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Cracker Barrel
protesters arrested
II BELLEVILLE — Eight
protesters were arrested
.Sunday outside a Cracker
Barrel restaurant, where
demonstrations against the
company's allegedly anti-gay
hiring policies began six
weeks ago.
'^f About 50 people demonstrated outside the restaurant in Belleville, a Detroit
suburb. It was the sixtbJ
consecutive Sunday protest
since the Tennessee-based
chain opened the restaurant
as part of its Midwest expansion.
■§"* A recent court order b^rs
the prptesters from demonstrating on restaurant property. The eight people
drrested Sunday were
charged with trespassing.
NATIONAL
Wealthy countries
run million-dollar .
parking tabs
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WASHINGTON — Diploic mats for some of the world's
| wealthiest countries routinely   roll    up   mammoth
• parking fines in Washington,
; then thumb their noses at the
"jcity when it tries to collect.
pS The   Soviet   Union,   with
{ $3.2 million in fines, is by far
the   leader   on   the .list, of,
-«eariy $7 million in^^h^aitl^
parking tickets.
g.s* But the list of diplomatic
deadbeats    also    includes
.wealthy oil stales  aided by
the United States during the
Persian Gulf War,  such as
Saudi Arabia. Kuwait, Qatar
and the United' Arab Emirates.   '" ' '•-■" •
, *•' Israel and Egypt, the two
.; largest beneficiaries of U.S.
• foreign aid, are on the list.
• Even the Vatican owes $90.
Efforts to encourage volun-
' tary payment have fallen
; short, and a Rep. David
' Obey. D-Wis., is threatening
\ to cut off foreign aid to countries that fail to settle their
; local debts.
INTERNATIONAL
Two killed in
hospital blast
^   . BELFAST,  Northern   Ireland — An explosion Satur-
. day ripped through a hospi-
f ral*s tightly guarded military
wing, killing two people and
injuring 10. The Irish Republican Army claimed responsibility.
A Royal Ulster Constabulary spokeswoman said a
bomb made from plastic
explosive apparently was
placed in an underground
corridor connecting the civilian part of Musgrave Park
Hospital to the military
wing. It was the first attack
on a hospital in two decades
of sectarian violence in
Northern Ireland.
Germany aids
North Korea in
nuclear race
> HAMBURG, Germany —.
German companies are
helping North Korea develop
nuclear weapons, the newsmagazine Der Spiegel
reported Sunday.
The   United   States   and
'' other   countries,    including
South Korea, nave expressed
*f concern recently over reports
*■-*. that North Korea will be cap-
: able   of   producing   nuclear
L weapons by the mid-1990s.
Compiled  - - from    * the
Associated Press and staffs
reports
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AN EXAMINATION OF CHEATING
CMU students make the grade in more ways than one
Page 5
Showered on
Soccer team's season ends in rain-plagued 4-0 loss
Page 8
Central
Michigan
MONDAY
November 4, 1991
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Fittingly enough, CMU ties mark
By Steve Coon
UFE Staff Writer
An old saying says a tie is like
kissing your sister. But tie four
games — like the CMU football
team has — and it takes on a new
meaning.
"I overheard (defensive line)
coach (Jim) Schulte say on the
phone one day that he doesn't
even want to look ac that sister,"
said defensive tackle Jason
Wilkie, Grand Rapids junior.
Since it's the year of the tie,
CMU naturally leveled off with
ICl-'ve got a dog at least that will
let me in the house, lap my hand
up  and  think   I'm   the   greatest
thing in the world. My dog doesn't
know that we tied.JS
CMU Football Coach Herb Deromedi
President plans to
ratify NABET pact
the NCAA tie record when the
team played to a 14-14 deadlock
Saturday with Eastern Michigan
University.
The   1937   Temple   University
team and 1939 UCLA team each
tied four games. Central now is
5-1 -4 overall.
See TIE Page 2
Snowfall
surprises
motorists
By Brian D. Bell
LIFE Staff Writer 	
Blame it on the name.
Linda Kay Blizzard fell victim
to Mid-Michigan's first blanket
of snow of the season, as she was
involved in one of multiple auto
collisions this weekend.
As of Sunday afternoon,
Isabella County Sheriffs
Department reports showed
eight car collisions and the
Mount Pleasant post of the
Michigan State Police logged
seven. None were reported to
the Mount Pleasant City Police
or CMU's Department of Public
Safety.
Blizzard, 43. of Mount Pleasant, was struck by a car driven
by 17-year-old Mount Pleasant
resident Rosemarie Lee Lar-
rance. It was the only crash
which involved injury.
Blizzard was driving west on
Baseline and attempted to turn
left onto Isabella when her car
stalled and stopped in the
middle of the intersection. State
Police reports stated.
Larrance did not see Blizzard
in time to avoid the collision;
snow was blowing around at the
time of the accident. Police
issued no citations.
Larrance was not injured.
Blizzard received serious injuries and was transported by
ambulance to the emergency
room of Central Michigan Community Hospital, 1221 South
Drive, where she was treated
and released, the report stated.
The season's first snowfall
this weekend dropped less than
an inch of snow in the central
Michigan area. More is expected
by mid-week, said John Kottke,
chief meteorologist for the
Lansing bureau of National
Weather Service.
An Alberta clipper weather
front blowing in from southwest
Canada is expected to cause
more snowfall Wednesday,
although not enough to accumulate. Kottke said.
