1980-10-08; Central Michigan Life

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44 pages
Wednesday, OeU 9; 19_0
by JOHN BARNES
LIFE Staff Writer
Insect and plumbing problems at the Pleasant
View Apartment complex has tenants "bugged"
but management officials claim they are doing
everything possible to alleviate the problems.
The Central Michigan District Health
Department and the Mount Pleasant Tenants
Union have received numerous complaints
recently from Pleasant View tenants upset by
insect bites and murky drinking water.
One female tenant, who asked not to be
identified, was sent to Central Michigan Community Hospital last week'by University Health
Service officials after becoming sick from an
infection resulting from the unidentified insect
bites. .
Another resident, Alicia Kuehn, Saginaw
sophomore, said she has been receiving
medication from UHS for insect bites "all over my
legs, arms and back."
Moreover, a health inspector for the Isabella
County Health Department said Tuesday, he has
received complaints from tenants claiming they
have become sick after drinking sediment-filled
water.
However, tests of the water reveal no bacteria
that could cause illness, County Health,Inspector
Rick Powell said.
Pleasant View dwelling units are sprayed on a
regular basis to exterminate pests cohabitating
with tenants, he added.
Student residents are still unhappy.
insects
"As soon as we, drink the water, we get such
bad stomach aches," Linda Rohde, Taylor
sophomore, said.'"It's really unbearable to live
here. Clumps of rust pour out and it's gotten
worse."
According to Bruce. O'Donnell, maintenance
supervisor at Pleasant View, the sediment-filled
water is caused by wells that are going dry.
"As the water level goes down, air is being
sucked into the pumps and that acts like a
hammer and blows all that sediment and rust that
has built up in the pipes loose," O'Donnell said.
Plans are in the making to drill a new well, he
said, but could not say for sure when drilling
would begin, only that it would be "before winter."
"The water looks ugly. I know it does,"
O'Donnell said. "But I drink it. I live here too." -    v
O'Donnell suspects some students may become
nauseous because they think the water might be
contaminated. "But it's not. Tests prove that," he
said.
While Kuehn said the water bothers her, she is
more concerned about ticks and fleas she claims
infest her appartment.
"About two weeks ago I started to get a lot of
little red dots all over my body," Kuehn said. "I
looked just like a walking leper."
Kuehn said she is receiving medicine from a
UHS to alleviate itching associated with the.
bites. The doctor speculated Kuehn was bitten by
insects that' came in from the fields around
Pleasant View, she said.
"I'm moving out next semester because I've
(See "Pleasant View"—page 19)
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Wpmen regain, deposits
Suit brings refunds
Five roommates who each lost
their $100 security deposit had
more than half returned to them
through Small Claims
proceedings Friday.
Of the $500 withheld for
damages, $26§ was returned—
or $53 each —because of
unreasonable charges, said one
of the students.
The ordeal began during the
summer when the women
students, who lived at 1022 S.
Lansing St., last year, received
notice that they wouldn't get the
deposits back.
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"We saw a lawyer and he said
we had a case," said Janis
Adams, Utica junior, one of the
five students.
They wrote a letter of protest
to landlord Gala Bragg, which
must be sent within a week after
a tenant receives notice of the
alleged damages.
The students then filed in
court at the end of August after
not hearing from Bragg.
When 'contacted by LIFE,
Bragg said, "The judge made a
fair decision." She would not
comment further.
"There was no reason for her
to take that money," Adams
said. "It's kind of a hassle, but
it's worth it too; maybe she
won't do it again."
Among $he items Adams said
Bragg claimed were:
—$100 to replace a recliner
chair, which Adams said was
still in the house this semester;
— nail holes in. the, walls;
—$200 to clean the' house but
Adams said the judge threw it
out bf court because of
unreasonableness;
—$80 to replace a lawn.
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Punk out
CMUFE/Sttvtn C Jntmon
Skinny ties, sunglasses, leopard-skin suits
along with other zany clothes were in style
Monday night as a local nightspot sponsored
"Ne\y Wave Night" John Pozza, Virginia junior
and Laura Correla, Detroit junior, were two of the
many who went punk for a night.
Hatchet
will
appear
The Molly Hatchet band will
make its first appearance in.
Michigan as it rocks and rolls
CMU students on Homecoming
evening, Oct. 25. The concert
was announced Tuesday by Ken
Knapp, Program Board concert
coordinator.
