1973-02-16; Central Michigan Life

              Volume 54,, Number 15
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Central Michigan University
Friday, February 10, 1973;
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ouncjl supports Dunigan; St. Mary's may clbs#
By Brian Hlavaty
LIFE Managing Editor
The Parish Council at St.-Mary's
I'.Citholic Church   voted  early . this
morning they wish to continue "to
(receive sacremen'tal and   spiritual
direction of Father Roger Dunigan"
[although he was removed as co-
Tnistor Tuesday by Bishop' Francis
1 Reh of Saginaw.      /     ■    ,.;
The vote, with 42 in favor, 16 not
|;jr favor and three abstaining, came
i itvea as > possible threat existed by
I $ek to close the doors of St. Mary*
"tkii weekend if Dunigan was not
[:«Me Friday. >r *
Dunigan was removed from his
co-pastorship by Reh on Tuesday
because of his refusal to resign over
his   planned   marriage ^to- Nancy
' cmT* * De*emb« ^adwte of
' ."It's a difficult position for the
parjsh to be in," said Father Stephen
vesbitt, also* co-pastor at St. Mary's
and m opposition to Dunigan's
-refusal to leave. "I imagine he (Reh)
will close down St. Mary's at least
temporarily."      "
Vesbitt told the council at the
meeting he had heard ^omlhe
Bishop on Thursday and the Bishop
said if Dunigan was not gone by
Friday them "he wouWicldse the
doors this weekend," said Vesbitt. '*'
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Dunigan, however, told the council
he had also talked to the Bishop Later
on Thursday and Reh mentioned
nothing about closing the doors of St.
Mary**. . ,
"I asked specifically what would
happen if I,was not gone on Friday,"
said Dunigan. "He said the only
thing he would do would be to begin
.legal proceedings."
Dunigan explained the Bishop
Could take civil action and evict him
because the Bishop owned the
church property^
After the meeting Dunigan said
he felt the vote ''indicates they (the
council) disagree with the Bishop's
order.", Vesbitt, however, was in
sharp opposition to this and said
later "It's unfortunate on such a vital
issue we have to be split,"
The motion the council finally
Voted on came after three hours of
debate on what exactly the issue
was and what would be the
ramifications of such a vote. Spme
felt the issue was one of celibacy but
most felt it was one of t^he church
versus the people.
Many were upset at the Bishops
.refusal to .enter "into dialog" with
the council or Dunigan and discuss
the issue.
Dunigan emphasized during the
meeting' he^woukf remain at St.
Mary's although he will not say
miss, up to a point where the other
co-pastors would be jeopardized in
Sulphur compound
empties classrooms
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: mmwGww%w$rVim Giwtet mum™ smmw tw*
-graduate student, holds the compound that set off a false gas leak    ->
alarm at Brooks and Anspach Halls Wednesday morning. A faulty
ventilation system contributed to the spread of the accidently
released substance. ,
Faulty ventilation and a compound containing sulphur'have been
named* as the caiises for the
evacuation of Brooks and Anspach
Halls Wednesday morning,
Paul D. Cratin, Chemistry
Department chairman, said "One of,
our graduate students was
preparing a compound much like
that put in natural gas to give it an
odor."
The exhaust system by the
work area is located very close to the
air intake system "and the odor'was
pretty well distributed" throughout
Brooks Hall according to Cratin.
The pungent smell seeped into
Anspach Hall through a utility
tunnel beneath the buildings.
Both buildings were evacuteted
at about 10 a.m. while workmen from
Michigan Consolidated Gas Company
and members of the Mt, Pleasant
Fire Department searched for a gas
leak..
• Men from both groups took
detection tests in both buildings but
"cfitild jnot find hide or hair of aleak,'*
flp$jdijjii5 * Hfis Wiftpiny woi*l»,
The Mt. Pleasant Fire
Department dispatched two (pump
trucks and 19" firemen, including 14
volunteers,   to the  scene.   One
fireman said "with all our equipment
We could not find anything that
might have caused the odor."
