1995-11-17; Central Michigan Life

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Central
Michigan
LIFE
FRIDAY,
NOVEMBER 17,
1995
VOLUME   T8. NUMBFR 3£
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12 PAGES
Central and Western
continue one of the best
rivalries in the state,
when they face off
Saturday afternoon in
Kalamazoo.
"The Country Wife," an
excellent comedy full of
sexual innuendo and
antics, runs through
Saturday   in Bush
Theatre. Curtain is at 8
p.m
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Student Life is attempting
to detour  students from
drinking   by making the
fines for minors who violate CMU's alcohol double what they were last
year
TODAY - 35/25
cloudy, chance of snow
$1,000 reward offered for info about library vandals
By LENNY PADILLA
Central Michigan officials
are offering a $I.O<K) reward tor
informal ion    involving
st»\ era 1
acts of anti ua\ vandalism that
have occurred on ram pus this
monfl h
"I hope thi^ shows how serious
we are ahoul finding oul who is
responsible/ said Russ Herron,
vice president for University
Relations
Police   were   notified   Monday
night that eight hooks rel«ited to
gays, lesbians and bisexuals had
been put in a toilet in a men -
restroom <»n th<- fourth flour ot
Park Library
Three additional hook- were
found ni .1 toilet in a men's
restroom on tin- first floor of the
library Tuesday afternoon
I'oluv said that the books were
not defecated upon, although
some sources are <.t\mj' that the
l»oi >k s wi *re
Also, between the evenings ot
Nov 1 and the morning of Nov *J
the   GLASS   office   was   vandal
ized Posters on the office walls
were replaced with signs bearing
anti x-i\   messages
( HTicials at the Depart menl ot
Public S.tt»t\ have not said
whether the incidents in Park
Library are related to the
vandalism of the < il.ASS office.
"I thmk the evidence of hate
crimes and hate actions of any
sort are pretty disturbing,"
Herron said "We know it%> out
there but w«* usually don't think
of it  in our own community
\W   have  offered   rewards   in
the past, but it is very rare,** said
Rae t toldsmif h, < Ml' director of
Public Relat ions
Goldsmith said the act of the
university offering ;t reward **is
decided on a case by case basis,
and given the number of cases
lately, it seems appropriate
Goldsmith said the reward
will ho given based on whether
the information loads to the
arrest and conviction of the
person, or persons who
committed t he crime.
DPS is conducting an investi
gat ion of the incidents.
"We want this to be a safe
campus, ;' place where students
can do what they came her** for
to study,** Goldsmith said
Goldsmith also said a fourth
incident of vandalism was
reported to police Wednesday
involving the defacing of two
hooks also found in a rest room on
the fourth floor of the library.
Police are also investigating
t Fie incident, which does not
appeal to be related to the other
t hree incidents
WMU, CMU students
working together to
keep peace after game
DARING
YOUNG MAN
CHRISTINA  HOWl IS
Adrien Poema of Argentina is tossed in the air by his father
Ceroid while his mother Carmen watches the acrobat routine at
the    circus    that    took    place    in    West    Intermediate    School
Wednesday
By HEATHER N   LaFAVE
Participants in a walking
patrol program at Western
Michigan University are
prepared to help keep order
Saturday nighl after the
WMU  CMU football game.
According to Brian Leder,
WMU coordinator for Peace*N It
Together, approximately 12()
students will be canvassing
Kalamazoo neighborhoods which
"might be a problem" after the
football game Saturday
Peace'N It Together will
disperse students in groups of
six or seven to look for potential
prohlefns, T eder said FlrodVfits
involved in the program are from
both Kalamazoo and CMU, with
the majority of students
expected to be from WMU.
