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Central
Michigan
VOLUME 75, NUMBER 7fi
MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN 48859
© 1993 CM LIFE
(517) 774-3493
18 PAGES
Engler agrees to fund auditorium
University must raise $3.9 million for various equipment
By Matt Crossman
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Although not originally
included in the governor's
budget request, state funding
lor (-Mi's new music building
auditorium lias materialized.
The request for the* music
building, submitted in 1991.
included plans lor an auditorium, costing $4 million of the
$25 million total, said Maureei>
McNultv. spokeswoman for the
Michigan Department of Management and Budget.
As part of the $559.1 million
capital outlay for state universi
ties. Gov. John Engler proposed
allocating $21 million for CMU s
music building.
Official state policy prohibited using funds for the auditorium because capital outlay is
targeted for instructional and
educational purposes. The auditorium, however, could be used
for other outside performances,
McNultv Sciid.
An agreement between the
University and Engler was
reached last week allowing
CMU to use state funds for the
a ud it oriuuTs const ruct ion.
Under the agreement, the state
will allocate the $21 million and
allow the University to build the
auditorium using these funds.
In return. University officials
agreed to raise the remaining
$3.9 million for various equipment, including instruments,
chairs and tables.
A complete plan for fund-
raising is not yet available but
officials are weighing possible
options, said Edward Kvet.
music chairman.
"The whole thing is still
evolving," he said. "We're still
investigating ways to get the $4
million.**
The proposed fund-raising
drive    will    include    seeking
grants and trying to establish
relationships with corporations
supplying needed equipment,
Kvet said.
He said performances in the
auditorium would not generate
revenue because they mainly
are Vrt^ of charge.
Hi* said the perception of the
state is that the building will be
like the Wharton ('enter at
Michigan State University,
which hosts national acts from
across the country and charges
admission.
The useof the auditorium will
include classroom activity, with
See MUSIC Page 2
A change of heart
Housing reduces number of
chemical-free living spaces
By Melissa Balgenorth
t Ir r   St.iff Writer
After receiving more input from students. Housing reduced the
number of chemical-free spaces available in Troutman and Larzelere
Halls.
Two floors in Troutman were changed to non-designated, or non-
chemical free, floors after further surveys indicated fewer students
than originally estimated wanted chemical-free living, said Shaun
Holtgreive, associate director of Housing.
I lousing reduced the number of chemical-free living spaces in Larzelere by 40, said Rick Miller, Larzelere Residence Hall Director.
Third floor, once planned to become chemical-free, was switched to
non-designated First floor, with fewer spots for residents, will become
the new chemical-free floor, leaving 101 such spaces available. Miller
said. Terrace will remain chemical-free.
Uhangc*s occurred in Larzelere after students in the hall voiced their
See HALLS Page 2
Plachta might OK
new computer fee
By Eric Baerren
Students who think they've paid all of their debts to the University
for next  falls classes mi^ht find they owe a little more.
< ui rent I v. an additional fee for "computer intensive" courses is in the
final stages, said Hob DeHruin. assistant vice president for Academic
Affairs fhe fee will not be assessed for general usage of University
computer labs.
The fees, currently pegged at $20 per course, must be approved by
President Leonard E. Plachta, which he likely will do this week, he sard.
An announcement of  the fees was supposed to be included in the
registration book for next semester, but was not because the paperwork
was not finished. Debruin said.
The fees will cover courses in the College of Business Administration;
the College of Arts and Sciences; and the College of Education, Health
and Human Services, he said.
Courses likely covered by the fees are heavily computer intensive or
courses in computerized classrooms, said Marcella Kocar, chairwoman
of the department of office and information systems.
Money brought in through the fees will be used to purchase new
computers and computer equipment such as paper and toner cartridges, she said
Equipment would he purchased immediately, so students paying the
fees could see results from them right away, Kocar said.
Belly Busters
See FEE Page 2
CMU holding its own
attracting freshmen
By Todd Fettig
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Many of Michigan's 15 public
universities have been hit hard
by declining freshman enrollment, but CMU has sustained
only moderate damage.
Although CMU ranks sixth
overall in terms of student enrollment, the University possesses
the fourth largest freshman class
in Michigan, according to the Fall
1992 Enrollment Report
The report, released March 5,
was conducted by the Presidents
Council of State* Universities of
Michigan
Despite CMU's decrease in
freshman enrollment of 12.9 percent over the past five years, the
figures are not as negative as
they appear, said Mike Owens,
director of Admissions and
Enrollment  Management
Universities across the nation
have faced declining enrollment
in t he past lew years, Owens said.
"We are being challenged by
declining enrollment, but it is a
virus everyone across the nation
is faced with." he said "We have*
held our own ejuite* we*ll against
our cornpetit ion.
