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WEDNESDAY
June 17.1987
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VOLUME 70, NUMBER 88
MOUNT PLEASANT, MI 48859
• 1987 CM LIFE
12 PAGES
Increased funding
for CMU proposed
BY BRYAN LAVIOLETTE
UFEEdtor
Things keep getting better aU the time fbr CMU aa the
MW*fr»i» Boom ot Representatives bill oo Higher Education
makee if way through the legislature.
Senate Majority Leader John Engler, R-Mount Pleasant,
proposed an amendment Wedneeday to the Senate's venioa of the
Higher Education bill which would earmark $3.3 million more for
CMU in 1967-88. That figure ia in addition to the &9 percent
increase the 8enate subcommittee on Higher Education already
recommended to tbe whole Senate.
Prior to the propoaal of the &9 percent increase, the House
paaaed a version of the MD which gives a 6.7 percent state funding
increase to CMU. Got. James Blanchard recommended a 4.5
percent Increase for all Michigan colleges and universities to the
legislature.
Richard Miller, executive assistant to the preaident for
governmental relations, said CMU could not have done better in
the Senate.
"Needlees to say, I left the balcony with a smile on my face,"
Miller said after Wednesday's Senate session.
JefT McAlvey, Engler's administrative aide, said the Senate
passed hs version of the Higher Education bill with little
opposition Thursday. He added the vote was "near unanimous."
Miller ssid most likely the bill now will be sent to a joint
conference committee where the House and Senate will make
compromises on the bill
Miller said he expects some changes before the bill becomes
final.
"None of the figures from the House version and the Senate
version will stay the same," Miller said.
The joint committee must work to resolve two issues before
Please See FUNDING Page 11
New presidential search begins,
more information to be provided
BY BRYAN LAVIOLETTE
UFEEdrtor	
This year's presidential
search haa begun, and
guidelines surrounding
information released have
been altered as CMU is
destined to get a new president, officials say.
CMU is in the process of
conducting its second
presidential search in the
last three years, and offidala
have promised to keep
communication lines open
with the University
community.
1 think you need to be as
open as you can, but at the
same time respect the confidentiality of the candidates,"
Donald Bertsch, presidential
screening committee
chairman said.
In summer, 1985, a search
was initiated to replace
President Harold Abel In
December, the search
committee recommended
five candidates to the Board
of Trustees. The Board was
to pick CMU's next president
from those five candidates.
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The Board decided against
all five candidates, in favor
of then Acting President
Arthur Ellis.
Bertsch, Counseling
Center director, said a
variety of problems plagued
the last search, but added he
doesnt want to second-guess
the previous committee.
All involved with the last
search were extremely
dedicated,   and   extremely
PVease See SEARCH Page 9
Smooth ride
Construction workers smooth freshly laid asphalt Monday afternoon. Ths asphalt mix will
soon become CMU's new parking lot number 33.
Orientation sessions
enlighten new students
BY KRIS HAHN
LIFE News Editor
Approximately 700 new CMU students are expected to arrive
Thursday for orientation, bringing high hopes aa well as high
anxiety.
"Most students, freshmen in particular, have a great concern
about (whether they) are going to make it academically, socially
and in the different lifestyle they will have in college," Orientation
Director Donald Holland said.
Holland, associate professor at the Counseling Center, said 30
student mentors and eight faculty counselors have just returned
from five days of intensive orientation training on Beaver-Island.
Orientation allows new CMU students an opportunity to select
their courses after meeting and working with academic counselors
and advisors, he said.
Through working with counselors and student mentors,
students can feel more at ease in the lifestyle they will be living
during the upcoming semester, he said.
Counselors also help studenta better understand things like
what a general course load is, selection of a major or a minor and
how to use the bulletin, Holland said.
They also answer questions about the college lifestyle and
adjustments which must be made, such as learning good study
habits. Holland said.
Please See ORIENT Page 9
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EnergyFest brings variety of activities
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BY JACKIE RYNIAK
LIFE Managing Editor
EnergyFest '87, a celebration of human and natural resources,
will bring parades, shows, competitions and displays to Mount
Pleasant Friday through Sunday.
EnergyFest, now in its third year, emphasizes the Mount
Pleasant area's "tremendous activism and volunteerism,"
EnergyFest Chairman Mike Mobey said. #
Featured events indude a Michigan aesquicentennial parade on
Saturday, beginning on campus at 11 a.m., and ending at Island
Park, which haa been renamed Heritage Island for EnergyFest,
Mobey said.
The parade has been one of the biggest and best in the area,"
Mobey said.
The parade will feature a patriotic float, bands, civil war
costumes and scheduled appearances by Miss Michigan and Miss
Isabella County.
Eventa new to the EnergyFest agenda include a lumberjack
ahow, a aesquicentennial birthday party, and a living museum
featuring people doing arts and crafts as they were done 100 years
ago, Jim Sandy, Mount Pleasant Chamber of Commerce Executive
Director.
Please See EM9M3Y Page 2
NEWS
County landfill will be closed
again page 3
COMMENT
State Senate version of the
higher education ball good news
for CMU page4
SPORTS
Coaches find things to do in off
seasons page 8