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.

Governor calls for bipartisan rally around higher-ed funding Governor calls for bipartisan rally around higher-ed funding

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.

Meeting women’s coach Sue Guevara Meeting women’s coach Sue Guevara

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.

Students stay in cardboard boxes for 24 hours for homeless awareness Students stay in cardboard boxes for 24 hours for homeless awareness

Robert Kennedy Jr. links energy with economic growth Thursday in Plachta Auditorium

Robert Kennedy Jr. told a nearly-full Plachta Auditorium Thursday night we are living in a “science-fiction nightmare.”

Robert Kennedy Jr. links energy with economic growth Thursday in Plachta Auditorium Robert Kennedy Jr. links energy with economic growth Thursday in Plachta Auditorium

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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