1994-04-25; Central Michigan Life

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A look at the KKK protest
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Et Cetera
His holiness
14th Dalai Lama in Michigan
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Monday, April 25, 1994!
I Sports
I Spring cleaning
Softball sweeps Miami
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Trustees to hear
public comment
on search policy
By Darin Eriksen
LIFI  Managing Editor
CMU's Hoard of Trustees
has invited public comment on
proposed revisions in CMU's
presidential search policy.
A special hearing will be conducted following the May 6
Board meeting, in which members ol the university community and the general public may
give input The public hearing is
expected to begin at approximately 2:30p.m. inthePierpont
Auditorium ofthe Applied Business Studies Complex
Sid Smith. Board chairman,
•aid he is unsure how much
response the trustees will
nn i\i- Inn said thev want to
In.n .iiiv concerns.
Tm wide open tn listening it"
public i iimment i. assuming
there's good reasoning behind
it     Stnilh said
Russ Herron. Board secretary
.intl sue president for University Relations, said the revisions would allow more voices to
Ii.' heard in the search process.
the old procedure was terminated by the Board last summer
"This i would change i the pro-
ii" and level of participation of
various  groups." Herron said
"Its mil a much different policy.
it's just been changed and
streamlined a bit."
Smith said under the proposed policy, elected officials
such as SGA president and
Academic Senate chairperson
would be included on the presidential search committee
rather than individuals with
less affiliation with the university.
"I'm looking forward to a better policy than in the past,"
Smith said. "I think this one will
produce better candidates "
The Board will vote on the
revised policy at its July 21
meeting. According to Herron.
no presidential search is
planned in the immediate
future, but the trustees are
revising the policy as part of an
ongoing review of their charter
and bylaws
Copies of the proposal unavailable at the Board office
Persons interested in speaking
during the hearing should fill
out a request card at the Board
office in Bovee University Center
Board members have invited
written responses from those
who cannot attend the meeting.
which may be submitted lo the
Hoard office.
Prosecutor to decide
whether shooting by
police was justified
By Christopher Richardson
The preliminary report about
(In Thursday shooting by police
ol a man identified as Thomas
So*, a 23, -tumid he completed by
the end ofthe week, according to
1.1 Frank Hughes of the Michigan State Police
The autopsy on Suva, who lived
in Mount Pleasant, was done
Saturday at Butterworth Hospital in (iiantl Kapids. Hughes
said
The Mount Pleasant post ofthe
Michigan Stale Police, which is
handling the investigation into
events leading up to the shooting.
will turn Ihe preliminary report
over to Larry Burdick. Isabella
Counts ptoseiutor Burdick will
th -ti'i mine if the shooting was justified. Hughes sanl
According to a statement
Hughes issued Thursday. Mount
PI—sanl Police Department
ollicers responded to a call about
an attempted suicide at 9:28 p.m.
Thursdav at the southeast corner
of Fancher and Chippewa streets.
When Sgt Doug I a I mule and
officers Geffry Shell and Dan
(iafka arrived. Suva was brandishing two butcher knives and
bleeding profusely from what
appeared to be self-inflicted
wounds.
The officers attempted numerous times to get Sova lo drop t he
knives He was maced three
times and it did not affect him.
Hughes said.
Throughout the confrontation.
Sova taunted and threatened the
officers, and when Sova lunged at
one of them. LaLonde fired his
departmental weapon twice and
Shell fired once. Hughes said.
Sova was taken by ambulance
to Central Michigan Community
Hospital. 1221 South Drive.
where he died shortly thereafter
Kxactly which officers took
what actions, which bullets
struck and the exact cause of
death will be included in the preliminary report, which should be
done by Thursday. Hughes said.
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Probe into textbook prices slated
By Scott Anderson
1 IM   Assistant News tditor
Alter conferring with a fellow
legislator, state Rep. Kirk Profit.
D-Ypsilanti, has orgunized hearings on what he sees as "excessively high" university textbook
prices.
Profit, co-chairman of the
House of Representatives Higher
Education Standing Committee,
said that after discussing the
issue with state Sen. Don Koi-
visto, D-lronwood, and university students he has decided to
conduct "investigative hearings."
The hearings, which will be
open to the public, have been
scheduled for Tuesday after the
Legislator organizing
'investigative hearings'
House session. Profit could not
confirm who will be testifying for
the committee
"Koivisto and I have been concerned about this area for some
time." Profit stated in a press
release "He has observed as have
I, that students appear to be paying top dollar for new and used
textbooks and when they attempt
to resell the books hack to the
bookstores, thev are paid only a
small   fraction  of Iheir original
costs."
Profit said most university
bookstores monopolize the student market.
"Students at the post-
secondary level are a captive
audience," he said in the release.
"The college and university
marketplace as it is currently set
up. offers little in the way of comparison shopping for a student or
for the competitive forces of a free
market to have their appropriate
impact.
