Central Michigan Life is Central Michigan University

Central Michigan University

Central Michigan University is a public research university located in Mount Pleasant in the U.S. state of Michigan...

's student newspaper

Student newspaper

A student newspaper is a newspaper run by students of a university, high school, middle school, or other school. These papers traditionally cover local and, primarily, school or university news....

. It is almost entirely independent from the university. Only the salaries of the adviser and executive secretary are paid through CMU; all other expenses are covered by CM Life's own advertising revenue.

The paper is published and distributed three times a week during the spring and fall semesters

Academic term

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. During the summer, the paper is published once a week. It is available in newsprint and online, posting news as it happens.

CM Life's circulation is currently 13,500, and the paper is distributed by Mid-Michigan Industries at various newsstands in CMU's academic buildings and residence halls, as well as several businesses within the Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant, Michigan

Mount Pleasant is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Isabella County. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 25,946. The 2008 census estimate places the population at 26,675....

 community.

CM Life was named one of the top three non-daily newspapers in the nation for 2007 by the Society of Professional Journalists

Society of Professional Journalists

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. It also was named the best college newspaper in Division I in Michigan

Michigan

Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

. CM Life has been named an Associated Collegiate Press

Associated Collegiate Press

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 Pacemaker Finalist for five of the last seven years, and won the Pacemaker three times in that span. It also was a finalist for the first time for an online Pacemaker in 2010. While a student at CMU, cartoonist Drew Sheneman

Drew Sheneman

Drew Sheneman is an American editorial cartoonist. His work, which has appeared in The Star-Ledger of Newark, New Jersey, since 1998, is nationally syndicated by Tribune Media Services.-Biography:...

published cartoons in CM Life, winning two awards for his work during that time.