1986-11-24; Central Michigan Life

              Central
Michigan
$2 million may be
needed to repair
electrical system
Being   escorted   from   the   courtroom   after   receiving   his
sentence. Michael McCord is ted back to the Isabella County Jail
Friday afternoon.
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Physical Plant officials estimate $2 million in repairs and
improvements are necessary to increase the reliability of CMlTs
electrical system.
And the state of Michigan will fund a $100,000 study of the system
to evaluate CMUs electrical problems.
Physical Plant Director Earl Morrow described the state of the
University's electrical system as a "big problem."
"Repairing it (the electrical system* is top priority on all lists," he
said.
CMU has been plagued with electrical system failures in the last
two years. Since March 5. 1985, at least nine outages have left all or
part of the campus in the dark.
The September floods , resulting in $3.5 million in campus
damages, caused the memorable outage that gave students a
week-long break from classes Sept. 11 to 18.
Morrow said the state-funded study will not begin until it receives
official state approval. He said he hopes the study will be completed
and repairs underway by next spring or summer.
Electrical Project Manager Jim Tryon added: "We have received a
verbal OK from the state, but not a written one."
Tryon said repairs will be funded mainly by the state and partly by
the University.
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McCord family may seek further legal action
Family members of a Mount Pleasant man, sentenced to prison
Friit.i\ for a Mutile.in State University student's stabbing death, said
tin*, an- eon-idering legal action regarding the sentence.
Mich.u*l It McCord. 19. was sentenced Friday to a minimum of seven
and a maximum of 1"- years in prison for voluntary manslaughter.
McCord wa**, convicted Oct. 10 in connection with the stabbing death of
Scott Allen, of Iron Mountain. April 18 at Chipp-A-Water Park.
McCord also was sentenced to a minimum of two and maximum of
four year-, for assault with a dangerous weapon in the wounding of
Scott Allen's brother Craig, Iron Mountain junior.
Isabella County 2lr**l Circuit Court Judge Paul O'Connell made the
rulings on the sentences that are lo be served concurrently.
l/orna Taylor, aunt of the defendant, said Sunday the McCord
family is nut happy with the sentence.
"Wi- are not satisfied. The judge went way outside of the guidelines
set m tin* pre-sentence investigation," Taylor, of Midland, said.
"The pre-sentence report said the sentence should not be for more
than five years. Usually when the probation officer tells the judge the
.sentence should not l>e more than five years, about three, three-and-
a-half, and then the judge says seven to !5 years, that's a big shock."
A pre-trial investigation report including a sentencing guideline
report, a psychological report, and a letter from Defense Attorney C.
Michael (Jorte were submitted to O'Connell prior to sentencing.
Gorte said Sunday the pre-trial report, prepared by Robert S.
laouisell, probation agent for tiu* Department of Corrections,
recommended McCord be incarcerated, but did not recommend a
sentence length.
Family members will Ik- meeting with t'orte Tuesday, Taylor said
Sunday.
"1 won't >av whether v. e will appeal becau.se I caii't Jet," Tay lor --.aid.
Gorte declined to comment what Tuesday's meeting might entail.
O'Connell said Friday in determining McCord's sentence, he
considered two concerns The first was McCord's failure to leave the
scene after the fight and Infore the fatal stabbing. His second and
greater concern, he said, was "what the court considers to be the
vicious attack made upon these victims."
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CLAS manager says theft
incident is embarrassing
BY JOHN D. GONZALEZ
lift  »%■>•>.stjnl Nt-AS Ed:-*.;
.d MATT SHEEHAN
UPL SUM Writer	
A test-stealing incident at
the Center for Learning Assessment Services is un embarrassment to everyone involved, said
CLAS manager Duane Goupell.
"It's an embarrassment to
me, the testing center and the
University," Goupell said
Friday of the incident, being
investigated by the Department of Public Safety.
The integrity of the University is at stake."
"At the end though, the truth
will come out," he added.
Goupell said the "breach of
security" occurred at the
testing center and allegedly
involved an employee or
employees.
He   said   Friday   that   40 ,
student-employees work at the
testing center this semster.
The test for ACC 201: "Financial Accounting" allegedly .was
stolen, Goupell said. The test
was administered to students
the week of Nov. 3-7, said
Goupell, who has been at CLAS
since January 1980.
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CMU names top scholars
for December graduation
BY SALLY GIRARp
Valedictorian Debbie
i.aHonte and Salutatorian
Lynn Mitchell will lead the
procession of 1.7-49 undergraduates at the Dec l.'i commencement
Hegi.-tr.ir Paul Schmidt said
I-lPiillte. Spalding senior. Will
graduate as a computer science
anii mathematics major with a
Ii lJ,S grade point average
Mitchell. Midland senior, has a
S 9"> GPA She majored in
seiem e
l..iH.iiite .-aid she plans to
work for awhile before going
back to school fur her master's
degree in computer science
She -N-ud she has not decided
where she \mI| complete her
schooling
L.aBONTE
MITCHELL
She said she hopes to find a
|ob as a systems analyst Her
work would probably involve
analyzing business situations
and designing computer
programs or systems that
\sould In-st fit the company's
Heeds
1-iBonte said she would like
to live on the east coast In-cause
"the area is Inautifu! and I
could work in the city hut still
live in the country."
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Office finishes RA probe
BY FONTELLA WHITE
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CMC's Affirmative Action Office has completed it.s investigation
into the firmg of a Carey Hall resident assistant and expects to report
it.s findings to University officials this week
Affirmative Action Officer Marshall Rose has been investigating the
Oct   22 firing of 2nd floor Carey RA Warren McCreary.
McCreary. Saginaw senior, was fired when he retumedafter leaving
Turkey troubles
Bird is favorite prey for annual feast
BY BETH MENGE
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Consider the plight of the turkey
When Thanksgiving rolls around, it's not the vacation or the football
games or even the cranberries that most wait for — it's the big juicy-
bird that dominates the holiday.
Area retailers say Thanksgiving is the holiday for turkey .sales, and
in late Novemlier the turkey survival rate must plummet -- even
though it's said you are what you eat
"We .sell about one-quarter of the birds at Christmas than we sell at
Thanksgiving." said Hill Brewer, meat cutter at D & M Foodland Inc.,
705 E. Hroadway.
Hams are most popular at Christmas, he added.
Brewer said the store has sold about twice as many birds this year
compared to last year. He said it might be attributed to low prices.
Turkey costs about ~9 cents a pound, while roast lieef. on special, is
atxiut $1.21) a pound, he said
Kic's Food Center. ?()"> S Mission, ordered al>out 1.200 turkeys, and
meat wrapper Ed Yuncker said he expects all of them to he sold by-
Thursday
Yuncker said the store has run out of the birds In-fore Thanksgiving
in the past. Turkeys tipping the scales at about lfi jxmnds are most
popular, he added.
Yuncker said when choosing a si/e, shoppers should plan to buy
one-third to one-half pound for each person.
Sales are comparable to last year's at Farmer Jack Market. 2129 S
Mission, meat wrapper Deb (lay said. Slit- .-aid the 18- to 19-pound
birds sell best KS'".* * ■*"*      *•-•'
Randy Thrush, meat wrapper at Kroger Co . 1907 S  Mission, said      f^^A^A_^
the store has been selling a lot of 20 pound birds  He urged customers
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Although this  torn  turkey does seem  indifferent,  not
turkeys can be as apathetic this week.
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