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SGA vice
Jamieson
By JASON TAIT
LIFE Staff Wnter	
Student Government Association Vice President Anne
Jamieson resigned from her
position Monday for personal
reasons.
"My class schedule is a lot
more demanding than what I
expected it to be, and you (SGA)
know that I am trying to get into
graduate school," said Jamieson, Bloom field senior, at SGA's
regular meeting.
She said SGA took up too
much of her time.
The SGA vice president, as
president
resigns
well as the other members of the
executive board, must commit
to 15 office hours per week.
"Anne has done a great job for
us this year and I wish her
luck," said Eric Shumate, SGA
president and Detroit junior.
SGA members will be
reviewing letters of "intent" this
week to fill the vacated position.
The vice president election
will be done internally, meaning only elected members of
SGA may apply for the position,
Shumate said.
Also discussed at Monday's
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Marijuana, guns seized in raid
Isabella County Sheriff deputies seized 14 pounds of processed marijuana, $750 in cash and 10 long guns during a Sunday night drug raid
that ended with the arrest of a father and son operating near Mount
Pleasant.
Ray Smith, 53, and Steven Smith, 35, were lodged in Isabella County
Jail on $10,000 bonds at press time. Both were charged with two counts
of possession with intent to deliver marijuana, Sheriff Barry DeLau
said.
Steven Smith also faces one count of possessing firearms as a felon.
An informant's tip led deputies to Mount Pleasant School District
property on E. Remus Road near Mount Pleasant city limits, where
police confiscated the $35,000 worth of recently harvested marijuana
stalks and the other items, DeLau said.
Police obtained a search warrant for two trailers and another building on property adjacent to the site.
The Mount Pleasant School District has owned the 240 acre site since
1949. It was used to teach vocational agriculture and conservation
courses until 1982. i
Clerical union
gets no answers
to cut positions
By SCOTT ANDERSON
LIFE Assistant News Editor	
Union officials seeking an
explanation for the elimination of
four Receivable Accounting clerical positions walked away from a
meeting with administrators
without answers Tuesday.
Sharon Gaunt, president of
the clerical union, United Auto
Workers local 6888, said the
scheduled hour-long meeting —
which was called by the union —
lasted only half the time.
"We were basically told by Jim
Wood that they didn't have to tell
us (why)/' Gaunt said.
Wood, assistant director of
employee relations and staff personnel, was unavailable for comment.
Others who attended the
meeting included Barrie Wilkes,
controller of accounting services,
and Terry Viau, assistant controller. Bargaining Grievance
Chairwoman Debbie Mathewson,
District Representative Sandy
Kenney, and UAW Represena-
tive Dennis Vanderlind also
attended the meeting.
Gaunt said the union will
pursue the matter through the
grievance process.
The eliminations were
announced Sept. 11 and are scheduled to become effective Nov. 15.
Clerical specialists Judy Coffell,
Barbara Kunik, Jean McClain
and Wendy McLellan occupied
the eliminated positions.
The four clerical positions will
be replaced by four administrative professionals. The explanation for the elimination was given
at the meeting and remains the
same as it was when the first
announcement was made, Viau
said.
"We're looking at making some
changes in the services we provide," Viau said. "We're hoping to
be able to address concerns at the
counter without having to refer
students to several different
offices ... I thought we
responded to the questions we
were asked."
Gaunt disagreed.
"Our point is they've been
doing almost the same job,"
Gaunt said. "The question was,
*why don't you just train them in
any of the new duties that will
come about instead of hiring new
people?*"
McClain has accepted a position in the Registrar's Office,
Gaunt said.
Gaunt described the move to
APs as "erosion" of the union bargaining unit.
After the first debate of the election year. Gov. John Engler speaks to the media after a televised debate Monday night in Grand
Rapids.
Engler, Wolpe face off in debate
By KAREN JOSEPH
LIFE Staff Writer
Gubernatorial hopefuls
squared off Monday in Grand
Rapids for the first of three scheduled debates. After the one-hour
exchange the winner was clear —
depending on who you talked to.
Both parties declared their
candidate victorious.
Gov. John Engler described his
own performance as "very
strong."
Engler*s press secretary John
Truscott agreed, saying
"Frankly, if we have two more
debates like this, well be very
pleased."
Howard Wolpe for Governor
spokeswoman Vicki Levengood
described Wolpe's performance
as "in your face," holding Engler
accountable for the actions of his
administration.
Wolpe's    opening    remarks
began with a declaration he
reiterated throughout the hour
— "The governor isn't being
straight with us.
"The governor "will claim he's
been tough on crime," Wolpe said,
"But he's not being straight with
us.
"Do you feel safer today than
you did four years ago?"
In his opening statement,
Engler defended his four years in
office. "I made tough choices. I
kept my promises.
"We in Michigan have made
changes," Engler said. "Congressman Wolpe wants to turn
back the clock. He is a liberal. My
approach is conservative."
Engler continued calling
Wolpe a liberal throughout the
debate, at one point making no
bones about the leftist label.
"You vote like a liberal. You
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Howard Wolpe faced
Engler.
Ling, McBryde discuss public mistrust of government
By KAREN JOSEPH
LIFE Staff Writer
Kathy Ling and Jim McBryde might not
on the severity of cynicism Americans feel toward
government, but they do agree it's there.
Some 70 percent of Americans have become d i s-
enchanted with political proceesco, according to
"Why Americans Hate Politics," a book cited at
Monday's Mount Pleasant Rotary meeting by guest
speaker Ling, Democratic candidate for state representative of the 99th District.
Ling and incumbent state Rep. McBryde,
R-Mount Pleasant, gave 15-minute speeches to the
local Rotarians, addressing issues of pontics, welfare* unemployment i
thing that is worth talking about," said Ling, who
admitted she had just begun reading the book.
McBryde, while conceding that the public is disenchanted with national government, claimed that
at state and local levels the feeling is
"I encourage you to read past the first 10 pages,"
McBryde said, adding that he read the E.J. Dionne
work more than a year i
Thirty years ago. 30 percent of Americans
believed the government was out of touch with the
public's interests. Ling said, quoting "Why Americans Hate Politic8;Today, thatnumberhu risen to
70 percent.
"1 think that the
becoming cynical
"There is a real dichotomy between the people's
attitudes about what is happening at the federal
level and at what is happening at the state level," he
amid.
McBryde quoted a study which concluded that
Americans feel 2-to-l that the federal government is
on the wrong track in serving their interests. On the
state level, he amid, Americana 2-to-l believe the
government is en the right track.
Ling theorised that politicians9 have contributed
to the growing distrust of government try
tuating   the   altiludu
accomplish anything.
Ling suggested that politicians start talking
about the things government has done well, citing
Social Security and the Clean Water Act as examples.
During McBryde's 15-minute address, he
attempted to do just that, laying out a few of the
current administration's selling points.
He cited Michigan's climb from a $1.8 billion
budget deficit to a $300 million surplus. He cited
Michigan's current 5.4 percent rate of inflation —
the lowest rate in 20 years.
Addressing welfare, McBryde quoted the 73 percent of recipients who participate in Michigan's
-Social Contract," which requires them to work,
attend school or volunteer in their communities.
In   1990, McBryde said, there were no
requi rements of welfare recipients.
"President Clinton — who is not even
party — has recognized Engler as a
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