1992-11-09; Central Michigan Life

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Arts & Entertainment
REDFORD'S river
Film accurately depicts autobiographical novella
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Blowout
Central dominates Eastern in 30-13 win
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Central
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VOLUME 75. NUMBER 30 - ..
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Taco Boy
reports
$1,000
stolen
One Mount Pleasant business
found itself a little short on cash
for the Saturday lunch rush.
And it wasn't because of a shortage of change.
When Taco Boy assistant manager Brad Karnafel reported to
work Saturday, he noticed
objects strewn around and the
small safe opened and empty,
police reports stated.
"The office was trashed," said
Karnafel. Shepherd junior. "It
looked like someone was looking
through the office. The lock on
the door was also broken."
Police reports estimate $1,000
was stolen between midnight Friday and early Saturday from the
restaurant, located at 712 E. Preston.
A police spokesman said the
theft appeared to be an inside job.
because the safe where the
money was kept was opened by a
key which was kept hidden inside
the office
The key was located under a
book behind the counter, so the
early shift on Saturday could put
money into the safe, police said.
Karnafel said he couldn't comment on the possibility the theft
might have been masterminded
by a former employee, but police
are keeping all options open.
Currently the case is under
investigation and police said they
do have a possible suspect.
AFSCME breaks off talks with CMU
Maintenance and food service
union ends informal meetings
By Darron J. Markwood
I IFF Assistant News Mitor
With the Faculty Association attempting to start negotiation early, another organization
found out early discussion
might not assist in contract
talks.
The American  Federation of
State. County and Municipal
E m ployees representatives
notified CMU officials that they
would stop informal talks with
officials Nov. 3 due to non-
mutual agreements, said Max-
ine Tubbs, director of Staff Personnel Services.
AFSCME consists of approxi
mately 335 maintenance and
food service workers on CMU's
campus, which range from
dining services to Facilities
Management employees. Ail the
workers are CMU employees
and it does not contain any students.
Tubbs said AFSCME negotiations involved "just looking for
an extension" to their contract,
which expires in Oct. 1993.
AFSCME realized they were
not    in    agreement    on    many
issues, and the talks would take
a lot of negotiation, she said.
The two groups had met two
times to discuss a possible contract extension.
Their concerns focused
mainly on wages, benefits and
working conditions, although
Tubbs said she would not comment on the exact specifications
of the contract.
AFSCME President Jerry
Misner said the talks were
ended,   because  the discussion
on the issues were too expansive.
The members did not wish to
continue into lengthy discussions of such issues, but he
would not release the exact contract specifications at the present time, said Misner, Facilities Management metal worker.
He said the organization used
AFSCME representatives out of
Lansing to discuss the issues
with CMU officials.
Chippewa   wide   receiver  Terrance   McMillan,   Saginaw  freshman,
leaves his mark on hats, programs and souvenir footballs for young
Police official warns
motorists to reduce
speed to avoid deer
By Chad Bush
UFE Staff Writer
Area motorists collided with 140 deer throughout the month of
October, according to reports from the Mount Pleasant Post of
Michigan State Police and the Isabella County Sheriffs Department.
''They're really taking a beating," said State Police Sgt. Martin
Trombley.
"Deer are basically nocturnal animals," he said, adding they usually travel at night.
Automobile accidents involving deer typically occur at night, when
deer are going to or coming from beds and food, Trombley said.
"They're most active from dusk to about 10 p.m. — then for about
two hours before sunrise," he said.
November is the worst month for car/ deer accidents, Trombley
said. The presence of hunters increases motorists' chances of hitting
a deer.
"It makes a big difference — deer are more active with hunters
pushing them abnormally out of their beds," he said.
Another factor which increases deer fatalities' and automobile
damage is the rut, or mating season, which increases deer excitability, Trombley said.
Drivers should slow their vehicles to avoid hitting deer jumping
suddenly into the road, he said.
"Just because the sign says 55 miles per hour does not mean you
have to go that fast," Trombley said.
Motorists should be especially alert around obvious high deer
activity areas, such as apple orchards and corn fields, he said.
"Watch for the eyes," Tro*mbley said. "Their eyes always glow (in
headlights) because they're nocturnal."
Motorists should also slow down if they see a deer cross the road,
because usually more deer will follow, he said.
Motorists kill an average of 45,000 to 50,000 deer in Michigan each
year, according to reports.
"That's a conservative estimate," Trombley said. That's only the
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LIFE Photo'tSonme Morrison
CMU fans Saturday afternoon during the last seconds of CMU's game
against the Eastern Michigan Eagles at Kelly/ Shorts Stadium.
