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C/fy, groups to discuss party damages
City officials plan to meet privately with campus groups to
discuss damages incurred during the Sept. 22 to 23 Main Street
party.
uWe are going to meet with various groups before sending any
bills," Mount Pleasant City Manager Tom Martin said.
Damages and other expenses resulting from the "Western
Weekend" bash will be discussed, Martin said.
"I am not at liberty to go public at this time with the names of
• the groups,1* Martin said.
Martin and City Attorney Bill Shirley decided to meet with the
groups privately before publicly announcing which groups
Drug bust
would be billed.
"Whether or not we go public with the bills will depend on
what we come up with in the meetings," Martin said.
James Hill, vice president for Student Affairs, was unavailable for comment regarding which groups would be involved in
the discussion.
Sharon George, assistant director of the Office of Student
Life, was not aware of any progress in the party billing.
The Phi Kappa Tau and Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternities, both
located on Main Street, have not received notification by the
city regarding the party bills. The other Main Street fraternities
could not be reached for comment.
denied
by CHERYL JACKSON
LIFE Staff Writer
All of Student Government Association's programs appealed'
to the Student Budget Review and Allocations Committee last
week have been denied, but SGA still may receive funding for a
proposed Tenants Union housing list.
"It's very possible the housing list will still be put into effect,
but we're looking to get it through Housing," SGA Vice President Joe Barger said.
Barger said a factor in SBAC's denial of the money may be
because 80 percent of the proposed budget was for operations
while only 20 percent was for programs.
"But, my argument to this is that we are not Program Board;
we do not do programs for the students. We provide services,"
Barger said.
Barger said personally, he has problems with the budget
allocations system.
"What it does is puts the control of $84,000 in the hands of a
few students that may be involved in organizations or may not
be involved in organizations. If you look at the SBAC, I don't
think you'll find anybody in there, except for a few students who
work with Sharon George (coordinator of Student Activities)
that are heavily involved in the operation of an organization,"
Barger said. "The thing is that the experience is not there."
Barger did most of the work on SGA's budget and said it was
as itemized as possible for an organization such as SGA. No
padding was used in preparing it, he said.
The budget was the first Barger had ever prepared.
SGA originally requested a budget of $16,113, a decrease of
more than $19,000 it received from SBAC last year.
Cuts appealed include $300 for a computerized ride board
program, $400 for a computer interface, $200 for printing costs
and S275 for the housing list.
SBAC Chairman Rick Morat said SGA's appeal might have
been unsuccessful because no recommendations were made at
the appeal that were not made at the original hearing.
Tbe extra money for printing was turned down by SBAC
because the committee is trying to make sure that all organizations keep their operational costs as low as possible, Morat said.
♦See "SGA"—page 2
Program Board
budget allocated
Cocaine possession results in arrest
by TIM SMITH
UFE Staff Writer
A West Bloomfield man was
arrested Monday afternoon in
Mount Pleasant for delivery
and possession of cocaine.
Mount Pleasant Director of
Public safety Martin Trombley
said.
Mark D. Adams, 28, was
arraigned in District Court
that afternoon and released on
a personal recognizance bond
by District Court judge Peter
O'Connell.
A Mount Pleasant undercover police officer made the
arrest after an anonymous tip
was phoned into the Mount
Pleasant City Police. The caller
tr
The undercover officer approached
the car and completed a "transaction of
a quantity of cocaine."
—Martin Trombley
Director of Public Safety
99
told police Adams was
observed "acting suspiciously" while sitting in a parked
car.
Trombley said the undercover officer approached the car
and completed a "transaction
of a quantity of cocaine." The
arrest and charges were made
, following the transaction.
At the arraignment. Judge
O'Connell set a preliminary examination date for Oct. 18 in
Isabella County District Court.
Because no bond money was
posted, Adams is liable for
court fines if he fails to appear
for the hearing.
The charge ot possession and
delivery of cocaine carries a
felony penalty of 20 years in
jail and or $25,000 in fines, a
spokesman for the Isabella
County Prosecutors Office
said.
