1997-01-31; Central Michigan Life

              Central Michigan LIFE
Volume 79, Number 55
Mt. Pleasant,   MI 48859
©1997 CM LIFE
77 years of serving the community
FRIDAY
January 31, 1997
14 pages
Motor City replaces Las Vegas as bowl location
By Eric Herter
L It1 t Sports Lciitor
Former Michigan State University heat!
football coach George Perles said he did the
MAC a favor by losing twice to CMU.
He illustrated this point when he and former MSU Sports Information Director Ken
Hoffman unveiled the newest National
College Athletic Association post-season college football bowl game — The Ford Motor
City Bowl.
Perles said, "This is going to be a great payoff for the MAC. That's why I lost those games
against CMU to set the groundwork for this
game."
The bowl will feature the Mid-American
Conference champion versus any bowl-eligible
school in NCAA Division I-A. The first game is
slated to begin at 8 p.m. on Dec. 26. 1997.
Perles lost two out of throe games to CMU
while at the helm of the Spartans in the
early '90s.
In all seriousness. MAC commissioner
Jerry Ippohti said he would like to see the
Rig-10 involved in many of the bowl names.
"There is just a natural geographic rivalry
between these two conferences." Ippoliti
said.
CMU's Athletics Director Herb Deromedi
agreed.
"This year we might have seen Rail St inversus Wisconsin and then- groat running
back." Deromedi said. "That's a matt hup
that could have drawn a big crowd."
Ippoliti said he wanted to move the MAC
to the next level Previously the MAC" was
involved with the Fas Vegas Row!, which
featured   the   MAC"   winner  against   tin-   Rig
West champion.
The    MAC"    commissioner   also   said    he
ottered to send the second  place MAC team
to the Las Vegas Rowl but that would proba
bly not happen.
"No longer is the Mid-American
Conference the beggar." Ippoliti said. "The
MAC" has never been a host school and has
always had a long trip for a bowl game.
Dreams certainly do come true."
Hoffman announced the perpetual agreement between the Motor- C'ltv Rowl and
Ford.
"As long as there is a Motor- City Howl and
a Ford Motor Company there will be a Ford
Motor City Rowl." Hoffman said. "Tins deal
isn't for one year, three, five or- even 10. It's
like a marriage."
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Auto
collision
kills one,
injures 5
■ Five injured were
treated and released
from CMCH
By Jeff Haywood
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A la-year-old Mount Pleasant
resident was killed and live people were injured Thursday afternoon in a three-vehicle accident
at Bradley and Pickard roads.
Mount Pleasant City Police
said the accident was still under
investigation and could not comment on details or the identities
of the people involved in the
accident Thursday evening.
A man who was a passenger in
a vehicle involved in the accident and was not injured gave
his account of the incident.
Walter Failing, of Mount
Pleasant said he and Kari
Farling. of Gladwin were head
ing east on Pickard Road at
about 4 p.m. Thursday in Kan's
Ford pickup truck when it collided with a Cavalier that was
heading south on Baniber Road
and failed to yield at the stop
sign.
Farling said the Cavalier was
traveling at a high rate of speed.
"We didn't see the car until it
was right on top of us," Failing
said.
After colliding with the pickup
truck. Failing said the Cavalier
continued south and hit a station wagon heading north-bound
on Bradley Road head-on.
A hospital spokesperson said
six people were taken to Central
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(Above) Mount Pleasant firefighters examine the wreckage of two cars that collided head-on on
Bradley Road near Pickard Road. (Below) An eyewitness said the Cavalier (front) was hit in the passenger side by a pickup truck before hitting a station wagon head-on.
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Engler may allow four new casinos
The Associated Press
(xov. John Fngler is expected to
amend a compact with four
Indian tribes this week that will
allow four new casinos to open
and put an estimated $29 million
into state coffers.
The agreement would allow
casinos to open in New Buffalo,
Mackinaw City, Manistee and
south of Battle Creek, the Detroit
Free Press reported in Thursday's
editions.
All four would be managed by
outside companies. The compact
change must be approved by the
Legislature.
The compact will also provide a
All four Indian casinos would be
managed by outside companies
new source of income lor the state
Renaissance Fund, used for
urban renewal projects, the newspaper" reported.
The     seven     Michigan     tribes
lor   three Detroit casinos.
