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Officials arrest two Iranian students
by PATTY WOODBURY
LIFE StaK Writer
Two Iranian CMU students arrested by U.S. immigration officials
Thursday morning are on their way to Detroit today for possible
deportation hearings, an immigration official said.
Mahmoud Hersini Nasseri, 30, and Mohammad Hassan Pirooz, 28,
were picked up in Mount Pleasant as illegal aliens and lodged in the
Saginaw County jail overnight, said Saginaw County Deputy Robert
Montgomery.
The students were expected to be transferred to Detroit today,
officials said,
Ronald Brooks, deputy district director for the U.S. Immigration
and Naturalization Service, said one of the Iranians had been out of
"proper student status" for more than a year and the other only was
a part-time instead of full-time student.
International students must attend college full-time or they are
considered illegal aliens by law.
Brooks added the arrests were "routine" and not unusual.
"It's a very routine thing," he said. "It happens every day."
Department of Public Safety Director John McAuliffe said the
two immigration officers, who arrived at his office about 10 a.m.
Thursday, asked for DPS assistance and use of an office in the
building from which to operate.
"They asked to use one of our offices to talk to foreign students,"
McAuliffe said. "Eventually two foreign students from Iran were
arrested as illegal aliens and taken to jail in Saginaw."
McAuliffe .said the officials left DPS about noon with the two
Iranians.
Shawmut Christensen, CMU's international student adviser, said
Thursday she had nothing to do with the incident and knew nothing
of it until she was contacted by DPS that day.
"I don't know who the students are or where they are. I haven't
heard anything," she said,
(See "Iranians"—page 12)
Vol. 62 No. 64
©  1981 CM LIFE
Mount Pleasant, Mich. 48859
14 pages
Friday, Feb. 27,1981
CMU
nixes
faculty
layoffs
by DAVE ALEXANDER
LIFE Editor and
KIM CLARKE
LIFE Ass't. News Editor
Central's brightening
economic future has spared 28
first-year faculty members of
layoff notices.
Provost John Cantelon said he
has sent reappointment letters
to the first-year people,
notifying them their jobs are
secure for another academic
year.
"The (budget) situation in
Lansing has changed so
remarkably, the picture is
significantly different than
December," Cantelon said.
Layoff notices were sent to 32
second-year faculty members in
December, but were rescinded a
week later when the Administration and Faculty
Association agreed to a goal of.
no-layoffs for the 1981-82
academic year.
Under contract guidelines,
termination notices to first-year
faculty must be sent by March 1
for layoffs the following year.
With CMU recently receiving
a 14 percent budget recommendation from the governor
and the budget bill moving
smoothly through the state
Legislature, Central's financial
situation looks "more optimistic," Cantelon said.
"There's still some degree of
risk involved for the institution,
but it's acceptable," he said.
However, the budget situation
"looks good enough to let the
letters flow," he added.
As to how this will effect the
negotiations between the
Faculty Association and the
Administration is anyone's
guess.
Cantelon said the reappointment notices have
probably taken some pressure
off the negotiations. The
possibility of layoffs and the
approaching March 1 deadline
caused the possible pressure, he
said.
"With the pressure off it could
slow down the bargaining but
this is not what we would like to
(See "Letters"—page 12)
Thaw
CM UF&Gwy Mtlow
When the tenants of Arthur's Village Apartments,
712 W. Broomfield Road,
signed leases for the new
complex in January, no one
mentioned a private beach
would be included.
"Broomfield Lake," according to apartment
manager Wayne Neely, was
formed when the land east of
the building was inundated
by the heavy snowfall, which
later melted into one big
puddle.
While there has yet to be
leakage into the building,
residents have complained
about slow-moving drains
and overflowing toilets, as
well as not being able to use
their back doors.
Neely said the plumbing
problems are unrelated to the
standing water, adding
building up and grading of the
area soon should rectify the
problem.
MA C presidents to decide
Men's sport scholarships in danger
by LARRY GLENN OWENS
LIFE Staff Writer
CMU's men's sport
scholarships are in jeopardy of a
possible cut, pending a May
decision by the Mid-American
Conference President's Council.
