1978-11-08; Central Michigan Life

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Gov. William G. Milliken was
overwhelmingly swept .back
into, office for a third term by
his largest victory margin ever
in .Tuesday's election, while
Democrat Carl Levin unseated
incumbent Robert Griffin in a
close U.S, Senate race.        .
Locally,. John Engler outdistanced Democratic challenger
Don Jones for the 36th District
state Senate seat by a landslide.
and Republican Gary Randall
was elected to the 89th District
State House seat by a comfortable margin ' over Rudy
Serra.
In the 10th'District for the
U.S. House of Representatives,
Al Cederberg appeared to„have
been elected to his 14 term over
Democrat Don Albosta, although
Cederberg only beat his opponent by 14 votes in Isabella
County, 7318-7304.
Throughout the state, voter
turnout, wag .reported to be
moderately high on a warm,
sunny election day.
As early as 9 p.m. Tuesday,
Milliken was the projected
winner in several newscasts
including CBS News, and the
incumbent Republican went on
to capture about 58 percent of
the popular vote against William
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Fitzgerald.
Milliken, who won by 52
percent in 1974, and 51 percent
in 1970, still had not made a
victory speech as of press time,
but Fitzgerald conceded the
election shortly after 11 p.m.
As of press time, Levin had
been projected a winner over
Griffin by a 52 to 48 percent
margin. In his victory speech
around midnight, Levin said his
win was really a win for
Michigan voters and he called
for limited government in
Washington.
Griffin, on top of losing his
seat, suffered the indignity of
being trapped in an elevator in
the Detroit Plaza Hotel for more
than an hour before emerging
around 1 a.m. Wednesday to
declare he was not willing to
concede yet.
In other state-wide offices,
Frank Kelley waa re-elected
attorney general over Stephen
Bransdorfer, and Richard
Austin was re-elected Secretary
of State over,challenger Melvin
Larsen.
With 28 out of 32 "precincts
reporting early Wednesday
morning, Engler was leading
Jones by a huge 70 to 30 percent
margin. The 30-year-old
Republican will now move up to
the Senate, after serving nine
years in the state House.
In the 89th District; race for
Engler's vacant seat, Randall
said he was "delighted to be in
the winning column" after
outdistancing Serra by about a'
55 to 45 percent margin.
"It was an exciting challenge,"
Randall told LIFE. "It was a
good race, and the margin waa
better than we had anticipated."
Both the Engler and Randall
totals are from Isabella County
only, but both were reported to
be doing considerably better in
out-county districts.
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'D', Headlee pass;
two tax cuts fail
About three out of four CMU
students lost their right to drink
legally when Michigan narrowly
voted Tuesday to raise the
drinking age to 21.
At press time, Michigan
voters also appeared to have
limited future state taxes by
just barely passing the so-called
Headlee Amendment, but
soundly voted down the much
harsher Tisch and Voucher tax
measures.
Among the record 11 ballot
proposals, voters also appeared
to have approved measures
which will allow state funds to
be deposited in savings and
loans and credit unions; deny
parole to persons'convicted of
certain crimes until a minimum
sentence has been served; deny
bail under certain circumstances
involving violent crimes and
give Michigan State Police
troopers collective bargaining.
Referendums calling for a
state constitutional convention;
for 90 percent of gas taxes to be
used for general road purposes;
and for creation of a railroad
development authority to make
loans to railroads were all facing
defeat at press time.
Although balloting on the
Proposal D drinking age hike
was much closer than anticipated—many pre-election
polls showed it favored by as
much as 79 percent of the
electorate—the measure still
squeaked through by a majority.
Proposal D, which has no
grandfather clause, will go into
effect Nov. 18. It supersedes a
19-year-old legal drinking age
which would 'have gone into
effect this December.
President Harold Abel called
the measure's passage "unfortunate" late Tuesday night,
but   said   the   University   is
already planning for the enforcement headaches it is expected to bring.
Abel also said Tuesday night
he was "very pleased" both the
Tisch Amendment and Voucher
Proposal had gone down to
defeat by approximate two to
one and three to one margins
respectively.
For most of the semester,
University officials had been
warning the two measures, and
particularly Tisch, would bring
"gloom and doom" to CMU by
greatly reducing the annual
state appropriation to higher
education.
"The fact that Tisch and
voucher have been defeated is
just evidence of the wisdom of
the voters," Abel said. "I felt
Tisch particularly was not a
productive amendment."
Meanwhile', passage of
(See "Proposals—" page 14)
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Exercising the franchise
Although definitive figures had not been compiled and available immediately after the
polls closed Tuesday, better than half of Michigan's registered voters were expected to
"exercise the franchise." Credited for helping "get the vote out" were good weather and a
number of hotly debated races and ballot proposals. Further election coverage may be
found on page 3.
