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To Whom It May Concern,

I have had the pleasure of working with Andrew Santos-Johnson as the Mustang Daily’s Advertising Coordinator since January of 2008. I was the new full time sta� member at the Mustang Daily, while Andrew had already been working for the Mustang Daily for two years. Andrew helped familiarize me with the Mustang Daily’s design sta� and procedures. His knowledge of design and understanding of newspapers as a business makes Andrew one of the most valuable members of the Mustang Daily sta�.

One of Andrew’s most impressive accomplishments with the Mustang Daily was in the winter of 2008 when he was awarded a Pacemaker by the Associated Collegiate Press, for a full page display advertisement he designed for a local sushi restaurant. Andrew has also been the sole designer for everything regarding the new Mustang Daily marketing image. He has worked tirelessly to create �uency throughout all of our marketing and promotional materials. He has redesigned the media kit, promotional �iers, house ads and has redesigned the look of all �ve of our directories. Making each more visually appealing and recognizable.

Another impressive aspect of Andrew’s designs is that he incorporates his own photographs. By not using stock images his work is completely original and shows his talent in all aspects of design. He has accompanied account executives on early mornings and late evenings to get the photographs needed to create amazing ads that astonish the business and secure the sale. He has also taken all of the photos for the media kit and house ads, highlighting beautiful landscapes of Cal Poly, the Central Coast of California and capturing student images.

As Graphic Design Manager Andrew leads by example and has a wonderful working relationship with all of the design and advertising sta�. He o�ers constructive criticism to designers in an e�ort to increase design quality for everything the Mustang Daily produces. He is open to new ideas and collaborates on projects with quality and time as key deliverables.

Andrew is passionate about his job and has proven himself as the Mustang Daily’s lead designer and a true design professional. Andrew has been a creative, reliable and consistently hard worker for the newspaper. My highest recommendation goes to Andrew for the Designer of the Year Award.

Sincerely,

Jessica LuteyAdvertising CoordinatorMustang DailyCal Poly San Luis Obispo

Mustang Daily [email protected]

Mustang Daily [email protected]

To Whom It May Concern:

It is my pleasure to recommend and endorse Andrew Santos-Johnson for College Newspapers Business and Advertising Managers Designer of the Year.

Andrew has been a designer with the Mustang Daily since Fall of 2006. During the past two years, he has displayed numerous talents and tremendous growth in the area of not just advertising design but as our lead designer responsible for special section covers and the Mustang Daily Advertising Media Kit.

As an ad designer, Andrew has shown remarkable talent and improvement during his time with the Mustang Daily. He isn’t afraid to think outside the box and come up with new ideas for our customers. One of his ads received the Pacemaker Award from the Associated Collegiate Press for Best Display Advertisement from a �eld of more than 200 entries. Other examples of his design work are equally impressive.

But his contributions to the Mustang Daily are not limited to ad design. As our production manager/lead designer, he works with all of our ad designers to improve the quality of ads in the Mustang Daily. At Cal Poly, where the school’s slogan is “Learn by Doing,” ALL of the work on the newspaper is done by students with just limited direction from professional sta�. Many universities allow for substantial professional input in ad design. That is not the case here. If there is a locally created ad, it has been designed by a student with oversight by Andrew.

Andrew designed and edited the Mustang Daily advertising media kit this summer and has designed all of the special section covers over the past year. He also is an outstanding photographer, covering sporting events both for the newspaper and for the university athletic department. His talents as a photographer and his knowledge of Photoshop contribute to his ad design abilities.

During the summer our primary focus is selling and creating ads for the Freshman Orientation and Back to School editions. These two editions have become our biggest and most successful special sections of the school year. To demonstrate the magnitude of these editions, they traditionally account for almost one-�fth of our total annual revenue and this year were 80 and 72 pages respec-tively. That included more than 300 ads, many of which had to be created by our designers and others had to be converted to meet our print speci�cations.

As the summer progresses, the workload continues to increase, resulting in a �urry of activity the �nal two weeks before going to press. When compared to regular daily newspapers, a project of this magnitude might not be considered that overwhelming. However for a college newspaper sta� with no full time graphic designers, only students who work part time, it can be exactly that. Andy was very e�ective at making sure all of the ads were completed and ready for publication.

Creativity is always a great measuring tool of ad designers but equally important is the ability to work under pressure and make the deadline. Combining the two makes a great ad designer and Andy has already shown both qualities despite his lack of prior ad design experience. As Andy gains more experience in ad design, I am sure various newspapers will pursue him as his type of talent is rarely found in the newspaper industry.

Sincerely,Paul BittickGeneral ManagerMustang DailyCal Poly San Luis Obispo

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January 21, 2009 Dear CNBAM Judges:

I am pleased to write this letter of recommendation for Gavin Pohl for CNBAM’s Graphic Designer of the Year.

Gavin has worked as a graphic designer for Central Michigan Life for more than a year. I was immediately struck with his abilities to not only create effective advertising for a broad spectrum of advertisers, but to do so under the pressure of daily deadlines and the demands of 15 account executives.

I think this is one of the things that truly sets Gavin apart in my mind from the many good designers we’ve had over the years. Gavin has always approached his role here at Central Michigan Life with the complete understanding of his responsibilities to the advertising department’s success. Gavin is a true team player in every sense of the word.

With our bonus structure of paying for spec ads created, it would be easy for Gavin to simply just crank out average, effortless designs.

But Gavin understands the greater purpose of his work. He understands the investment that the advertiser is making in Central Michigan Life, he understands the credibility of our staff to produce designs that the customer cannot get elsewhere, and the longevity of the relationships we are trying to build with our customers. Gavin never backs down from taking the time to do the ads beyond the customers expectations. He always takes the time to find the “right” art, the “right” font, the “right” design.

It is with complete respect that I recommend Gavin for this award.

Sincerely,

Kathleen SimonAssistant Director, Student PublicationsCentral Michigan Life

January 6, 2008

To the CNBAM Selection Committee:

I am writing this letter in recommendation of Gavin Pohl for Graphic Designer of the Year.

When I first interviewed Gavin, I was impressed with his versatility in graphic design and multimedia. Although he didn’t have have a background in newspaper, he demonstrated the kind of skill set and attention to detail that I look for in an employee.