That would mean the four-
tribes involved in the new compact would he the only source of
Renaissance Fund income.
already operating casinos under a according to the Free Press,
separate agreement are con "We are cautiously optimistic
t ribut ing about $.*>() million a year that this compact will pass Unto the Renaissance Fund. Legislature. said Frank
Rut the amended compact Ettnwageshik. chairman of the
would let those tribes stop mak- Little Traverse Rav Rand of
mg payments if Hon Indian casi <)dawa Indian-, one of the lour
nos open. Tin- tribes stopped mak - t ribes.
ing the payments after   state vot ■ Rut     House     Speaker-     Curtis
ers last year approved a proposal llertel, I) Detroit, said Democrats
may hold up a vote until they're
sure that the casino process is
mi >v ing sm< >< it hi v
"There is reluctance in the
House to support an extension of
gaming elsewhere in the state
until we clarity the situation in
1 >ot nut." 1 ie san I.
The state has IS Indian casinos
operated by seven tribes, most of
them in the 1 Tpper Peninsula. The
state has sued those tribes, arguing they '"inni'i withhold payments until casinos open in
Detroit. A hearing on that suit
was scheduled for Monday.
Saginaw Chippewa Indian
Tribal Chief Kevin Chamberlain
could iiot be reached for comment.
LIFF Photo/Sabrina Burton
Former Michigan State University head football coach George
Perles presents the new logo for The Ford Motor City Bowl. The
first game is scheduled for Dec. 26, 1997.
Elders: alcohol is a
problem for students
By Heather N. LaFave
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Joycelyn Klders, former- United States surgeon general,
addressed concerns facing young people during her speech
Wednesday night, but she said alcohol abuse is a lig issue on
college campuses across the nation.
Elders has spoken at many colleges and universities and said
she has consistently heard alcohol is a problem for college students.
She said problems with alcohol often begin when students are
in high school, and they become worse when the rules and regulations of home life are lifted.
She said research states .'-59 percent of college students report
hinge drinking behavior-.
Alcohol abuse can create many other problems for college students, she said.
"They face problems with getting into other drugs. If they go
out and have three or four drinks," she said, "all of the sudden
they are tar more likely to experiment with dangerous drugs
that they might have never thought about before."
She said alcohol abuse can also affect grades and decision
making about sexuality.
She said women may find themselves in date rape situations
or  be  exposed  to  sexually  transmitted  diseases  because  their
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LIFT. Photo/Eric S. Scherb
Former U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders spoke to
approximately 500 people Wednesday in Warriner Auditorium.
Former U.S. Surgeon
General urges
courage, leadership
LIFE Staff Reports
Former U.S. Surgeon
Cleneral Joycelyn Elders spoke
to a crowd of approximately
500 people Wednesday night in
Warriner- Auditorium about
their roles as student leaders.
"When you leave here as the
leaders of the 21st century you
can build that bridge that
President Chnton always talks
about," Elders said.
Elders said as leaders, people have to be something, do
something and leave something.
She said student leaders
need to tram others to handle
the problems they are going to
face.
"You've got to have courage.
Always remember that one
person with courage solves the
problem." Elders said. "You've
got to learn how to communicate, incorporate, collaborate."
Elders said young people
experimenting with illicit
drugs is a major problem in
the U.S.
She said 39 percent  of  high
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Central educators respond to State of State address
By Kristi Wyman
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University educators took notice of the
priority Clov. John Engler- placed on public
education in his State of the State
Address.
Engler relayed his plans lor the upcoming year including prioritizing public education.
"My fellow citizens, nothing is more
important to the future of families than
the  quality  of our  children's  education,"
Engler  said m his address Tuesday night.
Charles   Pisoni,   associate   professor   of
educational   administration   and   community   leadership,   said   an   upbeat   item   in
Eng]er>  speech   was  his  praise of  teach
ers.
Engler- said. "We know firsthand that
some of our- public schools and many of
our teachers are the very best in the
world."
He went on to sa\. "But we also know
that too many schools are failing <>ur chil
dren and that some teachers feel threatened m their  own classrooms."
Engler continued, "I am proposing the
immediate expulsion of any student who
assaults a teacher."
William Merrill, professor and chair- of
teacher- education and professional development. said everyday laws are judged
situat ion-by-sit nation and "people get
themselves in trouble when they make
hard rules without exceptions."
Pisoni said it is good to keep students in
a safe environment. Teaching is the first
priority.
"It kids don't want to be there, then
don't let them be there," he said.
Engler- also is proposing the School
District Accountability Act that would
allow the state to intervene if school districts do not meet minimum requirements.
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