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Scuba instructor speaks on course
Scuba diving isn’t a dangerous sport, if you’re trained properly, said Rob Knolle, a scuba instructor at Western Michigan University. “If you hold your breath and [the air] expands into your lungs as you ascend, then you rup- Knolle ture lung tissues,” he said. “One of the first things out of our mouths when we go on scuba is ‘Never hold your breath. Always breathe normally.’” Knolle assists the main instructor, Rick Sass, in teaching an eight-week beginning scuba class at WMU. Knolle also works at Sub-Aquatic Sports & Service in Battle Creek. The scuba course, is offered in the fall and spring semesters and can be found under PEGN 1750 in the course offerings on GoWMU. —Erin Gignac News Editor For the full version of this story, go to www.westernherald.com.
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blotter Four subjects apprehended at East Hall were allegedly trespassing with malicious intent. One of the subjects apprehended admitted to writing on one of the pillars with a ball-point pen. No damage was done and all were given trespass warnings. An electrical short in a microwave triggered smoke alarms on the first floor of French Hall. Students were allowed to return to the hall after the smoke was dispersed, according to reports. Suspicious activity involving domestic violence/stalking/intimidation was reported in the Elmwood Apartments. A verbal argument occurred but no physical contact was ever made. —Ociel Torres Staff Reporter
word on the street Last week’s How do you plan to celebrate Fat Tuesday?
a) Buy four boxes of paczki (38%) b) Go to the bar (25%) c) Go to church (15%) d) Win as many beads as possible (12%)
This week’s What is your spring break worse-case scenario?
a) Get arrested b) Get abducted into sex trafficking c) Spend the break doing homework d) Get trapped on top of Caesar’s Palace To submit an answer go to www.westernherald.com
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AccidentAl cAR FiRe On cAMpUS By Kelly Mason Staff Reporter The car fire at Miller Auditorium on Wednesday was not the result of suspected arson and it was not intentionally set, according to Western Michigan University Police. The 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix GT accidentally caught on fire in Lot 35 by Miller Auditorium on Wednesday, Feb. 15, according to WMU Police. An officer arrived on the scene to find the car “engulfed in flames,” according to the police report. The Kalamazoo Department of Safety (KDPS) arrived shortly after and extinguished the fire. They also located the owner of the vehicle, who wasn’t on the scene when the fire happened. No injuries were reported from the accident. Two other cars also had some minor damage. Both owners were contacted. Officers assisted with traffic while KDPS handled the fire. The call about a car fire was received by Public Safety at 3:30 p.m. and the police had cleared the site by 6 p.m. Facilities Management was contacted to make an assessment of any damage and the affected area was blocked off with barricades.
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A truck driver from Frost Towing prepares the car to be taken out of the parking garage and brought to a repair shop for diagnosis. “The problem was most likely electrical, but we won’t know until the car gets to a mechanic,” said Lieutenant Brian Crandall of WMU’s Public Safety department.
Verdict reached in local murder trial
Sugrim found guilty almost nine years after Edison Neighborhood stabbing By Kelly Mason Staff Reporter Almost nine years after her death, a jury has finally reached a verdict of guilty in the first degree murder case of prostitute Linda Gibson. Basham Sugrim was convicted of murdering Gibson in a Pontiac van, then dumping her body a few blocks from his home in Kalamazoo’s Edison Neighborhood in 2003. The trial began on Wednesday, Feb. 8, and since, some 35 witnesses have testified in the trial, including Sugrim’s ex-wife, Bernadette Sugrim, and 11-year-old daughter. Bernadette Sugrim stated in court that her husband burned Gibson’s
clothing and the weapon in their fire pit after discarding the body. Detective Sgt. Rich Mattison, of the Kalamazoo County Sheriff ’s Office, was the first to question Sugrim about the case last year. Mattison said that despite continuously pressing him, Sugrim gave no explanation as to where the tan, Pontiac van was located. Kalamazoo County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Stuart Fenton, asked Bernadette Sugrim while she was on the witness stand to read numerous documents. The initial documents read were love letters sent from Sugrim in jail but later documents were more aggressive, according to the trial records.
During the trial, Bernadette Sugrim and her daughter testified that Sugrim became abusive with them on several occasions. They described an incident that occurred on May 16, 2011, where the daughter was assaulted but managed to escape to neighbors, who then called police. It was that night at the hospital when Bernadette Sugrim told police that her husband was involved in Gibson’s death. She said her fear of him kept her from speaking about the homicide before then. Sugrim is also the prime suspect in the murder of Demetrius Carter, who was found dead in the basement of Sugrim’s parent’s home in New York in 1996.
