1981-11-23; Central Michigan Life

              Central Michigan LIFE
Vol.63 No.36
© 1981.CM LIFE
Mount Pleasant, Mich. 48859
12 pages
Monday, Nov. 23,1981
Snow causes accidents, power outages
by NEDRA STALTER
and MIKE STRONG
LIFE Staff Writers
The season's first major snowfall Friday dumped more than 6 inches of snow on Mount Pleasant causing numerous accidents and
scattered power outages.
The Mount Pleasant Police Department reported at least 14 snow-
related accidents, none which were serious,
A CMU administrator was involved in a Friday morning accident.
James Hill, vice president for Student Affairs, collided with a
tractor which was plowing out his driveway.
Richard H, Gregory, 48, of Alma, told police he did not see Hill-
car until it was too late to avoid the accident. The tractor and car
collided and Gregory was thrown clear from his tractor, which rolled into the ditch.
Gregory suffered minor injuries and sought his own treatment.
Hill was not injured and his car received minor damage.
Isabella County Sheriffs Department spokeswoman Maryellen
Student hits own car
The next time Glenn Samuel
lets somebody drive his car, he's
probably going to remind them
to clear the snow off the back
lights.
If he would have done that
Up in smoke
CM UFE/J. Kyle Keener
Mount Pleasant firefighter Ken Schrock retreats from an upper-floor vent as intense smoke billows from the home of Leon Wiltse, 908 E. Crosslanes, that was gutted by fire Sunday afternoon. Wiltse and his family were returning from church when
they saw firefighters trying to extinguish the blaze. Firefighters received the call from
a neighbor at 12:07 p.m. and it took them 45 minutes to battle and finally put out the
fire. No one was injured in the blaze and it is not known how the fire started. See
related story and photos, page 12.
Abel talk set for today
President Harold Abel will
meet with students and University employees in two separate
meetings today to discuss Central's budget plight.
Abel will address representatives of employees groups at 3
p.m* in the President's Conference Room of the University
Center. Central's five unions,
along with two other non-
unionized groups, were invited
to send representatives. The
meeting is closed to the public.
At 5 p.m. the president will
speak to various student leaders
in the same room.
Abel said earlier the purpose
of the sessions is to "lay out the
nature of the problem with the
budget and provide a vehicle for
some input."
Since Central's current 1981-
82 budget was approved by the
Board of Trustees in August, the
University has been subjected
to two executive order callbacks.
The callbacks have made more
than $1 million in cuts from
CMU's state allocation.
To help offset the cuts the
Board recently approved a midyear tuition hike of $2. Abel also
has proposed reducing the base
budget of the University by $1.5
million.
during Friday's snowy afternoon, he said he wouldn't have
driven into the back of his own
car.
Samuel, West Bloomfield
(See 44Car"—page 2)
Swan said there were at least 15 accidents reported throughout the
county. There were numerous other minor accidents which were not
reported, she said.
"We can't even give you an estimate on how many accidents there
were. There were at least six cars in the ditch and five of them were
within a three-mile area. If they (drivers) could, we had them tow
their own cars out," Swan said.
Heavy snowfall also contributed to several Mount Pleasant
residents and CMU students being without electricity during the
snowstorm, according to a representative of Consumer's Power Co.
However, she had no idea how many customers were affected in
Mount Pleasant. Because of the number of phone calls received, not
all were recorded.
One of the apartment buildings in Huntington Apartments on
Broomfield Road was out of power for nearly three and one-half
(See "Snow"—page 2)
Directors split over
Warriner audio gear
by MIKE WRIGHT
LIFE Staff Writer
For the last six years, Special
Media Services has been setting
up the sound for events in Warriner Auditorium.
Last summer, however, those
services came to a halt when the
University purchased about
$6,000 worth of modern audio
equipment for University
Events, a group which sponsors
various entertainment.
