1981-10-07; Central Michigan Life

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Vol. 63 No. 16
©1981 CM LIFE
Mount Pleasant, Mich. 48859
18 pages
Wednesday, Oct, 7,1981
adat assassination elicits grief, criticism
by MIKE WRIGHT
and DAVE ELLIS
LIFE Staff Writers
Local and state reactions to the assassination
Tuesday morning of Egyptian President Anwar
Sadat ranged from deep grief to criticism of
Sadat's political policies.
Michigan political leaders expressed grief
about the assassination, which took place when a
group of attackers dressed like Egyptian soldiers
stormed the reviewing stand from which Sadat
watched a parade commemorating the end of
the  1973 Arab-Israeli War.
Gov. William G. Milliken said Sadat's death
would make bringing peace to the Middle East a
more difficult task.
"I join peace-loving people all over the world in
mourning the death of the courageous man of
peace," Milliken said in a released statement.
"We are all poorer for his loss and the world is
further from peace and tranquility today than it
was yesterday,"
Michigan representatives in Congress echoed
Milliken's sentiments in prepared statements.
"The death of President Sadat of Egypt is a
tragic loss to the cause of peace and stability in
the world," said U.S. Sen. Donald Riegle.
Michigan's other Democratic senator, Carl
Levin of Detroit, also expressed grief following
the attack.
"The world will remember Anwar Sadat as a
man who made extraordinary contributions to his
people and made peace in the world under ... difficult circumstances," Levin said.
U.S. Rep. Donald Albosta, D-St. Charles, said
he was "saddened by the news of the assassination.
"He was a man who truly had a vision of peace
for the Middle East," he said. "He has worked
hard to achieve that peace."
While state officials were mourning the death
of Sadat, the president of CMU's Muslim Student
Association said the former leader was not
respected in the Muslim community.
"In our view, Sadat was not a devout leader
and he's only popular in America," said Abdul Al-
(See "Sadat"—page 11)
SPONSORS
PB, FM-91 lock either arms or horns
by ANDY BARR
and MIKE WRIGHT
LIFE Staff Writers
When the Marshall Tucker
Band rocked CMU in February
of 1980 and Nazareth dazzled a
February 1981 audience, the
Program Board events were co-
sponsored by WMHW-FM 91.
But, when guitarist Pat
Metheny comes to Warriner
Auditorium Oct. 23, PB will go it
alone and WMHW will have
nothing to do with the show.
A majority of the rock and
jazz shows which come to Central are sponsored solely by Program Board. However, in the
past two years, WMHW has co-
sponsored some, but not others.
Officials from both organizations have varied opinions as to
why WMHW and PB don't get
together for some shows.
Both sides also have their
criteria for co-sponsoring a
show. For instance, PB Vice
Chairman Marty Thompkins
uses WMHW as a concert co-
promoter because it helps sell
tickets.
"We did a survey a couple
years ago and it, in effect, told us
that everyone doesn't listen to
91 (WMHW), but a good amount
of students do," Thompkins,
Belleville senior, said.
Just because the survey said
most students listen to WMHW
doesn't mean PB will go to the
radio station with every concert
idea, although the station would
like to have PB's business.
(See "WMHW/PB"—page 13)
Federal agency denies CMU
$3.5 million energy loan
by MIKE STRONGl'**"
LIFE Staff Writer
The federal government has denied CMU a $3.5
million energy loan, said Jerry Quick, assistant
vice president of Residences and Auxiliary Services.
The awards for the loan money were sent out
by mail last week, Quick said, but he did not learn
of the loan rejection until late Monday afternoon.
"I do not know why we didn't get the ban,"
Quick said.
CMU had never before applied for this type of
loan, said Tom Repp, assistant vice president of
Financial Affairs.
Despite the phasing out of the U.S. Departments of Energy and Education by President
Reagan's latest federal budget cuts, the entire
picture is not totally bleak for CMU, Quick said.
If Congress approves the 1982 fiscal budget,
then CMU has a chance to reapply for the energy
loan next year, Quick said.
Under the new budget there would be approximately $100 million available for possible energy
loans. The money would be coming from other
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universities, who currently are paying oack
federal loans. The principal and interest revenue
from these paybacks could be used for the loan
program, Quick explained.
But it has been quite a problem to keep the
energy loan program continuing in the past and it
should be an even bigger problem to keep it going, Quick said.
If the Joan has been approved, it would have
saved about $95 in energy costs per student room
and board rates, Quick said. However, the rejection does not mean students' room and board
rates will go up $95 each, Quick added.
Over the next several years room and board
rates will eventually increase to compensate for
the rising energy costs, Quick said.
The $3.5 million loan would have been used to
replace single-pane windows with new insulated
glass frames and install exterior insulation on
residence halls and student family housing.
