1972-10-16; Central Michigan Life

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Slume 53, Number 21
ENTRAL
Central Michigan University, 4Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48858
October 16, W2u.
ike paths reviewed
Liaison Committee
By Bruce Lesnick
LIFE Staff Writer
iohn McAuliffe, director of the
Itment of Public Safety (DPS),
Iday announced the possibility
Instructing bicycle paths on
us "due to all kinds of bicycle-
Itrian accidents."
announcement highlighted
tteeting of the DPS Liaison
aittee.
JOne bike path would be set up
experimental   basis,"   said
jiliffe, "to see if people would,
j and if the city would expand on
dea."
We  don't  want  to   build   a
hundred bike paths and find out
people don't go there," he said. "Att
this time we're putting out feelers to^
see what people  think aboiit the
idea."
The proposed path would,
consist of lines* painted on "the
sidewalk 18 inches wide and would
be set up in the "franklin Mall" area v
of campus south of Preston Road,
between the library and Moore. "If
people observe that path, it will be
tried on Washington Street from the
Towers to Robinson Hall," said
McAuliffe.
Washington is a city street and
constructing a bUce path there would
-Senate meets
there will be a regular meeting
ludent Senate tonight at 8:15
Ik, in the University Center
Itorium.   All   students   are
lome to attend.
Mscussion will center around
[Student Union concept and
|rt Williams, a Michigan man
: extradited to North "Carolina
Ice charges stemming from an
led kidnapping in 1961, said John
luillan, student body, vice
Ndent.
lA number of senate committee
jtions still have to be filled.
penis interested Itt: cer^lMg en
Uey Allen or John McQuillan in
{Student Government offices.
fCommittees and number of
lent positions include: University
|th Service  Student Advisory
Committee, five students; Public
Relations Committee, two students;
Commencement Committee, five
students; Financial Aids Committee,
two students; Health and Safety
Committee, five students;'
Registration Planning Committee,
two students; Advisory Committee
on Military Affairs, two students;
and Human Relations Committee,
nine students.
Another committee, the
Registration Evaluation committee,
is in the process of sending out, 250
student surveys that would help
evaluate the computer registration
prw*i»; Mcquillan md;
"In 'order to get an accurate
response to our random sample, it is
important that these surveys" are
returned as soon as possible," he
stressed.
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involve a dedication by the city of
Mt. Pleasant, he explained/*
A definite time for construction
of the proposed path has. not been
determined. It was indicated due to
the relative simplicity of painting'
lines and arrows on the sidewalk,
that the task could easily be com- "
pleted once a final decision is
reached.
. It was mentioned that bike
paths probably won't be necessary
during Mt. Pleasant's cold and icy
winters.
Bike Bella
Charles     B.     House,     administrative representative to the
committee, suggested bike bells as a
possible solution to the numerous •'
bicycle accidents on campus.
The courtesy of using bike bells
could  help  cut  down  on  bicycle-.-.
pedestrian accidents, suggested :;
House. "You hear the ding-a-ling-a- '
ling and keep your elbows in," he
said.    . N
Bicycle Confiscation
McAuliffe announced that since
July 1 DPS has riot confiscated a
single bicycle because of not being
registered. The department,
however, has confiscated four Or five v
bikes which were abandoned,.and a
couple have been returned to
owners. -
However DPS does have the
authority to itnpojind a bicycle thii^
II fc°t igftintifMi mf MsMi%
"If we get to the point where the
.majority of bicycles are registered
and we decide to confiscate
unregistered bikes to prevent thefts,
it will be done with a lot of fanfare
and announcements," he explained.
"We're not going to. sneak out in the
dark of night."
Presently, 843 bicycles have
been. registered oh campus and an
estimated 4,500 are not. Bicycle
thefts are averaging two-a-day on
campus, said McAuliffe.
"Most stolen bicycles are being
resold although not necessarily on
this campus," he continued. "Bike
theft rings are kno#n to steal bikes
' on one campus, tell them at another H
and then.pick up a few more to be
sold somewhere else."
"Bicycles have been sold on'this
campus for  such  ridiculously  low
prices that you burn your fingers
when ,you   touch   them,"   said ^
McAuliffe.   ' ■   .,
McAuliffe pointed out it. costs
"DPS $1.60_t^register-aj5ingle bicycle
and the chargeT6rthe student is only  •
50 cents.
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Pat Boone and family
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charms crowd in Finch
Recording and movie star Pat Boone and his family performed in
Finch Field House Friday to a crowd of about 1,500. Boone appeared
with a black family,' the McCrary's who sang ooth modern and religious
songs.
Boone and his family (above) sang both oldies and current hits,
while Boone and wife Shirley (right) teamed up for a song about the
trials of raising their four daughters.
At a press conference Friday afternoon, Boone said his successful
concerts stemmed from "a nostalgia for the '50's and a growing Jesus
movement."" ;
Boone laughed when asked about his square milk drinking image
and said he "laughs as hard as anyone at Pat Boone jokes."
