1998-06-17; Central Michigan Life

              Central Michigan LIFE
Volume 79, Numbei
Mt   Pleasant,   Ml 48859
g 1998 CM LIFE
. 8 years of serving the community
Wednc-sday
June 17, 1998
1 <» pages
Badgers shutting out CMU over Chippewa nickname
By Liz Wishaw
A ling   mistake   bj     i
ansin   coach
m -1 CMU's men's basketball
1,000 w ithout  having to
pi iv a game
Dick Bennett, mens basketball
coach     at     the     University
Wisconsin,   needed   non-coi
ais  to   play   during  the
Bennett
CMU's   Mens   Basketball   Coach
I   Central   woul
• d       in       pl-*\ ing      the
Badgi rs.   Smil | ted    the
offer,   th»-   contract   was   sij
Mav   22   and   CMC   expi
play the Big Ten School on No*
Last wr«'k Bennett was notified
by the Badgers Athletic Board
thai the match up with CMC
couldn't   hap because   of
Central's Chippewa nickname
It. Mav L993, th<* University oi
onsin Hoard of Regents
adopted an athletic policy on
Native American logos and
names in support of discouraging
Mative American symbols and
nana- oi athletic teams Part of
the- policy includes not scheduling
with Native American
mascots or nicknames unless its a
traditional  rival or a conference
membei
The univei lily's policy has
ated more beads i Bennett
than he imagined   ll«- said he has
t<> fill the CMU spot with another
i  and  find  CMU   a  ri am  to
play Also, the contract ma>
and the $30,00 • ranee fee
may have to paid to ( 'Ml I
"You're not sun- ot the nick
nanus all the tinu \" Bennett
said, about a misunderstanding
over CMC's nickname "We knew
there was a policy but didn't
think it would be a problem
lut ause ('hippevt a is a pi
nana- "
Bennett appealed t<» the unr
Athletic Hoard immediately
but    the    hoard    -.air!    the    polity
stan
"W( ' remerj  di ^appoint
ed There are 40 to 50 schools who
-   t ive  An names
When   you   have   Id   non cm
mes, you're likely to   run
into (a problem with the i >* »C
Bennett said
"We are embarra ised and tr
trated  Tho door has n us
and its highly unlikely they will
change this polii
CMU's Athleta   Director  Herb
id be has not  had a
chance   to  talk  to   University  of
Wisconsin  Athletic   Director   Pat
Summer fun
for all ages
It was a day full of surprises, especially for those who ran into Josh Humphrey and his pet boa. Kids lined up to ride what had to
be one of the most popular ndes at the Mount Pleasant Summer Festival, the Pirate Ship.
Local festival lets families have good time
By Spencer Stewart
Bai   : •    shows   and
duck   ra all   part  of The
11th   annual    M        *    ] *'-
Sumn tivai
and  tilti-d
to the  spinning U  >
cups, there w -  tival rid<
all kinds
This I ve
attended   Tr:.    festival,"   said   Ed
Philipson   Blancl ident    "I
have my grandchildren with me
the)   ire having a lot of fun
Its a mce. dean environinent and
I'd definitely come again "
The air was charged with
excitement as many laughing and
smiling children ran from ride to
ride.
"It's    fun "    said    10-year-old
Mount   Pleasant   resident   Ben
Pyscher Tve been coining to the
festival ever since I can remem
ber."
Other rides included a 30 foot
fun slide; a train station for tod
dlers called the "Dragon Wag
"Wacky   Shack."   a   fun   hou   <
merry-go-round; and a tall swing
m#   lx»iit   ride   called   "Pharaoh's
Fury
(>ne of the highlights of tin
tival was the local bands
Degi i of & pai *»t ion,
Nh kelshot. Tho Salt River Hand.
