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October 31, 1990
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Blowin' in the Wind
Former CIA officer
cancels CMU visit
awaiting passport
by CRYSTAL HARMON
LIFE Staff Writer
Former CIA officer Phillip Agee says his appearance at CMU next
week was cancelled because the government is trying to prevent him
from spreading his anti-CIA message.
Agee was supposed to speak on campus Monday. He has authored
several books documenting his opposition to "the use of the national
intelligence community to support security services — death squads is
what they really are — which kill their own people" and CIA-initiated
"overthrows of democratically-elected governments," he said.
Agee said he is "very disappointed" about the cancelled speaking
tour, which was scheduled for the months of October and November
and included about 25 speaking engagements.
Agee's talk here was to focus on the CIA, human rights and
American democracy, with special attention given to the Persian Gulf
crisis, he said.
His tour is tentatively rescheduled for spring, he said, if he can
obtain a passport by then.
Agee lives in Madrid, Spain with his wife Giselle Roberge-Agee.
Agee said his bags were packed for the trip when he found out his
Nicaragua-issued passport was invalid.
Because he is an American citizen, he would be allowed into the
United States. But government officials told him he would not be able
to leave the country again, even to return to his home in Spain, he
said.
The U.S. government revoked Agee's passport in 1979 when the Iran
hostage crisis broke out because he was considered a threat to national
security, he said.
He was able to get his passport revalidated through a federal
district court and a court of appeals upheld the .ruling.  ..... ,.y-.:-■-.- :  -- +
Agee said the case went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court,
where justices decided the revocation was constitutional.
After that, Agee obtained another passport through the government
of Granada. The passport enabled him to travel abroad and visit the
United States as he pleased, he said.
But when the United States invaded Granada, Agee — in Nicaragua
at the time — said he was sure his Granada passport would be
cancelled. He got a new passport in Nicaragua. .      -
But now that passport has been invalidated under Granada's
Chamorro administration, which Agee said was "put in by the United
States."
Agee currently is seeking an injunction to revalidate his passport.
Although he believes a district court decision will be made in the next
couple months, the case will be appealed if he wins and will again
wind up in the U.S. Supreme Court.
"They are accomplishing their goal of keeping me out of the country
by keeping this tied up in the courts for so long," Agee said. "They did,
and will continue to do, everything within their power to stop me."
Agee said in the early 1980s he came across some information, made
accessible by the Freedom of Information Act, which documented a
plot by the CIA to carry out "illegal acts which were of such gravity
that the Department of Justice considered prosecuting the CIA.
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Central falls short in efforts
to recruit foreign students
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LIFE Photo Mic Stankiewicz
Members of CMU's grounds and maintenence crew rake and collect leaves outside of Warriner Hall
Tuesday afternoon.
by JOHN MULVANEY
LIFE Staff Writer
Eastern and Western . have more than 1,000
international students each studying on their
campuses — and the trend is increasing.
Central, on the other hand, has had a decreasing
number of international students for years.
CMU doesn\ recruit international students,
which is the biggest reason only 149 are enrolled at
Central this semester, said Sharon George, assistant director of the Office of Student Life.
"The University is spending its money on
exchange programs and American citizens of
color," George said. "Central doesn't send information to foreign schools.
"They  hear  of us  by mouth.  With  only   149
students, word-of-mouth isn't that intense."
In   past   years,   the   number   of   international  '
students at CMU was around 220 students, said
George, director of International Student Services.
Contrary to CMU's international enrollment,
both Eastern Michigan University and Western
Michigan University have had increased international enrollment levels.
Eastern has strengthened its international
program in the last few years, said Paul Dean
Webb, director of international Student Affairs at
Eastern.
EMU has 1,117 international students, 200 of
those new to the Ypsilanti school this semester,
Webb said.
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Friday last day for course withdrawal
■ The University is making the last call for students who want to
drop a course. A
Friday is the last day students can drop an individual course and
still receive a "W," or withdrawal, on their report cards, said Karen
Hutslar, assistant registrar of records in the Registrar's Office.
To drop a course, students must pick up withdrawal cards in the
Registrar's Office at Warriner 299, complete them and have their
instructors sign them.
The cards are due to the Registrar's Office by 5 p.m. Friday,
Hutslar said. The office will remain open during lunch from noon to
1 p.m. to accept withdrawal cards.
If an instructor refuses to sign the card or is not available, the
student should speak to the department chair.
