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February 15, 1991
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Departments shift fte
to meet student needs
by MATTHEW BACH
LIFE Assistant News Ed-tc
Shifts in full-time equivalents may result in layoffs for temporary
faculty
Although it is yet unknown exactly how many temporary faculty
may lose their jobs, fte cuts will not jeapordize tenured faculty or
graduate assistants.
Earlier this week, administrators in the provost's office told the
deans of three of CMU's six schools and colleges they need to shift or
cut their current fte allotment in order to have fte to provide more
sections of competency courses.
One fte represents one full-time faculty position, two part-time
spots or three graduate assistants.
The adjusting is in response to certain needs within various
academic departments, said Deborah Slade, assistant vice provost
for curriculum and instruction.
The College of Arts and Sciences was asked to interdepartmentally shift 23 fte, the College of Education, Health and Human
Services was told to readjust 11.5 fte and the College of Business
Administration had to cut 3.5 fte.
The total amount of fte involved in the restructuring is 38. said
Leonard Plachta, dean of the College of Business Administration.
Previous consideration was given to eliminating a total of 38 fte
from all academic areas. That was not done, however, and the plan
to shift fte instead was implemented this week.
Shifting rather than cutting all 38 fte allows the University to
meet demands within certain academic areas. CMU will start the
plan for the 1991 - '92 year and continue it for the following year.
The original proposal to completely eliminate 38 fte was in
response to projected enrollment declines and state callbacks.
The new proposal for fte shifts and small cuts have not saved
much money for CMU's overall budget, but rather put the fte where
See FTE Paqe 2
College of Arts and Sciences
temporary fte reductions for
reallocation into English,
Speech Comm.        and
Dramatic Arts, and Math, to
take care of student back log
in competency courses.
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Full courts
Isabella courts swamped
under backlog of cases
by CRYSTAL HARMON
LIFE  StuH Wrier
Isabella County is swamped with more felony
cases than it can handle and administrators want
to create a temporary second circuit court to
relieve the problem.
Assistant Prosecutor Mark Duthie told the
Isabella County Board of Commissioners
Wednesday the backlog of about 100 cases was
caused in part by the "Western Weekend" riot in
October, which led to 19 felony charges.
Reports of shoplifting from the new Meijer
store. 1015 E. Pickard. also increased the
caseload. Duthie said.
While Duthie did not request action from the
Board, he said Circuit Court Judge Paul O'Con-
nell is recommending the State Court Administrator send a visiting judge to assist with trials
in March and April.
Isabella Cour"..y Prosecutor Larry Burdick said
similar measures were taken in 1987 and again in
1989, when the State Court Administrator
assigned judges from other counties to assist with
cases in Isabella County.
Judge Paul O'Connell, the only circuit court
judge in Isabella County, handles all of the
county's felony cases.
Approximately   eight   days   each   month   are
devoted    to    criminal    felonies,    which    is    only-
adequate time to try three or four cases, Duthie
. said.
'Western Weekend' teen
given 30-day sentence
by CRYSTAL HARMON
L!Fb  Staff vVr.ier
The first trial of an individual involved in
"Western Weekend" incidents was completed in
Isabella County District Court Monday.
Adam Wayne Herbolsheimer, 17. of Bay City
was sentenced to 30 days in jail for assault and
battery — a misdemeanor charge with a
maximum punishment of 90 days in jail,
according to a court report.
A Western Weekend riot, which occurred in
October after CMU's football team defeated
Western Michigan University, led to 19 felony
charges. Each of those cases will be tried in
circuit court in the near future.
A backlog of felony cases caused trials to be
delayed, and dates have not been set at this
time.
Herbolsheimer was found guilty of assault
and battery charges at his one-day jury trial
before District Judge Peter D. O'Connell Dec. 12.
A police report stated Herbolsheimer was
arrested for "jumping on (two police officers)
while they were attempting to make an arrest,
and striking either or both officers."
The officers involved were Mount Pleasant
Police Officer Doug Lalone and Bay Area
Narcotics Enforcement Team officer Don Morse.
