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Counselors cite
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EDITOR'S NOTE; Alcohol abuse has been termed the
nation's number one drug abuse problem by many pr&minent
doctors, psychiatrists and sociologists. CM LIFE begins a
three part series today which examines alcohol and its uses
and abuses at,CMU- Today's Article discusses the probhins of
alcohol's effects. ''     •
by TONY BEARING
CM LIFE Reporter ,
Alcohol, an unpredictable sedative most students don't even
consider a drug, is far and away the No. 1 form of.substance
abuse on CMU's campus, according to counselors who deal
with University students.
"Students not only fail to see alcohol as a dangerous drug,
they tend not to like it referred to as a drug at all," Donald
Kilbourn, counseling professor, said. "But on this campus, no
other drug comes close to alcohol in use or abuse,','
"We like to say alcohol and other drugs," Robert Dinallo,
director of the Isabella County Substance Abuse Center, said,
"Alcohol is made up of ethyl alcohol, a mind and mood altering
drug in liquid form. It is the most widely abused drug today,"
Licit and Illicit Drugs, a Consumer Union Report on narcotics, stimulants, depressants, inhalants, hallucinogens and
marijuana, classified alcohol as a sedative of the same order as
barbituates and tranquilizers,
Alcohol affects different people in different ways, the report
stated, and either can depress or stimulate, tranquilize or
agitate.
In 1974, a study of drug abuse on CMU's campus found "the
drug of greatest use .was alcohol." Although no new figures
have been gathered since that time, Donald Bertsch, counseling professor, guessed alcohol consumption has not
decreased.
Like any other drug, Bertsch said, alcohol is only harmful
when misused,
"If you drink responsibly there is no problem," Robert
Zimmerman, temporary professor of psychology, said.
However, Kilbourn suggested students are not drinking
responsibly, and in fact, the frequency of alcohol abuse on
campus is now bordering on "epidemic proportions."
"If I had to guess, I would say we have as hard a drinking
group as any campus in the state," he said. "From what I hear,
a lot of students drink to the point where they are out of
control. I call that abuse."
Dinallo defined alcohol abuse "simply as drinking with the
intention of getting drunk.
"Some of the main symptoms present in alcohol abuse are
(See "Counselors—" page 7A)
Volume 58 No. 76
Pleasant, Mich. 48859 Wednesday, April 13,1977
4
Official 'optimistic'
on energy funding
Fire destroyed an apartment at 902 W. Broomfield Road Monday morning. According to the ML
Pleasant Fire Department, the fire started in the southeast corner of the bedroom. Fire department
officials also said the residents of the apartmenCvRonald Coles, Muskegon Heights graduate student?
John Leone, Dearborn ff^htaqttHt'if^^ *t flte; iime ot the fjr<v The
cause of the fire and the amount of damagt*Is; unknown at this time (LIFE photo by Rollie Mikan).
by STEVE BENNETT
CM LIFE Reporter
The possibility of CMU
receiving funds for two energy
saving systems now looks
better, Jerry Tubbs, vice
president for business and
finance, announced after his
trips to Washington D.C. and
Lansing.
Tubbs spoke Thursday before
the Campus-Wide Energy
Committee, of which he is
chairperson.
"In Washington I went to 25
different offices and meetings in
the thret days," Tubbs said.
Among the offices Tubbs visited
were    Housing    and    Urban
CMU prepares to comply
Information law takes effect
by STEVE SPALDING
LIFE Ass't. News Editor
Central is prepared to handle
requests for information under
the Michigan Freedom of Information Act taking effect
today,  according  to  J.  David
Kerr, University counsel.
The law, signed by Gov.
William G. Milliken Jan. 13,
makes most public records kept
by government bodies available
for public inspection and
copying.
"It is the intent of the
University to fully implement
the Freedom of Information Act
according to its purpose (as
mentioned in the act): 'The
people shall be informed so that
they may fully participate in the
CM LIFE receives ninth
All American rating
For the ninth consecutive
semester, Central Michigan
LIFE has been awarded an All
American rating by the
Associated Collegiate Press
(AGP).
The All American rating is
the highest award given in the
ACP national competition. The
rarjng was based on editions
published during Fall Semester
1976. LIFE was awarded marks
of distinction* in all five
categories judged.  '
The categories are coverage
and content, writing and editing,
editorial leadership, physical
appearance and photography.
"The LIFE certainly lives up
to its name in content and
layout; a quality product," ac
cording to a
petition,
judge in the com-
Greeks conduct
mock abduction
Most kidnappers make secret plans to abduct their victim and
then demand thousands of dollars in ransom before releasing the
hostage.
■; When members of the Lambda Chi Alpha-fraternity decided to
kidnap the presidents of the 16 CMU fraternities and sororities,
they left a polite note informing the presidents of their plans and
demanding a ransom. The ransom- three bags (of groceries which
willbe donated to a local church.
Lambda Chi Alpha members will kidnap the presidents of eight
fraternities and eight sororities today. The president's fraternity or
sorority must bring the groceries to the Lambda Chi Alpha
fraternity house before their president will be released, according
to Mike Baxter, Algpnac sophomore.
