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By ANDY MARTI
LIFE Student Affairs Writer"
amendment
tions at their Monday evening meeting.
The proposed amendment in Section 4
>     of the Constitution must be approved in
Student   Senate   approved   a   Student'-an all-campus election.   Ten percent of
Government   Constitutional   amendment   the;student body must vote before the
which will change the deadlines and pro-    amendment is incorporated into the con-
cedures for all Student Government elec-    stitution.
The proposal will establish election
dates for Student senators during the
fourth week * of fall semester classes.
Student Body President and Vice President will be elected in April, and will
take office two weeks following the elec-
Volume 52, Number 5?
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48858
Wednesday, February 9, 1972
City waste treatment plan
receives WRC approval
By JIMMIE LYNCH
Community Affairs Editor
In its first February meeting, the Mt.
Pleasant City Commission received the
final order of determination from* the
Michigan Water Resources Commission
(WRC) concerning addition to the city's
waste treatment plant.
A new construction time table has been
set by the WRC. The project will increase
the plant's holding capacity from two million gallons to five million gallons per day.
The new time table calls for completion
of plans by Oct. 1972.
Construction bids must be awarded by
Feb. 1, 1973. Completion of the project
is slated for June 1, 1974.
According to City Engineer Robert
Whitehead, Mt. Pleasant must determine
before March 15 how much," if any, of
Union Township will be served by the plant.
This is necessary for Capital Consultants
of Lansing, the project engineering consultant, to continue planning.
PROPERTY-REZONmG "•,
A request to vrezone property at the
northwest corner of Palmer and Brown
Streets was also discussed by the Commission. A change from apartment residence (B-l) to apartment-office (B-2)
was requested by. Palos Hills Inc. a
Mj:. Pleasant business.
In the request, the company said the
office building they plan would conform
to the residential nature of the area.
Commissioners tabled the proposal until
after the Mt Pleasant Planning^
Commission acts on the same request
A second proposal was received from
Ben Simon of Alma for the vacation of
right of way on the southwest corner of
Vernon and Bellows Streets. This^is in
the area of Concord Apts. The Commission set a public hearing for March
6.
The third communication received was
certification from the Michigan Employment Relations Commission on the col-'
lective bargaining agent for the Mt Pleasant Police Department.
In a' Jan. 19 election, the city police
voted to establish the. Mt Pleasant Police
Officers Association as the force's new
bargaining agent. The former bargaining
agent was Council 55 of the American
Federation of State, County, and Municipal*
Employees, Local 616.
City Manager Bill Barons said Mt
Pleasant is now negotiating a new working
agreement with the agent. He indicated
that talks are^going well.
The final communication received by
the Commission was a petition submitted
by Tuma's Party Store asking for a new
package liquor license to be held in-con-
■ junction with their existing beer and wine
license, The Commission approved the
petition.
SEWER ASSESSMENT - ,
In other business, commissioners
adopted an ordinance calling for construction of a sa'nitary sewer on Preston
Rd. extending from Crapo St west on
Preston, to the existing blacktop. The
project cost is estimated at $20,2^3 which
will be paid by abutting property owners.
Cost per foot will be $18.06. Barrons
"said the^cost per foot is unusually high
because property on the south side of
the street is the only property that can
be assessed. Property.on the north side
of Preston is owned by the Mt. Plesant
School Board and is unassessable.
Another construction request discussed in the meeting was for blacktop,
curb and gutter on Crescent Drive and
Glen Avenue from Highland St. to Preston
St. Estimated cost of the project is
$25,656, 10 percent of which will be paid'
by the City. The commissioners set1
a public hearing on the matter for Feb.
21.
In further action, the Commission extended two fire protection agreements with
two neighboring townships.
The first agreement for a four month
extension of fire protection of the southern
part of Denver Township was granted and
no change was made in the original
1970 contract.
AWS to oraanize Info Center
By carol Mcdonald
LIFE Arts/$6ciai Editor
An orientation session ^or a Women's
Information Center sponsored by
Associated, Women Students' (AWS) will
be tomorrow evening from 6 to 10 p.m.
in Room 3E of the University Center.
