1989-09-25; Central Michigan Life

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Central
Michigan
RELIVING ANOTHER ERA
1 364 rocks Warriner Auditorium bringing back fond memories
of the Fab Four as they were v;hen they swept the country, 9
MONDAY
September 25, 1989
Serving The University Community For 70 Years
Hurricane's
effects felt
in Caribbean,
also at CMU
by D. MICHAEL HEANEY
• •   ST i!l \\l Tor
Hurricane Hugo struck the
I'.S. Virgin Islands a week ago.
but David Murphy and his wife
Hetty still have not received
word from family and friends
nn the island of St. John.
Associate Vice Provost
Murphy said he and his wife's
last contact with Betty's
parents. Art and Mary
Meaning, was a telephone
conversation around noon on
Sunday. Sept. 17.
As they spoke, winctgusts of
">0 to 60 mph were beginning to
tear through the hills near the
Henning's home.
'The power did go out as 1
wa» talking to them," Betty
said "We're worried, but
worrying in itself doesn't
accomplish anything."
Winds in excess of 140 mph
tore through northeastern
Caribbean Sunday, leaving
thousands homeless, hundreds
injured and at least 6ix people
reported dead.
Hurricane Hugo destroyed or
damaged 90 percent of the
buildings on the US Virgin
Islands Sunday night and
Monday morning, according to
the U.S. National Coast Guard.
She said her parents. 20-year
residents of St. John Island,
s.ud they had prepared for the
storm as best they could,
xccuring their home and
property against the wind and
heavy rain, but there was not
much they could do.
"No one was aware ithe
storm i would cause this kind of
devaxtation." David said,
noting that St. John may not
have been hit as hard as
ncighlioring ixlands.
Hetty said her parents plan
to move back to the states later
this year, with the final sale of
their houxe set for Nov. 1.
adding that she hopes they xtill
ha\e a house left to sell.
In the hurricane's wake,
communication to and from the
Virgin Inlands remains limited,
with radio and television transmission towers blown down hy
the storm, Betty said.
The Murphy s have made
contact with St. Croix Island,
however, with the help of John
Pomsret. a ham radio operator
in I-ong Island, who spends his
xumnu-rs in the Virgin Islands
Pomsret    has    managed   to
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Public Safety over-issues parking permits
Director says not all vehicles
on campus simultaneously
PARKING PARTICULARS
by MATTHEW BACH
:   H   ST.i't W' Tit
It may seem like it's getting tougher and tougher to
find a parking spot on campus this year.
One reason for this is that there are appoximately 7.2O0
parking spaces at CMU and the Department of Public
Safety has sold 8,087 decals as of Thursday.
People with parking stickers, however, are not all
parking on campus at the same times, explained DPS
Director John McAulifTe
McAuliffe used DPS as an example of when xome people
are on campus at different times.
"In our department we operate on three shifts."
McAuliffe said "No more than one-fifth of our department
is here at one time. This goes the same for tin-
custodians."
The gap between permits issued this year compared to
last year has narrowed in the past two weeks
lourct: OPS LITE Craphlc/Sttvt tdtuardt
About two weeks ago there was a 1 7 percent increase in
the number of decals ixxued 2.(MMI more stickers were
sold this year at that time compared to last year during
the same period, he said.
At this time last vear 7.47.1 decal x were sold  Tliat's lilt
lewer decal-* sold compared to tins year.
"As people xtill register (their vehicles* things will
moderate." McAulitle said
The decaU are classified in several ways. One type of
decal is (or (acuity memlH-rs only, to whom DPS has
issued more decals than usual
McAuhH'e said the number of (acuity stickers issued
I Ins war wax a lot higher than last year But in the past
two weeks the increase of (acuity de-calx lias tapered off
Ax ni Thursday 2.411 decals wen- issued to faculty
members. McAuliffe said that number wax not significant
enough to affect parking conditions.
