Governor calls for bipartisan rally around higher-ed funding
Cameron Hunt came to hear Gov. Jennifer Granholm speak Thursday because he wanted to hear why his parents were losing $12,000 toward their children’s education.
Meeting women’s coach Sue Guevara
There was a time when CMU women’s basketball coach Sue Guevara doubted her ability to continue coaching at the collegiate level. Guevara lost her mother in 2002 and later resigned as head coach at the University of Michigan on March 24, 2003, after a pair of losing seasons.
Students stay in cardboard boxes for 24 hours for homeless awareness
Paw Paw senior Brooke Willis chose to go homeless for 24 hours Wednesday. “We had blankets and sleeping bags and stuff, so it’s not as cold as it has to be for someone who has to legitimately try and do this every night,” Willis said.
Volleyball
Sports Update: Volleyball advances to MAC semifinals
D.J. Palomares | November 20, 2009
The volleyball team was able to repeat its sweep against Northern Illinois to advance to the semifinals in the Mid-American Conference tournament for the first time since 1996 Friday in Toledo. “It was a big time match big time performance,” said coach Erik Olson. “We already knew each other so well and we played each other so recently that we knew exactly what they wanted to do and vice versa. But we were able to take advantage of it more.”
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Tags: Erik Olson, mac, Sports, sports update, Volleyball
Football
Football could clinch after win
Andrew Stover | November 20, 2009
Senior quarterback Dan LeFevour was not coy about how tuned in he will be to Saturday’s Ohio-Northern Illinois game Saturday. After the CMU football team cruised to a 35-3 win against Ball State, it put pressure on NIU to beat Ohio.
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Tags: Butch Jones, Football, Nick Bellore, Sports
University
CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield, VP of Crain Communications, Oakland County executive speaking at December commencement
Kelli Ameling | November 20, 2009
December graduates will hear their last words as Central Michigan University students from the CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, a vice president of a communications company or an Oakland County executive.
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Tags: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Board of Trustees, Commencement, Daniel Loepp, L. Brooks Patterson, Mary Kramer
University
Sen. Carl Levin discussing political integrity Sunday
Seth Nietering | November 20, 2009
U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., is speaking about political integrity Sunday at Central Michigan University.
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Tags: Phillip A. Hart and William G. Milliken Endowed Speaker Series, Senator Carl Levin
University
Non-tenured CMU faculty looking to unionize
Lonnie Allen | November 20, 2009
The Michigan Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers Michigan are seeking to organize with Central Michigan University’s non-tenured faculty.
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Tags: American Federation of Teachers Michigan, Faculty Association, Faculty Employment and Compensation, Michigan Education Association, non-tenured faculty, Union of Teaching Faculty, unions
Basketball
Men’s basketball looks to continue streak
Tim Ottusch | November 20, 2009
The CMU men’s basketball team seeks to beat Fairleigh Dickinson for the second consecutive season Saturday. The teams play at 7 p.m. in Teaneck, N.J., in CMU’s first road game of the season. The Chippewas defeated the Knights 68-62 on Feb. 21 in Rose Arena in the team’s Bracketbuster game.
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Tags: Basketball, Ernie Zeigler, Jalin Thomas, men's basketball, Robbie Harman, Rose Arena, Sports
Student Life
Students protest Granholm’s visit Thursday
Brad Canze | November 20, 2009
Before Gov. Jennifer Granholm spoke in the Charles V. Park Library Auditorium Thursday morning, protesters outside urged people to not “drink her Kool-Aid,” and instead brought their own. Campus Conservatives handed out flyers, held up signs and chanted outside both entrances to the library, and had set up a table outside the main entrance with a [...]
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Tags: campus conservatives, Jennifer Granholm, Michigan Promise
Volleyball
Volleyball faces NIU in MAC tourney
D.J. Palomares | November 20, 2009
The CMU volleyball team gets a rematch of its final regular-season match today in the quarterfinals of the Mid-American Conference Tournament. The Chippewas play Northern Illinois at 11 a.m. in the Seagate Center in Toledo. The Chippewas swept NIU in their last meeting Nov. 14. The winner of today’s match advances to the semifinal match.
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Tags: Erik Olson, mac, Sports, Volleyball
SPORTS
• Sports Update: Volleyball advances to MAC semifinals
• Football could clinch after win
• Meeting women’s coach Sue Guevara
• Men’s basketball looks to continue streak
• Volleyball faces NIU in MAC tourney
CAMPUS VIBE
• The video gamers’ guide to the holiday shopping season
• Video game console battles
• ‘Real Estate’ album is hazy, warm
• DITR Promotions done for semester
• Keeping up with fashion is easy with technology
VOICES
• Governor Jennifer Granholm accomplished little stopping at CMU
• The new Detroit Daily shows some hope, faith for the city and newspaper industry
• Gov. Granholm should be more creative when it comes to funding the Michigan Promise scholarship
• Gov. Granholm needs to address state problems, not draw support for her cause
• All skills needed for a career aren’t taught in the classroom
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