming freshmen around campus
along with di�erent places around Kalamazoo, and making the students feel wel-come.
“Many explore locations outside of the tour and am-bassadors can include their own favorite places to visit. Each scheduled location provides a ‘trinket’ for their scavenger hunt: some pro-vided food; others, T-shirts and hats; and some gave fun toys. �e trinket was the ‘scavenger’ hunt compo-nent. �e purpose is to have fun collecting random items that they can keep and enjoy, such as cool movie posters
for their resident hall rooms,” said Droppers.
Droppers recalled that several students loved having this opportunity to explore Kalamazoo in such a fun and unique way.
“�e students loved hav-ing the ability to roam, and to enjoy the �avor of down-town, hang out, see the friendly smiles, and meet people who love to be down-town. Some of the groups were able to experience the nonpro�t organizations that make Kalamazoo unique, like the Gospel Mission,” said Droppers.
“One of my favorite parts of downtown is the public library. It is a very large but beautiful building. I could de�nitely see myself going to study there,” said inter-national student Julia He, a �rst-year master’s student in accounting from China.
“One thing I really like about Kalamazoo is the bus system, which we used for
this event. We can enjoy the bene�ts of the free bus for students,” said Sophia Chen, also a master’s student from China.
Both He and Chen ex-plained they would love to visit downtown Kalamazoo again, and they are very ex-cited to explore the rest of Kalamazoo throughout their time at Western.
Droppers feels that Click Downtown is a great way for students to get a feel for the great environment that comes along with going to WMU and living in Kalama-zoo.
“I think that the thing that makes Click so special is that it forces the students to come downtown and ex-perience the culture that is indicative of the spirit of Kalamazoo,” Droppers said. “This is their home for 4 years – we need to make sure that they enjoy every inch of our great down-town.”
and (Grade Level Education Content).
WH: Who was your most in�uential teacher and why?
AH: My most in�uential teacher was my third grade
teacher, Jenni McPherson. Whenever I create lesson plans and look back on my teaching I like to look at her
and see if my students would enjoy me as much as I en-joyed and learned from her.
WH: Where do you want
to be in �ve years?AH: One of my biggest goals
in life is to do Peace Corps. I’d really like to give back and help
those who are less fortunate than I. And in �ve years I’d like to see myself teaching at a pre-school on the west coast.
would showcase the talent of WMU performers. With this support, WMU was able to bring in directors Sammy Buck and Dan Acquisto straight from New York City for one week to work with these students on this brand new piece they created.
Jay Berkow, director of Music �eatre Performance at WMU, is extremely ex-cited that these foundations were able to work together to bring in this show and allow these students to work with the directors of this new mu-sical hand in hand.
“�is is a once in a lifetime and very rare opportunity for these students, especially at this stage in their career, to work with the author, the composer, and to take every-thing they have learned, ap-ply it, and enjoy the process while exploring the work,” Berkow said.
“With only forty hours and an eight day window to complete this piece before the performance date, these students have their work cut out for them, especially with the very di�cult musical numbers,” Berkow said.
Dan Acquisto wrote the music for this show based
on his seventeen year old self and his love for the eighties.
“�is was a great oppor-tunity for me to challenge myself and take eighties pop music and try to make it the-atrical while keeping it fun and energetic, which surpris-ingly worked out very well,” Acquisto said.
�e amount of energetic fun that this show displays created by Acquisto and Buck will be sure to keep the audience on the edge of their seat.
“�ese last �ve days working on this show have been some of the most use-ful and bene�cial than the
last ten years working on this production but more impor-tantly, we are really grateful for these performers for re-ally helping us solidify this show,” Acquisto said.
“We expect huge things out of these students in their career, they’re de�nitely go-
ing big places,” Berkow add-ed.
�e cast includes sixteen members, all of which were selected based on their abil-ity to adapt to new things quickly and e�ciently in such a short amount of time.
“�ey [students] will
have a great time with this show because it is energetic, fun and moving, and they will not have another oppor-tunity to see a performance and show like this,” Berkow said.
