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IVOmME 77, NUMBER 22
Diversity
asst. VP
search
reduced
to 10
By TAMARA SNYDER
LIFE Staff Writer	
The assistant vice president
for Diversity search committee
will conclude the first phase
interviews with the final 10 candidates and by Monday will
decide who to invite to campus.
The committee members
received the administration's
approval to begin conference call
interviews last week, said Joyce
Henricks, search committee
chairwoman and associate professor of philosophy.
Committee members began
phone interviews Monday and
expected to complete them Tuesday evening, she said.
The conference calls give all 12
committee members the opportunity to listen to candidates
respond to questions.
"We may do some more background calling," Henricks said,
but those should be completed by
the end of the week.
"We're hoping to bring finalists
to campus before Christmas
break," Henricks said. By bringing the finalists to CMU, the committee members can conduct
further interviews and judge the
candidates on how well they
interact with the campus community, she said.
The final candidates will be
announced when the committee
decides who they will invite to
campus, Henricks said.
Final candidate recommendations will be made to interim Provost   Richard    Davenport   and
I President Leonard Plachta after
I campus visits, she said.
The search committee hoped to
I have the vice president in place
I by spring semester, but Henricks
1 said, "January might be too opti-
I mistic. I'm not sure we can get the
I person here that quickly."
The nationwide search for
'applicants for the position began
in mid-summer and committee
members began screening candidates in September.
See SEARCH Page 2	
MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN
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Alleged victim reports 3rd assault
By TODD FETTIG
LIFE Staff Writer
A 19-year-old female student,
who reported she was gang raped
Oct. 2 in a residence hall and
assaulted later that week, told
police Tuesday she was assaulted
again, this time while doing laundry in an apartment complex
within city limits.
The woman, a CMU freshman,
told Mount Pleasant Police
Department officers she was
attacked while alone at 2:30 a.m.
in the complex's laundry room by
a man who clasped her mouth
shut with his hand, held an object
to her neck and pushed her down
into a washing machine head
first.
The male approached her from
behind and left the scene quickly,
she told police. She was unable to
get a description of the attacker.
The woman suffered abrasions
during the incident. Police withheld further details because the
case is in the early stages of
investigation,   Lt.   Bill   Yeagley
said.
Police were uncertain whether
Tuesday's attack was related to
the gang rape or the Oct. 6 attack
in which she told police a man
approached her, called her a liar
and struck her in the face in a
campus parking lot.
CMU Department of Public
Safety Capt. Ron Williams has
said the first assault seems to be
directly related to the criminal
sexual assaults the female student reported following an ofT-
campus party Oct. 1.
The woman told campus police
she was sexually assaulted by
seven males, one of whom was an
acquaintance, after accepting a
ride to campus from several men.
The Isabella County Prosecutor's Office on Tuesday was continuing an investigation into the
gang rape report, which lists
seven suspects — three CMU students and four guests, said CMU
Public Relations Director Rae
Goldsmith.
Police still are seeking a sus-
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Andrea Bower. North Branch junior, and Mel ind a Bednarski, Goodrich freshman, guess how many
footballs are in the special Homecoming game bin. First prize is a CMU blanket, second prize is a $25
credit on your Chip Card.
After a year, Plachta
'pleased' at progress
Central has made
By JILL BEHNKE
LIFE Staff Writer
LIFE Ptioto Jenrwfer \
president of CMU for
It has been a little over a year
since the Board of Trustees officially named Leonard Plachta
CMU president. As Plachta
enters his second year, he plans
to continue on the path he began
as interim president in January
1992.
The change from interim to full
president in October 1993 was
not a redirection. Plachta said.
"When I became interim president. I only expected to be in the
position for two years," he said.
"But I behaved as an active president; it was not to be a passive
role. So when I became full president, I stayed on the same pathway I had started as interim."
Plachta set some specific goals
for his presidency when he
started on that path. One, he
would   work   to   have   greater
financial control and awareness
as a president by knowing exactly
how money is spent and improving revenue. 'This is still a top
priority," he said.
Two, he would work to improve
his relations with students,
which involves his "student as
customer1* motto. "We've looked
at what students need in university services and academic opportunities and in general tried to
keep tuition down," he said.
Three, he set a goal to work on
the general image of the university by making "the university
seem a strong, positive university
in the eyes of the public . .. that
we serve the public well, manage
our money well and deserve more
attention," he said.
Plachta said he is "extremely
pleased" with how these goals are
being   fulfilled.   T   think   these
See PLACHTA Page 13	
IFC, Panhel alter
rules for parties   |
hoping to have
fewer problems
pect in the Oct. 6 attack:
He is described as a 20-year-old
white male who is about 6 feet
tall with a medium to medium-
light build. He has blond hair
that is tapered on the sides and
extends almost to his eyes in the
front.
Anyone with information on
any of the incidents should call
DPS at 774-3081, or city police at
773-0808 or 773-1000 after business hours.
Provost
outlines
33 goals
for 94-95
By CINDY TROMBLEY
LIFE Staff Writer	
Interim Provost Richard
Davenport outlined several key
iaeues -Lieaua last of 33 goals and
objectives for the 1994-95
academic year during the
Academic Senate meeting Tuesday.
To become "the premier comprehensive institution for Michigan and the region," Davenport
said the institutional self-esteem
of the university needs to be
raised.
"These lofty goals can only be
achieved if we want them to be
realized, and if we believe we can
achieve them," he said.
Davenport said "the high quality of our faculty, many with
national and international reputations for their teaching, their
scholarship and their service"
can help attract "an increased
share of the brightest students to
CMU."
Focusing on diversity and
multiculturalism throughout the
university is an ongoing objective
of the university, he said. "I
believe that we are beginning to
make progress on campus in our
quest for greater diversity among
our faculty, staff and students."
See SENATE Page 16	
35 brawl
at Bar 1
An estimated 35-person bar
brawl broke out at Bar 1,5768 E.
Pickard Road, Tuesday evening.
Bouncers said a fight broke out
between two individuals and
eventually spread throughout
the bar at approximately 11 p.m.
Several bouncers told police that
patrons of the bar began to fight
with them when they tried to
break up the disturbance.
One bouncer said it took them
10 minutes just to move the crowd
out the door. Several of the individuals fled the scene after they
were pushed out of the bar.
Police still were taking statements from witnesses at press
time and bouncers refused
further comment. At press time
there were no reported injuries or
arrests.
Mount Pleasant police and
CMU Department of Public
Safety officers arrived at the
scene, but several officers said
the action was over by the time
they got there.
Police officers also declined
comment before the i n vest igation
had been completed.