Herbolsheimer also was ordered to pay $205
in fines and court costs, perform 80 hours of
voluntary- community service and was placed on
probation for one year.
Trial set in sex assault case
by CRYSTAL HARMON
LIFE Staff Writer
A former CMU student will go on trial in Isabella
County District Court this month for first-degree
criminal sexual conduct as the result of a reported
rape on campus last spring.
Stacy Williams, 23, was arraigned on charges of
first-degree criminal sexual conduct in District
Court April 20. 1990, on charges resulting from the
April 13 incident, a court report stated.
Mark Duthie. Isabella County assistant proce-
cutor. said Williams' trial is third on February's
trial  schedule.  No specific date has been  set and
the trial's start will depend on how the two trials
preceding it go.
Williams' pretrial hearing was May 8 in District
Court and he stood mute while the court entered a
not-guilty plea on his behalf. The trial originally
was scheduled to begin Nov. 26 but was postponed.
First-degree criminal sexual conduct means
penetration and either a weapon, multiple assailants, or injury to the victim. Conviction of the
felony carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
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WINTER WEATHER RETURNS
LIFE Photo/Jim Fassinger
Enjoying the snowfall Thursday afternoon, Wendell Banks pulls Olin Allen-Banks, 4, in his wagon on
their way to shop in downtown Mount Pleasant.
Student 'hid her pain' at CMU
ANNE MARIE RAU
by CINDI SMITH
LIFE Staff Wnter
Many college students take
school for granted . . . Anne
Marie Rau didn't.
''She would go to class regardless of pain. If she wasn't in the
hospital she would be trying to
get to class," said her roommate
Marilyn Pearce. "She came back
time after time after time."
Rau. Lansing sophomore, died
Wednesday at 1:45 p.m., after
suffering from complications of
leukemia.
She was admitted to Sparrow
Hospital in Lansing Feb. 4, said
her    mother,    Gaye    Rau,    of
Lansing.
Before leaving home Anne, 21,
told her mother " Tm going to
the hospital to die now,' " Gaye
said.
She said Anne chose to die in
the hospital so her family could
stay in their house without
having to say, "Annie died here."
Anne was on morphine to
reduce pain and became
comatose Monday.
"For her sake, it was a
blessing," her mother said.
"She never, ever complained.
The neatest thing about being
her care-giver was that she made
it   easy,"   she   said.   "It   was   a
fabulous experience having a
child like that. At least she is at
peace."
Anne came to CMU as a
freshman in August 1987. In
February 1988, she was
diagnosed with leukemia.
The disease was discovered
after she gave blood for the Red
Cross, said Rose Marie Funnell.
Rau's aunt.
"She never quit . . . she just
wouldn't give up. I never heard
her complain, never saw her
cry," Funnell said.
"She   hid   her   pain,"   Pearce,
Allenton   senior,   said.   If  Anne
See RAU Page 7
'Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from the obituary that
Anne Marie Rau. a CMU student who died of leukemia Wednesday,
wrote after she was informed that a bone marrow transplant was not
successful.)
I. Anne Marie Rau. 21 years old, passed over to eternal life on
Wed., Feb. 13, 1991. I was born on July 30. 1969. My cause of death
was due to my nearly three years of affliction with leukemia
< ALLi/lymphoma. I graduated from Lansing Catholic Central in
1987 and attended Central Michigan University.
... I want to express my appreciation to everyone who has been
so kind and generous to me since I began this ordeal in February
1988. In lieu of flowers. I would like memorial donations to be
received by two organizations that have been really supportive and
extremely good to me: The Sparrow Hospital Foundation, 8-South
Oncology L"nit, 1215 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, Mich., 48909; and
the Church of the Resurrection, 1531 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing,
Mich., 48912.
If you would like to make a different kind of donation, the
American Red Cross could use regular donors as well as one-time
donors. I, for one, appreciate the contributions of blood products
that I "have received through the Red Cross.
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