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Volume 33, Number 42
Centra! Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48858
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By Bruce Lesnick
LIFE Staff Writer
The first reported rape at CMU
[this year was annduncea by John
McAuliffe, director of Public Safety,
Thursday at the Department of
Public Safety (DPS) Liasion Committee meeting.
According to the police report, a
ICMU coed was raped by a male
companion when she tried to leave
his dormitory room in the early
morning hours of Dec. 2.
The coed met her attacker at a
kegger in Deerfieid Village earlier
that night where they danced and
consumed several drinks together.
She also said she smoked marijuana
before the kegger. Later they rode
in a car with several other persons to
the Cabin where they danced and
had more drinks.
The couple then walked from
the Cabin to a dormitory on campus
where they fell asleep on the floor
watching television. When  she
awoke and and started to leave, the
suspect asked her not to go, pulled
her back to the floor and raped'her#
according to the report.
The 'coed   went   to   Central
Michigan Community Hospital for a
physical that afternoon  where a i
hospital employee notified DPS ofv
the   rape   by   telephone.   DPS;
requested the coed to file a report of
the incident which she did although
she  refused  to  signv a  complaint
against the suspect.
. McAuliffe questioned liaison
committee members as to their
opinions on whether or not this
incident should go on official records
as a rape. There was considerable
disagreement over it within the
committee and McAuliffe did not say
exactly how it would be classified.
There was also considerable
debate as to whether the incident
should be released to the press.
Reports from other informed
sources, wishing not to be identified,
said, there have been seven
unreported rapes this semester^   .-,
. Other topics discussed; at the
liaison committee meeting were
detection equipment, the safety of
CMU's campus in comparison toother state universities, and ja-
document prepared by Hubert
Locke, a former deputy police
commissioner in Detroit concerning
student- problems with DPS]
McAuliffe demonstrated  an
ultra-violet"flashlight that can detect
a powder which sticks to a thief s
fingers when he steals an object. It .
also sticks to anyone else's fingers  ■
who happens to touch it. In addition l
it can be used in fingerprinting.   '"
"In terms of crime we are in
better shape than Eastern.Westerh
or Ferris," McAuliffe said. "This !■
something that is coming up more
and more at high school college
nights—Is it a safe campus?' It is an
important  factor  in  the  face ,of
declining enrollments."
Discussion * of the Locke
document centered around the
definition of "double jeopardy" and
whether or not it is a good thing.
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McAuliffe said he was in favor of
having alternate avenues of action,
available with DPS enforcing both
University codes and state and
municipal laws.
Jim' McDonald, Mt;' Pleasant-
senior and student' government
representative  to  the   committee.
expressed concern that a student'
caught smoking marijuana on*""*;
campus would be in worse shape \
than if he was caught in the city;;;j
"The University and the city could- 'r \
both impose penalties if a student' ;
was caught on campus," McDonald J
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Dorm decor glistens
By Ivy Glennon
LIFE Staff Writer
• Christmas time on CMU's
campus isn't just cram-for-exam
time. It is a time to decorate' and
throw parties and take study breaks.
This is what, thfe dorms are doing.
Thorpe H«!l has gofce,,'*b;Kfeat.
txpense   in   decorating   Jii   feUSy
ucording to Dorm President Kim
Davis,    Northville    sophomore.
Sunday, Thorpe  is  dedicating  its
lobby to retiring custodian Walter P.
Herzog.
The Towers has put up and
decorated its traditional three trees-
one in Troutman lounge, one in
Carey lounge and one in the main
lobby.
v. . Sweeney Hj»iy^vdjc°Wte^ ft*
ih-eplace and rubbsrplant with llglitfl
in addition to decorating its
corridors.
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Mt. Pleasant murder
A Mt. Pleasant resident is dead
ind two others were injured—one a
CMU student—in what police say
was a "narcotics-connected transaction."