The concert, CMU's first for
the 19)30-81 school year, will be
produced by Program Board in
conjunction with WMHW-FM91.
The concert will begin at 8
p.m. in Rose Arena, following
Homecoming activities.
Molly Hatchet recently
released "Beatin' the Odds," its
third album. The group, which
features a triple guitar attack,
hails from Jacksonville, Fla. Its
second album, "Flirtin' With
Disaster," went platinum,
selling 1.4 million albums.
PB officials had been awaiting
final word from Molly Hatchet's
booking agency, Jam Productions. The agency is based'in
Chicago.
Prior to Molly Hatchet, PB
had another concert lined up for
CMU, but it never took shape.
"Up until a few weeks ago we
had another tact, but a booking
agent in Detroit found out about
it and the concert fell through,"
Knapp, Livonia senior, said. He
would not say who,the act was.
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A warm-up ba:d for the show
will be announced next week, he
said.
The date for ticket sales has
not yet been determined,
Tickets will be $7.50 for general
admission and $8.50 for reserved
seats.
PB's last scheduled- concert,
the J. Geils Band in April, was
cancelled when lead singer
Peter Wolfe developed throat
problems. Prior to that PB
sponsored the Marshall Tucker
Band and Firefall.
Court dismisses discrimination suit against Central
byKRISPlOCH
LIFE popy Editor
CMU prevailed among the victors in a-lawsuit charging sex
discrimination against women athletes. ,
The suit was dismissed Thursday by Judge Milton Shadur in the
U.S. District Court in Chicago. The memorandum also granted a
motion for the plaintiffs attorney to pay expenses and attorney fees
of the defendants.
Alice Textor, women's basketball coach at Northern Illinois
University, filed the class-action suit Jan. 28 against NIU and the
nine other Mid-American Conference schools, including CMU.
Discrimination was charged in pay, scheduling and facilities.
University Counsel J> David Kerr was "pleased that Central had '
prevailed" on this case. ,
Shadur dismissed the action because the court lacks jurisdiction
over the members of the MAC, he said in a memorandum. However,
the action against NIU, which Textor has a relationship too, was
transferred to the Executive Committee for re-assignment to
another judge.
In the memorandum the court cited cases that found defendants
must have at least minimal contacts with the plaintiff.
Shadur said in the brief* "None of the MAC members has any but
the most tangential contacts with the state of Illinois, and even the
longest reach of the long-arm statute of Illinois require that the
alleged cause of action derives from business that took place within
the state."
The memorandum stated that Textor alleged no relationship in
the initial complaint or in her deposition! Therefore, he. said it is
unnecessary to discuss the several other grounds for dismissal
asserted by the MAC members.
After granting the motion for dismissal, Shadur also granted a
motion requesting payment of expenses including attorneys' fees by
Textor's attorney, Edward Diedrich bf DeKalb, 111. f
The fees were awarded because Diedrich failed to sign the
original complaint which is required by the Federal Rules Civil
Procedure Rule 11. Rule 11 states ".he signature certifies that the
attorney has read the .pleading and that to the best of his
knowledge, information and belief there is good ground to support it
.'. For a willful! violation of this rule an attorney may be subjected
to appropriate disciplinary action."    ..*■:
Shadur's memorandum stated, "When the Rule 11 issues were
raised by the MAC members, the attorney (Diedrich) made no effort
either to correct the omission or to respond to the issue ... This
Court is left with no other conclusion than that it is dealing with a
willful viloation of Rule 11." , .
"The court is reluctant to penalize Textor if she has legitimate
grounds for action against NIU. Instead we (the court) will both
because of the Rule ll violation and in exercise of inherent powers
recently recognized and reaffirmed in Roadway Express, Inc. v.
Piper, impose other sanctions directly against Textor's counsel,"
Shadur explained. V|
Kerr said, "As far as we can tell by reported cases, there has been
no other case in the country where the attorney did not sign the
pleading as required by federal rules and subsequently has been
ordered to^pay expenses and fees of the parties he sued."
Kerr also said he believes this is the third case in the nation
where a violation of Rule 11 has resulted in the attorney paying the
other attorney's fees."
In these two cases, Kerr said, the complaints were_aigned but no
reasonable grounds for signing existed.
(See "Lawsuit"—page 11)
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