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By Brad CanzeSenior Reporter
“Leadership is a quality not sipped from a chalice, but forged through deeds,” ac-tor Sean Astin said during his speech in Warriner Hall’s Plach-ta Auditorium Tuesday night.
Astin, best known for his roles in the films “Rudy,” “The Goonies” and “The Lord of the Rings,” spoke about the virtues of righteous leadership and the lessons he’s learned through show business to an excited Plachta crowd.
Coordinator of Student Activ-ities Damon Brown said there were about 750 in attendance.
“I was hoping it would fill the lower level, and it basically did,”
said Farmington Hills junior Nikki Burnstein, lecture chair-woman for Program Board,
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By Sherri KeatonSenior Reporter
Bay City freshman Dy-
lan Ratell is a little wor-ried about gaining more weight.
Yet he is becoming more involved in activities, in-cluding theatrical dancing, that allow him to move a little, shake a little and ex-ercise more to combat the battle of adding pounds.
“I have been obese be-fore, because I was not get-ting up to exercise, but I actually I have been losing weight since I have been here,” he said.
Obesity rates are rapidly increasing in the United States, causing more than one-third of U.S. adults– more than 72 million peo-ple–to be obese, according to the Center for Disease Control.
Obesity also is hitting some college campuses hard.
According to research from the University of New Hampshire in 2007, many 18- to 24-year-olds are headed toward obesity, which causes high blood pressure and an increased risk of coronary heart dis-ease and other diseases re-
lated to plaque buildup in artery walls.
Data was collected from 800 undergraduates en-rolled in a nutrition course, and at least one-third of the UNH students were overweight or obese.
Obesity crosses culture, gender, socioeconomic status, education and geo-graphic region lines, ac-cording to the Center for Disease Control.
Najat Yehia, a human environmental studies assistant professor, said many factors contribute to weight gain because of the society people live in with fast food restaurants at ev-ery street corner, unlimited junk food, television com-mercials and larger portion food sizes.
“There is a trend toward a decrease in physical ac-tivity due to many forms of work and changing modes of transportation that keep people from eating healthy,” she said.
Unhealthy lifestyles due to schedules, peer influences
By Todd BetzoldStaff Reporter
The United States recently saw increased support for a ban on texting while driving.
In July, four U.S. senators pushed a bill that would ban texting and e-mailing while driving and cause states not approving text ban laws within two years to lose up to 25 per-cent of federal highway funds.
Eighteen states and the District of Columbia ap-proved anti-texting legisla-tion, while others are consid-ering it. Six states, including New York, banned cell phone use while driving altogether.
A survey by the Virginia Tech Transportation Insti-tute released in July showed drivers who are texting while driving are 23 times more at risk of a crash or near-crash event than non-distracted drivers.
“Texting is certainly far different. It involves some-one taking one hand off the wheel and their eyes off the road,” said Anne Readett, communications manager of the Michigan Office of
Highway Safety Planning.The push for such a ban
reached Michigan two years ago, without any results. But now it is back in the spot-light.
In 2007 and again last March, State Sen. Buzz Thomas, D-Detroit, intro-duced Bill 402, a proposition to ban texting while driving.
“There is no need to be sending a text while driv-ing your car — it’s one of the most dangerous things a driver can do,” Thomas said in a prepared statement. “If it’s really that important, pull over and send your message or just wait until you get to where you are going.”
The bill, which would making texting while driv-ing a misdemeanor offense punishable with a $100 fine, has not received any atten-tion the past few months, but Thomas said this is the second session in which he introduced the bill. He said he hopes the Michigan legis-lature will realize the urgency and approve the bill.
Dennis Denno, Thomas’ chief of staff, said nothing significant has changed in the bill since 2007.
“We definitely get a lot of e-mails of support,” he said.
Eighteen states currently have anti-texting laws
Bans on texting while driving picking up speed
Students more at risk for obesity, heart disease
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It is all part of the Fam-ily Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, a bill President Barack Obama signed into law June 22.
Psychology professor Bryan Gibson, who has con-ducted various studies on smoking, said the concept is a good idea, but could back-fire if the images are too dis-turbing.
“By increasing fear about
something, you can change behavior, but if you make it too scary, people tend to tune it out,” he said.
Modeled after Canada?The bill gave the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration au-thority to regulate tobacco products.
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Smokers in the United States may soon be forced to view graphic and dis-turbing images illustrating the dan-
gers of smoking every time they light up. Expected to take effect within the next
three years, new federal regulations would force tobacco companies to cover at least half their packages of cigarettes with shock-ing warning labels including images such as black teeth and rotting lungs.
Disturbing images coming to U.S. cigarette packages
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By Joe Borlik | Senior Reporter
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w Walk around campus between classesw Split your foods, such as dessertsw Use the Student Activity Center or the Towers or East Area fitness centers
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chris bacarella/staff photographerMacomb freshman Lindsay Churches gets an original script from the movie “Rudy” signed by Sean Astin, who played the title character. Along with the movie script, Churches brought a photo she took with Astin on the set of “Rudy” 17 years ago.
Sean Astin inspires 750 in Plachta
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w Sorority recruitment starts today, 3B
SportSw Get to know senior soccer midfielder Molly Gerst, 7A
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todaYw Standing in the Gap weekly meeting will take place from 7:30-9:15 p.m. in the Education and Human Services Building Room 118/106A.
w ”envisioning: the Power of ritual,” a Canadian Indian art exhibit from the Dennos Museum Center, is on display from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Charles V. Park Library Baber Room and will con-tinue through Oct. 28.
w the play “red Herring” will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Moore Hall’s Bush Theatre.
w ”lakelight: Images from the Great Basin,” a landscape photography exhibition from West Michigan artist Gale Nobes, contin-ues from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the Third Floor Exhibition Area of the Charles V. Park Library. The exhibit runs through Oct. 4.
tHurSdaYw the department of english language & literature is host-ing a Writing Lab from noon to 5 p.m. in Anspach Hall Room 153.
w the open Grove Society will hold an Open Circle meeting from 8 to 10 p.m in Anspach Hall Room 167.
w ”envisioning: the Power of ritual,” a Canadian Indian art exhibit from the Dennos Museum Center, is on display from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Charles V. Park Library Baber Room and will con-tinue through Oct. 28.
w the play “red Herring” will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Moore Hall’s Bush Theatre.
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By Amelia eramyaStaff Reporter
The Academic Senate re-quested Tuesday that the Gen-eral Education Subcommittee develop an implementation plan to update the University Program by Dec. 1.
The A-Senate, which held its first meeting of the year, would like to receive a plan as soon as possible in order to apply the changes to the pro-gram, said Phil Squattrito, A-Senate chairman and chemis-try professor.
Some variations include the creation of a competency requirement in quantitative reasoning, a reduction in the number of courses in the UP, the elimination of one sub-group in the UP, the elimina-tion of the written English competency requirement, called Writing Across the UP, and its replacement by a new requirement called Writing In-tensive Courses in the UP.
The plan was approved May 5 by the General Educa-tion Program. It is expected
to address procedures and timetables for evaluation and approval of quantitative rea-soning competency courses, University Program courses and writing intensive cours-es.
The A-Senate proposed to receive a written draft from the General Education Sub-committee of the Undergrad-uate Curriculum Committee of the plan no later than Dec. 1 for further consideration and feedback.
ruSHInG It?Robert Stecker, professor of
philosophy and religion, dis-approved of the Dec. 1 dead-line at the meeting.
“It may be rushed,” he said.Voting was done by voice
at the meeting, and Stecker was the only senator who op-posed. Stecker proposed the deadline to be reassigned dur-ing the spring semester, be-fore or after spring break.
It is a long process that takes time, Stecker said.
“The vast majority of the senate agreed that the suitable deadline for the implementa-tion plan is the end of the se-mester,” said Phil Squattrito, chairman of A-Senate.
Professor fears the revisionsmay be rushed
A-Senate wants UP plan update by Dec. 1
which sponsored the event.His speech stressed life les-
sons from each of his notable movies: A spirit of adventure and reverence for the past from “The Goonies,” grit and de-termination from “Rudy,” and honest-hearted bravery and devotion from the “Lord of the Rings.”
“He made a good point about leadership and fellow-
ship,” said Nigeria graduate student Esther Oladunni. “You have to be brave, you have to be courageous and you have to be loyal. Those are the spice of life, I think.”
South Haven junior Andrew Skuza said he was impressed with the life lessons Astin was able to glean from his film roles.
“He had some great views, and he’s had some great roles,” Skuza said.After Astin’s speech,
he fielded questions from the audience. During the question-and-answer session, Macomb freshman Lindsay Churches held up a photo of Astin from the filming of “Rudy,” in his Notre Dame uniform, standing on the football field, holding the arm of the then one-year-old Churches, whose father had a small role in the film.
