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Michigan LITE
WEDNESDAY,
MARCH 20,
1996
VOLUME 78, NUMBER 70
MOUNT PLEASANT. MICHIGAN 48859
©1996 CM LIFE
(517)774-3493
14 PAGES
Voters shoot down recall
By Jeff Haywood
LIFE Staff Writer  	
All seven Mount Pleasant City
Commission seats will remain
filled after the failure of
Tuesday's recall of four City
Commissioners.
With 22 percent of eligible city
voters casting their ballots, the
proposals to recall City
Commissioners Donald Sowle,
Robert Trullinger, Gerald Cassel
and Kenneth Bovee all were
voted down.
The proposal to recall Sowle
was defeated 1,462 to 1,262;
TVullinger's proposal was defeated 1,429 to 1,293; Cassel's proposal was defeated 1,450 to
1,271; and Bovee's proposal was
defeated 1,451 to 1,278.
The proposals were turned
down in six out of seven city
precincts. In the second
precinct, the four recall proposals passed by an average of 318
to 193.
Isabella County Clerk Betty
Prout said the voter turnout for
the city was higher than a regular City Commission election.
"There was competition. There
was an issue," Prout said.
According to the proposals,
the recall election was called
after the four commissioners
voted in favor of a recommenda-
Targeted city commissioners relieved
by Tuesday's election results
UFE Stsff Writer
Four Mount Pleasant City Commission members breathed a collective sigh of relief Tuesday
night upon hearing they would be able to continue their terms in office.
"It was a hard and wrenching experience," said
Commissioner Robert Trullinger. "I hope I never
have to go through it again."
Mount Pleasant residents decided by an
approximately 6 percent margin in flavor of keeping City Commissioners Kenneth Bovee, Gerald
Cassel, Donald Sowle and Trullinger in office.
"The fact that the election turned out (in our
favor) makes me feel good," Trullinger said. "It
shows that a majority of the community believes
that we did a good job and that is what we were
elected to do."
Bovee and Cassel, who were present at the
Isabella County Building where the results were
posted, said they were pleased with the outcome.
•This is a tremendous victory for the City
Commission and for the City of Mount Pleasant,"
Cassel said. "Because of the tragic disruption
that could have taken place if we hadn't succeeded against the recall."
"It brings closure to the whole process," Bovee
said. "This is now a historical fact and we can go
on from here."
Sowle could not be reached for comment.
According to members of the South Central
Association of Neighbors, who were opposed to
the widening of an eight block section of High
Comments from Commissioners
tion to widen eight blocks of
High Street.
A group called the South
Central Association of
Neighbors formed in opposition
to the widening of High Street.
SCAN collected more than 1,200
signatures on petitions for each
of the commissioners to get the
issue of recalling them on the
ballot.
The proposals  on  the  ballot
See REACT Page 7
Dole in control;
toughest task
still ahead
By Brian Seymour
LIFE Staff Writer	
Now that Bob Dole has
secured the Republican nomination for president, CMU student
political leaders and a CMU professor agree that Dole's most difficult task lies ahead.
Getting elected.
Dole, who failed in 1980 and
1988 to earn the Republican
nomination for president, swept
four states in the Midwest
states' primary Tuesday, including Michigan. That gave him
996 delegates to the Republican
National Convention, the exact
number needed for the nomination.
Despite a strong showing from
Pat Buchanan, at press time
Dole had 51 percent of the votes
in Michigan with 69 percent of
all precincts reporting.
Buchanan had 35 percent.
Albert Palm, associate professor of political science, said this
year's presidential race offers
some firsts in American history.
"We've never had anything
like this, the majority leader of
the Senate against the president," Palm said. "It could lead
to confrontations and gridlock,
which would turn off even more
voters."
This     November's     election
a   unique   time   in
political  history,   he
comes at
America's
added.
"There's never been this many
people who have been disillusioned and not trusting of government," Palm said.
