Central Michigan University Public Radio Visits FSA!

It's been some time, but our Denounce the "N" Word Initiative has gone the MPR route once again...this time a reporter from CMU visited school and interviewed serveral students and myself about the "N" word project.

Actually, the reporter, John Ketchum, interviewed me previously--about a month ago. He told me his supervisors were so impressed with what we were doing at FSA that they insisted he personally visit our campus and interview some of our key students. They wanted their listening audience to learn more about our Denounce the "N" Word Initiative.

Mr. Ketchum visited about a week ago. We were very impressed with his professionality and even more so because of his youth--John's 18 years old and is a graduate of Saginaw Arthur Hill High School. One of my students had fun talking high school baseball with him, since they both played at that level and I believe might have competed against each other in the Saginaw Valley League.

John had fun interviewing our own Mark Ingram about the project. Somehow the conversation turned to Mark's signing a full scholarship at The University of Alabama. As an All-State Football selection at running back, Ingram is assured a chance to play a lot of football for the Crimson Tide and former MSU football coach, Nick Sabin. Sabin established himself at Miami University before jumping ship to bring Alabama football back to national contention. Signing our very own Mark Ingram is a good start for Coach Sabin, I believe.

Several other outstanding students were interviewed, including Maurice Hood...my graduating senior who is going to be sorely missed. Our t-shirt campaign will continue in the Fall and I'm gonna need senior leadership again. Locating someone with Moe's determination and drive is going to be difficult.

The CMU public radio stint was recorded and the young report, John Ketchum, will put it all together for his listening audience. I'll try to figure out how to adapt the recording to this format so as to "spice" it up a little bit. It should be interesting...