After the event, Astin signed her father’s original copy of the “Rudy” script, which Churches had brought with her.
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InsIdew Q & A with Sean Astin, 5B
Parking lot on schedule
The Education and Human Servic-es parking lot should be completed this weekend and will be open for use on Monday. Asphalt laying is scheduled to begin Thursday.
Farmers MarketIsland Park will host Mount
Pleasant’s weekly Farmers Mar-ket on Thursday. Stop by between 7:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. to enjoy fresh fruits, flowers, vegetables and other miscellaneous products from area farmers. For more information, contact Eric Van Heval at 779-5332 or [email protected].
Jail earns awardAfter passing an inspection
of the policies, practices, secu-rity measures and cleanliness of the facility, the Isabella County Jail will be presented the “100% Compliance Award” for the third consecutive year. The Michigan Department of Corrections will present the award during the Michigan Sheriff’s Association conference in Lansing in the first weekend of October. Lt. Thomas Recker and Sheriff Leo Miodusze-wski will receive the award Oct. 5.
Ribbons to Remember
Central Michigan University’s Volunteer Center is inviting stu-dents, faculty and staff to partici-pate in the Ribbons to Remember service project this week. This project was planned to honor the victims of Sept. 11, 2001. Red, white and blue ribbons are available for pickup today until Friday outside the volunteer center in Bovee Uni-versity Center. In addition to the Ribbons to Remember project, the volunteer center also is honoring the victims of Sept. 11 by holding a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m. Thursday, the time the first plane struck the World Trade Center. For more information, contact the CMU Volunteer Center at 774-7685.
Corn maze openingThe Papa’s Pumpkin Patch corn
maze will open Oct. 1. Papa’s is home to the area’s largest Corn Maze and Michigan’s Field of Dreams, accord-ing to its Web site. The corn maze is an educational and recreational maze carved in a field of tall corn with stations and games. It also hosts the City of Mount Pleasant’s autumn and Halloween activities throughout October. For more in-formation, call 773-7750.
Wellspring Literary Series
Come and experience the re-cent work of author Vievee Francis at the kickoff of the Wellspring Literary series at 7 p.m. Monday at the Denison Recital Hall at the Art Reach Center. Francis will read from her current works for the inaugural Wellspring forum. This event will be hosted by assistant professor of English Robert Fan-ning. The series offers community members a chance to hear region-al poets and authors read and re-cite their poetry and prose. Cen-tral Michigan University graduate students also will read their works in progress. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments and music will be included. The center is at 319 S. University Ave.
The Big FAT Lie“The Big FAT Lie: Fats, Oils and
the Cholesterol Myth Seminar” will be hosted by Naturopathic Doctor Kathryn Doran-Fisher from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday. The one-day class ex-plains everything you need to know about cholesterol and the fats in your body and in foods. It is at the Natur-opathic Institute of Therapies at 503 E. Broadway St. The cost is $89 and lunch is provided. Call 773-3636 to register. Information about the semi-nar can be found at nite-mtp.com.
Moms and Tots Morning Retreat
Calling all moms with young children — Tuesday is your morning out. This day for moms allows them to socialize with other moms gives kids up to five years old the chance to play, including story time, music, arts and crafts and games. The free event is from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Zion Lutheran Church. Con-tact Cara Nitz at 644-8178 or [email protected].
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By Amelia EramyaStaff Reporter
While last year’s Speaker Series funding will bring Robert Kennedy, Jr. to speak in November, university officials are uncertain whether they will receive funding this year.
“Last year, the President’s Office and the Provost’s Office each con-tributed $20,000 to make it possible to bring highly sought after, nation-ally and internationally recogniz-able speakers to campus,” said Steve Smith, director of public relations.
The Speakers Series has not met as a committee yet and will not un-til next Wednesday, so any discus-sions of funding are premature at this point, Smith said.
The series lost its regular funding in 2003, said Director of University Events Bob Ebner.
“For a couple of years, we strug-gled and didn’t have any speakers at all,” he said.
That led to the president and provost to assist the Speaker Series for several years, Ebner said.
“Funding was never certain dur-ing (the period from 2006 to 2009),” said Librarian and Bibliographer of Clarke Historical Library John Fierst, former Speaker Series chairman.
A need for fundingSalman Rushdie and retired Gen.
Wesley Clark spoke at CMU dur-ing Fierst’s time as chairman from 2006 to this year. Funding for both speakers came from former Presi-dent Michael Rao’s office and many other places, including various deans.
Earlier this year, series chair-woman and Communication and Dramatic Arts professor Jill Taft-Kaufman sent a request to the Aca-demic Senate for funding from the university’s budget.
Philip Squattrito, Academic Sen-ate chairman, said the Academic Senate agrees with the need for funding of the series but, at this time, only endorses the idea of pro-viding greater funding.
“My recollection is the Senate agreed with the need,” he said. “(But) the university has to de-cide.”
The Speaker Series would like to bring national and internation-ally known speakers to campus, rather than several small speakers throughout the year, Taft-Kaufman said.
“We’re going to want to bring in at least one noted speaker that is well-known,” she said.
funding uncertain for 2009Committee meets next Wednesday to discuss finances
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By Joe BorlikSenior Reporter
Few girls dream of being nationally ranked for their bow hunting skills.
Chelsea Polenz lives that dream. The Rochester freshman has com-
peted in national archery contests across the country, was ranked fourth in the nation for her age group at 17, took two top honors at state champion-ships and was ranked in the top ten for adult women nationwide at an indoor competition in March in Louisville, Ky.
She is now president of the Archery Club at Central Michigan University, a newly formed group the 2009 high school graduate created before attend-ing her first day of classes.
“A lot of people think that archery is
for rednecks and hillbillies, but it’s not,” Polenz said. “It takes a lot of strength and a lot of accuracy.”
Her fondness for the sport began at age 12, when she received a toy bow and arrow as a Christmas present from her father, Mark Polenz.
The two would spend hours shooting apples around their hometown and, after seeing how much his daughter enjoyed the sport, Mark decided his daughter’s growing skills required stronger equipment.
Polenz now owns three bows, two of which are hot pink.
In addition to her equipment, Polenz has spent the past two years sharpen-ing her techniques with the help of Jim Morrow, an avid outdoorsman who has appeared on the Hunting Channel and coached Olympic athletes, she said.
fAmily trAditionThe daughter of a devoted hunter,
Polenz said she inherited her love of archery from her dad’s side of the fam-ily.
“Everyone on my dad’s side hunts,” she said.
Part of Polenz’s decision to start the Archery Club at CMU was influenced by her father.
Chelsea was accepted to Arizona State University, which offers club archery, Mark said, but she wanted to stay close to home — which meant CMU needed a club archery team.
“I’m very proud of her,” he said. “She’s one of the top ranking in the country at what she does. She can outshoot me.”
Freshman archery champtakes aim at new club
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0By Jake MaySenior Reporter
A hearing scheduled for to-day was postponed after a fed-eral judge dismissed parts of the lawsuit against women’s bas-ketball coach Sue Guevara and Central Michigan University regarding former player Brooke Heike’s allegation that she lost her scholarship because she is not a lesbian.
U.S. District Judge Thomas Ludington said Friday that Gue-vara and other university officials have immunity from such legal
claims in their official capacity.“This is kind of unusual when
it comes to this type of court proceeding, but it’s good for CMU,” said Manuel Rupe, the university’s general counsel. “Without hearing any oral ar-guments, (the judge) issued his opinions.”
Though Heike’s lawsuit was not fully dismissed, Ludington will rule on some of the original nine claims.
Rupe said the judge’s order does not specifically identify which counts are dismissed of the nine, but he alluded to them
in his statement.Ludington said he will allow
Heike to further argue that Ath-letics Director David Heeke was negligent in his hiring and super-vision of Guevara. Heike also can elaborate on a defamation claim.
Heike is still enrolled at CMU as a junior, though she lost her scholarship and left the team after the 2007-08 season.
university: Heike did not work HArd
The university argues that Heike was released for her atti-tude and unwillingness to work
hard. She averaged less than one point per game.
In the lawsuit filed in Febru-ary, Heike said Guevara told her she wore too much makeup and was not the coach’s ‘type.’ Heike claims that comment meant she is not a lesbian.
Heike’s lawyer, Cindy Rhodes Victor, said Heike is going to file a second lawsuit against CMU in state court, trying to get around the immunity issue. Victor said she still can pursue Guevara and Heeke in their personal capaci-ties in federal court.
“Does it slow us down? I don’t
see that it does,” Victor said of the judge’s ruling. “It just makes for two different lawsuits.”