Cellular One and McDonald's
in Kalamazoo donated phones
for the walkers to carry on their
patrol Kalamazoo's Big Burrito
and 7-Eleven will act as safe
houses where volunteers will be
able to warm  up with  food and
hot   chocolate,  he said
Sume Kalamazoo residents
have volunteered to open up
then homes as safe houses for
the walkers too, he said
Leder said the program has
been very successful in the past,
as there has been a "significant
decrease in violent behavior and
destruction of        property
compared to that in 1969-91
j j I'm glad I've had the
opportunity to head
up a program like
this after seeing what
kinds of destructive
things can happen
when partying after an
event like
Central/Western weekend goes bad. -j *f
BRIAN LEDER
WMU coordinator tor
Peace'N It Together
a
"I'm glad I've had the opportunity to head up a program like
this after seeing what kinds of
destructive things can happen
when partying alter at an event
like Central Western Weekend
goes had.''  Leder said
The program, he said, is a
great   way  for students and the
Kalamazoo community to
interact positively, and he said
the neighbors have been very
cooperat ive.
Though it is hard to tell how
the weekend will turn out. I^eder
said he is optimistic ahout the
program's results He said the
volunteer turnout has been
great, as they have had to turn
away ahout    it) people
Student loan cuts
in Congress making
recipients nervous
Get ready to rumble: Pro boxing
might be coming to Rose Arena
By ERIN MERCER
LIFI   As
stani News Editor
By REBECCA MESSER
A hill passed b> the Himse and Senate thai ma> cut student lean-.
has many CMU students worried
According to Terry Viau director of the office of Scholarships and
Financial Aid the House legislation has provisions that would
eliminate t f 1 • - -i\ month repayment waiver period for students after
graduation The legislation also would create an increase of the
interest   on   pa real   loans and  the elimination  of the direct   lending
opt Mill
Tht- House also proposes to cut $10 H billion in -.-von years and the
Senate pi oposes to cut $4 hi 11 ion during the -.ton   time period
Man) (Ml' students had an overwhelming negaf ive read ion to I he
news that  loans might h»   cut
"I don't understand in a nation where we have so man) people
unemployed, ->o many homeless. th.it Congress is trying to eliminate
fund-, thai would enable people logo to* allege said Rebeci a Schroil
Macomb Township junior
Trisha Frazho   Clinton Township junioi   agree>
"To «^«-t anywhere in life nowadays you need a college education and
you need to fund it somehow It you < an I get student loans how are
people going to afford to go to college   This s*iciet>  is j go down
hill.    Frazho said
Othei students are concerned with how this legislation will affeci
their  ability  to paj  lo* college
••\1\ parents aren't the wealthiest people in the world and it's kind ol
hard 11. pa\ for school and we rel> ->n student kians," said Tami Tasker,
Carson Cit> soptiomore "Maybe i wouldn't be here if it weren't for
st udont  \i tans
Tasker ^,m\ • ■ large portion of bei • location is paid tor hv student
loans
Even students who pay for some ol their education with student
loans are worried ahout how lhe>  will pa>  tor  school
I   do   receive   some  grants   and   scholarships   but   m\   grants   and
scholarships are small compared to what  I get in    Indent loans/  said
.LOANS .	
Tht* Saginaw Chippewa
Indian Tribe is trying to bring
professi< 1 nal boxing events to
the area and one of the possible
fight sites is CMU.
Rose Arena is a possible
location to house the tribe's
proposed professional boxing
match sometime in March.
The tribe announced its
desire to bring boxing to the
area at a press conference
Thursday.
Although no plans have been
con firmed for the first boxing
match in Mount Pleasant, the
tribe is still active m the
promotion of boxing
Tuesday evening the tribe
will sponsor Fight Night at the
Palace of Auburn Hills which
will feature Flint's undefeated
Chris Byrd against Phil
Jackson, ranked 12th in the
world Tin* fight will be for the
World Boxing Union Intc»rna-
tional Heavyweight Title.
According to Jam Witz,
marketing director for Fight
Night, he and the tribe have
beam discussing the possibility
of bringing Ixixing to the area
for quit** MM time.
"We've*    been    talking    since
May   and   have   discussed   how
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Cruiserweight boxer Mike Suska works on tha heavy bag attar a
press conference Thursday.