Now, as one of our senior designers, Gavin has not only flourished, but has become an essential part of our advertising design staff. He is a pleasure to work with, not only because of his talent, but also because of the polished style and good clean design structure that he incorporates into each piece.

Gavin is professional, considerate, and a real team player. He is good natured and an excellent communicator. The sales staff loves to work with him because he has that capability of quickly streamlining a mountain of content into a very clear vision of the final product. As a result, he is a designer that can work quickly and can calmly to meet the demands of deadline and tight production schedules.

That’s only part of what makes him good at graphic design.

In the reality of news deadlines, production expenses are always part of our reality. There are plenty of designers out there who can do beautiful work. But the value of beautiful design quickly deflates when faced with an additional $500 in re-plating and production expenses because that wonderful design wasn’t prepped properly.

Gavin is a designer that pays attention to the beauty and communicative structure of design, but never forgets to assess the technical aspects of design.

He is a talented individual who brings the quality of excellence to whatever task or role he undertakes. It is with great pleasure that I nominate Gavin as Graphic Designer of the Year.

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“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” – Pablo Picasso

Why is writing a personal statements so difficult? As a child a personal statement would consist of your name, what type of milk you drink and your favorite color of crayon. Why can’t life be simple like when you were young? Instead, you go to school, which progresses all the way up until you reach college. There you wander around aimlessly until you are pressured to choose a major, which ultimately determines what you will be doing for the rest of your life.

So you choose Graphic Design with a concentration in Web and Multimedia Design, because you like art...but can’t paint. You then realize that you are in a totally foreign place with no source of income, so you get a job at CM Life as a Graphic Designer. There, you learn a ton of stuff from your boss Dawn about graphic design and life in general. Then the day finally arrives when you graduate and go out in search of your next big adventure in life, your career.

Although eventually everyone grows up, its what you learn along the way that prepares you for what’s to come. But when it all comes down to it, everyone’s still a child at heart.

…My name is Gavin Pohl, I drink Soy Milk and my favorite color of crayon is blue.

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Experience

Professional

Work

2008-Present CM Life

Mount Pleasant, MI

Reporter, Staff Writer

! Gather information and compose assigned articles

! Contact sources for interviews

2006-Present Java City

Mount Pleasant, MI

Barista, Cashier, Team Leader

! Interact with customers and present them with pleasant and capable service

! Maintain sanitary and safe working conditions

2005-2006, 2007 Holiday FYE, Trans World Entertainment Sterling Heights, MI

Cashier, Sales Associate

! Provided customers with proficient and friendly service

2003–2005 St. Isidore Church

Macomb, MI

Office Receptionist

! Performed daily clerical duties

Education2006-2008

Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI

! B.S. Journalism, News Editorial

! B.S. Psychology, General

2000-2004Dakota High School

Macomb, MI

ReferencesGary N. Christensen, Professor of English

Macomb Community College, Center Campus

44575 Garfield Rd Clinton Township, MI 48038

586.286.2197 [email protected]

Debbie Rak, Parish Secretary

St. Isidore Parish

18201 Twenty Three Mile Rd Macomb, MI 48042


Student Employment, Central Michigan University

210 Bovee UC Mount Pleasant, MI 48859

989.774.7550

Cris Martin, FYE Manager

FYE Trans World Entertainment, Lakeside Mall

14600 Lakeside Cir Sterling Heights, MI 48313

586.247.5270

15762 Frisco

Macomb, MI 48044

586.215.3511

[email protected]

Providing digestible information to the masses is a

challenging, yet essential job. The qualifications

of such a profession are not necessarily

widespread. From contacting sources and

researching assignments to writing a story

that communicates the news so one may

understand, journalists must be diligent and

determined.

Journalism, when utilized properly, gives

people the knowledge to discuss and deal

with important issues affecting their lives.

This watchdog function helps the public

maintain involvement with developments

and decisions made by others in order

to prevent corruption and rectify

wrongdoings or mistakes. The masses

depend on a journalist’s objectivity to

seek out and report on the truth so

society may have the ability self-govern.

Throughout my time at Central

Michigan University I have learned

many facets in the field and am

looking forward to employing them.

Experience with CM Life has given

me the confidence and gumption to

gather facts by seeking out sources

for stories. The courses completed

at CMU have helped me realize

that presenting the public with

comprehendible news is something

I am proud to produce.Class of 2008

Major | Psychology

Major | Journalism

With a News Editorial

concentration

Providing digestible

information to

the masses is a

challenging, yet

essential job. The

qualifications of

such a profession

are not necessarily

widespread.

From contacting

sources and

researching

assignments

to writing a

story that

ommunicates

the news so

one may

understand,

journalists

must be

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Journalism,

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Sarah Rose Fredlund

Experience Professional

Work

2008-Present CM Life Mount Pleasant, MI

Reporter, Staff Writer! Gather information and compose assigned articles! Contact sources for interviews2006-Present

Java City Mount Pleasant, MI

Barista, Cashier, Team Leader! Interact with customers and present them with pleasant and capable service

! Maintain sanitary and safe working conditions2005-2006, 2007 Holiday FYE, Trans World Entertainment Sterling Heights, MI

Cashier, Sales Associate! Provided customers with proficient and friendly service2003–2005

St. Isidore Church Macomb, MI

Office Receptionist! Performed daily clerical dutiesEducation2006-2008

Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI

! B.S. Journalism, News Editorial! B.S. Psychology, General

2000-2004Dakota High School

Macomb, MI

ReferencesGary N. Christensen, Professor of EnglishMacomb Community College, Center Campus44575 Garfield Rd Clinton Township, MI 48038586.286.2197 [email protected] Rak, Parish SecretarySt. Isidore Parish18201 Twenty Three Mile Rd Macomb, MI 48042586.286.1700 [email protected] Employment, Central Michigan University210 Bovee UC Mount Pleasant, MI 48859989.774.7550

Cris Martin, FYE ManagerFYE Trans World Entertainment, Lakeside Mall14600 Lakeside Cir Sterling Heights, MI 48313586.247.5270

15762 FriscoMacomb, MI [email protected]

Providing digestible information to the masses is a challenging, yet essential job. The qualifications of such a profession are not necessarily widespread. From contacting sources and researching assignments to writing a story that communicates the news so one may understand, journalists must be diligent and

determined.

