1994-05-02; Central Michigan Life

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Life after dambrot
Former assistant at home in Detroit
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Central
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Instructor dies after auto accident
By Amy Bishop
LIFE Staff Writer
James Beard, accounting and
management instructor, died
early Friday morning from injuries sustained during a one-car
accident along northbound 1-75.
Beard's 1991 Chrysler LeBaron
convertible drove ofT the interstate near the M-57 exit in
Vienna Township about 12:05
a.m., Flint Post State Police
Trooper Mike Caldwell said. He
was apparently on his way home
to Saginaw.
Caldwell said Beard's car
veered to the right shoulder of the
road before striking a median
and a 3-feet-wide metal support
pole. The car was moving at about
75 mph at the time of impact.
Beard, 46, was wearing a seatbelt
and his driver's-side air bag activated, Caldwell said.
Firefighters used the jaws of
life to remove Beard from the
wreckage, and he was taken to
McClaren Regional Medical Center in Flint where he died from
related injuries two hours later,
according to Caldwell.
Police are investigating the
cause of the accident.
"It's a shock to all of us to see
someone Thursday and get a call
like that on Friday," said Philip
Kintzele, chairman of accounting.
Kintzele said Beard arrived at
CMU early Thursday morning
and left later that day to teach a
night class in Lansing through
the Extended Degree Program.
"The class didn't get over with
until 10 I p.m.) and he probably
stayed after to talk with students," Kintzele said. "He was an
instructor that probably got
closer to a larger number of students than any other instructor
we've had. He was very liked by
students."
Beard maintained a strong
rapport with students and served
as an advisor for the Student
Accounting Society, Kintzele
said.
Shelly Emeott, Traverse City
senior and president of the Stu-
tlent Accounting Society, said
Beard was "always on the same
level** with students.
"He was more like a friend than
a faculty person," she said. "He
was just someone that, no matter
what, you could talk to and he
would be genuinely conerned."
Beard was born in Goldsboro,
N.C. and received his bachelor's
degree at the University of North
Carolina in 1975. He also served
in the U.S. Navy during the
Vietnam War.
Beard moved from Lapeer to
Saginaw in 1989 where he married Nancy Pittard in 1990.
Beard came to CMU to pursue
a master's degree and worked as
a graduate assistant in the
accounting department during
the 1990-91 school year. He
received his MBA degree from
CMU in 1991
Opting to stay at CMU, Beard
See BEARD Page 5
IFC twice finds
fraternity guilty of
alcohol violations
By Cindy Trombley
I 1Kb Staff Writer
The Interfraternity Council
Judicial Board has twice ruled
Sigma Phi Epsilon guilty of
alcohol violations during bid
week, despite the group's consistent denial.
"Still to this day, they maintain their innocence, however
judicial board found them
guilty," said Todd Dagenais,
IFC president and Escanaba
senior, who commented on the
ruling while never identifying
t he organization by name.
CM LIFE identified Sigma
Phi Epsilon through records
from Panhellenic Council's judicial proceedings located in the
Office    of   Student    Life    that
showed the house address, 906
S. Main St., hosting a party,
which another Greek group
admitted attending.
The incident stems from the
spring semester's bid week.
Nine fraternities and sororities
out of lO already admitted and
were found guilty of violating
the IFC and Panhel alcohol policies.
During the last two weeks,
Sigma Phi Epsilon went
through judicial board twice.
The first guilty verdict was
overturned due to a lack of
quorum, according to Dagenais.
The group called for the mist-
rial    because    eight    people
attended   the   group's   judicial
See EPSILON Page 16
HEV prof to help
university in South
Africa integrate
By Jill Behnke
Lll-E Staff Writer
Easy rider
LIFE Photo/Jason Flowers
A rider takes a turn around the test range during a motorcycle RiderCourse session Saturday in Lot 33.
The course is given to motorcycle operators trying to improve their skills or waive their state
operator's license test.
CMU Professor Ivy Goduka
,will take her knowledge and passion for humanity to South Africa
this summer in an effort to begin
integration of an all-white university.
Goduka, associate professor of
human environmental studies, is
a South African native and
accepted an invitation to spend
the summer conducting seminars
and speaking to classes at Wit-
watersrand University, an English university in Johannesburg.
She was invited after meeting
Tim Hughes, a professor with the
university's faculty development
center, last year in Germany
when she read a paper at a conference on diversity and global
awareness.
Witwatersrand is trying to
integrate African students into
its enrollment. The schools in
South Africa are racially segre-
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Congressional hopefuls bring
campaigns to Gentle Friday
By Derek Gusoff
LIFE Staff Writer
Two Michigan Democrats
addressed higher education and
other issues they hope will take
them to U.S. Congress seats.
State Sen. Lana Pollack,
D-Ann Arbor, and U.S. congressional hopeful Damion Frasier,
talked to students at the University Democrats* Gentle Friday
booth.
Pollack is running for the U.S.
Senate seat recently vacated by
retiring U.S. Sen. Don Riegle,
D-Flint.
"I've got about 50,000 students .
in    my   district   and   probably
10,000 staff, so higher education
is extremely important to me,"
Pollack said.
"The important message is
that we need change. People in
Washington are more in touch
with lobbyists than with the students on this campus," she said.
44I'm a person who pretty much
shakes up the establishment. I've
done it in Lansing and I'll do it in
Washington."
Pollack said education should
begin as early in life as possible.
She said she supports Head Start
programs, which help prepare
children for school.
"One of my goals is to bring
Head Start to all students in danger of failure," she said, including
children with impoverished backgrounds.
"Head Start programs have
been important in reducing
crime, welfare and high school
dropouts," Pollack said. The
program also has led to increased
graduation rates, family stability
and employment, she said.
"If you take a group of children,
See DEMOCRATS Page 18
Arrest made in
ATM fraud case
Shana Austin, Houghton Lake freshman, was
arrested by CMU's Department of Public Safety
Friday for illegally withdrawing $70 from an
acquaintance's bank account with her automatic
teller machine card.
Austin was charged with possession of a financial
transaction device and arraigned in 76th District
Court Friday. She was released on a $1,000 personal
recognizance bond and a preliminary examination
was set for 8:30 a.m. May 10.
The charges stem from an incident reported April
18. An investigation into the fraudulent withdraw]
led to the arrest of Austin, authorities said.
IVY GODUKA
gated.
Goduka has spoke at Mount
Pleasant churches, Michigan
schools and international conferences about the importance of
diversity and the fight against
oppression. Specifically, she has
spoke in support of developing an
inclusive curriculum representing all cultures and lifestyles.
"The current curriculum
serves the needs of Euro-
American students," she said.
"We need one that is sensitive to
the needs of all students."
In general, she made a simple
truth clear — we are all human
beings, though we have differences. "I start with the similarities. We all belong to one race, the
human race. We must look at the
concept of race critically."
It is this basic message she will
try  to teach  this summer to a
See GODUKA Page 16
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