1995-09-01; Central Michigan Life

              Central
Michigan
FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER 1,
1995
VOLUME 78, NUMBER 3
MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN 48859
©1995 CM LIFE
(517) 774-3493
12 PAGES
SPOS.ZS'
Venturing into
the unknown
The CMU field hockey
team travels to face a
pair of opponents they
have never met before
when they play guest to
Duke and Richmond this
week.
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ARTS
ENTERTAINMENT
"Grayscale" editor
works for better strip
"Greyscale Press" editor Brian Hudson has a
mission this semester.
He hopes to turn his
group's campus comic
book into something to
be taken — well, seriously.
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CAMPUS
First semester
freshman get the vote
Last years decision not
to except first semester
freshman was overturned. 11 sororities
voted to change the rule
allowing first year freshman to join the sororities.
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TODAY - <•> oa
partly sunny
Buying alcohol for minors brings stiffer penalties
By JENNIFER ACKERMAN
LIU-  Staff Writer	
A new state law aimed at
cracking down on underage
alcohol consumption and possession takes effect today. It
promises tougher penalties for
minors possessing alcohol — and
for the people over 21 who supply
it.
In the past, minors who were
caught in possession of alcohol
were fined and instructed to
pour out their beverages. Now
the law states that a minor in
possession of alcohol is guilty of a
misdemeanor offense.
After the first oflfMe, the
minor will he fined up to $100
and may be required to perform
community service1 and to
undergo substance abuse
screening and assessment at his
or her own expense.
A fine of up to $200 will follow
a second violation. In addition,
the minor may be required to
participate in substance* abuse
treatment and rehabilitation
services, perform community
service and undergo substance
abuse screening.
After a third or subsequent
violation, the minor will be fined
up to $500 and may be ordered to
enter a substance abuse program
and undergo sustance abuse
screening.
The police are required to
contact the parents of minors
under age 18 who are guilty of
consuming or of possessing
alcohol.
According to Isabella County
Prosecuting Attorney Larry
Burdick, the law was passed in
an effort to curb underage
drinking by using more stringent
measures.
"I felt that the (old) law was
inadequete in dealing with
furnishing alcohol to minors," he
said.
UFE  Photo JOHN ELBERS
QUICK
STUDY
Abel Varney, Lake Fenton freshman, studies his political science
before class Monday in the shadow of Anspach Hall.
AFSCME agrees to arbitration
hearing with Board of Trustees
By BRAD MONASTIERE
LIFE Staff Writer
The American Federation of State, County and
Municipal Employees Local 1568 has agreed to an
arbitration hearing with CMLTs Board of Trustees
regarding subcontracting food services work on
campus.
AFSCME initially sought a court injunction
against the Board of Trustees, but later agreed to
the arbitration hearing, according to Eileen
Jennings, university counsel.
The union's hope is to obtain information from
the Board of Trustees concerning subcontracting
food services work in all dining commons.
Linda Philo, president of AFSCME, said the
injunction was filed because the union wanted to
subcontract the food service work themselves.
ARAMARK, a private firm, now runs all dining
services on campus.
The union originally sought a lawsuit against
the Board, but made a deal not to go to court over
the matter.
"We don't feel enough information was given to
us (in order to make a bid), so we are seeking this
injunction," she said. "We filed this suit because we
felt this was a violation of our contract."
Jennings disagreed, saying the university's plan
to begin privatizing food services was not a
contract violation.
"The contract allows us to move ahead quickly
with our plans," she said. "The lawsuit was
dropped in an effort to get through this case
quickly, with an arbitrator."
Philo said the Board of Trustees will need to
prove an economic need to subcontract the work.
"They would rather subcontract than keep us,"
she said. "We are making money, and we fec*l we
can give the students the best service."
Philo said the union threatened to take the
Board to court in order to get all the information
needed to counter ARAMARKs bid. The trustees
countered by proposing the arbitration hearing to
decide if the union needed the information to make
a competitive subcontracting bid.
Jennings said the Board and the union agreed to
an arbitrator, as opposed to going to court, in an
effort to resolve the issue faster.
Lawyers advised the union to agree to arbitration instead of going to court.
"The arbitrator will then decide if (the Board)
has given us enough information to submit a bid,"
Philo said. "Originally, the Board wanted a bid by
Sept. 1, before we ever had any information to base
a bid on."
Philo said the board never gave the union a copy
of ARAMARKs subcontracting bid. Therefore, they
were unable to submit a competitive bid.
"This doesn't have just to do with money." Philo
said. "There was always a family atmosphere here
before, but not anymore."
The arbitrator will rule on the injunction on
campus Sept. 8. The pre-arbitration hearing will
take place in early October in the Isabella County
Circuit Court to determine if the issue can be
settled.
The injunction requests that no bids for
subcontracting work can be made before Dec. 1,
according to a memo to ARAMARK informing it of
the action.
