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LIFE
MONDAY
March 23, 1992
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Students left in the dark
By Crystal Harmon
l IFE Staff Writer
Two blown fuses left residents
on the south end of campus without electricity for more than six
hours Sundav.
The power went out around
10:50 a.m. and was not restored
until about 4:30 p.m.
The outtage was caused by a
short at the electrical transformer near Merrill Hall, said Earl
Morrow, director of facilities
operations for Facilities Manage-
March
Madness
lu
betters
By Paui Adkins
LfFF Staff Writer
Now that the NCAA basketball tournament is in full swing,
it's not uncommon to see students
glued to television sets instead of
their textbooks.
It's also not uncommon for students to take part in tournament
"pools" — betting operations in
which participants predict the
outcomes of the games based on
varying' point systems. Money
usually is involved and the winner of the pool often goes home
with a little more than bragging
rights.
Jim Marchiony, director of
Communications at the NCAA
headquarters in Overland Park,
Kan., said the excitement ofthe
tournament lures people into
placing bets
"It's a popular sporting event,"
Marchiony said. "It excites people
and they are prone to getting
involved (in tournament pools)."
Although a die-hard hockey
fan, Mike Shtino, St. Clair Shores
junior, said he follows the tournament, but doesn't get into pools.
"I'm not a real hoop fan, but I
like it when little schools have
some upsets and get on national
TV," Shtino said. "We have a pool
in our neighborhood, but it is for
bragging rights."
Irwin Castelino. India graduate student, said he likes the
overall excitement ofthe tournament, but has little time to watch
the games.
"I like the way it is set up," he
said. "It gives everyone a fair
chance — much better than the
college football system.
"But I am too busy in graduate
school to follow it."
He said he doesn't engage in
basketball pools.
"I do not gamble." Castelino
said. "I just like to pick the teams
for fun."
Although there is a University
policy prohibiting gambling,
Gary Ciaffone, Housing director,
said he wouldn't be surprised if it
takes place.
"I don't think it's much different during the Super Bowl,"
Ciaffone said. "(The pools) are
pretty much widespread across
the country."
The University Housing Agreement states: "Students are not to
participate in illegal gambling of
any sort on premises leased and
controlled by the University."
This stance is similar to one-
taken by the NCAA, which prohibits student-athletes from gambling, Marchiony said.
"Any student-athlete caught
gambling would render themselves ineligible in collegiate
athletics for the remainder of his
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merit.
"Some water got into the
switching gear and caused a
short which blew two fuses," Morrow said.
The fuses and some soaked
cable were replaced with supplies
in stock, he said.
Buildings affected by the outage were Washington Apartments, the South and Southeast
quads, the Industrial and Engineering Technology Building and
the Combined Services Building.
Daryl Wood, Deford sophomore
and Thorpe  Hall   resident,  said
"We're all missing
the basketball game
and everyone is
bummed out."
Daryl Wood
everyone   in   the   darkened   hall
was depressed.
"We're all missing the basketball game and everyone is
bummed out," he said. "I'm going
to  go  to  my  brother's  house to
watch the game."
Corrie Colbert, Essexville
freshman and Beddow Hall resident, said things also were dreary
on her floor.
"I can't take a shower because
there's no hot water," Colbert
said. "You just take the power for
granted until it's not there.
"It kind of stinks."
Sunday's blackout was the
third this semester. Morrow said,
adding it is not unusual to have
an outtage. CMU's electrical systems experience problems regularly, he said.
A LITTLE BUBBLY
LIFE Photo/Bonnie Morrison
Members of Sigma Phi Epsilon warm up for their annual beach party Saturday afternoon in a rented
hot tub on the front lawn of the fraternity's house, 906 S. Main.
Sunday accident
two women
By Crystal Harmon
UFE Staff Writer
K A Sunday morning accident left two Mount Pleasant women dead
and two others in critical condition, ...
Sf Mary Ann Evans, 26, and Linda Lee Lowery, 36, were pronounced -
dead at the accident scene.
?f The women were passengers in a vehicle driven, by Re nee Barnes,
27, of Mount Pleasant. Barnes was northbound on South Wise near
Broorofield when she lost control of her vehicle, slid sideways into the
southbound lane, and was struck by a pickup truck driven by Kevin
Potter, 29, of Midland.
® Barnes is in critical condition at the Mid Michigan Regional
Medical Center in Midland. A fourth passenger in Barne's vehicle,
Renee Roethelsberger, 29, of Shepherd, is in critical condition at St.
Mary's Hospital in Saginaw.
£? Potter was treated for minor facial injuries and released from
Central Michigan Community Hospital, 1221 South Drive. Potter's .
passenger, Susan Sian, 32, of Midland, refused treatment at the
scene.   - .....
*< Potter and Sian both told police they were wearing their seatbelts.
