1982-09-24; Central Michigan Life

              Central Michigan LIFE
Vol. 64    No. 10
1982 CM LIFE
Mount Pleasant. Mich. 48859
14 pages
Friday. Sept. 24.1982
CMU
bySTANGODEK
LIFE Ass't. News Editor
The Legislature approved the
state budget Thursday, appropriating roughly the same
amount to Central that was appropriated last fiscal year.
Central is scheduled to
receive about $32 million if Gov.
William G. Milliken signs the
1982-83 appropriations bill for
higher education.
Central also was scheduled to
receive $32 million in the state's
"In addition to the $32 million, CMU
will receive an additional $4 million as a
result of a restoration bill passed by the
Legislature earlier in the month." —Bob
Endriss, budget analyst for higher edu -
cation
"Everyone's optimistic (the state as
well as educators) that this budget is in
good shape." —Arthur Ellis, vice president for Public Affairs
current fiscal year, which ends
Sept. 30. However, that figure
was reduced to about $25 million
following four executive orders
by Milliken to balance
Michigan's budget, according to
Budget    Analyst    for    Higher
Education Bob Endriss.
"In addition to the $32 million.
CMU will receive an additional
$4 million as a result of a
restoration  bill passed  by  the
Legislature earlier in the month," Endriss said.
Despite plans to restore funds
taken away. CMU administrators maintain the
University now has a deficit.
"We came out a little better
than we thought we would.
After taking into account all of
the pluses and minuses, cutbacks, delays and repayments, it
appears we will have a deficit
ranging from $1  million to $1.5
million," Arthur Ellis, vice presi
dent for Public Affairs said, ad
ding,   "this   is   only   a   surface
evaluation."
The reason the University has
a deficit is because of the
$6,812,000 the state cut from
CMU- only $5,619,000 is plann
ed to be repaid.
"There    is    a    difference    of
$1,192,000   of  what   was   taken
away (from CMU) and not to be
restored." said Jacki Kelly, staff
(See "Budget"—page 2)
Students agree
on party policy
by JAMESON COOK
LIFE Staff Writer
Off campus students who have loud parties should respect their
non-student neighbors' rights - to a point — many off campus
students say.
"Citizens have a right to complain if parties are excessively loud
and disorderly, but they have to expect it to a point." said Mike
Kaine. Frankenmuth senior.
Another student. Fran Edwards. Port Huron junior, said she can
understand complaints by
neighbors of Forum Apartments
about loud noise.
Mount Pleasant Police Chief
Martin Trombley said most
students are respectful individually, but change when
they become part of a group.
"Groups behave differently
than individuals." Trombley
said. "When an individual gets in
a group and drinks alcohol, he or
she does not see the group
behavior."
Some groups do not have parties to solely "party." They
sometimes host parties to make money and recruit members into
their group, according to some fraternity presidents.
"We have fund-raising all-campus parties to pay for homecoming
and charity contributions." said Pat Naessens. president of Sigma
Chi.
Theta Chi president Dan Smith said his group had one large
(See "Parties"—page 2)
Haggart's lawyer
disputes evidence
by DALEKILLINGBECK
and CHRIS STEVENS
LIFE Staff Writers
MIDLAND —The prosecutor's "chain of evidence" against Robert
Lee Haggart was rattled around Midland Circuit Court Thursday by
Haggart's lawyer, but the prosecutor said he is unconcerned.
During testimony by Detective Sgt. Roger Bolhouse. a Michigan
State Police lab expert. James Wilson, Midland lawyer for accused
mass-murderer Haggart, verbally probed and poked at Bolhouse's
(See "Haggart"—page 14)
"Citizens have a
right to complain if
parties are excessively loud and
disorderly, but they
have to expect it
to a point." —Mike
Kaine, Frankenmuth senior
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new
home
nixed
by MIKE PAYNE
LIFE Staff Writer
and DAVE ELLIS
LIFE Ass't. News Editor
Plans for a new home for
the Department of Public
Safety have been shelved in
definitely due to the University's poor financial condition,
according to Jerry Tubbs.
vice president for business
and finance.
"How can the University
build a public safety building
in !_«•• Urn**—* Tubbs said.
(See "DPS**—page 2)
Program phasing out
Student Social Security cut
by MINDY NORTON
LIFE Copy Editor
In this time of financial cutbacks and slashing of student
aid programs, the Social Security program for students is no exception.
The program is gradually
phasing out benefits to those in
college, which will affect an
estimated 900 Central students
who receive the checks. Robert
Walling, director of Financial
Aid,said.