Journalism, when utilized properly, gives people the knowledge to discuss and deal with important issues affecting their lives. This watchdog function helps the public maintain involvement with developments and decisions made by others in order to prevent corruption and rectify wrongdoings or mistakes. The masses depend on a journalist’s objectivity to seek out and report on the truth so society may have the ability self-govern.

Throughout my time at Central Michigan University I have learned many facets in the field and am looking forward to employing them. Experience with CM Life has given me the confidence and gumption to gather facts by seeking out sources for stories. The courses completed at CMU have helped me realize that presenting the public with comprehendible news is something I am proud to produce.

Class of 2008

Major | Psychology

Major | Journalism

With a News Editorial

concentration

Providing digestible information to the masses is a challenging, yet essential job. The qualifications of such a profession are not necessarily widespread.

From contacting sources and researching assignments to writing a story that ommunicates the news so one may understand, journalists must be ermined.

Journalism, when utilized properly, gives people the

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Sarah Rose FredlundExperience Professional

Work

2008-Present CM Life Mount Pleasant, MI

Reporter, Staff Writer! Gather information and compose assigned articles

! Contact sources for interviews2006-Present Java City Mount Pleasant, MI

Barista, Cashier, Team Leader! Interact with customers and present them with pleasant and capable service

! Maintain sanitary and safe working conditions2005-2006, 2007 Holiday FYE, Trans World Entertainment Sterling Heights, MI

Cashier, Sales Associate! Provided customers with proficient and friendly service

2003–2005 St. Isidore Church Macomb, MI

Office Receptionist! Performed daily clerical duties

Education

2006-2008 Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI

! B.S. Journalism, News Editorial! B.S. Psychology, General

2000-2004

Dakota High School

Macomb, MI

References

Gary N. Christensen, Professor of English

Macomb Community College, Center Campus

44575 Garfield Rd Clinton Township, MI 48038


Debbie Rak, Parish SecretarySt. Isidore Parish18201 Twenty Three Mile Rd Macomb, MI 48042

586.286.1700 [email protected] Employment, Central Michigan University

210 Bovee UC Mount Pleasant, MI 48859

989.774.7550Cris Martin, FYE ManagerFYE Trans World Entertainment, Lakeside Mall

14600 Lakeside Cir Sterling Heights, MI 48313

586.247.5270

15762 FriscoMacomb, MI [email protected]

Providing digestible information to the masses is a

challenging, yet essential job. The qualifications

of such a profession are not necessarily

widespread. From contacting sources and

researching assignments to writing a story

that communicates the news so one may

understand, journalists must be diligent and

determined. Journalism, when utilized properly, gives

people the knowledge to discuss and deal

with important issues affecting their lives.

This watchdog function helps the public

maintain involvement with developments

and decisions made by others in order

to prevent corruption and rectify

wrongdoings or mistakes. The masses

depend on a journalist’s objectivity to

seek out and report on the truth so

society may have the ability self-govern.Throughout my time at Central Michigan University I have learned

many facets in the field and am

looking forward to employing them.

Experience with CM Life has given

me the confidence and gumption to

gather facts by seeking out sources

for stories. The courses completed

at CMU have helped me realize that presenting the public with comprehendible news is something

I am proud to produce.

Class of 2008

Major | Psychology

Major | Journalism

With a News Editorial concentration

Providing digestible information to the masses is a challenging, yet essential job. The qualifications of such a profession are not necessarily widespread. From contacting sources and researching assignments to writing a story that ommunicates the news so one may understand, journalists must be ermined.

Journalism, when utilized properly, gives people the

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EducationCentral Michigan University: Graphic Design B.F.A with a concentration in Web Page and Multimedia Design. 2003 - Present

Lansing Community College: General Studies 2002 - 2003

Software SkillsAdobe Photoshop CS3 Adobe Illustrator CS3

Adobe InDesign CS3 Adobe PageMaker

Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 Adobe After Effects 7.0

Gerber Composer Adobe Flash

Professional Experience

CM Life - Mount Pleasant, Michigan 2007 - PresentGraphic Designer Design core advertising materials to meet client needs. Create speculative advertising campaigns to help increase revenues. Design marketing materials to promote each of our publications. Build online animations for www.cm-life.com.

Resident Life Sign Shop - Mount Pleasant, Michigan 2007 - 2008Graphic Designer Create, print, route, and cut designs on vinyl, plastics, metals, and wooden signs for Central Michigan University, as well as various outside consumers within the Mount Pleasant area.

Educational Material Center - Mount Pleasant, Michigan 2007 - 2008Graphic Designer

Design graphics and page layouts which appear in/on textbooks, posters and other types of educational material for the State of Michigan Health Education Program titled, “Michigan Model”.

Pohl Oil & Propane Company - Westphalia, Michigan 1998 - 2006Cashier/Clerk

Operate cash register, answer multi-line telephones, stock shelves, provide maintenance, assist customers with auto part questions and needs, assist in setting propane tanks for residential customers.

Organizations / Extra Curricular ActivitiesOrganizations

Students of Design: Vice President 2008 - Present

Central Michigan University’s Co-ed A Cappella group, Central Harmony: 2005 – 2007

St. Mary’s Student Parish Knights of Columbus: 2005 - Present

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January 2009 To Whom It May Concern/CNBAM Judging Committee: I would highly recommend Trey Bartsch for the “Designer of the Year” award. I have had the pleasure of working closely with Trey for the past two years at the LSU Office of Student Media, which includes The Daily Reveille newspaper. He has a fantastic work ethic and shows an impressive amount of flexibility for his position in dealing with the many groups of people he must interact with on a daily basis, and does it with nothing less than a willing and pleasant attitude. Trey shows exceptional dedication and commitment to his position as our layout designer. In addition to being an extremely skilled designer, he also demonstrates enormous skill and understanding of a team work ethic. He shares his command of design skills to help his fellow designers improve their own skill set. Trey’s ability to communicate and interact well with others allows him to have the respect of his fellow co-workers and supervisors. Trey’s work is exceptional and is unique, eye-catching, and well-designed. He won our department’s Designer of the Month award six of the seven months since it was created in June of 2008. Trey was an integral part of redesigning and re-launching a few newspaper products that helped generate new revenues for the advertising department. Trey has the ability to also take a client’s ideas and bring them to life in a manner that they are excited about, and Trey’s designs have in some cases allowed us to increase revenues on particular accounts. He is incredibly conscious about helping the advertising department find ways to increase revenue and has used his skills in a way that help our department do just that. Trey Bartsch is and incredible designer, a true team player, and astute business person. I believe he deserves the award for “Designer of the Year”. I have nothing but positive things to say about Trey, but if you should have any questions about his work or work ethic, please feel free to contact me. Sincerely, Kodi L. Wilson Advertising/Marketing Director LSU Office of Student Media [email protected] ph: (225) 578-3007

