1973-02-12; Central Michigan Life

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Central Michigan University
Monday, February 12;
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.4 MTi.PLEASANT FIREMAN {left) watches the progess being made
by the" department's snorkel unit in combating the fire that destroyed
several rooms on the' fifth floor of Wheeler Hall Sunday afternoon.
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. ' A Proclamation by President Boy'd
I take great pleasure in proclaiming that the week of February 17
{'to 24,1973, shall be observed by Central Michigan University as Black •
[History Week.
The University thus recognizes and celebrates the important
j contributions made by Black people to-human history and culture
I generally, and to American civilization particularly.
I call upon students, faculty, staff and friends of the University to
I attend the programmed events of Black History Week to the fullest /
extent their personal schedules permit.
j'William B. Boyd
•'President *      x
ampus mail   'off-
\limits' to students
If you planned to send a card to
|W favorite   valentine   tbr&ljjh
nplis mail Wednesday, ddtt'L the
fill won't go through.
"Campus mail is strictly for
hiversity business," says Ronald
timer, materials manager of the
Diversity stores. "That's all it was
|er set up for."
The rule which bans student-to-
udent correspondence through
ee campus mail has been
piversity policy for years, but was
Iyer enforced until last week,
nrner explains
[Enforcement came as the result of
i mail room being swamped with
ft insurance brochures being
idled by a student company
presentative. The student was
ked to stop but persisted in
idling the material from another
Mion, Turner says.
The high volume of mail from
it incident was the straw that.
Oke the camel's back. "The system
simply overburdened," Turner
i. "We had no choice but to
Uckdown and enforce the
jjlvversity policy."
j "Any  mail  suspected   of   not
[Kg official University   business
i now be opened and examined,"
rner notes. If the  item  is  not
Bicial business, it will be returned
Blender.
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fDPS seeks
missing
freshman
It .Terry A. Mihulka, Traverse
W freshman, reported missing
!>• 6. is still the subject of an area-
Ide search by state and local
phorities. "*■
Mihulka, 19, was last seen by his
animates when he left their room,
|B Emmons, at about 3 a,m. Feb. 6,
wding to  the   Department  of
|»blie Safety (DPS).
His disappearance was reported
!W8 at 2:15 p.m. Feb. 7 and a
psmg person bulletin was issued
|tnin an hour.
Mihulka is described as a white
I*|e, 170 pounds, five feet eight
|«nes tall and having brown eyes.
"tnair is brown, curly and medium
In addition, police said Mihulka
Sideburns, a  moustache  and
ft-S&n glasses. He does not always
!** the glasses.
"Official University business is
interpreted to .mean that of any
depaftmerit, organization anil - or
office which has a University account," according to a document
which sets restrictions on campus
mail.
Student reaction to the new
enforcement policy was generally
unfavorable. "I think it's pretty bad.
It's not fair. We're paying for it,"
says Charles Markey, Saginaw
senior.
"You can't send a valentine to your
girl, but I suppose you *an still send
one to President Boyd," exclaims
Gordon Gasper, Belding junior.
Jennings agrees that the new
policy was incohsistant with the idea
of expanding residence hall services
to attract more students, but did not
know if anything was being done to
change it. '
Director of Housing Operations
George Jennings says, "We'll
probably have a few unhappy people
over the change," but added that he
did not have anything to do with it
Other than notifying the head,
residents.
Wheeler fire  guts 5th floor
A fife in Wheeler Hall early
Sunday afternoon destroyed several
suites, and caused the evacuation of
approximately 800 people. No in,
juries-   were reported.
No estimate of damage has been
given by either the University or fire
officials.    \
Firemen from the Mt. Pleasant
Fire Department, called by
Department of Public Safety (DPS),
fought the blaze on the fifth floor for
nearly 35 minutes before extinguishing the flames r
The fire apparently began in
room 502 at about 1:30 p.m. when
Joseph P. Singerling, Twin Lakes
junior, dropped a cigarette which
ignited his mattress.
According to fire officals, the
blaze spread when Singerling
became concerned about his stereo
equipment and dragged the burning
maUr'es* "into tHe carpeted hallway.