MAC presidents have
recommended to its athletic
directors a cut of four
scholarships this year and an
additional four the year after.
"I think if we get the
recommendation, we will
probably cut the number of
awards," President Harold Abel
said. "It sounds scarey but it's
not as bad as it sounds."
The MAC presidents will
deliberate in May to look at the
recommendations suggested by
the athletic directors.
"It's not a question of cutting
the budget, it's reducing the
talent awards," Abel said.
Central, along with the other
nine schools in the MAC, may
subtract the scholarships.
"That's just because the costs
are going up in all areas, it's not
to save money but to put money
in different parts of the
program," Abel said.
Athletic directors from the
MAC will convene March 7 in
Ann Arbor to discuss potential
cuts.
Currently Central has a total
of 118 men's sport scholarships,
meaning the  number may  go
down to 110 to comply with the
councils recommendation.
"The presidents are
desperately looking for ways to
economize the program,"
Athletic Director Ted Kjolhede
said.
"They didn't say anything
about a reduction for women but
I expect a proportional
reduction in the women's
scholarships," he said.
Kjolhede is now faced with
the decision to find sports where
cuts can be absorbed.
"It's very difficult from this
standpoint. Each school has
strength in different sports."
Kjolhede said Central's MAC
champion baseball team and
football teams are examples of
its strengths.
"Some coaches are recruiting
right now, if there has to be a
reduction, the quicker the better
as far as recruiting goes,"
Kjolhede said.
Program brings minorities to Central
(Editor's note: As part of a
continuing study of blacks at
Central, LIFE Staff Writer John
Cuthbertson today looks at the
affirmative action program.)
The affirmative action
program is one area which has
been successful in bringing more
minorities to Central, according
to James Turner, Affirmative
Action Officer.
In an overall comparison with
other state colleges CMU has
"shown the most progress
proportionately," Turner said.
He said, putting all bias aside,
"we have probably the best
Affirmative Action program."
Reviews  conducted   by   the
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federal Department of Health,
Education and Welfare, and the
Department of Labor were
favorable to Central, Turner
said.
"The deficiencies they found
were not even citable," he said,
adding Central may have one of
the first affirmative action
programs approved federally if
not in the nation, at least in the
state.
Turner said he could not focus
on blacks exclusively, because
the Affirmative Action Program
deals with the hiring of
minorities and women in a
general sense.
Although final tabulations
aren't complete, the hiring of
women and minorities at CMU is
"well within the goals" set in
1979, Turner said.
A 1979 University study
found a shortage of minorities
and women in both faculty and
administrative positions. It
suggested 38 women and 30
minorities be hired by 1982.
Tabulations indicating where
Central now stands won't be out
until sometime in March, Turner
said. A preliminary study made
before     Christmas    showed
minority and female hiring at
more than 4 percent of the work
force, he said, adding Central
may actually be over the
guidelines.
However, the process of
hiring minorities and women
recently has been hampered,
Turner said. State budget cuts
resulting in Central's position
review put a halt on new job
openings as well as the filling of
vacated jobs, he said.
The future for affirmative
action hiring does look brighter,
according to Turner.
"The governor has recommended a very good budget for
Central," he said, adding if the
(See "Blacks"—page 13)
As part of Black History Month, Roger Hatch,
associate professor of religion, will speak about
the Rev. Jesse Jackson's Operation PUSH
today. The speech will be at 6 p.m in Moore 119
and admission is free.*
Campus
Alcohol and hard
drug use at CMU is on
the rise.
pageS
Michigan has
received federal aid to
help clean up a Gratiot
County landfill.
page 5
Sports
CMU men's
basketball team fell
into last-place in the
Mid-American Conference with a loss to
Kent    State,
page 8
ndex
Arts and Leisure .... .6
Classifieds.  13
Comment 4
Doonesbury ............. 4
Horoscope. 13
Off the Wire 2
Sports 8
Spotlife  13
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