Several other events are coming up for those interested in participating in Deaf Awareness Week.
A silent lunch with communication disorders instructor Kendra Miller will begin at noon today on the front lawn of the Health Professions Building and the deaf games with the American Sign Language Society will begin at 6 p.m. in the Student Activity Center.

Editor’s note: James Falls is a Central Michigan Life staff reporter also playing on the football team this fall.

I never realized how fast I had grown up in this program until now.

The freshmen arrived a few weeks ago and they have a lot to turn into in such little time.

The Mount Pleasant Oilers attempted to defeat the no. 1 ranked Piconning and lost twice, 6-2 and 12-11 during the season.

The third attempt Tuesday was a charm for the underdogs.

Seven runs in the top of the sixth inning helped the Oilers defeat the Spartans 10-5.

Women’s basketball
Coach Sue Guevara will remain the head coach of the women’s basketball team through the 2013-14 season after signing a five-year contract extension with the university that will pay her a base salary of $150,000 per year.
It replaces the contract she originally signed in 2007 when she took over as head coach.

On a weekend when the current team will finish its season with a record-low win total, the softball program will celebrate one of its greatest teams.

CMU hosts Bowling Green and Toledo to close out the year. Friday’s doubleheader against Bowling Green will begin at 1 p.

Kent State junior Kylie Reynolds struck out eleven batters to help the Golden Flashes beat the Chippewas 1-0 on Sunday at Margo Jonker Stadium.

Reynolds leads the Mid-American Conference with 257 strikeouts. She was a Mid-American Conference Pitcher of the Week nominee this week.

Times flies when you are having fun.

Amazingly, it also flies when the offense has to do up-downs after practice for turnovers during the scrimmage period. Too bad the time never flies while I am in class. However, it is all part of my crazy new life.

I am living that life right now – the life of a student-athlete here at CMU.

The softball team failed to generate enough offense during the opening weekend of Mid-American Conference play, losing three of four.

“We’ve got to score runs,” coach Margo Jonker said. “We’ve got to hit the ball and we did not do well with that.”

The Chippewas split a doubleheader with Ball State on Friday.