1997-02-05; Central Michigan Life

              Central, Michigan LIFE
fl
Volume 79, Number 57
Mt. Pleasant,   MI 48859
©1997 CM LIFE
77 years of serving the community
WEDNESDAY
February 5, 1997
18 pages
'I've lived through the movement'
By Carol Marshall
LIFE Staff Writer
LIFE Photos/Thomas Cousineau
C.T. Vivian spoke Monday night at the U.C.
Auditorium as part of African Heritage Month.
Approximately 60 people attended
the opening ceremonies of CMU's
25th anniversary celebration of
African Heritage Month to hear a presentation by C.T. Vivian, a renowned
civil rights activist, Monday in the
Bovee University Center Auditorium.
Vivian said studying the path of the
Civil Rights Movement is the way to
take it down the road of the 21st century.
"The reason to look at where we've
been is to see where we're going,"
Vivian said. "Only then does it have
real meaning."
Vivian has been active in the movement since the mid-1950s, where he
helped found the Nashville movement
and fought against discrimination in
the building trades in Chicago during
the late 1960s.
Renowned civil rights activist, C.T. Vivian,
spoke to approximately 60 people Monday
Vivian now works in Atlanta as
chairperson of Black Action
Strategies and Information Center
(BASIC).
"That, I do to pay the bills," Vivian
said.
He also founded the National
Center for Human Rights Education,
after serving on an independent commission on human rights education
for the United Nations.
"That, I do to pay the rent for living
on the planet," he said of human
rights education and many other projects he gives his time to.
Vivian talked about the history of
the Civil Rights Movement, which he
said did not original** in the 1950s,
but   rather   in   the   1860s   with   the
Emancipation Proclamation in 1864.
The proclamation, he said,
"changed everything, not only to
black life but to every single
American.
"We used our first civil rights to free
America. . . to cause black and white
people to work together for the good of
the entire nation," Vivian said of the
soldiers who fought during the Civil
War.
At the time, Vivian said of African
Americans, "We thought that was the
only civil right we would ever need."
African Americans thought that
freedom would be enough, but everything we thought about America just
wasn't tiue.
Civil   rights,   he   said,   "were   not
something we wanted, but something
we had to have. . . a sign of America's
failure.
Vivian said during the movement of
the 1960s, African Americans "had no
choice but to create a Civil Rights
Movement to fight against the unfair,
oppressive, so-called democratic legal
system."
He said this was not only for
African Americans, but for all who
were oppressed.
It was the coalition of all who were
oppressed that allowed the masses to
work together in the 1960s and "force
America to live up to -what it has
declared. . . to stop America from
lying to itself," he said.
Vivian said the laws are in place
which are supposed to protect minorities from discrimination, but society
See HERITAGE Page 2	
Engler reappoints
Brandon to CMU
Board of Trustees
Plymouth businessman to serve
second term as Board member
LIFE Staff Reports
On Monday Gov. John Engler
announced the reappointment of
David Brandon to the CMU
Board of Trustees.
Brandon's new term -will
expire Dec. 21, 2004.
He was
appointed to
the Board of
Trustees on
May 2, 1994.
"Dave is as
fine a trustee
as CMU could
ask for," said
Engler in a
release. "He
has    done    an
outstanding job in the role and I
am pleased to give him the
opportunity to continue his good
work."
Brandon, of Plymouth, is president, chief executive officer and
director of Valassis
BRANDON
Communication, Inc., -which
prints and distributes coupons.
As vice chairperson of the
Board of Trustees, Brandon
recently voted to approve a $38
million bond issue, which
includes a $27-million funding
plan to increase the seating
capacity of        Kelly/Shorts
Stadium and build a new indoor
sports complex.
Part of the money also will be
used for the Park Library
Expansion.
Brandon did not return calls
made to his office on Tuesday.
Trustee Kari Guido also is up
for reappointment. According to
a spokesperson in the
Governor's Communications
Office, the governor is undecided
on her appointment and may not
make a decision for two or three
more weeks.
Guido also did not return messages left at her home Tuesday.
RISING TO
THE TOP
LIFE Photo/ Steve Kanoza
People enjoy a day out on the slopes skiing and snowboarding at Caberfae
Peaks Ski Resort west of Cadillac.
Endowment award in Kirkpatrick's memory reaches halfway mark
W  MCHAEL KIRKPATRICK SCHOLARSHIP FUND^*       *T*,'•
>»■>■ 2.K v a**;   ^ **■
^. ••___■_ *&» <^^Jmmm\     *'
iff*
LIFE Photo/Sabrina Burton
Hearts are being sold to support the Mike Kirkpatrick scholarship fund
in remembrance of his membership in the Office of Residence Life.