Sugrim’s daughter testified about her father beating her last year, as well as other instances of abuse. She witnessed two of their family dogs being shot in the head, her father buzzing her head due to head lice and being punished for not keeping her brother out of trouble. “He would say that if there is ever a problem and someone needed to be killed, he would do that,” the girl said. “He didn’t tell us about Linda Gibson or Demetrius, the man murdered in New York. He did tell us that he has killed people.” In an interview with the Kalamazoo Gazette in November 2011, Sugrim admitted to being
with Gibson the night she died. He said the two did drugs together in his van but that she left with another man. Bernadette Sugrim continued to testify last Friday, Feb. 10 about how her former husband’s behavior left her scared for her life. “He threw me to the wall and smacked me and kicked me in the leg and he took me to the yard and he had a gun. I thought he was going to kill me,” she testified. “I kept saying, ‘I’m sorry, please forgive me,’ and he started saying, ‘I love you and I’m sorry, we can work this out.’” Sugrim is expected to be sentenced in May to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Medical school faculty union debated By Ted Yoakum Staff Reporter
Even before the first batch of fledgling doctors walks through its doors, the Western Michigan University School of Medicine finds itself embroiled in controversy over whether or not the school’s faculty will join public university’s full-time faculty union. Leadership with the WMU chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) have asserted that any medical school faculty should enjoy the same protection and benefits as instructors with the public university. At the moment, the school’s administration says they will not be covered by AAUP due to the School of Medicine’s status as a private school, legally separate from the rest of WMU. “The university seems to think that the [medical school faculty] are entirely independent, outside the rest of WMU. Our view is that’s a work of fiction,” said Allen Zagarell, the president of the WMU-AAUP. “We believe that these people are included in the contract we have with the university and we believe they should be integrated with the rest of the university. That would be both healthy for all of us.” The rift between the administration and the WMU-AAUP
began a few weeks ago, after the school leadership issued a memo asserting that School of Medicine faculty would remain separate from other faculty, provoking a response from the faculty union to the contrary. According to the union’s current contract with the university, full-time faculty members are guaranteed certain rights and protections, including academic freedom, tenure and governance. “Without those kinds of protections, the medical school faculty would be, I think it’s fair to say, second class citizens here at Western,” said Norman Hawker, the information officer with the union. The organization has been vocal in recent weeks about allowing medical school faculty to become part of the current faculty senate. The WMU-AAUP is opposed to the notion that the School of Medicine’s status as a private institution exempts them from having a voice in the governance of the public university, Hawker said. “Keeping the private funds separate is a red herring as to whether or not the medical school is part of WMU or not,” he said. “If you want to take that extreme example that it is completely separate, like how Davenport University is completely separate, then every dollar of donations that’s being speared to the medical school is going to a
dollar of donations that the WMU students are going to have to make up in higher tuition.” The union fears that the separation of leadership between the two schools will cleave the faculty in two, leaving both sides weaker for it, Hawker said. “The advantage to all of us at WMU is that we have a common direction, that we not allow the administration to pit one group of faculty against another, but rather that we are allowed to come together and help [the school] realize this school’s potential as one of the nation’s first rate universities, great for students, great for its alumni, and great for its faculty.” Zagarell echoed the statements of his colleague. “I think it’s much better to have all the faculty related to Western being part of one body, one faculty senate,” he said. “We should be together, working together on behalf of the students.” Hawker said that differences in funding between the school’s is not germane to the AAUP’s stance, equating the situation to that of endowed professors, whose salary is paid by private funds rather than from the school budget. Under the union’s current contract, endowed faculty are given equal protection to regular university instructors. “We have a legal and moral obligation to represent the medical
school faculty, just like we have a legal and moral obligation to represent the faculty at the College of Business and the Department of Sociology and Occupational Therapy,” Hawker said. The conflict between the union and the university has occurred despite the absence of actual medical school faculty, as the School of Medicine has yet to fill a single faculty position. This won’t be the case for long, though, as faculty with Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies will be folded into the institution starting in July. “If I were a tenured faculty member at KCMS right now, I’d be really concerned,” Hawker said. For WMU President John Dunn and others in the administration, the difference of opinion is rooted in practicality rather than philosophy. The school leadership said that, due to the university’s partnership with prominent community hospitals Borgess and Bronson, the new School of Medicine must be established outside of public portion’s control. “[Borgess and Bronson] can’t partner with a public institution and have it remain a public institution,” said Sue Caulfield, the director of academic collective bargaining with WMU. “Because of the nature of this partnership, it created this unique animal.” Caulfield added that the AAUP’s claims of disenfranchis-
ing medical school faculty members were inaccurate. “How can medical school faculty be second class citizens?” she said. “Most medical school faculty do pretty well. In fact, most medical school faculty aren’t even unionized.” While the university insists that any new medical school faculty hires would not be part of the AAUP, officials haven’t ruled out the possibility of a possible union within the school, Caulfield said. “No one is saying the medical school faculty can’t unionize,” she said. “All we’re saying is that they’re not part of Western’s chapter since they’re not part of Western’s faculty.” Despite the recent war of words, both sides of the issue have expressed a desire to settle their differences in an amicable fashion, though Zagarell said the union is prepared to appeal to the Michigan Employment Relations Commission, a state committee that helps solve labor disputes, if the dispute comes to ahead. “We cooperate with the university on many levels,” Zagarell said. “We’re not looking for confrontation, but at this point we believe our position is correct and we believe that it is advantageous to the university, to the student body and to the faculty as a whole.”