In the vehicle driven by Barnes, only Evans was believed to have
been wearing her seatbelt, said Deputy Lance Cooke ofthe Isabella ,
County Sheriffs Department. -\      . .-***' *"-- && ***-&*
Cooke said alcohol may have been a factor in the incident. The
accident remains under invest igatier
CMU favorable to
freshman recruits
By Tracy Tomczak
1 IFF Staff Writer
Applications for fall 1992 are down compared with the same time
last year, but the number is still high compared to other colleges in
Michigan.
Application for admission this fall for incoming freshmen at CMU is
about 4 percent behind last year, said Michael Owens, assistant to the
president for Enrollment Management and Admissions. Overall, applications for'admission are down about 7 percent overall among all
Michigan colleges, he said.       ^   ■'■"■" *• - •* • - ......-,•.    ,
University officials across the state anticipated a smaller than usual
freshman class for fall 1992, he said. But the incoming class probably
won't be as small as expected.
"We anticipated 1,250 and we might exceed that," Owens said.
Enrollment at many other Michigan colleges has decreased more
than CMU.
"Most colleges are experiencing that applications for new students
are 5 to 15 percent behind last year." Owens said.
The decline is attributed in part to the smaller pool of potential
applicants there is this year.
Owens is pleased with how many applicants CMU has received from
that pool.
"We fully expect this fall's freshman class to be close to, if not a record
share ofthe twelfth grade pool for us." Owens said.
The slight decline in enrollment follows a trend which has appeared
during the last three years, he said.
During that period, CMU has seen its average freshmen class size
shrink about 9 percent. The class sizes of Western Michigan and
Eastern Michigan universities have gone down 15 percent, Owens said.
Only the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Wayne State University; Michigan Technological University; and Grand Valley State University are ahead of CMU in enrollment numbers.
CMU is third behind Ferris State University and Oakland University
in the number of transfer students.
For the next few years, CMU will remain a college of about 16,000
students. That number should increase during the second half of the
decade. Owens said.
There are many reasons CMU has fared well, and will continue to do
so, in attracting new students, he said. Among the reasons, Owens said,
is CMU's small-town atmosphere.
"You can pay two to three times as much at a small private school to
get the environment that's here." he said.
More people are also beginning to appreciate the unique dynamics of
having a big school in a small city, he said.
Small class sizes and course diversity also are elements which attract
students to CMU, Owens said.
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INDEX
News  3
State. Nation. World  3
Opinion  4
Arts, Entertainment  8
Sports  10
Comics  12-13
Classified Ads  12-13
Crossword  13
Police Log  14
WEATHER
Mostly cloudy Monday with
high temperatures in the mid to
upper 30s.
Abuse may jeopardize recycling program
By Crystal Harmon
IFF Staff Wnter
Some overzealous members of
the campus community are jeopardizing CMU's recycling program by failing to sort their waste.
"They're trashing our recycling
program," said Peter Gorton,
campus space planner and program coordinator. The problem is
that non-recyclable items such as
cups, candy bar wrappers, pizza
boxes, food and dirt are finding
their way into recycling bins
across campus.
"If it's a big, black bin with a
recycling label on it, it's not a
trash can," Gorton said. The bins,
which deck the halls of most
academic buildings, are intended
to receive newspaper, computer
paper and plain white paper,
which   is   then   recycled.
The worst offenses occur on
the first floor of Anspach Hall and
in Park Library, Gorton said.
Also misunderstood are the
new large newspaper bins near
several on-campus student residences. The blue structures,
which look like large doghouses,
are intended for newspapers
only.    But    apparently    campus
residents    occasionally    mistake
the bins for trash dumpsters.
Five ofthe newspaper receptacles currently are stationed outside of Woldt, Saxe and Trout-
man halls and Northwest and
Kewadin Apartments.
When the recyclables are contaminated by unsavory trash,
"the guy at the recycling center
hits the roof," Gorton said.
"They don't like surprises," he
said. "If it really becomes out of
control, they may want to discontinue the program.
"If we keep sending them contaminated material, we may
waste the efforts of 99 percent of
the people because 1 percent
want to use the containers for
trash."
He said the problem may stem
from   confusion.   The   new   biue
recycling stations first appeared
on campus at the beginning of
February, with one being added
on campus about every eight
days. He expects 21 more ofthe
custom-designed receptacles to
show up around campus during
the next few months.
CMU's recyclable goods are
transported to the Isabella
County Recycling Facility and
are then sold to a secondary
market. CMU saves money when
it recycles: the University pays
$49 per ton to dispose of its trash
and $42 per ton to get rid of
recyclables.
When the county's new Materials Recovery Facility opens in
December, CMU will enjoy
further savings as it begins to
recycle glass, cans and other
materials. Gorton said.
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