January 26, 2009

Dear Esteemed Panel of Judges:

Successfully handling the most difficult and demanding creative position at Louisiana State University Student Media,

Trey idealistic performance can be directly exemplified through the departments’ monetary successes. Trey’s diligence

and devotion to delivering the highest quality products has significantly aided in the increase in Student Media’s overall

sales revenue; maximizing profits twelve percent over budget. As a full‐time student, Trey’s ability to quickly handle any

technical or visual problems has smoothened the work‐flow; hence, always beating deadlines. In addition to bettering

the workflow of the entire media office, Trey’s communication abilities have truly allowed the department to progress.

Working hand‐in‐hand with editorial staff members to increase the technology and efficiently of the newspaper process,

Trey’s patience and willingness to teach other designers and professional staff members is beyond creditable. Trey has

devoted his personal time; to work with IT staff members to not only further his education on Adobe Flash, not just for

his educational advancement, but for the benefit of a client, in which Trey received no compensation for.

Trey’s creative abilities stretch far and wide, beyond layout and print ads. It was only a matter of time until Trey’s

campaigns ability began to triple the on campus integrated marketing packages. For example, after a lower‐spending

client viewed one print advertisement Trey created, they purchased two additional packages, each worth about ten

times the amount of the first; hence, displaying his ability to determine the needs of the clients. Some of Trey’s well‐

round abilities are, but not limited to, creating logo’s for T‐Shirt worn across campus, launching L.S.U. Student Media’s

first flash internet advertisement, creating info graphics to air on our television station and designing creative

advertisements, with such unique copy, that was viewed on the local news station displaying the design on local

billboards.

Working for more than three years with the similar, yet individualistically unique clientele base, Trey’s ability to resonate

to clients’ cognitive, cultural, physical, and social wishes has been a direct reflection of return customers. Applying

experience and education from the classroom, Trey carefully plans and executes designs that help clients to most

effectively reach their desired target audience. Meticulously, but swiftly, Trey’s ability to aid in the creation of sales

materials have brought the level of selling to a personal and more successful return to clients. On multiple occasions, my

top billing clients request Trey, and Trey alone, to create their artwork because of his outstanding commutation skills

and successful delivery. Furthermore, his simplicity of typography and uniqueness of design in every piece allow LSU

Student Media to prosper.

Trey can be seen as the “do‐it‐all” and “do‐it‐right” employee. More impressive, Trey is a full‐time student with over a

3.2 GPA, who has a second job editing wedding films; however, I have never had a more dedicated, punctuality and

idealistic co‐worker and employee. It is truly an honor to nominate the well deserving candidate Trey Bartsch for

Designer of the Year.

Sincerely,

Donna Weber‐Arnold

Account Executive

The Tennessean

CNBAM Judges: It is my pleasure to nominate Jacob Cooper for CNBAM's Designer of the Year Award. As the assistant production manager and creative director at The State News, I have had the privilege of watching him grow as a designer over the last year. In his position as graphic designer, he consistently displays many characteristics that make him a stand out employee and a role model to fellow co-workers. One example is Jacob's dedication to taking his time to see a project through and not let a tight deadline get in the way of him completing a project, but making sure it is done to his standards. This was especially important in developing the look and feel of the "Lowdown" ad campaign. Jacob took the time to execute each vector drawing when he could have turned to stock photos or stock vector art. His determination to keep the Lowdown campaign original and fresh often kept him working after his shift. The pride that Jacob takes in his work at The State News is another one of his attributes. On many occasions, his willingness to work beyond his scheduled shift has made it possible to go above and beyond for our clients. His strong work ethic and ability to maintain positive relationships with his co-workers makes him a strong asset in the Production Department. Through his busy work schedule, Jacob always finds the time to come up with new ideas and implement them. Jacob's dedication, versatility, creativity and personal strive for excellence makes him an obvious choice for designer of the year. I hope you to find it appropriate to reward his work by naming him designer of the year. Sincerely, Sabrina Egeler Assistant Production Manager

To Whom It May Concern:

I would like to recommend Jacob Cooper, one of our advertising graphic artists, for the

CNBAM Designer of the Year Award.

Jacob has worked as a State News graphic artist since September of 2007. During this

period, he has advanced not only creatively, but also technically, enabling him to

translate his ideas into visually appealing pieces and trouble-free digital files.

Jacob is very driven and always eager to submit ideas for ad campaigns and promos. His

desire to participate in these bigger projects, combined with his passion for the creative

and his technical skills, have generated some of our best ads and campaigns recently.

I hope you will consider Jacob for the CNBAM Designer of the Year Award.

Respectfully,

Max Sa Leitao

Production Manager

The State News, MSU

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MSU vs. Eastern Michigan12:00 p.m. SaturdayTV: Big Ten Network

Eastern looked pretty darn good in a 52-0 win over … Indiana State. Come on, get real. No matter what happened last week, the Spartans are still a sleeper. Playing against the Eagles is a tune-up game.MSU 38, EMU 17

Among the “directional” schools, Eastern is like the lowly stepsister to Western and Central. No Cinderella story here. MSU pounds the ball up the gut and uses play action to open up B.J. Cunningham for the big play.MSU 48, EMU 10

The Eagles aren’t as awful as the casual fan might presume. They return 16 starters from last season and they enter the game with confidence. MSU wins, but by an underwhelming margin.MSU 42, EMU 28

This week is the home opener, there’s going to be a lot of excitement and they’re going to score a lot of points. Eastern has a quarterback who can score, but I’m going with MSU.MSU 45, EMU 10