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Paczki Day draws closer in Kalamazoo Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) is just around the corner, and Kalamazoo is in preparation mode for this last pre-Lent hurrah. Bakeries like Sweetwater’s and Boonzaaijer’s are getting ready for an onslaught of paczkiloving patrons. According to MLive, the traditional paczki flavor is prune. However, the flavors found most often in today’s paczki are lemon custard, raspberry, and chocolate creme. The sweet breakfast treat became a tradition when celebrating Catholics needed to use extra lard, sugar, eggs and fruit before fasting during Lent. “Paczki Day” is the biggest sales day of the year for bakeries across the nation. To make sure you get your fill of paczki on Tuesday, pre-order your treats to ensure that your bakery of choice doesn’t sell out before you get there. -Lynn Hodorek Copy Editor
Q. Do you have a goal time in mind? A. For MAC, it would be nice to break the record for the 200 meter and in the hurdles. I have
Q. What is the best time you’ve run so far this year? A. The best performance would have been my 400 meter at Notre Dame. I ran a 55.15 second dash and years before I have run a 56 sec dash. To see such a difference so early in the season really showed me how much stronger I can be and continue to improve.
By Erin Gignac News Editor The girl was living with her drug-addicted mother in White Cloud, Mich. when she was recruited and prostituted, a victim specialist said. Abandoned as a pregnant 14-year-old, the girl’s father told her he didn’t want her and couldn’t take care of her situation. Carmen Kucinich, a victim specialist with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) began looking for treatment centers for the girl. “At that time, guess how many facilities there were nationwide? Three,” Kucinich said. “So we have 100,000 juvenile [human trafficking] victims a year nationwide, and we have three residential treatment facilities to house them. It doesn’t add up.” The girl eventually went back home with her father because the FBI had trouble finding a
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another crime. “1.8 of every 1,000 persons is trafficked,” Kucinich said. “Even that information we believe to be only .40 percent of the cases we actually know about.” In Indianapolis, the FBI raided a house in a human trafficking raid and recovered one adult Spanish-speaking female. However, when the agents brought the adult to the shelter, she was picked up one or two hours later in a car. The victim left. The pimp wasn’t at the house during the raid, so Kucinich speculated it was her pimp or “john” that picked her up. “We have not seen her since then,” she said. “We weren’t even sure what we had. We didn’t get a chance to interview her. We can’t even prove that [human trafficking] was going on there. Indicators point to yes.” The cases that have been indicated as human trafficking are now filed in the University of Michigan Law School’s Human
rehabilitation center that dealt specifically with her case, Kucinich said. The girl needed a lot of support services like Medicaid, furniture, counseling and updates on her developing court case. “Some people think that if we go in and rescue these girls, then they’re just happy to be out and they can go live their life,” Kucinich said. “It’s not that simple. We really need to help them rebuild their lives and try and get back to normal.” In Michigan, the state and federal courts have convicted almost 60 individuals in connection with human trafficking related crimes in 13 cases. However, many trafficking cases are not always filed under that name. Instead, they become kidnappings, assaults, sexual assaults and domestic violence, said Kucinich. Some cases are charged as human trafficking, but then they’re changes when the defendant is convicted with
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Hillel@WMU, OutSpoken, and StandWithUs Israeli Fellowship will sponsor an event on Monday, Feb. 20, hosting two Israeli soldiers. The event will feature soldiers Itzik and Jossie speaking about their experiences and sharing thoughts about serving in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), according to WMU News. The soldiers are part of a program called Israeli Soldiers Speak Out, which strives to personalize the IDF by enabling Israeli reserve duty college students to share their experiences. The free event will take place at 7 p.m. in Room 105 of the Bernhard Center on WMU’s campus. For more information, see WMU News or contact Caryn Zeitlin at caryn.b.zeitlin@ wmich.edu. -Lynn Hodorek Copy Editor
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the record in the 200 meter, but I would like to break it again. Anything that would qualify me for nationals would be good.