By Liz Wishaw
LIFE Assistant News Editor	
An endowed award in the
memory of Michael J.
Kirkpatrick is on its "way to
reaching its goal.
Money for the award is being
accepted at anytime and the minimum goal for the endowed
award is $10,000, said Dennis
Armistead, Merrill Residence
Hall director.
To reach the minimum goal of
$10,000, money for the award
has come through mailed donations and several on-campus
fund raisers, Armistead said.
A current fund-raiser, running
until Feb. 12, has the residence
halls selling paper hearts for 50
cents or three for $1. On the
hearts, messages can be written
"The award will be forever in Michael's name.
It serves Michael's memory best."
JIM NORTON,
Corporation and foundation relation
officer for University Advancement
to Kirkpatrick or to friends. The
hearts will be posted in the residence halls.
The fund-raiser is being put on
by Meredith Williamson,
Robinson Hall resident assistant
and Kentwood junior.
"This shows that the students
are still thinking about Michael
Kirkpatrick," Williamson said.
Williamson said donations are
also being accepted.
Armistead   said    other   halls
have sold smiles and root beer-
filled mugs as fund-raisers for
the award.
Jim Norton, corporation and
foundation relations officer for
University Advancement, said
approximately $5,400 has been
raised so far for the scholarship.
As an endowed award, interest
earned from the $10,000 award
will be given to the recipient.
Even though the minimum is
$10,000,   people   can   still   con-
State of the Union focuses on
education, a balanced budget
The   Associated    Press   —
President Bill Clinton, declaring
that Americans "want us to be
partners, not partisans," challenged Congress in his State of
the Union address Tuesday night
to give the nation's schools a big
spending increase while balancing the budget by 2002.
Recycling popular ideas from
his campaign, Clinton identified
education as the top priority of
his second term and said
Americans should have "the best
education in the world." He challenged communities to measure
their students against national
standards to lift achievement in
math and science.
The president's proposals
would boost education spending
by 20 percent, to $51 billion for
fiscal 1998. The increase —
including the cost of tax breaks
for college — would total 40 percent by 2002.
Two weeks after his second
inauguration, the president lectured the Republican-led
Congress to "complete the unfinished business of our country" —
balancing the  budget,  enacting
CLINTON
long-stalled
campaign
finance reform
and reopening
last year's -welfare      law      to
restore benefits  to  legal  immigrants.
In a 60-minute speech, his
tone was both conciliatory and
challenging, calling for racial
and political harmony but also
pressuring Congress for action.
He was interrupted by applause
See SPEECH Page 2
Jury finds Simpson
liable in civil case
The Associated Press — A civil jury found O.J. Simpson liable
Tuesday for the slashing deaths of his ex-wife and her friend, a moral
victory for grieving relatives who believed the football great got away
with murder.
The jury ordered him to pay $8.5 million in compensatory damages
and will return Thursday to hear arguments on whether to award millions more in punitive damages.
As the verdict was read, Simpson remained stoic, staring straight
ahead.
Across the courtroom, a whoop of joy went up from the relatives of
Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
"Yes!" screamed sister Kim Goldman, in contrast to the way she
sobbed openly when Simpson was acquitted of murder 16 months ago.
See O.J. Page 9
tribute to the award once it is
reached, Norton said.
"The award will be forever in
Michaels name," Norton said. "It
serves Michael's memory best."
Norton said eligibility for the
award has not been determined
yet, but it would not be based on
academic credentials.
He said the Kirkpatrick family
will decide on the credentials
that determine who receives the
award, but may not decide for
another year until the award
reaches the minimum.
Those interested in contributing to the award can contact
Norton or the University
Advancement Office at 774-3312.
LIFE Staff Writer Genevieve
Furgerson contributed to this
storv.
INSIDE
Classified
Crossword
;Et cetera
', Sports
a-'    ' jtyf/'y?--' .-'~
'< Voices
,   :Av 2y£' &   ■
Kvtrl'  &4's**S6>
16-17 \
17
14-15
10-13
4-5
To reach CMLlfE
HW** ;&■
Thone. 774-3493
- E-Mail: CMLIFE®cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu  \
Fax number:(517>774-7805 ?
Central Michigan LIFE Online i<
Internet address J.
y http://wwwcmliiecmich.edu
*"*•*.   -XsV'   -TS***^ ■>■**<«-*■•"■-''.03": VJ*"**1
«