1998-12-09; Central Michigan Life

              Central Michigan LIFE
Volume 81, Number 42
Mt   Pleasant, Ml 48859
©1998 CM LIFE
>f serving the community
Wednesday
ember 9, 1998
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Senate forum addresses Affirmative Action plan
By Joseph McCarthy
In; Preside I eonard
Plachta's ad  hoc Listening Committee
on tin* proposed Affirmative Action pro
i kept busy Tuesda3 as it heard th«*
voic< ult> and student -
An        _,<  idemic      Senate-sponsored
forum w nded to allow members
oi the Senate, as well as others in the
universi_3   community, an  opportunity
express   their   concerns   about   the
draft and ask questions about the docu
ment.
M.my    participants   of   the    forum
ed  thoir concerns about  the docu
t.     including    members    of    the
Student Government Association
Athena   Smith.   Saginaw    sophomore
and SGA senator, said S< _A has several
problems with the draft
Smith complimented the draft for
being clearer and easier to read, but,
along with others, questioned the role
of the Affirmative Action Council under
t he n*m draft
Smith said because the council is not
mentioned in the protocol, it is uncertain whether the president intends to
continue to make use of it Smith said
there is also some doubt that there will
tudent representation on the body
"We wanted to ensure the continued
presence of students on this council,*'
Smith sani
Michael  Stemmeler,  director of G
and   Lesbian  Studies  and   representative of Lesbian  and  Gay  Faculty
Staff*Association, said he also objected
to the exclusion of the council  in the
draft
"The Affirmative Action Council
should not just be dropped," Stemmeler
said "The president over the last six
years has consistently chosen to ignore
the advice of the* Affirmative Action
I Council."
Steven Martineau, a Mount Pleasant
attorney who worked  with th<
dent on the protocol responded to
question rns   during   the
forum
M irtine iu   said   TI sion   not   to
include the Affirmative Action Council
was made by the president
"That's   ore-   of   those   policy   decisions
that the president is considering
Several forum participants, including
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Students
upset
about
extra fee
■ International students tired ^t paying
more to stay on breaks
By Joy Mygrants
I tor
rn the first day internal ion
al students were allowed to
in Barnes Hall over breaks, they
have had to pa)  a fee, but  now
they   are   voicing   their  displeasure
Michael Pouros, Cyprus senior.
said la- didn't like the fee when
he lived in Barnes. So he allowed
some of his friends to stay at his
tment during Thanksgiving
k, rather than let th< m pay
the :
"During   Thanksgiving,   there
were four international students
who didn't want to pay this
unfair amount. So, they stayed
with me If 1 didn't give them (a
ould have to
a li«»tel because they didn't
want to go with the university's
policy," Pouros s;
1 -till thmk this is unreas
able. I don't think tin- university
will  gei rer it it  covered the
expenses
Shaun   Holtgreive,   director  of
t he i i ■ K> sidence 1
students taking advantage oi the
rt unity to Stay in Barnes are
char. r   vveek   during
kk    and    ('hrist mas
ik and - • during
Thanksgiving bn
n   for   tin-   fee   is   it
us to staff the  hall during
that time, which is something the
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Steve Smith, director of the Wesley Foundation and Campus Ministry, stacks Christmas trees
against a wire outside of the Wesley Foundation, 1400 S Washington St., on Monday. The foundation hopes to sell 200 white pine, blue spruce and black forest spruce conifers to fund two student
positions at the foundation next semester. The trees cost $15 and will be on sale until they are gone
or until Dec. 18, Smith said.
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Two colleges continue nationwide search for deans
By Melissa Grunow
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l  ..  i    llej       f Ed ication and Human
and   the   College  of Business
continuing to con-
nationwide searches to fill vacant
I |  • will    fill    the    -hoes    of
r.»k» n (in other oppor
ties   Kelvie Comer, former dean of
ication   and   Human   Services,   l • - ft
her position in August and now teaches
and conducts research in the teacher
education and development depart
ment Terry Arndt, dean of the College
of Business Administration, is leaving
in Maj to pursue other interests
Provost    Richard    Davenport    said    a
rch   committee   has   been   formed,
with   representation   from  each  depart
ment within the colleges and chaired by
.i dean or a senior officer There are also
one or two students on each commit!
