1991-01-14; Central Michigan Life

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Michigan
MONDAY
January 14, 1991
Students
voice fears
of conflict
in Mideast
by STEVEN PONIATOWSKI
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As Tuesday approaches, more students are voicing concern that
the United States will end up in a war in the Persian Gulf.
Tuesday — Jan. 15 — is a day many have engraved into their
mind. It is the U.N. Security Council's deadline for Iraq to remove
forces from Kuwait.
"People who say they aren't afraid are lying a little." said Steve
Wosina. Mt. Clemens freshman. "Those are real bullets hitting real
people."
From concern for loved ones near the front lines to supporting the
country, students share strong feelings about what could happen in
the Middle East.
"I'm terrified. I think about what might happen and it scares me."
Claudia Federspill. Farmington junior, said.
Her boyfriend. Stacy Maresh. is a military police officer serving in
Saudia Arabia.
"I'm really concerned about what's going on over there." Jim
Bartlett. Almont sophomore, said. "I'm watching it as best as I can.
which is all I can do."
Jody Delemeester. St. Charles junior, said she also is worried
about the situation.
"I'm not afraid for myself but I'm afraid for all the deaths that
will go on over there." she said.
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24 hours dedicated
to prayers for peace
by JENNIFER BAILEY
LIFb  Staff Wnt&r
Some students will play a different kind of phone tag tonight.
It is not intended to be a game, or any kind of a late-night spoof,
though.
Rather, members of Campus Crusade for Christ have planned a
prayer vigil for peace concerning the Middle East crisis.
And they are hoping their prayers will help bring a resolution to
what seems like a futile situation.
'Through our prayers we're placing God in charge of the safety of
our troops." Lorena Ferrari. Sterling Heights sophomore, said.
The event, which lasts 24 hours, will begin today at 6 p.m.
The purpose of this event is to pray for soldiers and peace
between Iraq and the United States. Ferrari said.
Ferrari, who is coordinating the vigil for CMU's chapter of
Campus Crusade for Christ, said the event is intended to give peace
of mind to those at home.
The 25-member Campus Crusade for Christ group is a
non-denominational organization that tells students about the
Gospels and gives them a sense of fellowship.
The CMU chapter is advised by Jeff and Susie Daratony. Its
president is Louis Hayes. Breckenridge junior.
See VIGIL Page 9
Officials deny cha
toward athlete in
rges of favoritism
sexual assault case
by JILLIAN BOGATER
LIFT Staff Writer
A Detroit Free Press Magazine
article questions the University's
procedures in handling sexual
assault cases and insinuates
Central gave special treatment
to a sports star accused of rape.
Sundays cover story used
ficticious names to protect both
the woman and man. who is a
member of a "Chippewra bail
team." The sports team the
athlete played for was not
revealed in the storv.
The woman told CM LIFE
Sunday she was raped more
than a year ago on campus. She
currently is in the process of
filing suit against several
LTniversitv    officials,    she    said.
claiming that the man's punishment — a six-month suspension
from the University — was not
adequate and she was not told
she- could appeal it.
"I hope Central gets their act
together and work on their rape
policies. I think (the University)
owes me an apology," she said.
Both President Edward B.
Jakubauskas and James Hill,
vice president for Student
Affairs, denied any favoritism in
the hearing and appeals process.
"It is not our policy to treat
athletes any differently than
students." Jakubauskas said. "I
don't believe (favoritism' was an
issue."
"We try to remain as fair, firm
and consistent as possible." Hill
added. "(The article) implied a
lot of things but didn't have a lot
of facts to go on."
The article reconstructed the
incident through the woman's
detailed recollections, then
explained how the althlete was
disciplined through the Office of
Student Life.
According to the article, the
woman went to Wayside Central.
4066 S. Mission, with her
roommate.
While at the bar. she spotted
the man, who she worked with as
an athletic trainer. After talking
for a while, she offered him a
ride back to his on-campus
apartment, the article said.