"A lot of people are* walking
around assuming that CMU has
a declining freshman enrollment
while* ot her sehools elo not. That is
far from the truth "
In 1992. 2,539 freshman
enrolled at CMU, as compared to
2.915 in  198H.
Other  schools,   comparable*   in
size*, saw greater declines during
the five-year span.
Easte*rn Michigan University
saw a 20.2 percemt decrease in its
fieshman headcount and Wayne
State University saw a 17.1 percent decrease.
WVstern Michigan University
and Ferris State University's
freshmen enredlmemt dropped
15 1 percent and 13.3 percent,
respectively.
Lake Superieir State University was the biggest loser with a
25 percent decline*.
Only three of the universities
showed an incre*ase in freshmen
enre>llment over the past five
ye*ars.
Michigan Techne>logical University's freshman emreillment
gre»w 12.3 percent.
(Jrand Valle*y State University
and the University of Michigan-
Ann     Arbor    be>asted    meidest
See FRESHMEN Page 2
LIFE Photo/Steve Schoof
At the Seventh Annual MDA Benefit Basketball Tournament Tuesday night at the Mount Pleasant
High School, 1155 S. Elizabeth, fraternity members of Sigma Phi Epsilon beat the Mount Pleasant Fire
Fighters 61-44. For story see page 13.
Powwow
slated
for
weekend
By Letitia V. Fowler
I IK    St.iff Wr.ter
Tribal traditions and celebration e>f Native American pride
will take place again em campus
during the 5th annual Powwow
Celebratiein.
Three* undetermined speakers
are sche*eluled to discuss Native
American issues at 10 a.m. in 1 12
Finch Fieldheiuse.
"The* speakers will discuss
traditional powwows and cultural aspects of Native American
life*," saiel April Benton, tribal
clerk and powwow adviser for the*
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Office.
Native American traders and
venders will sell goods throughout the entire weekend ranging
from handmade arts and crafts to
authentic Native American feiod
such as Indian corn soup and
fried breads.
The annual weekend celebration has drawn traditional
dancers from as far as Ie>wa, but
Burton said she expects this
years celebratiein to attract
Native* Americans based closer tei
CMU
"This year most of our participants are fre>m Michigan and part
of Canada,11 Beirtein said. "We
expect abeiut one te> two hundre*d
dancers this year."
Events begin Saturday at If)
a.m. running until 10 p.m. in
Finch Fieldhemse. Sunday events
are slated feir 11 a.m. te> 6 p.m
Adult admission for the entire*
weekend is $7 eir $4 feir daily passes. Admission is $2.00 per day
for students with picture* idemtifi-
catiein, while* children under five*
ye*ars eild anel senie>r citize*ns over
age 6() are admitted i'rvv.
All proceeds from the*
weekend'sevents will be* de»nate*el
to    a    scholarship    preigram    for
See POWWOW Page 2
Unfavorable roommates have their moments
By Erik Nehring
IIH    ST.iff Writer
Living with roommates for
t be* first time can unite the best e>f
friends eir create the* we>rst of enemies. Either way students are
left with memories that last a
lifetime*.
One incident Nic Bottom ley
encountered involved Department e>f Public Safety officers and
his naked nmmmate.
"Last year our roommate
ended up naked in the* radio sta-
tiem of Moore Hall," said Beitteim-
ley. Gayle>rd semhomeire
Bottom ley saiel he* and his
roommate were with a greiup of
friends returning from a party at
Park Place Apartmemts tei Therpe*
Hall where they lived.
"He* just took e>ff running feir no
apparent reason/' he said
Bottom ley    said    he    and    his
other roommates theiught he*
weiuld find his way hemie* safely
"At seven the* next morning,
DPS brought him back tei the*
reiom naked, wrapped in a yelle>w
tarp," he* saiel "Apparently, he*
found p«»ople going in anel out of
Moeire* Hall during the night. He
just geit competely undressed."
Bottom ley said his nude
roommate must have* thought he
was   home  sleeping e>n  a  couch.
but instead was in the reception
area of the radiei station.
"We found his clothes ne*atly
folded outside* a deior geiing into
Moore Hall (the next day>," he
said
Other students have* me*meiries
of past roommates which are neit
funny        but memeirable.
Cathrine Theimpson said she
has heen through several reieim-
mates in the* past year.
"We're on our third rex>mmate,"
said Theimpsein, Warre*n sophomore* "We started with four; one*
moved eiut, the* se*cond we*nt crazy
and the* third is in the* room now
"We* had one* whei hke*el throwing full glasses of pe>p against
milk crates. She did it because
she* like*d the* sound of it."
Thompson said the* same* room-
mate* alsei like*d tei slam the* d«ior
See ROOMIES Page 2
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