Michael Turner, manager of
the the Bovee University Center
Bookstore, said he didn't think
the hearings were necessary.
"There's no problem with the
business," Turner said. "I think
(Profiti is on a witch-hunt He's
gotten some bad information into
this and this simply isn't true "
Profit said he didn't believe the
problem of overpricing was ■rorse
for private bookstores, as
opposed to university operated
bookstores
"We're looking at the the concerns surrounding the issue and
we're trying to see if there's a rule
the state can play." Profit said
"And I'm not sure what the state
can do."
IfFI Photo Amy Bishop
Studying
under the sun
Kimberly Day. Gaylord senior, takes advantage of the warm weather Sunday to study for her
Shakespeare final at Nelson Park With finals week around the corner, many students took to the park
to get an early start.
Democratic candidates pitch platforms
By Eric J. Wisniewski
i II I   Stall VVr ler
William Brodhead and Dam-
mn Frazier outlined the issues
I hey will face during their campaigns to represent Michigan in
Washington. D.C. at the Isabella
County Democratic Dinner
Saturday
lliodhead. who is from Bingham Farms in Oakland County,
is running for the U.S. Senate
-eat that Sen. Donald Riegle.
I)-Flint, will vacate
Hrndhead spoke of "an unfinished social agenda" dealing in
lobs, education, health care and
labor law reform
"We need changes in our tax
laws to encourage job creation,"
lie said. "I consider that to be Ihe
most iiiipoitant task for me as
vour U.S. senator."
I'he second area Brodhead said
needed to bo addressed is education
"There's no equality of opportunity unless every single child in
I his state and in this country has
an equal chance to get a good
education." he said.
"I think that we. as the richest
count is in the world, should not
tolerate a situation where one
young man or one young woman
i- denied the opportunity for a
college education or for advanced
vocational and technical education tiecasue of money "
In the area of health care,
Brodhead said four main concerns need addressing.
He said health care is a right
tor every citizen, employers who
can afford to provide health care
to employees should be required
to do so. individuals should have
the freedom to choose which hospital or doctor thev visit and ways
to contain costs must he lound
Brodhead said il is the right nl
every worker lo organi/e a- i
union and bargain for ninli.ut-
"When we weaken labot
unions, we weaken the status nl
every working man anil cvcix
working woman in this country."
he said.
Brodhead called Ihe state bill
penalizing teachers and  unions
See DINNER Page ?
Number of foreign students
in learning seminars triples
LIFE
ON THE INSIDE
MORE NEWS 3
VOICES 4
VOLUNTEER NEWS     5
POLICE 6
CALENDAR 7
ET CETERA 8
SPORTS 10
CLASSIFIEDS 12
Incident of CSC
in residence hall
reported to DPS
An incident of criminal sexual conduct which allegedly occurred in a
residence hall room was reported to CMU's department of Public Safety
Friday.
According to a DPS report. Ihe incident involved a 22-year-old woman
who is not a CMU student and a male suspect. Police would not reveal
any information about the suspect The incident was reported to have
occurred between midnight and 3 a.m. Friday.
Police are investigating the incident and would not release futher
details
By Brad Monastiere
! Ir-r Slid Wr.lei	
CMU will reach out to Pacific
Kim students again this summer,
bringing in a total of HO students
to learn about American culture
and the English language.
For the second consecutive
sear, the International Program-
Departinent is sponsoring (iire-
ign Students coming to CMC
ilining the summer to attend
English Learning Seminars
Thirty students from Taiwan will
be here July 11-29, while SO
Japanese students will be here
•Inly IN lo Aug B. Last year. 1H
Japanese students attended the
rfcminar*.
"We wanted the two week
overlap tin two reasons " said Elizabeth Hen nnan. Instructor of
S SOI
Knglisli "One was so we could
have the students alone for one
week each, so we could spend the
most time with them Two. so the
two groups could interact and
learn nol only about the American culture, hut each others
also "
Heitmiiin is acting as the
academic coordinator for the visit
and Gary Miller, director of Internal lontil Programs, is on a
recruiting trip in Japan Itsiking
for potential students
The students will be in English
as a Second Language classes lor
lour hours during the day. with
free time available during afternoons. Time has been arranged at
the Student Activity Center and
al computer labs for the students
In addition to classes, tune at the
computer  lab  will   he   used   for
English instruction
There also are tours planned
for areas throughout Ihe state
The students will be living in
one of the resilience halls
although il hasn't lieen del nleil
which one yet 1 .ast year. I he -1 to
dents stayed in Sweeney Hall
See FOREIGN •
Prtsldent Leonard E.
Plachta's address on April 27
has been moved to Bush
Theatre to accommodate a
larger audience. The speech
begins at 2 p.m. Plachta will
reportedly discuss university
reorganization and other Issues.