1982-10-29; Central Michigan Life

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Vol.64. No.25
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Mount Pleasant. Mich. 48859
44 pages
Friday. Oct. 29.1982
' .. the years keep rollin' by.
by SHEILA QRUBER
LIFE Editor
"AU my life's a circle, but I
can't tell you why, the seasons
spinnin' 'round again, the years
keep rollin' by ... Seems like
I've been here before, I can't
remember when, but I got this
funny feelin' I'll be back once
again... "Harry Chapin
As alumni return to Central
this weekend, reactions will be
mixed.
To some, things will be the
same; to others, they will be
vastly different. For just as the
late "storyteller" Harry Chapin
described, life — whether that
of an institution or a person — is
a circle.
At Central, enrollment
decline; financial difficulties;
cramped quarters and threatened   jobs   and   programs   have
plagued officials in the past, as
they do now.
In 1893. for instance, the 1-
year old Central Normal School
faced extinction as a recession
threatened the life-line of its
programs. After much lobbying
with the Legislature, the institution was accepted as a
"gift" in 1895 and re-named the
Central State Teachers' College.
Adoption by the Legislature
as' a   state   institution   meant
guaranteed   funding   —   or   so
Central officials thought.
Today, however, the Ad
ministration still is lobbying for
its share of the taxpayers' pie
and searching for innovative
ways to cut corners.
After repeated executive
callbacks of state appropriations
and tuition hikes totalling %1 per
hour since 1980, the mood remains tense. And with the offices of those holding the state's
purse strings up for grabs Tuesday, the air of uncertainty
grows.
Once unheard of, deficit spen
ding has become a plan for survival as state appropriations fail
to keep up with inflation.
For the University, as the
Normal School, the question has
become survival of a quality program — even if such survival
means deficit spending.
But the program has changed
dramatically since the days of
educating young teachers in
classrooms on the second floor of
the Normal School, what is now
Simmons Jewelry. 210 S. Main
St.
From that original class of 31
and the hundreds of classes to
follow emerged a strong reputation for teacher preparation
which still holds today.
(See. "Mood"—page 11 A)
Cruisin' Curtis
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CM UTC Km. Srmrmnm
Winning games   has  been  easier for the CMU football team this season when Curtis Adams. Muskegon sophomore, is in   the backheld. The speedy
tailback has rushed for an average of 153 yards per game, even though he has not been healthy in all of them. Here he eludes a defender for a touchdown.
Wrtchy weekend
Homecoming, Halloween call for double celebration
byTOM W1CKHAM
LIFE Staff Writer
This is the season of witches,
ghosts and goblins. It is the time
when children dress up in
ghoulish clothing and scurrv
from house to house in search of
candy and fun. This is Halloween.
This year Halloween falls on
Sunday, the day after CMU's
Homecoming football game with
Ohio University, and if students
decide to give recognition to this
event the weekend will be very
busy.     according     to     Mike
Cavanaugh.    chairman    of    the
Homecoming Steering Commit
tee.
Cavanaugh, Livonia senior.
said it is only a coincidence
Homecoming and Halloween fall
hrick to hack this year.
"The athletic department tells
us what date Homecoming is,"
he said. "They schedule it two or
three years in advance."
Since both events are so close
this  year.   Cavanaugh   said   he
believes a little of the magic of
Halloween will rub off onto
Homecoming activities.
"We're hoping for imagination" from the students, he said.
For example, floats may be influenced by Halloween and
students may dress in ghoulish
outfits and walk in the parade.
Whether it is working on a
float, going to the football game
or.just taking part in other activities during the week.
Cavanaugh said he hopes
students will get out and enjoy
themselves.
This fun probably will carry
over into other activities such as
parties, he added.
Cindy Schroader. Walled
Lake sophomore, said the com
bination of both events on one
weekend will help lift the
students' spirits.
"I think the high point is going
to be the partying." she said.
"It'll be a really fun weekend."
"We try to stress other things
besides   partying."   Cavanaugh
(See "Halloween"—page I IA)
plan no
special patrols
b» MIKE PAYNE
UFE Staff WrHer
So special patrol of city streets and parties is planned by tbe
Mount Pleasant Police and tbe Department of Public Safety for
Homecoming weekend.
"It will be so different from any other weekend," said John
MeAaUffe, director of Public Safety. "Everybody work* the
footbaB game anyway."
Although city party complaints have been on tbe rise this
semester, city police do not think any extra patrol is war-
(See "Party**—pa*e 11 A)
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Publication aims to keep graduates in closer touch with University
byANNEPERAZZA
LIFE Copy Editor
Like the students and the University itself,
Centralight, the official publication of the Office
of Alumni Relations, has come a long way since its
inception.
Centralight. an alumni publication, was first
published in 1931 and was geared toward
teachers, who mostly made up the population of
the then Central Normal School.
It wasn't until the late 1940s or early 1950s
Centralight became an alumni publication, Mike
Marshall, assistant director of Alumni Relations,
said.
Up until 1980, the Centralight was written by
Information Services. It was then Marshall's posi-
tion as editor of the publication was created to
"gain an alumni emphasis."
It seems fitting: Marshall is a 1979 graduate of
Central and a journalism major.
"It keeps me in the hands on part of it (journalism)." he said.
Central has approximately 80.000 alumni, approximately 50.000 of which are still in Michigan.
Marshall said.
Before Marshall took over the publication,
"most of the copy was just off regular news
releases," he said.
Marshall now generates almost all his own
copy, he said. By going to alumni functions and
talking to people, he runs into people who would
make interesting subjects for stories.
"We try to use every available source," he add-
(Si-e "(Yntralight"—page 10A)
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in Brief
Midnight Saturday marks the end of Daylight
Savings Time and clocks should be turned back
one hour.
Campus
This year's
Homecoming king and
queen     discuss     the
responsibilities     that
come with the titles.
page .3
The     Homecoming
Steering    Committee
looks to better define
the purpose of royalty.
page 8
Sports
Included in today's
LIFE. is the
Homecoming edition of
the Central Michigan
Football Guide.
Index
Arts and Leisure 6B
Comment 4R
Doonesbury   4B
Off the Wire '. '. 2B
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