1989-11-15; Central Michigan Life

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Former CMU star takes a shot at making
Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, 10
After grossing $300 miliion at box office. Caped Crusader ends
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CURIOSITY
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and colder Thursday.
Central
Michigan
WEDNESDAY
November 15, 1989
Serving The University Community For 70 Years
On average, students
at Central reportedly
attempt suicide about
one time per week
by COLLEEN NEWVINE
News nf a man falling eight
Moors   Irom   Wheeler   Residence
I I.i TI mi Oct. 2(> li-il to -|H-ciilation
that  it   was a suicide attempt.
(Ml*     officials      have      not
II in firmed whether the man. w ho
w.is nut a student, fell nr jumped,
1ml -mode attempts represent a
very real concern l<>r the I'liivcr-
-itv
hull I'ertsch. director of the
< oil ii -el ma; (Vnter. said hetween
2" and -IO ('Ml* students
attempt to take their lives each
academic    vear.    hut    the    last
-uicide occurred in fall 19S7.
The average of those reported
attempts equals ahout one a
week. Bcrtsch said
The number of attempts only
reflects tho.se> reported to the
Counseling Center through a
network consisting of Resident
Assistants, Residence Hall
Directors, the Department of
Public Safety and Central
Michigan Community Hospital.
1221 South Drive, licrtsch said.
"That's not saying there aren't
attempts we are not aware of."
Bert sib said
He explained that sometimes
w hen a student attempts suicide.
HIGHLIGHTS
■ Each school year
between 20 and 40 CMU
students attempt suicide.
Repotted suicide attempts
average about one per
week. The last death
occurred in the fall of
1987.
■ In the general population, about 50 percent of
deaths somehow involve
drug or alcohol use; while in
a collegiate setting, that
statistic rises to 80 percent
involving use of
substances.
■ When an attempt is
reported in the residence
halls, the RHD notifies the
parents of the student.
they may swear their roommates
to secrecy, thus making it difficult tu Find out about the attempt
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Great American Smoke Out trying
to get people to kick tobacco habit
by COLLEEN NEWVINE
Smokers trying to snuff out
their habit Thursday don't have
to do it alone.
The Great American Smoke
Out offers 24 hours in which
smokers net pressure and
support to help them kick the
hal.it
Kevin Rabineau. assistant
director of I'niversitv Health
Services, said a lot of national
attention has focused on the
health risks of smoking and
other tobacco products.
Hi- said the Smoke Out need
not concentrate only on smoking.
"1 think a lot of people will Ik*
i hewed out. too." Rabineau said
In addition to two programs
offered to the ('Ml* community
to help people quit smoking,
other    stop-smoking    aids    are
available. Rabineau said
A smoking cessation "survival
kit" includes such itims as
balloons and red ruhtx-r bands
for smokers to wear on their
wrists and snap each tune they
have the urge to cheat. Rabineau
s.ud
He said last year the Wellness
Resource Center in Bovee
I'mversity Center distributed
about  KM) kits
"We Hive away lots uf kits to
people who want lo kick the
habit and want the toys to help
them "
Central Health Improvement
Program facility also is
providing adoption papers to hi
individuals adopt smokers for
the duration of tlu- Smoke Out to
help them resist temptation.
Rabineau said.
"It's an informal agreement to
be a support
person . i someone i thev can
i all. beat up on and be a pillar of
-upport  tor lhat day."
Rabineau s.ud although not
everyone call quit for good
dm mg the (ileal American
Smoke ( hit. "il give- tlieni a goal
lo -hoot  for "
Me said il smokers can ijuit fur
1 he one d.iv. thev may think they
i in loiitiniie and not go hack to
the habit
Kalime.ni said he knew ot five
people who quit -lliokltlg 1.1st
veai as a direct result of (he
• ire.it  American Smoke Out.
I 'la lis aie in the vv oi ks to make
nunc ch.lines to get (u-lp to quit,
I'.iliiileau s.ud
"We're u-mg this year's Great
Ametic.iTi Smoke Out a- a
spi I'lgho.ud lor a mote concerted
etloit to ensure evervone has
an opportunity to get some
sllppol t   m quit line."
Central's I PCD program
lauded for its 'exemplary'
work at A-Senate meeting
PINNED
by D. MICHAEL HEANEY
In its nv aw o| the Institute for IVrsonal and CariiT Development,
the Board ol Visitors made 21 recommendations calling for changes in
the institute'- plogram- and policies.
Ihe number ot recommendations, however, is not necessarily an
indication ot the board- disapproval. Dale Gust. BOV chair, said.
tiil-t -aid the B< >V. a faculty committee established to review
programs ottered at 1 .s II'CI) centers across the I'nited States and
Canada, wa- plea-cd for the most  part by   the outcome of its
review.
