1974-01-30; Central Michigan Life

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Nader speaks to
Rose
Ralph Nader ..-.
consumer aoVocaf•
at CMU
Volyme 55 No. 50 Wednesday, January 30, 1974
A-Senate passes 4 new degrees;
skips general education report
by LORETTA PIZZO
LIFE Ass't News Editor
An air of excitement permeated
Academic Senate Monday as more
than 75 people showed up, apparently expecting to debate the
General Education (GE) seminar
report.
Instead senate approved four
new masters degrees, ran into
"overtime" in an attempt to catch up
on "necessary details", "and adjourned without any significant
discussion of the report. Except for a
short debate oyer whether to
consider the report in a Committee^
of the Whole, the topic never got on
the floor.
"A lot of those extra people
were here for the GE thing," according to Suzanne Nichols assistant
professor of journalism and former
senate secretary. "And I think
they'll be back at the next meeting,"
she added. Nichols said there are
normally approximately 55 people at
senate meetings.
Caiman Levich, physics
professor and' Academic Senate
chairman, added some spectators
were there to support four proposed
masters programs on the  agenda.
Senate approved a master of
science degree in administration and
three master of arts degrees—one
each in recreation for the, handicapped, art and" linguistics.
Levich    indicated    he    was
disappointed senate considered the
programs only briefly before approving them,
"It is my opinion Senate fell
short of meeting its responsibilities
as a legislative body by adding to our
curricula four new masters
programs without ' significant
debate," Levich said. "I myself have
every confidence in the graduate
committee. I'm sure it considered
the programs at length and am
certain its recommendations to
senate were yaUd; but on the floor of
the senate itself insufficient
arguemeht was presented to enable
a senator to c»8t an intelligent vote,"
he added. -
Several questions came up on
the floor which were "insufficiently
answered," he said.
In other action, President
William B. Boyd did not give his
usual report to senate, but stood for
questions.
Senator John Schmidt, chair-
mart of the Speech Department, of
recent firings of tenured faculty at
the University of Wisconsin. The
firings were reported in the
■Chronicle of Higher Education to be
part of a move to retrench faculty
(retrenchment is the act of reducing
and reallocating faculty). Schmidt
also cited the release of 104 faculty
members at Southern Illinois
University as cause for concern.
Boyd said there is "no reason for
any new pessimism" and no reason
to expect any further loss of tenured
faculty than had been -announced last
year.
"There is some uneasiness
caused by Governor William
Milliken's one per cent cut in
enrollment allocations, but I regard
that as merely a recommendation,"
Boyd said. "I regard it as still a Very
open issue."
Boyd also announced a paper
recycling project in conjunction with
Mentard, an agency which, employs
mentally retarded persons, wjfj-get
underway on campus Feb. 9i Details
are not available but he said Iher'e
will be a pickup twice-weekly on the
south end of parking lot'20.
Mentioned  briefly   was  the
increase in cost of the proposed sign
system which now, according to
Arthur E. Ellis, vice president of
Public Affairs, will run about $20,000
to completely implement. The
system -would replace all directional
and informational 'signs on campus.
In other action, Senate approved requests by three departments for extensions on departmental review schedules; elected'
three persons to the screening
committee for the Director of the
Center for Teaching and Learning;
and elected ten people to various
senate committees.
"Absent from the meeting were
. Donald Bush, Dale Gust,  Thomas
Kromer,   Elizabeth   Mills,   Charles
Reed and Dean WiHhite.
Apartments sold
i
at public auction
by RICK FITZGERALD
LIFE Editor in Chief
First Savings and Loan
Association of Saginaw submitted
the only bid on 10 parcels of land sold
at public auction Tuesday after First
Savings foreclosed the mortgages on
the property which ~ in the name of
either Consolidated Apartment
Corporation or James R. and Gala L.
Barwick.
Conducted by Isabella County
Sheriff Donald Gillis, the auction
began at 11 a.m. and ended at noon'
when no one except B.J. Humphreys, mortgage attorney for First
Savings came to bid on the property.
Humphreys submitted 10 bids'
totalling $1,426,094.98 which reflects
the amount owed to First Savings
plus interest to date and legal fees as
permitted Jby law.'      ',
Sheriffs deeds to the properties
now will go on file with the Isabella
County Clerk. Consolidated and the
Berwick's have six months in which
to redeem any or all of the property
| if they choose to do so. If they do hot,
. then First Savings becomes owner.'
