1978-09-25; Central Michigan Life

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Volume 60 No. 12
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
Monday, Sept. 25,1&78
Engler to seek
clarified opinion
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by JIM FISHER
LIFE Ass't. News Editor
■ CMU's Board of Trustees soon
will know whether the state
attorney general agrees with its
plans to meet in closed session
to receive information.
Rep. John M. Engler (R-Mount
Pleasant) said Friday he and his
staff attorney will request Atty.
Gen. Frank J. Kelley to clarify
an earlier opinion which
trustees claim allows them to
meet in closed session to receive
information. Engler said he will
draft a letter to Kelley this week
at the request of CM LIFE.
"We'll have something
submitted to the attorney
general's office this week," said
Engler, who had not seen
Kelley's opinion as of Friday.
In the opinion, no. 5364,
Kelley noted three exemptions
to the Open Meetings Act of
1977. These exemptions are
social or chance gatherings and
conferences "not designed to
avoid this act."
Kelley, in the opinion, also
said meetings of public bodies
with neighborhood organizations or "other groups" for the
purpose of gathering information are exempt.from the
act.
University Attorney J. David
Kerr said Thursday the trustees
decision Wednesday to meet in
closed session at their Oct. 18
meeting to receive information
is not an attempt to avoid the
act.
He said "other groups" includes any human being, and the
board can meet behind closed
doors with administrators as
long as no deliberations take
place.
"My off-hand reaction is that I
would have thought the law was
tighter than that, but I guess the
section he (Kelley) based his
ruling on does get into a gray
area," Engler said.
"I am a strong supporter of
the open meetings law, and we
have always operated in the
open down here," Engler said,
referring to the state
legislature.
Vincent Leone, assistant state
attorney general, said Thursday
that Kelley's opinion "does not
address itself to the trustees'
decision to conduct information-
gathering sessions behind closed
doors.
Leone said Kelley's opinion
could be clarified only at the
written request of a state
representative.
Kelley's opinion was issued in
response to questions raised by
Rep. James E. O'Neill, Jr. (D-
Saginaw) about the legality of a
closed meeting between a city
council and a local bank's board
of directors to exchange information.
The state attorney general's
written opinion is not legally
binding.
Hall, Oates tickets
on saleWednesday
are $6.50 for the 8 p.m. concert
in Dan Rose Arena.
Tickets for the Oct. 19 concert
by soft rock group Hall and
Oates and special guest group
City Boy go on sale Wednesday Other Program Board ticket
at the University Center ticket outlets will begin selling Hall
office only. and Oates tickets Friday, said
Reserved   seats   cost   $7.50   Bill   Gundry,   Program   Board
while general admission seats   spokesperson.
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byPETEENGARDIO
LIFE Ass't. News Editor
To defense attorney F. Lee
Bailey, Americans view justice
in the courtroom in terms of the
glamorized world of Perry
Mason.
The "real world" of major
trials is not one where truth
always emerges and right
triumphs over wrong. To him,
the courtroom has evolved into a
battleground for "legal
gladiators."
Bailey bases this perception
on first-hand experience.
Probably the legal profession's
biggest celebrity, Bailey, 45, has
been in the legal spotlight and
newspaper headlines for
defending clients in a series of
celebrated and sensationalized
trials. They include the cases of
Dr. Sam Sheppard, The Boston
Strangler, Captain Ernest
Medina in the Mai Lai case, and
most recently, Patty Hearst.
Bailey was on campus
Saturday to discuss what more
than 150 Michigan lawyers had
paid $65 apiece to learn about,
what he calls the "noble art of
cross-examination."
The setting was appropriate:
Bush Theatre.
For about two hours, Bailey
explained various methods of
controlling witnesses and
persuading jurors.
The audience couldn't have
had a better teacher. Bailey is
the personification of the
stereotyped defense lawyer:
gravel voiced, flamboyant, high-
priced and devious. He's been
described as the legal Lone
Ranger; the ace in the hole; a
gun for hire.
Following the last of his two
lectures, the attorney consented
to a brief interview.
Weary from lack of sleep,
having arrived in Mount
Pleasant 3 a.m. Saturday in his
airplane, Bailey's comments
were laconic.
Asked whether he believes
Americans conceive justice in
melodramatic terms, Bailey
responded curtly, "That's absolutely right."
He is not overly reverent to
the institution of justice and
American myths regarding it.
"Anyone who tells you a trial
is for the purpose of producing a
search for truth is misinformed," he said, "simply
because if the truth is something
neither lawyer wants presented,
it won't get to court."
The larger-than-life aura
which trails Bailey into the
courtroom and the show atmosphere created by the media
in cases he argues are situations
he said he tries to eliminate, not
foster.
