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Volume 58 No. 79
Mt, Pleasant, Mich, 48859
Wednesday, April 20,1977
ess releases indicate
A anticipated arrest
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byJOHNGROGAN
CM LIFE Reporter
A  Young Socialist Alliance
(YSA) statement printed before
the Oct, 20 arrest of three YSA
members on campus indicates
..the members anticipated being
^arrested sometime that day.
**, The    release,    which    was
confiscated by the Department
of Public Safety (DPS) at the
*iime of the arrest, stated the
Tthree    members    had    been
arrested  on  the 20th  in  the
University Center, according to
University Attorney J. David
Kerr.   The   three   were    not
arrested    in    the    University
Center, but later that night in
Warriner Hall.
Kerr said the YSA statement
was either in the form of a
petition or a news release and it
stated "that they had been
arrested previously at the
University Center which ^fvas
"The three did not go to CMU or any other
campus with the plan or intent of being
arrested"— YSA statement issued Tuesday.
not true at ali."
"I thought it unusual that'
they would specify a time and a
place of an arrest which never
took place," Kerr said. "That
seems like unusual activity to
me.
Meg Hayes, chairperson of the
Committee for Free Speech-a
group organized for the defense
of free speech on' campus - acknowledged the
existence of the release. Hayes
is active in the defense of the
three 3fSA members.
Speaking1*" fdr '*' the' fthree
defendants, Hayes said "a few
copies of a petition protesting
the arrest" were printed after
Trustees to vote
on rate increases
Room and board and tuition
increases are expected to be
approved today by the CMU
Board of Trustees at its meeting
beginning: at 9:3.0. «.m. in the
President's Council Boom of the
University Center.
In state, undergraduate
tuition is expected to increase
by $2 for 1977-78, from $22 per
credit hour to $24, while in-state
graduate students may be
paying $32 per credit hour, $3
more than this year.
Non-resident undergraduate
tuition is expected to increase
from $56.50 to $62 per credit
hour for Fall Semester while
non-resident graduate students
may face a $7 tuition increase,
from $64 to $71 per credit hour.
Room and board rates for the
20-meal plan are expected to
jump next year by $42, from the
current $1,418 to $1,460,    -
This   Is, t)|e Jfirst rfjjtistees
meetingr uh~der"1foichjgariupe*ji
Meeting's Act, which took effect
April 1.
Trustees also are expected to
approve Freedom of Information
Act procedures, tenure appointments, faculty promotions
and honorary degree candidates.
Also on the agenda are name
change approvals for the
Foreign Language and the
Business Education Departments. Traffic control orders,
the May 1977 graduation • list,
retirement . resolutions and
personnel items also will be
considered by the Board.
receiving warnings on Oct. 19 by
Dean of Students James Hill and
Jerry Quick, director of
Auxiliary Services, that the
three would be arrested if they
returned to campus the
following day.
"The three did not go to CMU
or any other campus with the
plan or intent of being
arrested," a release written
Tuesday by Hayes and defendant Brigid Douglas stated.
"However, they (the three YSA
members) expected that an
arrest might occur after their
discussion with Hill and Quick."
DPS Director John McAuliffe
said the YSA statement was not
a petition but a news release."
' In referring to the YSA's
intent in issuing the premature
statement, McAulliffe said, "I
think the fact that there was
some preparation on their part
before the arrest is indicitive of
what their ultimate desire was."
* Hayes countered: "The difference in - interpretation is
whether you plan to get
arrested or if you are given
reason to believe you will be
arrested. _ They were given
reason to believe they would be
statement, he defended his
clients, stating, "If they had
wanted to be arrested they
wouldn't have tried all day on
the 18th and 19th (of October) to
get selling permission.'.'
He referred to attempts by
the three YSA members to
obtain the necessary selling
forms from the Student Affairs
Office. At that time Hill said he
told the team the permits would
not be processed in time. The
three were arrested after
continuing to sell without the
permits.
Reosti also said no mention of
the statement had been made
either in the prosecuting attorney's bill of particular or by
"any representative of the
University."
The existance of the releases
was mentioned in an article
which appeared in Monday's
edition of the Chronicle for
Higher Education.
In a discussion sponsored by the National Organization for the
Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), in the Lake Michigan room
of the University Center Tuesday night, John Sinclair, editor-in-
chief of the Detroit Sun, which has now ceased publication, spoke
about the marijuana laws in Michigan and methods of changing
them (LIFE photo by Steve Fecht).
Pot decriminalization
Outlook bright: Sinclair
by SC6TT SIMONS   '
CM LIFE Reporter    .
With the persistence of Rep.
Perry Bullard, D-Ann Arbor, the
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current marijuana laws looks
campus the next day.'
Defense attorney Ronald
Reosti agreed with Hayes. "If
somebody tells you in advance
that you are going to be arrested
if you come back, and if you do
come back instead of surrendering your constitutional rights
without a battle, then you can be
relatively certain you will be
arrested. It seems logical you
would prepare a release of your
arrest in advance," Reosti said.
"You're not going to prepare it
the next day from your cell."
Although Reosti stated he
knew   nothing   of   the    YSA
favorable, according to John
Sinclair, NORML policy board
member.
Sinclair, on campus Tuesday
night in 'cooperation with
Central's NORML (National
Organization for the Reform of
Marijuana Laws) chapter, said
Bullard looks to have more than
20 co-sponsors to House Bill
1983.
