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WEDNESDAY
October 22,1986
Rally on the run
GOP gubernatorial candidate Lucas
hopes to garner last-minute votes
BY BETH MENGE
LIFE Assistant News EAto*
The Republican gubernatorial team is counting down the hours
and miles until the Nov. 4 election.
Lieutenant governor hopeful Colleen Engler, R-Mount Pleasant, is
counting the hours — 13 days and five hours until the election, she
said Tuesday afternoon during an on-campus rally.
Her running mate. Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Lucas,
is adding up the miles.
Lucas arrived an hour late to a standing ovation after flying in from
Cadillac.
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ELECTION
College Republicans rallied Tuesday at tha Bovee Univenity
Center with speakers, from left to right, gubernatorial candidate
Bill Lucas, his running mate. Colleen Engler. 99th District state
House candidate Joanne Emmons and incumbent U.S. House
Representative Bill Schuette, R-Stanford.
He said he has been busy
traveling around Michigan and he
would be stopping at rallies in the
towns of Blanchard and Lucas
later Tuesday.
The rally, sponsored by the
College Republicans in Lhe Bovee
University Center ballroom,
featured state office Beekers Lucas, Engler. U.S. Rep. Bill Schuette,
R-Sanford, and Joanne Emmons, candidate for the 99th District state
House.
At the rally, Lucas told students to get out and vote Nov. 4. adding
the gap between himself and Blanchard will narrow.
This is an election that I am confident, no matter what the polls
Please See RALLY Page 13
700 new chairs spruce
look at UC Reservation,
carry $35,000 price tag
Park developer to miss Board talks
BY DEAN HARTENBURG
LIFE Stjff Writer
The last step in refurbishing the Bovee University Center
Reservation was completed Friday with the placement of 700 new
chairs which carry a total price tag of $35,000.
Although she haa not seen the purchase order, Barbara Reigler,
associate director of Housing and Food Services, estimated the co«t
of the chairs at about $50 each.
She said the chairs are wooden with tan canvas cushions, much
like those used in the Woldt and Barnard food commons.
Jean Lindley, assistant vice president for Residences and
Auxiliary Services, said the chairs were funded with money set
aside in the maintenance fund for the Reservation. Lindley said she
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BY JACKIE BRAUN
LIFE Copy Ed (or
University Park is the sole
topic of Thursday's special Board
of Trustees meeting, but the
director ofthe corporation responsible for the park's development
will not attend.
George Dunn, executive director
of Middle Michigan Development
Corp., said the trustees did not
formally invite him to attend,
therefore he will not go to the
special meeting in Lansing.
The meeting is open to the
public, but Dunn said he still will
not attend without a formal
invitation.
"I   won't   go   unless   I've   been
invited because I work for the
trustees. If they wanted me to be
there, I'd be invited. I won't go on
my own as much as I would like to
be there," Dunn said.
MMDC is the umbrella agency
responsible for economic development in the central Michigan
area, including the 480-acre
technological park, located south
of campus.
LaBounty said Dunn was not
formally invited, because the
meeting does not concern the
MMDC director.
"This doesn't relate to him in
any way. MMDC is a community-
wide organization. We're talking
about University property and
how to handle that property,"
LaBounty said. "It isn't that we're
excluding him, it's just that it
doesn't really concern him."
Dunn, however, did not agree.
"I work for the University. . .as
a marketing arm for the University, thus (I work for) the trustees.
So, the park and what the trustees
propose to do with the park
concerns me," Dunn said.
University Park is a high-tech
park being developed to house
corporations that would complement CMU departments. Tenants
of the park will be able to utilize
faculty consultants and studenta
as interns, in addition to sharing
facilities and equipment with the
University.
The University contributes
$25,000 in revenue to MMDC's
budget to market University Park,
according   to   MMDC's   financial
statement for the 1986 fiscal year.
Dunn said his expertise in
economic development could be a
good resource for trustees at
Thursday's meeting.
"I know more about economic
development than anyone in the
community. I've be«n doing it for
12years," Dunn said. "I would like
to be available to serve as a
resource."