This orientation session will serve as
a volunteers' training .program for the
newly- instituted phone ariiwering service
According to Nancy Farrugia, New Boston
sophomore and chairman of the
orientation, anyone interested in working
as a volunteer is encouraged to attend.
Plans for the orientation include a
general overview of three basic areas
in which the program is seeking to reach
women. These include areas of both
health and education referrals and problems and social services; Miss Farrugia
will lead the discussion. '■■...
Representatives of Women's Health
,?Ptect» Cathy Courtney* Berkley junior
and Dalice ,Miller, Ludington sophomore,
will explain the services offered by that
organization.
Speaking on behalf of the Clergy Consultation Service for Problem Pregnancy
will be Rev, William Daitonr Debbie
Kenyon, Ferndale sophomore, will speak
on services available through. CMU
political groups,,
Other health speakers scheduled ard.Dr.
Harold Reese of the CMU Health Service,
a Mt Pieasaht area physician and a representative from the Mental Healfh Clinic.
Explaining education referrals and problems* will be Gerald B. Fuller, professor
of psychology, representing the Study
Skills Center and Arnold Form, of the Personnel and Counsling Center. Form will
serve as spokesman for the Consultation
Center.
Chris    Seaman,   Washington,   Mich.*
freshmarii. W411 describe the materials-
available through the Library Collective
of Women's Information Center.
,     Please turn to page 5
. A full year extension was granted to
Deerfield Township. The original contract was' granted in 1969. Deerfield
pays the City approximately $3,500 yearly
for fire protection and Denver pays approximately $1,000.
The Commission also .extended' a
summer recreation program which
employs CMU recreation students as
Playground Supervisors.
Barrons said $6,160 has been allocated
for the program which will be expanded
this year by addition of a new playground.
The program will hire 14 students this
year as opposed to 12 last year.
CITY BUDGET PRESENTED
In other action, the proposed city budget received its first reading at Monday
night's meeting. The document must have
two readings before it can be adopted.
A public hearing on the budget was set
forFeb.'2iv.
-     Please turn to page 6
Another amendment change will enable
the Student Senate President to temporarily appoint senators to fill vacancies
in off-campus Senate seats until the next
general election.
The new proposal will eliminate the
required 2.00. grade point average for
candidates and, substitute that office-
seekers be free of academic, social or
administrative probation.
the student body will vote on the
proposed constitutional revision February
23. Electing replacements for vacant
Student Senate seats and a presidential
preference primary will also be on the
ballot at that time.
The Senate recognized and endorsed
the week of February 19 to 25 as "Black
History Week." The proposal- was
initiated by Charles Coleman, Emmons
Senatorvwas voted unanimously, and will
be forwarded to Academic Senate, and
William   B.   Boyd,   president  of   CMU.
It was hoped that Senator Philip A.
Hart, (D-Mich.) and Sander Levin, former
Democratic candidate for state governor
would be on campus Sunday to speak on
behalf of Edmund Muskie's bid for presidential candicacy.
It was learned yesterday, that Hart
suffered a sprained ankle and therefore
will be unalble to attend.
Student Body President, Tim Hqran,
announced Michigan State Representative'
Jackie Vaughn will be speaking" on campus
Feb. 28. Vaughn is author or "progressive marijuana proposals" and will
be speaking on . this subject when he
visits campus.
The next Student 'Senate meeting is
slated for Feb. 21. At this time Albert
S. Miles, Vice President for Student Affairs, will speak about the feasibility study currently be conducted by
the Native American Academy.
Rick Kowalkowski will assume duties
as President of Senate at the meeting.
Current Senate President Lee Davis announced Monday evening that he will take
his spring vacation early.- The. Senate
granted Davis a 10-day leave of absence.
HELP ME UP  - Trying very hard, this little girl finds it
difficult to skate like her brother at Island Park yesterday.
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