1990-01-19; Central Michigan Life

              BROAD HORIZONS
Students have the opportunity to teach
in England through a University program, 5
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today. Chance- ot
freezing drizzle cr
snow temght.
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HUNGRY FOR A WIN
\   CMU women's basketball team is 'still in the hunt for the MAC
championship' despite a loss to the Toledo Rockets, 10
Central
Michigan
CONFLICT COMEDY
'War ot the Roses' off cms a dark, masterful
humor unlike past Turner. Douglas films. 8
FRIDAY
January 19, 1990
Serving The University Community For 70 Years
Electrical system faces overhaul
University gets $715,000 from state for phase one changes
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by SALLY GIRARD
addition      t<>     till'     lllnlleV      llie tontl.llted       !>>         M,lllll       ,111(1 -latum- through w hu ll  putter
I'nivci-itv   wa-  allocated   toi   its Inn-lied by  Augu-1. Ileus         supplying   power In the
 ■—-^—^ '■       gclietal   fntul-.   s.ud  .Jim   TiMin, "i The   fust   pha-e'   will   entail building- will he linked
Plan-   ale  iiikI'Tw.iv   to  make      pnijed    manager    lei     Facilities tin-   nm-t    critical    puts   nt   tin- < 'in l eiitly. i) one building lo-c-
> atnpll-  w ide    |n ttir    outages    a        Management. -> -tt III. ' Tl V nil said power,   all   the other-  connected
I lung ol I lie pa.-t.                                               He -aid 1 he tnonev \\ ill pa\  foi That     mean-    "limping"    the to it ai e allci ted as Well hecau-e
• '.Ml'   wa-  pinmi-cd   $7 la.OI HI      ihe    liisi     of    three    phages    ni iiiiiut ,11 oiuid , umpu-. h«- .-.ml the elcitncily i- only   flowing  in
lioin   tin-    -tate   to   upgrade    it-       io-vampmg   Ceiitial-   electrical For    example,     ui-tead    of    :i mie diveitien
.Hi n ailing elect rical sv-letn                -> -tern      The    I'nivei-ity    will une-w.iv   path   from   the    power With  looping,   power  can  How
The    money    conn-     Item    a       nceive the money nine the job is plan!    to    Fmist     Hall    and    a "i    two   directions   through   the
line-item    di-pei -ment     in    tin-       miitraited   Trynii -aid In- vs.mis orie-wav     path    from    Fou-t    to —————-——^————^—
-tate     budget,     whuli     i-     in       to       have      the      first       iiha-e An-p.ioh  Hall, all  t he primaries ^ • r ■ POWER f' o: )• ■   I .'
WITHOUT JUICE
losing power on carnpui
Ihe stile m.if Kip trie L
ei pen-? need 11 power en
Dale
ha* become j ij.rly common
nr.eraty beg.n fo rep.i r Ihe t k
jt.rges srtce 1935
Who   was   effected
Occur
Clr.C.1
ino*   bo'  $71 'r 0'*"1 !■  ' a
^•,ti—i   CUM f- o.
How   long
March 5. t98S
Most buildings on campus
4 days
Sept. 5,  1985
City and CMU residents
N  A
Sept. 14,  1985
Entir* campus
1 hour
Jan. 3,  1986
600  housing  umls
15  hours
Jan. 25. 1986
Woldl. Merrill quads
6.5 hours
Feb. 28. 1986
Entire campus
8 hours
Aug. 30. 1986
North end ol campus
6 days
Sept.  11.   1986
Entire  campus
7 days
Oct. 25.  1988
Entire campus
12  hours
Dec. 4. 1988
Entire  campus
1.5 hours
Sept. 12.  1989
Center ol campus
4.5 hours
Opinions
differ on
proposed
debate bill
by YVONNE C. CLAES
St.ite K,-publican-        are
applauding a pmpo-ed hill by
Sen -lulm I'nglei that would
reijUito deh.ite- hetweell stale
gube i n.iti it i.d candidate-
St.ite 1 )< inocr at-. Iiium vei,
v 11 w t lit- pmpo-al a- a 'sign .John
Knglei i- ahu-ing his inle as
Semite majority lender."
Hurler .iniiiiuiu'eil
Weillli -iluv he will pursue what
he calls the "Voter:- llll! of
liight-.' which would make
guhei Mat mi. d candidate- more
".u i niilil ahle to t he public "
The Mount I'h-asaiit
lie pnhl nan i - expect ed t o
announce hi- candidacy lor
governor -nine tune ne\t month
.lohri I lu-colt. pies- secretary
tol tin- Fngler for (iovernnr
K\ploiatot>     ('omniittei-.    -aid
-     DEBATE P. !■    11
State denies
funds for
elevators
F.lovatoi- anninc! camp-,i- are
having t In ii "up s and downs "
Waiilllel Hall- elevator watt-plated o'.tT scTlU — tcr bleak
The- old. elect I ic-powei ed I )el roll
Klevatoi     Co     elevator w ilh
-i'i i.il   no    I'll'.* gave   way   to  a
hydraulic We-t motion -<• model,
-aid -Iiiii Ti-.on. pmiect manager
tin  Facilit ie- Management
Tivot) -aid hydraulic tit vatoi-
ai e l.i-t er than elect r ic ones
In it - 1!♦*Ml !M Capital Outlay
r.mLi ! I;«>|iie-!. CMl" a-ked the
-tate for SI million to install
elevators in Sloan. Powers.