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University Concert Band performs The Western Michigan University Concert Band will present a concert on Tuesday, Feb. 21, at 8:15 p.m. “There are a variety of pieces from the Renaissance to the very modern,” said Jason Taurins, a sophomore music education major who plays trumpet in the ensemble. “I’m very excited to perform them.” The repertoire on the program includes “Angels in the Architecture” by Frank Ticheli; “Tempered Steel” by Charles Young; “Puszta” by Jan Van der Roost; and “Selections from ‘The Danserye’” by Tielman Susato, arr. Patrick Dunnigan. The concert will take place in Miller Auditorium and is free. The University Concert Band is under the direction of Dr. David Montgomery. For more information, see www.wmich.edu/music/ ensembles.
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dash, but since I’ve been here the coach has exposed me to other things like the 400 meter dash and 400 meter hurdles, but the favorite of all events would still be running a 200 meter dash.
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A. We’ll see right now, that is the overall goal in the end. I’m going to keep working towards that and I think my best event is the 400 meter hurdles and I’m trying to make it as far as I can. If I do make it, I would be happy that’s what I am working for, but if I keep beating my personal records, than that’s fine too. Just keep improving that is the key, but yes that would be nice.
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2012 presidential race comes to Kalamazoo By Ted Yoakum Staff Reporter Though President Barack Obama’s fight to remain in the Oval Office is still months away, campaign members are hitting the pavement now, seeking to instill the passion and excitement in the nation’s youth that helped carry the leader to the White House in 2008. Michael Blake, the deputy vote director for the Obama campaign, spoke to a group of 30 college and community activists Thursday night on the campus of Kalamazoo College, highlighting the accomplishments Obama has made over the last four years and why college students should choose to support him in his bid for re-election. “There are a lot of things that are happening that President Obama said he wanted to get done for young Americans that you should be excited about,” Blake said. “When someone says, ‘what’s going on, where’s the change,’ well, here’s where change is.” Blake pointed out examples of this change, explaining how the Obama administration was responsible for ending the Iraq War, for passing the Affordable Care Act that allows college students to stay on their parents’ health insurance until they are 26, for repealing the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that prevented openly gay men and women from serving in the armed forces, and for passing the Credit Card Act of 2009, which prevents credit
card companies from giving out free merchandise to encourage college students to sign up for accounts. “When people talk about what’s happening and nothing’s happening that I should be excited about, well we have to first tell the story that things are happening,” Blake said. “Is it perfect? Of course not. But there are things that are happening that we should be excited about, that we should fight for.” One of the key subjects of Blake’s talk was on the importance of this year’s election, in particular for the nation’s younger generation. While much of the discussion during the Republican candidate debates have focused on how to get the country’s unemployed back to work, the Obama re-election campaign wants to continue to address the issues that affect those enrolled in universities across the U.S. Last month, the President told students at the University of Michigan of his plans to make college more affordable in light of rising of tuition and student debt. In contrast, Blake said that the Republican candidates for President favor policies that would harm college students. “Young Americans, you have the most to lose if President Obama doesn’t get re-elected, point blank,” Blake said. One main effort of the campaign has been to channel the energy of these young voters and get them to spread the word
about the president’s accomplishments, Blake said. While the latest poll from Rasmussen Reports shows Obama’s approval rating hovering around 50 percent, Blake said over 200,000 new donors have given to the campaign over the past three months, with an average contribution of $55. “That’s grassroots energy. That’s people saying ‘I’m going to save a little bit and give a little bit when I can,’” Blake said. “This thing is building. The more and more we continue to grow, continue to engage, and continue to have these student summits, to continue to have these types of conversations, for you all to sign up to say ‘I’m in,’ that’s how we’re going to build that momentum, to see that continual energy grow.” Part of that energy is already being demonstrated on the campus of K-College. The KCollege Democrats, the group who helped organize Thursday’s meeting with Blake, registered over 80 voters last December in preparation for November’s election, said Darrin Camilleri, the president of the organization. “I can definitely tell a difference between this year and last year,” Camilleri said. “It was kind of a down year in 2010. [Democrats] lost everything statewide and people weren’t very motivated. But this year things have definitely picked up a lot since people have seen the stark differences between President Obama and the Republican
candidates, so people are definitely more interested in what’s going on.” For many of the students and residents in attendance, last night’s meeting with a key figure in Obama’s re-election campaign supplied greater motivation to get involved in the effort. “We’re going to work hard to get [Obama] re-elected,” said Natalie Cherne, a freshman member of the College Democrats.”I don’t agree with everything he’s done, but I will stand by him due to where he stands on a lot important issues.” The 19-year-old political science major is one of more than
8 million new voters able to take part in a presidential election. “To me, [Obama] is a role model,” she said. “He inspired me to get into politics.” Blake encouraged everyone in the room to not just show up to the polls on Nov. 6 and check off “Obama-Biden” on the ballot box, but to also get involved with the campaign, to tell the story of Obama’s successes. “In 2008, we changed the guard. In 2012, we guard the change,” he said. “That’s how I think about this election. All the things we fought to try and get done, we got about 85 percent of it done. I don’t want to go back. We can’t go back.”
