1988-11-18; Central Michigan Life

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BIRTHDAY PARTY
City prepares for centennial
NEWS, PAGE 3
WEATHER
Partly sunny, highs in the 40s
Hard On the ears
Cast shouts and slurs lines at audience
ENTERTAINMENT, PAGE 8
Central
Michigan
IN A TOP SPOT
Team picked second in MAC
SPORTS, PAGE 10
FRIDAY
November 18, 1988
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Board approves appropriations request
by MARCIA McDONALD
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BUDGET
Pomp and Presidency
Inauguration marks a new
era with the University's
tenth leader
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Ways being sought to recruit
more international students
by LAURA PHILLIPS
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prompt in^ l'n i v.i sit y  ,,ttie i.il- ti, find li Iter ways       excise .lu.l.nt*. to people , .t ..•!.. t  i ult in. - "
Trustees pass proposal
for computer equipment
by MARK LaROSA
j UFE Managing Editor
il recruit in^ ami iel.i in in.: i til .mil ioii.il student-
'I'he    Multicultural    lluriMH    Task    Korcr   vvas
(mined   m    S.pte iiilii    by    I'li-sideiil    Kdward    ll
■lakiibauskas
Last     week,    a    la-k     I,.in-    -iiln oinmitti o    was
lll'i.rp'   cntlip.lted   (All's    a ,tei Hat 1'   Ual    -til.letlt
I'll rolllTli'llt       to      We-t'ltl       Mil lll.:,lll       I 'll IVel - It y ,
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linth    I1I1IV el s]| i,  s    Mill,  nlly     baVe      il" ,1     I   I H n I
I'm nn el lo look at int et nat mn.11 student enrollment internal ioii.il s|Uileii( -enrolled,  -he -aid
The task  tnree  Is expected tn te|M.rt   it-  findings to
"We   have   tn  do  rimre   with   reinntin^   ll.l, r i i
the    president     mvt    m'Hii-Iit.    .latiii-s    Mill, vice-       tmnal   students."   -)„-   s.nd     ".Thr   l'
mv el si| y
president lor Student Atlairs   s.ud
Sharon Cm or. assistant ilmetur nl the (Mice nl
Student Life, said she plans tootl'er seyrr.il ideas
for improving international student eiirnllinent In
the subeoinniilteo and other officials
(ieor^e s.nd her Invest concern now is CMl s
inlernalinn.il student enrollment is low and
petl in^ lower
"I don't think it's ^ood al all it'?, not healthy."
George »aid    "Our   international   student   popula-
doin^ nothing to e-ntiie stude-nts hen-
(ii-iirp1 said ~tii,l,nts ate diown t,. CMl' Ir.'Tii
abroad by word oi -tn,,ut h . riot bv  r,-, t mt m" ef li n t-
"Word iif-ninuth i-n't enough." s|,e s.n,| "We
need something ninre inten-, 1; ba- t<> 1*. paid
more i tn.iney  and atteiit nm i I ban lip -iiiiu*"
(ii'orne said (All's ,u|iiii..i»m policies t,,r
internatioTial    student-,    which    lake    .ilx.ut     si\
The Board of Trustees approved a proposal to purchase
' hardware and software Tor a computer visions laboratory, in its
[ Thursday meeting. v .';
The equipment will cost $110,000 and U being
dollar  for  dollar  by  two  grants   from  the   National
Foundation, said Mary Senter, vice provost for Academic
Senter described computer visions as a system naad to "akastliste
sight,* and added it uses throe-dimension*! farms. V>.'
: "It's fairly sophisticated." she said. ■*$*"mt. yomr Ifre&tMh
sitting on your desk.*  . -. ■'*V.>?'i'*:V.*;V;-*Vo;.r:.
