1987-01-21; Central Michigan Life

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WEDNESDAY
January 21,1987
VOLUME 70. NUMBER 45
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• 1987 CM LIFE
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Student wounds roommate in
gun accident; no charges filed
BY DAVE WASKIEWICZ
LIFE Suit Wr.ter
A CMU freshman who accidently shot his
Merrill Hall roommate Monday will not face
criminal charges, Isabella County Prosaecutor
Joseph Ba.rberi said Tuesday.
Joel Andrew Lewandowski, Brighton
freshman, shot Peter Cook, Homer .sophomore,
with a ..357-Ma.gnum handgun in their Saecond-
floor room late Monday morning, a Department of
Public Safety report stated.
Cook, who sulTered abdominal injuries from the
gunshot, called the shooting "an accident" and
said he will not press charges, the report stated.
Central Michigan Community Hospital
paramedics attended to ^Cook in Merrill 212. An
ambulance then transported Cook to CMCH, a
hospital spokeswoman said.
Cook was listed in good condition late Tuesday
night, the spokeswoman .said. Cook's injuries did
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Start walking
DPS captain: Rose-to-class hike
could solve commuter-lot crowds
BY SANDRA WHITE
UFE Sisl.Wr.ier
The solution to commuter
parking woes is a seven-minute
walk, a Department of Public
Safety official said.
Capt. Ron Williams. DPS
associate director, said the only
problem commuter students face
in parking is finding a place near
their destination.
"We have enough parking
places for commuters, but their
complaint is that they are not
always as close to the building
where they are .going." he said.
Williams said the main
crowding problems are in Lot 22,
near Anspach Hall and Lot 51
southeast of Washington Apartments.
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Ex-provost
went to press,
created case
hype — Ellis
BY MARK ALLEN
UFE Assistant Nw. Cdlor	
President Arthur Ellis said
told Academic Senate Tuesday the
University tried to k>eep the investigation of former Provost John
Cantelon "out of the hands of the
news media."
Cantelon, he .said, misunderstood the motives of two University lawyers and is responsible for
going to the media and generating
a high level of attention.
Ellis
addressed   thej
A-Sennte        at
their     regular)
bi-weekly
meeting.        hei
probably   would
have bt*en[
willing to cornel
to   an   arrange-	
ment with   ELLIS' "
Cantelon for reraytr.<M.t of monies
he allegedly owes the University
before Cantelon went to the press.:
"I. as an individual, would have
been perfectly willing to do that
before I picked up the paper on
Dec. 22 and the situation was out
of my .control," Ellis said.
"We got into a very unfortunate
situation," he said. "We went to a
great deal of effort to keep it out of
the hands of the news media.
"John Cantelon — not Central
Michigan University — went to
the press," Ellis said.
Cantelon filed a criminal
complaint in Portland, Ore.,
charging extortion and coercion on
the part of University attorneys
Eileen Jennings and Robert
Vercruysse. The complaint claims
Jennings and Vercruysse
threatened Cantelon with
criminal charges and public
humiliation at a Dec. 19 meeting.
At the meeting they confronted
him with a report alleging
Cantelon misappropriated
$1,877.46 in travel funds between
January and July 1986.
"The newspaper accounts of
that meeting simply are not true,"
Ellis said The fact that Eileen
Jennings was accused of extortion
should have alerted you to that
fact," he told the senators.
Senator Roger Hatch, religion
department chairman, asked Ellis
why Ernst and Whinney, a
national accounting firm
employed by the University, did
not discover the alleged errors in
Cantelon's records earlier.
Ellis said: "We continue to
review our records and our procedures. They are routinely coming
up on the end of their contract
anyway."
After his address to the
Aacademic Senate, Ellis said he
thought Cantelon made the issue
public because he misinterpreted
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Administrators OK
$450,000 Healthletics
building proposal
BY MARY FRANCIS
Life atd.io*	
The administration will recommend a "Healthletics* program
proposal Friday to the Board of Trustees, despite question* from a
University health official.
President Arthur Ellis said Tuesday that the $450,000 proposal --
which includes "Healthletics" and a building to house both the new-
program and Physical Plant crews — was approved by the President's
Council.
The proposal involves an in-house rehnbilitation'fitness program for
employees injured at work, implemented by Athletic Training Services
(ATS). 2266 Enterprise Drive.
ATS, owned by two recently re-employed CMU employees, provides
a consulting service for implementing programs of this type. It also
serves as a placement agency for athletic training personnel.
Cay Freeman. University Health Services chief of staff, said she
favors the project's purpose — to reduce work-related injuries, and in
turn, decrease the amount of money CMU is paving tor workers"
compensation. •
Hut. she said, she is unsure of her role in the ATS facility
*l don't have a good feel for who's who and what's what." she said.
"There are a number of things not clearly defined."