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Happy President’s Day! Regardless of your political stance, today is a day for presidential celebration! Personally, I like to spend this holiday thinking about all the great men who have lead our country and toast a delicious beverage to my main men: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Andrew Jackson, Harry S. Truman and John F. Kennedy. These are my five favorNora Strehl ite men (in Editor-in-Chief no particular order) because their accomplishments are what have put them above all others. During their terms, they displayed extraordinary leadership and played a role in making America the wonderful country it is today. I recommend you taking a moment to think about who your favorite President is. Do some research and remember we would be no where without leaders like these. Next, look up their favorite beverage. Since I can’t drink whiskey with Roosevelt, I can honor him by pouring myself a stiff drink and remembering how cool he was. I think he would have really liked me. Happy President’s Day, everyone! Write on our Facebook wall and let us know how you’re celebrating!
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625 Greeks gather to focus in on faith By Adam Roberts Sports Editor Many Greek life communities would consider the Mecca of their college days to be the weekends – prime party time. This was not the case for 625 Greeks who attended Intervarsity’s Greek Conference in Indianapolis, Ind. On Feb. 17 to 19, Greeks from all parts of the United States took a weekend off to praise and find
the Lord God. Through Bible studies and individual concentrations such as Encounter, Connect, Thrive, Lead and Influence, young Christians learned ways to find Jesus. At first I was skeptical on the issue of whether or not this would be a good experience for me as a Greek life student. I was not certain if had even believed in faith or God’s existence in my life. I chose Encounter because I was not even sure what I believed
Opinion and had a laundry list of questions regarding faith and how my life fits into it. My experience at the conference gave me a solid foundation to look deeper into the teachings of the Bible and explore faith not for anyone else but for myself. I was not totally convinced of all the concepts that the conference had to offer during my weekend exploration of Christ. I will say that it gave me insight to different types of Greeks around the country and how they felt about their faith. Also, it helped me understand how other Greeks keep the faith while still maintaining traditional Greek life status. I was fortunate enough to have fellow Greeks that represented my Fraternity of Sigma Chi, from the
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chapter at Hillsdale College. I got to experience what it is they do for a Bible study session. Overall, Intervarsity’s Greek Conference in Indianapolis was more than just a spiritual awakening. The conference taught me to search myself and provide insights on being Greek; while, still maintaining faith no matter what it is. I hope to continue searching for insight and hope in our relationships with God for the rest of our lives. For me, Greek Conference is something that every Greek should remotely consider. It needs to be witnessed firsthand to even see the slightest pulse of energy that gives these Greeks a real spiritual encounter. That encounter is Greeks coming together to share God and his teachings to the world and college chapters around the country.
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Letter to the Editor: Parking pains on campus; are the costs worth it? Dear Editor, I have been a student at Western for two years. So far, I have not had many complaints. However, I personally feel there is one issue that I constantly am reminded of everyday: parking. The layout and the amount of parking available here is awful. Anywhere you go, there are never enough spaces, and even if there are open spots to park, they are usually restricted or designated to employee parking stickers only. I think that it is necessary that we create more parking available to students for many different reasons. The number one reason would be because it is so
expensive to have a parking sticker there should at least be enough spots to accommodate the amount given out to students so that students do not have to pay parking tickets on top of their already too expensive parking pass fee. Another concern with parking on campus is that some of the designated student parking places are very far away from any of the buildings that are actually being used by students. For example, the closest place to park to get to the library is the parking structure. This could create dangerous situations such as walking alone late at night. Although this is probably not the
biggest problem on campus, it is one that could easily be resolved. The most obvious solution would be to build more parking structures around campus. Because that cannot easily be done, simply charging less for a parking pass would help. Another solution would be to make all parking spaces available to anyone with a WMU parking sticker and take away the designations. With these few simple changes, navigating around campus would be that much easier and less stressful for us students. -Melissa Blisk Sophomore
This 1907 photograph captures a general office room in East Hall. Written by: Tara Bell, President of Students for East Campus Photo courtesy of WMU Archives
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WMU to participate in several categories of sustainability competition By Liz VandenHeede Staff Reporter
RecycleMania is back and bigger than ever before. Western Michigan University is once again competing in the annual
eight-week contest among colleges and universities to determine who can not only recycle the most material, but also pro-
