The soccer team begins its Mid-American Conference season today after a rugged stretch of games.
CMU used a tough non-conference schedule featuring teams such as Illinois State, Michigan State and Niagara to prepare for MAC play. But to coach Tony DiTucci and the rest of the team, CMU's season is all about winning the MAC.
Central Michigan University offers a minor no other public four-year university in Michigan offers.
It's leadership.
The On The Fly Productions team knew this, and in the end, won The Chippewa Trivia Challenge on Thursday night in the Bovee University Center Auditorium.
It's been nine years since the football team defeated Northern Illinois.
The Chippewas (1-3 overall, 1-0 Mid-American Conference) get their chance to end the streak at noon Saturday at Kelly/Shorts Stadium.
“We've been lucky,” said NIU coach Joe Novak, who boasts a 9-1 record against CMU.
Provost candidate Ralph Rogers Jr. said education has made him the person he is.
“Education has been a recurring theme in my life,” he said. “My mother went back to school for her GED when she was 34 and later earned her degree in education to become a teacher.
Don't get too excited, Xbox 360 owners.
The highly anticipated finish to the best-selling series of video games in history just isn't that good.
In fact, you probably already own this game - it's called “Halo 2.”
Three years after the release of that game, which sold more copies than any game ever, “Halo 3″ was greeted by lineups, huge hype and salivating nerds.
Homecoming Weekend involves a lot more than one Saturday afternoon football game.
“A lot of different groups are getting out there this year,” said Jacob Frankovich, Midland senior and Homecoming competition coordinator. “You can do whatever your group is passionate about.
Staff Reports
The women's cross country team is ranked 13th in first regular season Great Lakes Region poll.
After being unranked in the preseason, the Chippewas won the Central Collegiate Championships. Other Mid-American Conference teams ranked in the poll include No.
Lansing - The Student Government Association put a face on higher education funding Wednesday morning at the State Capitol.
SGA members traveled to Lansing to lobby for higher education and equal funding for the state's 15 public universities. The five-member group met with individual legislators to persuade them to include higher education funding when looking at the budget.
Do you live to make yourself happy or to make others happy?
It's crazy sometimes how we think we want something, but in the back of our minds, we know it's not destiny.
Look at every experience and opportunity that is thrown at you as having a deeper meaning.
Furniture
CMU hosts surplus sale today
CMU will host a surplus sale from 12 to 2 p.m. today in campus parking lot No. 1 across the street from Trout Hall. The event, open to the public, will sell items including surplus furniture, equipment, vehicles and more.
This is not your parents' classical music.
Tuesday marked the release of CMU's White Pine Music label's “Take the A Train” by the Harlem Quartet.
The album stands to be White Pine's biggest release yet.
“To even play in Carnegie Hall is considered the pinnacle of a classic musicians career,” said Scott Burgess, White Pine Music founder and manger of audio production.
Carl Thomas is not happy with the price of football tickets at Central Michigan University.
More specifically, the alumnus objects to the $5 service fee.
Thomas said he first noticed the fee when he bought tickets for the first home game.
“I can understand the $3 increase, (ticket prices went) from $17 to $20,” Thomas said.
There were noticeable differences at Kelly/Shorts Stadium on Wednesday after the football team finished practice.
CMU's 44-14 loss to North Dakota State seemed like a distant memory as players stayed after practice to help each other with techniques. The scene held a swagger that hadn't been present since December's Motor City Bowl.
Joseph Wezner was 16 years old when his father died from cancer.
His grandmother and uncle also died from the disease within the last eight years.
The Macomb senior will run in the Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Marathon Oct. 21 for Gilda's Club.
“It's a great cause, almost everyone has been affected by cancer in some way shape or form,” Wezner said.
Dan LeFevour had a hard time getting comfortable last Saturday with North Dakota State's pass rush.
Things won't get easier for the sophomore quarterback this week against Northern Illinois right end Larry English.
English is coming off a five-sack game in a 42-35 win last week at Idaho.
Central Michigan University (also known as CMU) is a coeducational state university located in Mount Pleasant in the U.S. state of Michigan. Nearly 28,000 students are enrolled, of which approximately 20,000 are undergraduates, making the university the fourth largest in Michigan. CMU also has off-campus sites located in 15 states and 10 countries. CMU offers students their choice of 27 degrees through eight academic divisions.
Central Michigan Author(s)