"I  feel  very   optimistic   that
Saginaw Savings will not become/
; title holdep July 29 (end of six month
I redemption ' period)/'   Humphreys
r said. "1 have,every reason to belieVe
[the property will be redeemed."
James     Barwick     declined
d'
comment on whether or not he intended  to refinance the  property'
during the six month period set aside
for redemtpion.
Humphreys said the auction
Tuesday in no way changed, the
relationship between tenants of the
buildings and Consolidated or the
Barwicks. Renters would continue to
pay the same,way they have been..
Humphreys also believes any
leases made'with Consolidated or the
Barwicks for these buildings would
be honored in the fall, even if they
" would ho longer- be owned by
Consolidated and "the Barwicks.
"I feel certain that any
arrangements made this spring to
rent in the fall will be respected*
whoever the owner istlt is the prime
interest of any owner to have the
apartments occupied," Humphreys
explained.        , *
The 10 parcels which were bid
,  on Tuesday include eight multiple
unit dwellings in the Vowles School
area near Crawford and Broomficld
roads.*
Addresses of those buildings are
-1808,1809 and 1819 Denting Drive;
,700 and 712 Edgewood; 1725
Crstwford Road; and 806 Broorafield
Road. Also invbhrtd are three duplex
houses at 410-412 Main St.; 417-419
and 421-423 Maple St.
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DPS to probe
cause of Woldt fire
by SUE REYNOLDS
LIFE Staff Writer
Investigations to discover the cause of the fire which destroyed a secpnd
floor suite of Woldt Hall Sunday morning are underway, headed by Det. Sgt.
' Les Bonstelle of the Department of Public Safety.
According to' Chief Dennis Stevenson of the Mt. Pleasant Fire
Department, the fire originated in a bedroom. This coincides with information from Kathryn Woloshen, Caro sophomore, who was in the suite
when the fire began. She said she and Doug Mosley, Grand Rapids senior,
smelled smoke apparently coming from the radiator in the bedroom.
The odor of the smoke became so unpleasant that they went into the
study room. They shut the sliding door of the bedroom, and didn't notice
until some time later that the room was on fire.
Mosley ran to get a fire extinguisher, but said when he tried to use it, "It
was like using a water pistol against a bonfire." When the Mt. Pleasant Fire
Department arrived, the fire had reached the study room and second
bedroom:
According to David J. Kerr, University attorney, the University's insurance does not cover the personal belongings of the residents. The
residents' insurance companies are presently determining what the policies
will coyer. t
Physical Plant Director R. Biirney Long said, "I suspect it will take all
semester to restore the room." Residents of the room have moved into other
rooms of the dorm.
Ozone machines that, according to Stevenson, "filter the air and take out
'the smoke odors" have been placed i£ the hallway of the second floor.
(See related story, page 3)
byPATMROCZEK '•:♦
LIFE Staff Writer *:
Consumer advocate, Ralph Nader, speaking to more than
7,000 people m Rose Center Tuesday night; claimed there was np
energy crisis and blamed the recent price increases in gas rind oil
on the oil companies and government agencies out to'make even
more money at the retail level
'"Our problems for too long have been either deferred or'side-stepped,"
said the outspoken Nader.
* "Inspite of the recent propaganda barrager this country is showing new
signs of progress.", The public, he explained, is now very skeptical of facts
regarding the energy crisis. v
Nader claims the oil' companies are "keeping a climate of scarcity"
around oil products to be able to continue the raising of prices, driving in-
depen ant oil dealers out of business and abolishing pollution controls now
hampering their- productivity _and profits.
While the oil companies are "more likely to get away with a sudden jolt
than with raising the prices slowly," Nader said, "Washington gets to play
Charlie McCarthy."
-   A possible alternate  to the multi-millioni dollar oil  industry  was
suggested. \    .
"The principle, cheapest, most efficient source of energy for the world
for all time is the sun." .'__ • ,
"We can have solar energy now, too," he explained. "A tiny portion of
sun coming down on the Sahara Desert will heat the entire earth for a
"decade."
Nader went on to say the only reason the companies and government
agencies are not now using the free limitless power sources is that no one
could make any money off it.
"Exxon doesn't own the sun," he quipped.