The woman told CM LIFE that
the    man    invited    her   into   his
bedroom to talk and assaulted
her there. She decided to report
the assault to Student Life after
developing symptoms of herpes
simplex II, she said. - ;
The woman said Glenn;
Starner, director of Student Life',
deterred her from going to the
Mount Pleasant City Police. "He
made going to the cops sound
like hell," she said in the article,
Starner could not be reached
for comment. I -
The athlete was "cited by the
University with violating the
campus code of conduct that
forbids 'violence against persons
which (a i results in bodily injury,
or <b> constitutes  first-,  second-
See CHARGES Page 2
Digging Out
LJFE Photo/Jim Fassinger
Heavy snowfall blanketed Mount Pleasant this weekend, leaving the town (and cars) buried under. Armed with a broom and dustpan —
Jeff Freeland, Mayville senior — digs his car out of a pile of snow at 905 S. Franklin Sunday afternoon, after Mount Pleasant snow
removal vehicles plowed it in.
Business and finance candidate
asked to return for campus talks
by JENNIFER CHRISMAN
L!f-f-   Assistant News Editor
In hopes of recommending a
vice president for Business and
Finance to the Board of Trustees
at the -Jan. 31 meeting, CMU's
president invited one candidate
back for another visit.
President Edward B.
Jakubauskas said Alan Kim
Ellertson will return to campus
Wednesday and Thursday for
meetings with the president and
the current vice presidents.
"We just want to get him back
and talk to him a little bit more,"
-Jakubauskas said, adding that
Ellertson will bring his wife
along on this trip.
None of the meetings will be
open to the public, as one of the
meetings was when Ellertson
originally visited campus, he
said.
Ellertson is vice president for
Business    Affairs    at    Radford
University in Virginia. He has
served at that post since
December 1985.
Ellertson was on campus for
interviews Dec. 11.
Jakubauskas said this visit
will give Ellertson and his wife a
chance to look around campus
and the community and added
that "no formal offer" has been
made.
He said candidates are not
always brought back to campus
for second interviews, but
sometimes it is necessary in
order to make the best decision.
"It's sometimes done this
way," he said. He added that he
has not decided if any of the
other candidates will be invited
back for more meetings or not.
"We want to make the right
decision. There may be an offer,
but there might not be an offer."
he said.
He said "no formal offer (has
been made) to any candidates."
When asked if all five candidates were still in the running
for the now-vacant post.
Jakubauskas said "I wouldn't
say all five; the search is still
open."
The other four candidates are:
■ Roy Merolli — vice president
for Finance and Administration
at Eastern Connecticut University  in  Willimantic.
■ Jerome L. Trojan — vice
chancellor for Administration at
University of Alaska-Fairbanks.
■ Maurice Scherrense —
executive vice president for
Finance and Planning at George
Mason University in Fairfax. Va.
■ Thomas J. Repp — associate
vice president for Business and
Finance at Central. He has had
that post since   1989.
— LIFE Assistant News Editor
Matthew Bach contributed to
this article.
Threat of terrorist activity
puts study plans on hold as
student cancels Vienna trip
by JOHN MULVANEY
LIFE  Staff Writer
Not many people would board a plane Jan.
16 and fly toward Iraq, even if it was stopping
in Europe.
Including Amy Liedel. The Monroe sophomore cancelled her plans of studying liberal
arts in Vienna, Austria this semester because
of the threat of terrorism.
Liedel said her dad, who works for Ford
Motor Co. in Dearborn, decided it was best if
she did not visit Vienna this semester.
"He had a memo in his computer (from the
U.S. State Department) saying Ford shouldn't
send executives to Europe because of terrorist
activity," she said. "My dad thought if Ford
wasn't sending people, he wasn't going to send
his daughter on a plane that left on Jan. 16."
Liedel will not only miss out on the cultural
experience by staying home, but she will also
lose some of the money she has already put
into the trip.
She will lose the $100 registration fee she
paid and could stand to lose other money
because she pulled out only a week before the
trip.
In addition, Liedel said she had to go
through a long process to complete all the
paperwork necessary for overseas travel.
"I had to get a passport, send for a visa, mail
pictures and do endless amounts of paperwork," she said.
If she had made the trip, Liedel said she
probably would not have been able to travel
out of the country much because of the
terrorist threat.
"I   hear  some  American   students   in   Italy
See VIENNA Page 2