1991-12-02; Central Michigan Life

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STATE
Pilot presumed
dead after crash
PORT HOPE — The U.S.
Coast Guard on Sunday
resumed a search of Lake
Huron for a military pilot
believed to have drowned
after he parachuted out of his
small plane before it crashed.
First Lt. Michael Young,
29, of Perrysburg, Ohio, was
the pilot of an A-7 attack aircraft from the 180th Technical Fighter Group of Toledo,
Ohio, which crashed Saturday. He is presumed
drowned, said Coast Guard
Petty Officer Gary Nestle.
Two Coast Guard helicopters were searching the lake
Sunday, said Petty Officer
Robert Nutt in Mount Clemens.
The aircraft crashed
Saturday afternoon in a
wooded area near Huron
City. High winds carried the
pilot into Lake Huron.
A Coast Guard helicopter
spotted the pilot in the water
Saturday but was unable to
rescue him because of
40-knot winds and seven-foot
waves. A second helicopter
arrived Saturday but lost
sight of the pilot.
NATIONAL
Space shuttle
returns early
EDWARDS AIR FORCE
BASE. Calif. — Space shuttle
~ Atlantis safiletl through" an *
overcast desert sky and,
returned home with six
astronauts Sunday, ending a
military mission cut short by
a failed navigational unit.
Atlantis landed on the dry
lakebed at 2:35 p.m. The
ship's arrival was heralded
by its customary twin sonic
booms.
"Welcome home Atlantis
and congratulations on a
great flight." Mission Control's Bob Cabana told
shuttle commander Frederick Gregory after the orbiter
rolled to a stop.
Atlantis circled the world
109 times and logged 2.9 million miles during the journey,which began a week ago.
High winds in the Mojave
Desert prevented Gregory
from returning on the first
landing opportunity 1 l/z
hours, or one orbit, earlier.
The gusts diminished later,
clearing the way for a touchdown.
INTERNATIONAL
Hostage may be
released soon
BEIRUT, Lebanon —
Shiite Muslim hostage-
holders pledged Sunday to
free American Joseph Cicip-
pio within 48 hours, and
Israel's allied militia in south
Lebanon released 25 Arab
detainees to help move the
hostage-freeing process
along.
Diplomatic sources in
Damascus, where the Western hostages from Lebanon
have usually been turned
over to their governments,
said Cicippio was most likely
to be released Monday.
The fast-moving developments came as a United
Nations envoy was in
Damascus, where he met
with Syria's foreign minister.
The developments follow last
month's releases of American
Thomas Sutherland and Briton Terry Waite.
Complied from the
Associated Press and staff
reports
Power hungry
Energy conservation low priority at CMU
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Three-peat
CMU wins own tourney for third consecutive year
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Keilitz waiting as MSU saga unfolds
By Steve Coon
! I*-F Staff Writer
For the second time in two
years. Michigan State University's athletic director job is open.
And for the second time in two
years. CMU Athletic Director
Dave Keilitz might be a candidate.
The spot is vacant because
MSU President John DiBaggio
split the duties of athletic director and head football coach —
both of which belonged to George
Perles — last week. Perles opted
to shed  his AD duties and con
tinue   as   the
Spartans'
coach. He has
GVj   years   on
his     current
contract.
Keilitz.
athletic director since
1984.    was   a
candidate
w hen the
Michigan
State post opened in January
1990. Although a Lansing State
Journal article touted him as the
KEILITZ
person for the job at the time.
Keilitz didn't get far in the selection process.
That's because the MSU Board
of Trustees aborted the search
when Perles was named to the
spot July 1, 1990.
Keilitz is unsure if he'll apply
this time around.
"When and if it does open. I
would look at it then," he said. "I
don't know what will happen
there until the situation with
Coach Perles is cleared up.
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LIFE Photo/Brent Henderson
ALL I WANT FOR
wishes with Santa
CHRISTMAS:
in the Mount
Douglas
Pleasant
Arron Colman, Muskegon toddler, shares his Christmas
Shopping Center on South Mission Sunday evening.
20 named to riot task force
LIFE St.iff Reports
Officials from CMU and the city of Mount Pleasant announced the 20 members of the task force
designed to probe the cause and possible prevention
of Western Weekend rioting.
"The task force will not only look at Western
Weekend, but it will also look at the Mayfest spillover and the ond-of-the-world celebrations." said
Kathie Grinzinger, assistant city manager. "This is
not the only problem we have, it's just the worst."
"If this kind of thing can happen at all, then who's
to say it could only happen once a year?" Grinzinger
added.