Don Gipple, Columbus Junction,
'Iowa graduate student, said he had
been working on a "synthesis for my
organic chemistry class and left the
lid off of the container." '
any way or the parish would be shut
do^n or denied funding.
."The church is the people," he
said. "If yoa say leave I wouldn't
stay here tonight."
Don Boiidau, assistant professor
of speech at' CMU who drafted the
final wording of the proposal, felt the
statement should say to the Bishop,
in effect, "we feel there has been no
scandalous action and until Dunigan
is married there is no issue."
The final wording of the proposal
said, "We the Parish Council of St.
Mary's Catholic Church of Mt.
Pleasant state that we wish to'
continue our viable parish by con"
tinuing to receive sacramental and
spiritual direction of Father Roger
Dunigan,"
The'council decided a telegram
would be sent immediately after the
meeting, which ended at 12:30 a.m..
today, to Reh with a follow up letter
mailed later today.
Although Reh was unavailable for
comment on Thursday, his decree
spoke of Dunigan's marriage making
his ministry "ineffective,
detrimentaland scandalous."
The Bishop's removal means
Dunigan cannot preach at St. Mary's
and   must   "leave the ... chapel
. . . offices and clergy residence."
v Dunigan's removal decree and
the council's vote cujminate«t n$iu%
two months of letters and expliuia/'
tion between himself and ReK.'
On Jan. 25" Reh and DuBigan
talked about the priest's intended
plans to get married and continue a*
co-pastor. It was at that tint? the
Bislyjp, termed the affair as "Se«$r
dalousV" ' ••■:,'
The Bishop gave Dunigan until
Jan. 29 to submit his resignation.
Dunigan refused and sent a letter to
Reh asking for more time to think
about the matter,
A second letter from Reh came
on Feb. 7 extending' the date for
Dunigan's resignation to Feb. 9. At
that time Dunigan simply said,"I
intend to write him another letter
explaining why I can't resign."
Dunigan has organized what he
terms "alternative communities" in
the past few weeks which at groups
of parishioners who meet and
"discuss, talk, and celebrate the
liturgy outside of the church," explained Dunigan Thursday morning.
"They go beyond Sunday kind of
christian," he explained. "We delve
into the faith further."
The next meeting of the
alternative community will be in the
University Center at 5 p.m., room 3B
and C. z
RHA recommends changes
ease   soph residency
Housing code hearing
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Q & A session attracts few
By Carol McDonald
LIFE Asst. News Editor
In an effort to explain the
Divisions of Mt, Pleasant's new
ng licensing code, city officials
lnd other - organization
representatives from the city,
headed a public hearing and question
«nd answer session in the Isabella
County Courthouse Thursday night.
Sponsored by the Isabella
pwnty Democrats, approximately 25
Jterested citizens, landlords and
widents were on hand to ask
Questions.
"William B. Barrons, Mt,
"easant City Manager, presented
«e historical progress of the new
•^e, which is scheduled to go into
««ect March 1. Voters will be able to
tyee their opposition or approval on
•V code through a referendum,
Wad for March 6.
The new code, passed by the
$7 commission at its first meeting
fl973, names as its primary tunes'1' "to provide minimum
Wirements for floor areas, ceiling
"Spghts, maintenance of living areas,
$Ht*ry, water, heating and elec-
t*»l facilities, exits and owner
•Sensibilities."
Voters who support the code
Jg*tvvote "no" on the' question
Op will read "Shall Ordinance No.
Ifiv-'the  Mt*   Pleasant   Housing
Licensing Code, be' repealed?"
•Mayor Bart'LaBelle explained
that the confusing wording of the
ballot resulted from advice from the
city's attorney that his method
would allow for amendments to be
made. - x '   , " .
Delia Walker, representing the -
Taxpayers Association, stated her
organization's opposition to the code,:
"We feel that the commission should
have let the people vote on the code
first, before enacting it."f
Spokeswoman Dee VaflRqrii of
the League of Women Voters, Voiced '.
their support of the dode. "We would
like to have seen all rental units
included, but still feel the code
should be enacted."
