1965-10-08; Central Michigan Life

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s
Drab'
bv Sandra Drake
Life Staff Writer
The army does not occupy
the warmest place in most
male's hearts. In 'fact, many
men avoid the olive drab as
they would the plague.
To Sandy Sparks, who is
seldom avoided by men, this
may be somewhat of a puzzle.
Last year she was honored as
the ROTC drill team's Kaydette colonel and Tuesday night,
with the drill team as her
' sponsor, she became Central's
1965 Homecoming Queen.
Sandy, who in no way resembles most typical army
personnel, will represent the
entire University at CMU's
42nd Homecoming celebrations
next weekend, Oct, 15, 16 and
17, in addition to other school
functions throughout the year.
The Queen is a junior from
Jackson and is majoring in social science.
Crowned on Tuesday
Announcement of the selec
tion of the Queen and her
court was made by student
body president, Gene Ragland
at Tuesday night's Homecoming Queen Dance.
Before the announcement
the large crowd was entertained by a film of last year's
Homecoming events.
Ten candidates were presented by their sponsoring organizations at the Queen Candidates Assembly Monday
night.
The methods of escorting the
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VOLUME 46
CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1965
NUMBER 3
First Case of Semester
Smoke-bombing Case Heard
By Student Judiciary Court
girls into the fieldhouse varied
considerably. Jaguars, Lincoln
Continentals, Pontiacs, Cadillacs, Mercurys, Chevrolets and
two horse-drawn carriages
were the mode of transportation.
Sandy Sparks was ushered
into the field house in a Rolls
Royce that was led by an honor guard from the ROTC drill
team.
Sponsors Seranade Candidates
Tom Parmenter sang the
song "Wonderful, Wonderful"
that was dedicated to Sandy
when she came onto the stage,
and the various fraternities
and sororities sang songs with
word changes that were dedicated to their nominees.
All the candidates answered
three questions given to them
by Master of Ceremonies, William Primm. The first was on
etiquette, the second on a
campus situation and the third
was a general opinion question.
Some of the questions and
answers were:
"What is your opinion of
drafting juvenile delinquents
into the service in order to
eliminate the problem of juvenile dilinquency?"
Joan Swartzloff answered,
"I think the delinquents should
know the advantages of the
services, but they shouldn't be
forced into joining. They
should have the opportunity to
see the advances they could
make."
A question put to Diane
Truszkowski was, "If you were
given the opportunity to go
to the moon—what would your
first reaction be?"
Diane said, "My first reaction
would be HELP!, but I think I
would decline the offer because I'm much too satisfied
with life here on earth."
Sandy Sparks' general opinion question was, "There have
been many outstanding women in the past. Which one
would you choose and why?"
She answered, "I have the
greatest respect and admiration for Jacqueline Kennedy. I
believe she's gone through a
lot of strain, but she still carries on the traditions of her
husband and she is to be greatly admired."
One traditional candidate
was carried in on a stretcher
by six, husky men. They serenaded her and urged everyone to vote for Elvira.
As it turned out, 3665 CMU
students voted at the polls, but
Elvira didn't do too well.
By Walt MacPeek
Life Managing Editor
Central's Student Judiciary
Court heard its first case of
the semester Wednesday evening and subsequently forwarded a recommendation to
the Dean of Students Office
on the controversial smoke-
bombing incident which occur-
ed last Sunday.
After opening the special
court session, Chief Justice
Paul Parets stressed that, because the five students involved had already pleaded gu'lty
in a court of law, the Student
Judiciary was meeting soley
for the purpose of making a
recommendation to the University on its action in the
case.
The defendents, who were
not required to be present,
were: Thomas Tope, Midland
senior; Martin Bordner, Colon
graduate student; Robert Dustman, Waterford sophomore;
■thomas Miller, Saginaw sophs'6 and Larry Larson> Flint
sophomore.
M^i fiVl had Pleaded guilty
Monday   to   violation   of   the
TlT^V™ before Justice
Ton* W*erding of Shepherd,
rw' Bordner> Miller and
^ustman were each fined $100,
anrt iarsen was fined $50
wl°rdered t0 write a 5,000
jSSJ ™V° be returne<* to
oeT! Wilberding on "How to
6 a S°°<* college student."
net Z °ien Starner> Pe«on-
P sonn2dUCed James Bealer>
seXel'.as Central's repre-
gavl ,6 m the case> dealer
of the MGp°rt 0n' the events
dent L^°nuay m°ming inci-
f0r cmu e gathered them
quStion?rt had no Mediate
Report°L regardinS Sealer's
of the rf t ne,Xt rec°gnized two
WMn£nde,ntTs ^ the case,
It w=ler and Larry Larsen.
the - --•  determined   before
concluded that, due to a misunderstanding, all of the five
defendents did not realize they
were permitted to appear before the court.
