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qoes through when she rushes a sorority.
This is the second part of her story. The conclusion
will appear in Friday's CM LIFE J.
By Pattie Klein
LIFE Staff Writer
Narrowing the choice
The next day, each girl returns to the UC and picks
four sororities she wants to get to know better.
Wanting to get a variety of types of sororities, I chose
one because they looked lively and had a Jot of keggers,
one because they seemed to be a ^'prestige" sorority,
one because   they   tried   really   hard   and  looked
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desperate, and one because they looked intelligent and
— of the girls in it had a ten-speed bike,, ,   ■
The four sororities the rushee has chosen find out
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never stops ringing,
Receiving all these phone calls is supposed to make
the rushee feel Important, but I started feeling harried,
and would have put the phone in the refrigerator (like
in the movies) except it was «• tached to the wall.
Each sorority can have either three coke dates or
two coke dates and one informal party with each
rushee-altogether this amounts to twelve dates-in
one week! f
! At a coke date, a rushee goes to the Reservation,
the Dairy Queen, The Malt Shop, the sorority house, or
wherever, depending on how imaginative her sorority
"escort" is, f
Coke dates were the most enjoyable part of rush.
It gives a rushee a chance to meet sorority girls, get to,
knpw them and ask questions,
All the sorority girls said they had gotten a lot
from joining a sorority and were glad they rushed.
-I»ft8ting-fr-iendshipsyloyaity, -heifig-Ml^pJejLjw .yj«ar£
and being a part of a large and close-knit group, but still
retaining your individuality does paint ft tantalizing
picture, '
Sororities limiting?
Although the girls said they had non-Greek friends
and did not associate exclusively with Greeks, it seems
the sorority situation tends to limit a girl's horizons.
Activities are with other Greeks and a'gui is apt to
be restricted in her acquaintances. Some partly agreed
with this idea, but others said "It's a matter of personal
initiative. In fact you're widening your horizons. How
often do you get to know 40 or 50 girls this well?"
Many girls felt that the reason there is-so much
anti-sorority feeling on campus is because people are
too quick to. condemn sororities.
"I don't know why people put down sororities so
much," complained one girl. "JThey don't hurt anybody
in anyway* Everyone says dp your own thing, but when
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f his may be true. Many girls on campus said they;
disliked sororities but when asked to explain why, thejR
were less vocal. When pressed for the reason thej*
usually backed down or gave a vague, answer*        •'
"'I don't like sororities," said one freshman. "Well,
it's hot that I don't like them, it's just that I wouldn't
want to be in one."
"I've always though they were kind of stuck-up,'5
said another freshman. "But then, I've never gotten to
know anybody in a sorority,"
"It used to seem like there was a lot of prestige in
fraternities and sororities, but there's not anymore,.
They've really gone down hill*" said a Troutman fresh^
man. "I was really unimpressed by it all." t;
Another reason for not rushing a sorority was
money. "They're nice," another freshman said. "I
wouldn't mind being in one, but who can afford it?"
entral
Volume 54, Number 23
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Central Michigan University
Wednesday, March 7, 1973
Lowest hike in nine years
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Trustees approve dorm rate increase
By Scott A. Esterly
LIFE Staff Writer
An increase of $20 a year for
room and board rates next fall was
unanimously approved by the CMU
Board of Trustees in a brief meeting
Tuesday.
The increase will set dormitory
room and board rates on the basic 20
meal plan at $1160 from the present
$1,140.
According to President William
I . Boyd, "CMU has in recent years
stood out among state schools as
having one of the lowest room and
board rates." He said rates will
increase one and one-half per cent
next fall, the lowest rate increase in
nine years.
Voters keep
new housing code
By Bruce Bunschoten
LIFE Ass't. News Editor
In a surprising two to one upset,
Mt. Pleasant's newly-enacted
housing licensing code remains
intact after Tuesday's special
referendum vote.
The 1,248-726 tally erased Mt.
Pleasant landlord's hopes of
irepealitig the code, Which befcatite
Jsf March 1. Threbde setfmitfijn;^
living standards for local hotels,
motels and apartment dwellings.
Citizens watching the election
returns at the computer center in
Warriner Hall showed surprise as
figures began to reveal the final
outcome.
"I am ecstatic," 'said Mt.
Pleasant city commissioner Carol
Scherer. "I actually thought there
was a good chance the code would be
defeated."
* Glancing at the results as he
walked by, one student remarked,
"That's cool."
Only 17 per cent of Mt.
Pleasant's registered voters participated in the election said Charles
A. Deibel, Mt. Pleasant city clerk.
The light voter turnout in last
night's election is indicative of the
public response to several meetings
designed to aid residents in their
understanding of the code.
A total of 67 people attended a
series of three meetings sponsored
by the Mt. Pleasant Taxpayers
Association arid Mt. Pleasant
Tenants Union.
The code was defeated in all but
two of Mt. Pleasant's 14 precincts.
