1992-02-10; Central Michigan Life

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VOLUME 74, NUMBER 57
Budget increase not enough
By Jennifer Chrisman
LIFE Assistant News Editor	
The hammer fell Friday, virtually crushing hopes many colleges and universities had of
state appropriation increases for
next year.
Gov. John Engler's budget
recommendations for 1992-93
put CMU's allocation at $59.2
million, up 1.3 percent from the
$58 million for the current
academic year.
But CMU based budget plans
for next year on a 4 percent — or
$2.3 million — increase.
The 1.3 percent increase —
about $744,000 — is for additional retirement liability shifted
to schools last year, said Jerry
Scoby, executive assistant to the
president for Budget and Planning. It falls about $1.6 million
short of University expectations.
"The recommendations and
announcements      on      Fridav
include, generally, no increase for
higher education," Scoby said.
Engler's plan gives higher education a .3 percent net increase to
$1.5 billion. The state budget
rises 3.8 percent to $7-9 billion.
"We figured last year we gave a
4 percent increase for higher education when many university
presidents expected cuts, so (this
year) we held the line on spending," said John Truscott, Engler's
press secretary.
The announcement didn't come
as a surprise and the gubernatorial plan probably won't see
much opposition in the House or
the Senate, said Greg Morris,
executive assistant to the president for Governmental Relations.
"I don't think there's any
money," Morris said about the
state budget.
"It's early in the process, but
the state budget is very, very
tight." Scoby said.
"We scoured  the budget  very
Fans and foes left
in awe of 'Magic'
By Todd Schulz
LIFE Managing Editor
Magic stole the Thunder from
Mount Pleasant's favorite Sun at
Sunday's NBA All-Star game.
In his fourth NBA season, former CMU star Dan "Thunder"
Majerle made his debut in the
annual contest pitting the best
basketball players from the Eastern and Western Conferences.
But it was Magic Johnson's old
tricks which thrilled fans locally
and across the country.
About three months after
announcing his contraction of the
human immunodeficiency virus
and retirement from the NBA,
Johnson scored 25 points to lead
the West to a 153-113 win against
the East in Orlando, Fla.
Johnson, a former Los Angeles
Laker, was named the game's
Most Valuable Player.
"For me, it was very emotional," said Fred Stabley, CMU's
sports information director. Stabley, a former s ports writer for
the Lansing State Journal,
coined the "Magic" nickname
after watching Johnson play at
Lansing Everett High.
"It was absolutely the most fitting end to a sensational career."
Johnson came out of retirement to play after fans voted him
as a starter to the All-Star contest. He received a standing ovation during pre-game introductions and went on to score 16
first-half points.
In the second half, Magic dished out nine assists and hit three
3-pointers, including the game's
JOHNSON
STABLEY
final shot.
"When he made that last one I
came out of my seat," Stabley
said. "That was the way to end it.
It was gorgeous.
"It was almost too much like a
Hollywood script. But when it's
Earvin, that's his career and
that's his life."
More than one set of local eyes
were watching Johnson Sunday.
Former Central coach Charlie
Coles first met Magic in prep
basketball circles while coaching
at Saginaw High in the 1970s.
"He didn't get a chance for a
farewell tour," Coles said. "I
think this was kind of his way of
saying goodbye to the NBA."
Central basketball player
Corey Henderson, Lansing
sophomore, also knows the Magic
legend well.
"Growing up in Lansing, that's
all you hear about — Magic,"
Henderson said. "I've always
been a big fan and I still am. It's
nice to watch him again."
Johnson's  decision  to  play in
the All-Star game and the 1992
Summer Olympics drew criticism
bee NBA Page 2
carefully and came up with as
much money as we could," Truscott said, adding the governor's
office expects similar proposals
from the House and Senate.
Engler's proposal is the first
step in the state budget-making
process. Most universities will
meet with Senate and House
Higher Education Appropriations subcommittees before a
budget is finalized.
CMU's appearance before the
Senate Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee is 10
a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 21 in Pierpont
Auditorium, located in the
Applied Business Studies Complex, Morris said.
Ferris State. Michigan Technological and Lake Superior
State universities, the Michigan
Education Association, the
American Association of University Professors and the Michigan
Collegiate Coalition also plan to
appear that day, Morris said.
The Senate committee is made
up of chairman John Schvvarz
<R-Battle Creek), Vernon Ehlers
(R-Grand Rapidsl and Jackie
Vaughn (D-Detroit>.
These Senate Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee hearings also are scheduled:
■ Friday: Grand Valley State
University, Wayne State University and the Michigan Department of Education will meet with
the committee in Detroit at
WSU's campus.
■ Feb. 27: Olivet College, the
Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, and Western Michigan, Eastern Michigan
and Northern Michigan universities are scheduled to meet with
the committee in Olivet.
9 March 13: Michigan State,
Saginaw Valley State and Oakland universities, the Associated
Students of MSU and the Presidents' Council will meet with the
committee in Lansing on MSU's
Proposed increases
for higher education
CMU: Would receive
$59.2 million in state
funding. That's a 1.3
percent increase.
EMU: Would receive
$64.7 million, or a 1.1
percent increase.
FSU: Would receive
$41.7 million, or a 1.6
percent increase.
