1982-10-11; Central Michigan Life

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LIFE
VoL64 No. 17
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Mount Pleasant. Mich. 48859
16 pages
Monday. Oct. 11.1982
Business School gets unofficial
by MIKE STRONG
LIFE Staff Writer
After seven years and three unsuccessful attempts, accreditation for the School of Business
Administration is just a rubber stamp away, officials learned Friday.
The school unofficially has been granted accreditation from the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business, and only needs approval from members of the AACSB to make the
decision official.
Such approval, in the form of a vote at the
specialized accreditation agency's annual convention in April, is a "rubber stamp," said Leonard
Plachta, dean of the School of Business Administration.
A three-person appeal panel gave Central the
unofficial OK in a letter received by Plachta Friday. The panel recently heard the University's
appeal, filed after the school's third denial last
May.
Last week, after returning from the appeal
hearing, Plachta was pessimistic, predicting Central   would   not  be   granted   the  accreditation.
because few of the association's decisions are
reversed.
"We asked for an appeal on the grounds that
our application was not objectively reviewed."
Plachta said. "We didn't get a fair deal."
But. Plachta said. "Our good quality has not
been publicly recognized.
"Technically we are not officially accredited until the voting has been done in April." Plachta
said, adding, "It is now just a matter of procedure
and time."
The original denial decision was based in part
on a report from a three-person visitation group
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that came to CMU in December 1981 and spent
three days talking with faculty, students and
observing classes.
The group reported the Institute for Personal
and Career Development was part of the business
school because IPCD offers business classes.
The IPCD courses did not meet AACSB stan
dards.
An 18-member AACSB committee made up of
business deans from other accredited schools
reviewed the application and the visitation
group's recommendations and handed down the
(See "Accredit" — page 2)
Fireworks light up royalty announcements
Oaf Uft/Kmm Stm
Jodi Urban. Bay City senior, (left) gets
a congratulatory hug from Sarah Hammond. Bloomfield Hills junior, after being named Homecoming Queen Friday.
by DIANE PETRAK
LIFE Staff Writer
The 20 Homecoming king and queen candidates sat nervously on the football field of Perry Shorts Stadium, awaiting the
announcement of royalty at the second annual pep rally Friday
night.
Finally. James Hill, vice president for Student Affairs, and
Mae Kubitz. 1981 Homecoming queen, announced who will be
crowned this year's king, queen and court to a crowd of about
2.000.
John Nadar. Warren senior, and Jodi Lee Urban. Bay City
senior, were elected king and queen.
Members of the queen's court are: Lisa Bailey, Mount
Clemens senior: Sarah Hammond, Bloomfield Hills junior; Sue
Pegrum Northville senior: and Stacy Ross. New Baltimore
junior.
The king's court consists of: Cary Bashore. Ovid senior; Mike
Guy. Blanchard senior: Vic Ide. Capac senior; and Spencer
Seitz. Monroe senior.
The rally started with the Marching Chips coming into the
stands and the cheerleaders teaching a new "Chippewa Pride"
cheer to the crowd.
Ann Higgins. pep rally and fireworks chairwoman, gave the
opening speech welcoming the crowd and thanking those who
contributed to the pep rally and fireworks.
Coach Herb Deromedi introduced the captains for the
Western game —Saturday's Fullback Mark Birnbaum.
Saginaw senior, and Defensive End Dan O'Brien. Westland
senior.
"We have the best fans in the MAC." Birnbaum said, "and
it's a great feeling to come out of that locker room to a wild
crowd."
"We're looking forward to knocking the hell out of Western
tomorrow," Deromedi added.
Next was the "Yell Like Hell" contest headed by CMU
cheerleaders and fireworks    —warmingup for Homecoming
festivities Oct. 30.
CMurr/Kmi
John Nadar. Warren senior, (left) gets
congratulated by Spencer Seitz. Monroe
senior, as he was selected as CMU's first
Homecoming King at Friday's pep rally
at Perry Shorts Stadium.
'Policy
should
be equal'
by SHEILA GRUBER
LIFE Editor
and KALLIE BILA
LIFE Staff Writer
More than half of the internships Andy Kumin is interested
in are out of his reach.
Kumin. a Mount Pleasant
graduate student in Central's
lone doctoral program, said
"there are high quality programs I don't have access to."
The Doctorate of Psychology
degree is one of several programs officials hope to seek
specialized accreditation for.
But with University resources
scarce, some officials recently
have questioned the need for
such accreditation in addition to
University-wide accreditation
with North Central Association
of Colleges and Schools.
President Harold Abel, at a
recent Board of Trustees
meeting, suggested the Board
may wish to discuss the worthiness of such endeavors.
Faculty members and
(See "Reaction" — page 11)
No motive in Farwell slayings
Jurors find Haggart guilty
by CHRIS STEVENS
LIFE Staff Writer
Lee
her
The prosecution never said why Robert
Haggart murdered his wife and six of
relatives last February. Clare County Prosecutor
Thomas McLaughlin said the reason or reasons
may never be known, "the motive is conjecture.'
But despite speculations, one thing remains: Friday. Haggart was found guilty of comitling the
largest mass-murder in Michigan in a decade.