She also alleges Heeke knew or should have known of Gue-vara’s conduct toward Heike but has not submitted any le-gal support for the proposition that such conduct amounts to “grossly negligent” supervision.
Heike has to submit any elab-oration of facts on the defama-tion claim by Monday. The uni-versity then will have until Sept. 28 to respond.
lawsuit against Guevara postponed; parts dismissed
By Jake BolithoSenior Reporter
A total of 119 Operating While Intoxicated violations were is-sued by the Michigan State Po-lice over Labor Day weekend af-ter the agency declared it would step up enforcement.
The number is down from 150 in 2008, but there also was a de-crease in patrol hours to 4,500 from 5,300, said Sgt. Jill McKelvey of the MSP traffic safety division.
There were 10 traffic fatali-
ties over the holiday weekend as a result of nine separate ac-cidents, two of which involved alcohol. Last year, the agency reported 12 traffic deaths dur-ing Labor Day weekend.
“We’re happy with the de-crease,” McKelvey said. “Those numbers would have been a lot higher without the upped enforcement.”
The statistics are based on preliminary reports and do not include three MSP posts.
According to the report, two
of the 10 deaths involved pedes-trians who were hit by vehicles and three were motorcyclists.
Another focus of the agency was to enforce seat belt laws through Labor Day. MSP troopers cited 231 individuals who failed to wear a seat belt, compared to 426 last year, McKelvey said. Two driv-ers who died in accidents were not wearing seat belts.
locAl enforcementThe MSP Mount Pleasant Post
stopped 153 vehicles over the
weekend in Isabella and Clare Counties. In addition, three OWIs were reported along with more than 30 cases of unbelted drivers, said Sgt. Del Putnam.
While increased enforcement was present in the area over the weekend, Putnam said the post reported two traffic deaths. Al-cohol has not been cited as a factor in either case.
“I’m a little concerned that we had two fatalities in the area,” he said. “(The increased enforce-ment) can’t really be considered
a success in that regard.”The Isabella County Sheriff’s
Department reported two OWI arrests. The agency also investi-gated six larcenies and breaking and entering crimes during the break, in which many students were out of town.
Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski said not all the crimes involved students or their residences, however. He was not overly sur-prised by the holiday statistics.
Number of OWIs down during Labor Day weekend
hot shot
Rochester freshman Chelsea Polenz has been active in archery since age 12 and has been shooting competi-tively for the last 3 years. Her father’s family inspired her to begin shooting because of hunting. Polenz decided to continue the hobby while at Central Michigan University and founded the Chippewa Archery Club.
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The football team is playing an im-pressive array of opponents this year: Arizona, Michigan State and Boston College. These are colleges outside the Mid-American Conference, teams Central traditionally does not play. Wins, and sometimes even close
losses, can generate national buzz.But the team’s primary fan bases —
students, Mount Pleasant residents and many alumni in Michigan — didn’t get to see the team’s 19-6 loss at Arizona on Saturday. The CMU Athletics Department resorted to
promoting the CMU Sports Network radio broadcast instead through its Web site, cmuchippewas.com.
The department considers it a vic-tory for CMU to play a Pac 10 team for the first time. But is it really a victory when your fans can’t conve-niently watch the game on televi-sion?
Although the game could have been viewed on the computer, many telecasts required fans to pay $10 for tape-delayed view-ing. If inclined, they could have shelled out that money, hooked their laptops up to a television and displayed the telecast on a bigger screen.
That was a solution for some fans. But it is way too inconvenient for most. Many had to resort to the radio or get updates via play-by-play on a random sports outlet. Central Michigan Life provided live chat and game coverage straight from Tucson, Ariz.
But if you’re a program pushing for
national prominence, how is it okay to keep your loyal fans anxiously awaiting the start of the football season from watching their team play a Bowl Championship Series opponent?
Playing in markets on the other side of the country is not national exposure when die-hard Chippewas fans have to resort to the internet for updates. Think of who is more important — the people who pay to come see your games at Kelly/Shorts Stadium or people who had no idea a Central Michigan Univer-sity existed before it took the field against their team.
CMU still has plenty of away games to play this season — six, in fact. Some of those games, espe-cially Saturday’s at Michigan State, could be entertaining. Thankfully, that game is on ESPN2.
But from now on, the univer-sity and the athletics department should push to have every single away game televised for fans.
As Central Michigan University’s football team continues to receive media
attention, it is only natural the team plays new schools.
That can put CMU out there on a national front. It can give the team and the school more exposure.
But that exposure doesn’t mean a thing if the students and Mount Pleasant locals can’t view the game. The season opener at Arizona should have been on television so CMU fans could see it.
EDITORIAL | Away games need to be televised so students can see their team play
Think of the fans
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The dating game
Students shouldn’t take themselves so seriously
while dating
ASHLEY WEISS [CARTOON]
[our readers’ voice]
Fined and no return
Having your own personal space in college can be hard to find sometimes, especially at a university such as Central Michi-gan.
The small space that students do receive should be kept and maintained.
It is not only up to the students; the university has a responsibility to upkeep maintenance, especial-ly when students are fined.
Recently, students who lived in Thorpe Hall came back and found damages in their residence halls were not fixed over the summer. The students said they already paid for the damages, but did not receive the maintenance.
In total, they did not cost much and was charged to the students’ CMU accounts.
Students are expected to pay for damages when they move out of a residence hall or an apartment, ensuring the next person who moves in can start with a clean slate. It encourages students to take care of the university’s resi-dence hall rooms, since their time there is limited. This is a good system to ensure the upkeep of residential halls on campus.
But the system fails when the university neglects its duties. It looks bad on the university’s part to take from students without giving anything back, especially when room and board is already expensive.
It is understandable that main-tenance is busy, especially with the academic year just starting. But if the university is going to be strict on fines and force students to pay them back in a timely man-ner, then maintenance should be held to the same standard and act just as quick.
If CMU is busy and renova-tions will take some time, then students should not be required to pay fines until the repairs can be made. The amount of time between the issuing of the fine and the upkeep of the living space should be as small as possible.
Hopefully, CMU will enforce its policy on fines and maintenance so they are more cohesive. Stu-dents also should be as careful as possible, so fines are not issued in the first place.
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“It will end up well. I wish them the best of luck.”
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“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
– The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
I have recently been dating and, as many college students can understand, this is certainly hard to believe.
I keep telling myself I must remain a singleton in a sole effort to prove staying single at such a young age is really kind of perfect.
I have always been dateless and independent, yet I was perfectly content with my “situation.”
Regardless, I have entered the wonderful world of dating. And by wonderful, I mean time-consuming and confusing. It’s been completely and entirely ridiculous.
Date number one: that is, con-sidering this counts as a date.
I roll out of bed after a long day of tailgating, feeling rough. I may or may not have thought I traveled to Finland, which turned out to be Midland. Either or, I had no idea why I had ended up there.
Upon first meeting the date, my initial thoughts were “he looks like he could be a good time.”
He was outgoing, funny, wore decent shoes but a bit too bright for my liking. Were those lip rings?
At this point, we enjoy our night, exchange numbers, and go on about our business. Weeks later, we meet up again and then a blossoming relationship begins. After a few months, we go out to dinner, dancing and parties.
You know, the usual adoles-cent, young adult way of dating where the nightly good night calls are made.
How perfect.It was fun.So I did it. I triumphantly had
a relationship with someone who could have been everything I wanted in a successful relation-ship.
As a side note, I still remain single.
The point is, in college, we find ourselves constantly yearning for somebody to mesh with. Between roommates, classmates or, in my case, a potential boyfriend, finding similarities and creating relationships are not easy.
Dating is scary, but you have to make that effort and put yourself out there — even if the only out-come is another Facebook friend.
All we really want is somebody that is a guaranteed good time. An intellectual conversation, maybe, or somebody you can sing along to the radio with (on your way to Midland, perhaps) or just a good dance partner.
However, taking opportunities, such as these, laying it all out on the line and be in a semi-real relationship with somebody who feels the semi-real same way is completely acceptable.
I am now in search of another victim ... I mean ... absolutely adorable boy number two.
Any takers?
Taylor HillsColumnist
I take offense to Chris Schanz’s piece last Wednesday, “I’m a work-ing class student, but at least I’ll be prepared after graduation.”
It is wonderful that Schanz feels that working through college is preparing him for the real world. However, I believe I am going to be well prepared also and I worked my first “real” job this past sum-mer.
Many students that are not employed during college are not wasting their time away. I have friends that are in multiple clubs and organizations. I would argue that those clubs, especially career-related ones, are better prepara-tion for life after college than the typical college student job. A job at McDonald’s won’t really help a future lawyer. However, being involved in College Republicans or College Democrats or the Pre-Law fraternity will give that student the actual skill set he or she needs to succeed in that field.