He pointed out that under the
old law, an 18-year-old could give
a minor a fifth of Jack Daniels
Whiskey and face only 90 days in
jail or a $100 fine, while an
18-year-old could give a minor a
marijuana cigarette and face up
to eight years in prison.
Burdick said his office began
working to change this part of
the law after two minors from
Isabella County died in separate
situations where they were given
alcohol and ended up drinking
themselves to death.
Under the new law, adults
who purchase alcohol for anyone
under   age   21    are   guilty   of  a
misdemeanor and are subject to
heavy fines.
People who supply alcohol to
someone under 21 face a $1,000
fine and may be sentenced to
imprisonment for up to 60 days
for a first offense. Two or more
offenses calls for a $2,500 fine
and imprisonment for up to 90
days. The supplier also may be
ordered to perform community
service.
If furnishing alcohol to a
minor results in death, the
supplier will be guilty of a felony
punishable by up to 10 years in
See LAW Page 10	
Slade easing into
her retirement as
asst. vice provost
By ERIC J. GREENE
LIFE Assistant News Editor	
Academic Affairs will lose a
vital part of its staff when
Deborah Slade, assistant vice
provost for curriculum and
instruction, retires this month.
Slade's retirement is effective
Sept. 11, but she will ease into
retirement by working half-time
for the university until next fall.
The position will be filled by
an interim, Nancy Cooley,
former chairperson of Teacher
Education and Professional
Development, until a permanent
vice provost has been selected.
Slade has been and will
continue to train Cooley for the
interim position.
Slade is spoken of very highly
by CMU administrators,
especially by Richard Davenport,
provost and vice president for
academic affairs.
"She is absolutely one of the
best people I have ever worked
with here. I don't know what
we'll do without her," Davenport
said.
Slade, who has been with
CMU since July 1979, has held a
number of different administrative positions at schools across
the nation since she graduated
from college in 1953.
She has had experience also as
a professor and school teacher,
but her career emphasis has
been in central administration.
The 64-year-old Slade said she
will stay in Mount Pleasant to do
volunteer work and tend her
garden at home.
"I've just decided that it's time
to stop — there are some other
things that I want to do," she
said.
Born and raised in Rhode
Island, Slade attended a private
Quaker school where she played
organized sports such as field
hockey, basketball and soccer.
She attended Skidmore
College in Saratoga Springs,
N.Y., as an undergraduate
where she majored in health,
physical education and recreation.
After graduating from
Skidmore, she taught K-12 for
seven years at Laurel School in
Shaker Heights, NY.
She then went to Syracuse
University to earn a master's
degree in student personnel
administration, and was hired
on for four years at the school as
director of residence halls.
From there she went to Texas
Christian University as assistant dean of women for four
years.
Slade then went back again to
Syracuse University where she
earned her doctorate degree in
teacher education, and taught as
an assistant professor at
Bethany College in Bethany, W.
Va. While at Bethany, she served
as chairman of the teacher
education department for a
couple years.
On two occasions Slade was a
part of the Teacher Corps, a
federal program of the U.S.
Department   of Education   that
See SLADE Page 12	
LIFE Ptx>txvJ
Deborah Slade, assistant vice provost, is retiring to half-time status
on Sept. 11.
'Addicted' smokers can't light up in most campus buildings
By RENeE LUTZ
LIFE Staff Writer
Although smokers around
the country are gaining rights if
they are addicted, CMU smokers
might feel as if they are giving
up rights because of a new policy
to make CMU a healthier
campus.
A CMU policy that went into
effect July 5 makes all classrooms,  study  areas, offices and
other educationally designated
areas smoke-free, according to
Maxine Tubbs, director of StafT
Personnel Services.
However, some designated
university apartments will still
permit smoking, she said.
Tubbs said the decision to
make the campus primarily
smoke-free was made by President I^eonard Plachta and is to
be considered a set regulation.
An    Aug.    27    Detroit    News
article stated that President Bill
Clinton approved Food and Drug
Administrator David Kessler's
finding that nicotine is an addictive drug and therefore, smokers
are federally recognized as drug
addicts.
are      considered
a    "psychological
Smokers
victims of
substance use disorder," the
article stated. Therefore,
smokers are considered disabled
and protected by the Americans
with Disabilities Act.
The ADA protects individuals
with physical or mental impairments that limit major life
activities. The ADA guidelines
included drug addicts and
alcoholics. With the new finding,
it also includes smokers.
However, CMU's policy
focuses on the idea of providing a
healthy atmosphere for its
students, Tubbs said.
"Most of the calls that we've
received were positive feedback
(on the new policy)," Tubbs said.
"It was a facility problem —
They're kind of relieved that it
worked."
Tubbs said smoking on
campus has been a problem since
the early 80s. Programs directed
at eliminating the problem have
been evolving since then, she
said.
See SMOKING Page 7