1978-09-27; Central Michigan Life

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oters elect SA, PB representatives
by TOM HENRY
■   '     and
ICRAIGKOOTSILLAS
I LIFE Staff Writers
1 Hile defeated Matthew
J by one vote for the
ling Student Association
I class representative seat,
Lg to SA Board of
lors election results,
[election results, which
itabulated late Tuesday,
Id Dennis Kline, of Three
I and Hile, of Berrien
fc's, as the two senior class
pentatives voted to the
|of Directors.
Scott Perkins, of Battle
Creek, was chosen to fill the
opening for SA junior class
representative while Dan
Ranger, of Lyons, and Jim
Krezminski easily were elected
as sophomore representatives.
Krezminski won as a write-in
candidate.
SA's new freshmen
representatives are Molly
Bremmer, of Cedar Springs;
Wendy Wenzel, of Grand Blanc;
Art Vizthum, of Stockbridge and
Bill Ibianski, of Roseville.
The new. graduate
representative     is     Ronald
Hermanson, of Lewiston, who
also won as a write-in candidate.
Program Board winners included senior, representatives
Paul Grabke, of Bay City; Edward Leader, of Alden; juniors
Janice Behnke, of Capac and
Jennifer tuttle, of Muskegon.
Representing sophomores on
Program Board's Board of
Directors will be Sarah Ann
Rowley of Frankenmuth and
James Borowicz of Cheboygan,
while new freshman
representatives are Tracy Burr
of Grand Blanc; Julie Ostanek, of
,      (See "Elections"—page 2)
tudents bottom line.
ew UHS head says
by JAMES KIRLEY
LIFE Copy Editor
|er years   of   operating
part-time administrative
Jvision, University Health
fees Monday received  its
11-time administrator,
rard Brown, a 46-year-old
services administrator,
lied the newly created post,
pg former part-time UHS
nistrator and medical
Itioner Dr. Howard Varney
fume the full-time duties of
|of Medical Services.
| graduate of Southern
University at Car-
Ije with a degree in health
fc'es administration, Brown
j-ks-^performed graduate
[at the University of Health
Ices in Chicago. He comes to
|al from his former post as
ant to the dean at the
Igo Medical School.
Ie only been here officially
[day," Brown, former
|egan, 111. resident said,
Ifm truely impressed with
**~«««.
Edward Brown
the quality of health care being
provided by the staff of Health
Services."
Brown said his objective is to
"enhance what I. see as good
services,"    but    added    "the
bottom line is the student."
Varney, who previously
divided his duties between
practicing medicine and administering UHS, said his new
position will emphasize
"professional quality control.
"We're eliminating the* administrative duties, and getting
back into the practice of
medicine more fully," he said of
his newly created post. He noted
his new position still will include
duties of organizing medically-
related committees, but will be
"four-fifths clinical."
When asked his impression of
the new funding arrangements
for UHS, passed last month by
the 'Board of Trustees, Brown
deferred comment, saying; "It's
something I have to look at to
see how it effects the student. I
think it's unfair to give an
opinion at this time, "later adding
"at this point, my concern is
looking at what is being
provided  to the  student,  not
(See "UHS—"page 2).
-CM LIFE PHOTO Br STEVE FECHT
The first University Theatre production for the Fail Semester, "Hay Fever" by Noel
Coward, will open 8 p.m. today. The play is a modern British farce, set in the 1920s. During
Monday's dress rehearsal, Judith Bliss, portrayed by Judy Dewey, Union Lake senior,
greets her supposed lover Sandy, played by Donovan Johnson, Midland freshman, in the
opening scene. See related story on page 6.
\egiStration drive \ Chamber spearheads plan
\nder way today   Bacj check crackdown begins
Students wishing to vote in the Nov. 7 general election who
Jve not  yet   registered   may   participate   in   Student
Isociation's voter registration drive beginning today.
Phe drive will take place outside all dormitory food com-
|ns from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. and outside the
diversity Center Reservation from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today
hugh Friday and Monday to Oct. 4
^he deadline for voter registration is Oct. 10.
^A and Central Michigan Democrats members will be able
register any citizen 18 years-or older, cancel registrations in
per cities and distribute applications for absentee .ballots if
l^do not want home town registrations canceled.
by KELLY KOLHAGEN
LIFE News Editor
Bouncing checks in Mount Pleasant may have a little spring taken
out of them, depending on the success of a program begun Tuesday.
Called the Bad Check Clearing House, the project is an attempt
by the Mount Pleasant Chamber of Commerce to nip the problem of
bad checks in the bud - before the merchant gets stuck with one.
