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© 1979 Central Michigan LIFE
Volume 60 No. 82
Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859
Friday, April, 27^1979
Chemical
storage
within law
byDANGUIDO
UFE Staff Writer
A state fire marshal
disagrees with claims made by a
CMU Chemistry Department
official and a state chemist that
the bulk storage of highly
flammable chemicals in Brooks
Hall is illegal.
Lt. John Slattery, of the fire
marshal.'s office in Grand
Rapids, said Wednesday that
the storage of five- and 55-gallon
drums of flammable chemicals in
a fire resistant storage room in
Brooks is "within the confines of
the law."
Slattery disagreed with
allegations made by Jamie
Stock, Chemistry stockroom
manager, and Choubhry
Ghulam, a chemist with the fire
marshal's office in Lansing,
both of whom said that the bulk
chemical storage in Brooks was
illegal.
Ghulam had stated that
storing flammable liquids of
more than one gallon in a school
building is illegal.
However, Slattery said the
school may store as much of the
flammable chemicals in Brooks
as it wants, "as long as the
chemicals are kept inside of the
state-approved storage room in
the building."
According    to    Stock,    the
"As long as the
storage room is
less than 55 square
feet they wouldn't
even have to
sprinkle it."—Lt.
John Slattery, of
the fire marshal's
office in Grand
Rapids
chemical storage room in Brooks
meets all the state fire-safety
requirements that apply to
storage rooms containing
flammable chemicals in
classroom buildings.
But Stock said earlier that it
was illegal and against Occupational Safety and Health
Administration regulations to
store more than one-gallon
containers of flammable
chemicals in the Brooks storage
room.
School fire-safety regulations,
Slattery said, state that a
hazardous materials storage
room in a classroom building
must be separated frdm the rest
of the building by a one-hour fire
resistant wall and a 45-minute
(See "Chemicals—" page 9)
Daylight time
bows Sunday
Michigan's annual 23-hour day will take place Sunday when
daylight savings time goes into effect.
The move, which occurs in order to provide additional
daylight hours each summer, officially will be made at 2 a.m.
Sunday when clocks are to be set ahead one hour to 3 a.m.
A Physical Plant spokesman said rewinding all CMU clocks
will take about four hours.
The rewinding procedure is conducted through CMU's four
master clocks: %
However, rewinding the master clocks does not necessarily '
assure all campus clocks will be set ahead, as complications
occasionally occur, he added.
Michigan flocks will be set back again one hour in October.
Stuck in muck
-CM UFE PHOTO BY MIKE OREEN
Lester Cowling of Mount Pleasant was less than happy
with the outcome of his trash pickup at the Harold Alt-
staetter residence on High Street Cowling was able to
back into the yard to collect the trash but on leaving his
truck was swallowed up by a rather large hole which he
had unknowingly maneuvered around while entering.
The hole was filled with water and blended perfectly
with the puddle around it.
Krzerninski's election to stand
SA official drops charges
by TOM HENRY
LIFE Staff Writer
Charges to invalidate the election of CMU's next student body
president were withdrawn at Wednesday's Student Association
Board of Directors meeting.
Junior Representative Don Fergle, who earlier this week instigated the charges, said they have been dropped for the good and
future credibility of the S A.
Fergle, of Grosse Pointe Woods, protested campaigning
procedures employed by Sophomore Representative Jim Krzeminski enroute to Krzerninski's election as student body
president April 19.
Among Fergle's claims was that Krzeminski violated an SA
campaigning rule by actively seeking support in a residence hall
food commons. Such an infraction would invalidate Krzerninski's
appointment by the student body and set the stage for a special
election, according to the regulations.
Krzeminski, however, denied actively seeking support in that
incident. He said he merely answered a question about whether he
was a presidential candidate in addition to Fergle.
Mere than 40 students attended Wednesday's SA meeting, the
largest audience this year.
In addressing both SA's board and students, Fergle said his goals
were reached in making the student body aware of current "election
problems." He also said he would discontinue charges for the best
•interest of SA and concluded, "I endorse and congratulate Jim
Krzeminski and Tom Pierson on their election," to which the
audience applauded.
KTzeminski, who defeated Fergle by a 12 percent vote margin,
said after the. meeting', "I think it took a lot of class. Don made a well
thought-out decision and I'm really proud of him.
"As far as I'm concerned, the past two days have all blown over. It
never happened," Krzeminski, of Grand Rapids, added.
Current Student Body President Jim Marshall also said after the
meeting that Fergle "has gained my respect in doing what he thinks
is best for the students."
In other action at Wednesday's meeting, board members
recommended $300 of SA's remaining funds be donated to Student
Foundation for activities and food on Gentle Friday, which is May 4.
(See "Election—" page 2)
Ex-CM (J provost
seeks MSU post
by CAROL BRZOZOWSKI
LIFE Staff Writer
Former CMU Provost and
Vice President of Academic
Affairs Charles Ping is one of
several names which appeared
in a Lansing newspaper article
indicating that he was in
competition for the Michigan
State University presidency.
But the article, which the
MSU All-University
Presidential Search and
Selection Advisory Committee
says contains information which
should not have been leaked to
the press, is causing the committee to suspend its search.
The committee released a
resolution to the MSU Board of
Trustees asking them to plug
the leak saying," ... there have
been major breaches of confidentiality immediately
following the meetings of
the . . . committee at
which ... members of the Board
(See "Presidency—" page'9)
Adjuster calls Sigma Pi house 'total loss'
byTQMMcEACHIN
LIFE Staff Writer
The cause of the fire that
gutted the Sigma Pi fraternity
house    Tuesday    night   still
remains   a   mystery,   and   a,
fraternity official said the house
is a total loss.
vMark Zitzelsberger, director
of the CMU chapter of Sigma Pi,
said that while, the house is
currently assessed at $58,000, an
insurance adjuster said
Thursday it would cost at least
$70,000 to. replace the house.
Zitzelsberger said the ad-,
justor "feels that the house
would be a total loss."
In addition to losing their
home, the 17 residents of the
house lost most of their personal
belongings. (See related story,
page 3)
"Individuals have lost quite a
bit," said fraternity member
Curt Carson,
Zitzelsberger said  however,
most residents would be covered
under their parents' fire insurance.
Two of the fraternity brothers
estimate their possessions
totaled more than $8,000.
Fraternity members recently
completed a $5,000 remodeling
project on the house, installing
aluminum  siding  and  a   new
kitchen.,
The house was condemned
more than a year ago, but
housing inspector Bill Mc-
Cracken was unavailable
Thursday to say whether the
building had been brought up to
standards.
Meanwhile, Mount Pleasant
Fire Chief Jack Lawson said it
may take weeks to complete the
investigation    of    the    house.
"We don't know anything
more about that (the fire),"
Lawson said, adding "The investigation might even take a
couple of weeks."
In
Students who wish to drop a class or withdraw from the University.must return drop or
withdrawal forms to the Registrar's Office by 5
p.m. today.
Students who drop a class by the deadline will
receive a grade of "W" for passibg work of HD°
or better and a grade of '?E" for failing work.
The drop and withdrawal forms are available
at the Registrar's Office, Warriner 2$0*
Sports
The Chippewa
baseball team travels
to enemy territory
today for the first time
in the young league
season.
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