A student is eligible for the
program if he is unmarried and
one of his parents who was in
sured under the program died or
began receiving retirement or
disability checks.
"Incoming freshmen benefits
are being phased out." Walling
said, while other students'
checks will be reduced gradual
ly.
Students are feeling the effects of these changes already,
as the amount of September
1982 checks (due Oct. 1) is reduced by 25 percent. Walling said.
In addition, the students will
not receive checks in May. June.
July or August, even if they are
attending school those months,
he said.
In the future, payments will
be 50 percent less in September
1983. 75 percent less in
September 1984 and no more
checks will be issued after April
1985. according to the U.S.
Department of Health and
Human Services.
If a student was entitled to a
Social Security check in August
1981, monthly payments may be
made until he finished school,
reaches age 22 or through April
1985. whichever comes first, provided the student was in full-
time attendance before May
1982.
"Basically, if you were not in
attendance prior to May 1. 1982.
you're out," Walling said.
Regulations  enacted in 1981
call forthe phase-out and alter
the     amounts     students will
receive.
The argument behind the
changes is students can make up
for the lost funds through other
financial aid programs. Walling
said.
This logic is not working,
however, because other aid programs also are suffering cuts, he
added.
"By discontinuing Social
Security benefits you're adding
more people to the Pell Grant
program, which means there are
more people competing for less
funds," Walling said.
The Social Security Ad
ministration reports about
620.000 students will receive
payments this year, compared to
759,000 last year. About 80 per-
cent of these attend col!ege> nr
post secondary schools.while the
remaining 20 percent attend
high school.
The agency noted students'
Social Security benefits will be
affected if they earn over $4,440
for the year in a summer or part-
time job. In general, students
can expect $1 in benefits to he
withheld for each $2 earned over
$4,440.
SGA discloses formerly secret budget
by PAUL MASON
LIFE Staff Writer
An estimated $20,000 budget request was approved by Student
Government Association Tuesday, but only SGA members were
privy to the figure.
SGA released the figure Thursday after refusing to release it
Tuesday.
Student Body President Julie Krzeminski said earlier the amount
would not be released until SGA met with the Student Budget
Review and Allocation Committee Monday.
SBAC allocates money to various groups on campus for their
operational costs during the year. Vice President for Student Affairs James Hill gives final approval for the allocations.
Krzeminski. Grand Rapids junior, said the figure was not released
because SGA was still "playing around" with expenses.
This year's budget request is approximately $9,000 less than last
year's requested amount, she said. SGA is scheduled to have its
hearing before the SBAC Oct. 6.
Last year. SGA requested $29,000 and was allocated $20,377.
Uncertainty regarding funding of legal aid was another reason for
the figure not being released. Krzeminski said. The Legal Aid Service, a branch of the Mount Pleasant Tenants Union, currently is
funded by SGA.
Tenants Union Director David Rowley said Legal Aid will apply
to the SBAC separately for funds next week. "If Legal Aid was a
part of the budget request, SBAC would cut SGA's budget," Rowley
said.
"We can't justify cutting Legal Aid for student government." he
said.  "The University should fund Legal Aid. but they won't."
Before the SGA budget request is presented to the SBAC. SGA's
own budget review committee and executive board must approve
the figure, which they did Tuesday.
Krzeminski said the SGA committee is unneccessary. "One of the
problems is there shouldn't be a budget committee." she said.
"There's no scandal, the committee (not revealing the figure* just
creates a curiosity." she said. "It's an unneeded committee."
Student Body Vice President Greg Rumpz. Sterling Heights
senior, said the unfamiliarity of new SBAC members was another
reason why SGA did not want to disclose the amount.
"The SBAC is totally new, except for the chairman, so I didn't
want to confuse them," said Rumpz, adding the large amounts SGA
and Program Board requested could be confusing for the new SBAC
members.
In Brief
For information concerning Interfaternity
Council rush activities taking: place this Saturday call 773-1367.
Campus
Student     Government     Associations
voter      registration
drive is a success.
page 3
LIFE presents the
first part of a three-
part series about what
goes on behind the curtain of a campus
theater production.
page 6
Sports
CMU's       gridders
travel   to   Greenville,
N.C.    to    meet    East
Carolina Saturday.
page 10
Index
Arts and Leisure 6
CaMpUs comic 14
Classifieds 13
Comment 4
Doonesbury   4
Off the Wire 2
Sports 10
Spotlife 13
Weather 13