1984-04-02; Central Michigan Life

              Central Michigan LIFE
Vol. 66 No. 70
© 1984 CM LIFE
14 pages
Mount Pleasant. Mich. 488S9
Monday. April 2,1984
Local geophysical corporation
Park may get first tenant
by ROBERT ISELER
UFE Managing Editor
Before Aangstrom Precision
Corporation can become the
first tenant in University Park
a series of "milestones" have
to take place, according to
George Dunn, executive director of Middle Michigan Development Corporation.
One of those milestones is
the securing of $1.57 million in
federal and state grants which
may be applied for through the
city at tonight's Mount
Pleasant City Commission
meeting, Dunn said. The meet
ing is at 7 p.m. in the Municipal
Building, 120S. University.
The most critical hurdle for
the project, which is expected
to cost SI.75 million and bring
84 new workers to the area
within the next two years, is
the approval of the project by
the Board of Trustees and its
agreement to a land lease.
Dunn said.
Before the proposal for the
project reaches the trustees, it
must be approved by the University Park Board, an advisory panel to President Harold
Abel.
Dunn said a meeting of the
University Park Board is scheduled for Thursday, however,
Abel would neither confirm
nor deny that a meeting will
take place.
The Isabella County Economic Development Corporation
Board authorized up to SI million in tax bonds for the project
Firday. However, Dunn said a
buyer for the bonds still has to
be found.
"It is a very complex process," Dunn said, adding there
are between 10and 15other important "milestones" which
have to take place before th
project can be a reality.
"I don't remember all of
them and I'd hate to start (listing them) for fear I would
leave something out." Dunn
said Sunday.
Although there are many
pieces to the project, Dunn said
he has "a good feeling" about
the project.
Groundbreaking for the project could take place as early as
this summer in the high technology park on University land
south of Kelly Shorts Stadium,
Dunn said.
♦See "Tenant" — page 13
Faith healer delivers service
by DAN TREVAS
UFE Start Writer
Few performers in the world
have the ability to make a person pass out with the touch of a
hand, but such an individual
did Thursday evening.
Mahesh Chavda. world-
renowned faith healer, delivered his "miracle service" to
a crowd of more than 200 people at West Intermediate
School, 440 S.Bradley.
Chavda, who lives in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles and
works out of his established
ministry in Fort Lauderdale,
Fla., travels the world extensively, preaching Christianity.
"I am certainly not the healer. Jesus Christ is the healer. I
am a point of contact," Chavda
said in his lecture.
Chavda, a native of India and
born a member of the Hindu
faith, converted to Christianity
and began preaching approximately 14 years ago.
Chavda primed his audience for healing with the one-
and-a-half hour lecture which
included some of his most
memorable and significant
"healings" that he has performed, and an explanation of
what is to be expected from his
services.
"People will feel a great current of electricity, warmth and
tingling going through their
bodies," Chavda said.
Approximately 75 people
approached Chavda to receive
the healing.
Several of the participants,
who wish to cure problems
from heart disease to weight
gain, fell to the ground after
being counseled and touched
by Chavda.
"It's not really passing out.
but a real peaceful and relaxing feeling." Yvonne Savage.
Coral junior, said after the service.
The audience that witnessed
Chavda's "miracle" service
♦See "Service"—page 12
A member of Rev. Mehesh Chavda's congregation rests on the floor following a
prayer during a faith healing se-^sion at West Intermediate Cafetorium Thursday
night.
A-Senate to hear
*
2 proposals
by H.V.WOOD
UFE Staff Writer
The Academic Senate will
consider recommendations
on the University Program
and changes in the faculty
grievance policy at its meeting Tuesday.
The General Education
Subcommittee of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee submitted five proposals to the UCC for evaluation. Senate Chairwoman
Martha Smith, said.
The Senate sent the report
back to the General Education Subcommittee earlier
this year for updating. Smith
said.
The first proposal will create a data base to study how
students select and use University Program courses.
Smith said.
"Do they tend to use the
University Program courses
for their majors or minors?
Or if the class is not on their
major or minor, how is it
being used? How many
courses within each group
(category of classes) are
available?," Smith said.
The second proposal will
be to develop learning policies for all the University
Program class subgroups as
well as the entire program,
shesaid.
The policies would help
faculty in course development, the General Education
Subcommittee in considering new courses and the UCC
in overseeing tne General
Education Subcommittee.
The third proposal will be
to form another subcommittee whose sole purpose will
be to formally evaluate the
General Education Subcommittee, to examine how well
it is doing its job. Smith said.