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Click Downtown highlights Kalamazoo area“The students loved having the ability to roam,
and to enjoy the �avor of downtown, hang out, see the friendly smiles, and meet people who love to be downtown. Some of the groups were able to experience the nonpro�t organizations that make Kalamazoo unique, like the Gospel Mission.”
— Deborah Droppers, The Event Company
Most teachers work hard to ensure that their students can not only better their edu-cation but better their lives. �at is where Western Mich-igan University alumnus Scott Janssen comes in.
Janssen is from Kalama-zoo, Michigan, and comes from a long line of family ed-ucators. He studied at WMU, and received an undergradu-ate degree in public law in 2006 before coming back to get a master’s degree in po-litical science. Janssen now writes political satire articles for the Hu�ngton Post.
“I never thought I would be writing articles in a mil-lion years,” he said.
Janssen did not start writ-ing articles until the end of his senior year in college, when a friend pushed him to send his articles to a newspa-per company.
Janssen’s writing career took o�. Janssen’s political satire articles were noticed not only by the readers of the Hu�ngton Post, but by other big media outlets such as ABC as well. ABC contacted Janssen to see if he wanted to be on a political reality show. �e show only aired once.
Janssen started to enter contests with his satire writ-ing and won the biggest con-test of all. Talk show host Oprah Winfrey presented a writing contest and Janssen won. Unfortunately, he could not go because of �nal exams at Western Michigan.
Just recently the movie
“Bad Teacher” came out in theaters, and Janssen went to the premiere. Little did he know it would be the start of something much bigger.
�e �lm was o�ensive to-wards teachers, Janssen said.
“Sometimes it’s not the teachers’ fault what they have to deal with,” Janssen said.
So Janssen decided to write an article to the Hu�-ington Post stating how teachers deserve more credit than what they get and that it is not their fault. It ended up on the front page of the Hu�-ington Post.
“It was one of the coolest things throughout the whole experience,” Janssen said.
Janssen received over 700 emails and 1000 comments on the article. Janssen took the initiative to reply to all the emails, which he did in a little over a week.
“I wanted the people who emailed me, some being teachers, to see that there is a glimmer of hope, and some-body is listening to them,” Janssen said.
�at is when the You Made a Di�erence campaign came about. A�er teaming up with local friend Leslie Needlemann, the Facebook page “You Made a Di�er-ence” was born.
�e page is set up for people to give a shout-out to the one teacher that changed their life. �at is the concept of Janssen’s campaign. To give credit to teachers who are go-ing through tough times, and need a cheer up.
“It’s a way for students from 20 years ago to give a
teacher a shout-out saying, ‘I remember you,’” he said.
Among the more popular videos on the Facebook page “You Made A Di�erence” are WMU President Dr. John Dunn; Lindsay Tarpley, Ka-lamazoo native and two-time Olympic Gold Medalist for the US Women’s National Soccer Team; and Dave Cov-erly, the creator of the popular comic strip, “Speedbump.”
“�e ultimate goal is to get a website up and running where people from all over the world can upload a video or share a comment,” Janssen said. “�e plan is to spread the word around, and try and contact major news stations about this campaign.”
Janssen describes him-self as a shy guy, who would rather just sit in the corner of a group and just listen.
“�at doesn’t stop me from talking to all the teach-ers who are su�ering,” Jans-sen said. “Because I want them to know that somebody is at least listening to them.”
“It’s good to know that I have made an impact not only in the Hu�ngton Post and these teachers, but at Western, showing people how to branch out,” he said.
�e whole process has been gratifying, Janssen said.
“It was amazing and fun, and awesome that I got to meet the President of West-ern, Dr. Dunn, and not be in trouble,” Janssen said.
For more information on Janssen or the You Made a Di�erence campaign, visit Facebook.com/You-MadeADi�erence.
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Last week, WMU’s men’s soccer team su�ered a season opening loss at the hands of Cincinnati that head coach Stu Riddle called one of the worst per-formances he’s ever seen from his team.
