1975-04-07; Central Michigan Life

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55 No. 73
Central Michigan University, Mt, Pleasant, Michigan 48859
Monday, April 7, 1975
Jazz returns to CMU
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His 'THUNDERING HERD"-Woody Herman directs his orchestra, the "Thundering Herd" Saturday in
iffarriner auditorium before a near capicity audience as part of the annual CMU Jazz Weekend. The
Professional Music Fraternity for Men, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia sponsored the weekend.
etitions available today
or student body election
t Petitions   for   the   offices   of
sWent and vice president of the
lent body, as well as Program
ird (PB) representatives are
Sable today in the Student
wnment office in the lower level
:he University Center.
[The   election,    during    which
jdents will vote on the Student
Miation question, will be April 28
1 ugh May 2. Students will be able
vote during registration, ac-
ing to Casey Schesky, elections
Ktor.
"This   way   every    student
ptering will be in the position to
Schesky,    Jackson    senior,
(However, seniors will have to
t the effort to vote,  Schesky
because   they    won't    be
fctering for classes.
iHe explained there would be no
; booths in dorms this year.
Students running for president
and vice president may run on a
ticket, Schesky said, but they must
file intention to do so during.the
week of petitioning, today through
April 14.
President and vice presidential
candidates each must obtain 500
signatures. Petitions are due at 5
p.m. April 14.
Schesky said a list of candidates
will be posted April 15 and campaigning will begin at that time.
During campaigning, which will
continue until 11:59 p.m. April 27,
expenditures may not exceed $100
per candidate or ticket. Campaign
finance forms must be filled out and
must be filed at the end of campaigning, Schesky explained.
He also said no paper signs may
be posted outside; only cloth banners
and wood will be allowed.
Also being elected are 15 PB
representatives five seniors; fffie
juniors and five sophomores. Their
petitions must have 100 signatures,
all of which must be the constituency
they will represent, Schesky said.
Schesky also said Student
Assembly may add some referendum
issues to the ballot.
CM LIFE PHOTOS BY GEORGE  BENISEK
JAZZ MAN—Nationally acclaimed orchestra leader, Woody Herman, performs with his orchestra as the
headline act for the CMU Jazz weekend. Other jazz bands which perfqrmed over the weekend were two CMU
laboratory bands and jazz trombone ensemble besides several of Michigan's top ranking high school groups.
Student damage cited
PB reorganizes concert lines
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by DAVID N. BRABOY
CM LIFE Reporter
A reorganization of concert lines
for Tuesday's appearance of
"Aerosmith" in Finch Fieldhouse at 8
p.m. has been announced by
Program Board (PB) members in
anticipation of a sell-out crowd.
ACCORDING TO Jeff Wright,
entertainment chairperson of PB,
and Johri Wright, entertainment
vice chairperson, the new policy will
involve setting up wooden and rope
barricades in an effort to divide an
otherwise anxious crowd of
students into organized lines.
Students      attending      the
"Aerosmith" concert, explained John
Wright, New Jersey sophomore, will
be organized into three distinct lines
(see map). '
Early admission students are to
enter Finch's south entrance at 7:1'
p.m. by following the sidev.kik
located between Finch and the
tennis courts.
General admission students will
enter through the western entrances
at 7:30 p.m. via two separate lines
stretching back to Preston and
Bellows Avenues.
"John and I have been working
on this concept ever since the "ZZ
Top" concert when we had several
RA's, marrieds lead
'varied' college lives
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. lEditoVs Note: This is the second Of a three-part serieson Itfestyles
hn by CMU students. The first article dealt ™thJ°™?°Z%ts   The
\«k discusses married students lifestyles and Resident Assistants. The
'I article mil feature off campus living-)
by SUE GHEENWELL
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DENISEKALIN
CM LIFE .Reporters ,-<•«       +
Resident Assistants (RA's) and married housing residents lead different
%les than most students on campus. , .„ „,..„„ to
While married students living in University housing tend to   keep to
pelves" during the winter, RA's cite a lack of V^J2%£?£££.
