1992-03-18; Central Michigan Life

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Central
Michigan
WEDNESDAY
March 18, 1992
VOLUME 74. NUMBER 68
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Return to primary baffles many voters
By Shawn DeMaagd
.   H   I-    sr   it)   VY'   !el
Tuesday's presidential prim-
;iry used   ni   Michigan  for 1 ho
t"i i■.— I liiiii'siiu't' l!*7f> lol't many
voters ront'usoti about t ho voting
process, tho ca ndidat os and the
issues
(iov John Knglor's drive in
1 5-)M.s to install a closed primary in
Michigan resulted ,n local turmoil, said ( ireg Stacks, chairman
of tho Isabella Cmintv I )ernocca-
t ic  Pact \ .
Tho law   states individuals can
THE BIG WINNERS
With 26 percent of the vote counted at 11 p.m.
Tuesday, these were the projected winners
in the Michigan presidential primary:
Rep. - President George Bush (67 percent)
Dem.-Ark. Governor Bill Clinton (44 percent)
lint  pactv guidelines arc diffe-
IVIlt
ictjuircs   people  to  doclaco   theic
party.
Voter s a It or Tuesday's primary
\eryone registered at least a appeared to agree with Stacks'
vote in tho t axpay ot -funded pci- nioiilh before tin- election can problems with Kngiec's voting
maries   ii   t ho\   aiv   registered   to       \ ole K< | uihl ican        :ui open pcini-       stipulations.
vote and declared with a specific      acy. Stacks said.   Tin- Domorcats. Midlaiul     graduate    student
party    pcefeceiice    al     least     one       however,   have   stcictec   rules   for        Wendy   Kremer  said   she  doesn't
rnoiit h hefoce t he eiect ion. Stacks       then     rinsed     [iriinaiv.     which        understand   the   Democratic  vot
ing primacy rules and was
offended she had to declare herself as a  I )emocrat.
Kremer said she also was
haffled over what message the
candidal es t cied to communicate.
"It's hard to get a handle on t he
issues hecause they're hashing
each other," she said ahout the
I )emocrats.
But she said she voted for former California (lov. Jeccy Brown
hecause he relates to the working
class.
While Kremer truly supported
lirown. Leonard Lioberman said
he voted for Brown out of spite.
"None of the candidates have
made a clear statement of the
issues and their policies." Liober
man said. lie protested by voting
for the Democrat least likely to
win the primary, he added.
Catherine Brickner and John
Nelson are two others who cast
theic votes for a  Democrat.
"There's a need for changes
based on our current dismal situ-
ation and I don't sec- those
changes coming from the Republican party," said Nelson. Mount
Pleasant graduate student.
The Republicans focus on a
select few while the masses suffer, said Brickner. .Mount Pleasant  sophomore.
Voters supporting Republican
candidates also were out exercising their rights to vote- in traditionally Republican Mount Pleas-
Mount Pleasant resident John
Skinner said he voted to re-elect
Pcesident Ceocge Bush to oppose
political commentator Patrick
Buchanan and former Louisiana
legislator- David  Duke.
"I think the Republican party
is leaning too far to the right
< with Buchanan and Dukoi."
Skin ner said.
He also saw a problem on the
other side of t he party lines.
"Tho Democrats tend to throw
money at a problem instead of
just   solving it." he said.
lie added the general public
should     look    past    both     parties
See PRIMARY Pane 2
Buchanan speaks up
Presidential candidate Pat Buchanan makes a point at a press conference in the Lake Michigan Room
in Bovee University Center Monday. Buchanan gave a campaign speech in Warriner Auditorium earlier
that morning.
1992 candidate
makes stop at
CMU's Warriner
By Colleen Newvine
|   II-  I-    |\J,.yv-;   k,|,lnr
Darrin Dimitry braved Monday night's snowy roads like a
man with a mission.
When Dimitry returned
home, the Rochester Hills
junior proudly displayed his
new prized possession — an
11-inch by 14-inch photograph
showing him and Margaret
Kozuck shoulder to shoulder
with Republican presidential
challenger Patrick Buchanan.
Dimitry and Kozuck. Free-
land junior, worked together on
a project for special topics
course Campaign '92 to arrange
Buchanan's Monday visit to
campus, when the candidate
greeted an enthusiastic full
house m Warriner Auditorium.
Dimitry and Kozuck represented their project group as
they shared the stage with
Buchanan, his wife Shelly, and
Campaign '92 instructors journalism chairman Jim Wieghart
and political science chairman
Del Ringcpjist.
Before the beginning of the
formal speech. Buchanan and
Wieghart mentioned their common past. Wieghart called himself an "unabashed liberal" and
a "long-time friend of Buchanan." Buchanan told of his surprise getting out of the car at
Central to find his old press
corps co-worker Wieghart waiting to greet him.
