1996-04-12; Central Michigan Life

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Central I  I C C
Michigan LITE
FRIDAY,
APRIL 12,
1996
VOLUME 78. NUMBER 79
MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN 48859
©1996 CM LIFE
(517)774-3493
14 PAGES
Investigation supports DPS officers' actions
By I
LITE
Staff Write
No officers or students will
face  CMU  disciplinary   charges
reflated to the Jan. 28 incident at
Washington Street Apartments
in which four students were
arrested and allegations of
excessive police force were made.
According to an internal investigative report released
Thursday by the university, the
two CMU officers who participated in tin' party break-up will
face no reprimand, hut their
judgment in calling for back-up
and using a chemical agent was
questioned.
The students originally
claimed racial bias on the part of
the officers, hut later retracted
the claim. No disciplinary action
is sought against any of the students involved, although the
report     concluded     they     were
Recommendations and finding
•Neither Leo Mioduszewski nor
Les Rosan, DPS officers call, used
excessive force in the arrest process.
•Lack of DPS policies governing
when stand-by assistance should be
called, made it impossible to know if
Rosan acted correctly or not in calling the Mount Pleasant Police
Department.
•Investigators did not come to a
unanimous decision whether Rosan
and Mioduszewski acted appropriately in using pepper gas on two
party-goers.
•There was no direct evidence to
suggest race was a factor in the
arrests.
•DPS did not maintain jurisdictional  authority  over  the MPPD
indeed non-compliant with the
officers* requests that night to
end the gathering.
officers called to assist, 'which was
not consistent with normal department policy.
•Use of racial slurs and verbal
antagonism by students at the
party showed poor judgment
•More staffing at DPS is needed.
•Specific written policies and
procedures need to be created for
the officers of DPS.
•Students need to recognize the
DPS's authority.
•Better relations between students and DPS need to be established.
•The establishment of a public
safety advisory committee should
be investigated.
The four students involved are
Ja-Relle Thomas. Muskegon
freshman, who was charged with
CLEANING
UP
LIFE Photo/Bryan Bosch
Dave Geek, McGuirk Sand and Gravel employee, cleans up the
remains of the home of five CMU students that was destroyed in
a fire February 17. The remains of the house will be taken to a
licensed landfill in Balding.
disorderly person; Dequon
James, Muskegon Heights
sophomore, who was charged
with disorderly person and
resisting and obstructing a
police officer; Jocylin Stevenson,
Muskegon Heights sophomore,
who was charged with disorderly
person and resisting and
obstructing a police officer; and
Kiante Smith, Detroit freshman,
who was charged with disorderly
person and minor in possession
of alcohol. Smith's charges were
dropped.
Stevenson and Thomas both
said Thursday they had not yet
had an opportunity to review the
report. James and Smith could
not be reached for comment.
The investigation was conducted during the last two
months by Angela Haddad, affir-
See REPORT Page 2
Administrators react
to recommendations
By Chris C. Davis
LIFfc Staff Writer	
Recommendations from the
university's investigation of the
Jan. 28 arrest of four CMU students was met with mixed reactions from CMU administrators
Thursday.
In a statement in the wake of
the report, President Leonard
Plachta addressed five key
areas of the report, prepared by
Angela Haddad, affirmative
action officer, and Bruce Roscoe,
dean of Students.
Plachta's response addressed
the   issues   of   staffing   of   the
Department of Public Safety,
policies used by campus police
and other area police agencies,
the creation of a public safety
advisory committee and relations with students.
Plachta agreed with the
report's recommendation for
DPS to make an effort to have a
diverse staff. According to
Plachta's written response, MI
know this is a major concern of
the department as it works to
recruit and retain minority officers in a highly competitive
marketplace.       I       encourage
See REACTION Page 6	
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Enberg shares story of his
'humble beginnings' at CMU
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By Doug Fisher
LIFE Staff Writer	
World-renowned sportscaster
Dick Enberg delighted a near-
capacity crowd with his special
brand of anecdotes and humor at
Warriner Auditorium Thursday
evening.
Enberg related the story of his
"humble beginnings" and how a
"nobody" in a school of about
3,000 students at CMU became
a somebody that millions of people watch and listen to as a commentator for NBC Sports.
"We were all under the category of nobodies," Enberg said.
"The majority of students were
country kids with humble begin
nings.
As a boy growing up in
Armada, Enberg's mother
worked on CMU's campus,
which at that time was known as
Central Michigan College of
Education. One day, Enberg was
speaking with then President
Charles Anspach when Anspach
asked him about college.
