1997-02-19; Central Michigan Life

              Central Michigan LIFE
Volume 79, Number 63
Mt. Pleasant,  MI 48859
©1997 CM LIFE
77 years of serving the community
WEDNESDAY
February 19, 1997
18 pages
Increases erase possible tax credit
By Amy Johnson
LIFE Staff Writer
CMU students paid a $200 technology
fee this year and they are going to pay
again by missing out on a possible $137
tax credit on their Michigan income
taxes.
Students will not be eligible for the tax
credit because the university's tuition and
fees rose above a 3 percent limit set by the
state for this year.
The Tuition Tax Credit Act, established
in 1995, states that institutions that do
not increase fees and tuition rates for the
following school year by more than the
annual average percentage increase in
the United States Consumer Price Index
in the immediately preceding tax year get
the    income    tax    credit,    said    Joseph
University's tuition, fees exceed
3 percent limit set by state
Chisholm, assistant vice president for
Governmental Relations.
Institutions that raise their foes and
tuition rates above the Consumer Price
Index from the preceding year "do not
receive the income tax credit, Chisholm
said.
Students filing taxes this year will be
affected by a clause which states that for
1996 only the income tax credit will not
be based on the Consumer Price Index
which is between 2.61 and 2.8 percent but
rather 3 percent.
"They passed  this  after many institu
tions passed their tuition rates,"
Chisholm said. "We would have been
within the 3 percent range without the
technology fee. That is what really
pushed us up."
However, "We have to make sure we
have the technology," he said.
While some students are upset about
missing out on the tax break in addition
to paying the technology fee, the Student
Government Association has not taken a
position on the issue yet.
"Right now there is no stance on it,
because   it's   in   committee,"   said   Adam
Miller, senator and legislative affairs
chairman for SGA, Paw Paw junior.
"Something will be passed in the form of
a resolution on behalf of the student
body."Miller said SGA will discuss the
issue at its March 10 meeting.
John Pilkiewicz, White Lake senior,
said, "I don't think it's fair that we have to
pay $200 for technology and then miss
out on a tax break too."
Susie Childs, Traverse City senior, said,
"It makes me upset when I go to the computer labs to use them and I cannot get
through on e-mail. I don't see how things
have been improved by our technology fee
increase."
"It takes a while to build a program,"
Chisholm   said   of   the   technology   fee.
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Committees
will be form
to search
for deans
By Emily Gerkin
LIFE Staff Writer
In lieu of the new eight-college academic reorganization plan, CMU will add
four dean positions to its staff
next year.
Search committees will form
later this week, according to
Provost Richard Davenport, to
begin looking over applications
for the new positions.
With the exception of Barb
Dixon, interim dean of the
College of Arts and Sciences,
who has accepted a position as
provost of State University of
New York at Geneseo, all the
other current deans will keep
their positions at CMU.
Kelvie Comer, dean of education, health and human services, will become the dean of
the education and human services. Terry Arndt will remain
the dean of business administration; Carole Beere as the
dean of graduate studies; Del
Ringquist as the dean of extended learning; and Thomas Moore,
dean of libraries.
The new academic model will
divide the current College of
Arts and Sciences into three
new colleges: the College of
Science and Technology, the
College of Communication and
Fine Arts, and the College of
Humanities and Social and
Behavioral Science.
Davenport said the university
will hire deans for each new college.
In addition, health professions will separate from the
College of Education, Health
and Human Services and will
also require a new dean.
Davenport has asked all
departments affected by the
new dean searches to elect representatives and appoint faculty
members to the search committees. Each search committee
will include staff, faculty and at
least one student member.
The students are being chosen
from members of the Student
Government Association,
Mortar   Board   and   Centralis
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freshman, background, are researching information on perspective occupations
that suit their interests at Career Services in the University Center Tuesday afternoon. For further stories and photos see the Career Guide on pages 7-9.
Strippers
invited;
fraternity
punished
By Liz Wishaw
LIFE Assistant News Editor	
A Greek fraternity has been
reprimanded by the university,
Interfraternal Council and its
national headquarters for a
RUSH Week event that
involved strippers.
Delta Sigma Phi is being reprimanded for a RUSH party
Jan. 26 involving strippers as
part of its week of events.
Because of this event, Patrick
Wall, vice president of recruitment for IFC, has voluntarily
stepped down from his position
with IFC.
Wall, Clarkston junior, said
IFC's rules do not allow gambling, alcohol and drugs and
the fraternities have the same
set of rules as IFC. The RUSH
event at the Delta Sigma Phi
house was technically within
the IFC rules.
Wall said because he participated in the event, he felt he
could not fulfill his duties as
described to him and voluntarily stepped down from his position.
