1995-12-08; Central Michigan Life

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Central
Michigan
FRIDAY,
DECEMBER 8,
1995
14 PAGES
MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN 48859
I995 CM LIFE
(517) 774-3493
VOLUME 78. NUMBER 42
SPORTS
Men's basketball team
falls to Detroit Mercy
The Chippewas lost
another buzzer-beater
Wednesday night, 57-54
to Detroit Mercy at Cobo
Hall. Former University of
Michigan player Leon
Derricks tipped home the
winning shot with one
second remaining.
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Barabbes plays solo
Tuesday at the Wayside
Mount Pleasant-based
band Barabbas played
mostly original songs
Tuesday at Wayside
Central. Despite a small
turnout, the band was
excited to be headlining
their own show.
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Barnard packed full of memories
By LENNY PADILLA
LIFE Staff Writer	
The grand old lady has taken
her final bow.
ARer 47 years of faithful
service to the students of CMU,
Anna M. Barnard Hall will be
demolished in coming months
after outliving its usefulness.
The green ivy no longer creeps
along the red brick walls. The
large grassy courtyard, where
Barnard residents could relax
after class by tossing a ball or
having a picnic, is empty.
The long corridors are no
longer used. Cozy two-room
suites are left deserted. All that
remains are the memories of a
vibrant old builing.
Michelle Hartsell, a 1993 CMU
graduate, has some special
memories of Barnard, where she
called home her first two years of
college.
"I remember when I first
pulled up to Barnard with my
dad," Hartsell said of her
freshman year. **I couldn't
believe how beautiful the ivy
was. It had such a traditional
look to it.
"I loved it there. It's really too
bad they have to tear it down,"
she said.
Barnard and Tate halls were
closed in 1993 for economic
reasons — the cost of
maintaining the buildings had
become too great. And CMU's
Board of Trustees decided at its
last meeting to demolish the
tfuildings for that same reason.
Located on Bellows Street on
the    north    end    of   campus,
Ghost, ivy among hall's charm
Barnard opened in the fall of
1948 amongst much anticipation,
but little fanfare.
According to "How Sweet is
Your Suite?," a book detailing
the history of CMU residence
halls, Barnard was originally
built to house women only.
On opening day, more than
400 women poured into the new
three story building. Much to
their dismay, there were no beds
— only mattresses. The lobby
was still being finished and there
were       only       two       working
telephones.
The building was named after
Anna M. Barnard, who taught
foreign languages for 45 years at
what was then Central College.
Barnard was the first hall on
campus to have a dining
commons. Built to serve up to
1,000 students per meal,
Barnard residents also shared
their eating facilities with Sloan
and Ronan halls.
Costing $1.4 million to build,
Barnard was the most expensive
and largest residence hall at that
time, according to "How Sweet is
Your Suite?" Ronan Hall, built in
1924, housed less than 200
students.
Barnard was built to house
more than 400 residents. But as
CMU grew in size, the numbers
actually reached as high as 483.
Unlike newer residence halls,
each room was built to suit two
people instead of four. It
included a bedroom, complete
with built in closets, vanities,
and dressers with a large mirror.
And Barnard created a sense
of community for its residents,
whether they liked it or not.
Each floor had community
showers and restrooms.
At the time, Barnard was
considered a state of the art
facility.
Dennis Armistead, CMU
graduate and current residence
hall director for Merrill Hall,
said initially he didn't like the
idea of sharing a bathroom with
the rest of his floor.
"To me it was like a death
sentence. Community bathrooms
and showers?"
See BARNARD Page 14	
LIFE Photos/Jl
(Above) The courtyard behind
Barnard Hell used to be filled
with activity during the 47 years
the building wee occupied.
(Left) A sitting room,
complete   -with   e   fireplace,
of
Car, train collide on Bellows
By LENNY PADILLA
LIFE Staff Writer	
A CMU student driving to
class Wednesday afternoon had
a close call when his vehicle
collided with a train at the
Bellows Street railroad crossing.
The driver of the vehicle, Rudi
Monigold, Dorr junior, said he
was preoccupied and did not see
the train coming.
"I didn't hear anything,"
Monigold said of the ringing
warning signals. "I had the radio
up pretty loud because I was
messing with the radio at the
time. And, I looked up and two
feet away from me was this
speeding train, so I slammed on
the brakes."
The accident occurred at
approximately 3:45 p.m. and no
injuries were reported.
Monigold said he was driving
east on Bellows Street, around a
bend when his 1988 Ford Escort
collided with the lead-engine of
the train.
The driver's side fender of the
automobile struck the front of
the engine, the vehicle did a
360-degree spin and ended up
eight feet from the road.
According to Gary Lock wood,
Mount Pleasant Police Department officer, the speed limit for
trains in the area is 25 miles per
hour.
Mick Irland, conductor of the
train, said the train was
traveling   from    Cadillac    to
Owosso and was driving under
the speed limit.
The Ann Arbor Railroad,
which crosses at Bellows Street,
does not have crossing barriers
to inform drivers of oncoming
trains. Instead, the crossing has
blinking red lights and warning
bells.
Monigold said he did not see
the warning lights because of the
glare of the sun.
According      to      Lockwood,
car-train collisions        are
uncommon around CMU's
campus.
"It's been quite a few years
since I've seen this kind of
thing," he said.
"I was just off in another world
thinking about finals week,"
Monigood said. **I wasn't paying
much attention."
Monigold was cited with
failing to yield at a railway
crossing.
Rudi Monigold, Dorr junior, escaped injury Wednesday when his
1988 Ford Escort collided with a train while he was traveling*
Street.
Arctic air is bringing dangerously cold windchill
By MOLLY KOZUCH
LIFE Staff Wnter	
Unseasonably cold weather is
bringing out winter hats and
scarves across campus as
weekend windchill factors drop
between 15 and 30 below zero.
"Some of the coldest air of the
late fall season thus far is
heading in for the weekend,"
said Jim Lehockey, WWUP-TV 9
& 10 meteoroligist.
Lehockey said highs in the
mid-to-upper teens for the
weekend are expected.
However, after figuring in the
windchill, Lehockey said the
temperature will possibly be
between 15 and 30 degrees below
zero during the daytime hours.
According to a weekend
weather forecast, 5-9 inches of
snow are also a possibility.
"If the windchill is minus 25 or
colder it can freeze exposed flesh
in a matter of minutes,"
Lehockey said.
Pat Simon, a registered nurse
at Central Michigan Community
Hospital's emergency room, said
when the weather is cold
bundling up is one way of
steering clear of frostbite.
*The best treatment is to
prevent it," she said.
She said if students know they
are going to be oustside, keep
any exposed skin covered with
hats, gloves and scarves.
Frost bite happens "when the
tissues of the skin freeze and the
fluids in the tissues freeze,"
Simon said.
"Wearing layers of socks,
having good lining in your boots
and shoes and wearing ear-muffs
and a hat is very important,"
Lehockey said.
Even wearing a baseball hat
will keep some bodyheat in, he
said.
Lehockey said students who
don't try to prevent frost bite
because they don't think wearing
warm clothes is cool, might
suffer the consequences.
"For students that don't want
to wear winter gear for fear of
looking stupid, it is your own
conscience and it all depends on
what you want to look like later.
"Do you want skin that feels
like leather or dead skin just so
you don't look stupid wearing a
scarf, it is up to you," he said.
Simon also warned frost bite is
nothing to play around it is a
painful experience.
She said treatment of the
affected area should include
aggressive warming        by
immersing the exposed area in
warm water. If a person gets
frost bite on their ears or face,
Simon said to treat the area with
a warm wet washcloth.
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