Going into UW-Milwau-kee’s Panther Invitational over the weekend, Riddle said that he was expecting someone on his team to come forward and demon-strate leadership.
�ough the Broncos lost their matchup against Marquette in a 3-2 double overtime thriller, the team did see a pretty impressive performance from forward Shane Lyons, who scored two second half goals on penalty kicks to bring the team back from an 0-2 de�-cit.
Statistically, though, the teams were pretty evenly matched. Marquette nar-rowly edged WMU in shots by a slim 18-15 margin, and the Broncos had only one more foul than Marquette.
Riddle said his team’s inconsistent play has been a signi�cant reason for its
lack of success thus far.“It’s obviously very de-
�ating, but we have to do better,” he said in an in-terview with Kristin Kei-rns, Associate Director of Athletic Media Relations, following the loss to Mar-quette. “We were abysmal in the �rst half, decent in the second and managed to drag ourselves back into the game. Overtime was a real seesaw event and we should have won it when we hit the bar with an open goal gaping. It’s twice in three games that we’ve conceded in the last 20 seconds, and it simply isn’t acceptable.”
WMU saw an opportu-nity to win the game late in overtime, as a shot hit the crossbar in the 104th min-ute that would have sealed a win for the Broncos.
�is is the second con-secutive game in which the Broncos have given up late goals to lose a game that they had in reach. WMU took an early lead against Cincinnati in its opener, but failed to hold on to it and lost in a 3-1 a�air.
Goalie Matt Murrell
�e school year is o�cially un-derway, and with that, so is the 2011 season of intramural sports at WMU.
As is the case every year, the Stu-dent Recreation Center is o�ering a variety of sports for WMU students to participate in—from �ag football and outdoor soccer, to a racquetball league and even a sports trivia tour-nament.
According to SRC facilities manager Bryce Bowers, intramural sports are a great way for students to
become active.“�ey give you something to do
in your down time,” Bowers said. “It’s a great way to exercise and stay in shape.”
Even if you are not an athletic person, or very skilled at sports for that matter, Bowers said that intra-mural sports still serve as an excel-lent option for students looking to get involved with their classmates.
“It’s more about fun than com-petition, though there is competi-tion involved,” he said. “�e sports are there for students to have fun and meet people. It’s all about com-ing out, playing and having a good
time.”Bowers said that most students
form teams for di�erent sports, and suggests a variety of di�erent ways for doing so.
“If you live in the dorms, just ask the people you live with. If not, you can always ask people at the recre-ation center,” Bowers said. “It’s great just to ask around. Ask people in your classes.”
�ough forming a team is the most common way that students get involved, there is another way to join a team as well. Students who want to sign up as ‘free agents’ can sign up on the free agent board across from
the Intramural O�ce, located on the third �oor of the Student Recreation Center.
Once registered, each team is re-quired to have at least one team cap-tain present at the �rst meeting for the corresponding sport. Meeting dates range from mid-September to mid-October, and are listed on the Intramural Sports website.
�ough some students may say that their schedule is a bit chaotic—especially for incoming freshman that may not be used to the day-to-
As the volleyball sea-sons home opener started the broncos took two out of three games in the Holiday Inn West Invitational hosted by Western Michigan Uni-versity. WMU was pinned against North Carolina, Liberty, and Seton Hall in a weekend face-o� that started o� as disappointment and later in the series ending in a promising result.
�e match up against North Carolina went neck and neck between sets as the �rst match ended in a close score of 22-25 loss. From there the lady broncos would not be able to recover from the �rst set as the sec-ond and third set resulted in losses. �e following day, much would change.
�e Broncos took on Liberty and Seton Hall in a double header. During the match at Liberty the �rst set of the match resulted in a 25-16 win over Liberty. �is
match would set the toll for the rest of the matches as the Broncos out-muscled Liber-ty three games out of �ve.
Later that evening, WMU went on to face Seton Hall in a series that went four games. In this series the lady broncos would take the win due to the power e�orts from Brown, who scored 15
and Asque who would tack on 12 additional points in the game.