"I don't try to play on that,"
he said. "It places a tremendous
burden on the defense."
Questioned on whether he
ever orchestrates the courtroom
dramatics   which   consistently
occur in his cross-examinations,
Bailey said they are purely
spontaneous.
"Lawyers aren't actors," he
added. "And they better not get
caught at it."
During his lectures, Bailey
outlined many of his favorite
tactics and ploys for cross-
examination, which he said "is
not taught in any structured
way." However, he added, "it
does break down into rules."
Bailey first cautioned about
"attacking" witnesses, at least
prematurely.
"Walk around and around and
around. Like a mongoose around
the cobra. You don't have to
hurry, just don't make a
mistake."
And when the witness is fully
exposed, he added, "catch him in
one good, nasty attack."
Being    too    aggressive    on
(See "Bailey—"page 2)
Harness your anxiety
Stress can be constructive
nside
-^CMU releases copies
of energy pamphlet
today, page 3
-SA, PB election
candidates profiled,
page 8
—Alcorn      defeats
Central, page 10
—Soccer    team
Albion, page 12
beats
The above symbol is
internationally known as
indicating the presence of
facilities accessible to
physically handicapped
persons. Such accessibility, is touched upon
in stories appearing On
page 7 of today's CM LIFE.
by BERNADETTE JOZWIAK
LIFE Managing Editor
Perpetual Saturday. Wouldn't
it be fantastic? No academic or
work worries. No personal
problems needing immediate
attention. Just blue skies,
sunshine, touch foot'
bail - breezin' here and breezin'
there without a care to prey on
the mind.
No stress; no strain.
Well... no strain, most
assuredly. But no stress? Uh-uh.
Stress is an essential part of
life and not experiencing it is
akin ,to death, says Merry
Pattison, whd conducted a
workshop here Saturday on the
creative management of stress.
Pattison ascribes to the
philosophy that stress forces
each of us into growing and
when a living thing does not
grow, it is much like death. Each
human being, therefore, must
find his or her own way to deal
with stress, she says,
So, upon learning to identify
and cope with stressful
situations, everything's settled,
right?
Not really, says Pattison, who
works at the Kalamazoo Consultation Center, The absence of
stress and anxiety, she explains,
is not necessarily happiness in
every second of every minute of
every day.
The reason is that stress is
usually the result of change
which forces individual growth,
she notes. In other words, stress
is an inherent part of life - it
won't go away. But it needn't
ruin one's life, either.
Stress, as Pattison says, is
wrought by change. Such change
can be traumatic, such as is the
death of a loved one, divorce,
separation, retirement and
marriage.
Having sexual difficulties or
new responsibilities at work,
becoming pregnant and
beginning and ending school also
represent change. Even
alterations in recreation, church
and social activities, sleeping
and eating habits and the
number of family get-togethers,
a clan has are changes that can
trigger stress.
Judging from these last few,
seemingly trivial examples
drawn from a list Pattison
distributed at her workshop, it
is easy to see how change
permeates living.
Coping    with    these    life
situations, however, is possible
by turning the tables on the
stress they bring and making
that stress work for instead of
against oneself. That is the
philosophy of psychologist-
author Donald A. Tubesing,
whose strategies for coping
Pattison distributed at her
workshop.
Tubesing suggests 83 specific
ways to deal with stress
creatively. Grouped in 10
categories according to the area
of one's life needing improvement, their highlights
include:
- to develop self-understanding,
find out what is controllable in
life and what is not; be honest
with oneself.
-to improve the mind, read
about stress and human growth;
be sensitive to all dimensions of
.life.
-to develop health attitudes,
learn to love oneself; don't be
afraid of failure.
- to control emotions, work off
anger; face fears,
-> to strengthen the body, learn
to relax; dress in a way that
feels right.
- to improve pexsonal
relationships, don't criticize and
blame others; do something for
others.
- to lift the spirit, encourage
one's own gentleness; learn to
play again.
- to control the job, focus on one
thing at a time; don't try to be
perfect.
- to improve environment,
rearrange and redecorate the
home; control the television set.
-to live a healthy lifestyle,
learn to vary pace; practice
relaxed driving.
Tubesing's suggestions are
meant for persons whose lives
need "shaking up" in certain
areas, but he also determined
there are people whose "hurry
up" attitudes constantly exhibit
their stress.
Joan Hornak, an organizer
and participant in Saturday's
stress workshop, explains such
persons have adopted certain
personalities and lifestyles to
cope With their stress.
Their behavior becomes
habitual and actually life-
threatening because it takes a
toll on the human body.
Tubesing likens their behavior
to a sickness and has compiled a
list of actions to identify such a
(See "Stress—" page 2)
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