The events of those infamous two weeks last
February were detailed many times in the four-
week trial Now, with a guilty verdict, the final
chapter of the true-life murder-mystery novel is
completed.
And like all other stories, this one has a beginning, a middle and an end.
THE BEGINNING
Haggart marries into the George Post family
Feb. 28, 1981. His bride is 22-year old Garnetta
Ronning. daughter of Vaudry Post from a
previous marriage. Their wedlock is a tumultuous
one. It lasts a brief four months. Garnetta Haggart files for divorce July 8, 1981. in Clare County. The 31-year-old Haggart disappears from
Michigan and winds up in Haletown, Tenn. Here.
Haggart makes the initial steps for a return trip
to Farwell.
In November 1981. Haggart moves into a Tennessee apartment building. According to the
owner, he is a good tenant during his four month
stay.
That same month Haggart begins dating a
waitress who works at Glen's Restaurant in
Haletown. The waitress, 23-year-old Linda
Thomas, will be with Haggart the night he is arrested.
In the early part of January, the owner of
Glen's Restaurant —Glen Davis — moves in with
Haggart. Davis and Haggart were Army buddies
and have known each other for about 14 years.
On the evening of Feb. 6. Haggart argues with
some people in front of Glen's Restaurant. He
retreats to his apartment and gets a .38-caliber
revolver belonging to Davis.
Davis would testify later that he never saw the
gun again until it was presented as evidence at
the preliminary trial March 18. "He (Haggart)
told me he threw it in the river."
This is the time — McLaughlin would contend
— Haggart began to premediate the murders of
the George Post family.
THE MIDDLE
Haggart, a rotund, bearded man who
graduated from Mount Pleasant High School in
1968, purchases a bus ticket to Cincinnati from a
South Pittsburgh. Tenn., bus station around Feb.
10.
He boards the bus in the early afternoon of
Feb. 15. In Ohio, he transfers buses to reach his
eventual destination of Farwell. where he told
friends he had to "take care of some business."
About 12:30 a.m. Feb. 16. Haggart arrives in
Farwell at Maple Grove Road and Ml 15. There is
a thick layer of hard-crusted snow covering the
ground, but the night is not as cold as other
nights have been in the past few weeks.
With a gym bag in hand. Haggart embarks on
foot for the Post farmhouse, a three-mile trek
from where he was dropped off.
About 80 feet north of the farmhouse is a set of
railroad tracks. Here, between the scant trees
and slushy roads, Haggart scans a quiet Post farmhouse.
(See "Haggart" — page 10)
TKE party passes CMU
'test' but fails city's
by JAMESON COOK
LIFE Staff Writer
If Saturday night's Tau Kappa
Epsilon block party was a test,
the University would have passed student partiers while city officials would have failed the
group.
Vice President for Student Affairs James Hill didn't see many
overall problems with the party.
But. Mount Pleasant Mayor Tom
Weirich and City Commissioner
Benton Bundy saw several
shortcomings of the large
gathering.
Roughly 1,500 partiers at one
time flooded the area of May and
Main Streets Saturday night
before police and Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity members began
breaking up the party around 10
p.m.
. Hill, who was at the party,
said he was impressed with the
efforts of Tau Kappa Epsilon but
the party grew too large and
police had to help break it up.
Weirich, also at the party,
thought students were out of
hand and said the city is investigating other possibilities to
control student parties.
The block party sported a
temporary liquor license after
Tau Kappa Epsilon president
Jim Rye discovered a week and
a half ago they could not get
around a liquor law by selling
food and giving away the beer.
Hill said the license stated the
drinkers must remain under the
tent. They did not.
Like Fort Lauderdale during
spring break, students roamed
the streets surrounding the party. They drank beer from cups,
bottles and cans, whether they
were 21 or not. Some known
ages of people drinking on the
streets ranged from 16 to 29.
"The TKE boys asked for
assistance to break it
up.. .because they knew it was
out of control and they could not
handle it," Bundy said.
(See "Party" —page 2)
'Western Weekend'
brings 18 arrests
by MIKE PAYNE
LIFE Staff Writer
A typical weekend in Mount
Pleasant it was not.
Deluged with thrill seekers
and party monsters from lands
as far south as Kalamazoo,
Mount Pleasant was the nucleus
of a wild and sometimes rowdy
weekend of events which produced 18 arrests by Mount Plea
sant Police and the Department
of Public Safety for reasons
ranging from disorderly persons
to conspiracy to commit a felony.
The weekend started with a
big surprise to the city — an
armed robbery of the Taco Bell
Restaurant on South Mission
Road. Here, a ski-mask-clad thief
stole a car belonging to an
employee and escaped with an
(See " Arrests" — pace 2)
In Brief
Registration for Winter Semester begins Oct.
18. Course Offering Guides are available at the
University Center Bookstore.
^Vernon fefreirmay
get a new name if
Mount Pleasant City
Commissioners approve a recommendation.
page 3
The    14th    annual
Conference on United
Nations   Affairs   will
begin Thursday,
page 9
Sports
Central-Western tie
proves nothing in title
chase.
page 12
Index
Arts and Leisure 6
CaMpUs comic 15
Classifieds 15
Comment 4
Doonesbury 4
Off the Wire 2
Sports 12
Spotlife 11
Weather 15