1991-11-25; Central Michigan Life

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STATE
Conferees agree to
national crime bill
WASHINGTON —House
and Senate conferees agreed
Sunday to a sweeping $3.1
billion crime bill that would
apply the death penalty to
some 50 federal offenses and
require a five-day waiting
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The bill, which reconciles
different versions of House
and Senate measures, was
adopted by the conference
over the objection of Republicans.
The House, which had
passed a seven-day waiting
period for handgun purchases last May, accepted the
Senate's five-day version,
which requires police to conduct background checks of
would-be buyers.
Fans   honor  hero
SEATTLE — Sunday was
D.B. Cooper's 20th anniver-
sary. But was it the 20th year
of the legendary skyjacker's
death or 20 years since he
began a new life with a bagful
of stolen greenbacks?
As is their annual custom,
Cooper fans from Seattle to
San Jose to Salt Lake City
organized celebrations to
honor their hero, who they
believe melted into society
after committing the perfect
crime — parachuting from an
airliner over Washington
state with $200,000 in ransom money on Nov. 24, 1971.
INTERNATIONAL
% Kuwaiti sheik
gets hard labor
for heroin charges
y CAIRO, Egypt — A court
convicted a member of
Kuwait's royal family of
smuggling and selling heroin
• and sentenced him to life at
hard labor.
'     Sheik   Talal   Nasser   al-
.-, Sabah,  a  distant cousin  of
>'. Kuwait's   ruling   emir,   also
was fined $150,000 when he
was sentenced Saturday.
In April, undercover narcotics agents posing as drug
^ dealers had offered to buy
X $300,000 worth of heroin
from Talal, 29, police said.
: They arrested him carrying
% nearly three-quarters of a
I kilogram of the substance.
Compiled       from       the
Associated Press and staff
treports
Detroit man dies
after hitting bus     '
GAYLORD ^— The Crawford County Sheriffs Department sent every available
emergency vehicle when it
got a call of a van traveling
j the wrong way in the north-
bound lane of Interstate 75.
Police found a fatal
head-on crash in Maple
Forest Township involving a
van and a bus carrying Cheboygan High School football
players, but a quick-thinking
bus driver was credited with
saving many more lives.
Richard Jamroz, 38, of
Detroit was drunk when the
van he was driving slammed
into the bus about 8:15 p.m.
Saturday, sheriffs Deputy
Todd Grolick said Sunday
morning. Jamroz was killed
in the crash, but no one on
the bus was injured.
Joseph Tryban, 44, of Cheboygan was driving the bus
back from Cheboygan's 35-26
Class BB state semifinal win
over Three Rivers at Alma
College.
NATIONAL
Prepping for performance
Three CMU bands combine for one concert
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Sloppy victory
Women's hoops win despite 32 turnovers
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Central
Michigan
MONDAY
November 25, 1991
Deromedi enjoys New Mexico visit
Coach impressed
with campus and
people on trip
By Steve Coon
LIFE Stuff Writer
If athletic officials at the University of New Mexico have their
way. Herb Deromedi will be sunning himself on the sidelines in
Albuquerque next season — not
braving the cold in Mount Pleasant.
New Mexico Sports Information Director Greg Remington
said his school has not offered the
head coaching position to
Deromedi, who spent the
weekend  on   UNM's  campus  in
** I was impressed with the people out there. I was impressed
with the general concern to
upgrade their program, the people putting it all together. I
haven't made any decisions at
this point."
C Herb Deromedi
Albuquerque. N.M.
But the Lobos are strongly considering him as a candidate.
"(Deromedi* is our first candidate to interview." LJNM Athletic
Director Garv Ness said. "We are
very, very interested in him and I
hope that he flies home Sunday
with the feeling that this is a
challenge he'd like to accept."
Deromedi, CMU's coach of 14
years,   came   away   "impressed"
from his weekend visit with Ness
and other Lobo officials.
"I was impressed with the people out there," Deromedi said
upon returning to Mount Pleasant Sunday night. "I was
impressed with the general concern to upgrade their program,
the people putting it ail together.
"I haven't made any decisions
at this point," he added.
New Mexico, a member of the
Western Athletic Conference,
had a* 9-50 record in five years
under coach Mike Sheppard, who
was fired Nov. 2.
New Mexico asked CMU Athletic Director Dave Keilitz permission to speak with Deromedi
about the job. Keilitz agreed but
said he would not like to see Cen-
Alcohol's
role in riot
still under
discussion
By Jennifer Chrisman
I IFF Assistant News Editor
Some on Central's campus
believe the cause of the Western
Weekend 1991 violence runs
deeper than a football rivalry.