duce the least amount of total waste. The competition began in 2001 with two schools and has
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rapidly grown to include more than 630 secondary institutions of higher learning throughout the world. Each college or university participating decides which of nine categories they wish to participate in. WMU is participating in several categories: Grand Champion, which is the percent of all waste produced that is recycled; Stephen K. Gaski Per Capita Classic, the amount of recyclables produced per person; and Waste Minimization, the amount of total waste (recycled and trash) produced per person. RecycleMania officially kicked off Feb. 5 and continues until final results are submitted March 31. Schools submit their percentages and weights each week throughout the competition and the final results are announced April 13. Ed Newman, recycling and refuse manager at Ohio University, cofounded the competition with Stacy Wheeler, who was then working for Miami University of Ohio. They started the competition based on the strong existing rivalry between the two schools. “We got together to figure out what we needed to do,” said Newman about starting the competition to increase recycling on campus. “This really got students excited. People were getting excited just when we were setting up scoreboards in the dining halls.” Through the past few years, Ohio University has done everything from throwing trash dances where students wear costumes made of recycled material to dressing vehicles up as billboards to get students excited about RecycleMania, Newman said. One year, the president of the university kicked off the competition at half time of a basketball game. WMU was early to join the competition in 2003, when just eight schools were competing. Newman said the number of schools kept doubling for years and eventually the National Recycling Coalition got involved to help provide a website and promotion. “That took the burden off of us individually running it, so we could really concentrate on competing,” said Newman. With the numbers of schools
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participating continuing to grow, the competition gets tougher every year. Last year, 11 MidAmerican Conference schools were involved and this year all 13 MAC schools are competing, Newman said. “I think we’ve been able to get the better of Western Michigan in most of the prior competitions,” Newman said. “I hope WMU will give us a good game this year.” Carolyn Noack, manager of Solid Waste Reduction at WMU, has her goals set for this year’s RecycleMania. “What I really want is for everyone to know what they are throwing away and where,” she said. “It’s costly to throw things away, if there are still resources in something you need to reuse that item.” She said she also really wants WMU to beat Grand Valley State University and Central Michigan University. To further urge students to participate during the competition, Noack is starting an incentive called “Caught You Green Handed.” This will involve people out on campus watching for students to properly recycle things and if seen the student will win a prize. “If you can put it in the paper or bottle recycling containers around campus, it counts for the competition,” said Noack. “We need to be good stewards of our resources.” The winners of each category at the end of the eight-week competition receive “mostly bragging rights and trophies,” Newman said. The weekly and overall results of RecycleMania can be tracked online at www.recyclemaniacs. org.
Over 250 students are on the waiting list for the Western View Apartments, but that shouldn’t discourage students from filling out an application for fall. Students who sign up for a single bedroom have a greater chance of moving into the Western View Apartments than students who sign up for a multiple-occupancy apartment, according to Lisa Hotchkiss, the office manager of Residence Life. Residence Life rents the Western View Apartments by the bedroom. When a single room opens up, students who have applied for the entire apartment are passed up on the waiting list, said Hotchkiss. “The next person on the wait list to be contacted may have signed up to live with two or three of their friends, but we may only have one room opened at the time. If that person doesn’t want the room, then we move down the wait list to find someone who may be interested,” Hotchkiss said. In other words, being put on the wait list does not ensure that students will be able to move into an apartment at Western View in the fall. “An online application will automatically put a student on the wait list for an apartment,” she said. “The students that are not returning to their apartment at Western View will allow for those apartments to open up to whoever is first on the wait list.” A lease lasts one year, from
August to August, but Hotchkiss mentioned that some students are looking for others to take their place in an apartment as soon as possible. “Things come up. Students find that they want to go home for the summer and work, so they need to find someone to fill their room and make the payments for living there,” Hotchkiss said. The process for moving people into the Western View apartments is much different from last year, she said. “Last year, 330 people moved into the apartments, no problem,” she said. “People had the option of a furnished or non-furnished apartment and almost half of the apartments were furnished. We no longer have the option to move furniture around to suit people’s needs, so everyone just gets whatever opens up,” she said. “We always try to provide options to people if what they’re looking for is exactly what we are offering at the time.” Hotchkiss explained that there are currently 267 people on the waiting list for Western View Apartments. Appointments or room assignments will be given at anytime throughout August. However, with that many people on the wait list, Hotchkiss encourages those that are interested in moving into an apartment at Western View to continue to apply. Residence Life will work with the students while moving through the wait list, ensuring that each person gets their chance to move into the Western View Apartments, she said. —Additional reporting by Kassie Charnley