The Clearing House is aimed at habitual bad check writers, said
David Rusch, clearing house committee member, and not at persons
who innocently overdraw their accunt due to an honest bookkeeping
error.
But he stressed the Chamber of Commerce will not act as a
]ew' China apparent to him
byTlMCUPRISIN
LIFE Staff Writer
(though he returned to the
)M his birth this summer,
puntry Gabriel Chien saw
[not the same one he left
Involution in 1949.
|'en, assistant professor of
p. accompanied by his wife
Pee and his daughter Lee
I Chien, Mount  Pleasant
lomore,   visited    China's
P cities and tourist areas as
ps his birthplace in Anhwei
F* m China's interior this
per.
P Chinese revolution, which
the lower middle-class
Pts out of abject poverty,
Placed the landlord class
|tuch Chien's family were
S. Chien said,
jority of Chinese now
I better life. They have
which once, only, the
ET Class could ^afford," he
PWen is not bitter about
Involution which ended his
P sway of life, eventhough
f °«3in was killed in the
revolution.
"The peasants have a right to
make a change after 2,000 years
of suffering," he explained.
One of the most noticeable
changes has been the
skyrocketing population growth,
Chien  and  his  wife  Florence
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"The population of my village
was 80 in 1949. Today itfs .350.
I'm afraid to make a-guess about
the population of the whole
nation. Nearly' two-thirds are
children," Chien said.
"It's suffocating," Mrs, Chien
said of the crowds which gawked
at foreigners wherever they
went this summer. "I^wasn't
used tobeing a celebrity "
The^Ctiina they saw was still
in a state of flux nearly -two
years after the death of Mao
Tse-Tunfc, the . late Chinese
Communist Party chairman. The
conflict between the s<H»Ued
"(Sang of Four" a radial communist faction headed by Map s
wife and more pragmatic
elements of the party, is continually   discussed   by   the
masses, Chien said,
"Every, place we went,
everyone would tell us how the
Gang of Four disrupted things,"
Lee Fang said.
Two of her cousins who went
to school when the Gang of Four
held sway over the education
Gabriel Chien
system claimed they did not
learn anything, Lee Fang said.'
"The young people went to
school and criticized the teacher.
There was no discipline. Now
they're taking classes to make
up," she explained.
The successes of the anti-
Gang of Four elements have
resulted in an opening of China
to the West, according to Chien.
"The Chinese are now very
interested in learning English.
There was even talk this
summer about sending a few
thousand Chinese to Western
Universities," he said.        ,.
The changes in China seen by
Chien and his wife, a native of
Chekiang Province, though
generally supported by them,
did not make them want to
return to their native land.
Chien said: "We have* been
here too long. It would be hard
for someone in their middle 50s
to find a place to re-establish
himself.
"It's the country of my birth,
but it's not the same country I
left in 19497'
collection agency, nor will it become an active member in the
prosecution of an arrested bad check writer.
The program consists of a filing system, where area businesses
can report uncollectable bad checks. Habitual bad check writers will
be reported to the proper law agency for prosecution.
All such information is given only to law enforcement officials,
said Robert Viau, executive vice president of the Chamber of
Commerce. Names are not available to other merchants.
Businessmen gathered Tuesday at the Embers Restaraunt for an
explanation of the program.
They recognized a problem with bad checks under $50, since
these checks do not constitute a felony. In a college town such as
Mount Pleasant, the problem becomes even more complex, they say,
since a large volume of students make purchases through checking,
many be drawn from home-town banks.
That problem is coupled with the overall difficulty in prosecuting
offenders.
Isabella County Assistant Prosecutor Peter O'Connell said that
for a bad check writer to be convicted, an employee representing
the defrauded business must be able to identify the suspect.
"If you can't identify the person, then we can't prosecute," he
said. "We (the Prosecutor's Office) suggest that you ask all
customers for identification. Match the picture on the driver's
.license with the person writing the check and write down the
license number," he told merchants.
In court, he said, the number on the suspect's license and the
coi responding one on the check can be compared and the suspect
properly identified, he said.
persons convicted of writing a bad check fall into two categories,
felony and misdemeanor. ,
A check bouncing for over $50 constitutes a felony upon conviction; as does three bad checks in a 10-day period, no matter how
much each individual check is for. The crime is punishable by a
maximum one-year prison sentence.
(See "Checks*-" page 2)
—Bid Day Thursday marks end of fall
fraternity rush, page 3
—Fund-rasing events slated fdr United Way
drive, pagel
—Minority student to  'get acquainted/
page 11
—Soccer team to face Delta, page 12.
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