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16 pages
Mount Pleasant. Mich. 48859 '   '
Monday. Novembers. 1984
Trustees pass
budget request
by NATHANIEL PROCTOR
UFE Editor
CMU's Board of Trustees approved Friday a state budget
request totalling S43.120.800 for the coming fiscal year.
The request, a 15.3 percent increase over this year's budget, is
the first round in the annual budget appropriations process. Art
Ellis, vice president for public affairs, told Board Finance Committee members Thursday.
Approval of the request was not unanimous, however. Trustee
Ray LaBounty. of Ypsilanti. cast a "no" vote, as he did the night
prior, during Finance Committee deliberations.
LaBounty said Sunday his opposition was directed to the six
program revision requests that went with the budget.
"The requests. I felt, were not definitive enough." LaBounty
said. "I didn't understand what they had in mind with them. I
have no understanding whatsoever of the million or so dollars
for the MMK Michigan Molecular Institute affiliation).
"And for the rest of the budget. I'm unclear as to how the
money would be used to foster the academic programs." he said.
"There just wasn't enough information given for us to work
with."
The Board also authorized President Harold Abel to spend as
much as S25.OO0 to help covers costs of sending members of the
Marching Band and cheerleaders to Fresno. Calif., in the event
CMU survives to play in the California Bowl.
•See "Trustees" — page 2
Sacrifices may
solve shortages
CMinMbIMn
President Ronald Reagan appeared at a rally Friday morning at Saginaw's Tri-City Airport to endorse republican political hopefuls, including Bill Schuette, left, and Jack Lousma.
During the rally,everything from flags to baby bibs were used
to show support for Reagan.
Reagan rips Mondale's economic plan
byPAULMASON
UFE Managing Editor
SAGINAW —' President
Ronald Reagan flew in Friday
in his last campaign swing to
criticize Walter Mondale's economic plan and to laud two
state candidates for the U.S.
Senateand House.
Reagan, before a crowd of.
about 9,000 in a hangar at Tri-
Cities Airport, said Mondale's
economic plan has two parts:
"raise your taxes, and then
raise'emagain."
"Mondale has already promised, of course, to raise your
taxes. But if he is to keep alt the
promises he's made to this
group and that, he will have to
raise taxes by the equivalent of
SI.890 per household That's
more than S150 a month It's
like having a second mortgage,
a Mondale Mortgage." Reagan
said.
Reagan was in Saginaw on
behalf of Republican Bill
Schuette who is challenging
Democratic incumbent Don
Albosta of St. Charles for the
10th District U.H. House seat.
Reagan also advocated the
election of Republican Jack
Lousma, a candidate for the
U.S. Senate. I-ousma, a former
astronaut, is challenging
Democratic incumbent Carl
Levin.
"Bill Schuette and Jack
Umsma are determined to help
us keep your taxes down."
Reagan said. Now. I'm going
to ask you a favor. If you plan to
vote for our ticket, please in
tend to vote for our entire
ticket."
Although polls before Tue-
day's election show Reagan is
expected to w in by a landslide,
he urged the crowd to vote.
"1 have a terrible feeling
some feel their votes aren't
needed," Reagan said. "Don't
send me back to Washington
alone, send these candidates
back with me."
Reagan's -45 minute speech
touched on the economy,
education, jobs and military
defense Throughout the
speech the crowd chanted
»See "Reagan" — page IS
'Rotten' weather mars Mock elections
by DAN TREVAS
UFE Staff Writer
In a day marred by bad
weather. 350 people voted in
Student Government Association's Mock Elections
Thursday.
"The rotten weather hurt the
voter turnout and it prevented
us from hitting the sidewalks
with posters," SGA President
Bill Kennis said.
The 350 votes casted at
tables in Pearce Hall. Anspach
Hall. Park Library and Bovee
University Center projected
upsets in three of the nine
races on the ballot and rejected
two of three proposals that
appeared.
Republican Bill Schuette de
feated incumbent Democrat
Don Albosta 126-121 in the 10th
District Congressional race.
Democrat Mark Anthony defeated incumbent Republican
Joseph Barbcri 133-11 in the
county prosecutor race, while
Dorothy Comstock Riley defeated Supreme State Court Justice Thomas Giles Kavanagh
125-83 in the non-partisan judicial race.
Proposal A, which would
allow the legislature to
approve or disapprove administrative rules, was voted
down H5-96. while Proposal C,
which would amend the State
Constitution to roll back taxes
to the 1981 level, was defeated
219-47 in the most lopsided de-
cision on the ballot, Kennis.
