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byJERHf MORtOCK
LIFE Staff Writer
The University has taken the first steps toward possible
development of a proposed multi-million dollar science complex to be constructed on campus.
A meticulous 188-page program statement has been compiled by members of the CMU science faculty and submitted to
the Michigan Department of Management and Budget for
approval,
Program statements, explaining the need for new facilities
and outlining proposed construction, are a necessary stage in
acquiring state funding. *
The statement attempts to justify new building construction
by describing overcrowding and the lack of research facilities
in Brooks Hall, the present science building.
Proposed construction includes $3 million in remodeling and
additions to Brooks and Pearce halls, in addition to construction of a $14 million, 175,000-square-foot building immediately south of Brooks Hall and east of Pearce. The
proposed new building will be connected to Brooks Hall by a
pedestrian bridge.
As a center for the sciences, Brooks Hall has become antiquated since its construction in 1964, according to the
program statement.
The new complex could house parts of the biology,
chemistry, geology, physics and geography departments,
which currently are in Brooks and Pearce.'
"Expansion is required to accommodate a near doubling of
the science enrollment since 1964," the statement said. "In
addition, the* science curricula have undergone substantial
changes over this period, evolving from almost entirely
teacher training to a broad spectrum, including teacher
training, pre-professiona! and preparatory programs, and
masters level graduate programs.
"Enrollment growth and program changes have rendered
Brooks Hall inadequate, overcrowded and unsafe. Laboratory
instruction and reseach have been hampered and in some cases
curtailed as a result of inadequate space, facilities and
equipment," the statement continued.
In the 11 years since the completion of Brooks Hall, CMU's
enrollment has increased 136 percent and the number of credit
hours taught in the science departments has increased 84
percent, the statement said.
Submitted to the DMB in early 1977, the statement still may
take years for the DMB to approve.
Approval by other channels of the legislative and executive
branches also is required before funds are appropriated.
Complete approval of funding for the proposed Industrial
Education and Technology building took approximately seven
years.
The DMB examines the document to see if the requests are
justified and suggests modifications before they approve
funding, according to David Current, chairperson of the
committee that produced the program statement.
Actual construction, however, may be even further down
the road because of lengthy step-by-step state reviews and
approvals, and a backlog of funding requests in the state,
according to University architect Anthony Paperella.
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Volume 60 No. 2
Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859
Wednesday, Aug. 30,1978
Grant recipients could
triple if bill is passed
-CM LIFE PHOTO BY DAVID C. FRITZ
With the possibility of a postal strike now a thing of the past, U.S. Postal Service employees stayed on the job Tuesday without an interuption of. service. Letter carrier Bill
Cooper was found Tuesday morning loading up his truck up for a delivery run as usual.
by BERNADETTE JOZWIAK
LIFE Managing Editor
Nearly half of Central's
16,000-plus students would be
eligible for basic grants if a $870
million federal measure makes,
its way successfully through the
legislature, a CMU financial aids
officer said.
"We estimate we have 2,600
to 2,800 students qualifying for
Basic Educational Opportunity
Grants, but that figure could
treble if the bill is passed,"
Margaret Smith, assistant
director of Financial Aids,
speculated.
President Jimmy Carter has
endorsed the college education
financial aid bill, approved by
the U.S. Senate Aug. 16.
Michigan senators Donald
Riegle, Democrat, and Robert
Griffin, Republican, also voted
for it.
Dubbed the Pell bill after its
chief sponsor, Sen. Clairborne
Pell, D-R X, the measure would
provide funds to make
educational coats less of a
burden for low- and middle-
income student by providing
$600 million for work-study
programs and $370 for supplemental grants. It would go
into effect with the 1979-80
academic year and would cost an
estimated $2 billion over the
next five years.
■Through it, financial aid on
the BEOG program would be
provided for students whose
families earn up to $25,000 a
year. Presently, students whose
families earn more than $13,000
are not eligible to obtain a
BEOG. Grant amounts would be
on a sliding scale. For example, a
student from a family of four
with a $12,000 income would
receive $13,000. .and «- student*
from a family of the same size
earning $25,000 would receive
$250.
The Pell bill also would
decrease the amount of tuition a
family must contribute on its
own to its son's or daughter's
education, thereby making more
students eligible for grants.
BEOG awards are provided
through a federally sponsored
program  which  most  colleges
administer. The grants may be
as high as $1,800, but average
about $900 this year. The
average CMU student on the
program receives about $902.
While the legislature hashes
out differences in the Pell and
the simliar House-passed  bill.
Smith said there is not much to
do but watch and wait.
*   'If"and   when   the   tne«Umrtef
makes   it   out   of   the   U.S.
legislature, it should receive a
favorable     reception     from
President Carter, based on his
vocal support of it.
