1980-09-24; Central Michigan Life

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Vol, 62 No. 13
© 1980 CM LIFE
Mount Pleasant, Mich. 48859
18 pages
Wednesday, Sept. 24,1980 j
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by SARAH ROWLEY
LIFE Staff Writer
Erik Preville depends on financial aid to pay his rent at Consolidated Apartment Corporation. .
But the state financial aid hasn't come in yet and Erik is behind in
his rental payments.
"I received a letter (from Consolidated) saying that if the rent
wasn't in within a week after the due date, I'd be taken to Small
Claims Court to be evicted and would have to pay the court costs,"
said Preville, Alma junior.
Eviction notices have been sent to many tenants of Consolidated,
1215 Vernon Drive, for failure to make rent payments on time.
The students say the eviction notices are a result of a new rent
payment policy and prolonged delays in getting state financial aid.
The current payment schedule includes three payments of about
$379 to be paid in July, August and September.
The new schedule was started this semester, and last year
required payment by semesters, according to Kent Tyrrell, Tenants
Union director.
"It hasn't changed that much; we've used that form for years,"
said James Barwick, owner of Consolidated.
"No one twists anyone's arm in the corporation, so I see ne need
to get into that (the eviction process)," Barwick saidi
Some of the students applied for an emergency loan from CMU's
Financial Aids Office, but few are approved, says Robert Walling,
(See "Evictions"—page 17)
From palace to garage,
housing quality varies
(Editor's Note: In the second part of their
three-part series on off-campus housing, LIFE
Staff Writers Mike Wright and Sarah Rowley
take a look at several off-campus residents, their
houses and their landlords.)
On Gaylord Street sits a two-dwelling apartment which used to house automobiles.
On the other hand, six students live in a home
on University Avenue which is furnished with
antique furniture, including an upright piano.
And so, the great job of finding suitable
housing with respected landlords has ended for
most of those CMU students who have put their
time and money into off-campus housing.
About 37 percent-6,252-of the 16,912 students
attending Central this fall have found residence
off campus in a dwelling they hope will house
them comfortably until May.
And because of the large number of students
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living off campus, students are forced to find
dwellings which may not accomodate them.
For instance, four students live in two separate
dwellings at 201 Gaylord St. The building was
formally an automobile garage.
(See "Housing"—page 12)
SBAC doling o&t funds
from reduced budget
by JOHN BARNES
LIFE Staff Writer
Student Association asked the
Student Budget Review and
Allocation Committee for
$17,434 Monday to fulfill its
projected budget for the 1980-81
school year.
However, the amount the
student government will actually receive depends in part on
what the SBAC decides this
afternoon to recommend to
Student Affairs Vice President
James Hill.
And in a year of fiscal conservatism for the University, it
would appear that at least some
items in SA's budget, particularly special projects, will be
cut or reduced by cost-minded
committee members.
, According to Student
Organizations Director Sharon
George, the SBAC will have
approximately $79,380 to
distribute to student groups this
year, a 10 percent reduction
.from the $88,000 dispensed last
year.
Last year SA asked the SBAC
for a total of $6,523 for special
projects. They received $3,406.
This reduction, coupled with a
year of double-digit inflation,
could conspire to reduce SA's
potential monetary award.
Student Body President Jeff
Markel and Vice President
Kathy Brooks spent more than
an hour and one half outlining
and justifying SA's budget to
the SBAC afMonday's meeting.
SA requested $4,727 for
special projects. Almost half of
that figure, $2,329, is slated to
help fund CMU's 13th Annual
Conference on United Nation's
Affairs this November.
After reminding Markel and
Brooks groups must be prepared
for 10 percent cutbacks, George
(See "SBAC"—page 12)
Group plans to close doors
The Student Budget Review and Allocation
Committee says it will close its doors to the public
to make the budgetary process more effective.
SBAC Chairman Greg Robinson said the public
will be allowed into the individual hearings
provided the group requesting funds is in
agreement. Y
But when the SBAC caucuses to make its final
recommendation to Vice President for Student
Affairs James Hill, they will do so alone,
Robinson said.
At least that is the present policy. The group
will meet today at 3:45 p.m. in the Lake St. Clair
Room of the University Centeh The closed
meeting: policy Will  be  discussed,  Robinson,
Wyoming senior, said, but could not say if the
policy would change.
The group will also be meeting to make a final
recommendation on Student. Association's
$17,434 budget.
The closed meeting policy was decided upon by
the group since they thought it could operate
more effectively without the public in attendance,
Robinson said.
"It was done to protect the groups presenting
the budget and protect ourselves from possible
misunderstanding in the press," lie said.
The hearings were closed last year since the
group was in its infancy and thought it could
operate better if it was out of the public eye,
Student Organizations Director Sharon George
said.
Autumn river
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The unmistakable onset of fall weather has begun to paint the Chippewa
River valley in the colors of autumn. To many the gradual and scenic change of
seasons only serves as a reminder of the long slow slide into the winter ahead.
Stores halting Rely sales
by LISA ADAMS
LIFE Copy Editor
Iii a wave of controversy
sparked by recent allegations
concerning the safety of Rely
tampons, most local merchants
are pulling the product off their
shelves.
Monday, Proctor and Gamble
Co., the manufacturers, recalled
the tampons, five days after a
federal study associated their
use to toxic shock syndrome, a
sometimes fatal disease.
TSS is characterized by
sudden onset of high fever,
vomiting, diarrhea, a sunburn-
like rash and a rapid drop in
blood pressure often leading to
shock.
Since January, the national
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The application deadline for graduate student
research fund applications is Oct. 20. Applications require signatures from a student's
adviser, am! department chairperson and may be
obtained in Sloan i00.
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A number of
students Were flooded
out of ' their apart1
ments foilowing
Monday's rainstorm.
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Nine candidates are
seeking election to the
Student   Association
Board of Directors,
page 10
Sports
CMU's women's
tennis team won
against Wayne State
Tuesday.
page 14
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