Miami vs. No. 5 Florida8 p.m. SaturdayTV: ESPN

If anyone read my Heisman Watch last year, you know my love for Tim Tebow — he’s basically God’s gift to college football. Although you have to give some respect to the “U” players (and their rap sheets), this one is all Florida.Florida 42, Miami 24

I cannot hide my man-crush on Tim Tebow. He’s everything you want in a college quarterback. Florida’s golden boy powers the Gators past Miami with three touchdown passes, one run for six and a flash of his pearly whites for the fans.Florida 38, Miami 17

Tim Tebow is a monster. No, seriously, I think he might be a monster — have you seen that guy? Not even Hurricane Gustav would be able stop him on a gridiron. That being the case, certainly these Hurricanes don’t have a shot.Florida 38, Miami 17

I’ll take Florida with the returning Heisman Trophy winner in The Swamp. It’s a big rivalry game, but Florida’s going to come out on top.Florida 31, Miami 24

No. 19 Penn State vs.Oregon State3:30 p.m. SaturdayTV: ABC

A few writers picked Oregon State as a sleeper in the Pac-10, but that went up in smoke last week. If this was at Oregon State, I would probably pick the upset, but I’m going with Joe Pa’s crew.Penn State 34, Oregon State 23

Penn State and Joe Paterno silenced a lot of critics with a opening weekend blowout of Coastal Carolina. Oregon State blew their underrated status with 36-28 loss at Stanford. You do the math.Penn State 28, Oregon State 17

Spearheaded by Evan “Rolls” Royster, the Nittany Lions have a three-headed monster at tailback. That could pose problems for the Beavers, who gave up 210 rushing yards to Stanford last week. Penn State 36, Oregon State 14

It’s tough to win in Happy Valley and they always bring a great crowd out there. Penn State put up big numbers against Coastal Carolina while Oregon State lost to Stanford. Penn State 38, Oregon State 17

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OBAMA CAMPAIGN RAISES $66M IN AUG.Washington — Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign

announced Sunday it raised $66 million in August, marking another record fundraising month for the Democrat. The August total tops the $55 million Obama raised last February.

He reached the $66 million mark with help from more than a half million new donors.

Obama’s total for August was almost $20 million more than the $47 million Republican rival John McCain raised.

Obama’s campaign said that with the latest figures he had more than $77 million cash on hand.

More details about the campaigns’ finances are expected later this week, when their monthly financial reports are due at the Federal Election Commission.

THAILAND STATE OF EMERGENCY LIFTED Bangkok, Thailand — The Thai government ended a state of

emergency imposed in the capital to control a violent political crisis, saying on Sunday it had only served to scare away tourists crucial to the country’s economy.

Emergency rule was imposed on Sept. 2 after a night of violent clashes between anti-government supporters and opponents left one man dead and dozens injured.

Images of the mayhem were broadcast around the world, prompting travel advisories from several countries.

Calm was quickly restored and business and daily life continued as normal in the Thai capital. The army refused to exercise its authority under the decree to oust tens of thousands of protesters from the prime minister’s compound, where they have been camped in tents since Aug. 26.

Acting Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat urged all sides in the deepening political standoff to compromise and help restore the country’s image. The stock market has fallen about 25 percent since anti-government protesters started their campaign with street demonstrations in May.

ROADSIDE BOMB KILLS 5 IN IRAQ POLICE CONVOYBaghdad — Three roadside bombs planted in succession

struck a police convoy in one of Iraq’s most dangerous provinces Sunday, killing five policemen. In Baghdad, the leader of a Sunni group allied with the U.S. died when his booby-trapped car exploded.

The bombs planted along a main thoroughfare targeted a police convoy in Jalawla, 60 miles north of Baghdad, said Ibrahim Bajilan, head of the provincial council of Diyala.

The province, northeast of Baghdad and bordering Iran, remains a major security challenge for the U.S.-backed Iraqi government, even as violence drops in other parts of the country.

Diyala has had a volatile mix of Sunni and Shiite militants, and some Iraqi Arabs are concerned forces from the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq are encroaching on territory there.

On Saturday night, a bomb killed the leader of a U.S.-backed Sunni armed group in the al-Furat neighborhood of western Baghdad.

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TALKS CONTINUE IN LEHMAN DEAL

New York — Government officials and top Wall Street bankers continued talks Sunday in an effort to sell Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and avoid a collapse of the investment bank that could disrupt global markets.

Barclays PLC, Britain’s third-largest bank, backed out of talks on Sunday after emerging during the morning as a front-runner to take over Lehman’s assets, according to a man inside the U.K. bank who spoke on condition of anonymity, in keeping with company policy.

That could leave Bank of America Corp., the nation’s biggest retail bank, and several private-equity firms among the remaining bidders still at the table.

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By Alex DiFilippoTHE STATE NEWS■■

During the MSU hockey team’s annual Green and White game, both teams got a little taste of victory.

A f ter two 25-minute peri-ods, the White team prevailed

5-1, but the Green team won the practice shootout afterward.

MSU head coach Rick Comley saw progress on both sides of the puck in the team’s fi rst time playing a game together.

“I was pleased with a couple of the forward lines and a cou-ple defensemen,” Comley said. “The one thing about playing games is that it takes you a step closer.”

The White team scored fi rst four minutes into the game on the power play. Sophomore for-ward Dustin Gazley brought the puck into the zone but lost an edge — taking a Green defend-er down with him. When the puck bounced out to the point, Gazley went to the goal and buried the puck into the net after junior defenseman Ryan Turek found him open on the doorstep.

The White team made it 2-0 with another power play goal 11:44 into the period. Fresh-man forward Daultan Leveil-le received a cross-ice pass and

fi red a quick snapshot before junior goaltender Bobby Jarosz could slide across the crease.

A shorthanded goal made the score 3-0 in favor of the White team when sophomore forward

Andrew Rowe picked the pock-et of a Green defender during a heavy forecheck. Rowe walked right in on Jarosz and fi red a wrist shot over his glove.

At the conclusion of the sec-

ond period, freshman goal-tender Drew Palmisano came into the game in place of Jaro-sz, who faced 22 shots. Short-ly into the period, Palmisano made a sprawling glove save

that seemed to be a certain goal.

“That was a great save,” Comley said.

“He’s got great refl exes and he’s a great goaltender.”

