1977-01-24; Central Michigan Life

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Volume 58 No. 47
Mt. Pleasant, Mich. 48859
January 24,1977
CMU asks dismissal
of clinical services suit
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BY STEVE BENNETT
CM LIFE Reporter
CMU today is filing a motion
to dismiss and for summary
judgment in a $3 million antitrust suit against CMU's
clinical services and seven
other Michigan defendants.
Filed in U.S. District Court, the
suit charges the eight defendants conspired to deprive
business from Michigan hearing
aid dealers.
The suit, assigned to Judge
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Noel Fox, names as defendants,
in addition to CMU's clininal
services, Michigan State
University's Department of
Audiology and Speech Science;
the Speech Center, Grand
Rapids; R.P. Slager Hearing
Aids, Kalamazoo and its owner,
Robert Slager; Hearing Information Council Inc., Jackson;
Southwest Michigan
Rehabilitation Center Inc.,
Battle Creek; and Constance
Brown Hearing and Speech
Center at Borgess Hospital,
Kalamazoo.
The suit was filed by the
Michigan Hearing Aid Society, a
voluntary organization of
Michigan hearing aid dealers.'
The complaint alleges the
centers draw clients away from
society members, resulting in
service being directed to Slager.
The complaint alleges this
provides a substantial unfair
and illegal competitive advantage to Slager.
The complaint also alleges
several of the defendants do not
employ properly trained personnel but still fit, sell and help
patients select hearing aids.
The Society further charges
Slageriobtained a fee; employed
directly, or indirectly, unlicensed
persons; uses or causes the use
of misleading acts for the sale of
hearing aids; and pays or offers
to pay money for the referrals.
"We've conducted a fairly
intensive factual investigation
into the matter," University
Attorney J. David Kerr said.
"And we've found that the clinic
(CMU's) is serving children with
hearing impairments, aged
people, and handicapped people
who have hearing problems."
Kerr said the clinic serves as
an educational lab for students
in that they can learn how to
provide these services for the
hearing impaired. The clinic also
offers a public service in conjunction with serving the
hearing impaired by training the
students in this area, Kerr said.
"The CMU clinic's reputation
for   high   quality   services   is
excellent. We found no evidence
that the clinic is restricting
trade and certainly no evidence
that there was any agreement to
do so. We don't see how the
• clinic could have a monopoly
over hearing aid dealers as it
doesn't even sell them"
CMU's sixteen page motion is
based on three sections which
states first that the Michigan
Hearing Aid Society engages in
no business for profit, does not
sell hearing aids, does not
engage in the hearing aid
referral business and has not
been injured in its business nor
its property by reason of the
facts alleged in its complaint,
and thus cannot collect damages.
The motion also states
Central is a Michigan constitutional corporation according to the Michigan Constitution and is co-equal with the
legislature and a fourth branch
of the government of the state of
Michigan. Thus within its
operations, CMU is the state of
(See "Anti-Trust" page 14)
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Officials offer hints
for energy savings
Country!
The original jazz musical "Country!" was performed during the weekend in Warriner Auditorium.
Len Kluge, Lakeview graduate student, playing the lead role of Moses, points at Aaron, perfomed by
Bob Ebner, 705 Northwest Apts (top). The updated story of the journey to the Promised Land also
featured Karma Shively, Ypsilanti sophomore, as Margo, a housewife, and Tim Robu, Strockbridge
junior, as Kid I, a punch-drunk boxer (bottom) and Ebner. "Country!" was written by Robert Garrels,
pastor of Christ the King Lutheran Church, 3565 S. Washington (LIFE photos by Brad Drewyor).
by BECKY HAAKSMA
^ CM LIFE Reporter
The record-breaking cold
weather which has spread
across the eastern half of the
country during the last few
weeks has made the fear of
power shortages and cutbacks a
reality for many consumers.
To conserve energy in the
future* consumers are reminded
to better insulate their homes,
turn down their thermostats and
cut down on electrical use.
Heating homes is the consumer's major use of energy
during January in this part of
the country but consumers can
cut energy consumption in other
areas as well.
A wide variety of energy
conservation measures can be
taken to cut electrical energy
use, according to Dick Foster,
senior energy consultant for
Consumer's Power in Alma.
Although lighting only is
apjproximatelx, one-fifth of an
average eiectric bill, Foster sees
wise use of lighting as a visual
demonstration of a willingness
to conserve.
. "If a father tells his child to
turn off a light, this is an
illustration of a desire to save
power," he said.
Foster identified hot water
heaters, dryers, electric ranges,
frost-free refrigerators and deep
freezes as other large users of
electricity.
According to Foster, the
average home owner has the hot
water heater set at 150 degrees.
"Greater efficiency would be
possible at 120 degrees," he
v said.
However, he warned some
dishwashers might require the
higher temperature water.
In a large house, Foster
suggested it might be less ex-
Coordinator cites evidence
TM may improve grades, memory
by KAREN MAGNUSON
CM LIFE Reporter
Transcendental meditation
?M) may improve your grade
Joint average. That was only
>ne of the technique's benefits
cited by Bruce MacCracken,
state coordinator of the Student
[nternational     Meditation
Society,   in a talk recently in
Moore Hall.