Precincts 1 and. 2 both approved
repeal of the ordinance; precinct 1 by
1158-107 *bte Snti Bfrciiict 8 by i
146-135 tally.
i Voter turnout in the four
predominantly student precincts, 9,
10,11 and 12, was poor. As a whole,
students approved the measure by a
170-18 mark.
Election returns, by
precinct,
Precinct 1
158-yes
107-no
Precinct 2
146-yes
135-no
Preeinct 3
109-yes
127-no
Precinct 4
114-yes
148-no
Precinct 5
30-yes
90-no
Precinct 6
34-yes
58-no
Precinct 7
58-yes
116-no
Precinct 8.
19-yes
90-no
Precinct 9
10-yes
77-no
Precinct 10
2-yes
37-no
Precinct 11
4-yes
40-no
Precinct 12
2-yes
16-no
Precinct 13
22-yes
108-no
Precinct 14
18-yes
99-no
Apartmetit rental rates for
married students and faculty will
remain unchanged next year. Single
students living in ' University
apartments in Preston Court will
increase from $525 to $550 per year.
Barnes Hall, the only CMU
dormitory offering the no meal
option, will increase from $500 to
$530 a year.
Jerry Tubbs, vice president for
Business and Finance, estimates that
rising prices in maintenance, food
and utilities will increase the cost of
residence hall operations by at least
five per cent.
"Food costs would be up-bet
ween six and seven per cent, utilities
up 10 per cent, and other expenses
up between three and four per cent,"
Tubbs explained.
The new'rates were not across
the board and affect other meal
options differently.
For room and 15 meals per
week, the annual cost will go to
$1,125 from $1,111.80 or a 12 per
cent increase. On the 13 meal plan,
the yearly cost will be $1,133, up
from $1,119.60, an increase of 12 per
cent. A room and 10 meals per week
will cost $1406, aa increase of 1.3
per cent from the current $1,092.20.
At present only two of the 13
state-supported four year colleges
and universities in Michigan charge
lower room and board rates than
Central but Boyd said "The slight
increase in room and board rates for
next fall hopefully will keep CMU in
its relative position with, other
schools. We may even gain some
ground." '
The Board set room and board
rates with the University's financial
obligations for outstanding building
ioans in mind.
Alfred " J. Fortino, board
member and St. Louis attorney says
"We're close to the line and trying to
be as fair as possible. We've built in a
safety factor to assure our financial
obligations without making the
prices too detrimental."
Gifts and grants received during
February total $7,381.
The next Board of Trustees
meeting is slated for Wednesday,
April 18 at 2 p.m. in the President's
Council. Room, first floor of the
University Center.
Northern Illinois added
to MAC today?
■—See page 10
Centra/ moves to close streets
By Brian Hlavaty
LIFE Managing Editor
The closing of all major campus
streets to vehicular traffic will turn
Central into a predestrian-oriented
campus following an agreernent by
the City "iff Mtr?Ieft«1««Mid W
University.
Both sides agree however, this
is merely the first step in a long line
of negotiations between the two to
settle funding and timing of the
project.
The Mt. Pleasant City Commission approved the agreement's
signing Monday night and CMU
President William B. Boyd was
expected to sign late -Tuesday or
Wednesday.
Although no specific dollar
amount was affixed to the project,
City Manager Bill Barrons said
Monday $1.5 million might be used
as a figure. Boyd said Tuesday he
hoped construction on Bellows, the
first stage of the project, would
begin this summer and Barrons felt,
the entire project might be completed within five years.
One University official said it
was likely Preston street from
Franklin to Washington would be
closed by' fall.
The 14-step agreement calls for
the eventual closing of Washington,
Preston* and Frankliii ■$%*> on
campus and stems from a traffic,
study done in 1970 by traffic
engineering consultants.
To compensate for the closing of
these city streets (which will' be
given to the University), two neWj-
north-south streets will be constructed, one on either side of
campus.
East Campus Drive initially two
lanes that can be widened to four,
will run on the east edge of campus
paralleling Mission from Broomfield
to Bellows.
The West Side Highway is a
four lane highway to begin just west
of the Towers on Broomfield and run
north into Vernon Drive at Preston
St. From there it angles into the
residential section north of Trout
Hall and continues up Washington
and Main to downtown Mt. Pleasant.
The agreement calls for the
vacation of an old street only when a
new one is available. "It is our joint
Supported by Thorpe Council
intent that as quickly as alternate
routes are available the city will
vacate streets to minimize
congestion," said City Manager Bill
Barrons.
When construction is completed
the idea is' to have a* campus accessible only to pedestrians (and
service vehicles) and to have the four
surrounding streets, East Campus
Drive, Bellows, West Side Highway
and Broomfield Rd. carry the traffic
load,
Much bargaining ahead
But while the agreement has
been signed, it appears both sides
have long bargaining hours ahead to
decide cost sharing and timing of the
project.
The city funds road construction
through state money it receives for
that purpose. It can use this money,
sell revenue bonds and use property
taxes to finance its share of construction.
The University's funds for road
building come from the capital outlay
money it receives from the state on a
year-to-year basis.
