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Michigan LITE
WEDNESDAY,
APRIL 17,
1996
VOLUME 78. NUMBER 81
MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN 48859
©1996 CM LIFE
(517)774-3493
16 PAGES
New policy puts a lock on tailgating
By
E Staff Writer
A new policy at CMU aims to
make tailgating safer by tightening time restrictions and not
authorizing stand-alone tents for
most organizations.
Jay Lanctot, associate athletic
director, said the new tailgating
policy does not allow stand-alone
tents, which are tents not authorized by the Athletic department,
to be set up around the pond by
Kelly/Shorts Stadium. The
department will only authorize
tents for university departments
and offices and corporations, he
said.
"What it does, mainly, is restrict
tent situations. It does not eliminate tailgating, by any means, at
CMU football games," Lanctot
said.
Other restrictions on tailgating
include:
•No kegs, party balls, pooling
or mass purchases of alcohol.
•No glass containers.
•Tailgating hours are from 10
a.m. to the beginning of the game.
It is not allowed during the game.
•No underage drinking.
•No alcohol outside the tailgate
area.
•No generators. Battery operated radios and CD/tape players
Hearing set for
student involved in
Merrill Hall incident
By Christopher Richardson
LIFE Graphics Editor	
Matt J. Avery, the student
arrested March 30 after his
roommate jumped from a second-story -window in Merrill
Hall, is scheduled to appear at a
preliminary hearing 8:30 a.m.
Thursday in Isabella County's
76th District Court.
Avery's attorney, Daniel
O'Neil, of Mount Pleasant, filed
a motion April 2 waiving Avery's
right to an arraignment and
demanding a trial by jury. No
date for the trial has been set.
Avery faces one felony count of
malicious destruction of police
property,   punishable   by   up  to
four years in prison and/or up to
$2000 in fines; one misdemeanor count of resisting and
obstructing a police officer, punishable by a maximum of two
years in prison or up to $1,000
in fines; and two counts of possessing a controlled substance
(marijuana and LSD ), each of
which are punishable by up to
one year in prison and/or up to
$2,000 in fines.
Avery, Clarkston freshman,
was arrested when he became
combative toward police who
responded when Randy Rudlaff,
Clarkston    freshman,   jumped
See HEARING Page 2	
Earth Day organizers
hope to provide an
educational experience
By Jody Seefurth
LIFE Staff Wrtter	
Organizers of this year's
Earth Day celebration at CMU
hope to provide an educational
experience for those who attend.
"We like Earth Day a lot," said
Eris Aiello, Student
Environmental Alliance co-secretary and Sterling Heights
sophomore. "We think it helps
get students not only aware of
our group, but other issues as
well. We would like (SEA) to be
more education-based than
what we are."
The celebration, which will
take place Thursday in front of
Park Library, will consist of
information booths from various
campus organizations such as
Women Initiating Social
Equality, GLASS and Golden
Key National Honor Society as
well as area businesses including Good Vibes, 208 S. Main St.,
said Christie Zunker, SEA co-
president
and
Wisconsin
graduate
student.
This is
the sixth
year in a
row CMU
will cele-
b r a t e
Earth
Day. Several area bands such as
Red Fish Blue Fish, The
Nothingheads and Radio Girl
will help celebrate the day.
See CELEBRATION Page 14
LIFESTYLES
The show must go on
CMU theater relies on key
people to run the show
backstage.
PAGE 12
SPORTS
Baseball      team
power     to     win     over
Northwood
Central returned to its
old form as three
baseballs found their
way over the fence of
Theunissen Stadium via
the bats of Chippewas.
PAGE 8
are permitted.
•Tailgaters must clean up their
trash. Dumpsters are provided.
•Any violation of tailgating regulations may result in the immediate termination of tailgating
privileges and criminal prosecution or disciplinary action
through the Office of Student
Life.
The times tailgating is allowed
also have been tightened
In prior years, tailgating was
allowed from 9 a.m. to game time,
at half-time and for an hour after
the game. Now tailgating is
allowed only before the game,
Lanctot said.
Lanctot said there were several
reasons behind the adoption of
the new tailgating policy, the foremost being the university's liability for the safety of tailgate
partiers.
He said there has been a concern for some time about the safety when tent parties merge and
groups of 1,500 - 2,000 people pool
alcohol and act irresponsibly. He
also said getting cooperation from
some groups of partiers was difficult.
Another concern was for the
grounds around the pond.
During the past few years, the
grounds have taken "tremendous
beatings" from vehicles and litter,
and he said the policy should limit
that damage.
He said he wanted to stress
that tailgating parties are still
allowed, but only tents are prohibited.
