1969-12-15; Central Michigan Life

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Matthew Hohn, professor of biology at Central and Donna
King, instructor in biology, utilize a field chemistry kit to
analyze a water sample of me Chippewa River near Mt. Pleasant,
A handful, of students and a
biology professor at Central have
given Mt, Pleasant a guide to
help prevent pollution of its water
supply.
The guide, an 80-page biological report on the condition of
the Chippewa River near Mt.
Pleasant, was prepared by Mat-;-
thewHohn, professor of biology,
with the help of U biology students and faculty members.
The report cost about $7,000
which was shared by the city,
CMU and the Lake Isabella Corporation, a housing development
firm creating a resort and lake
above Mt, Pleasant on the river.
Hohn estimates the same study
if done by aprivatefirm.
The report says the wa^
ier in the river near Mt. Pleasant is unpolluted, according to
Michigan Water Resource Commission standards. Only one of
six stations tested by the University group showed poHution.
community
That station was below the city
where water is affected by tne
waste dumped into the river from
the city's sewage treatment plant,
Mt. Pleasant, like numerous
other cities and villages in the
state, is in the process of improving sewage treatment. fa-.
cilities and officials here are optimistic about eliminating pollution at the one bad station.
More valuable than this information, however, is the biological data compiled about each
of the six locations tested, according to Hohn.
He says this data can serve as
a base which the city can use to
compare future tests. If future
tests reveal a variance from
data compiled during the first
tests, city officials will be able
to teU if the water condition is
worsening or improving.
"Until this study was made we
had no way of making this comparison.    Today, for example,
we dont know howthe river com*
pares to what it was a hundred
years ago," says Mr. Pleasant
City Manager BiU Barrens,
*«Wo feel this report wiU be
quite significant to the future use
of the river,"    Barrens adds.
He says it wiU help the city
pinpoint problems as they develop
and, because of the number of
areas tested, will also help pinpoint who or what maybe causing
the problems.
In addition to helping the city
safeguard its water supply in the
river, Barrons says the report
will also help plan future recreational use of the river-
fishing, boating, etc,
Hohn says he believes the city
would have an even better guide
if they had two additional tests
performed on the river. These
tests would be a study of the
river flow and water temperature.
IGAN LIFE
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Monday, Dec. 15,1969 Page 1
Coed hours
discussion
scheduled
Women's hours wiU be on the
agenda at the University Housing Committee meeting Wednesday, but it is not likely that a
decision will be made immediately,
George Jennings, of the Housing Office, did iiot know for; sure
if a decision dn hours would be
made, but said, "I rather toubt
iti hut it's possible.'*
He added, •♦They wiU probably
need to discuss the proposal in
detail." The University Housing Committee is made up of
five students and eight administrators,,
The proposal for a revision
of .hours matJs by Student Senate
last week wouIdV abolish hours
for aU sophomores and above.
In addition, freshmen would be
able to waive hours if they had
parental permission.
An open forum on women's
hours is scheduled for 8:30 p.m.
tomorrow night in 162 Anspach,
Administrators and students will
be discussing the pros and cons
of abolishing women's hours.
Women
can clu
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revision
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NEW YORK CAP),- In New
York, whare muggings' can be a
problem, women can now buy
clubs in their favorite colors to
carry around with them,,
"They have a dual purpose—
fashion and protection,** says
Marilyn Baitar, the 29-year-old
blonde who designed themu
Called •'Filly Billys," the
clubs cost $9 and are 2 feet
long, 1& inches in diameter and
weigh one pound each.
She says they are slimmar
and *%o:re feminine" than the
regular poUcem&ti's nightstick.
The New York police have
them only in shades of brjsra
and black but the fashion-conscious lady can buy a Filly Billy
in metallic gold, metallic silver,
white, red, lilac, or yellow.
Progress on the revision of the
judicial section of the student
body constitution is moving
"•very smoothly" according to
Phil Schneider, chairman of the
student committee.
The committee, which includes
four other students, two faculty
members and two administrators, is working in several areas
now, and according to Schneider,
"Everyone has been cooperating
fantastically."
Developing a system to insure
due process fairness for aU students is among the group's goals.
A "crucial" area under consideration is jurisdiction said'
Schneider. In defining this area
Schneider said it stiil must be
recognized that maintenance of
control of the campus lies in the
office of the president.