The city has said it is unwilling
to assume the burden of financing
the new roads while giving up three
major streets in the process.
"The public has invested money
in street construction and the public
is giving it up," Barrons said
speaking of when Washington,
Preston and Franklin are turned
over to the University,
, ^ "W^Ve .talking of-one to one-
and-a-half miles Of roadway," he said.
"I feel the University will have to
assume a financial responsibility for
the alternate streets for the public to
use. That we have to work out."
The University, however, is
unsure of getting money to finance
the project according to Arthur
Ellis, vice-president of Public Afs-
fairs.
"Unless the state makes radical
changes in funding roads we'll have a
difficult time making significant
contributions to the road system,"
Ellis said.
He explained if the University
requested the capital outlay funds
from the state, road building would
have to be number one on the
priority list or receiving the money
was doubtful. "■
"We'd have to give it top
priority for University needs," Ellis
explained. "It's a difficult and painful
iSee 'City, CMU agree .  .'page W
S-Senator calls for impeachment
■Are
ByTerri Burkhardt
LIFE Staff Writer
A proposal to impeach all
elected student body officers was
introduced and defeated on the
Student Senate floor during the final
minutes of Monday's Senate
meeting.
Introduced by Thorpe Senator
Matt Mertz, Bash Detroit freshman,
the proposal called for the impeachment of student, body
President, vice president and
treasurer,
Mertz was working in conjunction
with the Thorpe Dorm Council which
unanimously passed a proposal
asking the Thorpe senator to work
on the impeachment of the officers,
according to Thorpe President Cam
Davis, Bloomfieid Hills junior.
"As I see it, the reason behind
the proposal was to show the
University community their
(Senate's) inefficiency in getting
things done.' I know of absolutely
nothing that Student Senate has
done for the students-
"The officers are supposed Ito
Provide leadership,, not get in front,
°f Senate and give long reports
about the past, ask for money or
send people tp Washington. The
officers job is to stay hero and do
something about the way students
are treated," Davis said.
» Reaction to the proposal varied.
Off-campus Senator Don Palmer,
Lake City sophomore, said, "With
officer elections coming Up there is
really no reason to impeach them'.
All officers should be here, maybe
they aren't doing their jobs, but With
the elections so soon it's kind of
ridiculous to impeach them."
Some senators felt that if anybody
was going to be impeached it should
be the senators themselves and not
the officers. Emmons senator, Tim
Culby, Benton Harbor sophomore,
said, "If you are going to impeach
somebody, impeach the senators. Its
our fault that nothing is getting
done, the officers aren't responsible."
"We feel that the senators
aren't doing anything. We want to
strike where the roots lie. We want
to see what Student Senate is doing
for us and we can't see it, they
aren't accomplishing anything,"
Thorpe resident Danny Shunta,
Muskegon freshman explained,
"As of yet there have been no
goals set up for Senate to tackle this
semester, there haven't been any
prerequisites established. As far as
offjeers being here, why isn't the
Thorpe president here?" asked off-
campus Senator Zigmond Kozicki,
Bay City junior.
"Our president was here," Shunta
replied. '-This thing lasted so long
that he had to leave for a previous
committment. The point is that
something must be done about the
apathy of the situation immediately,"
"Apathy is a worldwide
situation. People are always saying
that everyone in the University is
apathetic^ Well, the senators are the
only ones with the guts to hang on,"
said off-campus senator Becki
Decker, Gladwin sophomore.
Student body Vice. President
Brad Wick,. Grand Rapids
sophomore, noted that the impeachment proposal was technically
incorrect since Article IV, Section 7
- of the Student Body Constitution
states "The Student Senate shall
'provide for the recall of elective
officers upon valid petition signed by
15 per cent of the proper electorate."
"Granted the proposal was out of
order, but I thought it raised some
interesting questions.. If there is any
doubt in the students* minds then we
must put them to rest," Wick continued..
Other Senate action included a
Senate endorsement of Public Interest Research Group in Michigan
(PIRGIM) plus an 11-7 defeat of a
proposal to allocate funds for an
informational handbook to be used
during freshman orientation. The
handbook was published by the
Publication of Information for
Students by Students,
Acceptance of the definition of
the Public Relations Committee, plus
five people to serve on it as the
formal committee, passed
unanimously. The five Committee
members are senators Matt Mertz;
Ray Lundsten, Farmington junior;
Cherie Nagy, Ionia freshman;'
Zigmond Kozicki and Sue, Da vies,
Plymouth junior.
Two other proposals were tabled
until next week, one dealing with
committee set-ups and the other
with the sophomore residency
requirement.
Elections Director Ron RivarG,
Bay City junior, reported on upcoming officer elections^ and
requested students to get involved
and work on the elections.
James Massey, student body
treasurer, Clio senior, provided a
breakdown of the student government budget, plus expenditures
through January, 1973.
NEW ROADS—The heavy black lines on this campus map indicate
new roads or improved roads which will surround CMU when the
system is completed.
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