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Vol. 63 No. 82
© 1981,CM LIFE
Mount Pleasant, Mich. 48859
12 pages
Monday, Nov. 16,1981
CMU woman raped
A female CMU student was
raped early Friday morning
near Rose Pond by a male who
fled before being identified, according to John McAuliffe,
Department of Public Safety
director.
McAuliffe labeled the assault
as a criminal sexual assault in
the first degree. It occurred at
12:30 a.m.
No description of the assailant
was given by the victim and no
weapon was used in the assault,
McAuliffe said.
The victim received no additional injuries and was treated
and released from Mount Pleasant Community Hospital.
The assault is under investigation, McAuliffe said. This
is the fifth sexual assault since
the beginning of the semester.
McAuliffe added he believed
the victim was alone at the time
of the assault.
There also was an assault and
battery to a female behind
Building C of Preston Apartments Saturday morning at approximately 2 a.m.
According to a DPS report,
the male assailant knocked the
victim to the ground.
No arrests were made and the
investigation is continuing. No
further details were available
from DPS.
Frat to continue
escort service
by STANLEY GODEK
UFE Staff Writer
Sigma Phi Epsildn will continue its escort service for another
three weeks following a vote at its weekly meeting Sunday.
The escort service, which operates out of Park Library, began
Oct. 26 and escorters are available for both men and women from 8
p.m, to midnight, Monday through Wednesday and from 8 to 10 p.m.
Thursdays.
"We've escorted 256 females ——
as of tonight, (Thursday) which
is an average of 25 girls a night,"
said Wes Baldwin, coordinator
of Sig Eps Against Assault. So
far no men have asked for an
escort.
About   60   percent   of   the
escorts have been to residence
halls with the rest going off cam- ______________
pus, Baldwin said. __———
Some modifications have been made since the first week. Instead
of having escorters work four hours, three members escort from 8 to
10 p.m. then they are relieved by three more who work the 10 p.m.
to midnight shift.
"The split shift is more efficient and allows us with more study
time," Baldwin, Ferndale junior, said.
Those wanting to be escorted sign a list putting their name,
destination and time of departure.
(See "Escort"—page 11)
"It's a lot better
than walking by
yourself. "—Julie
Mulder, East Lansing sophomore
'Sis-boom-hah
More than 1,800 junior high and high
school cheerleaders from throughout
Michigan competed during
"Cheerleader Day" Saturday at Rose
Arena. A two hour clinic was held
following the completion of competition. See the related story on page
7.
New CMCH psychiatric unit draws praise
by STANLEY GODEK
LIFE Staff Writer
A $757jO00 psychiatric unit to be added to Central Michigan Community Hospital has received a stamp of approval from CMU health
officials.
As of now, there is not a psychiatrist or place in Isabella County
where a person may be temporarily placed for emotional therapy,
CMU Counseling Director Don Bertsch said.
"We get frustrated when somebody may need temporary
psychiatric hospitalization because of the anxiety and stress of a
university situation," Bertsch said. Bertsch served on the
psychiatric planning committee which asked the State Department
of Public Health to reverse an earlier decision by the East Central
Michigan Health Systems Agency denying construction of the 21-
bed unit.
The unit will bring into the community facilities and clinical
talent not available before, CMCH administrator Glenn Lowery
said.
"We get frustrated when somebody may need temporary psychiatric hospitalization because of the anxiety and stress of a university situation."—Don Bertsch, Counseling
Center director
Lowery expects the facility to be open sometime in the summer
and, depending on patient demand, at least 20 new staff positions
will be added at CMCH. They will include psychiatric-registered
nurses, a psychologist, a psychiatrist social worker, a clinical
psychiatric nurse specialist and a psychiatrist.
The Department of Public Health decided to allow CMCH to build
the unit after Lowery presented CMCH's successful physician
recruiting program, the upswing in patient occupancy and a shortage of hospital space which would result if other space was used to
PB plugs
away
despite
losses
byANDYBARR
LIFE Staff Writer
Program Board has experienced
financial disasters and successes this
semester, but members are happy with
their efforts so far, according to PB
Chairwoman Kathy Williams.
The majority of programs brought to
campus, with the exception of movies,
have lost money, yet PB continues to
program events, undaunted by the
losses.
"The majority of these programs
went well for us this semester, we
came up a little short on audience attendance, but we'll make up for it at
later events," Williams, Midland
junior, said.