"There's a premium on wasteful energy technology'."
Also sounding off on nuclear power plants' dangers, Nader spoke of
possible accidents and casualties. He called the reckless handling of nuclear
matter   "technological suicide." '-
He explained how a nuclear power plant was supposedly to have been
built in California, but a citizens' action committee forced the site to be
changed. An  earthquake later  that year  (destroying  an   uncompleted
hospital)  would have damaged  the  structure,  possibly  releasing  very
\ dangerous nuclear matter. >
A near accident in 1966, due to few controls, could have partially wiped
out the Detroit area, he added.
The Public  Interest Reasearch Group In  Michigan  (PIRGIM)  has
^brought national attention to the problem of nuclear matter, especially in the
trucking of dangerous nuclear waste. .        .
j  .   'Nader solicited help for the group and commented on their success.
Stressing laxity in serious control of dangerous matter, Nader sighted
an example of a slow'radioactive leak ^hat continued unknown for a matter of
weeks, • ._
The nuclear pollution brought Nader to the topic of ecology.
He'called the environment a "seamless web," saying the contamination
of one phase of nature leads,to the contamination of another.
"Who ever would have dreamed our waters would reach their breaking
point, so soon?"
Nader also called the "student" the main activating force of the country.
Approximately 7,000 people hoard Ralph Nader)
speak In the Rose arena Tuesday night.
Couch fire extinguished
in Robinson. Hall
A CMU l student with a keen
nose prevented a smoldering couch
from becoming a fire in Robinson 104
last night.
About 10 p.m. Tuesday evening
Mike BurnsY Carson City sophomore,
smelled smoke in the first floor
hallway.   -
He alerted Head Resident Ron
Gishpert, who used his passkey to
enter .Tack Butts',  Cooper'sville
senior and Don Trzemalski,
Kingston senior's, room.
They dragged the couch into the
hallway and extinguished the sparks
with' trash cans full of water.    '
Butts said he believed the fire
started from a cigarette which fell
from ah ashtray onto the sofa.
Butts and Trzemalski were
attending the Ralph Nader speech all
last evening and, were not at home.
Proposed facility to consolidate
physical plant, security operation
(Editors Note: this is the second in a
' *two part' series'' concerning a
proposed University facility which
will be going through programming
procedures in the next months. The
second part deals with the facilities
^   the new building could include.)
by DALE MALEWSKA
LIFE Staff Writer
If legislative  and i financial
; hurdles are cleared and the proposed
General Services Building becomes a
. reality the facility will house all,
existing    physical   plant,   central
stores, land security operations.
Conatructual emphasis, will be
directed towards the- physical plant
operation which will more than
double itto floor space, according to
the program statement prepared by
University    architect-   Anthony
Paparella.
" "Central stores and the
Department of Public Safety (DPS)
will retain approximately the same
square footage, but with, a potential
for a more' efficient operation,"
Paparella said..
In detail, the hew facility also
will house grounds maintenance,
motor pool, warehousing and campus
mailing operations. According to
Paparella, "Ample office space for
professional, -technical, and
supervisory personnel will be,
provided.
Facilities fit In guideline survey
"A comprehensive survey was
made by the Association of Physical
Plant administrator's in 1988. The
t
'survey   covered   128 , educational
institutions nationwide and grouped '
. them according to size of physical
plants," Paparella said.
In  lay   terms,  the  new' consolidated    facility,   containing    an
estimated 53,000" net square feet,
falls  within  general  guidelines
established   by   other   institutions
throughout the country.
-:    In construction terms Paparella
stressed "flexibility" throughout the
physical plant and warehouse areas.
AUx> to be included in the site is
a building control center. "One man
can monitor key temperatures and
individual building centrals from one
area. This will mean a batter control
of electrical and mechanical systons,
it als« will eliminate running around
to each individual building t«- check
equipment. And in light of the
energy crisis, campus wide,
monitoring of building, controls could
save the University money,"
' Paparella said.
Paparella  explained  once  the'
program statement is approved and,
a preliminary design "is drawn up,'
the' monitor  system  will  be  contracted out to the lowest bidder for,
installation.
Presently there are only three n
companies which specialize in these ^
operations.
For the central stores facility"
"efficiency and flexibility" will be>
stressed.    Basically    a    simple-
warehouse, Paparella suggests, "A,
square plan configuration with
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