On a typical Thursday night, Brad Sjoquist is at St. Mary’s Catholic Parish, kneeling among his peers while leading them in the Rosary.

The weekly gathering of the Catholic fellowship group is practice for what he will devote his life to.

In May, the Student Government Association vice president will graduate with Spanish and psychology majors and a philosophy minor.

A trophy.

Both Central Michigan University and Western Michigan Universitys have teamed up to create a trophy that will be passed between the two schools.

Tony Voisin, director of Student Life, said the trophy adds pomp and circumstance to the game and rivalry.

Michigan’s unemployment rate is rising, but Isabella County experienced a 0.9 percent decrease from July’s unemployment rate.

According to the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth, Isabella County’s unemployment rate for August ranks third lowest in the state, at 6.

CMU will be dishing up leadership and free food to students and staff on Tuesday.

Jeff Hyames, assistant director of career development, will speak from 12:30 to 1:20 p.m. in Powers Hall Room 136 about building résumés during the Leadership Institution’s first Leadership Luncheon Series of the semester.

Student Government Association is still looking for one Senator after seven were elected on Monday night.

Flat Rock junior Andrew Hickman said he was mostly impressed with newly elected senators Flat Rock freshman Sean Gillaspie, Mount Pleasant freshman Matthew Green and Fenton sophomore Alyson Zimbler.

Students and faculty can know just where crime is happening around campus with a simple click of a button.

Central Michigan University is one of the more than 100 universities and college campuses featured on the new Web site, Ucrime.com.

The Web site, which debuted about a month ago, is a crime-mapping service that generates crime incident maps.

Justin Pizzala

It has been almost 20 years since Said J. Al-Qahtani was a student at
CMU, but he said he can still remember the layout of the campus and
Mount Pleasant.
He can easily recall Mission Street and Kroger Food and Pharmacy,
4080 E. Bluegrass Road. He remembers Ronan Hall, CMU’s former library,
where he spent most of his time [...]

Students have the chance to win up to $200 in a nonfiction writing
contest sponsored by the Humane Animal Treatment Society of Isabella
County.
The contest will be used to observe the 12th annual Spay Day USA on
Feb. 28, 2006, sponsored by the Doris Day Animal Foundation.
There are guidelines for the essay.
The topics consist of health benefits of [...]