LaBounty said in an earlier
interview the special meeting's
purpose is to discuss the role and
expectations for the park with all
the trustees. Not all eight trustees
were members of the Board when
the park project began five years
ago,   LaBounty   said.
Southeast campus
left in the dark by
latest power outage
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BY MARK LaROSA
UFE StjM V.t'.,'1
Sorority success
Phi Sigma Sigma house earns city kudos
For the third time in two months, CMU's campus
suffered a power outage
The southeast section of campus was left in the
dark as the outage struck University buildings at
3:38 a.m. Monday.
Power was lost in the Washington Court apartments, the Public Broadcasting building. Telecommunications, the powerhouse and eight residence
halls. Students in Merrill, Sweeney. Beddow,
Thorpe, Woldt, Emmons. Saxe and Herrig halls
were left without power.
Physical Plant workers restored power to all the
buildings by 7:30 p.m. Monday.
Jon MacLeod, assistant vice president for
Physical Plant, said a T-splice failed to function
causing the outage. The malfunctioningT-splice was
located in a manhole near the eastern comer of
Washington Court apartments along Ojibway
Street.
A T-splice is an electrical connector used to tap
power off one line and lead it to another.
Another problem occurred Monday afternoon
when a high-power fuse in the Woldt complex blew
during testing ofthe repaired lines.
"The problem was found at 11:30 this morning ond
we've been working on it all day," MacLeod said
Monday. "What happened was water seeped into the
T-splice and a new one had to be made to replace it.
"A T-splice is not too hard to make," Macl^eod
said. "It's just a very time-consuming process. The
whole thing has to be taped and waterproofed."
BY MARCIA McDONALD
LIFE Statf Writer	
A CMU sorority has the Mount
Pleasant Planning Commission
eating its words.
The Phi Sigma Sigma sorority
house, 514 S. Main, won the
Community Improvement Award
in the residential category for
improvements made in 1985. But
two years ago the commission
refused the sorority's request to
move into and renovate the
approximately 100-year-old house.
"It's ironic that the Planning
Commission would give us the
award after turning us down.
They had to eat their words," said
Linda Coyne, adviser for Phi
Sigma Sigma, a member of
Panhellenic Council.
At Monday's presentation,
Planning Commission member
Mary Ellen Brandell said the
award was special for a number of
reasons.
One is the commission's original
refusal, she said, but the award
also is unique because a student
residence has never captured it
before.
Coyne purchased the Victorian
style house two years ago.
intending to rent it to the sorority.
The sorority wanted to renovate
the property "to transform it as
best we could to its original state,"
Coyne said.
"When we first proposed (the
improvements) to the commission,
we were turned down. They felt
that it would be a nuisance having
one more large group on Main
Street, mostly because of noise.
And they didn't think it would
improve the aesthetic value at
all," Coyne said.
The group then turned to the
Zoning Board of Appeals which
accepted the plans.
Trees and bushes were stripped
away, the house was sanded and
repainted and numerous repairs
were made inside and outside.
The house has seven bedrooms,
three bathrooms, a large front
foyer, dining room, living room
and kitchen — all furnished with
Victorian furniture. The basement
was converted into a recreation
room, with a spiral staircase.
The    Planning   Commission
annually presents the award in
two categories: commercial and
residential. The award is given to
building owners that make the
greatest visual improvements.
Planning committee members
nominate and vote for the award
winners.
"It's great that they recognize
students as being able to contribute to the community in this
way," said Kristin Burns,
Plymouth senior and house
manager.
The award itself is a drawing of
the winning building. This year's
artist was Amy Lumetta, a 1986
CMU graduate.
The drawings are given to the
winners for one week, and then
are hung in the City Hall Commission Chambers for one year. They^
will be returned to the winners
permanently at the year's close.
*I think other fraternities and
sororities on campus have noticed
our house and made improvements. I think it has done a lot to
help other groups clean up their
houses, too," Coyne said.
Phi Sigma Sigma sorority members re-mod-
eled their house to be the first student residence
to receive the Community Improvement Award.
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After Fnday and through Nov. 25.
students must be earning a passing
grade to withdraw with a "W"
Withdrawal Request Cards are available at the Registrar's Office.
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