GALLERY: Polar Plunge
Students and participants gather together to jump in freezing cold water for the Polar Plunge Special Olympics event, Saturday, Feb. 11, in the Wayside parking lot.
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GALLERY: Melanated Makeup Workshop
Senior Antonea Harris hosts the Melenated Makeup event during the Black Hair Care workshop, Friday, Feb. 10, in the Bovee UC Rotunda. Instructors showed participants and students how to do makeup, and free makeup products were offered; Harris estimated 110 participants attended the workshop.
GALLERY: Black Hair Care
Junior Makayla Osborn and senior Christiano Bermudez host the second annual Black Hair Care event, Friday, Feb. 10, in the UC Rotunda. The event, intended to bring awareness to the lack of information and availability of Black hair care in Mount Pleasant, attracted approximately over 215 participants.
GALLERY: Midnight Skate
The Mary Ellen Brandell Volunteer Center hosts the Midnight Skate to fundraise for Alternative Spring Breaks, Thursday, Feb. 9, at Martin Ice Arena. The event was held from 11:00 pm to 1:00 am and had 96 participants who joined for the late-night skating.
GALLERY: Kyla Jenee
CMU Program Board and Multicultural Academic Student Services hosts Kyla Jenee Lacey to perform slam poetry as a part of Black History Month, Wednesday, Feb. 8 in Opperman Auditorium. Lacey is an acclaimed writer, performer, and visual artist whose spoken word poems discuss themes of race and gender, among a variety of other topics.
GALLERY: Men's Bball vs Ball State
CMU Men's basketball falls to Ball State 65-51 on Tuesday, Feb. 7 in McGuirk Arena. The Chippewas were outscored by the Cardinals in both halves and this loss brings their overall record to 8-16.
'Just Caleb Syndrome'
Born a month early, Heather Hanley did not know what her first son, Caleb Ross would be capable of - talking, walking or otherwise. Now 37 years later, he is an accomplished Special Olympics (SO) athlete and beloved by his community. Ross, who was given multiple diagnoses, has what his mom calls 'Caleb syndrome'. He began SO when he was about eight years old. Since then, he's been involved with over a dozen sports offered by SO: bocce ball, flag football, soccer, softball, basketball, horseshoe, skiing, snowshoeing, poly hockey, dodgeball, kickball, bowling and volleyball. Basketball is his favorite. Caleb's three brothers, John, Joe and David, support him along the way and at times, have coached his team. Hanley said David is Caleb's biggest supporter and always wants to attend his games. Caleb helps out at the Strickler Center's food drive twice per week, attends church on Sundays and works for Mid-Michigan Industries where he does trash pickup and passes out Central Michigan Life newspapers every two weeks. He is driven by community involvement. Everywhere he goes, someone knows Caleb.
GALLERY: If Not You, Then Who?
Sponsored by KuJuana Quinn and hosted by the Multicultural Academic Student Services Office, If Not You, Then Who features a panel-based commentary featuring Black faculty and leaders on campus Monday, Feb. 6 in the Sarah and Daniel Opperman Auditorium. This event's speakers included Jewel Larkins, Wade Tomson, Stan Shingles, and Shawna Patterson-Stephens.
Helping Find Peace
Nicole Humble is a nurse at Woodland Hospice House in Mount Pleasant, Michigan working in end-of-life care. While her job is hard and emotionally taxing, she says that she keeps going because “Something about taking care of someone while they’re dying…not everyone gets to do that.” This story follows her throughout her day to show the passion and care that she puts into her job
GALLERY: Wrestling vs Kent State
Central Michigan University's Wrestling Team beat Kent State 22-15 Sunday, Feb. 5 in McGuirk Arena. The win makes the team 5-8 overall and 4-1 in the Mid-American Conference.
GALLERY: Women's Basketball vs Eastern Michigan
Central Michigan University's Women's Basketball Team lost to Eastern Michigan University 68-54 Saturday, Feb. 4 in McGuirk Arena. CMU Women's Basketball 2019 alumni were honored for this alumni game.
GALLERY: Gymnastics Senior Night vs Eastern
Central Michigan University's Women's Gymnastics Team beat Eastern Michigan University with a score of 196.250 to 192.025 Friday, Feb. 3 in McGuirk Arena. CMU honored its eight seniors and EMU's seniors at the end of the meet for senior night.
GALLERY: Michigan Made College Tour
The Omicron Beta chapter of Omega Psi Phi and Truu Colors Entertainment hold the Michigan Made College Tour Friday, Feb. 3, in Finch Fieldhouse. The tour, which is headlined by Detroit rappers YN Jay and Sada Baby will make stops to colleges around the state.
GALLERY: Lysistrata
Central Michigan University's Department of Theatre and Dance performs and rehearses classical Greek comedy "Lysistrata", directed and adapted by Joshua Brewer Feb. 2-5 in Townsend Kiva Auditorium. The comedy, which follows a group of women who withhold sex from their husbands in order to achieve peace in times of war, was originally written in 411 BC by Aristophanes, but has been adapted to take place in the Woodstock Era.
GALLERY: Black History Month Keynote Speaker Jonathan Rosewood
The Multicultural Academic Student Services Office hosts keynote speaker, Jonathan Rosewood Thursday, Feb 2 in the UC Auditorium. This is the first event to kick off Black History Month, with many more events to come in the month of February.
GALLERY: Women's Basketball vs Toledo
CMU Women's basketball loses 60-74 to Toledo on Wednesday, Feb. 1 in McGuirk Arena. The team celebrated the start of Black History month with Equity and Inclusion Night and wore special warmups to honor the night.
GALLERY: Visuals Desk Best of January
The visuals desk best of for the month of January. All photos were chosen by the photographers that took them to be featured in this gallery.
GALLERY: SGA Town Hall
The Student Government Organization hosts a town hall with members of Central Michigan Universities' administration. The panel consisted of Vice President of Student Affairs Dr. Reneé Watson, President Dr. Bob Davies, Senior Vice Provost Dr. Dave Patton and Chief Diversity Officer and Vice President Dr. Shawna Patterson-Stephens who discussed different topics regarding student life on campus.
GALLERY: Men's Basketball vs Western Features
CMU brought back its traditional Toilet Paper Toss on its fortieth anniversary before CMU's men's basketball game against Western Michigan Saturday, Jan. 28 in McGuirk Arena. CMU basketball legend Dan Majerle was honored before the game and kicked off the Toilet Paper Toss with his son Max Majerle, CMU's freshman guard. McGuirk reached maximum capacity with a record-breaking 5,425 fans in attendance. CMU beat Western Michigan 70-69.
GALLERY: Toilet Paper Toss 2023
CMU brought back their traditional Toilet Paper Toss on its fortieth anniversary before CMU's men's basketball game against Western Michigan Saturday, Jan. 28 in McGuirk Arena. CMU basketball legend Dan Majerle was honored before the game and kicked off the Toilet Paper Toss with his son Max Majerle, CMU's freshman guard. McGuirk reached maximum capacity with a record-breaking 5,425 fans in attendance.