Air from an open room window,
fanned the flames, burning the
carpeting.
Firemen broke eight windows in
order to get water hosed into the
inflamed area. Two fire trucks,
including a "snorkel" were used in
extinguishing the fire.
"It took about ,10 .minutes to
"clear the dorm - there were a few
stragglers that weren't sure if it was
a   real   fire,"   commented   Sandy
Williams, Head Resident of Cobb. "I
think the RA|s (resident assistants)
did a really good job," she added.
Following an inspection of the
dorm by officals from the, fire
department, police agencies and the
University, all entrances and exits
were closed. Police patrols were
established and one officer voiced
concern over the possiblity of
looting.
The residents of at least 12
rooms were relocated in other dorms
for the night. Forty people live on ,
the fifth floor according to Daniel J.
Bertsos, Ann Arbor junior and fifth
floor RA.
Approximately three inches of
water flowed down stairwells, and
elevator shafts into the incinerator
and lower level floors.
Frosh: don't sign contracts
"To all freshmen - it is imperative that you do not sign any off-
campus housing'contracts until the
issue of sophomore dorm
requirement is resolved," explained
Legal Aid Director Warren C. Levin,
Huntington Woods sophomores ■
"If a m\m\ i» iiifiini www
result in legal complications and the
chances of them being disregarded,
probably will be slim," he continued.
"Av lot of freshmen 'could
overlook this, and it just can't be
overlooked," Levin said.
If a student has1 signed an off-
campus contract it will not be
grounds for getting * out of the
sophomore requirement, according
|oGeorgeF. Jennings, director of
Housing Programs.
Any student who has sighed a
contract already should check his
agreement for any cancellation
clauses it might contain, Levin
advises. He suggests that'if there is
such a clause, the student should ask
his landlord if he will cancel the
contract.
The University arid local Ian-
dlordsHave nolegalrMpciniib'itlty&
cancel     either     contracts
requirements, Levin warns. ,
or
'Question important'
Soph residency on Senate ballot
A question regarding the
proposed sophomore residency
requirement will be among the items
on the ballot for the Student Senate
elections Feb. 14. .
"The question, 'Do' you support
the sophomore residency
requirement?' will provide a useful
tool for students and ad^.
ministrators," said Ron Rivard,
elections director.
"The question is significant
because it will provide basic community information. If the freshman
class does not vote then they obviously don't care. If they do vote
against it then they have a basis for
argument. This is not just a freshman issue, it is important for all
classes, the vote is important for the
community as a whole," Rivard said.
Students can vote in the Senate
election Wednesday in their
respective dorms.- Times will be
posted.   Off-campus "students   can
vote in the UC from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Students "must have their ID's to
Vote.
Even though a survey is
currently being taken concerning the
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Mediating organization
proposed for A WS, WIC
By Diane Boppke
LIFE Staff Writer
♦Following the -Women's Information Center's.(WIC) decision to
break away from Associated
Women's Students (AWS), members
of the AWS council proposed a new
organization which would make the
acquisition of funds easier for WIC.
• Temporarily to be called
"Organization X," this new
organisation will allow what is now
termed AWS and WIC to be independent from each other on ail
policy decisional
According to AWS, the new
group's primary function will be to
distribute funds between the two
groups and act as a mediator to
prevent' any - overlap of ideas or
projects that either of the two
groups may be working on.        <
Under its proposed structure*
Organization X will cohsist of a four;
member board' made up ef two
representatives from AWS and two
representatives from WIC and the
Women's Health Project.
AWS representative Sandy
Lewie, Kalamazoo junior, who
' created the idea of Organization X,
said it will be a general organization
.with as little bureaucracy as
possible.
Lewis presented the idea of'the
board at Friday's meeting of AWS
and members of WIC after! WIC
'Coordinator NSnc^ Grosvenor,
Lansing senior, announced that WIC
still planned to become an independent1 organization. . „
"(Organization X will have twov
objectives,"    Lewis    said,    "to
represent all women and 'to. decide
allotment of University funding.
"Presently^ there are only four
organizations that get money from
the. University. If WIC just wenUnto
Miles' office (Student Affairs) and
said they were becoming an independent organization and wanted
University- funding, they might find
• it wouldn't be so easy to get it.