After Friday, students can only withdraw from individual courses
under extenuating circumstances if they appeal to the registrar,
Hutslar said. ' .-..--
Courses with a "W" are not used in calculating students' grade
point averages and credit hours.
Political candidates to take part in Friday debate
by SUSAN MAAS
LIFE Copy Editor . -
Students who want to cast
informed votes Tuesday that
could impact representation of
the city and CMU in state
government can participate in a
candidate debate this weekend.
Candidates  for 99th District
House and 35th District Senate ■
seats will appear in a forum in  "
the Moore Hall Kiva at 8 p.m. ;
. Friday. ■■•   ■ •....   ■   'A'A. '" y
-    The forum — co-sponsored by -
the   ueague   of   Women   Vuiani,
Moore Hall Television and the
American Association of University Women — will give audience
members the chance to ask
candidates about their positions
on any "relevant" issues, said
Marian Bendixsen, president of
the Mount Pleasant Area League
of Women Voters.
State Senate candidates are Jo
McLachlan, D-Evart, Joanne
Kmmons, R-Big Rapids, and
99th district state representative
candidates   are   Kurt   Fisher,
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R-Mount Pleasant. The four will
give opening statements,
respond to questions from an
MHTV student panel and
answer questions from the
audience, Bendixsen said.
The questions — which
audience members will write
down on note cards — will be
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by Bendixsen, who is the forum
moderator.
"We won't put a strict time
limit on it . . . we're flexible,"
Bendixsen said.
Debra Kennard, one of the
slated MHTV panelists, said the
forum will be televised on cable
channels 2 and 34. She added
she hopes both students and
community residents will attend
in person to ask questions of the
candidates.
. "I think because these are
such (important) races a lot of
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Kennard, Clawson senior, said.
Bendixsen said League
members were hoping to
schedule the debate sooner.
"We have been negotiating
with the candidates for quite
some time," Bendixsen said. "We
didn't originally anticipate for it
to be this close (to election day)."
., Though the candidates have
appeared at other forums during
their campaigns, this is the first
that will allow back-and-forth
interaction between them.
The debate is free and open to
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Fire officials
continue to
look for clues
to find cause
of mill fire
by NANCY SALLA
LIFE Staff Writer
Fire investigators continue to
sift through remains of Honeg-
ger's Feed Mill in search of the
cause ofthe Sunday night fire in
downtown Mount Pleasant.
"We have pinpointed a couple
of tenative origins of the fire, but
(the investigators) returned to
look for more substantial
evidence," said Andy Mayer,
deputy director of Public Safety
for the city.
The investigative team
believes flames started in the
west side of the second or third
floor of the 118-year-old wooden
structure at 411 W. Broadway,
Mayer said.
He added the fire's cause is
especially difficult to determine
because the structure was totally
destroyed — and therefore most
evidence was lost.
"Our team is looking at the
burn patterns on some
remaining wooden beams to see
the direction and rate of acceleration of the fire," he said.
"From there we have to
backtrack to where the fire
actually started."
Mayer said the Mount
Pleasant Fire Investigation
Team is not ruling out any
possible causes, including arson.
He added, however, the team
does not think the blaze was
started from the abandoned
building's electrical or natural
gas utilities, since they were
shut off when the mill closed
about eight months ago.
Although grain dust is
combustible, another element
would have had to contribute to
the ignition of the fire, Mayer
added.
The fire department has extinguished the flames that sporadically burned Monday because of
debris falling into the basement
area, he said.
The city has taken safety
precautions by removing
hanging objects such as wooden
beams and chimney as well as
surrounding the immediate fire
area with snow fence to deter
people from entering it, said City
Manager Tom Martin.
McGuirk Excavating, 502 W.
Pickard, was hired for an
undetermined amount to help
with the minor clean-up project,
he added.
The city's attorney's office
contacted Honeggers and Co.,
Inc., the Illinois-based mill
owner, about tne lire, Martin
said. -.•■■'■'•
"They (Honeggers) indicated
they might have a fire insurance
policy, but it's not confirmed,"
Martin said at a press conference
Monday.
Martin said the city is
tabulating fire-related costs it is
incurring in attempt to recover
the money from Honnegers.
The city will haye to absorb
the eventual demolition cost if
Honeggers does not have a fire
insurance policy to cover such a
cost, Martin said.  ■ A A
He said the present city
budget is not able to finance such
a project, but added the city may
have   to   use   money   from   its
general fund. f    fy
Although Martin said he does
not have an estimate of the fire
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