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Monday, February 20, 2012
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track and field Track and field wins in BSQ meet The Western Michigan University track and field team came away with another win on Friday, dominating the competition at the Ball State Quad meet with a total of 167 points. The second-place finisher, Northern Illinois, posted a total of 109 points, with Ball State taking the third spot at 106 points and Miami’s 82 points taking fourth. Jumper Chiara Allen broke her own school record with a jump of 41 feet, 2.25 inches; Allen is the first in school history to break the 41-foot mark, according to WMU Athletics. Other highlights of the meet included Iris Campbell’s victory in the 400 meter dash with a time of 55.94 seconds, followed by teammate Leya Munwam, who clocked in at 56.75 seconds. The team will compete in the 2011 Indoor MAC Championship starting on Thursday in Akron, Ohio. -Lynn Hodorek Copy Editor
gymnastics Gymnastics steals victory from ISU The women of Western Michigan University’s Gymnastics team improved their season record to 6-1 on Friday, clinching a victory over Illinois State 195.125 to 194.775. The balance beam proved to be a key event for the Broncos, with three athletes tying for second place. According to WMU Athletics, seniors Cepeda Carter and Stacy Kramer and junior Sarah Wright posted scores of 9.825. On vault, sophomore Lauren Bledsoe came out on top with a score of 9.800, and senior Taylor Zondervan posted a 9.825 on bars to tie for first place. The next showdown for the team takes place on Sunday, Feb. 26 at 1 p.m. when the Broncos host fellow MAC competitor Ball State at the Flip for Autism Awareness meet. -Lynn Hodorek Copy Editor
men’s baseball Broncos lose two games to Arizona The Western Michigan University baseball team suffered two losses to Arizona State on Friday and Saturday, losing its season opener 10-0 and its second match-up 13-0 in Tempe, Ariz. According to WMU Athletics, although the losses were disappointing, Bronco head coach Billy Gernon maintained a positive outlook. “Tonight represented three things: opening day, a great atmosphere and very good competition,” Gernon said in a WMU Athletics press release. Arizona State was last year’s PAC-10 runner-up. The Broncos will take on St. Bonaventure in a threegame series in Winter Haven, Fla., on Feb. 24, 25, and 26.
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bronco hockey splits series By Patrick Littleton Staff Reporter
The Western Michigan University hockey team split its weekend series with Lake Superior State University at Taffy Abel Arena to fall to third place in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. On Friday, the Broncos scored two power play goals en route to a 3-1 win. Netting goals for the Broncos were junior right wing Dane Walters, sophomore center Chase Balisy and freshman forward Will Kessel. Freshman goaltender Frank Slubowski made 25 saves to earn his 12th victory of the season. Walters scored at the 6:42 mark of the first period with assists from freshman forward Justin Kovacs and Balisy. Balisy had a power play goal at the 10:53 mark of the first period with assists from Kovacs and Walters. The Lakers got on the board with a power play goal at the :34 second mark of the second period from sophomore forward Kellan Lain, with assists from sophomore forward Colin Campbell and senior defenseman Kyle Haines. Kessel extended the Broncos lead with another power play
goal at the 4:31 mark of the third period with assists from junior defenseman Luke Witkowski and sophomore defenseman Danny DeKeyser. The Lakers outshot the Broncos 26-25 and were 1-of-4 on the power play with four shots while the Broncos were 2-of-3 with three shots on the man advantage. On Saturday, the Lakers scored two power play goals and a short handed goal to beat the Broncos 3-2. Netting goals for the Broncos were senior center Greg Squires and Balisy. Slubowski (12-10-3) had 16 saves. Squires gave the Broncos the first lead at the 14:02 mark of the first period with an assist from Witkowski. Campbell evened the match at the 18:12 mark of the first period with a power play goal off assists from senior forward Fred Cassiani and sophomore forward Dan Radke. The Lakers took the lead with a short handed goal at the 4:42 mark of the second period by freshman forward Stephen Perfetto, who had assists from Cassiani and Haines. Radke extended the Laker lead with a power play goal at the 3:44 mark of the third period
Western Herald File Photo Western Michigan University’s Mike Leone (2) tries to move the puck up the ice past Ohio State’s Devon Krogh (27) at the Ohio State games on Feb. 10 and 11.
with assists from Campbell and Cassiani. Balisy brought the Broncos within one at the 14:14 mark of the third period with an assist from Walters. The Broncos outshot the Lakers by a whopping 41-19. The Lakers were better on the power
play, going 2-of-3 with four shots while the Broncos were 0-of-1 with one shot attempt. First place Ferris State University won both of its matches this weekend to earn at least a share of the CCHA title. The Broncos are out of first place contention, but have a shot at earning the two
seed in the CCHA tournament as they trail the University of Michigan by two points. The Broncos (16-13-5, 13-103-3) welcome FSU to Lawson Ice Arena this Friday and travel to Big Rapids on Saturday to conclude the regular season. Both matches begin at 7:05 p.m.