College Republicans President
Don Keko, Sterling Heights
graduate student, cheered Dole's
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nomination and seemed to welcome the unofficial end to a helter-skelter primary season.
"I think it was bizarre, it was
weird," Keko said. "Last October
and November, it seemed like
Senator Dole has this thing
wrapped up. Then, he doesn't do
as well in Iowa and loses New
See DOLE Page 7
SPORTS
Diamond teams look to
outfield for support
Both teams will need
production from their
outfields in order to
contend for a MAC title.
PAGE 8
LIFESTYLES
An error was made on the
"Fiddler on the Roof tickets
printed for the Sunday
matinee. The tickets
incorrectly state the start
time of the musical. The
musical starts at 2 p.m.
stated the recommendation to
widen High Street was contrary
to the city's master plan and was
opposed by the Mount Pleasant
Board of Education and the
city's Planning Commission.
Also on the ballot was a summary of residents' concerns that
the road widening would create
a traffic hazard increasing the
risk of injury or death and would
impact the  health,  safety  and
Robert Trullinger
"It was  a hard  and
wrenching experience, I
hope I never have to go
through it again."
Donald Bowie
Sowle was  unavailable
for comment Tuesday.
welfare of residents living near
High Street, children attending
Fancher Elementary School and
the community in general.
The ballot proposals also
included justification of conduct
from each of the commissioners
on why they believed the widening would increase safety by
improving the roadway and
adding a left turn lane.
Kenneth Bovee
"It brings closure to the
whole process. This is now
a historical fact and we
can go on from here."
Gerald Cassel
"This  is  a  tremendous
victory     for     the     City
Commission   and  for the
City of Mount Pleasant."
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DAY
OF
DISNEY
LIFE Photo/Erik S. Scherb
Alumni from the Disney World college program met on Monday in preparation for the
upcoming presentation by Disney recruiters. The presentation will be given at 6 p.m.
this Monday in Anspach 162.
SGA ponders right to investigate Jan. arrests
By Nicole Lowe
LIFE Staff Wrtter
Student Government
Association doesn't have the
right to initiate an outside
investigation into the "Central
6" incident, according to one of
its members.
Six students who attended a
Jan. 28 gathering in
Washington Apartments, where
three students were arrested,
say police used excessive force
when breaking up the gathering.
At the Feb. 15 Board of
Trustees Student-Trustee
Liaison Committee meeting,
SGA voiced student concerns
that an internal investigation
would be biased because they
are university employees.
At that meeting Lisa Diaz,
SGA     president      and      East
Lansing junior, asked for an
outside investigation.
But at Monday's SGA meeting, Jen ice Hand, the House of
Representative member
appointed to look into the
Central 6 case, said SGA couldn't initiate an outside investigation.
"SGA cannot have an outside
agency come in and do an outside investigation just because
they think someone was treated
unfairly," said Hand, Detroit
freshman.
In rebuttal to Hand's findings
that SGA can't request an outside investigation, Diaz said,
"(SGA) is going to try to help
Central 6 members in any way
or shape we can. I'm not going to
give up. I think it's very impor-
See SQA Page 7	
Roscoe refutes report presented
at SGA's Monday meeting
Nicole Lowe
UFE Staff Writer
A report given at Monday's
SGA meeting about the status
of CMU's investigation into the
"Central 6" incident does not
concur with comments made
after the meeting by Bruce
Roscoe, dean of Students and
one of two people looking into
the manner.
Jenice Hand, Representative
and Detroit freshman, said at
Monday's Student Government
Association meeting the two
people appointed to investigate
the    matter   aren't   working
closely together.
Investigating the case with
Roscoe is Angela Haddad, affirmative action officer, who could
not be reached for comment.
"Haddad and Roscoe wrote
two separate reports, they did
not collaborate," Hand said in
her report Monday.
But Roscoe said there never
were two separate reports and
he and Haddad worked closely
on the investigation.
Hand stood by what she said
at the meeting Monday by say-
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