The dead man has been iden-
itified as Rodney McNeill, 21, of 1002
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According to Mt. Pleasant
Police Chief Tom, Martin, McNeill
fed of injuries received when he,
Douglas Edgar, Shepherd
aphomore, and Terry Taft. of 320
t   Grand,   Mt.   Pleasant,   were
iissaulted in the basement of McNeill's residence Saturday evening.
Police reports indicated three
I ^identified   males   bound   and
lagged McNeill, Edgar, 23, and Taft,
21, prior to the beatings.
Detectives from the Michigan
State Police crime laboratory in East
Lansing have been requested to
assist in the investigation by the Mt.
Pleasant Police department.
An autopsy was ordered to
determine the cause of death.
Results of the autopsy were not
released pending further investigation of the homicide.
Edgar and Taft were released
from Central Michigan Community
Hospital following .treatment for
assorted minor injuries.
. ' Police, noted this is the first
homicide in the Mt. Pleasant area in
over 22 years. The last murder took
place in March of .1950.
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best decorated corridors and doors.
> Cobb Hall is giving cash awards
for the most original door, the most
humorous door,'the most traditional
door and most religious door, and a
each prize for the best overall floor.
Trout added njpst co^femporary anjd
4ne*. besf^Hfeeine-- to. "the - dooi* ■'';'
categories.
Barnes Hall incorporated its
tree trimming and party. Some of
the Mexican women in Barnes are
also making pinatas.
Besides its up-coming residents'
party, Saxe-Herrig Hall sponsored a
Christmas party for residents fo
Isabella County Medical Care
Facility.
Two or three rooms in Saxe-
Herrig .received the name of one
elderly person living at the facility.
The rooms were to buy that person a
gift. Then students from the. rooms
who could go took the gifts to the
facility Wednesday night and gave
the people there a small party.
Tate Hall had' a Santa for underprivileged first graders at a
local elementary school. Afterwards
the children went caroling.'
\ Dorm Parties -
Ail   the   dorms    are    having
residents' parties.  Thorpe Hall is
. throwing a BYO at the Forum Arena
Saturday' featuring a live band.
The Thorpe party is being called
"The Tom Lott Military B.»U*i for
guset of honor Tom Lott. Lansing
Grad student Lott is Thorpe's third
floor resident assistant and is being
drafted after this semester.,
Merrill Hall is; having a kegger
on the top floor of the Blackstone Bar
for its residents. The' Dec1.' 8 party
will have a live band,   ••
Parties in the dorms also include
Sweeny's midnight party Dec. 7 and
Troutman's all night party Dec. 12-
right before a candlelight breakfast.
Spiriting '
1       Tate, Saxe-Herrig and all the.
female dorms are "spiriting," too. In
LIFE, photo by Rum Yantli
CHRISTMAS!—The town of Mt. Pleasant is all in lights for the Christmas season. Every year the trees are   .
decorated and lights are strung throughout the city.
Executive Committee
CMU will be the home for the
state Special Olympics for the
Retarded. Bui before participants
can take part in this program, they
must win local and regional events.^
At the first meeting of the
executive committee," the state was
broken down into 21 regions. The
regional events will take place
during the first two weeks in May,
according to Chip Saltman, assistant
director of the program. Lee
Reynolds, director 'and Saltman will
select the regional directors. The
appointments will be confirmed by
Dec. 15.
Further discussion involved the
creation of training clinics in
February. Local coaches, teachers
and volunteers in each region will
learn approaches to teach different
skills to the retarded child so he may
participate in the games.
The child will also be taught
skills not contested in the games,
such as local motor skills of catching
and throwing an object. "Our goal is
to have a training clinic in each
region," said Saltman. Each clinic
will be a year .around program.
Tentative' members on the
various committees were suggested.
They will meet as soon as each
prospective member is contacted
and accepts the position.
The next meeting is Dec. 13.