Organizations like these provide students with networking oppor-tunities, conferences and a better understanding of the field they want to spend the rest of their life in.
Not having a job while I’m in college doesn’t make me ir-responsible or lazy. By being involved in other activities, I am learning the exact skills that Schanz is learning at his job. I must manage my time wisely while balancing 19 credit hours, multiple RSOs and an array of friendships. I build my level of responsibility by being involved in e-board and committees.
I can also manage my money wisely. The money I earned over the summer is more than enough to carry me through the school year, with proper management. I have my budget and I stick to it.
My skills are what got me to Central Michigan and I desire to expand my knowledge, not my pocketbook, these four years.
Stephanie JaczkowskiClinton Township junior
Blackout says:Five to six pedestrian check-
points? What is this, Baghdad? I just want to drink some beverages, have some fun and go to the game. Every year this is getting more and more absurd.
Katie says:This is going to cause huge
problems with the student popu-lation. I hope the administrators and security are prepared when the students revolt against these insane policies.
Ben LaMothe says:I fail to see why this is a bad
thing. The university is trying to ensure people don’t get blind drunk and act like idiots.
Jobless, but still hard-working
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Within the next two years, the FDA will finalize the im-ages and tobacco companies will have 18 months to dis-tribute them on packages.
Several tobacco compa-nies, including Reynolds American Inc. and Lorillard Inc., filed lawsuits last week against the FDA, looking to prevent these regulations on the grounds of the com-panies’ First Amendment rights.
Canada was the first country to issue disturbing warning images on cigarette packs in 2000, and multiple countries, including Chile and Iran, have followed since.
According to healthcana-da.com, the number of Ca-nadian smokers has fallen by 20 percent.
Since issuing stricter warnings, smoking in Cana-da has dropped to about 13 percent of the population, a five percent decrease since the warnings were issued.
Health services professor Mark Minelli said there is no magic strategy that will fix the issue of tobacco abuse in America and the problem
can only be fixed by a num-ber of different strategies.
“You can say it worked in Canada, but Canada isn’t the U.S.,” Minelli said. “You can’t automatically assume that just because it worked there, it will work in other popula-tions in other countries.”
LocaL connectionDavid Sprunger, owner
of Smokers Club in Mount Pleasant, 100 S. Mission St., said he is not opposed to having disgusting images placed on cigarette pack-ages.
“Everyone knows smoking is bad for you, it’s a calculat-ed risk,” he said. “People will keep smoking and we’ll keep providing for them.”
Sprunger is concerned with other regulations man-dated by the bill, however.
After Sept. 21, flavored cig-arettes, such as cloves, will no longer be available in the U.S. and, at some point next year, tobacco stores will no longer be allowed to sample cigarettes, he said.
Alma junior Matt Koutz, a smoker for six years, said harsher labels will not work and the only way to cut down on smoking is to ban it in public places.
“You can put a skull and bones on a pack and it won’t
do much good,” Koutz said. “It’s going to be about the same.”
Minelli said 22 percent of women and 26 percent of men currently smoke in America. He said the habit is attributed to nearly 400,000 deaths a year.
Gibson said no mat-ter what efforts are taken, America will never have a smoke-free society.
“The nicotine feels better for some people, so you’ll never eliminate it,” he said. “For some, it’s a very reward-ing thing.”
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Fast facts on smoking
w President Barack Obama signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Con-trol Act into law June 22.w The FDA has until June 22, 2011, to finalize the images. Tobacco companies then will have 18 months to distribute them on packages.w The sale of flavored ciga-rettes, such as a cloves, will be prohibited starting Sept. 22.w Next year, tobacco stores will no longer be able to sample their products.
enforcementOne of the main reserva-
tions about a ban is the dif-ficulty in enforcing it.
“It would be up to the state legislators to make the law and decisions on whether it would be a civil infraction or misdemeanor and what the fines, costs, points on license and pos-sible jail time (would be),” said Mount Pleasant Police Department Information Officer Dave Sabuda. “We as a department would adapt our response to their decisions.”
Statistics in Michigan for cell phone use during crashes are still low. In 2007, there were 872 driv-ers involved in accidents
while using a cell phone out of more than 324,000 acci-dents total, Readett said.
“One of the most fre-quently reported accidents in the city of Mount Pleas-ant is a rear-end type acci-dent. When someone is tex-ting, they are not looking at the cars in front of them,” Sabuda said.
Student SupportWhile texting is popular
among the younger gen-eration, students support a ban on texting while driv-ing.
“I’d say it’s a good thing,” said Muskegon sophomore Kilee Boyd. “Most people
who are texting are going from class to home and they can wait a little lon-ger.”
Anthony Scott-Buyck, a Detroit junior, said the is-sue comes back to the safe-ty of the drivers.
“When you are driving, one is to drive for the other drivers as well,” he said. “However, if one is texting, that means that they are most likely going to miss something or someone.”
-Senior Reporter Hilary Farrell contributed to this report
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StudentS targeted by obeSity
On a college campus, some factors behind high obesity rates include busy class schedules, extracurric-ular activity commitements and active social lives, Yehia said.
But a big issue for college students is they are affected by their peer groups and how willing they are to exercise and be motivated, she said — not necessarily that stu-dents do not have money.
“Students don’t need mon-ey. They can just walk on campus and exercise for free. And when they are stressed, they don’t schedule free time for exercise,” Yehia said.
The options for eating healthy and exercising are
endless and affordable, Ye-hia said.
Students on a budget can select whole wheat instead of white bread, skim milk over whole milk, eat grilled or baked foods instead of fried foods and fit in time to work out. Students have to simply make better choices, since an apple costs roughly the same amount as a choc-olate bar, Yehia said.
“(Students) eat comfort foods when they are under stress,” she said. “It’s not the healthy choice.”
How to figHt itStudents can incorporate
walking around campus more between classes to fit into their regimen, Yehia said.
“A key strategy during the weight-loss process is for the person to eat a healthy, well-balanced diet that is not only lower in calories, but high in nutrient density,”
Yehia said. “Physical activity is very essential not only for losing weight, but for having good health. It should part of everyday life activities.”
New Haven graduate stu-dent Brendon Wright consid-ers himself healthy and has even avoided the infamous freshman 15 by working out about five days a week and eating healthier foods.
“My mother always cooked healthy style foods since we were little, and I lift weights every other day and run on the days that I do not lift — I am pretty disciplined in my daily workouts and eating habits,” Wright said.
Students can take small steps, such as splitting a dessert with a friend or di-viding their plate into thirds, including carb, protein and vegetable portions, Yehia said.
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arcHery cLubThe Archery Club at Cen-
tral Michigan University is still a work in progress, but Polenz said she would like the group to meet in the Student Activity Center during the evening at least once a week.
Polenz wants the team to travel to competitions this semester at locations ranging from Michigan all the way to Las Vegas and Kentucky.
Rochester freshman April Kretchman, Polenz’s roommate, longtime friend and fellow club member , said she is look-ing forward to group prac-tices.
Kretchman said peo-ple never expect the two to be devoted to ar-chery.
“People are like ‘What, you’re a bow hunter?,’” she said. “People don’t think we’re the outdoors type, but I like it because it’s different than your usual sport.”
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SPEED KILLS
MatthEw StEphEnS/presentation editorArizona junior defensive end Brooks Reed gets around redshirt freshman offensive tackle Jake Olson and hits senior quarterback Dan LeFevour as he attempts to throw the ball downfield Saturday in Tucson, Ariz.
Who’s next?
at MSUNoon Sat., Sept. 12
The Spartans beat Division-II Montana State 44-3 in its sea-son opener. MSU used both sophomore quarterbacks, Kirk Cousins and Keith Nichol, and seven running backs in the win.
Linebacker Greg Jones led the team with 14 tackles, nine solo.
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CMU failed to convert a 2-point conversion attempt with 12:21 remaining in the fourth quarter. If convert-ed, it would have been a one-possession game, but quarterback Dan LeFevour dropped the snap out of the shotgun and the game re-mained out of reach.
Senior kicker Andrew Aguila also missed a 39-yard field goal before the first half ended to keep CMU scoreless. A successful kick would have brought the game to 10 points.
Check out cm-life.com for updates and a live chat throughout Saturday’s game in East Lansing. A link will be posted on the featured section of the website’s front.
Check the website during and after the game for photos, blogs and stories.
Also, the game will be aired live on ESPN2.