I   ,
Dollars returned
Tenants receive refunds
ByTerriBurkhardt
LIFE Staff Writer       (
Western Island Apartments will
begin  immediately  returning  portions of tenants' security deposits
withheld  ,to   compensate   for   the.
dollar devaluation reductions.
"The management of Western
Islands said that due 'to. '"misinterpretation of state laws'concerning
the dollar devaluation dilemma, they
will now be returning money to.their
former tenants," announced Gary
Malec, Tenants Union representative.
Last year Western Islands kept
between $10 and $12 of each tenant's
security damage deposit because of
the federal dollar devaluation that
began in February^"'"
Earlier this year Tenants Union
said there was nothing tenants could
do about withholdings because they
were provided for in the contract
and therefore perfectly legal.
"First of all we'd like to
apologize for' our previous
statements saying the tenants
wouldn't get their money back,"
Malec said. "It was a hasty
statement made when we were
going through a lot of organizational
hassles and at the time there seemed
to be little that could be done."
"We didn't sit on it though.
Through.a;,lofripf hard workjbetween
Legal Aid and Tenants Union, we
finally got it straightened out," he
said.
Although Western Islands is
going to start refunding money
immediately, it will take some time
to go through all the backlog
processes, Malec said.
"The people who have had
money withheld and want it back
should come through the Mt.
Pleasant Tenants Union for instructions on how to receive their
money," Malec said.-"It will take
awhile so don't rush things and hatfe
-some, patience."
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Refunds avai
for Lightfoot concert
onnie Wilson tops
homecoming contest
Connie Wilson,' Saginaw
j&phomore,   was   announced   as
Becoming Queen 1972 JFriday
yening at the Homecoming Ball in
jse University Center Ballroom.'   '
Miss Wilson's first reaction wis
fat "I was shocked, because I didn't
|»0w how the idea of a black
ffomecoming Queen would- be ac-
*pted. I was Teally 'happy to know
Wt blacks Were accepted," she
sttnued.
Being the first black to hold the
• *fce called it "quite an konervl
!**» very happy to get beta the
art fr*m blacks w& white*."
fytFE erroneously reported in
P%'s *8sue thgt Mlas^ Walson**
1 in life is to be a migrant worker,
« item should h*v* *Je«d, .Mia*
hopes to acquir^ a makers
Refunds are still available to all
ticket holders of last Thursday's
scheduled Gordon Lightfoot concert
sponsored by WCHP, the campus
radio station., The refunding will
continue through Wednesday at the
Finch-Fieldhouse ticket office from 9
degree   in   Elementary' Education     »•*"• to 5 p.m.
With"a,major in Chifd Psychology.; According to Chip Lusko, WCHP
- The attendants on the court are     station   manager,   no   one   except
Lola   Grant,   Southfield   senior,     Lightfoot will lose money on'the
sponsored by Inter-Fraternity and     evenfc( Buti he asserted, "The work'
Panhellenic Councils; Laurie
Morden, Birmingham sophomore,
introduced by Woldt-Emmons Hall;
Carol Nancy Ritter, Mt. Clemens
sophomore, supported by Beddow-
Thorpe Hall; and, Mary Sue Seidell,
Capac junior, who represented Mu
Sigma and Larzelere Hall.
' CMU voters in the election
totaled 3,387.       . '   ■   *
- Miss Wilson will officially be
crooned during1 the halftime. show "
Nov. 4 when Central's foUWl team
hosts HHifois State Unif ersity. Gar*/
Ford, Ktfmeeoming steei-tag com-'
, mittee c|tsjirman will officiate at the .
crbwiifig'. ,
and air time involved it*, something
like this can't be repaid."
The problems- be;gan when
.-Lightfoot's private Jet'Commander
was fprced to land at Detroit
Metropolitan Airport due to difficulties with the plane. He then
waited to .travel via" commercial
airline to Tri-City Airport where two
WCHP staff members awaited him.
"I received a call from Richard
Harison," explained Lusko, "saying,
that the equipment Lightfoot was to
use was stolen from his cartas he
went in for coffee at the Saginaw
Holiday fen.*
Lusko described the frantic
search for duplications of the musical
equipment. "I finally, found the
closest to the Teal things in a "music
store in Saginaw," he said.
"Musically he could have gone
.on stage." At this time tickets were
not being sold, because of the in-
. decision on the concert.        ,
Lightfoot called WCHP at 6:40
p.m., Thursday evening after a staff
member of WCHP halted Lightfoot's
plane as it was leaving Metropolitan
Airport on its way to Tri-City. "I
explained &s explicitly as possible
that there were over 1,000 fans
awaiting his appearance." Lusko
concluded their .conversation after
Lightfoot denied the offer to use the
alternative equipment.' As he told
the station manager, ''The guitar is
sentimental to me, and I couldn't1
perform emotionally without it."
Albert S, Miles, vice president
foi- Student Affairs, began setting up
the handling of refunds and the
concert- was canceled.
FALL'S FUN - Its a big bite, for this little football fan who strnggledj
with this candy apple during the game last Saturday, «