"There's something with colleges and alcohol," said Mark
Minelli, manager of Health
Advocacy Services. "When people drink, some of the first
things it effects is their inhibitions and their emotions. It
gives them the courage or the
power.
"There's a lot of permission
given by alcohol," Minelli said.
Alcohol gives people "permission" to break laws.
Policar generally don't keep
documentation of how alcohol
relates to crime unless alcohol is
part of the offense, such as operating under the influence of liquor, said Lt. Bill Yeagley of the
Mount Pleasant Police Department.
But 75 percent of the people
arrested during Western
Weekend were drinking — and
that's a conservative estimate,
Yeagley said. Even if alcohol
were a contributing factor, it is
not to blame for the entire fracas.
"Alcohol is a problem, but
(you can't) say alcohol caused
the riot. People drink daily and
they don't riot," he said.
The mob mentality also contributed to the riot because people believe they are anonymous
in a crowd, he said.
"They think 'the police can't
arrest all of us,' " Yeagley said.
"I think the abuse of alcohol
played a major role in it." said
James Hill, vice president for
Student Affairs. "It tends to set
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LIFE PhotoKaren Hardwick
LIFE GUARDING: Christy Martling, Sawyer junior, watches over the pool in Student Activity Center
Sunday evening.
tral's winningest coach leave.
"My feeling is we definitely
don't want (Deromedi* to leave,"
Keilitz said Friday. "He's been an
outstanding coach ... I sure
don't want to lose him."
Deromedi posted a 6-1 -4 record
this year. He has a 100-43-10
mark in his 14-year career.
Deromedi flew to Albuquerque
Friday after Ness contacted him
about the job Wednesday. The
two met for "a couple of hours"
Friday, Ness said.
Deromedi was a candidate for
the Indiana coaching job in 1984
and the Iowa State job in 1986.
"He's a very solid person," Ness
said. "He's very easy to get know.
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Dr. Ruth
to handle
at CMCH
By Mary Church
LIFE Staff Writer	
Is it possible for men to fake
orgasms? ...      ...         ....
Can I get pregnant after the
first time?
Is it normal to touch myself?
For years people listened to
Ruth Westheirner answer questions like these during her
weekly radio show, "Sexually
Speaking."
In February, people who
received most of their sex education from listening to Westheim-
er's show will have a chance to see
her in person.
Westheirner. a psychosexual
therapist known by most simply
as Dr. Ruth, will give the keynote
address at the fourth annual
Weekend for Women.
The event is sponsored by
Women's Wellness Center, an
auxiliary of Central Michigan
Community Hospital, 1221 South
Drive.
The Weekend for Women organizers chose Westheirner as the
keynote speaker because in addition to her relationship to the
health field, she has an interesting background, including her
campaign for sex education, said
Connie McCann, community
relations manager for CMCH.
"(The keynote speaker* is our
major draw for the weekend," she
said.
Joyce Brothers and actress
Ann Jillian delivered the opening
addresses in past Years. Mario
Thomas planned to speak last
year, but cancelled when her
father, Danny Thomas, died,
McCann said.
Actress     Mariette    Hartley
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WMU rioters could
face more penalties
By Chad Bush
l IFF Staff Writer
Seven WMU students
arrested in Mount Pleasant
during Western weekend riots
might face disciplinary action at
their home school.
"We have not moved yet on
anything," said Bud Donnely,
associate dean of Student
Affairs. "We will do something,
but we're not sure how many of
the seven will be involved."
Western administrators will
take action against students
who participated in the riot, but
not before a thorough investigation is completed, he said.
Administrators formed a Vice
Presidential Search Committee
for Student . Affairs which is
investigating riot incidents
involving Western students,
Donnely said.
14 students arrested
also charged by CMU
By Mary Church
I IFF St/iff Wnter
"We don't have access to proof
or evidence," he said, but Mount
Pleasant City Police and CMU
officials are cooperating in the
investigation.
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The Office of Student Life
could suspend or dismiss at
least 14 students for participating in Western Weekend riots.
In addition to facing prosecution through Isabella County
courts, the 14 Central students
arrested in connection with the
chaos were charged with Code
of Conduct offenses.
Office of Student Life documents state charged students
include: Southfield freshman
Kojo C. Fields. Milford sophomore Robert E. Fisher, Rochester junior Michael J. Flynn,
Clarkston sophomore Matthew
W. Foyteck, Saginaw junior
Eric R. Gloudemans, Rogers
City freshman Christopher C.
Little, Saginaw sophomore
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