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WEDNESDAY
. February 11,1987
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seeks constitutional change
BY RUTH VIOLANTE
LIFE SUN Writer
Student Government .Association .has violated rul.es concerning
elections for several years, but is
taking .steps to update its constitution.
The .group's constitution .states
members of the elections
committee — excluding the
"elections director" — msy not be
current members of the SGA
board of representatives.
However, two of three 1987
elections committee members are
in violation of the constitution
because they are district representatives.
Problems with the .SGA con*rti-
tution has prompted some of its
members to call for a campus-wide
election to change it.
"We are all in error as SGA
board members." said Mike
Nunneley, District Four representative, when asked about the
discrepencies in elections
committee practice.
Nunneley. Alpena senior, is a
member of an SGA committee
reviewing the constitution.
Man faces pair of felony
counts for triggering bomb
in CMU student's Cadillac
AlUtough the committee luu .not
reviewed the .section concerning
election procedure, Nunneley said
it appears SGA is in violation of
its constitution.
He said even though last year's
election committee included
representatives, the election was
still legal. The .constitution states
any challenges to the validity of
an election must be made within
48 hours, he said. •
"Nothing can be done to change
the constitution until a campus-
.Please See ELECTION Page 13
Spring fever
BY MARCIA McDONALD
LIFE Sufi Wmer
A Rochester Hills man was arraigned Tuesday for causing a pipe
bomb explosion in a CMU students car.
Scott David Meyers, 25, was arraigned in Isabella County 76th
District Court. Meyers' preliminary hearing is scheduled Feb. 18 at
10:30 a.m., Isabella County Pn>secutor Joseph B.arberi said.
Meyers is charged with two felony counts. He is charged in Count I
with placing explosives with damage resulting. The s<econd charge is
tampering with a vehicle with damage resulting.
"This is not a minor matter," Barberi said in regard to the the felony
charges.
The charges stem from the Feb. 1 explosion in Utica junior Julia
Henderson's 1977 Cadillac while it was parked outside her East
Remus Road home. A pipe bomb in the vehicle triggered the explosion,
Isabella County Undersheriff John Bradac said Feb. 5.
No one was injured in the bombing. The fire was contained within
the vehicle's interior, which limited the damage, Bradac said.
Bradac said pipe bombs are made of pieces of tubing filled with
explosives, such as gunpowder, and a propellent, such as ball bearings
or nails. It is activated by a detonator.
Meyers was located Feb. 3 by a .Sheriff's Department deputy, who-
apprehended him in the metro .Detroit area. The deputy was assisted
by Michigan State Police Fire Marshal and Bureau of .Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms officials.
In addition to the bombing, Henderson received a threatening letter
written in crayon, Bradac said. He would not release the letter's
contents.
Meyere' bond was set at $50,000 — $25,000 for each charge. He
must pay 10 percent, $5,000, to be relea.sed from the Isabella County
Jail.
As of Tuesday. Meyers' bond had not been posted, court records
stated.
The maximum punishment for the felony charges is 25 years, court
records stated.
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Taking   advantage  of  the  recent  nice  weather. Maureen Simpson, Saranac .sophomore, studies nesr Park .Library Pond.
First felon
State law board admits '74 CMU grad/former convict to bar association
BY PAT HOUSLEY
LIFE SUM Wr.ter
For the first time in state
history a convicted felon has been
admitted to the Michigan Bar
Association.
Daniel Manville, convicted of
manslaughter for a drug-related
1972 chloroform killing in Mount
Pleasant, said the Michigan Board
of Law Examiners approved his
entry to the Bar.
Dennis Donohue, assistant
secretary to the .Law Board, .said
this sets a precedent in Michigan.
"Manville is the first person
convicted of manslaughter
admitted to the bar in Michigan
that I recall or we know of," he
.said.
Manville. a 1974 CMU
graduate, said when he received
the news on Jan. 20, he was
relieved after being "frustrated for
so long."
He said he has waited two years
for state officials to decide if he
was rehabilitated and of "good
moral character."
According to Isabella County
Circuit  Court   records,   Manville
"The public may feel certain crimes mean you can
never practice law, but I personally agree with the
Board's decision. He isn't the person he was in
1972."