Alcohol rules tighten
in face of age hike
Stillings vows help
by SANDY FUGATE
LIFE Copy Editor
Now that Michigan voters
have approved Proposal D,
housing officials have already
formulated' tentative guidelines
for, enforcement of a new
residence hall alcohol policy.
Proposal D will raise the legal
drinking age in Michigan from
Assault frets students, profs
Several CMU students and
instructors concerned with their'
personal safety after the recent
assault of a student in Pearce
Hall met Tuesday afternoon
with Frank Stillings, dean of the
School of Fine and Applied Arts,
on the problem.
The instructors, Edna Garte,
assistant professor of art;
Valerie Dearing, temporary
assistant instructor in art; and
Virginia Jenkins, South Art
Studios director, expressed,
concern about their safety and
that of students who are in
Pearce late at "night. Two
students participated in the
meeting.
"We want to express concern
over the fact that there have
been incidents and rumors.
Students are afraid and we're
afraid,?' Dearing said. "We want
to be told that something is
being done to alleviate our
fears."
The students' and instructors'
fear stems from the knowledge
of an assault that occurred on
the fourth floor of Pearce Oct.
23.
The Department of Public
Safety, which investigated the
incident, reported an Unidentified female student had entered ,the women's restroom and
shortly afterward was slashed
on the face, thighs, wrists, hip
and arms by two assailants.
Dearing said that there should
be ho fear to come to class, but
as of now there is. "I've told all
my students to escort each other
wherever they go in the building
. and to be aware of protecting
themselves with scissors. I and
other students have been giving
rides home after class.*'
Stillings said he would send a
letter to DPS Thursday
regarding the matter.
"DPS evidently has given
some indication that they would
have a person control the area
three or four times a week,"
Stillings said.
"What we would like is to
have whoever's .patrolling to
introduce himself to Ms. Dearing
and Ms. Garte, and to give the
officer their office and classroom
numbers so they can keep a
special eye out in that area."
18 to 21 effective Nov. 17. Since
the proposal had no grandfather
clause which would allow those
already 18 or over to continue
drinking, all persons under 21
will be affected.
Jerry Quick, vice president
for Residences and Auxiliary
Services, said the guidelines
were formed as the result of
meetings with Dean of Students
James Hill and residence hall
directors.
Quick added the guidelines
- have yet to be reviewed and
approved by the haii directors
and resident assistants.
However, he pointed out the
guidelines will be ready before
Proposal D goes into effect nine
days from today.
Students under 21 who are
found drinking alcohol in dorms,
but are not creating disturbances would, under the tentative guidelines:
- be given a verbal warning
by their RA on the first offense.
- be given a verbal warning
by their residence hail director
on the second offense.
-receive a letter from their
residence hall director on the
third offense.
- be referred to the Housing
Food   Services   office   on   the
fourth offense.
Students 21 and over will still
be able to drink alcohol in the
dorms but only in their rooms.
The tentative guidelines
listed above would not apply to
students 21 or over who are
found buying alcohol for persons
under the legal drinking age or
to student under 21 who create
disturbances while drinking.
Quick added the procedures'
for reprimanding students in
these instances have not yet
been decided on but are in the
process of being "nailed down"
by housing officials.
"These types of things we'll
deal with more severely. The!
primary premise behind any!
procedure for these offenses is'
that, obviously, the situations
are more serious and are treated
as such by Michigan law," Quick
said.
Advising weak, group says
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bySANDY FUGATE
LIFE Copy Editor
A 1976 academic advisement task force reported CMU students
often do not receive adequate advising on their majors and minors,
but specific plans for improving the system have not been made by
the University. * ■ •
Students often do not receive advice about their major /or minor
until too late of a stage, said a majority of faculty advisers
questioned in the task force survey.
As a result, students graduate late, have weakened majors or
have scheduling problems with prerequisites and sequence courses,
the advisers said.
This year' about 35 students out of a class of 700 will not graduate
in December because they waited too long before having their
majors or minors authorized by an adviser, Daniel Vilenski,
assistant registrar, said. ■  ", «,
Douglas Smith, co-chairperson of the Task Forcei on Undergraduate Advising, said one problem cited by the* group is that
due to a lack of student records, it is difficult for an adviser to tell if
a student is doing poor or well after the initial advisement.      '
The result is that students are encouraged to see their advisers or
are told to come back only in case of problems. The task force
reported it feels there are few student-adviser contacts, perhaps as
few as two in a student's career.
Another problem outlined in the report, Smith, associate
professor of mathematics, said, is the lack of coordination among
advising facilities.
Smith said every department handles advising procedures dif-~
ferently and not every faculty adviser is aware of the resources of
other agencies, such as the Academic Information Center and the"'
Counseling Center.
"There is no one to speak for the advising at CMU. There is no one
person responsible for it," Smith said. '
The task force, chosen in the summer of 1976 through reconk
mendations by the Dean's Council, was convened to review CMU's
existing advising systems and describe various options for advisement improvement
(See "Advisement—" page 2)
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