, Questions concerned such issues.
- as the large number of units that will
have to be inspected by only one
building inspector, whether or not
rents will increase, and if the. code
will later be amended to includev
private dwellings.   > -    ■ '
LaBelle said" that rents vary by
the supply and -demand factor and
' should not be directly affected by the
code. He abided that he personally
would hot favor the inspection of
private dwellings.
The question was raised as to
whether the code would be applicable to University housing.
Barrons explained that» would, noti
because the University operates as £
state institution governed by state
regulations.
1 Copies of "the housing Code may
be obtained frbm the City Clerk's
Office in the Municipal Building..
Representatives from
Residence Hall Assembly (RHA) met
with administrators yesterday to
offer a list of recommended changes
for on-campus housing.
The list, which includes changes
in life styles, changes in the roles of -
present resident advisers and head
residents and ". providing for  "less
greasy" food, should be approved or
modified by President William B,
. Boyld w'it&iiv a wiWr&imrSiie *io.
RHl CKairmaH, Charlotte Knight,
Farmingt'on junior.
' Recommendations were compiled
from    student    surveys,    open;
hearings, administrator suggestions
and committees which .studied the
sophomore residency requirement.
The seven pages of recommendations sent to Boyd by RHA
include co-ed scattered living in
Saxe-Herrig, Tate-Barriard, Barnes,
Larzelere Qioriors) and the Towers.
The remaining nine residence halls
would.be designated as having 24-
hour, seven-day open visitation.
Individual} dorms would have the
option to change security
regulations. *
Proposed changes also call for the
establishment of a  "residential
college" in the Tate-Barnard complex with a full nieat option and
limited no SSaesl options.
Residence hall staff changes 4
have also been recommended, including changing the name of-the
resident assistant to "adviser" and
calling head residents "staff ad*
visers." v
Duties fqr these people would
a!so4je^chan,ged» Advisers wou}<| no-
longer be policemen and would carry
master keys for use in "life or death
emergency only." Head residents
would surrender their voting power
to dorm councils, which 'would
formulate all Kali regulations.
Recommendations also provide'
for the evaluation of both advisers
and staff advisers each semester by
hall residents.
Additional changes to be made if
the recommendations are accepted
would allow alchohol "in all areas of
the residence halls at the dorms
"discretion" and experimental co-ed
rooms would be made available "for
those students wishing it."
A maximum of 50 rooms would
also   be   offered   on a single-room
contract in Barnard Hail with njb.
more than 15 single rooms per .dorm
-being offerd in all other dorms.   ;
Recommended changes in the
food services would provide for a
two meal option which would allow
students to eat any two meals a day.
Offering a complete weight
watchers menu, having soft-serve ie»
cream eyerf Jay and .aUgwJ
students to take one piece of de*i
out of the fobo1 commoHs, Have aliS
.been suggested. ;  .
"Next year RHA will be worktag
to abolish the sophomore resideM^
requirement," Knight. says, ike
hopes to accomplish this by "hit-
proving the halls to the point where
students will be anxious to live i».
them".. ,"     ' • ,', •
Director of Housing Program*
George Jennings, said that RHA was
helpful in working on the sophomore
requirement and thinks it will be
just :as important in establishing
prospective lifestyles* *
He added that administrators
"have been very responsive" in the
past to arguments and'requests put
forth by RHA. ■    ., J
Co-op meets with Boyd
You're ju$t here to gripe
Incorrect ballots
irSenate election results
lobulations   for   Wednesday's
^tftnt Senate elections axe not yet
Ipplete because of a large number
jf&llois that were filled out in-
$_*%' according   to   Elections-
g*H* Ron  Rivard,   Bay   City
■H'^e
*||.J-f* off-campus ballots were
Y*™? completed bM the ballots,
in the dorms were not. The instructions were stapled at the top
but apparently nobody read them*"
Rivard said, ■ ,
Since the incorrect ballots could
not be tabulated by the computer
system they, have to be done by hand
and consequently elections results
will probably not be released until
Monday, Rivard said.