The fourth goal for the White team came at 10:02 into the second period when Palmisa-no gave up a rebound in front of the net. Senior forward Nick Sucharski picked up the puck and put it past Palmisano, who almost was able to make the stop with his extended stick.

Sophomore forward Andrew Conboy scored the fi nal goal for the White team on the power play a little more than three minutes later when he battled through defenders in the slot and was able to fi nd the back of the net with a wrist shot.

The Green team fi nally got on the board with a power play goal with less than a minute left in the game to blow senior goaltender Jeff Lerg’s shutout.

Freshman forward Ben Wardareceived a cross-ice pass and beat a sprawling Lerg high.

After the game’s conclusion, the team had a shootout, which will now settle all ties if CCHAgames aren’t resolved in the overtime period.

Senior forward Kurt Kivis-to from the Green team shot fi rst and scored the only goal of the shootout. Comley isn’t sure who he will select for shootouts yet, but he likes Kivisto’s smooth approach tothe breakaways.

“Kivisto doesn’t get many points during the year but he’s really good in shootouts,” Com-ley said.

“Some of the guys you think should be good in shootouts play with the puck too much. So there is going to have to be some time and thought going into that.”

The Spartans play theirsecond and final exhibition game at 7:05 p.m. tonight against Western Ontario.

With the youth of this year’steam, Comley recognizes how important it will be for every player to improve after every game.

“For us to have early suc-cess we have to keep this pret-ty basic,” Comley said.

“I think the ingredients are there, but it’s just going to take some time.”

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“For us to have early success we have to keep this pretty basic. I think the ingredients are there, but it’s just going to take some time.”Rick Comley, MSU head coach

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By Julie BakerTHE STATE NEWS■■

Alexandra Gade, an assistant professor at MSU, was drawn to the university because of its rare premier isotope laborato-ry, the National Superconduct-

ing Cyclotron Laboratory.

Now she has joined the ranks of it s award-winning physicists.

Gade, who came to MSU

from Germany six years ago as a postdoctoral researcher, was named a 2008 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow for her research on the structure of atomic nuclei at the Cyclotron.

As a scientist, the benefi t of winning the fellowship is con-nected to research money that will open up freedom to pur-sue her own research ideas,

Gade said. “I was surprised — nobody can

anticipate to win,” she said.The fellowship recognizes 118

early-career researchers from the U.S. and Canada for their studies in seven fi elds: chemistry, compu-tational and evolutionary molec-ular biology, computer science, economics, mathematics, neu-roscience and physics.

Gade is among 22 researchers who received the award in the physics fi eld this year.

“The Sloan award refl ects the fact that (the Cyclotron) is con-tinuing to attract some of the top scholars in the world to teach and do research here in East Lansing,” said Geoff Koch, communication manager for the Cyclotron.

MSU has had four Sloan win-ners in physics since 1976, along with others in fi elds like chemis-try and mathematics.

Konrad Gelbke, director of the Cyclotron and a 1979 winner of the Sloan fellowship, said the award recognizes outstanding young scientists like Gade.

“It just validates our search process,” Gelbke said.

Winners of the Sloan fellow-ship receive $45,000, which is to be used for research over a two-year period. Candidates may be no more than six years from the completion of their most recent Ph.D.

Gelbke said the funds that come along with winning the fellowship come with minimal strings attached, and Gade will be able to perform the research she wants without seeking consultation.

“It opens up the possibility to make modest investments to enhance research capabilities,” Gelbke said. “I just went with my gut feeling, and now Dr. Gade has that opportunity.”

MSU assistant professor wins prestigious award

By Julie BakerTHE STATE NEWS■■

Lansing — Tapping her index fi nger on the table, 13-year-old Lexie Edwards followed along as two MSU students read from Dr. Seuss’ “Horton Hears a Who!”

Across the room, two students fl ipped through a car magazine, asking a boy with autism to pick out his favorite.

Members of MSU’s Student Michigan Education Association, or SMEA, came prepared to read and interact with students with disabilities Wednesday at the Lan-sing Area Parents’ Respite Cen-ter’s after-school program.

Michelle Smith, commu-nity service chair for SMEA, said volunteering at the respite center was a unique opportunity for the group of future teachers.

“Even though special educa-

tion students have separate class-rooms, they still come into the regular classroom for a lot of the day,” Smith said. “As teachers, we should know how to work with them.”

Lakeka Pruitt, the center’s after-school program director, said students of all ages partic-ipate in the program, but many are in their teens and early 20s.

Special-needs students do activities similar to those of other after-school programs, she said.

“We play every day,” she said. “It just requires more hands-on attention.”

Judy Wagner, executive direc-tor of the respite center, said the after-school program provides relief services for families of children with severe disabilities, such as autism and cerebral palsy, as well as those who are deaf, have attention deficit hyper-activity disorder and mental impairments.

The time gives parents the opportunity to do things they might not normally have time for, including trips to the grocery store or doctor’s visits, she said.

Many of the children see the time as a break from their par-

ents as well, Wagner said. “These are children that need a

lot of help, but they need to have fun, and they need to be regular children too,” she said.

The private, nonprofi t center was founded in 1989 and has offered the after-school program since 1996.

Working at the center was one of the many community service projects SMEA members have done throughout the year to complete their community ser-vice requirement.

Jenn Woodberg, an education senior and SMEA member, said volunteering at the center was the fi rst opportunity she’s had to interact with students with severe disabilities.

“I haven’t had much experi-ence, so I wanted to see what it’s like,” she said. “You can’t learn that in a classroom.”

Center aids disabled students By Stephanie GoldbergTHE STATE NEWS■■

Angelique Day said she nev-er imagined that the 18 months she spent in foster care would make her an asset to the child welfare system.

But they have.Day, a social work research-

er, said she was embarrassed of her foster care history when she began her journey as an MSU student. Thanks to caring facul-ty, she was able to use her past to shape her future.

“I realized it shouldn’t be something I hide from,” she said. “I decided to use it to my advan-tage to develop my career.”

After graduating, Day was hired by social work associate professor John Seita to contrib-ute to foster care research.

The W.K. Kellogg Founda-tion issued Seita a two-year, $400,000 grant to facilitate research. The grant expires Dec. 31.

Seita said he began his research after fi nding the major-ity of people once involved in the foster care system went on to lead diffi cult and unsuccess-ful adult lives.