Arizona too fast; MSU a new challenge
Last Week:
Sat, Sep 05 at Arizona 19-6
Remaining games:
Sat. Sept. 12 at Michigan State 12 p.mSat. Sept. 19 vs. Alcorn State 3:30 p.m. Sat. Sept. 26 vs. Akron* 3:30 p.m. Sat. Oct. 3 at Buffalo 3:30 p.m. Sat. Oct. 10 vs. EMU* (HC) 12 p.m. Sat. Oct. 17 at WMU*TBASat, Oct 24 at BGSU*12 p.m. Sat, Oct 31 at Boston College TBA Wed, Nov 11 vs. Toledo*8 p.m.Wed, Nov 18 at Ball State* 6 p.m./8 p.m. Fri, Nov 27 vs. Northern Illinois* TBA
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LeFevour held to career-low in passing yards in games started, finished19 6
THE SPREAD
Last week, the Chippewas covered the spread against Arizona. The Wildcats were favored by 13.5 points, and CMU lost by 13.
This week against Michigan State, the Spartans are fa-vored by 14.5 points.
The offense was regarded as the strength of the football team
prior to Saturday’s season opener.While that still may be the case,
the defense took a step toward refuting that notion against Ari-zona. The Chippewas’ 19-6 loss to the Wildcats displayed a much-improved defense compared to last season. Unfortunately, the offense looked inept for much of the game.
Arizona’s secondary smothered the CMU wide receivers. The UA front four was able to get enough pressure in the face of senior quar-terback Dan LeFevour to fluster the passing game without bringing extra men on blitzes.
The Chippewas managed only 108 yards through the air, LeFe-vour’s lowest passing total of his career in games he started (exclud-ing games he left because of injury — Temple in 2008 and Eastern Michigan in 2006).
The Arizona linebackers held the running game — which includes the legs of LeFevour — completely in check. On 20 carries, CMU gained 74 yards rushing as a team, just 3.7 yards per carry.
There are things CMU could have done differently. In every game, there are plays every team wishes it would have executed better. Second guessing is natural for every coach, and every fan or journal-ist trying to play Monday morning quarterback.
But if there is one thing that is blatantly obvious to the naked eye, it is the speed the Arizona defense brought to the table. Check that, the speed of the entire Pacific 10 conference.
Central Michigan should be able to move the ball against any defense in the Mid-American Conference. But the difference in speed from the MAC to the PAC 10 is apparent.
Coach Butch Jones said he saw speed he has yet to encounter.
“That’s probably the fastest de-fense we’ve played since we’ve been here,” he said.
He was not exaggerating. Junior
wide receiver Antonio Brown man-aged 31 yards rushing on three attempts, and LeFevour added 30 yards on the ground, but no CMU running back had more than 15 yards on the day. Brown and fellow star wide receiver senior Bryan Anderson were largely ineffective, with just 38 combined receiv-ing yards. Junior Kito Poblah led the team in that category with 47 yards, a by-product of the atten-tion and tight coverage given to the other two.
Moving aheadMichigan State possesses an
entirely new challenge, but one just as daunting. As showcased in the Michigan-Western Michigan game to open the season Saturday, the Big Ten has speed of its own. Western Michigan, a team likely to contend in the MAC, was com-pletely outmatched by a Michigan team many think will stay near the middle of the pack in its confer-ence. By the end of the first half, Michigan was ahead 31-0, en route to a 31-7 final.
MSU’s defense, led by All-Big Ten linebacker Greg Jones, may not have the speed Arizona possessed, but it has its own hurdles CMU has to get over.
For starters, Greg Jones is bet-ter than any linebacker Arizona can put on the field. Roaming the middle of the field, he also is used when blitzing, as evident by his 14.5 tackles for loss last season.
Offensive tackle Jake Olson, who played extremely well in his debut against Arizona stand-out defen-sive end Brooks Reed, will have another challenge. As a junior last year, defensive end Trevor Ander-son recorded eight sacks, and he will likely be lined up against Olson as the right end.
And while the MSU secondary may not compete with Arizona’s top two corners — Devin Ross
and Mike Turner — it does have a wealth of depth in the defensive backfield, led by junior cornerback Chris L. Rucker.
Regardless of whether MSU can keep up with Arizona in a 40-yard dash, CMU will have trouble put-ting points up against the Spartans. Butch Jones said he was impressed by the size of the Michigan State team.
But the passing game has to click, because the Chippewas will have trouble running against (Greg) Jones and the MSU front seven.
For the passing game to have success, the offensive line has to stop the rush of the front four, or seven defenders will be able to drop back and clamp down on Brown, Anderson and Poblah.
Arizona was able to put enough pressure on the new offensive tack-les and LeFevour. Butch Jones said he was happy with the effort from his offensive line — particularly Olson’s work against Brooks Reed — but clearly there was a large task at hand last week, and another one awaits against MSU.
If MSU is forced to bring more defenders in the box, it will open the field for CMU’s playmakers. And the more success the Chippe-was have through the air, the bigger the holes will be in the running game.
Stop the rush, and CMU may be able to put up points against a sturdy MSU defense.
Andrew StoverSports Editor
MatthEw StEphEnS/presentation editorJunior wide receiver Antonio Brown was held to 23 receiving yards and 31 rushing yards Saturday.
Chippewas held to 182 total yards in Tucson, Ariz.
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By Adam NiemiStaff Reporter
The club hockey team be-gins practice this week and is finalizing its roster after a transitional summer.
With its first games Sept. 18 and 19 in Chicago, the team will begin its season with a new coach and many new players.
After a summer of self-deliberation, Craig Lipar will not return for a second season as head coach. Mike Jakubik — last season’s as-sistant coach — takes over.
“Mike ( Jakubik) played for CMU for four years, so he knows us,” said senior for-ward Jordan Jakubik, Mike’s cousin. “We’re not too wor-ried about the coaching sit-uation.”
Lipar, who confirmed Mike’s appointment as head coach, said he is not worried about how Mike will handle the transition.
“Mike knows how things go from helping as assis-tant coach last season,” Li-par said. “I would’ve liked to (coach), but the time in-volved and traveling to my job after practice would be a lot.”
Lipar said his decision had good and bad sides to it.
“I kind of left it up in the air because I didn’t want to leave them without a coach and I didn’t want to say no,” Lipar said.
CMU finished 15-15 with Lipar last season.
He cited reasons for his decision, including his move to Lansing in May. Lipar works at Capital Steel and Wire, and was forced to take an hour out of his vacation time twice a week to accom-modate morning practices. He changed into his work at-tire and left for work straight
from morning practices.
a large turnoutLipar said he was pleased
with the 60-player turnout at tryouts.
“I think it’s a good turnout as compared to the years past,” he said. “Roughly 40 players showed up last year, including the 10-15 players who were returning from the previous year.”
CMU struggled to main-tain its roster last season with academic issues, inju-ries and players quitting.
“You like to roster prob-ably 15 forwards, eight defensemen and a couple goalies,” Lipar said. “So there are a lot of openings at all three positions. We lost some good talent from last year.”
Jordan Jakubik said the team is looking for players who have hockey knowledge to help decrease mental er-rors in games. He also said the team wants players who will play the entire season.
“We’re looking for role players that won’t complain and will do what’s asked of them,” he said.
Senior Mike Lesnau had surgery July 21 on his left shoulder to repair a torn labrum and rotator cuff. He said he hopes to be ready for the second half of the sea-son in January.
Lipar said when consider-ing last year’s strengths and weaknesses and the return-ing players, the team will need to add players every-where.
“Honestly, it’s going to have to be all three posi-tions,” he said. “If I had to pick one, it would be de-fense. Last year we had a hard time playing after giv-ing up goals so I would say the defense and goalie posi-tions.”
Lipar was on hand for the tryouts last Tuesday. He said the strong turnout will help bolster the roster.
The offense returns three
prominent scorers.Jordan Jakubik, Ian Carl-
son, Mike Lesnau and Marty Lipar — brother of Craig Lipar — collectively scored more than half the points for CMU last season. Jordan Jakubik, who scored 30 goals and had 57 points, Marty Lipar and Lesnau are the re-turning players.
Club hockey prepares for seasonTeam undergoes coaching change prior to tryouts
BURNING QUESTIONS | Meet forward Molly Gerst
GET TOKNOW
By Matt ValinskiStaff Reporter
Staff reporter Matt Valin-ski sat down with senior for-ward Molly Gerst, from For-est Hills, Mich. She tied for third on the team with four goals last season.
M a t t Valinski: W h a t are your plans af-ter grad-uation?
M o l l y Gerst: Well, I won’t gradu-ate until next fall, so I’ll start doing my student-teaching with my major of elementary education. I’ll do my pre-teaching next fall so, after that, hopefully (I will) get a job. I would love to teach where I’m from in Forest Hills, which is in Grand Rapids. I have just always loved being there and would love going back.