Hon.in and Smith hall-
1 int the eltoit to make tho-e
hull.lilies handicap acce-.-ihtc
wa- cut short when the state
denied C.\H".s  request
Torn Zajac. project manager
toi Facilities Management. saui
he does nut know if or when
CMl' will e,i-t  the money  to lmy
the elevators.
Ke.-ulcnts in the Tower.-
He-idence Hall Complex will
have speedier elev.itors hy fall of
tin- year, hi- .-aid.
Worker- will   In-^in   installing
ei^ht   new   elevators   in   March
One t-U-vator in each  tower will
1h- shut down  "so there will Ik-
.sunn- slowdown." Zajac said.
The project will cost $870,000.
This typv of job is loss expensive
than installing elevators in
build in ^s where no elevators
exist, such as in Sloan, Powers,
Ronan and Smith, he said.
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Starting over
Dyslexia forced Central student
to relearn reading skills at age 30
by MARY CHURCH
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year-   old    he   had   to   leain   In- -lai !■ d < olle^o
AP.i's         ae,ain I       wen!       to      l-'e i i i -      State
Wil-oii.     like    an    e-timate.l ' I'niv ei-it\ '   in    1!»,' t       Ii.     - aid
7 p, -cent  of thenatioii-  popula- 'A'"1  ' UU lV" "" '">  ,l"'
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di-oriii-r thai  inak.- him rev.-tse '"inp.n-.ile    l,.i     ,t     -«.    he    i.iii
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word-,    or     transpose     entire Takme, a  t.i|M-  i.-void.-i   .tuii  a
words.  It  can piolnhit  him lion. M-ll  checker  with   linn  to ,1a-;
proce.-sino     information    and help-.    Wilson    -aid     He    at-o
make-   him    have   trouble   with w t ite- hi- papei.- on a lomptiter
name- u,,h •' "I"'11 l '"■>'"'■'
He  tested   |>o-itlVe fill   dy-I.M.l He   added    it    l-    impoit.int    for
at the Dv-lexia H<-ouice Center !>""   lotell   lii-   piote--m-   ni-ht
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lour veals lelcatnili". Ills leading th. rn     he     need-    evtia     ti    tmi;
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l.an-in- junior    "That  wa- haul "'<   -"ll '-  ■«  -tim:ol.o'  he -aid
Ihe     mo-t      difficult     p.lit     wa- 111   0.1   in  a   -till.ill..n  wh. le  mv
lear-iiinu  my   A P.C-  .noun   at   ::n h.iu. i ie- m mv lap.- ie, , ,i di i i un
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dv-!e\ia   a-    the    piohtem    attei '"    ""In     1<>    deieinuiM      il
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of. veihal lan-ua-e '   It   in, hide- l.i-t       .me-tei.     llama.Ink
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-aid te-eauh induale- theie I- a -uppoit    -i.aip   and    -at.!    it    ha-
dtteit.ihle auhltei tine de-i-n of ):■ Iprd  lorn
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llamachek      I-      a      teadliie the  onlv   one on  i.iiupti-    .tiu\  to
profe--oi      who     -pe, i.ill/e-     111 hod  out   ot In  I -  al.    ih ahi.o  with
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City increases enforcement of handicap parking laws
by COLLEEN NEWVINE
If some -hoppers have le.-- money m their pockets
these days, they may   havejheir parking  -|>ot- and
tbeni-elves    - to hl.ime
Pill McCracken. liaison to the city for the Isabella
County Handicap Advisory Hoard, said police issued ad
citations in Hec-mlxr for illegal u-e of handicap parking
.-paces.
Parking tickets for handicap .-paces u-ed to cost the
violator $20. but were raised to $*>(l over the summer by
the Mount Pleasant City Commission in an i-fTort to
discourage those not authorized to use the spaces, said
McCracken. Mount Pleasant building official.
The $">() fine goes to $7."i if not taken care of within
seven davs, he added.
McCrat ken  .-aid   be  h<r|K-  the  strut  enfonement   will -i\ month-, at   vvhub  tune ttuv   will  m,,.i   hkely   (omhut
help curb the number of people Using the parking -pan- more -tudie-
ilh-'.lllv. Pa-t mv e-t i^.it ion inilHatedvvh.it Mi Cr ai ken tie-, I ibeil
"Naturally, when you give someone a ?r>() ticket, they're a-  "hieji  traffic  ana-.'  -uch  a-  at   the  Mount   Plea-ant
not p»mg to he tixi happy." Shoppuit; Center on M1--1011 Street
A handicap parking study conducted !a.-t spring found The  number of   tuket-   1--1111I   prove-  the   problem   1-
-U percent of tho-e people vvho parked in parking space- vv id,-pie.nl. he -aid
de-ignated    for    handicapped    persons    wen-   doing    -o
illegally. McCracken said
City olficials stepped uj) enforcerni-nt of handicap
parking after the second study of lots throughout the city
showed a l! percent increase in violations
When the results of the second study — done in
cooperation with Sigma I'i fraternity — were released,
they showed 43 percent non-compliance with the proper
use of the spaces, he added.
McCracken said stricter enforcement will continue for     probably a realistic goal
"They give a pretty good 1nd1c.it ion of What's going on
every day throughout the community
Commi--ioners were alarmed alter the first study
revealed .-<» many people were illegally using the -pace-
ami a process to educate the community started.
McCracken .-aid
When the next study is done. McCracken said he would
like to see 0 percent non-compliance, but said It) jn-rcent is