—Dennis Donohue,
Assistant secretary to the Michigan Board of Law Examiners
was found guilty of the death of
Rodney Paul McNeill, which
occurred at 1002 S. Main. The
records state McNeill died due to a
reaction from chloroform used
while he was in a highly emotional
state. McNeill was tied up while
Manville questioned him in the
basement of the residence, the
record stated.
Manville served time for the
killing in the Southern Michigan
Prison at Jackson from April 1973
to September 1976.
During his imprisonment he
earned a bachelor of science
degree from CMU, and a master's
degree in criminal justice from
Michigan State University in
1976.
He graduated from Antioch Law
School in Wellington, D.C, in
1982.
Donohue said no one automatically is excluded from licensure
because a 1978 Michigan law
defined a person's present moral
character as the standard to
determine eligibility.
Prior to that, he .said convicted
felons were not admitted to law
schools, although he said even
now some people may not want
Manville to practice law.
The public may feel certain
crimes mean you can never
practice law, but I personally
agree with the Board's decision,"
Donohue said. "He isn't the person
he was in 1972."
Dennis Path, chief investigator
for the Michigan State Bar Association Character and Fitness
Committee, said the committee
investigates the person applying
for a license to detennine if he or
she will  serve the  public  in an
honest and fair manner.
He said although some people
may find admitting Manville
"repugnant," the key is that
Manville admitted his crime, but
went on to rehabilitate himself.
"The key is their contrition. Do
they understand what they did
was wrong? His honesty and
openness about the whole thing
attests to his rehabilitation," Path
said.
Path said some people might
favor a permanent disability
attached to a felony conviction
because lawyers as a whole are
already subject to adverse
publicity.
"Lawyers suffer from a lot of
publicity about being shysters," he
said.
One local attorney has not
changed his position concerning
Manville.
Loren Gray, who defended
Manville for the McNeill killing,
said he hasn't changed his
position from an earlier interview
—   Manville   should   never   be
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Facilitators ready for
initial talks on search
BY MARY FRANCIS
LIFE Ed.tor
Guiding discussion about CMUs next presidential search may
not be an easy task.
But Robert Lisensky, recently chosen as CMU's needs assessment and presidential search facilitator, said the campus
community has no other choice but to solve differences associated
with last year's presidential search.
*My question is: What's the alternative?. . .The institution
having had that experience is ready to find e way to improve the
relationships." said Lisensky, president of National Center for
Higher Education Management Services in Boulder, Colo.
Lisensky — along with co-facilitator Roland Rautenstraus,
former president of the University of Colorado — will be on campus
at the ond of February. They will meet with Board of Trustees
members, the needs assessment/presidential screening committee
and some members of last year's search committee to facilitate
discussion alxmt the qualities needed in CMU's next president.
And the "springboard* for discu.ssion will be CMU's needs
assessment, a study that revealed many faculty had poor relations
with CMU's administration and trustees.
Those poor relations were attributed by many to the appointment
of President Arthur Ellis last February. The Board, in naming Ellis,
bypassed five candidates recommended by a presidential search
committee.
Lisensky said he and Rauten3traus will conduct preliminary
interviews on campus Feb. 25. 26 and 27. They will return for a
formal meeting March 28 to meet with trustees and committee
members.
And the facilitators will compile the results of those meetings in a
document. Lisensky said.
"It'll be a four- or five-page paper interpreting the nature of the
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LIFE LINE
INSIDE
INDEX
Briefly
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U-wet-tiiy Center Study .Lounge Adrce-
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Han ratetakenly buys 6 tons d cow
manure at auction
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Photogiphcf turns her rrssakes Mo
sucresses
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Spaced-out idea
CMU.  HASA ta enter  a^een-^r.t to
promote program
Miller time
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Speaker
sfl attodents/Pagc 8
Men's  basketbal player starts U&ftng
coach's, fans' expecusons
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UFE-wire page2
On The Job page3
Comment pag«4
Bloom County page4
Entaertainment page 6
Spotfcfe page9
Police Reports page 12
Sports page 14
Chippewa Profile P»9el4
Clasdfieds P»9«17
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