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Central Michigan University
Friday, January 19, 1973
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CMU football player James R.
Culver, Lansing junior, missing since
Sunday night, was found dead early
Thursday afternoon by Department
of Public Safety officers (DPS) in a
deserted shack near the CMU
campus.
Culver was pronounced dead at
the scene by Medical Examiner
Andrew Veidhuis. The body was
discovered by Detective Sergeant
Leslie Bonstelle, and Sergeant
Ronald Williams, both from DPS, in
an abondoned shack on Broomfield
road just east of Mission Street at 1
p.m. Thursday,1
An autopsy performed by
Doctor Earl » Klett at Central
Michigan Community Hospital
showed that Culver died-from a
gunshot wound to $he heart. Police
say further laboratory tests will be
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Police theorize Culver died of a
self-inflicted gunshot wound. A 22-
caliher rifle was found near the body,
i Culver purchased the rifle on
Sunday, Jan. 14, from a local store
said police. A sales slip from the
store was found on the body.
Culver had last been seen as he
left his room around 5 p.m. Sunday,
He was first reported missing by his
girl friend early Monday morning
and, police issued a missing persons
bulletin on Monday afternoon.;
Funeral arrangements are
incomplete at the present time,
Culver attended Central on a
full-ride scholarship and played
defensive end for most of his three
years on the varsity. He was highly
respected by his coaches for his
defensive abilities.
Culver enjoyed his best season
last fall which was cut short by a'leg
injury in the -Illinois State game. He
sat out the final game of the season.
Culver's death brought to a'total
of seven the number of CMU
students who have died since
September, 1972.
Steven Lee Jones, Laingsburg
graduate student, was killed Aug. 27
when his automobile went out of
control on eastbound M-20 and
slammed into a bridge abutment
over the Chippewa River."
Janice Kiumpp, Pinconning
sophomore,, became the second death
when she suffered a stroke early in
the fall semester and died in a
Saginaw hospital,*
Automobile accidents over the
Thanksgiving    and     Christmas
holidays took the Uvea of three CMU
students. Becerra German a Lima,
Peru, graduate, student was killed
near Lackawanna, New York when
the car he was traveling in wont out
of control and struck an oncoming
vehicle.
A second student, Dan Binder.
Bad Axe senior, was killed over the
Thanksgiving vacation when a barn
wall he was working on fell on him.
Two CMU swimmers, James H.
Wilson; Battle Creek sophomore,
and Robert G. Currie, Dearborn
freshman were killed in an
automobile accident early December
17. The CMU,swimming team was
headed for the Swimming Hall of
Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Fla, when
the pair was killed in a three car
collision on 1-65 in southern Indiana.
ABANDONED SHACK-D.P.S. officers discovered the body of James
R. Culver, CMU football player missing since Sunday in this deserted
shack'on Broomfield Rd.
Unanimous decision
University to become lending agent
By Scott Esterly
LIFE Staff Writer
A unanimous decision by the
CMU Board of Trustees Wednesday,'
will provide more financial aid to
students by having the University
become a lending institution.
In essence, the university will
become a lending agent with the
federal government acting to
guarantee and insure the loans.
The provision to provide more
money for student loans was introduced by Albert S. Miles, vice-
president  for   Student "Affairs,
Formerly, Central was   allowed to
loan only funds derived from interest
on grants, loans and scholarships
given to the University.
"When Al Miles introduced the
provision three months ago, I
thought it was the wildest idea
ever," President William B. Boyd
said. "Now I'm all for it".     ,
Vienna Choir hoys
visit Mt. Pleasant
The Vienna Choir Boys presented the operetta
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In the operetta, the choir boys portrayed both
male and female roles.
The 24-member choir is on a swing through
Michigan as a part of its U.S. tour, and was presented
at Central through the CMU Artists Course.
"The provision should now enable
more students to continue their
education at Central," Boyd explained. Other board members
agreed it might encourage increased
enrollment in the future. .
Student Body President Tim
Horan later commended the board
administration for implimenting
more funds for student loans.
The meeting was also the first
conducted by newly elected Board
Chairman Walter Wightman,
Fenville livestock raiser.
"I'm a little more on the spot,"
Wightman reflected. "I find myself
acting as a go between with the
administration, faculty and
students," he added.
In a surprise move, the board
passed a resolution naming seven
University buiMJng* .Uttf. mm after
irmer p$y f^jiy jj§$pjri §?&
administrators.
The new Health, Physical
- Education and Recreation (HPERI
complex will be-named Daniel P.
Rose Center. The academic wing of
the center will be named Grace E.
Ryan Hall.
CMU's Old Library will now be
called Bertha M. Ronan Hall and the
name of the late Dr, Noryall C.
Bovee will be given to the
Uniyersity's comfe ence area in the
University Center (UC).
Neithercut Woods near Farwell
will be renamed Wakelin' McNeel
Nature Center while the Malcolm
Filson Chemical'Laboratory is the
new name for the laboratory area in
Brooks Hall..
