1987-02-06; Central Michigan Life

              BY MARK ALLEN
.   UFE Assist** New* Enter
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*-  CMU may close He freshman enrollment as soon as the end of
February — the earliest date in the University's history.
>  And  CMU  is  months  ahead  of schedule  when  it  comes  to
applications.
' "We have more applications now than we did the first of Msy last
year* Admissions Director Mike Owens said.
By Feb. 1. more than 10.000 students had applied to attend CMU in
the fail semester — a 20 percent increase over the same time last year,
Owens said.
Between 450 and 70 applications are coming in every day. he said.
"We've never received so many this soon," Owens said. If this
continues, he said, by next week the Admissions Office will have
received more applications than in all of the 1985-66 academic year.
Just fewer than 7,000 students have been accepted to CMU, and
more than 2,000 already paid their $80 enrollment deposit.
And if the number of .paid enrollment deposits tops 3,000, Central
may have to use a waiting list, Owens ssid.
Owens said the University always accepts more students than it has
room for. assuming many students will chose to go elsewhere. But if
many more than 3,000 send in the fees. CMU may have to inform
students sending in money doesn't guarantee enrollment, Owens said.
- "If you don't manage it well you end up with people with tears in
their eyes." Owens said.
' Closing freshman enrollment eariy is nothing new to CMU — it's
been done for 12 consecutive years. But usually it doesn't happen until
late April or eariy May, Owens said. Previously, the earliest the
University closed enrollment was late March 1981, he said.
But this year, the latest freshman admissions could close is early
March. Owens said.
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Trustee formulates get-even student tax
BY WAYNE KAMIDOI
LIFE Managing Editor	
Tongue in cheek, maybe, but
it's his way of getting CMU even.
Board of Trustees* member
William Odykirk has formulated
an approach to bring to light the
"financially deplorable situation"
the University is in.
The fall semester's billing statement arrives. The basics are
there.
Tuition and fees: $705.
Residence-hall room and board:
$1,308. The Board of Trustees
anti-discrimination/equal opportunity tax: $1,266.63.
Wait a minute. The Board of
Health forces
Buddy Rich to
cancel concert
. Legendaryja/z drumrru-r Buddy
Rich will nol make his Friday the
13th CMU performance.
- CMCs luck with Rich has not
b«vn good — this is the second
time Kich had to cancel a CMU
appearance for health reasons.
Rich, ho-pitalbed more than a
week ago. was scheduled to
highlight CML's 14th annual Jazz
WWkend. In-ginning Feb. 13.
University Evmts Director Jim
Ijjmh.ird >.nd Rich postponed his
CML* performance after he was
admitted lo the University of
California at Los Angeles medical
center for extensive testing last
week.
Lombard said they are not
seeking a replacement at this
time. Starting Monday University
Events will be distributing
refunds at Warriner Box Office
from 8 to 10 a.m. and 1 to 4 p.m.
But this isn't the first time Rich
has canceled a CMU appearance.
Lombard added.
"Thn-e or four year* ago.uhey
had to cancel 'his performancei
bt-cause he had a massive heart
attack " Ixmhard -aid
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Trustees    anti-discrimination/
equal opportunity tax? $1,266.63?
"Not too many students would
like   that,   would   they?"   said'
Odykirk, chairman of the Board's
finance committee.
However — based on Gov.
Blanchard's proposed 1988 fiscal-
year budget — $1,266.63 is what
CMU would need to tax each
student to equalize the dollars per
student the state is allocating to
Western Michigan University.
All tolled, the hypothetical tax
would generate CMU an
additional $20.3 million in a
single shot. Odykirk said.
"If that resolution doesn't pass
the Board, let's be equal to
Eastern Michigan," he said.
That would mean a $455.63
per-student tax and $7.3 million
in added revenue.
"Through this dry sense of
■ humor, maybe people will see
what I'm saying," Odykirk said.
For the put decade, legislators
have "ripped us off and run us
over," he said, and it's time for
drastic measures.
Or, at least, put the numbers in
perspective.
"We are in a deplorable situation. I have never seen such
blatant economic-nolitical discrimination in my life," he said.
"We're not at the back ofthe bus
anymore. We've been pushed right
out of the back of the bus."
In 1987-88, Central is slated to
receive $2,940.47 per fiscal-year
equated student (FYES) — an
$86.82 increase from this year.
EMU, though, is in line to
receive $3,396.28 per FYES in
'87-'88. which is a $114.56 hike.
And Western's FYES will go up
$137.56 from this year's $4,069.54
per-student allocation.
Odykirk said the inequities are
caused by uniform percentage
increases. The state, he said, has
not considered factors, such as
CMUs increasing enrollment.
The "87-*88 numbers do not
include a yet-to-be-determined
formula funding model that would
distribute $15 million among the
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OOYW
SCHOOL
Eastern Michigan   .
Ferris State
Grand Valley State
Uke Superior State
Northern Michigan
Sag-naw Valley State
U ol Michigan-Oearbofn
U. oi Michigan-Flint
Getting even
Board of Trustees* reenter Wiffiam Odykirk farntuWed a
tiypothetical tax that would make CMU fir-ancialh; equal to
other colleges and unn-astiet.
