1983-07-06; Central Michigan Life

              Central Michigan LIFE
Vol.65   No. 6
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Mount Pleasant. Mich. 4«Hr/..
L_pages
Wednesday. Julvti. l!*K'l
Flags were
hoisted and approximately b.OUO
people showed up to watch ttie
fireworks at ttie Isabell.i County
fairgrounds Matt Miller. 8. nnd
Trevor Scott of Mount Pleasant star
led   the   fireworks   display   early
Enrollment push works
by ROGER HITTS
LIFE Editor
With predicted college enrollments down
for   many   schools   in   19M*. 84.   Central   ad
ministrators have taken a few extra steps to
keep the University's attendance figures at
a respectable level.
An   unexpected   but   certainly   welcome
result of Central's enrollment push is an in
creased   market   share   of  Michigan's   high
school seniors.
In April, the University established a
number which students and their parents
rould call collect to the Financial Aids office
to have questions answered about financial
aids awards
Letters were sent to all admitted
freshmen, both who had paid and not paid a
deposit, informing students and parents the
Universitv know s it is difficult to pay for col
lege, and giving thelll the colled phone
number through Financial Aids.
.'resident Harold Abel s.ud the coiled
phone number response was tremendous,
averaging -to to fill calls a day.
As a result, another collect number was
established through the Admissions office,
answering questions for admitted freshmen
who had as yet not paid a deposit.
"There's simply no way of telling how sue
cessful   we've   been,   but   we   feel   perhaps
these two things have helped turn things
around." Abel told the Hoard ot trustees at
its monthly meeting June IM.
About one third of admitted freshmen
have paid a deposit in excess of $11)0 in the
past, only to cancel. Abel said. These were
the main students to be targeted.
Admissions director Michael Owens said a
decline in cancellations has been evident
since thi* campaign began.
"We   have   seen   fewer   people   cancelling
after  they   have  received   their  enrollment
deposit." Owens said, adding those cancella
tions  are  down approximately   'M  percent
from a year ago.
While earlier in the year a freshmen
enrollment figure id .'),()()() appeared op
timistic, it now is fairly certain Central will
have 15.000 incoming freshmen for the i'.'^.'t
)< S school \ ear. Ow ens said.
Total enrollment will fall very close to
lfi.OOO, with a low cancellation ligure bring
mg that number up to lti.KH). he said.
With other colleges and universities feel
mg enrollment pains. Central's market
share of Michigan high school seniors could
increase from last year's '_'a_' percent to a
possible high ot "_'..> pen ent. Abel said.
We're   probably   increasing   our   market
share by some fractional percentage," Abel
said. "Total enrollment may go down slight
(See "Knrnllment "— page 2)
Funding OK'd;
but results wart
byRHODAMIEL
LIFE Managing Editor
Now that legal aid has
received its funding from the
University, the only decisions
left to be made are up to the
Office of Student Life.
Among those questions is
which attorney will be used in
the service.
Although Sharon Ocorgc.
coordinator of student ac
tivities, has expressed some
doubts as to whether he could
do the job. Assistant I'ro
secuting Attorney for
Isabella County Thomas
l'lachta still believes he can
handle it.
l'lachta said he is upset
that Oeorge believes he and
bis partner for the legal aid
service. Daniel O'Neil, a local
attorney, are incapable to
handle the job.
(•eorge had said she believed l'lachta could not fairly ad
vise students since he works
in prosecuting.
"That's  why   I   have an  at
torney   who will   In-   working
with   me   who's   not   involved
here.  I.it   the   prosecutor's  of
fice*"  l'lachta  said, adding   he
expects most cases brought to
him w ould not be of a criminal
nature.
Oeorge could nol be reach
ed for comment.
As yet. no one in the Office
of Student Life has any plans
on what to do with the $o.00()
allocated for the student legal
service, since it received
word of the allocation only
last week, and Office Director
Olen Starner had been on
vacation until Tuesday.
"I'm in the process of set
ting something up." Starner
said. "I have not done
anything yet. I'll be meeting
with (Vice President for Slu
dent Aff.ursi James Hill later
I his week."
l'lachta volunteered to run
the   service   free   of   charge
earlier this year, through the
Student government Assooa
tion.
Since    1 he n    he    has    been
.•■ar    fr
the
waiting    to
University     on     whether     it
would    approve   it   and   also
(See "Legal Aid" — page 2)
Budget allows
Central a surplus
by ROGER HITTS
LIFE Editor
Fending (lov. James
Hlanchard's signature, Cen
tral's long hoped for H.f>
percent increase in state
appropriations will finally
become a reality.
Hep. Colleen Kngler. II
Mount I'leasant. announc
ed Friday that both houses
passed the Higher Kduca
tion Appropriations Hill,
which boosted Central's
funds by approximately
$•30,000 over what (.ov.
Hlanchard had oru'inall;.
recommended.
Central v. ill receiv e
$.Tt.t. million 1:1 state ap
propriations. considerably
higher than the $:»!l._»
million granted lor t he
l.'h2 cs'.i school year.
The added percentage
point increase will turn a
projected SLlS.OOO deficit
mio     an     approximated
$ I ".0.000 surplus for the
iys:JH-J school year, which
will go towards paying
back Central's long term
deficit of nearly $li million.
Vice President for Public
Affairs Arthur Kllis said.
"We are turning the cor
ner towards paying back
the deficit." Kllis said.
Whether Central can
continue to move forward
in mitigating the deficit is
largelv dependent on the
state government. Kllis
said.
"We sure hope we're on
the roail to recovery." he
s,i;d. Tha- real secret is
him ttie legislature treats
I tie total budget. I he", hav e
ti 1 con! llitie to look closelv
a! more funding for higher
edlic.lt 10:1. or we're never
going I o _;et 1 lilt "
The    final    recommend.:
t ion   h\   ' he  lupart is.in cull
ference   committee    includ
(Set- "lluJget" —page _2l
In Brief
The   gymnastics   club   invites   all   in
terestcd   students   to  join   them   every
Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Rose across from
the weight room.
Campus
Students       once
again must
register        for    the
Selective Service to
get federal aid.
page 3
Friday is the final
day students may
withdraw from
classes with an
automatic "W".
Sports
Athletic   Director
Ted    Kjolhede    an
nounced   his   retire
ment   Friday     the
weekend.
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Sports page M
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