0Greg Burghardt

CMU’s Minority Student Services offers more than just involvement on campus.

The group offers a wide range of activities for both minority students and
students who want to be more aware or educated about issues that are explored
through the activities and services MSS offers.
“Minority Student Services has leadership initiatives by [...]

0Greg Burghardt

Students who want to make their voices heard on campus have plenty of resources
through Student Publications.
Central Michigan Life offers students the opportunity to write and photograph
news. Students also can display their creative talents through The Central
Review, a literary journal published each semester.
“Publications serve two purposes — [...]

0English Instructors Karen Varanauskas and Ralph Baber will be out of a job next fall in part because their teaching methods differ from Central’s purpose, said English department Chairman Stephen Holder.

Varanauskas and Baber, a married couple, said they received great response from students, but their style of teaching interfered with the direction in which the [...]

0Chris McCarty
Local teenagers are out of the garage and at the park to enjoy temperatures reaching the 70s.

Many active adolescents use the skate park at Island Park, 331 N. Main St., as their summer get-a-way. The park may see large crowds this weekend, with temperatures in the 80s expected.

Tom Kimbell, 14, [...]

0Graduation is just another stepping stone in the collegiate career of Calumet senior Anna Hughes, while other graduating seniors are struggling to find work.

Hughes said she will enter graduate school at Wayne State University to pursue a degree in pharmaceuticals, while Gibraltar senior Bryan Cassette said he is working on getting interviews and [...]

0Greg Burghardt
CMU students will have to find their own post-exam entertainment starting Friday as university programs cease for the semester.

Program Board Public Relations Chairwoman Lisa Sommer said there is no rule prohibiting programs after Friday, but with the stress of finals, the last university event of the semester is Gentle Friday.

“Gentle [...]

0Greg Burghardt
A CMU freshman is contemplating a transfer to another university after the department cut two courses crucial to his major.

Ada freshman Adam Buttrick came to CMU as part of a plan to take Japanese courses and study abroad in Japan his junior year.

But when he went on OASIS to sign [...]

0More than 330 CMU students will have to adjust their summer and fall schedules
because of the university’s plan to save money through cutting sections
of courses.

Assistant Vice President of Academic Administration Bob DeBruin released the
list of the removed courses Friday, which affected 234 students enrolled in
summer [...]