“I didn’t realize I was an anomaly,” said Seita, who lived in 15 different homes while in the foster care system and spent a portion of his early adult life on the streets of East Lansing.

Seita said he is pleased with the ground his research is covering.

“I thought I would never be successful at all, so it’s nice that people are fi nally starting to pay attention,” he said.

While the majority of research on the topic is centered around children currently involved in the foster care system, the MSU research is unique because of the focus on peoples’ lives after foster care, Day said.

Day said the research is

important to her as she foundit difficult transitioning into school and adulthood until she met her mentor, Suzanne Cross.

Cross, an associate professorin the School of Soc ia l Work, was an impor-tant fi gure inher life and helped her to succeed.

“Having access to one

caring adult who is irrationally crazy about you makes such a difference,” Day said. “We need someone to fi ll that void in our lives.”

Day currently mentors Wes-ley Patton, among other stu-dents, who grew up in the fos-ter care system.

Patton said before coming to MSU, he didn’t have an adult in his life he could talk to or look to for advice.

“I’m in a position I thought I would never get after all the situations I have been through,” said Patton, a finance soph-omore. “I’m glad I have met people who have been in the same situation to give advice and listen.”

Seita and Day met four years ago when Day was a student in Seita’s child welfare class at MSU.

“Seita’s class was just too intense for me,” Day said. “I had never dropped a class in my life, and I dropped this class.”

Seita chose Day to be a part of the research project because of her authentic experience in the foster care system, he said.In spring 2005b she re-enrolled in Seita’s class.

“It’s remarkable how it impacts our work,” he said. “People are more likely to be honest and authentic because of backgrounds.”

MSU RESEARCH FOCUSES ON LIFE AFTER CHILD FOSTER CARE SYSTEM

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lansing announced Bishop Earl Boyea as Rev. Carl Mengeling’s successor Wednesday at St. Mary Cathedral, 219 Seymour Ave., in Lansing.

Boyea, an auxiliary bishop of Detroit, will be installed as bishop of Lansing on April 29 at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 955 Alton Road.

Mengeling has led the diocese since January 1996. He will serve as the

temporary administrator of the diocese until Boyea’s installation, said Michael Diebold, director of communications for the Diocese of Lansing.

“This is an exciting time for the diocese,” he said.

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Austin Rudd, 18, center, has been diagnosed with moderate to severe autism. He puts together a puzzle with the help of MSU Sturdent Michigan Education Association students, elementary education juniors Michelle Smith, left, and Ashley Rettell, right, Wednesday at Lansing Area Parents’ Respite Center’s after-school program, 2901 Wabash Road, in Lansing.

“These are children that need a lot of help, but they need to have fun, and they need to be regular children too.”

Judy Wagner, executive director of the Lansing Area Parents’ Respite Center

“It opens up the possibility to make modest investments to enhance research capabilities.” Konrad Gelbke, director of the Cyclotron

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according to Ten Pound Fid-dle volunteer coordinator Lin-da McMillan, he was born into a traditional music fam-ily and started writing songs in college. Since then he’s ded-icated his life to music and even helped fellow perform-er Youngman discover folk music in the early 1970s.

“He was sitting on his porch playing guitar when I walked by him, so I intro-duced myself,” Youngman said. “The next day he came to my house and we played togeth-

er. He opened up a whole new world of music for me.”

Youngman ended up contributing to Mabus’ fi rst two albums.

This will be Youngman’s fi rst year performing at the MWSF. He has been play-ing music since second grade and still remembers his fi rst time seeing Louis Arm-strong perform when he was 6 years old as if it was yes-terday. Youngman now per-forms in the swing band Jive at Five and works as a band director in Lake City, Mich.

While Youngman hasn’t been to the festival yet, he has participated in a similar, albe-it more spontaneous, group sing. He was taking a ferry to an island in Toronto with about 500 others to attend the Mariposa Folk Festival. One man started singing. Before

Youngman knew it, everyone on the ferry had joined in.

“In some ways it was a piv-otal moment,” Youngman said. “Having come through college music preparation, it was exciting to see a whole different way to do it.”

Like Mabus, Schmidt is a full-time performer — although she sings jazz, not folk. She was born in Detroit and now lives in Traverse City. She fi rst discovered folk music when she moved to Chicago in the mid-1970s. She performed in the Mid-Winter Singing Fes-tival in 2006 and said she real-ized it was a special event.

“I could see it was some-thing open and people just got a charge out of doing that,” she said. “Some people came not knowing what to expect. It’s just empowering fun.”

Rogers has perhaps the

strongest ties to the East Lan-sing community, although she now teaches in a small town in Connecticut. An MSU alumna, she helped form Ten Pound Fiddle Coffeehouse and worked at Elderly Instruments. She was a full-time musician for almost 30 years before set-tling down to spend time with her family. Music is an impor-tant learning experience for people of all ages, she said.

“My mother once said every-thing she knows she learned through music, and for me that’s pretty true, too,” Rog-ers said. “It’s the core of who we are as humans.”

A folk traditionPerformers can sing any

style or genre of music for the festival and the workshops also cover many different areas of the musical spectrum. The

event is considered a folk fes-tival because of its open, com-munity-based style and acous-tic set. East Lansing has a place on the folk music map, which makes it a perfect city to host the festival, Potter said.

“There’s a base commu-nity here that understands acoustic music,” she said. “They play it, they listen to it, there’s places in town (where) they can play live.”

Mabus said there isn’t one perfect defi nition to explain folk music. The style, howev-er, is roots-based and under the radar of popular music in America — even though someone like Ani DiFran-co pops into the public eye every once in a while.

“It’s been going on for the last 50 years in church base-ments, people’s homes and small clubs,” Mabus said. “It’s

not out to make a buck, it’s not a commercial thing. If peo-ple like it, they share it.”

When Rogers fi rst dis-covered folk music, she was drawn to its ability to tell a history not written in books, such as the lives of coal min-ers, mothers, sailors or lum-berjacks. She enjoys politi-cal music and said music helps give people the voice that is essential to a democracy.

Youngman said he thinks folk music carries a negative connotation for many peo-ple, but the actual style is much richer than any super-fi cial label. He said folk is the people’s music and can include trained and untrained musicians.

“People inherently have a need to communicate,” he said. “Many people fi nd music is the best way to do it.”