"1 knew I didn't want to be an
apple farmer," Enberg said,
explaining that he graduated
from high school third out of 33
classmates.
A week after submitting an
application, Enberg received his
acceptance4 letter with an offer of
a $100 scholarship to attend.
I thought if they were going to
pay me big money, I'm going," he
said.
While at Central, Enberg
applied for a custodial job at
WCEN for $1 an hour one of his
fraternity brothers was vacating. The director there thought
Enberg had a good voice and
offered him a weekend disc jockey gig that paid $1 an hour.
Three weeks later, WCEN's
sports director left and Enberg
took over doing Central
Michigan and Sacred Heart football and basketball games.
"I always talked a better game
See ENBERG Page 14	
Enberg looks back at collegiate days
with some close friends at reception
By Eric Herter
LIFE Assistant Sports Editor	
Friendships have carried Dick
Enberg from the local atmosphere of Mount Pleasant to some
lofty places.
Yet the 1957 CMU graduate
always looks back with fondness
on his days as a Chippewa.
In a post-speech reception in
the President's Room at the
Bovee University Center,
Enberg looked back at those collegiate days with some close
friends and selected members of
Central's student body and faculty.
"You learn that your friendship with fellow students and
professors from college are there
for a lifetime," Enberg said.
"High school relationships are
great, but it's those friends that
you develop in college that will
get you through some tough
times.
"The vvay I define a friend is
someone that I can call upon
when I'm at a trying time in my
life or just need to talk."
Though   his   work   with   NBC
LIFE Photo/ Katherine Gawlowski
Renowned sportscaster Dick Enberg was warmly welcomed by
his Phi Sigma Phi fraternity brothers at a reception held in his
honor in the President's Room of the UC Thursday evening.
Sports often carries him far from
Michigan, he said he always
tries to keep in touch with his
close collegiate friends.
The upcoming year for Enberg
will hflnre him racking up his fair
share of frequent flyer miles. His
stops around the world include
the French        Open and
Wimbledon Championships tennis tournaments and numerous
See RECEPTION Page 6	
Administrators question U.S. News and World Report ranking
By Dave Borough
LIFE Staff Wriv-r	
The 199b* US News and
World Report America's Best
Colleges guide ranked CMU in
the top tier among rmdwestcrn
colleges and universities, hut
some university officials have
problems with the school we lee
tion process
According to Ken Smith, inter
im assistant vice provost of
Institutional Research and
Planning at Central, US News
has changed some items because
of criticism, but in general there
are still many problems with the
survey.
"Being ranked in the first tier-
is certainly good for CMU,"
Smith said. "But you have to he
careful in how you interpret the
data "
\T S News and World Report
ranked colleges and universities
in sections based on the institutions selective admissions,
resources, baccalaureate pro
grams, research and number of
doctorates awarded.
CMU did not rank among the
top 229 national universities
because it does not award a large
number of doctorates, he said.
The survey asked for financial
data and information on students including ACT and SAT
scores, high school grade point
averages and accepted applicants, he said.
A question he thinks is troubling is answering what scores
students have received on their
SATs He said he feels this question has an east coast bias since
many of the rnidwc\stern college's
nee the A( *T for admission
I   v\.uit   to   put   forward   the
most   holiest   statistics   we   have
CMU statistics
Acceptance rate:
Student/faculty ratio:
Freshman retention:
Graduation rate:
Freshmen in top 25%
of HS class:
88%
28/1
74%
55%
45%
13%
Alumni giving rate:
source: Anenca'i Best CoBceu 1996. US. N«ws
& World Report
and warn people how the data M
used," he said
Tht»   survey   ignores   how   stu
dents fit in with certain university programs and issues of
interest to a particular student,
he said.
Provost Richard Davenport
said there are always a lot of discrepancies in the survey Th*»
information they ask for is not
always comparable to other
institutions.
"People should read these surveys with real reservations,"
Davenport said.
Smith said students should
find out more about the programs they are interested with.
visit campuses and meet with
people when deciding what
school to pick.
*Tt would be wrong to say, Tin
going to CMU or not going to
CMU because of this report,*
Smith said. "By just looking at
the numbers there are a lot of
dangers."
Smith said CMU attempts to
answer every question on the
survey. The survey involves people putting in a number of hours
calling people on campus and
getting the most accurate numbers to answer the questions.