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STATE
No public housing
for criminals
GRAND RAPIDS - - Drug
problems in the city have
gotten so bad, officials may
try to stop public housing
assistance to anyone
convicted of a drug or
weapons violation.
"It is absolutely ridiculous
to provide federal, state and
local financial support for
people committing weapons
and drug violations," Chief
William Hegarty said.
Authorities are still
researching the viability of
the housing plan.
Under the proposed plan,
city commissioners would
add language to public
housing contracts <i to bar
convicted drug or weapons
offenders from receiving
assistance,
Officials with the - Kent
County Department of
Social Services said they
were unaware such a
proposal is being considered.
"I haven't been involved,
but it doesn't sound too bad
right off the bat," said John
Cole, services division
manager with social services
in Kent County.
NATIONAL
Harkin joins
.presidential race
*^~~ WINTERSET ^lowsT —
^ Iowa   Sen.   Tom   Harkin,   a
* fiery populist proclaiming "a
> new vision of America," was
, formally        joining        the
^Democratic     presidential
field Sunday with a call for
the  party  to   return   to  its
roots.
Harkin spelled out a
campaign aimed at "the
people who pull the load and
pay the taxes" who, he said,
have been betrayed by "the
greed and selfishness of*
George Herbert Walker
Bush and J. Danforth
Quayle."
He dismissed his long-shot
odds against President
Bush, even as he touted his
bid to "start investing here
jn America.".
"There are those who say
that we're a longshot, that
we can't win,*' Harkin said in
remarks prepared for
delivery. "I'm here to tell you
that George Herbert Walker
Bush has feet of clay and I
intend to take a hammer to
them."
INTERNATIONAL
Amazon jungle
ablaze
SAO SEBASTIAO DE
TOCANTINS, Brazil — It's
burning season in the
Amazon and a thick haze of
smoke and ash shrouds the
rain forest.
Fires by ranchers and
farmers this year are
expected to destroy 5,000
square miles of forest, an
area slightly larger than
Connecticut, according to
government estimates. That
would be about 40 percent of
the amount burned last
year.
Already, three children
have died from respiratory
ailments related to smoke
inhalation in northern Para
state, and airports can open
only sporadically because of
poor visibility. Forest fires
have damaged electric lines,
causing periodic blackouts.
{{Compiled from the
i Associated Press and staff
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The killing screens
Freddy makes final comeback in 3-D
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Spartan squashing
The Chippewas cap dream game with 20-3 win.
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Central
Michigan
MONDAY
September 16, 1991
VOLUME 74; NUMBER 9 «»V-'"     MOUNT PLEASANT,'MICHIGAN 48859 &$$gs£m © 1991 CM LIFE ~ %;
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shock
Fans still smiling
after CMU makes
history with win
By Todd Schulz
LIFE Managing Editor
Dave Berzins was
surrounded by the enemy at
Spartan Stadium Saturday. And
its name was mom and dad.
A Lansing sophomore, Berzins
was one of about 5,500 fans who
made the trip from Mount
Pleasant to witness the CMU
football team's 20-3 win against
18th-ranked Michigan State — a
victory most are calling the
biggest in Central's history.
But the win may have meant
even more to Berzins, whose
parents, Walt and Dorothy, are
both Michigan State alumni.
Berzins watched the game from
the MSU alumni section with his
parents and sister Julie, who is
also a die-hard MSU fan.
"They weren't the happiest
people when we went out to
dinner afterward.*' Berzins said
with a laugh. "We were watching
the U-M and Notre Dame game
in a bar and they kept showing
CMU highlights. Then (former
U-M coach) Bo Schembechier
came on.(He was grinning from
ear-to-ear but we couldn't hear
what he was saying."
Central's upset of the powerful
Big Ten Conference Spartans
easily was the biggest college
football upset of the weekend.
And it's turned CMU and the city
of Mount Pleasant upside down.
Several local businesses,
including Post Pharmacy, 799 S.
Mission, scurried to erect
congratulatory billboard
messages Saturday evening.
