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WEDNESDAY
April22,1987
Political-science prof removed from classes
BY BETH MENGE
LIFE New* Eckto-f
Chair says administrator requested action
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Some political-science faculty members said
professor Elias Sam'o is no longer teaching in the
department and was named in a sexual harassment
complaint
"There were allegations of sexual harassment
against him," said Thaddeus Zolty, associate
professor of political science.
Sam'o could not be reached for comment at his
Mount Pleasant residence or Anspach Hall office
Tuesday afternoon or evening.
Delbert Ringquist, political science department
chairman, sent a memo to faculty members Monday
stating Sam'o no longer will be teaching in the
County prosecutor
seeks tougher stance
on underage drinking
BY MARCIA McDONALD
LIFE StjH Wr-ter	
Minors who are caught publicly drinking by police may Find
themselves paying stiff penalties next year, if the Isabella County
prosecutor has his way.
Prosecutor Joseph Barberi has worked several months to get
support for legislation which would make possession of alcohol by
minors a criminal ofTense in Michigan.
Currently, minors in possession of alcohol are committing a civil
infraction, Barberi said. Minors cited for the offense receive a $25
ticket, and according to Barberi,
that is not much of a deterrent
from committing the offense
again.
"It's a 90-day misdemeanor
now. The person gets a $25 fine
and that's it. There is no record
kept of the incident. That's no
deterrent," he added.
The legislation has not yet been
introduced to the State House of
Rep-r^sentatiTea ur -tar-thc* fleiiaf?-
but Barberi said he has discussed
the proposed change with 99th
District Rep. Joanne Emmons,
R-Big Rapids.
Tm personally going to take
action to get the legislation
through. I'm hopeful it will reintroduced this year," Barberi
said. He said he does not know if
or when the legislation would
pass.
Emmons could not be reached for comment.
If possession of alcohol by a minor is made a criminal offense,
punishment will be much harsher, Barberi said.
"The statute dealing with illegal distribution of alcohol has two
parts. One part deals with a 90-day misdemeanor, the other deals with
a one-year felony," Barberi said.
Barberi said the 90-day misdemeanor is appropriate for situations
typical of University atmospheres, where people are drinking beer
from kegs. The remainder ofthe statute deals with what Barberi calls
the "true" blind pips — unlicensed bars. This is a much more serious
ofTense and is a felony, punishable with a year in jail.
Barlieri said treating possession of alcohol by minors as a criminal
offense would provide a deterrent because ofthe fine.
"Minor in possession would be a simple misdemeanor, the same as
any traffic offense. It would be punishable with a $100 fine. That's the
department. Two faculty members arc coordinating
instruction of Sam'o's classes.
Ringquist, associate professor of political science,
said R. William Dunham, associate vice provost for
faculty contractual relations, told him to remove
Sam'o from the classes.
"What the University (through Dunham) did was
to inform me that I could move to fill those classes
with faculty members from the department,"
Ringquist said late Tuesday.
Ringquist declined to comment on why the
University requested Sam'o not finish the semester.
"A decision was reached between Professor Sam'o
and   the   University   last   week,"  Ringquist   said
Monday, referring further questions to Dunham.
Dunham is University spokesman for a sexual
harassment investigation involving charges against
a political-science faculty member. He has refused to
name the faculty member in that complaint.
Also, Tuesday morning Dunham would not
comment about Sam'o's removal.
Barbara Greene, associate professor of political
science, said Ringquist asked her Friday to coordinate instruction of Sam'o's PSC 351: "International
Relations." Martha Logsdon, associate professor of
political science, will coordinate Sam'o's PSC 150:
"World Politica.-
Political-science faculty will present various
lectures in the classes, and Zolty will grade the 22
PSC 351 term papers due May 1, Greene added.
Greene said she has the grades from the first two
multiple-choice exams Sam'o administered. She said
she will write the final multiple-choice exam.
Logsdon said she was too busy to be interviewed
Tuesday.
Two female CMU students said they filed
sexual-harassment complaints against Sam'o in
March.
The student who filed the first complaint aaid all
department faculty members and some of Sam'o's
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Albert  L. Manley,  South  African   UN  ambassador,  speaks
about his country's situation amid protest Monday in the Bovee
University Center Auditorium.
Conference beset by demonstrators
BY MARK LaROSA
and JACKIE RYNIAK
LiFE S*.-|!f Wrlt-rs	
An on-campus appearance
by a South African diplomat
sparked several anti-apartheid
protests Monday and Tuesday.
Members of tht- Creative
Peace Movement and the
Mount Pleasant Coalition
Against Apartheid picketed
and interrupted South African
ambassador Albert L. Manley's
appearance     Monday,     and
rallied against apartheid
Tuesday.
Manley's speech. "Prevailing
Situations in Southern Africa:
A Briefing." was part of the
16th Annual United Nations
Conference — "Struggle for
Power and Security: Cooperation or Conflict."
The conference was organized l>y Henry H. Han.
professor of political science,
and funded by the CMU President's Office
About 30 protesters carried
signs with anti-apartheid
slogans in front of Bovee
University Center two hours
prior to South African Ambassador All>ert 1. Manley's 3 p m.
speech in the UC Auditorium.
Protesters also sat on the
floor in front of the stage with
their hacks to Manley. interrupting his presentation hy
walking out and shouting
various        questions and
comments.
Liz Glass, a Creative Peace
Movement   member,   said   the
protesters walked out at
mid-speech because Manley
was telling lies about the South
African situation and they
didn't feel the need to listen to
them.
"If I would have stayed I
would have gotten mad. I just
can't sit and take lies," Glass,
Holland sophomore, said.
Prior to the presentation, a
cardboard and corrugated
metal shanty was constructed
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University claims exemption from
liability in campus sexual assault
BY MARCIA McDONALD
LIFE Slat' Wrier
CMU Housing does not operate for profit
according to a University response to a lawsuit filed
by a woman allegedly sexually assaulted in Carey
Hall.
The woman, a freshman living in Carey Hall in
1985, was a victim of rape and'or attempted rape in
her room, according to the complaint. She is suing
the University on the premise it maintained a
defective building by having inadequate security
personnel, and because an emergency warning
device was not included in each room so occupants
could call security.
Jerry Tubbs, vice president for Business and
Finance, filed an affidavit April 6 in the Michigan
State Court of Claims in l-ansing.
The affidavit states the CMU residence hall
program "was not, is not, and has not ever been
conducted primarily for pecuniary profit for CMU
and'or the State of Michigan."
University lawyers filed a motion March 25 that
claims the case should be dismissed. The motion
states CMU is immune to all tort liability cases
when it is performing a government function, under
the Government Immunity Act.
The   woman's   lawyers,   however,   claim   the
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