1984-07-18; Central Michigan Life

              EMU may be sacked from MA C-page a
Central Michigan LIFE
1984 CM LIFE
12pa^es
Mount Pleasant. Mich   488S9
New phones
wreak havoc
by ROGER HITTS
LIFE Managing Editor and
SHERRYYAEK
UFE News Editor
Two days after the switchover to the new University
phone system was completed, workers have found
reaching out and touching
someone can be as difficult
as making a silk purse out of
a sow's ear.
Problems in completing
long distance calls, transferring calls and adapting to the
two-digit code formula are
some of the complaints cited
by receptionists since the
hook-up went through Monday morning.
Repair manager Tom
Short said the major technical problems have been with
the features the phone system carry.
The problems are caused
in the software within the
system, and as the CMU system is the first one of its kind
with its own specially writen
software system, problems
can be expected. Short said.
"Anytime you write a software system you are going
to get bugs," he said.
Short added there is a software engineer on campus
working towards solving the
problems.
"Everytime I tried to
♦See "Phones" — page 2
hadey Sets
The 1984 Mount Pleasant Tennis Open reflects in the sunglasses of Kent
Parfitt as he watched his dad in the doubles competition. 	
CU lift tVM Rot>t>
Plant building halts
by WES CONRAD
LIFE Staff Writer
Construction of Central's
woodchip plant has come to
a standstill due to labor complications between contractors and local union officials.
Both union and non-union
workers arc honoring building trade local 1098's "informational picket", which has
been set on West Campus
Drive since last Monday.
The Saginaw local is protesting the use of non-union
workers in the construction
of the plant, specifically.
McNeilly Contracting, a
Farwell based firm who presently holds the contract for
the plant's concrete foundation.
Hob Pilarski stressed that
it was an "informational
picket" and that the union
members were in no way
preventing workers from
entering the work site.
"We're simply trying to
inform the public that
McNeilly will not enter into
an agreement with local
1098."
Pilarski said the local
would stay on the picket
line, "as long as we have to."
Pilarski regretted that
neither McNeilly nor the
University had contacted
him concerning the picket
and he hoped that something
could be worked out.
Edwin McNeilly said he
had not yet been contacted
by the local concerning the
strike, but maintained he
had no intention of joining
the union. McNeilly said he
felt any negotiating or delays should be dealt with by
the general contractor
under whom he was subcontracted, in this case JR.
Heinemen and Sons of Saginaw. McNeilly said he has
not been contracted by the
♦See "Plant" — page 2
Clerk says no
to deputization
RICH ROBINSON
UFE Editor
A number of organizations in the Mount
Pleasant area have requested to be deputized to
register voters for the upcoming general election,
but have been refused by
City Clerk Charles
Deibel.
The local chapters of
the National Organization
of Women, the League of
Women Voters, the Association of American University Women and Gay
Liberation have aU been
refused to be deputized to
register people for the
November election, said
NOW President Cindy
New son.
"About a month and a
half ago, 1 approached the
City Clerk's office and the
secretary there told me
the story," Newson said.
Newson said she did not
get a chance to talk with
Deibel. but bis secretary
made it clear of his opinion about different
groups being deputized.
"His secretary told me
his views and said 1 could
argue, but that wasn't
going to get me anywhere," Newson said.
"She said he says it would
cause confusion with the
various districts and prin-
cincts. I talked with some
other individuals, who got
the same thing from his
office."
Deibel said there are a
number of places in the
|See "Vote" — page 2
LIFE In Tfie Past
Fifty years ago:
The first open house
party at the Den was well
attended with guests participating in games of
ping pong, shuffleboard
and billiards. A wall hanging picturing Mother
Goose. Little Miss Muffet
and Bo Peep created by
the art club was well received by local kindergarten children.
Twenty-five years ago:
Dr. Roger P. Cuff, pro
fessor of English at Central Michigan dies of a
heart attack in Lucerne,
Switzerland. Art work
made by Japanese children will be featured at
Wightman Hall this week.
Ten years ago:
Gay Lib charges local
Elks club with defamation
as a result of the publication of scandalous expletives in its weekly newsletter.
—Dave Robinson
Briefly.
Tomorrow is the last day to register children for the
Prepared Sibling Class to be held at Central Michigan
Community Hospital on July 21. The class is open to any
child whose mother is expecting another baby.
A materials fee of $4 per child and S3 for each additional child in the family, is required. The class is from 10-
11:15 a.m.
Upon arrival at the maternity unit on the hospital's
second floor, the children will dress in caps, gowns and
booties to tour a birthing room, the nursery and a typical
patient room. Other activities are scheduled.
Those interested should phone CMCH at 773-7941, ext.
359.
Acowracvpovv