The three bags of groceries must contain non-perishable "goods
collected from the Mt. Pleasant area. Lambda Chi Alpha will give
the groceries to the Rev. John GoodroW, pastor of St. John's
Episcopal Church, 206 W. Maple St. Goodrow will distribute the
groceries to needy families in Mt. Pleasant, Baxter said.
The mock kidnapping is approved by the Inter-Fraternity Council
as a kickoff event for Greek Week which begins April 24.
"There's £ point to this," Baxter said. "It's not just fqn and games.
We're helping needy people."
Heading the LIFE staff last
semester was Paula Peck,
Plymouth senior, as editor in
chief. Holly Hayes, Dearborn
junior, served as managing
editor, and Pam Klein, Fraser
senior, served as news editor.
Jim Reindl, Wyandotte senior;
Steve Spalding, Royal Oak
senior; and Steve Baker, Battle
Creek senior, served as
assistant news editors,
Scott Bellinger, currently a
senior at Michigan State
University, and Sheri Morelli,
Bay City junior*served as photo
editors.
Approximately 30 reporters
completed the news department.
Serving as sports editor was
Mark Haney, Lansing senior,
while Dan O'Meara, East Detroit
junior, served as assistant
sports editor.,Approximately 15
reporters completed the sports
department.
Fall Semester copy editors
included Pain Jahnke, South-
field junior; Bernadette Joz-
wiak, Hazel Park junior; and
Mike Marshall, Warren
sophomore.
The advertising staff was led
by Kathy Lorencz, Gagetown
senior; while Carrie Rowe,
Flushing senior, served as
business manager.
Jim Wojcik, has served as
director of student media at
CMUsince 1971,.
democratic process,"" Kerr said.
Requests for information
regarding student records are
exempted from the act, as they
are covered by the Family
Educational Rights and Privacy
Act, he added.
Central's three-page policy on
the act still needs tne approval
of the Board of fXrustees at its
April 20 meeting. CMU will
operate under the proposed
rules and regulations' until
Trustees act on the policy,
according to Kerr.
The four recomendatioris of
the proposed policy include:
- Appointing freedom of
information officers to administer the policy.
-Initiating a system of fees
for information requests to
cover processing costs.
(See "Information Law-"page 9A)
Development, Health, Education
and Welfare, the Energy
Research and Development
Administration, the Department
of Agriculture and five senators
and representatives,
Tubbs said he visited the
offices explaining CMU's energy
savings plan and distributing an
HEW study report on the
feasibility of using an Integrated
Utility System (IUS) at CMU.
The study determined an IUS,
a system which burns wood
chips, coal and waste products to
produce electricity and steam,
would save^. CMU substantial
money in energy costs.
Tubbs' trips were in search of
funding for the IUS and a
Central Control System (CCS), a
monitoring system whichwould
report the temperature, lighting
level, and humidity of every
room on campus and lower or
raise them to a pre-determined
level. The system automatically
could shut off certain utilities at
special low-use times, but would
have a manual override.
The projected cost of the two
systems combined is $15 million.
If the two were not implemented, CMU could expect
an annual $4 million in utility
costs by 1981, Tubbs predicts.
At a State Senate Appropriations Committee
meeting in Lansing, Tubbs
outlined two possible plans for
state funding of the energy
projects. One was for CMU and
the state to enter into an
agreement .-which would have
the state funding CMU the
projected utilities cost for one
year. Whatever the University
saved, it would be able to keep
and put towards the energy
systems, .
The second plan, according to
a letter from Tubbs to Sen. Bill
Hoffman,   D-Madison   Heights,
and Rep. Gary Owen, D-
Ypsilanti, would have the state
fund one-half of the system's
cost as a capital outlay program
and allow CMU to borrow from
its self-liquidating facilities the
remaining half. Tubbs added
this is the first time an offer
such as this has been made to
the state.
If the system were implemented at CMU, according to
Tubbs, it not only would save
the University money, but also
provide economic stimulation
through a new local industry - wood chips.
"Through the use of an IUS,
we would primarily burn wood
chips," R. Burney Long, director
of the Physical Plant, said. "We
could also use coal and waste
material. Wood chips, as far as
price, are competitive with coal,
but wood is a self-replenishing
resource while coal is not."
Long added there is an
unlimited amount of wood
available in fallen trees and
through pruning.
Energy costs at CMU already
have been reduced by about one-
third since 1971-72, Tubbs said.
The IUS and CCS systems
would cut costs about another
third from 1971-72 levels. Thus,
if the systems were implemented, CMU'S annual utility
costs would be about one-third
of what they were in 1971-72,
disregarding price hikes and
other factors.
WiMmi-
— Academic Senate
discusses genera/
education —page 3
— Groups  submit  fun-
\ding requests—page 6A
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A line of over 100 students was "Taking it to The Streets" Tuesday everting, waiting to buy tickets to
the April 21 Doobie Brothers concert The line, stretching from the University Center to Preston Road*
began forming before noon Tuesday for today's ticket sale beginning at 8 a,m. (LIFE photo by Jeff
Ellsworth). i
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