1982-07-21;Central Michigan Life

              Central Michigan LIFE
Vol.63 No.94
1982 CM LIFE
Mount Pleasant, Mich. 48859
12 pages
Wednesday. July 21,1982
Many at CMU
trapped by drugs
(Editor's note: This is the
second of LIFE'S three part
drug series. Names, of the
drug users and dealers have
been changed to protect those
involved,)
by Roger Hitts
LIFE Staff Writer
and J. A. Hebler
LIFE News Editor
Jason pulls the final match
from a tattered matchbook,
strikes it, and raises it toward
his face. A pungent aroma
fills the room as he takes a
deep draw from his home-
rolled cigarette and sends a
thick cloud spiraling into the
air.
This scene is repeated
millions of times each day,
from  a  crowded   airport  in
New York City to an isolated
beach at San Pedro Bay,
and everyplace in
between—including Mount
Pleasant.
Jason recalls first arriving
to the residence halls for his
first year at Central. He
started smoking marijuana in
10th grade and had seen his
usage escalate rapidly
through his senior year. He
saw no reason why this trend
shouldn't continue in his college years.
He soon learned marijuana
and other drugs could be
secured in almost any floor of
his dormitory, and all that
was needed was twenty
dollars and some rolling
papers from the local 7-11.
"Back home it was a 15-mile
drive to get a bag, but up here
it was usually just a couple of
doors down the hall," he
recalled.
The recreational use of
marijuana proved to be a
catalyst in nearly every activity Jason participated' in at
college. A prescription vial of
joints was a prerequisite for a
Saturday afternoon of football at Perry Shorts Stadium,
and then on Saturday nights
at the crowded Wayside Central.
And Jason is certainly not
alone in his college drug
habits. Recreational drugs
availability, social acceptability and effect dependability
made smoking marijuana as
adaptable to college, life as
opening a textbook.
Man captured by DPS
by J JL HEBLER
LIFE News Editor
CMU's Department of Public Safety supervised a "dragnet" that involved Mount Pleasant police, and Isabella County Sheriff officers and "Major", a sheriff tracking dog
Tuesday morning.
The stake-out, which took place in front of
Warriner Hall, culminated with the appreherf-
sion of an unidenitiEed man in the basement
beneath the building.
The man was chased from the Finch
Fieldhouse locker rooms to Warriner Hall, a
police officer said. An entourage of eight
police vehicles parked beside the building as
officers surrounded Warriner and guarded its
(See "Captured"—page 2)
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An unidentified man was apprehended in the ''catacombs'' beneath Warriner Hall
late Tuesday morning. DPS was in charge of the stake-out which culminated with
capture of the man.
CM UFEJCbuck Stoekol
"Considering the college atmosphere, the idea of getting
caught up in the recreational
jlrug   use,- and   getting  the
thrills, then all of a sudden
(See "Drug series"—page 6)
Hearing nixed;
ST's set election
by ROB ISELER
LIFE Editor
A hearing, which was
slated to take place
between the University
and a CMU employee
group Tuesday and today,
will not go on as planned.
A verbal agreement was
reached between the
Supervisory/Technical
Council, the Clerical Staff
Association and the
University July 16, to have
an election Sept. 1, which
will determine the destiny
of the ST Council, said
Terry Stoner, associate
director of Personnel and
Staff Relations.
The purpose of the hearing was to decide whether
the ST's were an appropriate bargaining unit
or not.
However, both the ST's
and the University compromised on the issues at
hand while the CSA
postponed a unit clarification request, which asked
for a ruling on whether
some STs should be accreted into the CSA.
The. CSA has the right to
activate the unit clarification question after the election, Stoner said.
The STs and the University agreed to have 32
supervisory members of
the ST's have a separate
election from the rest of
ST's.
Also agreed upon by the
two groups was that nine
positions in the ST Council-
would not be allowed to
vote included in either election along with 39 STs who
are located off-campus,
Stoner said.
Nine ST's were not
allowed to vote because of
confidentiality, because the
positions have direct dealings with the collective
bargaining of the ST's,
Stoner said.
The reason the off-
campus members of the
ST's will not be allowed to
vote is because there could
be a conflict with collective
bargaining laws of the
states the STs are in,
Stoner said.
Currently there are only
(See*4ST s"—page5)
In Brief
The Open Air Farmer's Market, sponsored by
the city of Mount Pleasant is now open every
Thursday through Oct. 28. Hours are 9 a.m. to 6
p.m.
Campus
University Theatre
wHl perform Bell. Book
and Candle beginning
Thursday.
page 7
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Sports
LIFE takes a look at
Mount    Pleasant's
"boys of summer",
page 8
Index
Comment .'. 4
Sports ....8
Classifieds 11