Column 2 indicates the tax Central would have to levy in
order to be on par, based on the respective institutions'
per-student funding Ggores.: Cota-**»3 renreaenb the
appro-ornate rewnue ths
uxmuoBff
-   REYEMa*
$455.81
$7,312,559
S32L70
$5,161,033
$465.70
$7,471,225
$1,005.29
$16,126,584
$2,398.47
$38,478,654
$408.30
$6,550,356
$185.44
$2,975,013
$399.43
$6,408,055
Courts lenient to non-violent criminals
by marcia Mcdonald
l ''r Staff Wrier
Non-violent first offenders and students may
get a break from the Isabella County court
system.
The county takes a hard line, however, when
sentencing perpetrators of violent crime.
~We try to be
tolerant with
first offenders
of non-violent
crimes.
Sometimes, by
being too
heavy-handed
you can create
a      hardened
criminal."   Isabella   County   Prosecutor  Joseph
Barberi said.
He said when students get into trouble with the
law he does take into account their youth and
classroom commitments.
"I believe the only difference between a juvenile
delinquent and a normal kid is that one gets
taught. We all do dumb things. I have. We take
into account whether the sentence will ruin a life.
If someone commits a non-violent crime he is
u>ually charged with a misdemeanor." Barberi
-aid
The type of charge against a defendant dictates
ihe length of the sentence. Barberi said his office
M.t> the maximum sentence and also classifies
the crime as a misdemeanor or a felony.
The judge presiding over a case decides the
-entence. Judges have the discretion to prescribe
any -entence. within Mate guidelines and U.S.
Supreme Court rules If a judge wants to
pre-cribe .■ sentence outside the guidelines, he or
-he mu-t slate on record his or her reason for
fining >o. Barberi said.
Age also is a factor in determi iing a defen-
d.int'> >entence. Barberi said
The Isabella County court system tries to
prevent an individual from becoming a repeat
• ilfender. Barberi said.
"1 believe in progressive punishment. The first
time you commit a crime we consider you more
than we consider the crime." Barberi said.
Specific crimes, however, are not open to plea
bargaining in Isabella County, regardless of the
defendant's age.
A plea bargain is a deal made between the
prosecution and the defense, in which the
defendant agrees to plead guilty to a charge
lesser than the original one.
"In our county, if >ou commit an armed
inhlKTV. be assured a minimum of three years in
prison for a first offense. We don't plea bargain
i rimes of violence." Bar!>en added
A violent crime would he defined as any one in
which the defendant had the opportunity to
cummit physical injury   Barberi said.
Residential breakings and entenngs are not
plea bargained because they cause fear. Barberi
-aid. Crimes against senior citizens, cases
involving drug sales and felonies committed with
a gun also are not plea bargained.
"We don't plea any "one with a gun gets you two'
iases   Any     felony committed  with   a  gun   is
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Minority faculty, students
receive letter from Ellis
encouraging recruitment
BY MARK LaROSA
1'resideM Aiihur Ell:- i- .i-k:r-g miP'iuue- I'm help in nt-ruiting
oi her mmoril i•■-
Kill- .i-Im-.i CMC's inin..m\ -indent- and t.unity |..r as-i-i.imv in
i' iiuilm^ u'her minorities m ■< letter sent lo their hurries during
( In i-tmas break
The motivation v\a- thai we have not liet-n
-lines.kil in getting minorities to come here, we
ii ive to .u know ledge that we have a problem and
v .-if g»>t in du something about it." Elh- -.iid
In the letter. Kill- a-ked I hem to tell friend- CML'
i- .i great plan   in go In school and work
The letter ml.nmed it- u-eipients the Cimer-itv
u.nit-    help    in   P-iruiting   a    more   racially-   and
i:hrm.illv-dnei -e student  liody   Ellis added he i-
(ii lermir.eil   to  expand  initiatives   in  the  minority —■
in.; h.i.i.i-»  ni .uademu and social benefits
Central ha- an enrollment of 6b4 minority -indents this semester.
KM.- -ugge-ted minority -tudents go back to their high -i hool- and
■    .< ..Ml age trienrl- to cun-lder CMC    Faculty   member- Were ,i-keri to
■•anleihel"ni\ei-ity with nam**.- and add re—e- ot people w h.. might
' ■   niti'ie-ted in a Job
ll.ith -indent- and fa. ulty were encouraged to -ubmit idea- ,• how
»  MC-ioulH mure effecti\ely recruit employees and -tudents
"We think ihe letter ha- an educational value for the Cniver-it\ a- a
whole." -aid Marshall F'o-e   Affirmative Action nlTicrr
'We want -tudeot- to interact with a large diver-ity of pe-ople "
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LIFE LINE
Briefly
Students *ho haw not pded tap the*
Fmhman fUcortt may do to Honda-,
throur^i Friday from 10ant to 4 pm. in
the Student Cowmmcnt Association
Office The cftct b braird n the lower
lewd oi the Bovn Unvenay Center
faun ID. raqutad.
INSIDE
INDEX
Preserving the past	
h_h« American student seeks fftonna- «—» r%
Knabouherhenage IY&Q£ 6
'Hail Mary'	
GodarcT s curawenial _m about Jesus <-% o
mdwbt-^-o-**! /rase a
Splashing success
Broadu.ay's   RamrMker'
sale, not dnzrfe
expected  to
/Page 6
Crushed Cardinals
CMU men s baske-bal lean defeats Btl
Sate. 8057
/Page 10
UFE-wtre page 2
CM-YOU page3
Comment page 4
Boom County page 4
Entertainment page 6
Spotlfe page 6
LIFEstyles pageS
Police Reports page9
Court Reports. page 9
Sports page 10