The committee is also giving
consideration to the relationship
of administrative and extra-legal
committees to the court structure, Schneider said an example
of this would be the Human Relations Committee.
Defining the areas in which
summary action can be taken is
also a problem facing the committee said Schneider. This,
he explained, would be action
taken without actually going
through the court system.
Outlining procedures of the
court system isalsobeingunder-
taken according to Schneider.
He said this includes how charges
should be filed and with whom,
terms of membership, and the
number of court members.
The feasibility of setting up a
statute of limitations for offenses
is also being considered he
added.
Schneider said setting up an
appellate process will also be
an important consideration. The
rights of the plaintiff to appeal
as well as those of the defended are an important consideration Schneider believes.
ginia and
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gpups
throuoh cc
PHILADELPHIA  (AP)- Mary
Leisner is  working    her way
—through coUege by growing pups
in a two-room apartment. Right
now she has 12 Afghan hounds
and an Irish Setter,
"Lots of students find classes
and lectures a chore; I find
them a welcome relief," says
Mary, a slender blonde sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania,
She started breeding and sel-
ling Afghans in August 1963 and
paid a semester's tuition with
her first litter. The pups bring
about $200 each.
"I didnt learn until mid-Au-1
gust that my .tuition loan was
phased, out in the - federal edu
cation cutback," Mary says,
•Sand there werent too many
ways I could come up with $1,000
on short notice."-
"They are work," she says,
••Puppies need a lot of attention.
My studies are suffering. So am
I. It's costing about $50 a week
to feed them."
The 10 pups are barricaded in
the bathroom with a 3%-foot-taU
street sign nailed to the doorway,  Mary and her sister use a
wooden    milk   carton to boost
, themselves in and out.
■   .Some problems Mary didnt
; count on: One night the pups got
into fabric dye and aU turned
green," Another time they closed
the bathtub drain and flooded the
place. And then there was the
hamper raid . •« ,
••Guess I»m lucky the bathroom is large," Mary says. "It's
what separates me from insanity,"
Sometimes, the pups are allowed the freedom of the living
room* '   "      '.
••They get exercise and learn'
to play and defend themselves
romping around with the bigger
," she says, following them
around with wads of tissue to
clean up, '___
'•I'm two year* from ray degree and how I hope a federal
loan comes through next year."
HUDSON. N.Y. (AP) - Virginia
O'Hanlon Douglas, whose questions about Santa Claus 72 years
ago brought her world-wide fame,
has been hospitalized at the age
of 80, just two weeks before
Christmas.
A spokesman at Columbia Memorial Hospital here said she
was admitted Thursday night.
They described her condition as
fair but declined to state the nature of her ailment.
The wid3wed Mrs, Douglas, a
retired school teacher, lives in
nearby    North   Chatham.   She
gained attention at age 8 when
she wrote a New York newspaper to ask if there was a Santa
Claus and got an editorial reply
that has been widely reprinted
each Christmas'"season since.
She wrote to the New York
Sun:   •*Some of my little friends
say there is  no Santa Claus,
Papa says,  "If you see it in the
Sun, it's so." Please teU me the
truth, is there a Santa Claus?"
The editorial reply,, written
for the now defunct newspaper
by Francis P. Church, said in
part:
"Virginia, your tittle friends
are wrong, ••Tfteydonotbelieve
except they see. They thin& that
nothing; can be which is not comprehensible by their little .
minds. •«,. .
"Yes* Virginia, there is a.Sm-
on
ta Claus. He exists as certainly
as love and generosity and devotion exists, and you know that
they abound and give to your
life its highest beauty and joy.
Alas, how dreary would he the
world if there were no Santa
Claus: It would be as dreary as
if there were no Virginias. , ,
**., .Nobody can conceive or
imagine aU the wonders that are
unseen and unseeable in the
world,.,
••No Santa Claus! Thank God
he lives, and he lives forever.
A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay ten times ten thousand years from now, he will
continue to make glad the heart
of childhood."
Do your
eyes hurt?
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Dr.
Paul Shulman, a professor at
Northern Illinois College of Optometry, says 60 to 75 per cent
of women who take birth control
pills wiU suffer discomfort from
contact lens.
However, the problem will
clear up as body chemistry adjusts to oral contraceptives, although it may take several
months. Shulm&ii was addressing,
a meeting of North Carolina Optometrists.