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Central Michigan LIFE
Vol. 63 No. 12
© 1981 CM LIFE
Mount Pleasant, Micb. 48859
16 pages
Monday, Sept. 28,1981
Budget scene settles with 3 percent cut
by JAMES ISELER
LIFE News Editor
Administrators are breathing a little
easier—for the time being—over Central's
tenuous budget situation.
President Harold Abel told the Board of
Trustees Friday the word from Lansing is an executive order callback, expected this week, holds
a 3 percent across-the-board cut for Michigan
higher education.
This is good news for CMU, Abel said, because
3 per cent is the figure Central had set aside in its
current 1982 budget anticipation of a cut.
The cut comes as part of an attempt by
Michigan to balance its books before the end of its
fiscal year Wednesday.
The callback, if approved at 3 percent, means a
$18 million cut for higher education and about a
$831,000 cut for Central.
However, while administrators are relieved
with their accurate estimate of the impending
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Band on
the run
It was on to bigger things
for the Central Michigan
Marching Chips Sunday as
they traveled to the Pon-
tiac Silverdome to show
their talent. The group performed pre-game and half-
time shows and in between cheered the Detroit
Lions to a 16-0 victory over
the Oakland Raiders.
CM UFE/Sttven C Jnsmon
Frosh numbers to dwindle
byJOHN BARNES
LIFE Editor
Freshman enrollments are expected to dwindle to approximately 650 students less per
year by 1991, a decline that
ultimately could mean a drop
"on paper" of about 2,600
students through attrition,
CMU's Board of Trustees were
told Friday.
Moreover, if CMU is to maintain enrollment at around 16,000
students for the next 10 years, it
will have to increase recruits to
nearly 4 percent of Michigan
high school seniors, up from the
current 2.26 percent figure,
Assistant Vice Provost for Planning, Instruction and Research
Robert DeBruin told trustees in
his report on academic planning.
"It's going to be a difficult job,
perhaps an impossible job, to
keep 3,200 freshmen coming to
CMU each year," DeBruin said.
Enrollment difficulties in
future years are attributed to
dwindling     high     school
enrollments, DeBruin said.
Nearly 3,150 new freshmen
are enrolled at Central for the
current semester, a drop of 188
students from the previous fall.
Projected enrollment is expected to decline over the next
10 years, with 2,500 freshmen
enrollees anticipated by 1991,
the last year included in a
Registrar's Office study given
trustees.
Those figures, because of a
multiplier effect, could repre-
(See "Trustees"—page 15)
CMU sets up memorial fund
A memorial fund has been established for a
CMU student killed last week in a car-bicycle accident.
University Events Coordinator James Lombard said contributions made in memory of Dan
Butier, Crosweil junior, will be used to purchase a
large maple tree. The tree will be planted in Warriner Mall, Lombard said.
Butler, 27, worked for University Events as a
stage technician. He was killed Tuesday morning
while riding his bike on River Road.
"Dan was an outddor person," Lombard noted.
He hopes enough money is donated to purchase
two maples, he added.
A special account has been set up for the funds
and contributions can be made to the University
Events Office, Warriner 300.
In a related action, the Isabella County
Sheriffs Department reported no charges or citations have been brought against the driver of the
car, Ronaid J. Lutz, professor of industrial education and technology.
cut, they also are a bit hesitant about possible
future cuts.
"I'd like to say we're very fortunate but we're
still concerned," Abel said.
The concern comes as a result of tax cut plans
which have been coming out of Lansing from
various sources, the latest being Gov. William
Milliken's own proposal to trim property taxes by
more than a billion dollars and a Democratic plan
to cut $150 million.
Should a tax cut be adopted, the necessary cuts
Deaths 'guaranteed'
in spending could mean a further tightening of
CMU's belt, Abel said. However, no one is certain
when such a cut may come.
"I don't think anyone knows that," Abel said. "I
don't think the Legislature knows that."
Should a cut come before the end of Central's
1982 fiscal year June 30, the financial situation
could be worse than what was.planned for, Abel
said. If it comes at the end of the state's 1982
fiscal year, which would be in the first quarter of
(See "Budget"—page 15)
Dam builds up worries
by CATHERINE ST. ONGE
UFE Staff Writer
One man already has died and
residents of the Isabella Lake
area are afraid if an ongoing problem doesn't stop, more deaths
will occur.