MV: What is the last movie you saw?
MG: Beauty and the Beast on the bus. It was good, a real good flashback to my childhood.
MV: What do you like do-ing outside of soccer?
MG: I really like to read
and hang out with my friends. We don’t get that much free time, so just re-laxing a lot.
MV: What is your fa-vorite book?
MG: “The Shack.” It is kind like a Christian-type book.
MV: Do you have a favor-ite class or subject here?
MG: I’ve always been real-ly into English. I hate math and science and stuff. I was in journalism all through-out high school, so I really
enjoy writing and (going to) my English classes.
MV: What do you do when you go home?
MG: I actually have my parents come up here a lot because we don’t get to go home too much. I’m look-ing forward to Thanksgiv-ing and my first Christmas break; just going home to hang out with my family because, normally, I have to work out all the time. It will be nice to finally get back to my family and just visit home a lot more on the weekends, when I have time.
file photoSenior forward Mike Lesnau will miss the beginning of the season after shoulder surgery
“Mike (Jakubik) played for CMU for four years, so he knows us. We’re not too worried about the coaching situation.”
Jordan Jakubik, senior forward
[cm-life.com/category/vibeWednesday, Sept. 9, 2009
Central Michigan Life
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By Brad Canze | Senior Reporter
Today is a good day for fans of The Beatles.
The digital remasterings of the legendary band’s entire musical catalog, including all 12 of its stu-dio albums, were released today. This marks the
first time The Beatles music has been remastered digitally. The last time the music was remastered was for the 1987 CD releases.
“What makes The Beatles release significant, in my opin-ion, is the fact that it was withheld for so long,” said English professor Jeffrey Weinstock, who teaches a popular culture class. “The Beatles themselves are arguably one of the most significant early pop music bands, so their absence has been a significant gap.”
History professor Mitchell Hall, who teaches the History of Rock and Roll class, agreed about the importance of the band in musical history.
“I think the Beatles remain the most influential artists of the rock era,” Hall said. “They either intro-duced or expanded more ideas than any other rock artist. I think they redefined rock artists.”
Weinstock said the album re-releases may cause excitement in longtime Beatles fans, but may not create any new fans.
“I think it will work at a lim-ited extent with older listeners,” Weinstock said. “People who are already Beatles fans are excited over the albums’ release. I don’t know how many new Beatles fans are going to be generated from this.”
Grand Rapids freshman and Beatles fan Jordan Reed said she is excited for the remasterings, as long as they don’t deter from the original recordings.
“I’d probably want to hear it first (before buying the new albums),” Reed said. “I’m a fan of the original music, and I wouldn’t want it to take away from it.”
Reed said her favorite part of The Beatles’ music is the lyrics, and the genuine emotion that can be found in them.
“I like older music because it’s from them not from someone writing it for them,” she said.
Star powerAlso released today was the
video game “The Beatles: Rock Band” for Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii. The rhythm game will feature 45 songs from the band’s career, as well as like-nesses of all the band members.
Surviving Beatles Paul Mc-Cartney and Ringo Starr, as well as John Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono, and George Harrison’s son, Dhani, served as advisers for the game, developed by Harmonix Music Systems.
Hall said the game may allow fans to experience The Beatles’ music in an entirely new way.
“People experience popular music in a variety of ways,” said Hall. “For some, it’s kind of a background music to listen to; for others, it’s something to sit down and listen to and ponder. There’s no one way to listen to popular music.”
Weinstock said he thinks the release of the game may be a strategy to attract Beatles fans to rhythm games, rather than attract gamers to The Beatles’ music.
“Quite honestly, it seems a strategy to me, to interest an older generation, not a younger one, in ‘Guitar Hero’ (and that type of game),” Weinstock said. “I would call it a savvy market-ing move.”
MCT PhoToPaul McCartney and George Harrison are viewed in the video game, “The Beatles: Rock Band,” which hits stores today.
The Beatles suck.How can a band who
stopped playing live shows in 1966 and started making just studio albums be ‘the greatest band ever’?
Nothing is more annoy-ing than somebody trying to convince me The Beat-les revolutionized music and, without them, we would not have (insert band here).
That argument is weak and false.
I wish this statement was true because, if it was, we wouldn’t have pop sensa-tions Britney Spears, T-Pain or American Idol.
The Backstreet Boys were revolutionary. But they sucked, too.
And don’t even attempt to sell me on fact The Beat-les were about love and world peace.
John Lennon and the rest of the band preached love and tolerance, yet hatred and jealousy among band members tore them apart.
The Beatles supposedly quit playing live shows be-cause crowds were getting out of control?
Unruly concertgoers never made The Who, The Clash or AC/DC hang up what they did best.
But you know what both-ers me the most? The fifth Beatle no one talks about.
Wait, there is a fifth Beatle? Yes, George Martin.Who’s George Martin? He is the greatest Beatle
(if there is such a thing) and he is to The Beat-les what Rick Ruben is to Metallica, The Beastie Boys, Jay-Z, Weezer and every other band he has had his hands on. But you know so much about mu-sic, you probably already knew that.
Martin is responsible for the making of every Beatles album except for one. With-out him, The Beatles would still be in a basement doing drugs and trying to make albums.
The George Martin Band would have been a bet-ter fitting name than The Beatles.
But someone will still ar-gue George Harrison was the best Beatle because he was an amazing guitar-ist or Lennon was the best because of his lyrics. The problem is they may be the best Beatles to some, but they aren’t the best at what they did.
Take, for example, my favorite Beatles song, ‘Hey Jude,’ and compare it to Wilson Pickett’s version. Listen to how much more emotion and energy comes through in the lyrics and guitar.
It should also be noted guitarist Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band sat in on the studio ses-sion of this song. He also is ranked second on Roll-ing Stones list of 100 great guitarist of all time. George Harrison is ranked 21st.
Sure, they made some good music, but it was not because they were the best at what they do.
Jimi Hendrix had more talent in his left hand than the Fab Four combined.
Apparently none of this matters though. For some reason, people still buy into the hype of Beatle-mania.
The Beatles are overrated
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University theatre begins fall semester“Red Herring” begins today with a story of mystery and comedy all in a noir setting. 3B
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The band’s late-60s, Elvis Costello-inspired pop sound is effective and intriguing, despite its lack of original-ity. Girls do put their own spin on it, though. “Hellhole Ratrace” finds the band add-ing elements of shoegaze and noise-rock to create a beautiful, blissful track. The perfect end-of-summer al-bum, “album,” is a special and surprising debut. Check it out!
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Who doesn’t want super-powers? Cryptic Studio’s new MMORPG (massively multiplay-er online role playing game) “Champions Online” allows players to create a superhero with an amazingly in-depth character creation process which allows many of costume combinations and more than a dozen diverse “Power Sets.”
Users can easily create anything from a convincing “Wolverine” knock-off to a tiny crocodile-man who blasts vil-lains with flowery pink energy beams emitted from his fore-head.
This spiritual successor to Cryptic’s successful online game “City of Heroes” was just released this Tuesday.
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By Amy Crockett Staff Reporter
Theatre is alive and well in downtown Mount Pleasant.
The Broadway Theatre, 216 E. Broadway St., opens its eighth season of community theatre Friday with Paul Rud-nick’s “I Hate Hamlet.”
The show will provide a fun night of comedy, swordplay and Shakespeare, said the play’s producer, Jan Howard.
Although the play is cen-tered on William Shake-speare’s character, Hamlet, the audience will not be bombarded with Shake-spearian dialogue, Howard said. The focus of the play is comedy.
“It’s just fun. It’s fun to watch,” Howard said.
The show is presented by The Friends of The Broadway and The Broadway Players. It will be performed at 7 p.m. Friday, Saturday, Sept. 17 and 18 and at 2 p.m. Sunday.
In the play, an out-of-work actor moves to New York City to find a job. He winds up landing the role of Hamlet in a summer theatre festival and also rents a flat that used to belong to John Barrymore.
John Barrymore, grandfa-ther of actress Drew Barry-more, is well-known for his portrayal of Hamlet in his lifetime. He also is known as a womanizer, hope-less drunk and egomaniac, Howard said. In “I Hate Hamlet,” Barrymore carries these qualities into his af-terlife as well.
After the actor moves in to the apartment, Barrymore’s ghost begins haunting him, causing chaos and refus-ing to leave until he teaches the young actor how to play Hamlet. A ‘good piece of theAtre’
Throughout the play, the audience will be “laugh-ing and crying and maybe questioning their own di-rection in life,” said Michael Meakin, the show’s director.
The Broadway Theatre’s production of “I Hate Ham-let” features theatre veter-ans and novice actors, How-ard said.
