It was a conversation everybody around Mount Pleasant was having and we were all making the same jokes at the expense of the University of Cincinnati as Brian Kelly was ducking and dodging questions about going to Notre Dame.
"Boy, that sure sounds familar!"
"We heard the same things three years ago!"
"He's good as gone."
While everyone was making the jokes about the man who abandoned CMU before the 2006 Motor City Bowl, everyone in denial or were ignoring the chain reaction that Brian Kelly leaving Cincinnati for South Bend would set off.
Friday, December 18, 2009
Thursday, December 17, 2009
The Big Ten is the Big Move CMU Needs
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before.
The head coach of the MAC Champion Central Michigan Chippewas is leaving for the University of Cincinnati.
Butch Jones will follow in Brian Kelly’s footsteps for the second time in three years, succeeding Kelly at Cincinnati after Kelly, who was CMU’s head football coach from 2004-06, left for the University of Notre Dame.
The university is now at a crossroad, do they want to be taken seriously as a football school or continue to be a big fish in a small pond and be a coach feeder system for bigger universities who take football seriously?
The answer is simple; Athletics Director Dave Heeke must do all within his power to have CMU join a Bowl Championship Series member conference.
And if he is not willing to do the work, the university must find someone who will.
The head coach of the MAC Champion Central Michigan Chippewas is leaving for the University of Cincinnati.
Butch Jones will follow in Brian Kelly’s footsteps for the second time in three years, succeeding Kelly at Cincinnati after Kelly, who was CMU’s head football coach from 2004-06, left for the University of Notre Dame.
The university is now at a crossroad, do they want to be taken seriously as a football school or continue to be a big fish in a small pond and be a coach feeder system for bigger universities who take football seriously?
The answer is simple; Athletics Director Dave Heeke must do all within his power to have CMU join a Bowl Championship Series member conference.
And if he is not willing to do the work, the university must find someone who will.
Stimulus funds curb additional budget cuts at CMU
(NOTE: This article originally appeared in the December 4, 2009 edition of Central Michigan Life.)
Central Michigan University received $1,379,973 of the $787 billion in stimulus money through Oct. 30 from the federal government.
The funds are part of The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which was signed into law Feb. 17 by President Barack Obama.
The university is eligible to apply for $2,342,100 through a state appropriations bill that allows state universities to apply for a one-time grant to fill any budget shortfalls. Any money the university receives through the appropriations bill will be deducted from the appropriations the university receives from the state every year, said Barrie Wilkes, associate vice president of financial services and reporting.
Even with the stimulus money coming in, the university is still unsure if the “extra” money is being received.
Central Michigan University received $1,379,973 of the $787 billion in stimulus money through Oct. 30 from the federal government.
The funds are part of The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which was signed into law Feb. 17 by President Barack Obama.
The university is eligible to apply for $2,342,100 through a state appropriations bill that allows state universities to apply for a one-time grant to fill any budget shortfalls. Any money the university receives through the appropriations bill will be deducted from the appropriations the university receives from the state every year, said Barrie Wilkes, associate vice president of financial services and reporting.
Even with the stimulus money coming in, the university is still unsure if the “extra” money is being received.
Q and A: Chuck Klosterman
(NOTE: This article originally appeared in the December 1, 2009 edition of Central Michigan Life.)
Editor’s note: Staff Reporter Joe Martinez spoke with Chuck Klosterman Monday night about pop culture, journalism and his writing.
Joe Martinez: As a pop culture “guru,” what do you define pop culture as in 2009?
Chuck Klosterman: To be honest, right now, it seems like pop culture is the only culture anyone cares about. I don’t see a lot of interest in things that would be considered high culture, even sort of by academics. It seems like even the “New Yorker” basically covers popular culture. It seems to be more central to the way people living than any other tier of arts and entertainment.
Editor’s note: Staff Reporter Joe Martinez spoke with Chuck Klosterman Monday night about pop culture, journalism and his writing.
Joe Martinez: As a pop culture “guru,” what do you define pop culture as in 2009?
Chuck Klosterman: To be honest, right now, it seems like pop culture is the only culture anyone cares about. I don’t see a lot of interest in things that would be considered high culture, even sort of by academics. It seems like even the “New Yorker” basically covers popular culture. It seems to be more central to the way people living than any other tier of arts and entertainment.
Klosterman discusses pop culture
(NOTE: This article originally appeared November 30, 2009 at CM-Life.com)
Chuck Klosterman is not a advocate of the Unabomber
“Once again, I am not a fan of The Unabomber,” Klosterman said.
That was one of many bizarre statements by made by author and pop culture guru Chuck Klosterman during his lecture Monday night in the Plachta Auditorium. The lecture was free and about 125 students came to the event.
Chuck Klosterman is not a advocate of the Unabomber
“Once again, I am not a fan of The Unabomber,” Klosterman said.
That was one of many bizarre statements by made by author and pop culture guru Chuck Klosterman during his lecture Monday night in the Plachta Auditorium. The lecture was free and about 125 students came to the event.
Public Broadcasting continues its growth; hopes to have Flint station up by month’s end
(NOTE: This article originally appeared in the November 23, 2009 edition of Central Michigan Life.)
Central Michigan University Public Broadcasting hopes to have WFUM-TV of Flint up and running by the end of the month.
Ed Grant, general manager of CMU Public Broadcasting, has had enough on his plate with WCMU-TV complying with the federally mandated conversion from an analog to a digital signal.