Officers were elected to the
Advisory Committee for the Special
Olympics for the Retarded at its
latest meeting. The year's main
event for the committee is planning
the Special Olympics which will be
June l-£
The event will focus on local
interests, involving both campus and
community,
. New officers include: Richard
Kirchner, CMU's Department of
Recreation and Park Ad-.
ministration, Chairman; Donald
Christensen, vice-chairman and
medical superintendent at the Mt.
Pleasant State Home and Training
School; William Theunissen,
secretary and Dean of Central's
School of Health, Physical
Education, Recreation; and Dennis
lacco, treasurer and president of the
State Student Council of Exceptional
Children. These people will make up
the executive committee. Lee
Reynolds, department chairman of
Special Education and director of
Special Olympics, and Chip Saltman,
assistant to the program will serve
as ex-official members.
The executive commmittee will
appoint members to be on finance,
fund raising, public relations, and
host committees.
Schedule guides available today
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HEAVY MUSW~Boh Seger really get* into it at Thursday night'*
concert in Finch Fieidfeouae. The concert, which boated almosttow
kottrs, was a benefit apoawrW by WCHP for Korean QfP*«*«Se;
However, according to action manager. Chip Luako, they lost About
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spiriting, residents of a -given
corridor draw each others names and
secretly'give little gifts to the people
or "mortals" they drew. .Mortals find
out who their spirits are at a. party'
and spirits give their mortals
slightly more expensive gifts out' in
the open.     I
In Barnard Hall the spirits are
supposed to supply their mortals
with candles for the early candlelight
breakfast (6:30 a.m.) which Barnard
(and several Other dorms) have.
Students participating in these
candlelights walk through the
corridors of their dorm, knocking on
doors and gathering the rest of the
residents, Then everyone filed down
to the cafeteria for breakfast.
';- Thorpe and Beddew Halls will
have * snowman contest Monday.
One resident from each dorm wilt
build a j**a«-#m«t*yand compared it to
By Lorraine Bringer
LIFE Staff Writer
Class schedules, to be used for
class adjustment this week, will be
distributed starting at noon today.
Schedules will be available at the
table outside the Reservation in the
University Center or in the Ballroom
during a student's scheduled adjustment time.
Many students were given their
alternate choices when instructor
preferences for their original course
requests were not available.
Departments that were affected
want to emphasize that these
original courses are indeed available
and can be added during the class
adjustment period. • '
If a class is (not open during a
student's scheduled time, they are
urged to try at a later time or day to
see if by some chance .others may
have dropped it afterwards.
"As more students go through
Drop and Add, more courses are
dropped. Using fall semester as an
example, students were able to come
in on the last day of Drop and Add
I and get. courses that had been closed
'on  Monday   and   Tuesday,"   says
William R. Dunham, associate
registrar and co-ordinator of
registration.
During this class adjustment
period, many departments Will be
represented in the Ballroom to assist
students if they need special permission to sign up for a' class.
Departments not represented at
Drop  and  Add  that  still  require
students to get special permission
must get written statements in
department offices. .
New sections are being added
by some departments for popular
classes. Student's should check
bulletin boards inside the Ballroom,
academic buildings and residence
halls for new classes as well as for
changes and dropped courses.      ;*
Instructor requests^
may still be availably
A number of students who
preferenced specific instructors for a
particular course were not scheduled '
into that course, not because the
instructors were not available, but
because, due to errors^ many were
not' listed ow the master class
schedule, according to William R.
Dunham, co-ordinator of
registration.
In building the master class
schedule, a number' of instructors
were omitted in error and consequently many students were
scheduled into their alternate course
choices rather than their original
requests when, in fact, the course'
was open and the instructor
available. Sj
Departments hit hardest by this
error include English, Business aUj|
Administration, Mathematics,
Computer Science; Philosophy?,
Psychology, Political Science and
Speech. js]
These departments want %
emphasize students should be awaijje
that many original course request?
in these departments are stjjj
available and can be added duritig
the Drop and Add period this week7.
Many department representatives
will be available,iat the class adjustment period t6 assist student^
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LIFE returns Jan. 16A