Red Thunder and M< A recording
artist Big I louse
"I had a lot of fun and the* hands
really surprised me," said Amy
Breier, Flushing resident
"Nickelshot was great and Pm
looking   forward   to   who   they'll
have next year"
The* festival began 14 years ago
when local businesses wanted to
II nival    local   families
could enjoj
* It started as 'Energy Fest' and
FESTIVAL      ■_;•-    	
Richter about t \
We  haven't   had   a  ch
■
do have •   ! rout r a
Richter,  who  is at   a   •
conference  for   athletic  d i
in New York, said Monday night
that the game is being worked out
by   the   basketball   staff at   this
time
It     <»i Wouldn't
rhe policy m
that cleai     Rich tei    aid
"We'll tr>  to work this out
find alternate oppon*
Smith   said   be just the
tand     We- want thorn
to honor  the contract   We want to
t lu- rum   and it
me '"
Foe  Sowmi< k    pul
tor foi th< S  I:' i f i a w
Ind
rVisconsii
but   wants   them   ro   undi
its   N
American nickname
At CM1
don't    h*
don't    see   people-   dressed
feat! lents, f
and    staff    know    the   Chippe
history
should    he-    used    •• >noi
Sowmick      lid      11
Plachta skeptical
about 9 percent
funding increase
|Higher education proposal
is $49 million more than
Gov. Engler recommends
By Heather VanDyke
•  •
While Rep      Jim
McBryde,    K Mount    Pleas
i-   now   hoping   t«»r  a   **   pel   •
increase   in   state for
CMU,     University     President
nard Placht
in en not likely
"All   :ndication howing
that  when    i  house and
bill K(>«*s to
tht -       •        l<    k,   then
there will be drastic reduc-
tioi lid
The   budget   bill   would   give
CMU     - ;     in
funding      a 9 percent in en
iwa i tin j .  in a
conference committee, but will
h»- finalized in the* ne-xt couple-
of week -
In  addition   Plachta  said   he
has    his    own hens ions
about such an increase cine to
the fact the percent proposed is
$49 million more for higher
education than the- increase
John   Engler   recommend
ed
Gov   John had  previ
ously recommended a 1 T>
increase in January
"Many    ot    the-   other"   hud--
that  the- senate and   house-   I
ed    already    have    higher
price*   tags.   Something   has   to
give, you  know what  I  me
Plachta said
I he    proposed    9    perci
ase up from  the- 8 •'? per
cent     increa   i      tl recent 1 v
ed the senate     is due t
addition - irked
tor CM1 F's charter schools
"It  went   to tin-  house  at
percent  and  that  number
n't    the    host     number,"    >.t\d
Brian O'Connell, legislative
to McBi y
I ast year        CMU        got
nnell said
Placl aces for
ill to {
slim   wh< what
•
•
le
lly   a    v.
r all
too
n<>t   mi
•
meets   with  the  house  the- out-
comi
hoped for
**It's just   plain   *
apparent 1 v."   Plachta   said
The-      question      of      how       tho
tuition     I    ' svill     waver    is
pending and Plachta said  he* is
going to the hoard with  his
sonal recommendation
If      the-     bill      p
it   is   difficult   to   answer
re will  •
tuition hike
it    stays    a'
i^e     there will   -
he said   ~It v. t   get less
than   i hat,   then   we'd    h i\ e   a
rhe reason for the separation
hartei and
!   funding   is   McBi
....      .
he   proposal   t r
I I ( -      nell said
"Before,     the      money      w
counted as if the
per pupil funding, Jim t      k out
(charter schools) and si
that."
< > <    mnell said this will h-
fit CMU ts and it
CMU would •   in per
cent ind    Gi
Valle
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last weekend.
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Math department remembers professor Shu-Ping Hodgson
By Kelly Taylor
raff VI
Shu-Ping (Chai) Hodgson, an
associate-    professor    of    mathe
mat i * i I B } ears, duel June
1 m ber Mount Pleasant home
of cancer  She was r> l
lit r husband, Ronald
Hodgson, a CMU biology faculty member, remembers hr
Hodgson a.^ a beautiful and
givin en during
! 0 mont h ^t ruggle for life
Iwa)     wanted  to  help
people-   She- was so courageous,
ryone   knew   that    She
the most  remarkable pei
. r r   known     Eve r \ < .ne-
who   met   her   knew   she-   w
on
Even  as he- grieves  over   bis
lendous      loss,      Hod.
ills    his    wife's    bapi
"She   had   the    ino^t    heautitul
laugh     and     smile       I     alwa\
knew   where-   she-   w a.-w   he-eause   I
could     heai     he r     laughii
Ronald said
Thomas Miles, interim chair
of   mathematics,   said   he   also
remembers her unique 1 au^h
"She had an infectious lau
.Hid that's something we'll n
!v miss from the second floor ol
Pearce Hall," Miles said
He also added  Hodgson
good at  working with students
on   a   personal   basis,  which  is
evident from  their concert
he   r
In   the   past   two   semest
that she has been sick, at least
of     halt    do/en     ot     her     St U
have-     tailed     me     to    ask     ahout
her condition," Miles said
Pel is Pamoye, mathematics
professor, said be remembers
Hodgson  as a  popular teacher
and    a    supportive      friend      He-
said  her death  IS a great  lo
r vhodv
Pamoye said   wh<               h«-
v> ,i     hi i blem   iri   t he
mat he ii deps rtun nfl
Hodg the first p«-r
son he went to for help
mentor to
me
\\t-r   ( !a^    would  fill  up very
quickly,  Pamoye said    H.
sometimes  one  of  her  cla
would have  10 to  1 r> more- stu
ele-nts   than   planned   because
she would  let  them  aciel  after  it
full
"Many   students   like    to   take
ber    c lass    because    ol    w hat
heard       ahout
Fame)\e said
► ve   all,   Pamoye   re-m
n for her honest y
'rills     IS     so me hod v      Who     is
always   going   to   tell   you   the
truth    She   never   pretends,   she
always    tells    it    like    it    is,"
Pan lid
James mat hemat U s
prot« aid  he   was a  .
t r iend      and       coI league      of
Hodgson t«a   16 years   He-
that both inside <n\ii outside ol
HODGSON Paoe 10
Shu-Ping (Chai) Hodgson