The number of Resident Assistants and Multicultural Advisor applicants at CMU for the 2008-09 school year was down 15 percent. This goes against trends at other schools that saw their applications increase.

The University of Michigan had a 30 percent increase, while Western Michigan had a 62 percent increase, the Michigan Daily reported.

Jason Nichol is eager to begin serving as Student Government Association president in a community where his roots run deep.

“I grew up here and my dad is a professor here,” Nichol said.

Nichol, a Mount Pleasant junior, and Brittany Mouzourakis, a Garden City junior, were elected as SGA president and vice president Friday evening.

Jason Nichol and Brittany Mouzourakis will be the new president and vice president of Student Government Association at CMU after taking 33 percent of this week’s vote.

The Student Government Association presidential and vice presidential candidates will debate their platforms tonight at 8 p.m. on campus in the Bovee University Center Lake Michigan Room.

Each candidate will have two minutes apiece to answer four questions of which they each have seen and prepared for.

The Charles V. Park Library is cutting some journal and magazine subscriptions because of budget limitations.

The library has been unable to maintain its budget due to increasing prices on subscriptions, officials said.

Subscriptions take up approximately 80 percent of the library’s acquisitions budget.

If the unsightly deer carcasses that litter Michigan highways turn your stomach, a series of meetings around the state this spring offer you the chance to address officials about it directly.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the Michigan United Conservation Clubs are seeking public input on an upcoming Strategic Deer Management Plan for the state.

New technology and applications are being added to the CMU Portal in order to provide students and faculty with better service.

The updates to the online course and financial management system include tools like blogs, wikis and surveys.

The changes are a work-in-progress and are meant to be an easy transition for the students and faculty, said Information Technology officials.

Kyle Schafer’s buck was one of about 272,000 deer that Michigan sportsmen bagged this firearm hunting season.

“I shot a seven-point with a ten-inch spread,” said the Weidman sophomore, who sat with a friend who bagged a six-pointer on opening day.

The kill count was slightly lower than last year according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.