Larsen was the first to be
sworn in and began his remarks by stating that he
wished to be judged as an individual and not as a member
of a group referred to in the
press and in Bealer's report as
the "Unholy Alliance."
Denies Membership
Larsen denied that he was a
member of any such group and
told the court that, contrary to
Bealer's report, the smoke
bombing was not — at least
to his knowledge — an initiation for Miller and Dustman
into the "Unholy Alliance."
Larsen went on the say that,
in his opinion, there was actually no organization present
on campus or in Barnard Hall,
where the offense took pla'.e
about 2:15 a.m. Monday.
"I believe the organization
existed more in one student's
mind than in actuality. It was
a kind of joke in the dorm.
Any time anybody staged a
prank and somebody asked
who was responsible, the stock
answer was "The Unholy Alliance," he said.
Larsen's testimony revealed
his part in the incident as that
of a "look out." He stated that
he "did not discourage the
smoke bombing" and was
aware of the plan.
Questions Ruling
Larsen also explained that
he now realized he had been
wrong in his actions, but questioned whether he was guilty
under the fireworks law because he did not at any time
posseess, or handle the smoke
bomb personally.
Larsen further testified that
he had understood the bomb's
sole purpose was to smoke up
the room and that he did not
realize how dangerous the
prank could be. He added that
he "chose the easy way out"
Continued on Page 4
Elections Draw 3,665;
Essence Sweeps Ballot
A total of 3,665 students cast
ballots Tuesday to elect a
Homecoming queen, freshman
class officers and off-campus
senators.
The freshman Essence party
scored  a  complete   sweep   of
class officers as 1,292 freshman
went to the polls.
Results of freshman voting:
President
Jim Paschel, Essence   585
•   Dick Cronk, Scope       322
John Schaffer 215
Vice  President
John Arivenshine, Essence
675
Dee Boersma, Scope     432
Secretary
Cindy Newmann, Essence
728
Jachie Blackmer, Scope
392
Treasurer
Tom L. Miller, Essence 971
Off-campus  senators  under
the new district plan were also elected:
Susan  Baughn
Ted Fewless
Dave Joslyn
Ken Smiley
Reggie Kern
Janet Johnson
Mike Fallon
Del Cochran
Tom Horgan
Tom McFarland
Rick Spethalf
Russ Black
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District
District
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District
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District 10
District 11
District 12
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TTTnTCTARY   COURT   CHIEF   JUSTICE,    and John Dietrich (seated at Parets' left). Not
JULUOIAKI    owuru ^«  ^     _.„tl„.0,, ^ ,ustices Mike Pitts and Philio
Paul Parets (third from left) poses a question pictured are justices Mike Pitts and Philip
as Larry Larsen (pictured at right) listens Mackaye Jushce James Turner was not
and considers.  Other justices pictured in-    present at the Wednesday evenmg session.
Pu&hc court session was    elude Celia Woodworth (far left), Kurt Ciske
•   •   •
Sandy Sparks, a 19 year-old
Jackson sophomore was elected by the student body Tuesday to reign as queen over
CMU's Homecoming activities
next weekend.
Miss Sparks, sponsored by
the CMU ROTC Drill Team,
will have a court consisting of
Cindy Charlebois, 19, Bay City
sophomore, sponsored by Delta
Zeta and Sigma Phi Epsilon;
Diane Horn, 19, Hunts ville,
Ala., sophomore, sponsored by-
Alpha Chi Omega and Sigma
Tau Gamma; Joan Swartzloff,
20, Niles junior, sponsored by
Alpha Sigma Tau and Chi
Sigma; and Diane Truszkowski, 19, Madison Heights sophomore, sponsored by Zeta Tau
Alpha and Theta Chi.
Miss Sparks and her court
will make their first appearance at the Homecoming Pep
Rally Friday, Oct. 15 starting
at 7:30 p.m, She will be
crowned officially by President Judson W. Foust during
halftime ceremonies at Saturday's football game.
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