People- with (acuity stickers can park in any of the lots
except those foi Washington and Piexton apartment
le-iilentx. unless a faculty member lives iti either
apai t ment complex
Ax i>| Thursday there were l.'!."> decals sold (ur Preston
Apartments There are l.'iS spaces at Preston. When the
three temaining decals are purchased Preston residents
will haw to paik ill other lots, said DPS Office Manager
Sh.iion Shaw
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LIFE Photo J«ffr«y M  S*ug»f
NOW chapter members
protest for pro-choice
by SHERR1E SUPER
Recent events have triggered
renewed local interest in the National
Organization for Women
"We've In-en around for unite a few
years." said I.ynn Simons. Mount
Pleasant NOW chapter president, noting
that low membership and busier women
have lessened the group's activities at
t imes
Hut that is changing
Sunday. meml>ers of NOW. along with
Women's Studies members. CMI"
students and other community residents
attended a pro-choice rally in I-ansing,
which drew alxuit ti.OOO participants,
said Simons, a Mount Pleasant resident
and temporary assistant professor ol
psychology.
At least 4") people that attended the
rally were from the Mount Pleasant area,
she said
"Some of the recent d'.S.i Supreme
Court decisions have helped us he less
complacent alxiut equal rights and civil
i ights." -hr s.iid. referring to allirmaliw
.ict ion cases, whuh soine people think
.in* s,-t!iackx Im minorities, and the
11". I'sl, i   i *.    I'epiotliit tit i* >'<*/ ( n es ca-e
[In* Mount Pleasant NOW chapter h.ix
2,'J   members 1 a  of   whuh   haw ju-t
■oined. Siaioiis s.ud
"'The chapter' has gotten a lot ot new
members m the l.isi month." s(u* said
Men. as well as women, join the group,
Snnoiis added
"Die ol gam/.it Ion Is devoted to equal
lights lor women and men." she
.\plamed "The male members are interested in the WI V issue ot Women being
i .'Hal members in society.
"In addition to reproductive fieedom
Im women, we are committed to equal
lights Im alt peoples, including reducing
di-c i imni.tt imi ol  people for their sexual
pi elel el'.Cex."   x|)e   said
Men cm benefit from women who are
invoked in feminist issues. Simons said
"These women have a high self esteem
and 11 eal   men as equals "
She said NOW encourages students to
get     involved    in    the    organization
LIFE Photo Denii* lichnt
ABOVE: Expressing their views at a pro choice legislation rally at the state Capitol.
Sunday are from left: Louetta Taggert, Candice Shavalia. from Ann Arbor; Shirley
Taylor of Ypsilanti. and Cheryl Shavalia also from Ann Arbor. They are only four of
about 6,000 particpants. TOP: Members of Mount Pleasant's NOW chapter leave
for the rally from Lot 22. across from Anspach Halt. About 45 people from the
Mount Pleasant area attended the rally.
A bummer
Depression sometimes a
big problem for students
by KAREN ROBERTSON
.   **t   bl.l't V.-To:
Most CMU students feel depressed at one time
or another and the stress of adjusting to a new
semester often is the culprit.
Counseling Center Director Don Bertsch said
there are several options available to students to
help them combat depression. One avenue is
seeking help from a counselor at the Center.
"Kvcryone needs people to talk to who they can
rust   and   who   care,"   Bertsch,   professor   of
Committee studies reorganization
of College of Arts and Sciences
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by YVONNE C. CLAES
A nine-member committee i*.
studying the possible reorganization of the- College' of Arts and
Sciences.
The committee' will have an
open forum from 4 p.m. to 5 p m
Tuesday in Anspach lal for
faculty members within the-
colli'ge so thi-y can express their
opinions on the reorganization,
said committee member Tom
Miles
Miles, associate professor of
mathematics. said the
11 iiiiiiiii ti a . w hie h consists of
l.uultv membe-t's from several
departments within the college-,
is studying the possible* division
ot the college into two sep.irate
ent 11 lis a school of science and
technology and a -chmil. which
does not have- a decided
emphasis at this t imc.
Miles said the' forum will give
committee* members the chance
to s«*e- il faculty members think
reorganisation of the college is
lleo-ss.irv
"This will give u> the chance to
set- if faculty even perceive a
problem."   Miles   said    "At   this
point we an* headed in no
so: t uul.i r dii eel ion
Miles said more than half of
tin- University's departments
ami "considerably over half of
all (acuity members ale part of
t In < 'o I lege- of Arts and Sciences.
He added Central currently has
one college and two schools The
School of (iraduate Studies,
Mile* x.,,-1. i., n,,( ui the same
category as CMU's other schools
beeause' it doex not have any
department*.
The    i eoi gam/at ion.    Miles
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