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By Matt FlintTHE STATE NEWS■■

East Lansing is not New York. It’s not Los Ange-

les. It isn’t even Detroit.And what this means is,

this town will never see the frequent appearance of national and international-ly renowned music acts.

But there are options for students in the East Lansing area who are hungry for a taste of live entertainment.

The Lansing area has a histo-ry of venues opening and clos-ing. Last year, The Temple Club and Creole Gallery, both in Old Town, were forced to stop hav-ing concerts. Meanwhile, plac-es like The Green Door Blues Bar and Grill and Mac’s Bar have maintained a reputation for consistently providing live music for the local audience.

Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave., in Lansing, is one of the most reliable local spots to see live bands. It hosts shows near-ly every night of the week, with performers ranging from local start-ups to national touring acts.

“We get lots of great bands,” said Mac’s owner Chuck Man-nino, who handles all of Mac’s booking. “Their exclusive dates (in Michigan) are at Mac’s.”

Closer to students, the Uni-versity Activities Board, or UAB, has a top priority of bring-ing free live music to campus.

UAB has brought bands like Augustana and Plain White T’s to campus at no cost to stu-dents. In April, California band Hellogoodbye will perform.

During the four years he’s been with UAB, Josh-ua Preister said he hasn’t seen so much of an audi-ence change, but a change in types of bands who come.

“Obviously when choosing music to come to campus, we’re going to follow the trends of the music industry and what

Local venues offer regular live entertainment M U S I C

the students want,” said Pre-ister, chairman and human resources director of UAB.

One of the problems UAB fac-es is the cost of bringing in big-name bands, he said. The result is booking more independent bands, rather than top-40 superstars.

“UAB isn’t student tax fund-ed,” Preister said. “So we don’t have the means to bring in those bigger artists.”

Rachel Shapiro, direc-tor of special events for UAB, said to bring in a large crowd, “name recognition is more important than anything.”

Even further from the mainstream artists, there’s a budding experimental music scene in Lansing.

Jazz studies sophomore Sam Snedeker plays shows with his

band Hot Tapes and also books shows with 517 Noise — a col-lective of noise and innova-tive artists in the Lansing area.

Although most of the shows take place at Basement 414, 414 E. Michigan Ave., in Lansing, Snedeker said there’s a dearth of students who attend shows.

“We mostly provide for Detroit kids, Grand Rap-ids kids, Kalamazoo kids and the few local kids who are into it,” he said.

Last weekend, Basement 414 hosted 517 Noisefest 4, a three-day festival of noise music. This event drew in more than the usual 10-20 people who nor-mally attend noise shows.

“It’s defi nitely grow-ing,” Snedeker said. “But I haven’t seen much inter-est in the MSU population.”

By James HarrisonTHE STATE NEWS■■

A student at MSU prob-ably wouldn’t expect to see the College of Agricul-ture and Natural Resourc-es teaching a fi lm course.

But for many spring semes-ters, Michael V. Doyle, profes-sor emeritus from the college, taught a class on the American West in fi lm to 150 students spanning a spectrum of majors.

After retiring, Doyle con-tinued his love of fi lm by writing the book “Michigan Movie Theaters: A Pictori-al History,” which gave read-ers a look into the theaters of Michigan’s larger cities.

Recently, Doyle penned a follow-up to his earli-er book. “Boxoffi ce Open: Michigan’s Small Town The-atres” examines where the citizens of Michigan’s smaller towns would go to catch the latest release.

The State News asked the professor emeritus about his new book and person-al history with fi lm.

The State News Why did you pick this topic?

Michael Doyle I’ve always been interested in collect-ing movie memorabilia. I’ve got an extensive collec-tion of posters dating back to the 1950s and 1960s.

SN What did you learn in researching the book?MD: All these theaters were very similar in the way they were built. They were small and sat about 300 people. They usually had one fl oor, no balconies, no division and one screen. They were places which the community used … much more for

other purposes.

SN What do you feel is the largest difference between a small-town movie the-ater and a megaplex?

MD Intimacy. Some peo-ple don’t like fi ghting to get into these big places, and that’s what these small-town theaters give you.Small-town theaters pre-serve the look of old-town theaters. The marquee and the ways it looks takes you to the ’50s and ’60s.

SN What was your favorite theater?

MD I was impressed with the one in Coloma. It had a very nice look. I liked the one in Boyne City.

SN Do you think that the megaplex has any value to it?

MD Yes, I do. The mega-plex allows the theater own-er to put more than one fea-ture into the theater. With a small theater, the owner could be stuck with a dog (of a fi lm). If you got a dog for a week, you made no money.Also, small theaters were showing movies sub-run, which meant they were show-ing movies about three to four weeks later than the big cities.

SN Where do you go to see movies?

MD To tell the truth, like all of us, convenience is important to me. I go to the NCG Cinemas (2500 Showtime Drive, in Lan-sing). But if they still had the campus theater, I’d go there.East Lansing used to have the State Theater, which was built in 1924. It was

torn down in the ’80s.Ann Arbor is smarter than us. They saved the Michi-gan Theater. We tore ours down. People in East Lan-sing who are doing all this remodeling want a new the-ater like we used to have. What goes around comes around.

SN What are your memora-ble experiences in theaters?

MD I felt that the older the-aters allowed me to fi nd myself in a totally different atmo-sphere. They had a feeling about them that gave me a feeling of being swept away.Today’s theater, you can blind-fold me and take me into one of the megaplexes and when you took it off I wouldn’t know where I was. I could be in one of the megaplexes over here or there. There’s no intima-cy, no feeling of atmosphere.

SN What’s your favor-ite movie?

MD I have lots of favorite mov-ies. I’m big on adventure fi lms. I liked Tyrone Power in “Cap-tain from Castile.” I liked “Shenandoah” with Jimmy Stewart. I like modern movies like “Pirates of the Caribbean.”

SN What do you hope your book will accomplish?

MD I did it for two reasons. I put it together so I could have a history for the people of Michi-gan. I want the people in Mich-igan who were of my age group to be able to refl ect back to what it was. I also wanted to let my age group and younger see what was. I wanted to give you history. Give you where you’re from. Older people will see the theater and remember. I’m pre-serving the history of that.

Retired professor writes2nd fi lm-oriented book

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