The search committees have advertised
nationally  in  such  publications  as   The
Chronicle of Higher Education or Black
• -   I davenport said
The search committee also initially
screens the incoming applications and
narrows it to a number of possible candidates
Davenport expects to invite three to
five   candidates   to   campus   tor   inter
views in the late spring
Gary Peer, assistant vice president of
Academic Affairs and chair of the
search committee for the College of
Kducation and Human Services, said
the applications are reviewed from now
until January They are screened mid to
late January and then the chosen applicants are called for interviews
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Daily bus to Lansing may be offered soon
Junk food is the mainstay of
many college students   See
the full story on page 12.
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By Kelly Taylor
LIF E Stall
Students, faculty and staff commuting to
and from Lansing may no longer have to
lace the long drive alone beginning this
spring.
Dean    Charters    and   Tours,    Im
Lansing   baaed   full service   motorcoach
company, is hoping to establish a shuttle
service   from   Mount   Pleasant   to   van-.
I tansing location
CMC alumnus Mark Szyperski, general
mai ten   and   Tours.
said his company is currently m the inv< -
ligation stage oi the project.
We would like to set up service if there
is a need," he said
If the  plan  is  implemented,   starting in
the  spring buttles   would   pick
up passengers in East Lansing between
6:15 a.m. to 6:90 a m and drop them oil at
the Hover* University Center
The bus WOUkfl also take pa from
Mount Pleasant to East Lansing or
I     •king's Capital City Airport
In the evening, the bus would return to
Mount Pleasant for a return trip to
I^ansmg
To get the shuttle running. Szyperski
said about 20 to 30 people would have to
express an interest in using the service on
a regular basis, such as CMC faculty commuting daily to work
Szyperski is confident the quota will In-
met
"WeVe got a positive response early on."
he said "We wouldn't be pursuing this if
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Entrepreneurial Center named after LaBelles
By Tiffany Pruitt
Bei . tM Snt   financial   COtst rihu
tkm ■ rededication
and    ribbon    cutting    ceremony    lor    the
repreneurial Activities took
place in the Applied Business Compiei
luesdaj morniii
The    ceremony    was    held    in    honor    o4
LaBelle M at, 406 S   Mission S
who>«-   contributions   helped   carry   out
CMLTs  plai new  entrepreneur
ship   major   presently   being   offered,   in
addition t«» entrepreneurs in the communi
ty
"The   center   was   started mall
research    development     giant     in     1996
During that time, its name Center
tor Entrepreneurial Activities," said Jim
Damitio, associate din ..rer
"Howevi r    the   LaBelle     have  come
ward  and sup) the center \%ith
endoPfnent
we have changed the nam* nter to
the    LaBelle    Center   for   Knt repreneurial
Activit ie
Bart    and   Doug   LaBelle,   owners   of
LaBelle   Management.   >aid   thev    did   not
Wish   to  disclose  the  amount   ol   the  cnntri
but ion. for reasons of confident i
The  LaBelles who Own various busi
in   Mount   Pleasant have   been
successful   as   entrepr I'lieurs,   said   Chuch
Fitzpatra k. director of t he centei
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Suspect in car
thefts arrested
By Matt Edick
LIFE Staff Writer
CMU Police will be issuing several
felony warrants today for a Boyne
Falls man who is believed to have been
responsible for the thefts of several
vehicles on CMU's campus.
According to Officer Charlie Lyon of
the Mount Pleasant Police
Department, Michael J. Kondrat, 23,
was arrested in Roscommon County
for attempting to flee and elude police,
driving with a suspended license and
for attempting to receive stolen property.
Det. Jeff Pickler, of the CMU Police
said Tuesday that CMU Police would
be filing its warrants today
"We have been working in conjunction with the Mount Pleasant Police
Department and the Isabella County
Prosecutor's Office to determine his
involvement in any criminal offenses
that he may have participated in on
CMU's campus," Pickler said.
Pickler declined to comment on the
nature of the charges the CMU Police
will be bringing against Kondrat
Lyon said Kondrat had already been
convicted of all three charges in
Roscommon County and sentenced to
nine months in jail before be was
turned over to the custody of the
Mount Pleasant Police Department to
be charged on 11 felony counts.
Since Kondrat's arraignment on
Thursday, he hs rOSS the
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