Rachel Foster-Lifson, as-
sociate professor of psychol-ogy, will take the stage for the first time Friday, playing Lil-lian Troy, an elderly and no-nonsense talent agent from Germany.
Foster-Lifson said her fa-vorite part of her acting expe-rience so far has been working with the other cast members and becoming good friends with them.
Howard agreed working with the actors, as well as watching them rehearse and interact with each other, has been a great experience.
Along with the cast, Meakin
said the costuming is incred-ible, the set is incredible and there is a big sword fight.
“(It is just) a really good piece of theatre,” Meakin said.
Tickets cost $8 each and are available at Ric’s Food Cen-ter, 705 S. Mission St.; Ace of Diamonds, 128 E. Broadway St.; Bennigan’s, 2424 S. Mis-sion St.; and the Doherty Ho-tel and Conference Center in Clare. Tickets also may be purchased at the Broadway Theatre on show days.
‘I Hate Hamlet’ opens at Broadway Theatre Eighth season debuts Friday with fun night
By Courtney HudsonStaff Reporter
Sororities have an oppor-tunity all their own.
Recruitment begins today for sororities, which will give female students the chance to find out if it is the right fit for them.
Tours of each group, be-ginning at 6 p.m. today and Thursday at Warriner Mall, will start the recruitment phase. Phi Mu President Stephanie Eidson said each tour is broken down into 40-minute intervals, be-ginning with house tours.
“We will show them the house and the actives will take them into different rooms. In each room, there is a different theme. They will be learning about our sis-terhood, our philanthropy, our academics and learning more about our chapter,” the Rockford senior said.
Recruitment will continue after the tours with a sister-hood event Friday, a philan-thropy event Saturday and will finish with ‘Jump’ Sun-day.
“Jump is where the po-tentials literally jump of the stage and run to their sorority,” said Whitney Dubay, a Phi Sigma Sigma member and Essexille se-nior.
The potential members are offered bids from the sorority they are most com-patible with and announce their decision in front of all the sororities at CMU, Dubay said.
is it for you?A lot of individuals won-
der what is so wonderful about being a part of the Greek community.
Senior Nicki Doherty said being in the Greek commu-nity is a fulfilling experi-ence.
“You get to do a lot of net-working and get the chance to meet great people,” the Port Huron native said.
Eidson said it is all about the experience for her.
“Going Greek opens a lot of doors of opportunity to people. They are joining an organization where they have things in common with other women who are all working toward a com-
mon goal,” Eidson said.She said it gives students
the chance to have different leadership positions in the Greek community.
Sorority recruitment features house tours and jumpingWeekend events give female students a glance at Greek life
By Connor SheridanStaff Reporter
There will be murder, es-pionage, treachery and ro-mance displayed on stage this weekend at Bush The-atre.
“Red Herring,” the first university theatre produc-tion to run in the 2009-10 season, opens at 7:30 to-night.
Tickets are available at $5 for students and $7 for the public. They can be pur-chased at the Central Box Office in the Bovee Univer-sity Center or at the theatre doors.
“Red Herring” Director Keeley Stanley-Bohn said the play takes a lot from the ’50s era.
“It is a murder mystery that takes place in 1952,” said Stanley-Bohn, an asso-ciate professor in the Com-
munication and Fine Arts Department. “It’s a parody of film noir. (The style re-sembles) any of those old TV shows like ‘Dragnet’ or ‘Ha-waii 5-O.’”
But the show also has a pronounced comedic streak running through it.
The play was penned by Michael Hollinger, who Stanley has a lot of respect for.
“He’s a very clever writer,” Stanley said.
A ‘greAt look’ to itA great deal of effort has
been put forth to convinc-ingly set the stage for this Cold War thriller.
“It’s got a great look to it. It’s kind of a film noir theatre,” said Steve Berglund, director of University Theatre.
In particular, he men-tioned the great amount of work the set and costume designers did to create a convincing and entertaining period piece.
“(The story) is very inte-grated,” Stanley said.
Protagonist Scott Freeman
is playing an FBI agent set on sniffing out a spy selling government secrets and Ka-tarina Behrmann is a detec-tive investigating a mysteri-ous dockside murder.
Tonight’s performance will not be the first occasion for the CMU players to assume their Cold War personae in front of an audience.
“We (did) three shows in the summer,” Berglund said.
The show received positive responses when it played in Mount Pleasant, Boyne City and Waterford in June.
“Students should really be attracted by the comedy and romance,” Stanley said.
‘Red Herring’ sneaks its way to Bush Theatre
If you go...
w event: “Red Herring”w time: 7:30 p.m.w date: Wednesday through Saturday, with a matinee at 2 p.m. Sunday.
Murder mystery takes place in ‘52, a film noir parody
Barryton senior Katarina Behrmann, “Maggie,” questions Molly Epstein, “Mrs. Kravitz,” about the circumstances of a corpse while San-
ford freshman Chris Krause, “Woody
the photographer,” captures the scene
during Tuesday night’s Red Herring
dress rehearsal in Bush Theatre.
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By Ben WeissenbornStaff Reporter
On its 12th full-length al-bum since forming in 1984, everyone’s favorite Jewish indie-rock band, Yo La Ten-go, does not venture too far from the stylings of its past releases.
But it manages to display tighter musicianship and more focused songwriting.
One of the first things listeners will likely notice about “Popular Songs” is its length. Clocking in at about 73 minutes over the course of 12 songs, “Popular Songs” is one of Yo Le Tengo’s lon-gest releases. Not surpris-ing, though, is the fact that Yo La Tengo is capable of maintaining and engaging over the entire length of the album without any notable missteps.
Opener “Here To Fall” is one of Yo La Tengo’s distinc-tive Sonic Youth-inspired brain-burners.
Comprised of groovy,
fuzzed-out bass, psyche-delic organ riffing, scat-tered drums and an incred-ible string quartet, the song functions in heady-psyche-delic-rock mode for its near six-minute length without relent.
“I know you’re worried/I’m worried too/But if you’re ready/I’m here to fall with you/What else is there for us to do?” sings vocalist Ira Kaplan in his distinctive, slightly nasally croon.
One of the album’s big-gest surprises and strongest tracks is “Periodically Triple or Double,” a groovy, organ-led boogie that is just as catchy as it is danceable. The song is slightly goofy, but is played with as much gusto and musical proficiency as anything else on the record.
Another high point on the record comes in the form of the track “If It’s True,” a ’60s doo-wop inspired pop track
that finds husband and wife vocalists Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley singing back and forth. While this trick has been employed a billion times by other artists, Yo La Tengo’s take on it is honest and charming.
One thing about “Popu-lar Songs” that may throw some listeners off is the album’s last three tracks, each clocking in around or more than 10 minutes. Each of these sonic experi-ments is enjoyable in its own right: the gorgeous, stratospheric “More Stars Than There Are In Heav-en,” the ambient, acoustic “The Fireside” and the gui-tar freak-out of “And The Glitter Is Gone.”
Yo La Tengo’s previous fans are sure to be pleased with this solid, worthwhile addi-tion to the band’s extensive catalog, and newcomers will find it to be a worthy entry point into the band’s music.
While it may not be the most surprising release of the year, “Popular Songs” is a remarkably consistent re-cord from a remarkably con-sistent band.
“Popular Songs” a solid album‘popular SongS’
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By Rachel MaterStaff Reporter
Looking for a new way to update your look for fall? Try new makeup styles.
The new fall season has brought forth many new trends that are good for any skin type or color.
Changing your makeup routine can be fun and easy to do.
“I like to switch up my make-up colors,” said South-field senior Portia McIntosh. “Colors are fun as long as you don’t look like a clown.”
You also can update your look more with new makeup styles. Purple eyes and pale lips were a winning combo on runways this season. Pur-ple also is the most univer-sally flattering color for eyes.
If you dare to be even bold-er, try purple lips.
“I love purple. Purple eyes are good, but not too much or not too little,” McIntosh said.
Even Oak Park senior Sharon Smith loves the purple trend.
“I like to wear colorful eye-liner and purple eyeliner,” she said.
If you prefer to keep your style simpler, purple nails are a more subtle way to wear the color. Other popular col-ors of the season for nails are dark green, dark blue, cham-pagne, silver and pink.
‘color of hope’Also, during this month,
L’Oréal Paris has a collection called “Color of Hope,” in which one dollar from every purchase goes to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund.
In the collection, there is a rich plum shade of the Pro Manicure Nail Polish. This collection is available at Kroger, Walgreens, Meijer, Kmart and a few other select stores.
Or, if you would rather just brighten up your face, blush and illuminating creams are the way to go. If you don’t mind spending $25 on make-up products, NARS blush in Orgasm is a flattering shade for any skin color and even
has tiny gold specks in it to give your face a little sparkle.