CMU was one of 27 schools which applied for
energy loans. There was a total of $17 million
available for the program through the Department of Education's College Housing Loan Program.
'Punkin' out!
With Halloween just 24 days away, area farmers are busy harvesting their
pumpkin crops. Eleven-year-old Amy Malish is in charge of pumpkin sales at
her family's farm located at 1648 W. Remus Road in Deerfield Township.
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Judge sentences students
for summer dorm thefts
by MARK RANZENBERGER
LIFE Staff Writer
Three CMU students, including a member of the varsity
football team, have received jail
sentences for their part in a
series of summer campus thefts.
Michael McElrath, Kalamazoo
senior and defensive back for
the Chippewas, has been
sentenced to serve 30 days in
jail, one year probation, and pay
$250 in fines, court costs and
restitution, court records said.
If he completes 25 hours of
voluntary community service, 20
days of the 30-day jail sentence
will be suspended.
The sentences were handed
down Monday by 76th District
Court Judge Paul O'Connell in
Mount Pleasant.
Michael Lucas, Mount Pleasant sophomore, received the
same sentence from O'Connell,
according to court records.
Jeffrey Adams, Mount Pleasant sophomore, will spend one
year   as   a   Youthful   Trainee,
three days in jail and has been
ordered to pay $150 in fines and
court costs. He also was ordered
to spend 50 hours in voluntary
community service, court
records show.
McElrath, Adams and Lucas
all had pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of receiving and
concealing stolen property
under $100. Another student,
Steven DeFever, Mount Pleasant sophomore, pleaded innocent to a felony charge of
(See"Court"—page2)
Union Township actions draw mixed reviews
bySHELIAGRUBER
LIFE Ass't. News Editor
"Union Township" has almost been a four-letter word in some
circles lately.
Snide comments, accusations, disgust—even a few chuckles are
likely to be heard when the topic of Union Township government
cqmes up.
Even the recent decision of Enterprise Club developers to
withdraw a zoning request that started the whole ruckus has not
changed citizen reaction too much. It may have quieted things down
some—at least until people feel threatened again by some township
government action.
The latest threat to neighborhood tranquility has lead to more
trouble than even the developers had imagined. The threat came in
the form of proposal by Enterprise Club to build townhouses near
Cernek subdivision which citizens feared would house students and
create noise, traffic and water problems.
'"They (the developers) felt it wasn't worth it from their point of
view to raise a big stir over the rezoning," said Township Supervisor Keith Decker after the Joslins, owners of the firm, withdrew
their request to rezone the eight-acre parcel of land from R-2 to R-3
Sept. 15.
But the "stir" already had been raised,
Guy Meiss, assistant professor of journalism, and other residents
of Cernek subdividion and surrounding areas had already banned
together forming what is now known as the "Union Township Coalition,"
Originally a group of 150 citizens who had signed petitions protesting the development project, the group has grown to "several
News Analysis
hundred" according to Meiss, including a 20-member steering committee.
The group has charged members of the township's planning commission with everything from conflict of interest to nepotism—and
it looks like the fight has just begun.
"We want to be involved in the process. We don't want them
meeting in closed sessions, making decisions and then telling us
about them after the fact," Meiss said, predicting what the township
board's reply will be this evening.
"My judgement is they'll say 'mistakes have been made in the
past, but they won't happen in the future' and tell us they plan to
hire a planning consultant to help develop a master plan," Meiss
said.
The board, meeting in regular session at 8 p.m. today, will reply to
the citizens group, according to Decker.
Decker refused to discuss what the reply will be to the group's
Sept. 2 request for an investigation into charges against Planning
Commission Chairman Harold Verleger and other members of the
commission.
"It will all be said at the meeting," Decker said, admitting he had
not recently talked with members of the Union Township Coalition,
but "would think since rezoning is no longer a question, maybe the
objections have been resolved in part."
Several questions, however, raised by citizens with a variety of
gripes about township officials have not been resolved, such as:
—Are charges raised by the Union Township Coalition true?
-Is Union Township's style of governing any different than
other local governments?
While some of the coalition's charges may appear rather extreme
at first glance, a little, further investigation suggests some rationale
for the demands for an investigation.
The charge of "nepotism" for instance, levied against planning
(See "Analysis"—page 13)
In Brief
Registration for 1982 Winter Semester
classes is Oct. 19 to 23. Course offering guides
are available at the University Center
Bookstore, and a $25 registration fee must accompany the form.
Campus
LIFE takes a look at
Central's      Sports
Medicine Boom,
page 8
Sports
Coming from
behind, the CMU
volleyball team handed Western a 3-2
defeat Tuesday,
page 14
Index
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Classifieds* 17
Comment * 4
Doonesbury  4
Horoscope *  17
Off the Wire ..2
Sports ,, 14
Spotlife 17
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