Organization' X will just alleviate a
lot of the sweat in getting the
money" Lewis said. ^
"Actually all we are proposing is*
two separate entities ^getting
together' for • fundraising and a
common goal,? she added.
Reactions of the WIC volunteers
to the board varied. Many of them
said they felt it would stifle the
independence, they are trying to
achieve by 'breaking away from
AWS.       .'.■.'".
"Organization X will take a lot
of. time and planning and in the
meantime we are becoming an independent organization," commented Mary Lou Case, Saginaw
sophomore. "I have a lot of personal
reservations about .'the board concerning how powerful its duties will
be," she added,
Grosvenor  suggested  that both.
groups discuss the proposal between
themselves but in the meantime the
issue of the'phone and office space
had to get settled.
"I think WIC has taken a stand.
We would like to keep the phone and
phone number," she said. "We are' in
the AWS budget now and we would
like to stay in it/until we can get
other arrangements."
residency . requirement, Rivard
thought that the ballot question is
still relevant and urges everyone to
vote on^it."
"Even though the survey is
being, taken this ballot question is
still important because it allows the
whole community to respond and not
just a particular -class. It is of particular interest to the off-campus
people because it might result in
lbwer rent in apartment complexes,"
said Rivard.
. • "If all the sophomores are
required to live in dorms there will
be a major housing surplus in Mt.
. Pleasant which will cause the
complexes to either lower th«ir rates
v s
1 or improve their services to compete
for student business," Rivard ex>
plained.
As far as the Senate elections
go, Herrig is still the only place with
a contested race. There are still
some dorms, in which n6 one is
running* even after the petition
deadline and election postponement.
"The postponement did more for
off-campus representation than for
on-campus. Generally the on-campus
people, mostly freshmen, do not vote
and do not run. This accounts for the
poor   on-campus   concern,"   Rivard
' said.
, The following people^have filed
to run for Student Senate: Barnard <
Hall-rNancy Burns, Grayling freshman; Herrig Hall—Michael Dawson,'
Greenhush freshman; Rex Schadbw,
Holton freshman; Dave Hoekstra;
'Saxe Hall—Mike Kh'ouri, -Jenison
junior; Trout Hall-'Cherie Nagy,
Ionia freshman; Wheeler Hall—Ted
Villani, Lake Orion sophomore. In
Cobb, Sweeney, Troutman and
Woldt no petitions were filed.
Off-campus people running for
' Student Senate are: Steven Banta,
Grand Rapids junior; Bill Charvat,
Grosse Pointe junior; James Corven,
Alpena graduate student*,; Sue
Davies, Plymouth junior; Steve
Duncan, Garden 'City sophomore;
Tom Dorsek, Dearborn -Heights
junior;   Clair  Ho'ehn,   Gladstone
senior; Dave Koch, Jerome
sophomore; Zigmond Kozicki, Bay
City junior; Lynette Leighton,
Keego Harbor senior; Don Palmer,
Lake City sophomore; Bill Windham,
Fraser junior and Jack Sutton,Bay
City junior.
Absentee
ballots
available
Absentee ballots for the March
6 housing licensing: code referendum
are available at the Mt. Pleasant city
clerk's office, ,
Registered Mt. Pleasant voters
may obtain the ballots 8 a. m. to 5
p.m. Monday through Friday at the
clerk's office in the municipal
building at the.corner of Michigan
and University streets.
The present,code was instituted
by the city commission six weeks ago
during its. first meeting of 1973. The
measure was approved by an
unanimous vote. <
However, voters will have an
opportunity to repeal the ordinance
establishing the code in a special
r election set for March' 6.
Voters who support the code
.and are opposed to repealing the
ordinance must vote "nort 'dn'the
question. A^ "yes" note would indicate opposition to the code and
support for repeal of the adopted
ordinance.  , '•»-.-;■
The primary function of the
code is "to provide minimum
requirements for floor areas, ceiling
1 heights, maintenance of living areas,
'sanitary, water, heating and electrical, facilities, exits and owner
responsibilities." - ,,,
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