Also according to a press release Norris would post her second straight double-double, adding 47 assists, 15 digs, seven kills, two aces, and one block. Lena Oliver recorded a team-high of 26 digs.
Each season, Western Michigan University head coach Bill Cubit schedules a national powerhouse school as the Broncos’ opening game. With every passing season, WMU coaches and players learn valuable lessons in these games.
�is season was no di�erent. �e Broncos lost the opening
game of this season, 34-10, at the hosting University of Michigan Wolverines Saturday in Ann Arbor, in a game that was called with less than two minutes remaining in the third quarter due to multiple light-ning strikes in the area.
WMU proved that they came
to play on the opening drive of the game, methodically marching down the �eld on a 15-play, 74 yard drive that took o� half the clock in the �rst quarter.
�e Brown and Gold jumped out to a 7-0 lead on an Antoin Scriven 1-yard touchdown dive.
“At the end of the day we’ll look back at things like the �rst drive,” said senior receiver Jordan White.
“We ran the ball down there real ef-fectively. Passing the ball, running the ball, Alex making good checks and putting us in the right posi-tion, and we put seven points on the board.”
Junior quarterback Alex Carder �nished the �rst quarter 8-of-8 for
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Andy Billiet/Western HeraldSophomore Terin Norris o�ers strong supporting sets for her teammates to build on.
Katrina Murphy/Western HeraldEric Monette (86), above, battles Michigan’s Courtney Avery (5) for a pass in the end zone Saturday. Michigan Stadium’s new video score-board shows the play as it happens. The pass was incomplete. At right, Jordan White (83) evades Avery on one of hisreceptions.
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Storm sends Broncos home
Noncompetitive sports options for students
Soccer team falls 3-2 in OT
Broncos take 2 wins in 3 games
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WMU faces defeat
Cross country team gets fourth
�e Western Michigan University cross country team began their 2011 sea-son with a fourth place �n-ish, on Friday.
According to a press re-lease, Senior Amber Brun-meier �nished as WMU’s top runner for the �rst time in her career, taking eighth overall with a 5k time of 18:51.3. Sophomore Alex Forsythe �nished behind her with a time of 19:50.4.
For more information about the cross country team, visit www.wmubroncos.com
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K-wings season begins Oct. 7
Something to look for-ward to for this hockey sea-son will be the Kwings. Tak-ing on the Toledo Walleye at home on Oct. 7, at 7:30 p.m. Season tickets are now on sale.
For a complete list of games and events, visit www.wingsstadium.com.
KVCC hires new athletic director
Russell Panico is the new Athletic Director for Ka-lamazoo Valley Commu-nity College, replacing Dick Shilts, who retired a�er 32. According to a press release, Russ has been the Student Relations Coordinator at Ka-lamazoo Valley for two years and he will continue to serve in that capacity.
For more information on Russell Panico and his plans for the school year, visit athletics.kvcc.edu
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Brunmeier is determined to set the standards for the cross country team as the season kicks o�.
�e cross country team will be ready to take on com-petitors of all leagues in an e�ort to create a promising season for WMU.
“I have seen some amaz-ing stories in my years as a coach and hers is right up there,” explained cross coun-try coach, Kelly Lycan in a press release. “Her career had really hit the skids when she was down at IPFW and for whatever reason it looked like the end. Her dad called me up and said she just want-ed to be on a team and run. Her �rst year she was just not very good but she has just re-ally turned things around.”
— Compiled from Western Herald sta� and wire report
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56 yards. �e game was stopped
twice, beginning with a 30-minute inclement weath-er delay two minutes into the third quarter, and then the 110,506 in were in-formed that the game would ultimately be called a�er the second occurrence.
“I mean it’s disappoint-ing, we get 12 chances ev-ery season,” said Carder. “Now it’s eleven and almost three-quarters and I feel bad for these seniors. I’ve never been part of a game that got called and it doesn’t feel good. I just felt like we had a lot more to o�er but we just didn’t take care of business early on.”
If the players had their way, the game would have been played out whether it turned out to be a blowout or a comeback e�ort.