"The main thrust of the policy is
to provide a safer, more responsible tailgating environment,"
Lanctot said.
Letters are being drafted to all
of the Registered Student
Organizations outlining the policy, and they should be mailed out
this week, Lanctot said.
The policy covers all home
CMU football games.
LIFE Photos/Christina Bowles
Tom Hahnenberg, the Cultural and Natural History Curator of Education, explains to Lee
Arbogasts, Mount Pleasant freshman, how to scrape off the hair of a deer skin before tanning,
(below left) Dennis Pilaske, Port Hope graduate student, cuts holes in a presoaked deer skin
before stretching it out to continue the brain staining process, (below right) Hahnenberg applies
tension to e skin to help Scott Leslie, Petoskey senior, try his hand at scraping the hair from a
dried deer skin.
Tanning Hides
Officials still
unsure
about
arbitrator's
decision
By Jennifer Ackerman
LIFE Features Editor	
One week after an arbitrator
decided that the CMU's decision
to subcontract food services
labor to ARAMARK was "unreasonable," university officials
still aren't sure what the ruling
means.
When asked how last
Wednesday's grievance awarded
to the American Federation of
State, County and Municipal
Employees Local 1568 will
affect CMU's contract with
ARAMARK and if the decision
is legally binding, Rae
Goldsmith, associate vice president of Public Relations and
Marketing, said she couldn't
discuss details of the university's future plans.
"We have to look at those
questions and I don't think I
will have answers for several
days," Goldsmith said.
"I realize that employees are
anxious about it. There is a lot
of anxiety surrounding this
whole issue and we don't mean
to cause more anxiety,"
Goldsmith said. "But we do
want to be careful and take
some time and not mislead people.
"We're not going to over react
and we're not going to make a
rash decision. That means we're
going to take some time," she
said.
Goldsmith said the university
isn't ready to announce what
course of action it will take, but
specified it will not ignore the
arbitrator's decision.
"We know there are options
that we have to look at. The
decision just means we have to
go back and look at our options."
Goldsmith would not specify
what options the university
may be considering.
The arbitrator, Mark Glaser,
declined to comment on the
issue. Kim Ellertson, vice president for Business and Finance,
was out of town and not available for comment.
Linda Philo, president of
AFSCME Local 1568 and utility
worker in Carey Dining
Commons, said she doesn't
know what the university will
do in response to the arbitrator's ruling.
See UNSURE Page 14
Study says females strive to please others
By Emily Gerkin
LIFE Staff Writer  	
A recent study found the
desire to please others is the
motivating factor behind the
self-esteem of girls ages 13 to 21.
Close to three-quarters of the
girls now in school said their
academic progress is what they
worry about most, according to
the survey.
But an analysis of the survey
found that while the girls do
good in school, they often only do
so to please others.
Becky Black, assistant professor in CMU's counseling center,
agreed with the results.
"It seems to be pretty accurate," Black said. "It's basically a
problem with self-esteem.
"Girls and boys are raised differently. Girls have been molded
by society to need the approval
of others. Research has shown
that girls are more relationship
oriented. Pleasing others is very
important to them," she said.
The survey of 500 girls and
500 boys was commissioned by
EDK Associates in New York and
Seventeen magazine. react to their environmental sit-
Motivation   to   please   others      uations   is   directly   related   to
In a survey of 500 girls and 500 boys aged 13-21:
boys    girls
53%    73%   said pressure from boyfriends causes
girls to have sex
81%   of those girls said they regretted it later
source: the Associated Press
showed up again in the survey
analysis when it came to having
sex.
Seventy-three percent of the
girls and around half of the boys
cited the sexual pressure girls
receive from their boyfriends as
the reason why they have sex.
Of the 67 percent who reported having sex, more than two-
thirds said they later regretted
it.
Black said how pc»ople feel
about themselves and how they
their self-esteem.
"It's possible for people to
think highly of themselves, but
in several specific areas of their
life not like themselves very
much," Black said.
~But it's important to remember that you can change your
self-esteem. It can be strengthened and enhanced over time,"
she said.
EDK's survey also stated a
higher percentage of girls than
boys had self-esteem problems
and felt unable to stand up for
themselves and voice their own
opinions.
Black attributes this to the different ways in which girls and
boys are raised.
Black said boys are taught to
be strong, dominant and in
charge.
"It is important to deal with
self-esteem issues early in life in
terms of valuing the things boys
and girls do different in society,"
she said.
"Initially self-esteem is developed in a child by the age of five
or six and is continually shaped
throughout school by their peers
and their environment,9* Black
said.
"People label kids and they
take it to heart," she said.
Black said sometimes parents
don't know how to help build a
child's self-esteem and the peers
end up having more of an influence.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.