1974-01-14; Central Michigan Life

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Physical
to save
by NANCY SIRCHER     .   ..
LIFE SUM Writer
In the interest of energy conservation, the CMU Physical Plant
has taken steps concerned with
saving heat, light, electricity and gas
on campus. >
One of the energy-saving efforts
outlined by R. Burney Long, director
of the Physical Plant, and Ed
Naretto, who works for Utilities and
Engineering is centralization of
evening and'Saturday classes.
A second project is the
fabrication and installation of storm
windows for married housing. Long
says the economy uf auch a move has
been defeated for two years and thus-
far, four buildings in Washington^
Court have such windows installed.
Dorms to be insulated
Naretto also reports progress in
, the insulation of dormitory heating
systems. Radiator pipes in some of
the older dorms often overheat
rooms, causing students to open
windows, he says.
By insulating these pipes, as has
Plant takes steps
at, electricity
been done in Larzelere, Trout and
Calkins, Physical Plant workers
hope to reduce wasted energy. More
insulation work will be done this
summer.
Naretto and Long express hopes
of improving the efficiency of the
heating plant, and to install lighting
controls "less sensitive to light, more
sensitive to darkness." Such controls
would permit lights to go on only
when they are needed most.
Long range plans being made
In a'ddition to the current steps
and immediate 'action taken after
President Richard M. Nixon's speech
in November, several long -range
plans are being studied.
One Such plan is ^ the interconnection of ah* conditioning
-units between groups of buildings. 1b
effect, says Naretto, they would
"loop systems together to run one
unit at full capacity rather than,
several' units at low capacity."
Ways to reduce electrical
demands at peak hours—11 a.m. and
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5 p.m.—also are being sought, he
adds.        ]
. Long expresses added concern
for water usage. CMU's latest water
bill, received quarterly, amounts to
$61,000. "Something must be done,"
he says.
. Long recommends students
take shorter showers. He also
discourages the practice of running
hot water, in the showers simply to
produce humidity in the room. Those
suffering from colds would be^ better
(See 'Physical Plant...' page 41
New sign system
to be employed
by DALE MALEWSKA
LIFE Staff Writer
,t Central's office, of Public Affairs
has- contracted a'Chicago'firm," R. W.*
Shipley Associates, to study and
plan an exterior signage system for
the campus, though the Office of
Public Affairs declined comment as
to the cost of study..
R. W. Shipley and Associates
specialize in graphics, packaging and
signage systems. Their suggestions
come to & point where
system is necessary."
a signage
Car pool system
to aid commuters
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by LINDA MINNIE
LIFE Staff Writer
Will students soon have to trade
in their cars for a horse and carriage
in order to save gas? Not very
funny?
William Dunham, associate
registrar, said gair" prices are
becoming a problem for students
who commute. One of the solutions
he suggested was a commuter's car
pool.
"We've been working on it since
the beginning of winter" breaks,"
Dunham said. "What we have tome
'up with is a system for commuting
students to be able to contact each
other to share the ride to school."
The program, coordinated by
Dunham, will be run on a volunteer
basis.^Students will be able to obtain
'car pool request cards from the
department' chairman's office or the
registrar's office during the first
week of winter semester*
" The cards will be collected and
combined before being run through a
computer to separate the 'cards into
different day combinations and zip
code areas.
A master list will be made from
these combinations and sent to the.
student.  It  will  include  the par-'
ticipating   commuters   names,   ad-
(See 'Car Pool. ..' page S)
Settlors must file
for graduation
Seniors-planning to graduate in
May, August of December, 1&74
should file for graduation as soon as
possible, announced Dan Vilenski,
director of the , Academic In-.
formation Center.
Graduation forms'are available
in Warriner 157 and can be picked up
at any time.' Students with 85 or
atore hours are also requested id file
graduation audits, if they haven't
already done so.
consist of .seven type.s of directional
or informative signs, including:
•) off campus (enter and "exit)
•) campus I. D. (names of buildings)
•)• regulatory (international traffic
signs) i
•) decajs (for parking and student
and faculty vehicles)
•) a campus directory (a large key,
information center and map to the
University) '   %      '      .
•) building directional (location- of
buildings)
«) parking lot directional (location of
lots)
Anthony   Paprella,   University
Architect,   said,  "fytost   campuses
• "Aeeofding to Paprelltt, to' test
reaction vto color prominence
suggested by the Chicago firm, the
physical plant put together a few
campus identification signs and
placed them throughout the campus.
Reaction has' been diverse.
Many students and faculty are indifferent to the signs, but some are
curious as to why the signs are not
maroon and gold (school colors).
Paprella said, "The purpose of a
sign is to direct people and vehicular
traffic, now how far do you carry
this? Already on many buildings we
have white or aluminum lettering,,
some' parking lot signs are black and
white. The present blue'and white
signs are only a test, but against fall,
winter and- spring colors and for
night visibility they really sock your
eyes. Also we have the problem of
the many red brick buildings on
campus; maroon and gold gets lost
against it."
Paprella explained that
ultimately 'Central could have a
coordinated system involving as few
signs as possible rather than" the
assorted styles and colors Central
now has.
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"Ideally you want as few signs
as possible," said Paprella.
* t Arthur Ellis, director of Public
Affairs, said, "We're in limbo now
anyway because the closing of the
peripheral roads (Preston, Franklin
and Washington) may be coming
sooner than we expected, so we are
going to hold off for a while (on
posting signs)."
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