Hey there LOST fans, if you cannot wait until Tuesday night for the much anticipated final season premiere of LOST, the first four minutes are online now. Minor spoilers are contained at the link, which can be found after the jump.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
Wilbur addresses transition, budget processes
(NOTE: This article originally appeared in the January 29, 2010 edition of Central Michigan Life.)
The university presidential transition and looming budget cuts were the main topics of discussion as Interim University President Kathy Wilbur addressed Campus Conservatives Tuesday night.
The meeting, which took place in the Bovee University Center’s Lake St. Clair Room, continued a series of forums that Wilbur has hosted with various student groups around campus.
“We were very pleased to have Interim President Wilbur come to our meeting and speak with us,” said Hart junior Bryant Greiner, president of Campus Conservatives.
The university presidential transition and looming budget cuts were the main topics of discussion as Interim University President Kathy Wilbur addressed Campus Conservatives Tuesday night.
The meeting, which took place in the Bovee University Center’s Lake St. Clair Room, continued a series of forums that Wilbur has hosted with various student groups around campus.
“We were very pleased to have Interim President Wilbur come to our meeting and speak with us,” said Hart junior Bryant Greiner, president of Campus Conservatives.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Beau Biden not running for the "Biden" seat
In a week where the Democratic party needs some good news, Beau Biden's announcement that he will run for reelection as Delaware's Attorney General instead of running for his father's, Vice President Joe Biden, old senate seat.
Beau Biden's decision to not run clears the path for 8-Term U.S. Rep. Mike Castle, the state's lone member in the House of Representatives, to take over the seat that Vice President Biden was elected to seven times.
I would call this a case of rats jumping off a sinking ship, but Beau Biden wasn't even on the ship.
Fivethirtyeight.com had the Delaware seat as the sixth seat most likely to change hands in 2010, with Beau Biden as potential candidate. Without him, any Democrat running against Castle, who is a former Governor at Lt. Governor and has never received less than 55% of the vote in his statewide elections, it will be a tough hold for the Dems. Putting this with Sen.-elect Scott Brown's mounmental upset last week in Massachusetts and the retirement of Sen. Byron Dorgan, the Democrats are having a bad week.
Beau Biden's decision to not run clears the path for 8-Term U.S. Rep. Mike Castle, the state's lone member in the House of Representatives, to take over the seat that Vice President Biden was elected to seven times.
I would call this a case of rats jumping off a sinking ship, but Beau Biden wasn't even on the ship.
Fivethirtyeight.com had the Delaware seat as the sixth seat most likely to change hands in 2010, with Beau Biden as potential candidate. Without him, any Democrat running against Castle, who is a former Governor at Lt. Governor and has never received less than 55% of the vote in his statewide elections, it will be a tough hold for the Dems. Putting this with Sen.-elect Scott Brown's mounmental upset last week in Massachusetts and the retirement of Sen. Byron Dorgan, the Democrats are having a bad week.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Michigan Senate candidate Michael Trebesh visiting campus Tuesday
(NOTE: This article originally appeared in the January 11, 2010 edition of Central Michigan Life.)
As Central Michigan University prepares to kick off the winter semester, local politicians are beginning to kick off their campaigns.
One such candidate is Michael Trebesh, who is speaking to Campus Conservatives at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Bovee University Center.
The location at Bovee has yet to be announced. The event is free and open to the public.
As Central Michigan University prepares to kick off the winter semester, local politicians are beginning to kick off their campaigns.
One such candidate is Michael Trebesh, who is speaking to Campus Conservatives at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Bovee University Center.
The location at Bovee has yet to be announced. The event is free and open to the public.
Friday, December 18, 2009
Fool Us Once, Shame on You; Fool Us Twice, Shame On Us
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.
"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.
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.
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