LakeOrion senior, said.
All other incumbents on the
ballot retained the voter's
approval including Ronald
Reagan, defeating Walter Mondale 176-106, and Democrat
Carl Levin, defeating Republican Jack Lousma 156-134 in the
U.S.Senate race.
I-ocally. Republican Colleen
Engier defeated Democrat
Molly Bopp 120-97 in the 99th
District State Congress race,
and Republican James Mull defeated Democrat Pat Judge
121-96 in the county sheriff
race.
Proposal B. which would
establish a natural resources
trust fund and State Supreme
Court Justices Patricia J.
Boyle and James H. Brickley
were favorites of the voters.
SGA also surveyed 158 students in the past few weeks
asking students about their
political interests.
The survey revealed 48 percent of the students had no party affiliation. 85 percent are
registered to vote and 75 percent said they were positive
they were going to vote while 8
percent were undecided. Ken-
nissaid.
More than 40 percent said
they thought America's future
was hopeful. 34 percent said
they were optimistic or very'
pessimistic about the future.
Kennis said although he was
not very pleased with the turnout, SGA was successful m distributing voter information
In Brief
Remember to vote
Tuesday
Transportation to local voting precincts
will be available Tuesday to registered voters. Transportation for students voting off-
campus will leave the Bovee University Center at 1 p.m. to Vowles School, at 2 p.m. to
Mount Pleasant High School and 3 p.m. to Fancher School.
Inside
Five student organizations are appealing their SBAC allocations.
page 3
Sports
CMU's 11-game unbeaten streak came to
an end Saturday with
an 8-7 loss to Northern Illinois.
byDEBBAKER
LIFE Staff Writer
A willingness to sacrifice
favorite class times and locations could solve the classroom
shortages instructors complain of due to the new-
academic calendar, administrators said.
Registrar Alice St. Clair said
changing from a 16-week
semester to a 15-week semester would not be too much of a
problem if both instructors and
students were willing to meet
at 8 a.m. and beyond 2 p.m.
She also said some department planners place first
priority on scheduling classes
within their own buildings and
look no further.
"I don't believe there would
be an actual shortage of classrooms if we work together on
it. However, we can't always
allow for a favorite class time
with an ideal location." St.
Clair said.
Instructors prefer to schedule classes in their own tailored buildings where they are
used to the seating, desks,
tables, chalkboard, projection
screen and accoustic facilities
adapting to teaching styles, St.
Clair said.
"Instructors like classes
within their own buildings, and
they are very reluctant to
move out. We try to honor that
if they have back to back classes, but if there aren't enough
classrooms we have to redistribute. "St. Clair said.
Registrar Scheduling and
Space Coordinator Janet
D'Ambrosio said some departments cooperate by willingly
teaching outside their own
buildings like the Psychology
Department, but others do not.
Barring building and time
preferences. D'Ambrosio said
she believes there are enough
rooms on campus to accommodate classes.
»See"Calendar"-page IS
Officials expect
high voter turnout
by PAUL MASON
UFE Managing Editor
Weeks of door knocking
and campaigning will come
to a culmination in Tuesday's general election, in
which 65 to 70 percent of
Mount Pleasant's voters are
expected to turn out.
Polls will open at 7 a.m.
and close at 8 p.m. City Clerk
Charles Deible said as many
as 9,450 of Mount Pleasant's
13,500 voters are expected
to cast ballots.
Several races have gained
much attention, including
the 10th District U.S. Congressional race. Democratic
incumbent Don Albosta, of
St. Charles, is being challenged by Republican Bill
Schuette, an attorney from
Stanford.
Schuette has criticized
Albosta's voting record in
the House and in return
Albosta has called Schuette
a "liar." Both candidates are
expected to spend more than
$1 million on their campaigns.
Officials in Schuette's
camp maintain the race is
"tooclosetocall."
Polling conducted by Market Opinion Research in Detroit shows Albosta carrying
52 percent of the vote,
Schuette with 40 percent and
8 percent undecided.
Albosta is seeking his
fourth term in office.
Schuette, 31, has been active
with the Republican Party
since he was 18. He also was
state political director for
the Reagan Bush campaign
in 1980.
In another race, state Rep.
Colleen Engier, R-Mount
Pleasant, is challenged by
•See "Elections" —pit* 2
Weather
Mostly cloudy today with highs in the
low to mid 40s.