ByDaveTalaga
LIFE Staff Writer
President William B. Boyd met with members of the Parent's
Cooperative Day Care Thursday in an attempt to resolve, legal
problems in establishing a day care facility on CMU's campus.
Boyd explained that the University was not "legally free" to grant
.space for such a facility.
"There are minimum standards for day care centers that have to be
met, especially when you are working with pre-school age children," he
said. "The room at B. arnes does not meet these standards." j
Boyd was refering to a day care facility set up recently in the
recreation room at Barnes Hall, which moved back to St. Mary's
Chapel upon a University request.
Whet Are Legal Requirements?        ^.
. Casey Ropers, Mt. Pleasant sophomore and spokesman for the coop, noted- that, the' only problem in establishing a day care center at
Barnes would be the need for supervision by a licensed practical'or
registered nurse. '
"This person would not have to be at the day care .center full time,
but just be on call in case of an emergency," she said.
'   . However,. Boyd disagreed with the legal requirements of e day
. center asserted by Ropers. .
"I don't know what the law is and you don't know What the law'is
• and we both have heard different interpretations*" Boyd said. "You get
your lawyer together with our lawyer and we'll see what we can do/'
No L*wyer Assigned
Ropers noted the group could' not afford legal counsel and asked if
'. members eould meet directly with the University attorney to clear up#
legal problems.
.- "The. University does not have an obligation to meet your4 legal
problems," Boyd replied. "I'm not going to assign our lawyer to a day
care problem for a non-University group."
The co-op suggested as an alternative' that the University provide
and fund a day care center for faculty and students who need the
service
"One way the decrease in enrollment is manifested at CMU is in
the fact that mothers with children can't find day care centers so t^f
can go to classes/' Ropers said. "There is a need for these centers!
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which the University has ignored for three years."
Boyd-'NO Proposals'
Boyd said he was not aware of any proposals for establishing such     v
a facility on campus. '. .   -   !'
"All I hear is an occasional scream of anguish" he said. "So far I      '"
haven't heard any coherent proposals to establish such a facility.    -'
You're ^ust in here to gripe." . ^:    *:*
Ropers replied that proposals for a day care facility were turned' ^
down by the administration, "Don't you have'anything to say as to "■ I*
which proposals get through^ which could help us to fund a day care - ,
center?" she asked.     , *    • S ^
"Is that ah allegation that I have turned down these proposals?"   ,*    ;
Boyd asked. "I think some of you came here more interested in making- •.;•;
war and throwing accusations than solving ,a problem.'' ■*_".'
"It's just a question," Ropers replied. - '' .'•
Boyd explained that a proposal for University funding of a day care ,'.
center would mean the University would control it and "the ultimate .'
decision about what was done and how it was done has got to lie with a / '
person responsible to the Board of Trustees."
He agreed with the need in setting up such a facility. "What I am   ,.; '
opposed to is setting up daycare centers, with moneys appropriated for. ;31
educational purposes." ' ' ;•>.
Ropers asked how the University can spend money for helicopters -
to dry the stadium gounds, but can't afford to spend money for ,.cU>y(; ,
care* facilities. f. w J   , '        .*»<".•■
"What's more important, our children or astroturf?" she asked/.!,: ,
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, No Future Meetings )
Boyd said the reason for not granting' space for such a facility U: [.
legal. However he refused .another meeting between' the co-op and W■'.
himself and the University attorney sayingi "it Would serve no useful
purpose."       \      -    '. t x   - .'•£■..
"Come up with a proposal that is congruent to our educational*-
purposes and we can provide you with the. space for such a facility V
'providing that you meet the minimum legal requirements," he/siid.*. •'
,     After the discussion the co-op .indicated that they would feire^fiii
attorney to iron out the legal difficulties in setting up a day cits'*     <
facility. '
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