The fourth proposal will
be to request the provost and
vice president for Student
Affairs to include University Program academic advising as part of the duties of
their Retention Committee,
shesaid.
The Retention Committee
was formed to evaluate
academic advising within
departments, programs and
general education.     ,
The final proposal will be
to determine if a University
Program director is needed,
who would fill such a position and the person's term of
office. Smith said.
The Senate will consider
changes in the length of time
involved with a grievance
under the faculty grievance
policy, used to settle any disputes between faculty members, shesaid.
"We basically aren't making any changes in the philosophy of the policy," Smith
said. "We're looking at the
technical aspects of the
document."
The policy was designed
with part-time faculty in
mind, who are not eligible to
join the Faculty Association,
to enable them to use the
policy just like any FA member, she said.
The step in the grievance
policy is an informal meeting with the University Grievance Review Committee,
which determines how serious the complaint is.
"That group sits down and
says. "Arc you being frivolous, are you fussy or do you
have a serious complaint?'*'
Smith said.
If the complaint is ruled as
legitimate, it goes before the
formal Hearing Committee,
selected from a pool of all
faculty  members
Greeks image
poor—George
bySUERONDEAU
LIFE Staff Writer
'Editor's note: The continuing debute surrounding Creeks and
their place within tlie campus community does not present easy
answers. LIFE Staff Writer Sue Rondeau talked with administrators. Creeks and uncommitted students about the Creek "image" )
Fraterntiy. Sorority. Greeks. Those terms have heavy connotations for a number of people, whether involved in the Greek
system or not. All of which result in a variety of perceptions
directly related to more than 2.000 students on campus.
"I feel Greeks basically have a poor image on campus. It's
partially their fault, and partly the Admirfistration's fault, "Sharon George, Greek adviser, said.
"The Greek system was originally founded in the 1700s to
•See "Greeks" — page 2
Women's issues emerge into the limelight
by VERCEILE LANDSBURG
UFE Start Writer
Stories are told every day about violence against women.
For the sixth year. Women's
Health and Information Project did its part in dealing with
the issues surrounding those
stories.
Workshops were sponsored
in the University Center Friday to inform students of the
violence against women problems.
"Women's issues are finally
getting some of the attention
they've needed for a long
time." Carolyn Jarvis, hospital
social worker, said.
Jarvis spoke on the topic of
incest at the workshop. She
said many people are unaware
of the problem of incest. Incest
isa sexual problem but it isalso
a problem of a need for power,
control, and feelings of inadequacy, and low self esteem. She
said there is nothing unique ab
out a family involved in incest
and they in fact appear to be
normal.
Jarvis said incest happens in
all socio-economic groups but
is more noticeable in the lower
economic groups because
those families come in contact
with the social services more
often, they tend to live in closer
quarters, and they often have
trouble dealing with daily-
tasks such as keeping food on
the table.
She said statistics show one
in every' four girls will be a vic-
* tim of sexual abuse by the time
they are 18 years old, and one
in every six boys will be victims before age 18. Eighty percent of those children are vic-
timsof incest.
The most common perpetrators of incestuous acts are
step-fathers, fathers, and live-
in boyfriends. The next group
of perpetrators are uncles,
grandfathers and family
friends. The third and least
common group of perpetrators
are brothers and mothers, Jarvis said.
"Incest is not a result of not
loving." she said.
Perpetrators of incestuous
acts love their children and do
not always realize they are
harming their children.
Jarvis said she has found
three different kinds of families involved in incest. The
first is the family that looks
good from the outside, is middle class, goes to church on
Sundays and appears to be an
"All American family."
Another typical family is one
that is isolated from society because they live in a rural area
She added that type of family is
uncommon in Michigan.
The final type is the family
that is disfunctional because
members cannot find a job. are
poorly educated, and have a
♦See "Workshop" —page 12
In Brief
Persons interested in purchasing trees
from the city for the annual right-of-way
planting program may due so during normal
business hours at the Public Works complex,
1303 N. Franklin. Deadline for orders is 1 p.m.
April 13.
Campus
Attendance for the
fourth annual "Take
Back the Night"
march exceeded last
year's total.
page 3
Selection of a five-
member ad hoc Cable
Television Advisory Committee could be made at
tonights city commission
meeting.
page S
Sports
Central's baseball
team swept a double-
header from the Michi-
gan State Spartans
Saturday at Alumni
Field.
page 9
Weather
Mostly sunny today
with highs from the upper 40s to mid 50s. Increasing cloudiness
tonight. Lows from the
lower 20s to lower 30s.
Mostly cloudy Tuesday.