Men’s tennis dominates Friday’s game By Alexandra Harvey Staff Reporter Western Michigan University’s men’s tennis team returned to their home court at West Hills Athletic Club to host Butler University Friday afternoon. In this, their 15th meeting against the Bulldogs, the Broncos dominated the field, beating them 6-1. “We played very well here
today,” WMU head coach Dave Morin said. “We really showed our experience against a younger squad.” In doubles, Western got the early lead, sweeping all three of the matches. At No. 1, the team of Nadin Indre and Ross VanderPloeg bested Butler’s Austin Woldmoe and Billy Weldon 8-5 to clinch the doubles point for WMU. The Brown and Gold stayed
strong in singles play, winning five of the six matches. WMU’s Pablo Olivarez assured the win for the team at no. 3 singles. Olivarez beat the Bulldog’s Pulox Bhattacharya 6-4, 6-4. “We had good energy today, and that’s something coach has been stressing,” Olivarez said. “We’re a scrappy team, and our energy can bring us places and win us matches.”
This weekend the Broncos have two Big Ten opponents to face. They first travel to Lansing and the Spartans on Saturday, and then return home to tackle the Iowa Hawkeyes. Senior and captain Zeyad Montasser has his attention focused on the games ahead. “MSU is a big in state rival,” Montasser said. “It’s my senior year. We lost the last three to them, but it was super close, but
I feel like this year the guys can do it.” The only losses Western has faced this weekend have been against Big Ten schools, so the guys are looking to turn that around these next two days. “This is a weekend of significance,” Coach Morin said. “They guys really look forward to these Big Ten matches, and we’re looking for big wins this Saturday and Sunday.”
WMU men’s basketball team loses
By Bryan Paas Staff Reporter
A six-point halftime deficit did not affect the North Dakota State Bison, who would drop 58 points on the Broncos in the second half of Saturday’s men’s basketball game in Fargo, North Dakota. With Western leading 17-15 with 12:05 remaining in the first half, the Broncos (11-16, 5-7 MAC) forced Jordan Aaberg to turn the ball over, resulting in a Brandon Pokley 3-pointer that
would spark the Broncos to a 13-4 run. This put the score at 30-19 before the Bison were able to call a timeout and regroup with 7:53 remaining in the half. The Bison (17-10) were able to slow down the Broncos’ run and pull within six points when Mike Felt knocked down a 3-pointer for the Bison to make the score 30-24 with 4:25 remaining in the half. Going into the second half, the Broncos would lead by six with the score 34-28. Mike Douglas led the way for the Broncos with 11 points and three 3-point
baskets. The Broncos looked to have the game under control and hadn’t trailed the game since the 16:45 mark in the first half. The second half was a completely different half for the Broncos. The Bison scored on four of their first seven possessions and took a 35-34 lead with 18:14 left in the game. Western quickly tied the game at 35-35 when Flenard Whitfield split a pair of free throws with 18:02 left. That lead would be the last for Western, as the Bison exploded for 58 points in the second half while the Broncos only could
manage 39. With 5:50 left in the game, Marshall Bjorklund fouled on the Broncos’ Matt Stainbrook, allowing him to complete a 3-point play and pull the Broncos within four with the score being 57-61. Following the late run by the Broncos, the Bison quickly scored in three of their next four possessions to go up by the score of 65-57. The Bison would get up by as many as 14 until Mike Douglas was able to stop the Bronco scoring drought with a layup at the 4:05 mark in the second half.
The Broncos fell to the Bison 86-73. The month of February has not been good to the Broncos, who have dropped five of their last six games, including back to back losses in overtime. Despite their late season skid, the Broncos are only a game back of Eastern Michigan in the MAC West standings and have four conference games remaining, including a home game against the Eagles on Feb. 29. The Broncos next game will be at home this Wednesday against Ball State at 7:00 p.m.
Eastern Michigan defeats Lady Broncos, 56-83
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Photos Katrina Murphy / Western Herald Left: Getting some serious air, Bronco guard Corie Buchanan (2) shoots a jumper over Eastern Michigan’s Paige Redditt on Wednesday, Feb. 15. Wednesday’s game was the Play4Kay annual pink game. Right: With two Eagle defenders around her, Western Michigan University’s Maria Iaquaniello (23) looks for an open player.
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