Adams was charged with
possessing less than 50 grams
of cocaine, and the drug was
sent to the Michigan State
Police Crime lab for testing
and identification, the Prosecutor's Office said.
A dollar amount on the confiscated cocaine was not available.
Adams was unavailable for
comment at his West Broomfield home.
by ROGER MORGENSTERN
UFE Staff Writer
Program Bnard has received
one-third of their requested
funds from the Student Budget
Review and Allocation Committee.
PB president Ann Higgins
said she is pleased with the
allocation of funds, which was
announced Monday.
PB submitted a budget of
approximately $108,000 and
received a total of $39,420 in
SBAC funding.
Although Higgins said she
still believes the requested
amount is needed "for the
programming this campus deserves," she was pleased with
the allocation.
"I'm pleased with it, although
I would like us to get more in
allocations, but SBAC only gets
so much money for funding
from the University," Higgins,
Ohio senior, said.
During the SBAC hearing,
PB provided a priority budget
list totalling about $64,000.
This was done to narrow down
the different programs and
show the most important ones,
Higgins said.
This year's SBAC allocation
is almost $5,000 more than last
year's allocation. Higgins said
she believes SBAC is getting a
better understanding of the
programing that PB wants to
presenttoCMU.
A section of Student Government Association's appeal to
their allocation of SBAC funds
still is under consideration.
SGA's appeal consisted of a
proposed computer ride board
for $300 and a $400 computer
interface. These were defeated
by SBAC. A third issue, a $275
•See "SB AC" — page 14
Committee recommends Abel not move
by JAMES GEMMELL
UFE Staff Writer
President Harold Abel should not have his residence moved
from its present location at 524 E. Bellows, an advisory commi t-
tee recommended in a non-public written report to the Board of
Trustees Friday.
The seven-member committee appointed by the Board to find
alternative housing for Abel and future Central presidents
unanimously recommended Abel's house continue to serve as
the CMU president's home, William Odykirk, trustee and advisory committee member, said.
If the Administration and Board follow the recommendation,
it will mean that the Alumni and Development Office will have
to find housing other than Abel's residence to move its overcrowded staff, Odykirk said. The alumni staff are presently in
Rowe 105.
The Alumni and Development Office has sought larger facilities to house its staffing and equipment since the Board of
Trustees recommended a new facility might be a good idea for a
president's residence at a June 1 meeting.
"It's my understanding that the committee had a consensus
that we would not move the Alumni and Development program
Into the president's home at this time," Odykirk said.
"Several people on the committee spoke quite fluently to the
issue that they felt that (house) was a cornerstone of the community's town-gown relationship," Odykirk said, referring to
Abel's home at the northeastern-most corner of campus and its
link between campus and community.
The Alumni and Development staffs need for larger facilities
than the president's house could provide along with the urgency
of finding new housing for the alumni-development staff were
additional factors weighed by the committee, Odykirk said.
Originally requested by the Board to submit a preliminary
report on immediate housing tor the president by Oct. 1, the
advisory committee opted instead to hold off presenting its
recommendations until the Board of Trustees met in session on
Friday, Odykirk said.
Only Board president Alfred Fortino, however, received a
copy of that report, whose contents were not disclosed to the
public, Odykirk said.
Fortino and Abel could not be reached for comment.
"The committee's consensus was that we would keep the
house for the president's residency and there would be no additional allocation for funding (for presidents) to live off-
campus," Odykirk said, deferring comment on specifics of the
report to committee chairman Arthur Ellis.
Ellis, vice president for Public Affairs, was out of town and
could not be reached for comment.
Odykirk said there probably will be a search both on and off
♦See "Home"—page 14
In Brief
The last day for free senior portraits for the
1985 Chippewa yearbook is Oct. 26. Appointments can be made by calling 774-3493.
Inside
President Harold
Abel discusses his
termination agreement.
page 3
CMU could lose
alumni donations as a
result of large parties.
pageS
Sports
The CMU women's
track team has been
using video tape to
improve performances.
page 10
Weather
Mostly cloudy today. Highs 60s. Widespread dense fog redeveloping Wednesday night. Lows 50s.