* Jobs as they are deluged with problems to solve and a^*^™ jf £
"PEOPLE COME in with problems ranging from being:£•»»■* to
* roommates leaving the cap off the toothpaste," according taRuss
There iS at least one RA on every floor of each dorm <e*«pt. Bjrne.
U> and in exchange for their free rooitl and board they are required to
|{orm certain duties. ■        ' ', .„'     . „.,„ ^-.i. Hurine
These responsibilities include being, da duty «t ^V^^dU^S
? week ,nd one night; on the weekend. The RA .!*» ie responsible for
"tog dorm doors that night. ;     *. *    . *.»h compter and
RA's must go through one week of-training before' «g/J»£j£ &™
^quired to attend sevW out of-14 ^service.training lectures per
I Sheets of these lectures include self-defeating behavior, drug overly aid, suicide, job market and loneliness.
These lectures often enable the RA's to better understand and help
their floor residents. N .       ■
THE RA'S ARE responsible for planning some activities in the dorm
and must attend some Dorm Council meetings. They have floor meetings to
inform residents of important sjubjects.
"I've grown a lot as a person through helping other people, but you don't
have as much private time," RennePapelian , Southfield junior, said.
Papelian, who has been an RA on first floor Trout Hall for two
semesters, plans to return to Trout next year.
She decided to become an RA because she enjoyed working with other
people and because .she's a speech major and has "developed the art of
listening." ,   , j-
There's not as much "police work" on the north end of Campus, according
to Papeliam. It's mostly counseling, especially in an all-female dorm.     ^
"People come up to me with the bad idea the RA is a policeman," Jan
Schneider, Detroit senior said. "I just try to be as human a$ possible."
Schneider, RA on third floor Barnard, decidfedto become an RA because
she previously had lived with two RA's and she liked to meet people.
HORNFISHER DECIDED to become an RA because he admired the
one he had when he was a sophomore,
"I respected him, I got interested, looked into the job and applied.
Hornfisher had some problems not being able to communicate with some
residents because of his title. '   ,
"Last spring I was at a party In some house," he said "There were some
kids from my dorm there andthey were freaked out that I was there because
I'm a RA." m
(See; RA's, marrieds *.. P»g« »»
incidents of students being pushed
or shoved through (Finch's) glass
doors," Jeff Wright, Howell senior,,
said.
COMMENTING    AFTER   the
#lold-out Feb. 21 "ZZ Top" concert,
Jeff said the show "set the all-time
record for busted windows."
According to a DPS malicious
destruction report, one plate glass
door, two windows in Room 109 and
several balcony windows were
smashed at 7:43 p.m. Estimated cost
of the window damage ranged into
the hundreds of dollars, according to
PB members.
The main cause behind the
broken windows, PB members
explained after the incident, was
impatient students attempting to
enter Finch before the scheduled 8
p.m. opening.
This impatience and unpredictability of large student
crowds led PB to institute a system
of organizing students into orderly
lines that will, according to John,
increase student safety, decrease
waiting time and aid in thwarting
gate-crashers.
"WE DON'T WANT a repeat of
"ZZ Top", he said. "This new system
of creating lines in front of Finch is
an experiment we hope succeeds in
reducing crowd rowdiness."
John noted, however, "If kids
want to continue having hard-rock
groups such as "ZZ Top" and
"Aerosmith" at CMU, then they'll
have to cooperate and be unrowdy,
Tuesday's concert will be a test not
only for our new line policy, but for
the students as well."
According to James Lombard,,
coordinator of University Events',
crowd psychology is the main factor
behind PB's policy. He explained if
students are ushered into organized
lines and entrances, instead of
crowding through one set of doors,
there will be less impatience and
(See PB reorganizes . . . page 3)
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