He favors it instead of a tution
tax credit bill passed by the.
Senate last week also. The bill:
provides that a student or his
parents, if the student is a
dependent, would be entitled to
(See "Aid bills-" page 13)
Rusch prosecutes them all
Shoplifters treated equally
(Editor's note: Shoplifting not
only nets a criminal record for
the person who gets caught, but
it costs every American family
approximately $465 a year to
make up for what gets stolen. In
concurrance with the Mount
Pleasant Chamber of Commerce's newly-launched
program to curb the problem,
CM LIFE will, in a series of
three articles, examine the
problem locally. Monday, LIFE
took a look at the new program,
today LIFE examines,one of the
more efficient security systems
in the city and Friday, LIFE will
take a look at what happens to a
shoplifter when he gets caught)
by KELLY KOLHAGEN
LIFE News Editor
David Rusch has a uniform
policy regarding the shoplifters
his employees catch in the
Giantway chain stores.
He prosecutes, them all.
And his technique must be
successful. Arrests and
prosecutions    in    the   Mount
"... we have caught police officers,
doctors, lawyers, ministers, two Roman
Catholic priests, city officials and college
professors."—David Rusch, director of
security for the Giantway chain
Pleasant store alone constitute
95 percent of Isabella County's
shoplifting prosecutions for one
year. Rusch, a former Lansing
police officer, started the chain's
own "Stop That Thief program
in 1974 as director of security.
So far, 9,854 shoplifters have
been apprehended in the
Company's 41 stores.
Rusch's , operation is
reminiscent of what larger
companies are doing to curb
their dwindling stock. However,
internal theft, he Said, is treated
in a completely different matter.
Under federal law, any employee caught stealing can be
tried for embezzlement.
Experienced security people
are the key in nabbing those
who are sticky-fingered, Rusch
said. Many times, smaller
businesses can't afford to have
their own security system and
clerks are burdened with doing
their jobs plus looking for
shoplifters. Giantway can't
afford not to, he said.
"Our sales clerks certainly
look out for them," he said, "but
we have bur own people who are
trained specially to do that."
He immediately dismissed
two assumptions persons, may
make in regard to Mount
Pleasant's shoplifting problem.
One is the talk of the 'typical*
shoplifter, while another is that
it is a college student in most
instances.
"In all college towns, people
will blame their theft problems
on the students;" he said.
"We catch no more students
in relationship to their percentage of the population than
any other segment of the
population in this town," he said.
"The problems increase when
the college is in session, but
that's because there are more
kids here then."
•Giantway's shoplifter
statistics differ from national
ones, Rusch said. While the
national average sketch of a
shoplifter is female and 13 years
old, males caught in the Giantway chain are 61.4 percent of the
total and 52 percent are
juveniles. That means there are
Still 48 percent of Giantway's
shoplifters who are adults.
"We prosecute, whether
they're 12 or 84 (their oldest
(See "Shoplifting-" page 13)
County warns
sign stealers
by JIM FISHER
LIFE Ass't. News Editor
Isabella County officials are cracking down on CMU students who
steal road signs for dormitory room decorations.
An informational campaign is under way to inform students of the
dangers missing signs pose to motorists, as well as the cost incurred
by the county each year to replace stolen signs.
As of Tuesday, letters Were placed in each of CMU's 19 dormitories explaining the consequences and penalties for stealing road
signs.
The letters were signed by Robert G. Caltrider, of the county
road commission, Isabella County Sheriff Donald F. Gillis and
Prosecuting Attorney Joseph T. Barberi.
Caltrider said sign-stealing is a common practice among college
students, especially at the beginning of the school year, when
students are looking for items to decorate their rooms.
Each year, the county road commission loses between 125 and 225
signs, Caltrider said. He estimated the annual cost of replacing the
signs at $5,000 to $10,000.
But more importantly, he said, the missing signs jeopardize
human lives, which can't be measured in dollars.
"Consider what happens when an emergency vehicle is trying to
locate a house, but can't find it because someone took the road sign.
"Five minutes might mean the difference between life and death
if there is a fire or a person is having a heart attack," Caltrider said.
Caltrider said the county's main goal is to curtail the sign-
stealing, not prosecute offenders. But he said students will be
prosecuted if county road signs are found-in their rooms.
"What we want to do is make the roads more safe and save the
road commission some money," he' said. "But if I knew a student had
a sign in his room, I could tell the sheriff and he could obtain a
search warrant."
(See "Sign stealers—" page 14)
—Housing officials ask students to check
regulations before "personalizing'" dorm
rooms, pegeS
— Walkout by Mount Pleasant
schoolteachers enters third day today, page 3
—Second accreditation date for business
school looms, page S
— tigers recall W season, page 15
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