City appointees, announced by city manager Paul
Preston Wednesday, are:
■ Preston;
■ Larry    Burdick,    Isabella    County   Prosecuting
Attorney;
■ Joanne Golden,  president of the Mount Pleasant area Chamber of Commerce;
■ Diane Hobbs. ommunity services director for
Isabella County District and Circuit Court;
■ David Hunter, member of the Mount Pleasant
Planning Commission and owner of the Wavside
Central, 2000 S. Mission;
■ Nancy McGuirk, area rental property owner;
■ Paula Shirley, Mount Pleasant resident;
■ City Commissioner Don Sowle;
■ Sharon Tilmann. director of Family Counseling
Services and Catholic Family Services. '
Leonard E. Plachta, who will assume the presidency at CMU Jan. 5, announced the University
representatives Tuesday. They are:
■ Walter Bisard. physics professor;
■ Rae Goldsmith, director of Public Relations;
■ James Hill, vice president for Student Affairs;
■ Jean Lindley, assistant vice president for Residences and Auxiliary Services;
See TASK FORCE Page 9
"Michigan State is an excellent
institution.   They   have   a   great
sports program, and I did graduate work there."
Michigan State is in the early
stages of finding another athletic
director, said Dave Scott, provost
and vice president for Academics
at MSU.
"We have to set up a procedure
to find the qualities we want in an
athletic director," Scott said.
"Then we will organize a search
committee and then advertise the
position come January."
Scott would not comment on
whether Keilitz is a possible candidate for the position .
Keilitz became athletic director  after   14  years   as   Central's
baseball coach. He led the Chippewas to four Mid-American Conference baseball titles, a 456-203
record and a .692 winning percentage which led all Division I
schools in the Mideast Region.
Conserving energy
does not generate
interest at Central
By Crystal Harmon
! !f-E- Assistant N'^ws Editor
Tn 1978 CMU published
"Energy Story." a booklet calling
the University's energy program
"a showpiece" which saved an
estimated $1.5 million in energy
costs from 1973 to 1978.
In 1982. CMU's Presidents
Council adopted an energy policy,
"recognizing its responsibility in
energy conservation (and
expanding) its nationally recognized energy conservation program."
In 1989. the University applied
for and received its most recent
energy conservation grant,
allowing it to make Warriner
Hall more efficient.
Today, energy conservation at
CMU has lost its steam.
"I haven't heard anybody talk
about it in the last few years."
said Margaret Ann Riecker,
chairwomamof the Board of Trustees.
Apathy and a lack of awareness
at the University stand in the
way of energy conservation, said
Scott Cole, assistant vice president for Facilities Management.
"I'm appalled at the lack of sensitivity to energy conservation on
this campus," Cole said. "I think
it's an awareness problem and a
priority problem. We need to
focus on those issues."
"Energy efficiency is not a big
thing anymore." said James A.
Tryon, senior project manager for
Facilities Management. "It is the
farthest thing from a lot of people's minds. Back in the '70s
when there were lines at the gas
pumps, we were able to convince
people to conserve, but not anymore."
Policy not enforced
The 1982 campus energy policy
states buildings will be cooled to
between 78 and 80 degrees in the
summer and heated to between
■ POWER HUNGRY
M CMU has added
600,000 square feet of
buiiding space since
1987. Science II.
among other projects, is
called an "energy hog"
by some campus officials. See page 7.
■ Since 1983, electrical consumption on
campus has increased
more  than   50  percent.
65 and 67 degrees in the winter.
But according to James E. Priest,
energy management coordinator
for Facilities Management, campus is heated and cooled to about
74 degrees year-round.
"The energy policy is technically still in effect." Priest said.
"But we've gone to more comfort." When the policy was
strictly enforced, he said, he and
others were bombarded with
phone calls from irate faculty and
other employees complaining
about the heat or the cold.
While the policy states air conditioning will only be used
through Sept. 15. Priest said the
campus was cooled during the
second week of October this year.
"We like to provide a comfortable environment that is conducive to learning," he said.
But Kim Ellertson. vice president for Business and Finance,
said the current level of comfort
could be costing jobs.
"If we could agree to sacrifice
some comfort, we could maintain
some positions." he said. "We
need to reach a consensus. We
can turn thermostats down and
wear sweaters and save some
jobs."
Ellertson   said   it   is   "impera-
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Bill would provide
aid to middle class
By John Dobberstein
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Many nationwide say federal student aid programs favor the rich
and poor, and force those wedged in the middle to take out expensive
loans and home mortgages.
Consideration is expected to continue into 1992 on a bill designed
to reauthorize the Higher Education Act and address various problems of middle-class families with college students.
Bill HR 3553, sponsored by U.S. Rep. Bill Ford. D-Michigan. was
introduced to the Committee on Educational Labor Oct. 11.
Tom Wolanin, staff director of the Subcommittee on Secondary
Education in the U.S. House of Representatives, said the bill would:
■ Allow  families  to borrow  the  maximum  amount  availabk* on
See AID Page 2