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WEDNESDAY
October 24, 1990
H
Legal careers a la Levin
Senate incumbent's wife speaks to pre-law students
by SUSAN MAAS
I Iht- Copy (Alitor
Barbara Ix'vin spoke to a
group of ahout 14 students on
CMU's campus Tuesday, hut
not just for the reason most
people might imagine.
Discussing her husband, U.S.
Sen. Cart "Levin, and his race
against Republican challenger
U.S. Hep. Hill Schuette, was
only one purpose of her appearance al Central.
"We're most interested in
what she has to say about
careers in law outside the
courtroom," said Tim Durocher,
president of pre-law fraternity
Phi Alpha Delta — the group
that arranged Levin's visit.
Durocher, (iarden City
senior, said Barbara Levin's
career, which includes five
years of work for the Department ofthe Interior and three
years with the Center for
Defense Information, interested the group, and the timeliness of her visit  to the Senate
campaign was an added bonus.
Levin shared some of her law-
experiences, as well as those of
some relatives.
"I happen to be in a family
that's very rich with
lawyers . . . but very few people
in my family are practicing law
in the 'traditional sense,' " she
said.
Levin said she did not agree
with the premise that "there
are too many lawyers in
Congress and the legislature."
Although she said that branch
of government should include
people from a variety of fields,
good lawyers generally are
well-equipped to deal with
politics.
"When you understand how
the laws (work*, you can craft
better laws." Levin said.
She urged pre-law students
to explore and understand the
range of career options open to
them.
But Levin also discussed this
year's    Senatorial    campaign,
hy Reagan — which Sen. Levin
consistently opposed and
Schuette supports — that are
responsible for today's massive
saying there are two types of
issues — "the real issues and
the bogus issues."
The real issues are the
budget deficit and the Persian
Gulf crisis and how, specifically, the government is going
to address them, I.evin said.
A "bogus issue," she said, is
Schuette's assertion that
"career politicians" are getting
in the way of good government.
"One of his solutions
is . . . 'just throw the bums out.'
It's basically an anti-incumbent
message." levin said.
She said that message avoids
the difficult questions politicians need to ask now.
"What programs do you cut?
What taxes do you raise? Do
you want to cut student loans?
Do you want to cut Medicare?
Do you want to cut military
spending?"
Levin        said        Schuette's
LIFE Photo/Mic Stankiewici
Barbara Levin, lawyer and wife of U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, spoke on
campus Tuesday about career choices in the legal profession and
about her Democratic husband's re-election campaign.
proposal to allow senators no
more than two terms is "purely
opportunistic"    and     greatly
lacking in credibility.
"fie    doesn't     really    believe
it . .     he's   not   in   politics   for  a
hobby"
Levin   said   il   is   the  "supply
side" economic  policies  pushed
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Fancy Footwork
LIFE Photo'Chri* BirHs
A few CMU students spend Tuesday afternoon in a game of soccer near Rose Arena.
Dealing with mortality a rough part of life
by KAREN EMERSON
UK   Special Propels Rtnor
Deuth.
Many people avoid the "d"
word like the plague.
Some don't want to talk about
death and the emotions one
experiences when someone dies
— they have a difficult time
accepting, talking ahout or
dealing with the grieving
process.
Perhaps it is because people
want to avoid confronting
mortality, suggests Jerald
Lounsbury, professor        of
counseling.
Or, it could be that some are
hesitant to talk about it because
there are many others who do
not want to hear about it, he
said.
"If someone talks a great deal
about death — for days or weeks
— let them eet it out " T^tnno-
bury said. "Many people say the
same things over and over. Well,
that's OK."
Sooner or later, everyone who
experiences the death of a family
member, a friend or even a new
acquaintance will grieve, said
Lounsbury, who also coordinates
a grief and loss support group on
campus.
The period of time in which
one grieves varies from person to
person, he said. The amount of
grieving experienced depends on
several things, including the
cause and circumstance of death,
the age of the deceased, an
individual's prior death experiences, religious affiliations and
the reactions of other people, he
said.
"1 think in terms of a year," he
said. "Most major holidays
you've celebrated (with an
individual before they died) have
to pass before it eets much easier
to cope."
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result of life itself, including
the afterlife, prospects of hell
and the views of a mortician.
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He said the more time that
passes between the death and
various holidays during the year,
the lesser the impact on an
individual.
"In the normal grief process,
the more time — over six months
— that passes, a person becomes
better equipped to handle the
death," he said.
There are some people,
however, who appear to deal
with the  death  of a  loved one
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Ever-popular death and dying classes'
scholarly approach still draws emotions
by KELLY McCARTY
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Death and dying are not unusual  —  everyone dies eventually.
A college course on death, though, is somewhat unique and students
repeatedly fill sections of REL 334, Death and Dying: Religious
Dimensions, said Roger Hatch, chair of religion.
Hatch said the course is unusual because it combines academic
goals with student interest.
"Death is one of those experiences in life that affects everyone and
many students have had personal experience with people dying," he
said.
The class has been offered at Central for about 16 years, he said.
There are five sections — with about 250 students — this semester
and the class will have six sections next semester.
The class focuses on discussions of various approaches to death and
dying in literature and scholarly works, rather than students' opinions
on the subject. F.ven so, the class is liable to cause strong emotions in
some students.
Talking about death and considering different ideas helps students
learn to deal with death instead of avoiding or not understanding it,
said Michael Stemmeler, assistant professor of religion.
Union hopes
bargaining
yields treats
not tricks
by KAREN EMERSON
1 lit"  Special Projects Editor
For about 350 University
employees, Halloween means
more than ghosts, goblins and
jack-o-lan terns.
Wednesday, Oct 31 is the
expiration date of the current
three-year contract for the
second largest union on campus
— the local chapter of the
American Federation of State,
County and Municipal
Employees, or AFSOMR.
"As of now, I don't know if we'll
have another contract," said
AFSCME President Jim Draper.
"Who knows, f don't know for
sure. It depends how bargaining
goes."
Draper, building maintenance
worker in the northwest
residence hall complex, also is a
member of AFSCME's
bargaining team, he said. The
bargaining teams mutually
agreed to not release any specific
information about bargaining
until a tentative agreement is
reached, he said.
The union covers maintenance
and dining services employees,
he said, adding the union has
existed at Central since the early
i ynos.
Administrative and  AFSCME
bargaining      team      members
already have met a couple times
most   recently  Monday  —   to
negotiate. Draper said.
The bargaining teams are
scheduled to meet again Friday,
Monday and next Wednesday,
Draper said.
"If we need one, or two or
however many days after that,
we'll  meet to settle," hi* added.
Draper said the bargaining
teams have not discussed
economic issues, such as salary
and benefits, yet, but have
worked only on contract
language.
"We're looking for a fair and
equitable contract," he said.
Administrative bargaining
team members could not be
reached for comment.
A preliminary hearing was
postponed for a CMU student
arrested and arraigned on"
sexual assault charges last
week.
Stephen A. Applebee, 18, was
arraigned on charges of third-
degree sexual assault
stemming from an alleged
incident in Cobb Hall Sept. 15.
The preliminary hearing,
originally scheduled for
Tuesday, allows the prosecuter
to show probable cause that the
defendant committed the
crime. The hearing was
adjourned until Tuesday, Oct.
30, said Larry Burdick, Isabella
County Prosecuting Attorney.
An adjournment in a preliminary hearing is not unusual
and may occur for many
reasons, including the need for
more preparation time for
attorneys, Burdick said.
If the findings of the preliminary trial show probable
cause, Applebee will be bound
over to circuit court and a trial
date will be scheduled, he said.
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