Calvin Klein Runway Radi-ance Illuminating Cream in Pearl Glow also is a great illu-mination cream, both found on Sephora.
Want to go for an unex-pected new trend? Try grey mascara.
Grey mascara puts a fun new twist on any eye color. Yves Saint Laurent has cre-ated “Sublime Grey,” a deep slate grey mascara, available on Sephora for $28.50, if you don’t mind exceeding your budget for something new and creative.
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By Taylor HillsStaff Reporter
Have you ever wanted to travel to Africa, but just could not come up with the resources?
Here is your chance.Minority Student Services
is hosting an African Cul-ture Night at 7 p.m. Friday in Warriner Hall’s Plachta Au-ditorium.
The president of the Af-rican Student Association, Eve Famutimi, believes this event will educate as much as allow for fun.
“It will educate people on the African culture, as well as have fun and learn about Africa,” the Mount Pleasant sophomore said.
The event will include a professional dance perfor-mance in which the danc-ers will teach students and community members basic African dance steps. Anoth-er activity is an interactive game show where students are educated on many dif-ferent aspects of African culture.
A live fashion show also will take place, as well as various artists and poetry.
educAting studentsBecause the event could
not happen last year be-cause of organizing con-flicts, Famutimi said she is excited to take charge of the event this year.
“I’m excited to give this opportunity (to students) to come and mingle with Cen-tral Michigan University stu-dents and outsiders as well,” she said. “I want to bridge the gap and change the per-ception of African culture and people’s preconceived
notions.”Famutimi said she be-
lieves the African culture is one that has not been visible on Central Michigan Univer-sity’s campus.
“African culture has not been projected like it should be or enough at CMU. As minorities, we have an obli-gation to let people hear our voice,” she said.
Another member of the organization, Riak Mabil, is planning on being a part of one of the skits, playing the role of a grandpa.
“I want to educate people and students (about the) African culture,” the Grand Ledge senior said.
Another goal of the night is to bring awareness to the Mount Pleasant community, not just Central Michigan
University.“In a small community,
like Mount Pleasant, where the importance of diversity is lessened, bringing African culture is needed,” Famuti-mi said.
The event will be spon-sored by the Student Bud-get Allocation Committee (SBAC), Minority Student Services and Program Board, as well as the Institution of Diversity.
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By Connor SheridanStaff Reporter
Are you a fan of monkeys, swashbuckling, ceaseless wordplay and rubber chickens with pulleys inside?
If so, you may want to in-vestigate “Tales of Monkey Island.”
The developer of “Tales of Monkey Island,” Telltale Games, has some experi-ence with bringing beloved adventure gaming classics such as the “Monkey Island” series into the present with as sharp of a wit and nearly as mind-bending of puzzles as their nostalgia-gilded forebearers.
Originally, LucasArts adven-ture games from the late ’80s to mid ’90s, to which the first game, “The Secret of Monkey Island,” belonged, were re-nowned for their sharp humor and clever puzzles.
It’s undeniable that the orig-inal developers’ influences on the dialogue are missed (par-ticularly Tim Schafer, who is currently with developer Dou-ble Fine and heading up the “Brutal Legend” game). But
the new crew does an admi-rable job in keeping the plen-tiful lines consistently funny and fresh while working in occasional references pleasing to longtime fans of “Monkey Island.”
In both episodes currently available, there is not a single unlikeable character, though the majority of them are amus-ingly distinct — yes, even the scads of rowdy pirates series protagonist Guybrush Threep-wood interacts with.
The featured puzzles in Parts I and II are not quite as difficult as those in the first two entries in the series, and none of their solutions will push you to the point of wondering how exactly developer Telltale ex-pected the player to think of
that. This reviewer admittedly had to consult a guide at two or three sticking points in the adventures.
The game’s graphics boast a strong stylistic direction, al-though the low resolution tex-tures and scarce geometry will not win the hearts of anyone looking for a technical show. Some character models are re-peated with minor alterations a surprising number of times, to the point where I began to suspect it might be some sub-tle joke.
One aspect of this game that could prove addicting or an-noying is its episodic delivery. Like most of Telltale Games’ series, it is released in two-to-three hour long downloadable “episodes” that each contain a smaller adventure which in-terlocks with the larger plot.
The entire package can be purchased for $35 on telltale-games.com.
Currently, only the first two segments have been released and the third segment is slated for sometime this month.
“Monkey Island” witty and clever‘TaleS oF Monkey iSland” (parTS i
and ii)
HHHHHw system: PC, Wii (WiiWare)w genre: Adventure
Grand Blanc resident
Michael Hughes, 16, practices
tricks, including upside-down
flips, on his pogo stick Fri-day afternoon after the CMU cross country meet. He said
he started learning tricks
a year ago after he was inspired
by videos on-line. Hughes has
not yet been injured.
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STunT Man | Student shows off stunts on his pogo stick
Staff Reports
Is the title “It’s only rock and roll, but we like it” a hint as to what Apple lovers can expect today?
Apple’s invitation-only special event scheduled today has had rumors fly-
ing since the event was announced. Bloggers and specialists have speculated many different ideas as to what Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs might have in store for fans.
Speculation is possibly new hardware, either for the iPod or computer.
Jobs returned to Apple after several health battles, including a liver transplant in April, and some have even mentioned the chance the event could bring the union of The Beatles and iTunes after years of legal battles.
Are we getting new iPods?
By Brad CanzeSenior Reporter
Editor’s Note: Senior Reporter Brad Canze had a chance to talk with actor Sean Astin before his lecture Tuesday at Plachta Audi-torium about life in Hollywood and some of his experiences lec-turing.
Brad Canze: How have you found Michigan so far?
Sean Astin: Michigan is great. It’s my adopted state. I made a movie here in September and October of ‘08, and then my dad was in a play here all summer, and I came up to visit with my family and stayed in Lansing.
BC: A lot of movies have been coming here now that they have passed new tax exceptions for movie companies in the state. Do you think you’ll end up spending more time in Michigan making movies?
SA: I have no doubt. I think the tax incentives that were passed by the state is the smartest thing they could have possibly done ... I’m sure in the next three, four or five years there’s going to be tons and tons of movies coming here, and I would expect that I might be in one or two of them.
BC: Have you been touring around doing speaking engage-ments, or do you just do one every now and then? What’s that schedule like for you?
SA: Throughout my life, I’ve done a lot of speeches in a lot of different venues for a lot of differ-ent reasons. This is the second in
a series of speeches at universi-ties that I’m giving between now and the end of the year ... the University of Georgia last week was amazing. A real great turn-out. I’m hoping that it will be the same Tuesday, I’m sure it will ... I enjoy doing it. It makes me feel useful. It allows me to kind of spread my wings a little beyond my acting life.
BC: When you do these speak-ing engagements, what is the main overlying topic of the speech?
SA: It’s a speech about leader-ship. I use movies like “The Goo-nies” and “The Lord of the Rings” and some others as a hook to kind of draw out similar themes and ideas of what I’ve learned from those movies and those char-acters. And then, I basically talk about civic responsibility and be-ing engaged and my kind of take on the nature of leadership.
BC: What’s an example of how you would do that? How would you use those movies and your experiences to tie into that theme?
SA: The themes of the movies are pretty obvious. “The Goo-nies” is an adventure movie, “Rudy” is about being motivated and determined, “The Lord of the Rings” is this epic adven-ture that deals with the nature of good and evil and right and wrong. I just find little moments in the story or little anecdotes and I kind of connect them to things in my life.
BC: You’re most recognized
from those movies you men-tioned. Do you often find your-self getting recognized as Sean Astin, or someone like Sam from “The Lord of the Rings?”
SA: I pretty much get recog-nized most of the places I go, from “hey, you’re that guy,” to “how are your daughters?,” be-cause they know about my biog-raphy or something.
BC: Is there anything else you’re working on right now? Any other films you’re develop-ing or going to act in?
SA: I have one more called “Stay Cool”...I do a lot of voice over stuff. Right now I’m doing that for the Disney Channel.
BC: Your mother was an ac-tress. You’re an actor. Can you see your daughters following that?
SA: I think it’s a possibil-ity. I always said I would sup-port them with whatever they want to do with their lives ... I have mixed feelings. My old-est daughter has done a lot of community theatre and she has a great time doing that.
BC: If the audience members tonight took anything away from your speech, what would you want it to be?
SA: I really appreciate the op-portunity to speak to them. I care about them and their progress ... and the idea of hearing from an actor and filmaker about leader-ship, I think that’s what will be most meaningful to them ... I want to be sincere and open.
Q and A with Sean Astin
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