“You can say whatever you want about the score but the opportunity wasn’t presented to us in the fourth quarter,” Carder said. “If you watched the [TCU] and [Baylor] game last night leads can change like that, and whether if it would’ve happened or wouldn’t have happened we just gotta take it.”
A�er trading touchdowns to begin the game, WMU kicker John Potter missed a 38-yard �eld goal that would’ve given the Broncos a three-point lead. �e WMU defense forced U of M to punt on the ensuing posses-sion and began a torrid drive right back down the �eld.
WMU had a second and goal when Carder’s pass was tipped due to pressure from a missed blocking assignment and Michigan linebacker Brandon Herron caught the lame-duck ball and returned the interception 94-yards for the score.
�e interception return is the longest ever in Michigan history.
“You know we were going
in for another score to make it 14-7 and we’re on the four or �ve [yard line], and that tipped ball unfortunately got picked and returned for a touchdown,” White said. “It’s those �ne lines like that can really change a game, es-pecially when you’re playing a team like this.”
�e 14-point swing play gave the Wolverines the 14-7 lead instead of the Broncos, and the momentum had clearly shi�ed in favor of the home team.
It was not the weather that doomed WMU, but rather the same mental mis-takes that plagued the Bron-cos a year ago. �e �rst three WMU possessions could have easily resulted in 17 points and a 10-point lead, but instead the Broncos trailed by seven.
U of M eventually led 20-10 at the half.
�e Wolverines added two more touchdowns in the shortened and subsequent �nal third quarter.
WMU forced Michigan to a three-and-out to begin the second half and a�er the punt came the �rst 26-min-ute rain delay.
When play resumed, the Broncos began to drive with a pair of third-down conver-sions. �en Michigan safety Jordan Kovacs crushed Carder’s blind side and forced a [sack] fumble that Brandon Herron eventually recovered and returned for his second defensive touch-down.
“On the sack/fumble up that point of the game [Alex] had picked up everything,” said WMU head coach Bill Cubit. “�at was the only one he didn’t and I know he feels bad about it. Overall I’m encouraged by how the kids played today. �ere’s a lot of stu� to build on and we had it. If we’d have taken advantage of our opportuni-ties you guys might still be sitting up in the press box and we’d be playing till one
in the morning. ” A�er a penalty �lled
three-and-out drive for the Broncos, U of M sealed the deal on a pair of 40-plus-yard rushes resulting in the �nal touchdown of the game.
Michigan running back Fitzgerald Toussaint ran up the middle for a 43-yard gain, and then, a�er a Den-ard Robinson incompletion, Michael Shaw gashed the Broncos’ defense for an un-touched 44-yard touchdown scamper.
“In the second half we gave up some big runs which were discouraging,” Cubit said. “When you give up too many long runs it’s always gonna be di�cult.”
Wide receiver Jordan White �nished the short-ened game with 12 catches for 119 yards and was only four catches away from the all-time WMU record held by Greg Jennings.
‘It’s kind of what you ex-pect,” Cubit said of White. “He’s a great player and even a better leader. �at tells you what I think of him.”
Overall WMU per-formed well in Ann Arbor and if they can clean up the turnovers, the sky is the lim-it this season. �e o�ense is healthy and clicking and this defense appears to be “ball-hawking.”
“We gotta pick up the pieces and move on,” Cubit said. “We don’t feel great about the loss but we had a real good shot at it and our kids are resilient. We’re gon-na go home next week and get back at it.”
�e Broncos open their home schedule this Saturday night at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo against Nicholls State University for Com-mUniverCity Night.
Kicko� will be at 7 p.m.Last season the Broncos
defeated Nicholls 49-14.
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Photog/Western HeraldThe WMU Marching Band performs at Michigan Stadium Saturday.
di�erent, on the �eld it’s the same,” Brown said.
In the stands there are boos.“Any time the away team
travels no one will like them much,” Werling said.
Although the stadium is much larger the band still prepares the same way.
�e marching band is al-
ways going to put on a good show no matter what, ac-cording to Werling.
