1968-11-19; Central Michigan Life

              by JOHN TURNER
Life Staff Writer
'.Two students plan- to,..proaecute _Campus
!qiX Officer LesHe-Bcpist^^.vUxnversity-
iif^ic rpfus© to* take--aei-m-GOriee_tttng*-Bori-' •
S^^c?when he *ffl*f* fete fire
Sm at Saxe Hall last Thursday monung.
Mi Paul, Midland Junior, ^d OT Willett,
riden City sophomore, claim, "Bonstelle acted m
a Sish and foolish manner," when he pulled
the false alarm.
Administrators Unavailable
C Milton Pike, dean of student personnel services Philip L. Hummel, administrative assistant
Tstudent Personnel services, and George Jen-
ninjs assistant housing director, were unavailable
{Photo by Olmstead)
KOREAS. OBPHJ-I-J&GE keeps* coming back
and coming back and coming back. Allen.
Kopack, Tom Licari and Gien.Baker, *e*^*eIS*f
of G-9 Preston, protest being "nickel and ™ea
to death" in the three-day drive which ended
Sunday. Results-from the drive which hoped to
raise $6,500 will be available later this week
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Life Rate.
For the second consecutive semester Central
Michigan Life has received an Ail-American
rating, the highest possible, from the Associated
Collegiate Press Association (A.CPA). .
The award is presented to the nations leading
collegiate papers that are judged according to,
frequency of -publication and school size. This
year's award marks the tenth time that Life has-
received either a first place or an All-American
rating.    : ■
Some factors leading to Life's award were listed
by the AGFA professional journalist judges as:
excellent news coverage, well orgaxiized .and written news stories^, excellent news presentation,
Physical.appearance and sports coverage.
What goes into a pa|>er is, for the most part,
decided by the editors. The editors of last years
Paper were: Mary A. JLdok, editor in chief, now
Mrs. Larry-SC-rrdeder of Saginaw,* Phillip Schneider, managing editor; Sandra-Drake, campus-news-
•editor; Jim ITxuggink, sports editor and Jim Mar-
tinsen, photo'editor. *
Life also 'was selected the top collegiate paper
in Michigan:- by the Michigan Collegiate Press
Association last spring.- '    „       ■ ,
Chippewa vearbobk received a First Class rat-
ipg, the highest possible, from the Columbia Press
Association, while fee ACPA. gave Chippewa a
^irst Class rating, it's second place.        t
. Chippewa was headed hy. editor in -chief Wjaij
Anne Magri, flatEock.senior .and managing editor,
Christina (Schwaderer) Fitzhepry, Mt'Pleasant
senior*. " •     .'-■■.■"••*-■•*.•■-•:•.:■■■:'-■'■'•'   .*•'■-'■'
for comment at press time concerning Bonstelle's
actions. *        •■ 	
Willett said, "I'm not just doing this because
Bonsteile is a policeman. Ill prosecute anyone I
catch at:, pulling a false alarm, because of the.
number of drills we've had."
CMU's resident. assistant's handbook states,
"Any person who shall knowingly and willfully
raise a false alarm of fire at a gathering or in a
public place, or who shall ring any bell or operate
any mechanical apparatus for the purpose of creating a false alarm of fire, shall be guilty of a-mis-
demeanor." The information in the handbook is
taken from the compiled laws "of Michigan.
According to Vernell E. Davis, chief of security,
Bonsteile was sent to Saxe to investigate a fight
between students. When Bonsteile drove over a
curb in the back parking lot, three tires on his
car were punctured by a board which had been
placed near the sidewalk. The on-looking students
then fled into Saxe Hall.
Bonsteile followed the students into the dorm.
Officer Admits Pulling Alarm
He admitted pulling the fire alarm to Mrs.
Nelle Bridges, Saxe housemother, and eight resident assistants.
Mike Richardson, one of the Saxe R.A.'s, quoted
Bonsteile as saying, "If the boys from Saxe want
to be outside messing around, we might as well
get them all out."
Trouble Spot AH Year
Chief-Davis pointed out*  "Saxe has been a .
trouble spot all year. The residents seem to enjoy
getting "an officer qver there mid, badgering him.
I don't know what they> are trying to accomplish."
He said a„ few weeks ago residents from Saxe
threw apples and stones at one of the Security
cars.
. But according to Richardson, the residents on
the short wing of Saxe complained on the same
night of the apple-throwing incident that a security
officer returned at about 3:30 a.m., parked near
the dorm, turned on his siren and flashed' the
car's spotlight into dormitory room windows. Residents also complained that the officer had the
speaker system blaring static into the air.
Inattention Paid to Alarms
Both Paul and Willett want action because of
the numerous alarms already pulled in Saxe this
year. "It's getting so that guys won't leave their
rooms because they know that an alarm is false,"
said Paul. He added, "Someone is going to get
hurt if we ever have a real fire because of the
inattention paid to the alarms."
Chris Pontz, Thorpe Hall senator, proposed a
resolution to Student Senate last night in which
he criticized officer Bonsteile for pulling the alarm
and losing control of the situation, Pontz said, "I
would like to get a University wide investigation
committee started to look into Security Police."
Uses Innumerable
ion Puts DkWie on
by JIM VRUGGINK
Life Sports Editor
;_Whether or not Central will build a new
football stadium is left entirely in the hands
of the administration and, more specifically,
the Board of Trustees.
In the event that the university would decide that a stadium is both feasible and practical, present speculation would give Central
a possible direction in which to head.
A domed stadium may seem way out, radical
and off-the-deep end, but according to the speculators in the athletic department, a covered stadium in the long run might be the most practical
because of its continual use.
Completely New on College Level
"This is something completely new on the
college level," said football coach Roy Kramer.
"It's being tried for the first time out at Idaho
State. They began construction last August and
expect to have the stadium ready for their football season next year. If this type of stadium is a
success at that school, it will become a trend for
the future."
Kramer continued, "To build a regular, out-'
door stadium here would probably cost the university about one-and-a-half to two million dollars
for a structure which would be used just five
times a year for football games. Idaho State's
15,000-seat covered stadium is costing them about
two-and-a-half million and will be equipped with
astroturf (artificial grass), a track and portable
basketball court."*
"Uses for such a building would be innumerable," added Kramer. "Besides football, it would
also be used for basketball, track, soccer, intra-
•mural- sports, pop concerts, guest speakers  and
so on."
At Idaho State, a school of 5500 students which
is using student fees to finance the project, the
stadium is being constructed with the playing
surface 40-feet below ground level. "This is to
cut down on the needed height of the superstructure," Kramer guessed. "Ihe ISU people say
they could stand a 10-story dormitory in the center
of the playing surface without having it touch the
roof."
CMU Athletic Director Dan Rose said, "The
structure of the stadium, being like a huge field-
house, makes the building easily expandable.
Eventually additional intramural space could be
.added and possibly even an indoor ice rink."
Russian Delegate
Speaking Tonight
A representative from the Soviet embassy in
Washington, D.C, Leonid Sabelnikov, will speak
on "New Trends in the Soviet Economy and Foreign Trade," tonight at 6:30 in 100 Grawn.
Admission for the speech and the question and
answer period is 50 cents. His talk is being sponsored by CMU's Economic Club.
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