And that was before the CMU Board of Trustees agreed to purchase WFUM-TV of Flint for $1 million from the University of Michigan.
“There’s been some good, bad and ugly,” Grant said of the conversion. “It’s been an extremely expensive conversion for everybody, commercial stations as well as non-commercial stations. It cost us about $14 million.”
The acquisition of WFUM, which will extend from Bay City to metro Detroit, will nearly quadruple CMU Public Broadcasting’s audience, Grant said.
Central Michigan University Public Broadcasting hopes to have WFUM-TV of Flint up and running by the end of the month.
Ed Grant, general manager of CMU Public Broadcasting, has had enough on his plate with WCMU-TV complying with the federally mandated conversion from an analog to a digital signal.
And that was before the CMU Board of Trustees agreed to purchase WFUM-TV of Flint for $1 million from the University of Michigan.
“There’s been some good, bad and ugly,” Grant said of the conversion. “It’s been an extremely expensive conversion for everybody, commercial stations as well as non-commercial stations. It cost us about $14 million.”
The acquisition of WFUM, which will extend from Bay City to metro Detroit, will nearly quadruple CMU Public Broadcasting’s audience, Grant said.
Interviews for next CMU president begin in November
(NOTE: This article originally appeared in the October 16, 2009 edition of Central Michigan Life.)
A total of 68 candidates submitted applications to succeed Michael Rao as university president.
This number increased from 43 after the first soft deadline of Oct. 1. The final deadline was Monday.
The Presidential Search Screening Committee met that day to begin a review of all submitted applications. The committee will select a small number of candidates to interview and present two to six semifinalists to the Board of Trustees, said presidential search screening committee chairwoman and Trustee Stephanie Comai.
The Board will then interview and select the next university president from that group of candidates.
Comai said interviews will start in November and she hopes to have a new university president announced by Jan. 1, 2010.
A total of 68 candidates submitted applications to succeed Michael Rao as university president.
This number increased from 43 after the first soft deadline of Oct. 1. The final deadline was Monday.
The Presidential Search Screening Committee met that day to begin a review of all submitted applications. The committee will select a small number of candidates to interview and present two to six semifinalists to the Board of Trustees, said presidential search screening committee chairwoman and Trustee Stephanie Comai.
The Board will then interview and select the next university president from that group of candidates.
Comai said interviews will start in November and she hopes to have a new university president announced by Jan. 1, 2010.
State rep. seeking to end Bridge Card abuse
(NOTE: This article originally appeared in the October 2, 2009 edition of Central Michigan Life.)
Clinton Township sophomore Tamara Young is afraid of losing of her Bridge Card privileges.
“If my Bridge Card was taken away, to be quite frank, I would be devastated,” Young said.
This problem could become reality for Young and many other college students.
State Rep. Joe Haveman, R-Holland, is looking to severely limit who can obtain a Michigan Bridge Card, or Michigan Electronic Benefit Transfer, to prevent fraud.
Clinton Township sophomore Tamara Young is afraid of losing of her Bridge Card privileges.
“If my Bridge Card was taken away, to be quite frank, I would be devastated,” Young said.
This problem could become reality for Young and many other college students.
State Rep. Joe Haveman, R-Holland, is looking to severely limit who can obtain a Michigan Bridge Card, or Michigan Electronic Benefit Transfer, to prevent fraud.
CMU presidential search process yields 43 candidates
(NOTE: This article originally appeared in the October 2, 2009 edition of Central Michigan Life.)
Fourty-three candidates have completed the application process to be the next president of Central Michigan University.
Thursday’s deadline is considered a soft deadline, however, said Trustee Stephanie Comai, meaning the screening committee will still accept applications in the near future.
“We anticipate we have a vast majority of people who will complete the process,” said Comai, the presidential search screening committee chairwoman. “But we will still consider candidates.”
Fourty-three candidates have completed the application process to be the next president of Central Michigan University.
Thursday’s deadline is considered a soft deadline, however, said Trustee Stephanie Comai, meaning the screening committee will still accept applications in the near future.
“We anticipate we have a vast majority of people who will complete the process,” said Comai, the presidential search screening committee chairwoman. “But we will still consider candidates.”
CMU overall enrollment at record high, but reduction in freshmen
(NOTE: This article originally appeared in the September 11, 2009 edition of Central Michigan Life.)
Central Michigan University is witnessing a record-high on-campus enrollment this fall despite a drop in freshmen.
According to new reports released by CMU’s Office of Institutional Research, freshman enrollment for the
fall 2009 semester is down 4.5 percent, at 3,691 from last fall’s 3,864. But overall on-campus enrollment is up to 20,444, said Steve Smith, director of public relations.
The university was expecting the drop in freshmen.
“This is something the university has been forecasting for a number of years,” Smith said. “The number of high school graduates in the state is dropping and is anticipated to do so until 2017.”
Central Michigan University is witnessing a record-high on-campus enrollment this fall despite a drop in freshmen.
According to new reports released by CMU’s Office of Institutional Research, freshman enrollment for the
fall 2009 semester is down 4.5 percent, at 3,691 from last fall’s 3,864. But overall on-campus enrollment is up to 20,444, said Steve Smith, director of public relations.
The university was expecting the drop in freshmen.
“This is something the university has been forecasting for a number of years,” Smith said. “The number of high school graduates in the state is dropping and is anticipated to do so until 2017.”
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