The University Health Services
complex under construction on
Preston Road, will be named Judson
W.\ Foust HalL A counseling and
computer center are also part of the
building honoring; Foust, CMU's
sixth president.
In other board action, 47 faculty
members were announced as
recipients of faculty achievement
awards totaling $42,621, Very little
,of this "merit pay"; will go into
"faculty pockets however. The money
will be used to improve #nd provide
for new research, equipment and
instructional   techniques   which
I An all night peace vigil,
[sponsored by the Campus Pastor's
■Association, will take place at St.
[Mary's University Parish tonight
[beginning at 10 p.m.
[ According to Volunteer Council
[member Dave Hooper, the vigil is an
[attempt to rededicate people to
[peace by prayer and conscience
[raising.
[ "Right now there is not much to
[do on a national level so it is im-
IP^tant that we must keep peace in
lour own lives,",Hooper explained,
I The vigil will -begin &% 10 p.m.
Iwith Ray Rau speaking on, "Non-
Iviolence As a Life Style." His talk
[will be followed by the N&rmic Slide
[Show at II p,nu The slide show
features 140 slides prepared by the
Society of Friends (Quakers)
illustrating the automated air-war
and electronic battlefield in Viet
Nam.
At midnight, former faculty
member Hal Spears will speak on
"Identity-A' Foundation for Peace"
with a multi-media show including
the films "Where are the People?"
and "The Magician" being presented
at 1 a.m.
Nancy Spear, assistant to
CMU's vice-pfesident for student
affairs, will speak on "Women'a
Movement in Peace" at 2 a.m. Her
talk will be followed by a recording
of Hayden'a "Mass in Time of War"
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should  improve  the  University
academically,
Arthur E. Ellis, vice-president of
Public Affairs outlined versity
plans for the continuation of
Franklin mall through to the new
HPER building. The. wide black top
sidewalk will be extended through
Washington Street Aprartments
(married housing) to Broomfield
Road.
"Increased lighting, more trees
and general beautification should be
completed by Fall 1973 to meet the
increased pedestrian and bicycle
traffic," Ellis explained.
In routine action, the board
approved rjecommedations for
retirements, resignations, terminations, appointments,
promotions and salary adjustments.
Wightman stressed that board
^nieetrags jyefre always open sessions.
Hj| o'ffergd a few suggestion? for
students  to  use  to  get   effective
action by the board. ■
Students may arrange appointments   to   talk    with    board
members, "preferably on a, meeting
day," Wightman added. ;j)\
In addition the Board-Student
Liason Committee or the Board-
Faculty Liason Committee may/be
helpful in getting communication
going with the Board. Student
leaders and the vice president for
student affairs may also be consulted. ,   *
"Above all do not just throw in
something cold at board and committee meetings," Whightjnjsn
urged. "Find a little support Worn
members or executives or otherwise
most motions will die," he said.
Final resolutions included the
acceptance of the Michigan Audubon
Society Reference Library and
December gifts recieved by the
University totaling $53,987.97
The Rollin M. Gerstacker
Foundation of Midland, Michigan
g^ye $1S,0OO while $g Chfysler
Corporation donated $10,000.
The next meeting of the CMU
Board of Trustees will be February
• 22.
Frosh hit by auto-
suffers broken leg
Esteban L. Lopez, Middleton
freshman, is reported to be in
satisfactory condition in Central
Michigan Community Hospital
(CMCH) after being struck by an
automobile Wednesday evening.
Lopez, 18, suffered a broken leg
when he was hit by a car driven by
Dennis W. Stevenson, Romeo
freshman, The accident occurred at
approximately 7:30 p.m. om
Broomfield Road just west of
Mission Road.
According to police reports,
Stevenson, 18, did not see either
Lopez or Deborah L. Cochran,
Muskegon freshman, until Lopez
was hit by the loft front section of'
the car. The report states Lopez was
hit by the car, struck the windshield,
and fell to the pavement.
Lopez was taken to CMCH
where his leg was placed in a cast.
Cochran, 18, was not injured in.the
mishap. *** ~
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SG has
new system/:
To help eliminate confusion And
frustration, Student Government
and related organizations now have^
central phone system. %\
By dialing 774-3136 or 774-31317
students now can reach the following
organizations: Student Government
officers, Tenants Union, Legal fAid!
Center for Educational RefOjjnli
Environmental Services, Consumer
Advocacy arid the Elect\oja*s
Director. «■;?
{Campus Pastors sponsor
all night peace vigil
Rich ,Ropers, sociology and
anthropology, will speak on "The
Peace Movement" at 4 a.m. with a
discussion entitled "Can Political
Leaders be Influenced?" by Ted
Zolty, professor of political science at
5 a.m.: >
The vigil will conclude with an
ecumenical liturgy for peace and a
light service at 6 a.m.    '
Each   presentation   will   be
followed by discussion, prayer and ,
song led by the various campus
pastors.
"We hope the vigil will be a
conscience raising event,? Hooper
concluded. All interested persona
are invited to attend.
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