During Tue-day's meeting of the Academic Senate. Gu-t said the
II'CI) piogram is recognized nationally for quality course olVerings
designed piim.uiiv  lor iioii-itaditlonal students.
"It I- a nlleitioii of how much we care about evcellence in
education," he -aid
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TakirT a nap
Some students use class as a chance
to catch up on sleep they miss at night
by LYNN MICHEWICZ
I'm some -ludelils. il.l-- tune
aiid n.ip tune are -y nonv iiuni-
CMl' professors, have dilferent
opinion- about students who
-hep during il.|s-es
Baibara G.iidecki. a--i-t.ini
pi olessiir of p-\i hologv. said she
U-il.ilK ha- one ui- two ".-lei pels'
every   -••mester
Sleeping doe-n't bother other-.
Inl indicateslhal student- don't
lind the cl.is- evening. Garciecki
-aid
Slu- added that getting part of
the (lav's material is better than
in me
< iardecki -aid she leaves one of
hei regular sleepers alone, and
he u-ually wake- up hallway
I In ough  her led llle
Craig Leonard. Waterlord
Irishman, sleep- in his classes
when he is Ixired or tired from
stay mg up late, he s.ud.
"(hue 1 drooled." Leonard
s.ud "I woke up and then1 was a
puddle on my desk."
I le said he also is embarrassed
when hi> jerks while nodding off.
Charles Hastings, assistant
professor 'if sociology, anthropology and social work, said of
in-class sleepers, "(his has not
heen a had semester."
I la -I lli g- s.ud he's had regular
-leepei- m pa~t semesters. One
-tiidenl. who was i,ill and mure
i on-pu lions t ban other student-,
didn't -non- but would nod his
la-ad around w hile falling asleep,
I la-t mg- s.ud
Ha-ting- take- actum agaui-t
-lee pei- only if they are
ilist i ai ting t lie class
What they do is their
bu-iiiess." -aid Hastings ■- "ju-t
like il they attend cl.i-s or not
Helen Kttlinger. assistant
piof'i—or of historv. is more
loi giving low.ml sleepers than
new-paper readers
"I've thrown someone oul for
u-.iding a new-paper," Kttlinger
-aid "I'll.il- a deliberate, rude
act.
T don't think students come lo
i lass with the intention of
-leeping — they'd stay home and
do that." she said.
I have had students fall
a-leep." said William Brevda.
assistant professor of English.
"It happens every now and
then
"It's bothersome and hard not
to take pvr.sonally. hut I understand how it happens," Brevda
-aid.
Brevda does not like to emhar-
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Llf E Photo Chm Siras
While working on the pin retrieving system Tuesday at the Bovee University Center Bowling Alley, Jeff Makowskt, Greenville
junior, aligns one ot the pin chutes. Most of the alley will be transfered to the new Rose addition.
Violations of residence hall drug policies down
by MATTHEW BACH
Some people may trunk society's pioblellls. -ui h a- poverty,
prejudice .md i I line, will never
l halite.
There i-. however, some hope-
at CMC concerning another
problem drug abuse.
Recent statistics from the
Office of Student Life show the
number of students reprimanded
fur violating tlie residence hall
alcohol policy and the controlled
substance policy has decreased
in the pa-t four years
"I think there's heen a
del lease l campus widei in
marijuana and alcohol in the
past six or seven years." said
Glenn Starner, director of the
Office of Student Life.
Starner. along with several
other CMU officals. agreed that
the decrease of alcohol and other
Frequency of Drug Abuse at CMU
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reported drug violations in
residence halls is partially due to
increased student awareness.
"In the last two to three- years
there's been a changing attitude
hy a lot of people about use and
abuse    of    alcohol."    Housing
Director Gary (aaffone said.
"I think it's a coming together
of a lot of different things." he
said. "There may Ih- less p-eople
drinking or less p-eor, e drinking
to tin point ot dealing major
problem- "
Linda \'anl.oon. iteddow
ke-ideiue Hall director,
explained lhat akohol avvare-
ne-s -tail- heloie -I Vlileiit - enter
u.lli ge .md continue- when they
ai live at Cent r.d
"i'eople are coming Irom high
-ihocil- where programs, such as
■Students Again-t Driving
Drunk i .and i Mothers Ag.un-t
Diunk Drivers i. deal with
alcohol responsibility." VanI>oon
-aid
"The ' I'niv ersity's i orientation
program, phis our own housing
staff have done a bitter job at
informing the -tudents alxiut the
policy, in terms of training in
particular." she said
During the I9S.VW> school
vear. *>? men and seven women
s'udents  were  reprimanded  by-
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