Final figures are not in yet, but the
Rockets concert netted CMU almost
$2,000, which PB will likely use to help
clear the $4,000 deficit the Pat
Metheny Group concert created, according to PB Adviser and Assistant
Director for Student Affairs Sharon
George.
"PB will pick up the money lost on
Metheny from future concerts. I know
PB was disappointed with the turnout
for Metheny, but those who went to the
concert got a fantastic show," George
said.
Concerts and movies, unlike other
areas of PB, are self-sufficient and not
.subsidized by funds allocated by the
Student Budget Review and Allocation
Committee.
"Our money comes from the University general fund and any money we
make is put back into that fund for
operations throughout the year," Tim
McCarty, PB concert coordinator and
Garden City junior, said.
The Pat Metheny Group concert
kicked off the semester for PB, bringing only 650 people to Warriner
Auditorium, The Rockets followed
Metheny, as did the small audience.
Approximately 2,500 people filed into Rose Arena leaving Ford Motor Co.,
promoter for the Rockets concert, with
a substantial loss.
The break-even point to cover concert expenses was approximately
$30,000 but Mike Watts, promoter for
the concerts, would not disclose how
much the company lost.
"This was a pilot promotional tour.
There is a vast amount of potential car
buyers in the college audience and we
hope when they go to buy their first
car, they remember Ford," said Watts,
justifying the loss.
Ford will evaluate the success of the
concerts and hopefully continue to
bring newer bands, that need exposure, to college campuses, Watts
said.
The company will conduct a market
analysis to see what went right and
(See "PB"—page 2)
make room for the psychiatric unit.
"It will have definite advantages for students," said Ed Brown,
University Health Services administrator. "Instead of sending then)
to Midland's psychiatric facility, the counseling center or the mental
health clinic, we'll refer them to this local unit."
Students most apt to end up in the new unit are those experiencing severe stress and emotional problems or suicidal tendencies,
Bertsch said.
"Last year Central had 20 suicide attempts," Bertsch said. "After
their wrists were sewed up or their stomaches pumped, they were
released. The unit will provide students with short-term hospitalization, where they will be observed and analyzed before putting them
back into college life."
Stays at the new facility will be short-term, generally not exceeding two weeks, Lowery said.
The new facility will give the University another option for helping students who are having difficulties, Brown added.
The unit will be built by the hospital's own funds, with no outside
funding or donations being sought.
SGA legal aid
needs a home
Student Government Association's legal aid service needs a
place it can call its own.
The Mount Pleasant Tenants
Union is looking for office space
for its legal aid service, an office
where confidentiality between
the legal aid attorney and his
client can be maintained, according to Tenants Union Director
David Rowley.
Presently, legal aid is housed
in the SGA offices, in the lower
level of the University Center.
Appointments for the attorney
and general legal questions are
handled in the Tenants Union
section of the SGA offices, by
Tenants Union staff.
Clients talk with Legal Aid
Attorney David Guenther next
door in Student Body President
Kel Britvec's office.
But that presents a problem
because Britvec's office is not
sound proof and matters talked
about inside it coufd'be heard by
someone standing nearby in the
outer office.
The present system is working well and there have been no
problems, but Rowley said he
would like to have the service
established in a permament,
more sound-proof location.
Rowley added he would like to
keep the service within the SGA
offices, and is considering rearranging the offices or making a
conference room out of what is
now a storage room.
The storage room is connected to the Tenants Union office and would be a convenient
location, Rowley said.
The room, however, is approximately 12 feet by 7 feet, with a
ceiling about 5-foot-10 inches
high, and it may not have adequate ventilation.
Other alternatives include using an office elsewhere on campus, but Rowley would like to
keep the service within the
University Center, he said.
In Brief
The Instructional Materials Center in Ronan
Hall is hosting a series of mini-demonstrations
on media production this week.
Campus
Student Government Association has
formed an executive
council.
page 3
The rustic days of
past    were    relived
Saturday at Neither-
cut Woodland,
page 6
CMU's football team
scored three
unanswered
touchdowns in route to
a 28-7 win over Ball
State.
page 8
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Arts and Leisure 6
Classifieds. 11
Comment .... ....... 4
Doonesbury  4
Horoscope. 12
Off the Wire 2
Sports.................. 8
Spotlife 12
Weather 11
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