The problem is that young
people, some of them CMU
students, like to slide down the
spillway of the dam connecting
Isabella Lake and the Chippewa
River, an activity local residents
consider both a nuisance to
themselves and a danger to the
youths.
"We've had a real problem out
here," said William Juran,
manager of the Isabella Lake
Property Owners Association.
"If it doesn't stop, I guarantee
we'll have another drowning."
The drowning Juran referred
to happened Aug. 30.
Bernardo Mabile, 22, of Sterling Heights, drowned during a
family picnic. Mabile had been
swimming in the river below the
dam when a member of his party
discovered him missing,
Sheriffs Deputies said. Mabile
was pulled onto shore and given
cardio-pulmonary resuscitation,
according to his brother John.
Efforts to revive Mabile by
medical technicians and later
the Central Michigan Community Hospital emergency room
staff, failed. Mabile was pronounced dead at 5:25 p.m.
One local resident, who asked
not to be identified, also fears
the possible danger to youths.
"I think if the kids knew there
had been a death, it would scare
them off," the resident said. "I
don't know what more they
would need to scare them, unless
they're just not scared of
anything."
The resident said the noise
usually begins at about 2 a.m.
"when the bars close. I would
hear girls screaming and sit
right up in bed, I was always
afraid something was wrong."
"It's the principle of the thing
that bothers us," the resident
said. "We love it here because
it's so quiet. That's why we
decided to build our home here."
The source said youths also
come on weekend afternoons.
"They  just  calmly  walk  in
with   their   towels   and   swim
suits," the source commented. "I
don't think they're aware they
(See "Dam"—page 8)
What's a student to do
with folks on'their' day?
(Editor's note." The joys of
parenting—constantly trying to keep a whining
child from sinking into the depths of boredom and
suffering from the fateful "there's nothing to do"
disease. The tables turned on LIFE Staff Writer
Terri Finch Saturday, as she became the entertainer for her folks.)
There comes a time when the simple things of
college life fail to impress your parents. This was
the third year my parents made the two-hour
journey from Muskegon to Mount Pleasant Saturday for the annual gala affair called Parent's Day.
And, frankly, they'd seen it all.
The typical "campus tour" was out, I decided,
as either parent could, by now, make it from
Ronan to Rose blindfolded.
I considered taking them on a tour of Park
Library, but after reflecting on how seldom I've
been there, I concluded that I wouldn't want to
embarrass myself. Besides, I doubted Mom and
Dad would be impressed by the fact I'd be
hopelessly lost once past the candy machines.
The parents of countless freshly-scrubbed
freshmen seemed to delight in the newfound
knowledge of their offspring. Pointing out
Anspach, Moore and Pearce, students led mini-
family tour groups throughout campus. My
parents breezed by efficiently on our way to the
University Center. They could have led the tours
themselves.
Once at the UC, we were faced with a solid wall
of parents and students in line for "Mums for
Mom" and football programs for Dad. Just as I
was suffering a slight twinge of guilt at the
realization that I hadn't purchased a coupon for
these parental souvenirs, my mother abruptly
charged through the crowds towards the
bookstore.
"These lines are ridiculous," she scoffed. "I
want to do some Christmas shopping."
It was a strange sensation standing alone in the
UC bookstore. My mother was examining CMU
paraphernalia in one corner, while Dad^made a
beeline for the woodworking tools. Their purposes, it seemed, were quite clear. But what was I
doing there?
Their purchases madei we headed back to the
(See "Parents'—page 2)
CM UFE/J.Kyt, K—nar
Bob and Pat Finch stroll across campus with
their daughter Terri.
In Brief
Homecoming Queen elections are today from
8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m. in the University Center and Rose Arena.
Campus
Profiles of Student
Association and Program Board candidates for Tuesday
and Wednesday's election.
page 8,
The issue of public
transportation for
CMU students is
discussed by area officials.
page 10
Sports
The CMU football
team had trouble with
Arkansas State's
wishbone offense and absorbed a 26-23 loss
Saturday.
page 11
Index
Arts and Leisure  6
Classifieds 15
Comment 4
Doonesbury  4
Horoscope  15
Off the Wire  2
Sports 11
Spotlife  15
Weather 15
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