“I think for me playing at Michigan is too big to get the proper appreciation for the music,” Brown said.
“I like playing at Waldo [Stadium] for sure, it is good to play in front of a home crowd, Werling said. “�ere is a lot of enthusiasm.
�is year Ball State’s marching band will be play-ing at Waldo Stadium, ac-cording to Werling
“It’s the �rst time that’s happening since I’ve been here and it’s kind of exciting for us,”
“It’s fun to have di�erent groups come to interact and see what their programs are like.”
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played the bulk of the min-utes in net for the Broncos, making four saves while giv-ing up two goals in nearly 80 minutes of play. Murrell then surrendered his po-sition to sophomore Sean Lewis, who made one save before giving up the crucial goal that solidi�ed the win for Marquette.
Forward Kai Mendes led all Broncos in shots with four, with Shane Lyons tak-ing three shots of his own. �is was Lyons’ �rst start of the regular season, as the lineup was shu�ed a bit for the season opener.
David Check, who spent the entire game in goal for Marquette, made six saves while only allowing two goals in nearly 110 minutes
of action.Though the team does
not return home until a September 16 matchup with Wright State, the Broncos have a pair of away games coming up. WMU will face Indiana University–Purdue University in Fort Wayne, Ind., this Friday, followed by a matchup against Loyo-la-Chicago on Sunday, Sep-tember 11.
day of college life—Bowers said that �tting intramural sports into a schedule is easi-er than one may think.
“Most intramural sports typically start in the evening, so there really aren’t any classes scheduled,” he said. “Plus, we give teams three or four days a week to practice, so the times are pretty �ex-ible.”
Bowers is not just an em-ployee of the Student Recre-ation Center, though. In fact, he has been involved in quite a few of the sports in his free time.
“I’ve played a lot of the sports myself,” he said. “I was able to meet a lot of people, and I had a great experience. It’s all about having fun, and working towards a common goal.”
Stephanie Reaber, an in-coming senior at WMU, has
been involved with intramu-ral sports since becoming a student at the university.
For her, becoming a member of intramural sports was bene�cial on multiple levels.
“It’s a great way to meet friends, and it’s a great way to become active and involved,” she said. “Participating in in-tramural sports really taught me time management, as well. And it’s fun on top of everything else.”
Reaber, who is also a member of WMU’s club skate team, said that the addition of sports into her schedule made her more driven to ac-complish other things, like schoolwork.
“Balancing your sched-ule is easier when you play a sport, because it forces you to make more time for school,” she said. “It teaches you to balance things. It’s a great ex-perience.”
Nick Gambrell, a student at WMU who has partici-pated in intramural volley-ball in the past, echoed the sentiments from Bowers and Reaber.
“In short, it was a great experience,” Gambrell said. “I was able to hang out with friends. It’s a great way to meet people if you’re new to the Kalamazoo area.”
Gambrell said that he would de�nitely consider participating in intramural athletics again.
“It was very fun, and I’d de�nitely do it again if I get the chance,” he said. “It gave me one night a week where I was free from studying, and able to hang out and have fun with friends.”
For more information about intramural sports, as well as speci�c sports and meeting times, go to www.wmich.edu and search “In-tramural Sports.”
�e WMU women’s soccer team defeated Tulsa 2-1 Sunday at the Notre Dame Tournament
in South Bend, Ind.�e women’s soccer
team notches its third win this season with the help of Anina Cicerone. During yesterdays game against Tulsa she scored
twice, the only two goals scored by the team in the match. Cicerone gave the Broncos a 1-0 lead at the 37:15 mark of the �rst period from well outside the 18-yard box to the
lower le� corner of the net. She added her sec-ond goal just 2:10 later at 39:25 a�er a free kick resulted in a loose ball in the box. It was the �rst multi-goal game of her
career and pushed her season total to three, just two shy of her career-best of �ve that she registered last season.
“Anina’s �rst goal was probably one of the best
shots I’ve seen in my coaching career,” coach ??? Grech in a press release.
�e women’s soccer team takes on Michigan in Ann Arbor Friday at 7:30p.m.