However. Terry Stoner, assistant vice president ol Human
Resources, said ATS personnel would work under the direction of
Freeman and other UHS physicians, in an earlier interview
Although Freeman said Sunday she was concerned the ATS athletic
trainers would be doing rehabilitative work Ix-yond the scope of their
expertise, she said Tuesday that concern hail been cleared up
somewhat.
"I think there's more agreement that the trainer* are not doing
treatment of severely sick people." she said Tuesday.
Freeman added she would like to see the ATS program work as an
extension of the UHS facilities
"I think it's great to spend money on employee*." *he -.mi "Hut
we've got to make it work to complement what v»e\e Lr"t .'hat'* a
heckuva a lot of money."
Of that total $450,000. $242,384 is allocated lor the huil.iin^. to In-
located   south  of Rose  Center.   The   building  costs   are  divided    -
$100,000 for the Physical Plant area and $142.3M for the "Healthletics" facility.
Jon MacIx*>od, assistant vice president for Physical Plant, said the
Physical E'lant facility was planned before the "Healthletics" program
was proposed. He said building the two facilities at once would save
money because restrooms and a parking lot will be shared
The "Healthletics" equipment, supplies and one year's salar\ for a
certified athletic trainer total $190,266. The remaining $17.:t.r>0 would
provide a double-wide trailer to temporarily house the new program
before the building's September completion.
The ATS feasibility study states the $190,266 "Healthletu*" cost*
would pay for themselves in 14 months. The study also found CMU
could save $409,737 in workers' compensation payments within lour
years.
ATS President Ken Kopke said CMU paid a fee for th. ATS
feasibility study. Kopke directed questions alvout the study's co*t to
Stoner
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Board slates closed-session talks on pending matters
BY MARY FRANCIS
UFf- tdtor
The Board of Trustees will
discuss pending litigation in
closed session Thursday evening.
but probably a little later than
planned.
Because two trustees are
expected to be absent and one will
arrive late, the scheduled H p m.
meeting may be delayed, Board
Secretary Russ Herron said
University President Arthur
Ellis said any pending litigation
canbediscussed during the closed
*es.->!on. including the lawsuit
against CMU hy former provost
John Cantelon.
Cantelon's suit claims the
University owes him accrued
vacation pay .and other monetary
sums dealing with sabbatical pay
and retirement benefits.
CMU's answer — submitted in
the Michigan Court of Claims Jan.
l:. - denied owing Cantelon
accrued vacation pay, admits
Cantelon was to receive sabbatical
Both Trustee Raymond LaBounty
and Trustee Bernadine Denning
will not attend either Thursday's
committee meetings or Friday's
general meeting. LaBounty will be
in Florida and Denning has job
commitments, Herron said.
Trustee Rachael Moreno also
has other business Thursday
evening that will delay her return
until about 8.30 p.m., Herron said.
If Moreno is detained and less
than six trustees vote, the Board
Mission, starting at 6 p.m.
closed session will follow in
restaurant's Benford Room.
leave at  full   pay,  but  denies it   will postpone the closed session,
would be in a lump-sum payment.   Herron said.
.Six of the eight Board members.     The trustees are sch^eduled for
Ellis said he does not expect any
formal response from the Board
regarding any pending litigation
The administration requested the
closed session to provide the
Board with information, he said.
Herron said because many
trustees have had difficulty in
making the Board's monthly
meetings, he is considering
developing a new way
scheduling them.
The    who have jobs
the    kind we  have
work   around
Herron said.
— and that's the
— we do have to
their   schedule,"
Herron said many trustees have
job commitments that they "just
can't walk away from "
One option. Herron said, is to
arrange both committee and the
full board meeting on the same
day. Presently, the Board's
committees usually meet
°f .Thursday afternoons, and the full
Board   meets   in   their   general
must vote to go into closed session.. dinner   at   The   Embers,    1217      "If you have a board of people    meeting Friday mornings.
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INDEX
Briefly
Students planning to retpui tor t sx lo
10-week course en a croft no cred* bass
must £3 ex* a request card, avalable in th«
Re^straM Office. Warmer 260, by Fnday
Students Hath a 11 to 16-wtek course
must fl out the request cards by itn 20.
'Paperwork
Student ushers In crouids. dears up court
a CMU hoop games
Nose Dive
/Page 3
New John Fogerty .alburn has good first
ade. lackluster ftp side
/Page 7 Program Board's near kadcnPa^c 6
Showdown in K-zoo	
Men's baskerbal team pumped up to       /***. -a r%
laceBroncos /Page 12
The Basketball Page
/Page 14
Get the lowdown on men and women's
hoop*
LT>fc wire    pag«?2
On the Job P*;3c3
Comment page4
BloomCounty page4
Entertainment nage6
Spottfe pjgelO
Police Raeports page 11
Sports  pa<3cl2
Chippewa Pro We  p.*.gel2
Classifieds page 15