MacCracken discussed the
topic "Enlightenment: The Ideal
of Education," saying TM can
make a person brighter, more
efficient, effective and fulfilled.
He added it is scientifically
verifiable   one's   memory   also
may improve along with the
mental activity of the brain and
level of awareness.
Psychologists conclude people
not practicing the technique are
using only 10 to 15 per cent of
their full mental potential,
according to MacCracken.
Enlightenment    through    TM
W-2 forms available
ednesday, Thursday
CMU student employees may pick up their W-2
^orms, this week, according to Gary Wilson,
lanager of the Payroll Office, Warriner 205.
Forms will be available in the second floor
foyer Wednesday from 1 to 5 p.m. and Thursday
from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. Remaining
forms will be mailed Friday.
Each employee must pick up his or her own
form and must have current student ID, Wilson
added.
Tax returns should beiiled as soon as possible
after receipt of W-2 forms. The deadline for tax
returns is April'15, but according to spokespersons for the Internal Revenue Servjce (IRS) and
Michigan Income Tax, the sooner returns are
1, the sooner refund checks will be processed
indsent,
Curt DeWitt, assistant public affairs officer
for the IRS in Detroit, said there would be no
unusual delays in processing federal returns this
year. Processing will be complete within four
Weeks for students filing in January and
February. Those filed in March and April will
take up to eight weeks.
DeWitt cautioned those filing returns to check
them carefully before mailing, as mistakes can
delay refunds more than eight weeks.
Michigan Income Tax -administrator Curt
Gemalsky said no delays are expected on
Michigan's tax processing. A three to six week
wait, depending on when filed, can be expected
for refund checks.
technique is the only way 100
per cent of mental potential can
be" unfolded. He defined
enlightenment as a complete and
harmonious function of the body.
"TM is a way out of ignorance
and suffering of all kinds," he
said. "The goal of education is to
produce a fully enlightened man.
TM is a quick road of
enlightenment."
He emphasized inner happiness is the basis for successful
and fulfilling activity, and added, "TM technique opens up the
areas of the mind which before
have been latent and unused. It
becomes active, and our consciousness raises. The more
conscious we are, the happier
and more effective we will be.
"Consciousness is a field of all
possibilities.' Man is really
master of his destiny if he can
but realize his full potential,"
MacCracken said.
All of this can be attained by
simple 15- to 20-mihute practices
twice a day where the most
strenuous activity is closing the
eyes. According to MacCracken,
it is an effortless, non-
directional, mental technique
which does not involve concentration or contemplation.
'.'Thinking    becomes    less
precise and more abstract," he
said. "The person then transcends beyond the thought
activity altogether."
He explained the mind and
body are interconnected so an
improved condition of the mind
will have a direct effect on the
body* A major state of consciousness is attained where the
level of rest is at least twice the
amount of tlie deepest level of
rest during a good night's sleep,
he said. However, depending on
the person, it may take
anywhere from a few months to
years to develop full potential of
the technique.
The major benefit of TM is
achieved when the nervous
system uses the rest, to
eliminate daily fatigue, tension,
anxiety and stress. MacCracken
saidifc is all produced naturally.
"Psychologists say that it is
the lack of the restfull stage that
produces suffering in a human
being " he* said, "The stage gets
rid of stress produced by constant change.'*
MaeCfacken said the TM-
technique also has helped reduce
crime rates in 650 cities where it
is practiced by at least one per
cent of the' population. The
(See "Meditation" page 8)
pensive to have two water
heaters than to run hot water
pipes long distances.
Washing clothes is another
area where hot water use can be
cut, according to Foster.
People should learn to wash
clothes in warm water and rinse
them in cold, Foster said.
Five to 10 gallons of hot water
are used when clothes are
washed in warm water and
rinsed in cold compared to 20 to
40 when they are washed in hot
and rinsed in warm water.
A leaky hot water faucet,
according to Foster, wastes the
electricity used to heat the
water and uses approximately
1,600 gallons of water a year.
Dryers are another large user
of electrical energy and Foster
has several suggestions for
efficiently using them.
"A dryer operates best if the
filter is regularly checked and
cleaned," he said.
For wash and wear products
or for a partial load of clothes,
Foster suggests using a shorter
drying cycle.
The consumer, according to
Foster, could save by planning
ahead when using ranges,
refrigerators and freezers.
"People could plan ahead by
taking food out of the
refrigerator or freezer and
letting it thaw out at room
temperature," he'said. "Then it
would not take as long to cook."
Though televisions are not
particularly large users 'of
electrical energy, Foster said
the models which automatically
turn on and off use a greater
amount of electricity.
According to Foster, the
recent cutback in electrical
voltage was necessary in
Michigan because of the cold
weather and the widespread
need for electricity.
"Usually we can buy electricity to get over a hump " he
said. "But this time everybody
was in the same boat,"
Inside:
—$A committee to hear
appeals—page 3
— Research papers
selected for presentation—page 10
—Broncos heat CMU
cagers, 71-65*-page 11
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