Now, Warriner has its own
sound system and much of
SMS's duties have been cut — a
move which has Instructional
Resources Director Sherwood
Bridges, who oversees SMS,
feeling a little uneasy.
"They (University officials)
apparently felt it would be wiser
to buy their own equipment,"
Bridges said. "This will hurt the
students working here."
Bridges was referring to
students who are paid by the
SMS office to do certain activities and run the equipment.
Without many Warriner activities, their work hours are
cut.
Although SMS has "always
existed" at CMU, Bridges said,
the group has been working
closely with University Events
and other organizations since
1975 when SMS received its new
equipment.
Instructional Resources was
given about $30,000 worth of
audio equipment by the University. The move was designed to
save Central money over the
years.
"We had a lot of rock bands
coming in who needed special
systems," Bridges recalled. "We
were spending up to $3,000 to
rent the equipment from companies in Detroit to use for the
shows."
The purchase covered a wide
range of audio equipment, including speakers, amplifiers,
microphones and a sound board.
SMS is hired by many
organizations on campus to provide the sound for events, including minor concerts,
speakers series, special events
and commencement.
Now some of these services
"We're not competing with SMS;
this was not our
concept We can
now have better
production be
cause we now
have control."
—James Lombard,
University Events
coordinator
have been cut because University Events Director James Lombard decided he needed the new
equipment.
"Our stuff is more mobile and
it's much newer," he said. "I
don't think it was a waste of
money at all."
Bridges could not give a
percentage of how much SMS
was generated in Warriner, but
admitted much of it has been
cut. "A great many events occur
in Warrnier," he said. "It's a
pretty busy place."
While Bridges has not concerned himself with the money
factor, he is concerned about the
fact his office was not notified
about the purchase until after it
was made.
"It would have been a
reasonable thing to discuss it
with me before spending the
money," Bridges said. "Let's
just say Mr. Lombard and I
haven't agreed on this."
The major difference the two
men have on this project is the
overall need for new equipment
and chopping SMS to Warriner.
Lombard, however,
downplayed the differences.
"We're not competing with
SMS; this was not our concept,"
he said. "We can now have better productions because we now
have more control (of the
sound)."
Lombard said Warriner
Auditorium is used about six
and one-half nights per week
during the academic year.
The new equipment, he added,
will help save money for the
University in the future. "The
equipment will pay for itself
through renting it," he said.
Lombard said he would rent
the equipment to groups like the
Anspach Speakers Series and
Program Board when they have
events in Warriner.
Ironically, before the new
equipment was bought, SMS had
that function.
Bridges said it usually did not
cost that much to rent out the
equipment. For instance, he said
a "large show" like Gertrude
Stein last semester in Warriner
would cost about $184, including
equipment and student salaries.
(See "Warriner"—page 2)
DPS seeking voyeur
The Department of Public Safety has
released a drawing of a male wanted for indecent exposure and voyeurism. The incident took place in a women's locker room in
Rose Center Wednesday.
The suspect is described as a white male,
20 to 21-years-old, 5-foot-10 inches, with a
medium build.
He has blonde, wavy hair parted in the
middle that is slightly shorter on top than
the drawing shows. The suspect has a rough
complexion.
In a related case, a male exposed himself
at the northwest corner of Woldt Hall Saturday.
No arrests have been made and no further
information was available.
In Brief
Due to the Thanksgiving break, LIFE will not
publish Wednesday and Friday, but will resume
publication Nov. 30. The LIFE staff wishes the
CMU community a safe and enjoyable holiday.
Campus
The campus should
be quiet Wednesday
morning—but classes
will go on.
page 3
CMU's Film Co-op
has folded in the face
of steadily declining
revenues*
page 6
Sports
The CMU football
team ended its season
with a 6-3 win over
Bowling Green Saturday.
page 9
Index
Arts and Leisure 6
Classifieds , n
Comment 4
Doonesbury  4
Horoscope  11
Off the Wire 2
Sports 9
Spotlife  11
Weather n