Senter said the equipment will be avaiW»lefor itim.bjf,_
undergraduate and graduate students to d» ettpapt*!?,
dasswork, ■...-.■-...■ ....,_-
- • Tbe. equipment alao wfll be avaffaMa. faj]
said,*;-..:-.:. y-_.'  ■■-' t'Ji-l*,Z?.''S<j!$-    " -***"''"'''■
The purchase orders/or tb«
ou^ Senter said, adding she'
New property
values may
cause drastic
rise in rent
for students
by SUSAN MAAS
Uee.euse    ol     updated    as-,	
111, Ills nil student -l|'- lllllll 'lit
enlllpieves 111 Mount I'leas.lllt.
, it I c am pus rental rates will
plnb.lblv     o,,    up    111    the    entiling
V eat
Si'Vi't.il M 2 commercial zoned
b.illsllio    nvcll.'ts    met     with    t'ltv
.\ss,-ss,,i Virtui'i.i Knv.irt
lluir-.lav to ill-ill--- what one
landlord called "a drastic
in, teas,-" i ri pi i.pet t V   taxes
M   2 l olllllle I Cl.ll   ,'olled
pi.ipe itv is primarily simlein
botisino
Mike I'oll en owner ot MM)
Invest in, in- 1 I In West Campus
DtlVe, s.inl 1,, his knowledge-
ev e i v student        ,i|i,i i t iiierit
c i >i i iple \ ..vv I lei  was iiil.n tin el o! a
plobable   ,1-1 lllellt    null'.!-,'  ot
M* lo   l_'ll  pell lilt
"Willi an iiicieas,, b1.,- that. I'd
s.iv a lli to I * percent rental
iiHiease is j^oiue to have to
happen." I'otl  said
■ laek Nteiilnir^;. owner ol
K,lt;ewood     Apartments.    712
I'd^evv 1  Drive,  s.ud to recover
Item the property tax increase
I would have to either raise-
tent, eliminate all maintenance.
.if uel .iiiollier job and 1
ce a tainly  can I ^>t another |nb
"Ibele an- pi-t ini other ways
t.. absorb uhe Hiiiea~i'' in the
pi. it'll   -t I lllllll e." he  s.nil
Knv.iit -aid -be ii-aclii'd her
a s s. s - iii.. 111 estimates by a
tll.lt ket .Ippl n.u ll, whuh looks at
t be .1' ill.il aim.tint lot w bu h
plop. Mi,'- s,ll and an inc.,me
appto.i.b which looks .it the
l li. , une pi odlll ed by t he
piop.-itv
Shi- -aid the nu nine l.u t,,r is
.non the m,.s| weight when
,bt et m initio    assessments.    Imt
...Id. d. "I've taken everything I
hav e  into , i.Il-lilet.lt I, ill "
Although the complex owners
-aid ibeir taxes have- eliiiibed
Uiaduallv each Vear. Knvart s.inl
the  assessment   |,,r  next   \>-.ir  is
-'I     llllll ll      ^le.lter      because     t hr
piopi-rties have not been "physically rrapprai-ed" ill iiiuih more
1 ball a il.e adr
Knvart -.mi the decision will
tint be I'm a 1 nut il February, when
• •II ii l.d , bailee . il asse--nient
notices come thioii^h Complex
owner's will have the oppur
tuiiitv to .i(i|Kal tbe decision to
the l.oai.i ot Review  in March
The Hoard ot Key lew Is
lollipo-ed    ot    loi al    lltl/ells    with
the povvet to change or ninthly
the ,i"i—or's decision ,(s they
see lit. ('ity Manager Tom
M.ulin  s.ud   in an  euilie-r niter-
V lew
The matter could then still betake n to tin State- Hoard ot
Appeals, Kiivarl s.ud
.1 nn Mc (inirk , owner ol' I 'n I ted
Apart mini s. s.nd he thinks
thus,, avenues probably would be
unsuccessful in chan^iiiK the
decision o! the assessor
"Kvi-ll so. vve have to set our
rental rales for next year around
the first of Decemlier. and we're
l^oinn to have to base next year's
lent on the assuniptiein that
taxes will increase as iKnyarti
estimated." .Mc<itnrk said
Stenhurjj said he- plans lo
approach Knvart with more
income and expense information
in the near future "in hopes that
she'll consider keeping the tax
rates down "
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