"The good aspect of having
that many co-sponsors is that
many were against the bill when
it went to a vote last year. Also,
it could prove with that kind of
Election April 27,28
Fifteen vie for SA seats
by JEFF ELLSWORTH
CM LIFE Reporter
A total of 15 candidates have been validated to run for Student
Association (SA) office in the April 27 and 28 SA spring general
election.
Candidates were validated immediately following the Monday
CMU prepares
for FA election
' The University began posting
notices and sample ballots for
the April 28 collective
bargaining election on campus
Monday under directions from
the .Michigan Employment
Relations Commission. »
University Attorney J. David
Kerr said the materials were
posted "in all academic buildings
and where there are academic
offices."
The; question on the sample
ballot reads: "Do you wish to be
represented by the Central
Michigan University Faculty
Association as your exclusive
representative for the purposes
of collective bargaining? YES ()
NOO
The election will be conducted
April 28 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in
the Lake Michigan and Lake
Superior Rooms of the
University Center.
—Senate aftails UP stipulations-page 3A
-Reactions on pot bill's future—page 3A
property
gam
— City    residents
credh-'pagetiA
-SA validates 13 PB candidates-page 7A
tax
noon deadline for submitting petitions, according to SA Elections
Director Vicky Bazan.
Next year's student body president and vice president, as well as
SA Board of Directors at-large members and Program Board seats
will be elected in the upcoming election.
A series of 23 revisions to the SA Constitution, unratified in two
previous student body elections due to insufficient student vote,
also will appear on the ballot. -
An amendment to the-present SA Constitution requires, a 10 per
cent student body vote to ratify any amendments to the Constitution.
The amendments will set disciplinary rules and procedures for
the conduct and attendence of >!SA Bbard of Directors* members.
Specific amendments - limit unexcUsed absences and outline
procedures for disciplining Board members.
Further amendments grant full Board of Directors seats to four
organizations which presently have half vote seats.
Candidates for student body president are David Merritt, East
Leroy sophomore; Carl Swanbeck, Temperance junior; Steve
Trudeau, St. Clair Shores junior; and David White, Bay City
sophomore. , • ' , '
Candidates validated for student body vice president are Sim
Ewing, St. Johns sophomore, and Tom' McNally, Flushing
sophomore.        '        # . . '
One,candidate, Richard Kerr, Mt. Pleasant graduate student, has
been validated for the graduate student at-large Board seat.
Spates for write-in candidates will appear for all offices; Bazan,
St. Joseph senior, said.
"If, for instance, there are two seats up for election, there will be
two spaces for write-in candidates. That way* if a student is unsatisfied with all the candidates, he Can write in two of his own
choice," Bazan said.
Three candidates have" been invalidated for the upcoming elec-.
tion, due to insufficient grade point average. SA election fules call
for a 2,0 grade point average for anyone seeking SA office^
Presidential candidate Matt Mertz, Mt. Pleasant, senior, vice
presidential candidate Maria Rios, Muskegon junior; and sophomore •
at-large candidate Wayne Maybaugh, Qwtissb ffeshlfhan*weire in?
validated for this reason.       .    ; :.''-: *'•"■-.
support, that the bill can go
through without amendments,"
Sinclair said.
With expected support, the
House by the.end of June, and if
passed, to a vote in the Senate in
early fall after summer recess.
Sinclair said current efforts
have been directed to have
students in their hometown
districts during the summer let
their representatives know
there are supporters of the bill.
"The places where students
go to school there is no problem
with representatives not supporting it. (Rep. John) Engler,
R-Mt. Pleasant, is supposed to
be one of the co-sponsors,"
Sinclair said.
Sinclair regards the bill as
more progressive than the bill
that was presented last year;
that bill lost by one vote. The
major difference is the jailing
factor. For simple possession of
4 small amounts, the penalty is
similar to an expensive traffic
ticket.
"This is not a party issue, but
a cultural issue; not a racial or
geographical issue, but a subjective issue. Both Democrats
and Republicans are split on the
issue," Sinclair said.
He added the support of
President Carter should have
some influence along
Democratic lines and that the
Detroit Free Press recently has
editorially endorsed
decriminalization.
Influential groups supporting
decriminalization on a national
»4evel "*wi4l---be—=«ppr«aehed by
Michigan's NORML in the next
three to four weeks concerning
lobbying in Lansing. "The idea is
to get support from as many
people as possible and to make
sure people understand what
marijuana is all about," Sinclair
said.
Sinclair said he thinks it is
ironical that while
decriminalization is being
discussed, raising the drinking
age and lowering heroin
penalties also is in process.
He said Michigan was one of
12 target states on a national
level that will try for
decriminalization, and said it is
ironical the state doesn't have it
yet. "Ann Arbor was the first
place in the country to
decriminalize marijuana and
there are already eight states
that have it," Sinclair said.
John Downing, Central's
NORML chapter coordinator
said its May 8 rally looks
promising. "There will be four
bands, arts and crafts booths
and Tom Loeb, attorney for
NORML, Barb Weinberg, from
the national policy committee
and Howard Simon, from the
American Civil Liberties Union
will speak," Downing, Stanton
sophomore, said.
Working in cooperation with the University Development
Fund's .Dialathon are CMU alumni Rues Horton and Ron
Browning. Horton and Browning were part of a 12-member
alumni group which came to Central to make phone calls to
lormer CMU sfa^ to the Develop
ment Fund &IFE photo by Mike Thorsby).
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