SVSU: Would receive
$16.9 million, or zero
percent increase.
WMU: Would receive
$86.3 million, or a 1.0
percent increase.
campus.
The  House Higher Education
Appropriations    Subcommittee
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Adam Wickes, Alma resident, washes his salt-covered car at Rhynos Car Wash, 425 S. Mission Sunday
afternoon.
Students hit campaign trail hard
By TJ Bucholz
I iFF Assistant News Editor
While the media closely
watches the 1992 presidential
primary and caucus races, a
group of CMU students is getting
extra credit for getting a closer
look.
The students — a 31-member
group comprised from Campaign
'92. a special topics class taught
through the political science and
journalism departments —
traveled to today's Iowa caucus to
follow the presidenta! process.
"Our group of students is really
excited about going to the caucus," said James Wieghart, journalism chairman. "I think by
having the students go, they'll be
able to experience what a caucus
consists of.
"It's one thing to study about
one of these in class, and it's quite
another to be  involved  in one,"
CC I think Harkin's going to run away with the
caucus. That's too bad because we probably
won't- get to see any of the other candidates.
No one likes to lend themselves to a
defeat.Jl
James Wieghart
Wieghart said.
Wieghart, who team-teaches
the course with political science
chairman Delbert Ringquist. left
Mount Pleasant early Sunday
morning with the students via
chartered bus.
"We've got some interesting
opportunities for the students
once we get into Iowa," Wieghart
said. "We're staying in the same
hotel as the (Tom) Harkin campaign is, so we may get a chance
to see him."
Harkin. a Democratic senator
from Iowa who is expected to win
the caucus, is staying in the Savory Hotel in Des Moines.
Students will meet with the
head political correspondent for
the Des Moines Register and
attend a speech by Jack Kemp, a
Republican working as a front
man for President George Bush.
With a little luck, students
might get to attend Harkin's victory celebration in the hotel ballroom, Wieghart said.
"I think Harkin's going to run
away with the caucus. That's too
bad because we probably won't
get to see any of the other candidates," he said. "No one likes to
lend themselves to a defeat." .
Coincidentally, about 25 students from the class will attend
the New Hampshire primary
Feb. 18 as volunteers for Harkin's
campaign.
Despite some students going to
Iowa for superficial reasons,
learning how the caucus system
works is a high priority.
"I decided to come basically
because it was extra credit, but
hearing Jack Kemp speak will be
real high on my list," said Brad
Karnafel, West Branch junior. "I
really believe what Kemp has to
say; in fact, I would have voted for
him in '88. He's my man."
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WEATHER
Cloudy on Monday with a 50
percent chance of snow showers. High around 30.
SPECIAL FEATURE
Terrance Colbert and a rape victim share their side of the story.
See page 7.
Local man
arrested
for raising
marijuana
By TJ Bucholz
LIFE Assistant News Editor
A 41-year-old Mount Pleasant
man was arrested Thursday for
possession with intent to manufacture marijuana.
The Isabella County Sheriffs
Department responded to a call
from neighbors that Dennis Neal
Richardson's 3033 S. Coldwater
residence might have been used
for manufacturing marijuana.
When they pulled into the
driveway, police saw what looked
like a marijuana plant growing in
the front picture window of the
suspect's trailer. Richardson was
not home.
Police returned to the residence with a canine and searched
the trailer for evidence, a Sheriffs Department report stated.
Inside the trailer, police found
a 29-inch marijuana plant, a
5-inch plant, and assorted drug
paraphernalia.
Richardson arrived while
police were searching the trailer
and was arrested. He was lodged
in the Isabella County Jail
Thursday on one count of delivery
and manufacture of marijuana
and one count of possession of
marijuana.
Richardson was arraigned Friday and bond was set at $5,000
for each count. He had not been
released as of press time Sunday.
His preliminary exam is set for
Tuesday in Isabella County District Court.
After searching the suspect
and his possessions, police confiscated a brown plasic box containing 10 bags of a green, leafy substance, two bags of marijuana
seeds, four marijuana pipes, a
scale and other drug paraphernalia, including scissors, roach
clips and hemostats. the report
stated.
Police also found a plastic container containing 55 small white
piils, a razor blades and a 2-inch
partial straw.
Richardson has prior convictions of possessing dangerous
drugs in 1986 and attempting to
sell marijuana in 1987.
The current charges carry a
penalty of seven years in jail and
up to $5,000 in fines.
Dead body
found in
area cabin
A Saginaw man found his
58-year-old father, also of Saginaw, dead in the elder man's
cabin early Saturday morning.
Robert Lee Modlin, 58, died of
accidental carbon monoxide poisoning in the cabin just outside
Mount Pleasant on the 3000
block of S. Wise Road, an Isabella
County Sheriffs Department
spokesman said.
A malfunctioning gas stove
Modlin used to heat the cabin
apparently caused the poisoning.
Rock Lee Modlin, 34, found his
father when he went to the cabin
to visit.
The spokesman did not know
how long the elder Modlin had
been dead, if an autopsy will be
performed, or when funeral services will be scheduled.
Police records did not indicate
if Modlin's relatives thought he
was missing before he was found,
the spokesman said.
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