"We had the game on the
radio," said Kelly Wills, Port
Huron senior and a Post
employee. "When we heard the
score we were very excited —
jumping up and down and
screaming. I was just hoping for
a good show. I was really happy."
Many students, like Wills,
weren't able to attend the game.
Erick Ohman, Rochester
sophomore, listened to the
contest on the radio in Ann
Arbor where he was unable to
get U-M—Notre Dame game
tickets.
"I followed it pretty closely,"
Ohman said. "To me, it sounded
like we were just running around
them and they couldn't stop us.
RICK
LUBBERS
One word sums
up 20-3 victory:
Unbelievable
EAST LANSING — Who
would have thunk it?
CMU 20 — MSU 3
Think about it for a moment.
Let the thought sink in a little
bit and read the final score
again. Central 20 — Michigan
State 3
OK, ' you may continue
reading.
The very same CMU football
team, which stumbled to a 1-0-1
record against lowly Ohio and
Southwestern Louisiana,
traveled to Spartan Stadium
and basically
MSU      for      four
See FANS Page 2
Photo/Nile Young
CMU tight end Darian McKinney, Lansing senior, raises his hands \<n victory after the Chippewas' final
field goal sealed the 20-3 win over Michigan State University in East Lansing Saturday.
Saturday
dominated
quarters.
It has been suggested
repeatedly that this may be the
biggest victory in school history.
You better believe it is.
A road win against the
Spartans is one matter. But to
totally dominate them in almost
every category, the way in which
the Chippewas did, dealt the
1990 co-Big Ten champions a
crushing blow.
The season opener for the
Spartans should leave a very
sour taste in,their mouth. One
they won't soon forget.
The question has probably
been asked over a million times
since Saturday — were the
Chippewas really that good or
were the Spartans really that
bad?
Let's set the record straight
right now. From where I was
sitting in the stands, the
Chippewas WERE that good.
CMU silenced the bulk of the
71,629 spectators on hand by
outrushing the Spartans 197
yards to 130, outpassing them
144-98 and rolling up 341 yards
of total offense compared to
MSU's 228.
The Chippewas held the ball
for 34:38 and allowed the
Spartans to control the ball only
25:22.
An    animated   CMU   defense
See SHOCKER Page 2
Layoff decree put on hold
By Crystal Harmon
! If-F Assistant News Fditnr
Administrators have postponed an announcement of layoffs scheduled for today and other
proposed staff-downsizing measures remain ' in
limbo.
University officials presented a plan to the
Board of Trustees in July which outlined a possible
scenario for "staff downsizing" that would eliminate as many as 83 positions by June. One part of
the plan was to announce non-faculty layoffs of 15
full-tirYie positions today.
However, current uncertainties in bargaining
and state budget processes postponed the layoff
announcement, said Kim Ellertson, vice president
for Business and Finance.
"We're not prepared with this at this time,"
Ellertson said. "We're waiting to see what happens
with'bargaining and the state budget problems."
Layoffs are in no way ruled out, Ellertson said.
Another element of the staff-downsizing plan is
early retirement with "tight parameters." Originally slated for implementation Sept. 10, retirement incentive details remain tentative, Ellertson
said.
"We're trying to develop a plan. It will be a
trade-off between being costly and being attractive," he said. The early retirement package will be
voluntary.
A modified staff reduction plan will be presented
to the Board of Trustees Oct. 4.
The downsizing plan, expected to shave
$907,000 from the 1991-92 budget, is part of a $2
million reduction in expenditures being implemented this year to offset projections of a
mammoth budget deficit.
Clericals reject latest
offer from University
By Brian D. Bell
l !FE News Editor
Clerical workers rejected by
secret ballot Friday afternoon
the most recent contract
proposal from the University.
Thunderous applause and
cheers emanated from the
Bovee University Center
Auditorium as at least 300
members of United Auto
Workers Local 6888 met for
more than 2'/„ hours behind
closed doors to consider the
proposal.
Gaunt declined to provide
details of the vote, but said
union members "overwhelmingly told us that this proposal
was not good enough, so we will
See REJECTION Page 2