In the first minutes of Buchanan's speech, he addressed the
question of why he decided to
challenge incumbent President
Ceorge Bush for the Republican
nomination.
After Bush  repeatedly spoke
See BUCHANAN Page 2
LIFE Photos Ken Willow
Protestors   wait   outside   Bovee   University   Center,  waiting   for
Buchanan to pass by after the press conference.
Protesters get their say in
By TJ Bucholz
I  lh(-    Assr.r,,|.|   N<-ws   r-O'tor
and Colleen Newvine
The ("MlT community got a taste
of   presidental    hopeful    Patrick
Buchanan's    ideas    Monday    but
the menu didn't agree with some
student s.
About .'SO student protesters
braved freezing temperatures
and blustering winds' outside
Warriner I full, brandishing signs
chastising the political commentator's positions on abortion,
affirmat ive act ion and separat ion
of church and state.
Coldwater junior Bill Jennetta
carried    a    sign    depicting    the
American Hag with a swastika
where ">() stars usually are,
denoting what he felt were
Buchanan's actual ideas.
"I see parallels with the sort of
politics of Pat Buchanan and the
far right and t he social ist party of
( ierniany," Jennetta said. "I can't
stand far-right politics."
Mount Pleasant resident Mary
Wilbur- led protesters with various anti-Buchanan chants, such
as "Hey-Hey. llo-lln. Pat Buchanan has got to go.' Wilbur said
her- main reason for showing up
at t he speech was to show support
for Democratic candidate Jerry
Brown,  former California gover-
See PROTEST Page 2
Fundraising for new/
locker facility begins
By Crystal Harmon
A new and improved locker
room is on i he hocizon for the
( 'Ml '  football  team.
Athletic Di reel or Dave Keilitz
has begun efforts to raise funds
for- the iwo-stocy facility, which
he expects will cost between $2'/.'
and  .S-5  million.
Tfie I'niversity requested $•'» 1
in ill ion in state fund i rig for a new
Kelly Shorts Stadium football
io< ker coom in November, but
Keilitz said he doesn't expect t hist ate  t<»  help  foot   t he bill.
lie said raising the funds will
be difficult, but he expects to
reach the $."* million goal within
six   niont Its.
KEILITZ
"We are
tacget ing
anyone and
everyone who
has any interest < in funding the project i." Keilit z
sa id. " I will go
personally to
meet with
maior   coiitri-
INDEX
News  Ii
State. Nat ion. World  .i
( )pinion  4
Police Log    o
.Arts. I-', liter t a i n merit   <S
Sports   1()
< 'onoes  1 fi-1 7
( 'lassified Ads  1 (>-1 7
but or s. and when I sav major I'm      I < 'rossword    17
WEATHER
Mostly sunny Wednesday. High
in the upper- .'SOs. Wind becoming northeast f> to If) mph.
Mostly cloudy Wednesday
night.  Low  around 20.
talking in the $100,000 range.
"The m i nor con t ri but ors will be
contacted by telephone and let-
tecs."
The  looker-room  funds will  be
LOCKER P
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Student steals own vehicle
By Crystal Harmon
Llf-e Staff Writer
A male student who seized his vehicle from
DPS' impound lot and drove it across the state will
not face charges as long as he pays his fees and
fines by Friday.
The student's total owed for outstanding parking violations, the towing charge and impound
fees was $281 as of Friday, said Les Rosan, Department of Public Safety officer. He said the student
told him he bought the car from a junkyard for
$250.
The vehicle was reported missing from the
impound lot, located at the corner of Preston
Street and East Campus Drive, at 8:50 p.m. Monday. The owner of the car was identified as a
"prime suspect" and was contacted for questioning
Tuesday morning in Mount Pleasant, Rosan said.
"We figured the gentleman who owned the car
decided that he needed to get home," he said.
During an interview with Rosan, the student
denied knowing anything about the car's disappearance and offered to take a lie-detector test.
Rosan said he told the student that the vehicle had
been listed with the state's computer system as a
stolen vehicle and anyone caught driving it would
he in serious trouble.
The man called back later Tuesday evening,
admitting he had illicitly reclaimed his vehicle
and driven it home, Rosan said. The student's
hometown is Muskegon Heights.
"I guess he realized he wasn't fooling anyone,"
he said.
While DPS will not instigate charges against
the student, he is riot completely off the hook.
"We came to an agreement with one of his
parents to resolve the financial obligation and the
case is being referred to the Office of Student Life,"
DPS Director John McAuliffe said.
The car had originally been impounded about a
month ago because the student owed more than
$100 in outstanding parking fines, Rosan said.
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