See BLIZZARD Page 2
By Crystal Harmon
I !(-E Assistant News Editor
Ryan Evon, 9, of Mount Pleasant
Sunday afternoon as he stands
Timber Creek apartments.
UFE Photo/Ken Wiliow
shows off his sledding expertise
during his run down a hill near
President Edward B. Jakubauskas plans to authorize a contract
agreement ratified Friday by the National Association of Broadcast
Employees and Technicians.
The 26-member union voted to ratify the tentative agreement
during meetings Friday at noon and 6 p.m.. said NABET Local 412
President Linda Hyde.
The group reached an agreement at 3 a.m. Friday after more than
20 hours of bargaining Wednesday and Thursday, said Hyde, public
information coordinator.
The agreement awaits approval from Jakubauskas. whom the
Board of Trustees granted contract authority Sept. 6.
"I've discussed (the agreement) with my staff," Jakubauskas said.
"It*s certainly acceptable to me. I'm very pleased that we've reached
an agreement, and I will sign it whenever it's brought to me."
The agreement calls for no salary increase for 1990 - 91, a 4.59
percent salary increase fbr 1992 - 93, and a 4.56 percent increase for
1993 - 94.
The University also agreed to implement market increases above
and beyond the 4.56 percent increase for the second year of the
contract. Hyde said.
Union employees paid less than 90 percent of the statewide average for their job descriptions will receive additional salary increases
to bring them up to 90 percent of the average.
The union will base increases on a study conducted this year by the
union and the University. It shows some salaries of CMU's broadcasting employees rank below average, some are above and some are
at the average.
Hyde said union members will receive between $24 and $4,000 in
salary adjustments to bring them in line with state averages.
The contract also includes provisions for full-family insurance
coverage for full-time employees and single-person coverage for
part-time employees. Only full-time employees will receive dental
coverage.
The lack of family and dental coverage for part-time employees
was of particular concern to union members, because those working
up to 39 hours are considered part-time, Hyde said. Currently, all
broadcasting employees are full-time.
"They talk about avoiding layoffs through voluntary reductions,'*
she said. "Some of us might like to help, but we can't go without
dental and family insurance."'
"For the first time, we're not being given a choice of carriers," Hyde
said, noting her disappointment.
"We've been pushed into a corner,'" Hyde said. "We'll be watching
what (the University does) for other groups.*'
"I don't think the University wanted to go to fact-finding," she
added. The union started the fact-finding process Oct. 22 and will
now halt the process.
J. David Kerr, who was to represent NABET in the fact-finding,
said the process would have revealed "some interesting things."
Article: tomahawk
chop started here
pewas were moving the ball.
Game goers still do this version
of the chop at Central's football
games.
The modified Seminole and
Braves version instead moves
fans arms away from their
bodies, perpendicular to them
instead of across their chests.
"This was just an innocent
thing." Mannix said. "It was for
people that thought Florida State
started it. I'm saying "Guess
what? It didn't start in Tallahassee, but 20 years ago Central
Michigan was doing its own
version.' "
CMU fan and ex-Athletic
Director Ted Kjolhede acknowledges the cheer's past, but can't
pinpoint the exact starting date.
See CHOP Page 1 1
By David Troppens
l IFE Assistant Sports Editor
The Atlanta Braves do it.
The Florida State University
Seminoles do it.
Everybody does it — but CMU
did it first.
The tomahawk chop, recently
popularized by the Atlanta
Braves during their pennant
drive and by Seminoles' football
fans, got its start at Central,
according to a Florida newspaper
sports editor.
In a column Oct. 1 1. Vin Mannix. sports editor of the Boca
Raton News, wrote that a version
of Florida State's chop traces its
origins back to CMU football
games 20 years ago when fans
waved their arms in a sideways
motion in the direction the Chip-
Study unearths obvious: students having sex
By Todd Schulz
! IFF Managing Editor
College, a conservative grandparent might say, isn't something
students take seriously nowadays. Instead, it's a haven for lazy
kids who want to party, drink
beer and have sex.
According to a recent survey,
grandpa's right — at least on the
count of sex.
To the surprise of almost no
one, a study by the Kinsey Institute for Sex Research at Indiana
University revealed college stu-
■ SEX AT SCHOOL
■ The Kinsey Institute for Sex Research at Indiana
University reported that college students are having sex —
and lots of it.
■ A CMU professor said students here follow nationwide
trends when it comes to most sex habits, except oral sex,
which CMU students seem more interested in.
dents today are having sex — and
lots of it.
The finding is no great revelation to Jerry Strouse, professor of
home economics.
Strouse surveys students in his
HEC 213: Introduction to Human
Sexuality class each semester.
He said those CMU students usually hit "right on target" with
national averages as far as sexual
behavior — except for one area.
"Oral sex," Strouse said. "For
some odd reason, (CMU students! are more interested in participating in oral genital sex than
those at other universities."
The Indiana University
survey, which used a sample of
651 undergraduate students,
churned up several findings
about college students and sex.
At Indiana. HI percent of men
and 75 percent of women are not
virgins; the average age for both
genders' first sexual experience
was   17   and  students  spend  an
average of two nights a week wit n
a sexual partner.
Strouse said the numbers are
not surprising and are probably
"conservative."
"The time of first intercourse is
going down nationwide," he said.
"It's generally lower than 1 7, got-
t ing closer to 16."
College-age sex partners
spending two nights a week
together also might come in as an
underestimate because not all
students    polled    were    sexually
See SEX Page 2
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