1972-10-11; Central Michigan Life

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Le 53, Number 19
Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48858
October 11, 1972
Coed escapes injury
train-car accident
By Jack Miller
C LIFE Staff Writer
i CMU coed escaped serious
tMonday afternoon when she
ttible to pass the railroad
o&'at Bellows Street near
If Hall and was struck by an
IrVEllen Shellehherg<er,
jiU junior, was taken to
In! Michigan Community
Jitil (CMCH) and released
treatment for minor facial
litions.
Vehicle Thrown
impact  of  the   collision
threw the. vehicle, 50 feeet along
the embankment'. According to
police, the car was airborne for the
first 15 to 20 feet, Miss Shellenberger was thrown from the car
upon impact and landed 10 feet
from the car, police say.
The nine-car train  sustained
'minor damage to a steel grating on
the front of the engine.
Conductor Axel Anderson of
Owosso estimated the train was
going "close to 30 miles an hour"
when it struck the car. According
to Anderson, air brakes "weren't
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applied Until we hit the intersection." i'he train took, over
200 yards to grind to a halt.
Whistle Blowing?
.Witnesses said. Miss
Shellenberger had stopped at the
crossing with the front of her car
across the tracks, They also agreed
the train's whistle was in operation
as it approached the crossing.
"She had stopped but-the nose
of the car was still on the tracks,"
said brakeman Baston Sutton of
Owosso. "It looked like she attempted to shift into reverse but
she panicked."
Miss Shellenberger reportedly
went home to Marshall alter the
accident and could not be reached
for comment.
'Police are investigating the
accident and no violations have
been issued.
CLOSE CALL—This car was occupied by a CMU coed when struck by a northbound freight-train Monday ,,
' at the Bellows Street crossing. The woman was not seriously injured, but her car was demolished.
LIFE photo by Chuck Suppnick
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Academic Senate settles
honorary degree procedures
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By Bruce Lesnick
LIFE Staff Writer
Procedure for granting
honorary degrees was settled by
Academic Senate Monday.
President   William   B.   Boyd
voiced his opposition to a proposal
that   would   entrust   Academic
.Senate to make  nominations  for
honorary   degrees   at   its   public
meetings. <
"The matter, of honorary
degrees, requires a kind of privacy
these procedures would not afford," said Boyd concerning the
proposal. "We should not bat
around names of people at an open
meeting."
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United Fund drive
begins at Central
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LIFE photo by BobtGuiette
By Sharon Mueller
LIFE Staff Writer
The   first   organized
drive   for   the.  United   Fund   of.
Isabella County has begun at CMU.
The week of Oct. 23 has been
set aside for a door-to-door campaign, within the' dorms, in conjunction with a general fund-'
raising drive ■ throughout the
campus. '        '
The United Fund helps to
support 13 non-profit,' local
agencies- including Listening -Ear,
the Bed Cross, and Girl Scouts and
Boy Scouts.
Thfe? three south-end resident
complexes have already started
planning  their   drives.
Miss Honowitz stressed that
all students are asked to give their
fair share in support of the United
Fund.    ,
Boyd cited the possibilities of
people being mentioned for a
degree but not nominated and
people who are nominated but do
not meet the criteria- or decline the
nomination. In each case it could
cause the University and-or the
person considerable embarrassment, he indicated.
Boyd suggested . that\, this
"delicate and private matter" be
left in1 the hands of the Faculty-
Trustee Liaison- Committee to
protect the institution.
When a motion was made to*
revise the honorary degree
proposal.to be in line with Boyd's
wishes, Student Body President
Tim Horan voiced, his opposition.
"I am very upset by the fact it
is being pawned off to a committee
xwith no student representation."
he stated. "I object very much to
the liaison committee."
A  question arose .concerning,
the name of the liaison committee.
Its' name was determined to be the
Academic Senate Liaison Committee rather than the Faculty-
Trustee Liaison Committee.
This opened up the' possibility
of student representation on the
committee although it is presently
/composed of three members, of the
Board of Trustees and three
faculty members.
The revised honorary degree
proposal specifies that recom-'
mendatibns for honorary degree
candidates are to be made to the
Academic Senate Liaison Committee which makes nominations.
Names are then forwarded to
President Boyd, and the final
decision is made by the Board of
Trustees.
A motion was then passed to
add .two students to the liaison
committee for the purpose oi
nominating honorary degree
...candidates. The two students will
be elected by ihe Academic Senates
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If you witnessed an accident or *
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Ppsfiiliy you would call the police
* firemen   and   render    any
Stance.
And hopefully you Would call
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LIFE is here to inform end
•*»•« students aware of the news
fpeniegg on and around cawpas-
Ui iacludes meetings* speeches*
>* *n«ouncement» which  LIFE
**wb about aad schedules for.
But it also includes hard news
the accidents, thefts, assaults,
" fire* which *JMMv« &t allest
schedule   for   and   cannot   know'
about unless, you help.
»The LIFE staff is 60-membe.rs
strong. Fifty-five students who let *
over 15,000 students know what's
going on^ -.
LIFE can't do it alone — we
can't patrol the campus expecting
the unexpected- The success of any
newspaper1 is partially based on the
tips that it receives from its
readers* *.
LIFtS was called on Monday
tor the train-car accident. We were
able to talk to the police, the train
- engineer* and take-pictures to tetl
a studerit called us about a con
structiqn worker injured in 'th
construction site on south campus.
As a result LIFE was able to
give you a more complete view of
what happened.
If you  want to  read'about
what's happening"— you have to
tell us what's happening. We can
find out the who, what, where,
when, why, and how and tell you,
y     If     you     see     something
newsworthy — an accident, a fire
call-CM LIFE at 774-3366, 774-
3494, or 774-3830. We'll let yoo
engine**, *nd take picture* to te»  -*«*, r^VLooened and why.
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