Detroit police went to far
Reactions given on beating death of black man
By Tamara Snyder
! IFF-  Staff Writer
An assumed stolen car and
drug suspicion meant death in a
Detroit police brutality incident
Thursday.
According to the Detroit News
and Free Press and the Associated Press, Malice Green,
Detroit resident, was taken from
his vehicle and beaten at least 10
times inside and outside his car
by Detroit police officers Larry
Nevers and Walter Budzyn,
when they suspected he held
drugs in his clenched fist.
Five back-up officers including
a sergeant and a black officer
watched Nevers and Budzyn
strike Green repeatedly.
Nevers hailed paramedics, and
the   medical   team   watched   as
Nevers and Budzyn struck Green
five     to     eight    more     times.
According to the Detroit News
and Free Press, paramedics
apparently were uncertain how
to handle what they witnessed.
One technician messaged a
supervisor via computer, asking
how to report "'police
brutality/ murder."
CMU students and a faculty
member agree police brutality
must end, but they have varying
views to the extent racism was an
issue in the Detroit occurence.
Unlike the Rodney King incident, the Detroit police department suspended the officers
immediately after the incident.
Shaft Sanders, Detroit junior,
who lives four miles from the
area, said he didn't think the inci
dent was racially motivated.
"This is not a color thing. It's a
power thing," Sanders said. "If
those guys would have gotten off
the city might have been like L.A.
(during the riots)."
"If it was racial I think the city
would have been just like L.A.
(with the riots)."
Robert Newby, professor of
sociology, said he commends
Detroit police department officials for their actions in contrast
to the Los Angeles Police Department.
"Bradley waffled on the incident with Rodney King," Newby
said.
"Because a guy didn't open his
hand, he lost his life," Newby
said.
See DETROIT Page 2
Police investigate children
involved in strip poker game
Several area youngsters found some new adventures in babysitting Saturday with an 11-year-old
boy.
Several children were left in the care of the
1 1 -year-old babysitter in an Oxford Row apartment,
1517 Canterbury Trail — including two children
aged eight and ten.
When the mother of the two children returned to
pick them up, several children — including her own
— were inside the apartment naked as a result of a
game of strip poker, a police spokesman said.
The boy asked the children if they wanted to play
the game, -with those children  declining to play
going to the upstairs of the apartment, the report
stated.
Police said the incident was reported at 1:49 a.m.
and after questioning the children involved, investigators determined none of the children were sexually assaulted.
Students
pian WMU
Weekend
activities
By Mike Shtino
I IFF Staff Writer
Bitter enemies. Rivals.
Bombs, blitzes and tear gas.
OK, it's not Beirut or Baghdad,
it's a football game.
Central-Western weekend is
an event and it has been known to
get ugly lately.
Students have used previous
meetings between the two
schools as reason to engage in
activities usually associated with
war-torn regions of the globe.
According to some CMU students, this year will not be any
different.
"I hope I don't get arrested,"
said Brian Barth, Farmington
Hills sophomore. Barth plans on
making the trip despite the history of the festivities.
"I think it will be too wild, too
much authority," said Kimberly
Golden, Pinckney sophomore.
"I'll probably go, but I'll sit and
watch. I won't be involved."
Others use the game as a
chance to visit friends that attend
the rival school.
"We know that our schools
bash, if everybody gets together
once a year we'll rave on," said
Chris Stebbins, Grosse Pointe
junior.
Stebbins also said students are
at an age when they should feel a
sense of responsibility for their
communities, but still have fun
together.
Past negative media coverage
that hurt CMU's image and the
mystique surrounding the game
will keep many students from
Kalamazoo this year.
"If there is a riot, I don't want to
be there reflecting CMU's student body," said Tom Feiten,
Mason sophomore.
"I'm not going, but I hope that
their town gets trashed as much
as ours did," said Coe Emens,
Mason sophomore.
Many students have plans to
make the trip to WMU while
using good judgment to have a
good time.
"I'm going, but I don't plan on
getting involved in any funny
stuff because this is a police-state
and we can't win," said Jay Williams, Bay City senior.
Sue White, Farmington Hills
sophomore, plans on having fun
with her friends from Western
"but not being destructive in celebrating our victory."
Students insist they can attend
the annual affair without contributing to a hostile environment.
Those that suffered through last
year's spectacle seem to be wary
of possible trouble.
"I've seen it all the last three
years," said Jason Wedge, Port
Huron senior. "I'm staying right
here."
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