Ryan Schrotenboer, IFC president and Zeeland junior, said
he had no prior knowledge the
event was approved. Originally,
the event was to be a pregame
Super Bowl party but was later
changed to include the strippers at a "Super Bowl pregame
mud wrestling" event, he said.
"Pat made a bad judgment
call and that was unfortunately
inconsistent with the values
and ideals of the IFC,"
Schrotenboer said.
Wall said, "The Greek system
is an excellent and strong group
of student leaders that are
actively involved in CMU and
the community and by no
means should this reflect on the
entire Greek system."
Because of this situation,
changes  in  the RUSH process
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'We will have a celebration of Jennifer's life'
Heather LaFave
LIFE Staff Writer
CMU student Jennifer Gregoria did
not want people to sit around and be
sad when she died, and her family is
respecting her wish.
Gregoria, Southgate senior, diagnosed in June of 1995 with non-
Hodgkin's Lymphoma, died Saturday
morning.
Diana Burnette, Gregoria's sister-in-
law, said Gregoria did not want a
funeral, so the family is not having one.
Instead, it will have a private ceremony
celebrating her life.
"We will have a celebration of
Jennifer's life rather than her death,"
Burnette said.
Gregoria underwent a bone marrow
transplant in May of 1996. Her brother
Joe was the marrow donor.
At CMU, Gregoria was a secondary
education major.
"She wants to be remembered, especially by the Mount Pleasant community, as a teacher," Burnette said.
Cal Seelye, academic advisor and former residence hall director for
Robinson Hall, worked with Gregoria
when she was a resident assistant for
the hall two years ago.
Seelye said Gregoria was very easygoing and seemed to really enjoy being
an RA.
"She loved her job," he said. "She
really cared about the people,"
Among the Gregoria's admirable
qualities, he said, was a positive outlook on life. He said her positive outlook impacted him.
"She always put a positive spin on
things," he said. "That's where her
friends gained."
Seelye said he remembers when
Gregoria returned to Robinson Hall
having lost her hair after her
chemotherapy. She didn't wear a hat to
cover it up, he said, instead she wanted
people to see her for who she was.
"She made the best of it," he said.
Seelye said he believes Gregoria's
friends had the opportunity to prepare
for her death because they knew she
was sick. She had suffered a relapse of
her illness in December, he said.
Gregoria's friend Jody Seefurth said
Gregoria's positive attitude also influenced her life.
Seefurth, CMU graduate from
Warren, said she knew Gregoria for
about four years as an RA, a roommate
and a friend. She said Gregoria's positive attitude and friendship helped her
develop self-esteem and taught her
about herself.
Gregoria's outlook didn't change
when her illness was discovered, and
Seefurth said that did not surprise her.
"When she found out she had cancer,
she still had a positive attitude," she
said. "She always thought she would
pull through it."
Seefurth said she really admired
Gregoria.
"Jennifer was liked by everyone," she
said. "She was one of the greatest people I've known."
Jennifer's parents, Joe and Maryann
Gregoria, are accepting donations to
buy radios for all of the rooms in the
University of Michigan Hospital's Bone
Marrow Unit, Burnette said. Gregoria
had received treatment for her illness
at the hospital.
Checks can be sent to Joe or
Maryann Gregoria at 13427 Rosedale,
Southgate, MI 48195.
Jennifer Gregoria
Music building should be completed by late spring
By Jeremy Russ
LIFE Staff Writer
Construction of the new music
building is nearing its completion date, but it still does not
have a name and the fate of
Powers is unknown.
Edward Kvet, chair of the
music department, said the university has not decided on a
name for the new building.
"The name would come with a
donation to the School of Music,"
Kvet said.
He said the name will be finalized when the university gets a
firm commitment or pledge of a
donation.
The university is currently
working with some interested
individuals on a donation, Kvet
said.
The music department is currently located in Powers Hall,
but Kvet said he does not know
what will happen to it.
The construction of the new
music  building should  be  com
pleted late this spring.
Kvet said he expects construction of the new building to be
completed sometime around the
middle of May.
Kvet said once construction
has completed, the department
will begin moving into the building and classes in the new building should start as early as next
fall.
He said moving will be a long
process due to items such as the
furniture   and   telecommunica
tions equipment.
The department is lucky it has
the entire summer to move, Kvet
said.
Construction of the building
has pretty much remained on
schedule, Kvet said, it fell somewhat behind last spring due to
the weather, but crews were able
to make that time up.
"Most of the major hurdles
have been met," Kvet said.
Kvet added he is very happy
with the work  the construction
and architectural teams have
put into the building.
He said he feels the crews
have gone out of their way to
work with the university, keeping the university informed and
adding input into the design of
the building.
The general contractor for construction of the building is Three
Rivers Construction of Midland
and the building was designed
by Harley Ellington Design of
Southfield.
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