1997-04-02; Central Michigan Life

              Central Michigan LIFE
Volume 79, Number 75
Mt. Pleasant,   MI 48859
©1997 CM LIFE
77 years of serving the community
WEDNESDAY
APRIL 2,1997
16 pages
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CMU narrows search for head basketball coach
By Doug Fisher
L '? L   Spoils t Jitot
The list has dwindled to four in the
search for a new head basketball coach at
CMU.
Hen Kelso, head basketball coach at
Detroit Cooley High School, reportedly
has the early lead, according to a source
with tics to the Athletics Department.
Cireg Kampe, head coach at Oakland
University. Jay Smith, head coach at
Grand Valley State University, and Bruce
Weber, the top assistant coach under
Gene Keady at Purdue University, are the
other leading candidates.
Kelso   was   interviewed    Monday   and
Weber Tuesday,   while  Smith   will   bo  on
campus   today   and    Kampe   Thursday,
according to Herb Deromedi. ('Mt I athlet
ics director-.
"While they're here on campus we will
review them further and make a decision
next week." Deromedi said "lt gives us
the opportunity to really judge the candidate, the person who would best fit our
program 7'
Resumes can still he submitted, but the
application  deadline is  Friday.   Deromedi
left    open   the   possibility   of  other   appli
cants interviewing on campus next  week.
"We look forward to individuals coming
hero," Deromedi said. "All (candidates) we
bring hero are well qualified and have
excellent credent ials."
Ironically. Kelso played for- the
Chippewas from P*70 7-"i. just a year
before ex-CMC head coach Leonard
Drake lettered with CMU from 197-1-77.
Kelso is third in career scoring at CMC
behind Melvin 'Sugar' McLaughlin and
'Thunder" Dan Majerle with a total of
l ,(i_7 pomts. while I )i-ake is fifth in career
scoring with l .3.'iK points.
Kelso spent one year with the Detroit
Pistons alter- beini: drafted  in  the eighth
round in  1973.
Kampe, who is also an associate athletics director at Oakland. led his squad to
the Sweet Hi of the NCAA Division II
Tournament, before falling to Northern
Kent ucky
"It is my understanding that there are
three or four people they've contacted,"
Kampe said Monday. "Hut there is no indication that I'm the leading candidate. I
could be the fourth."
According to the Toledo Blade. Kampe
is also reportedly interested in the
Bowiing (been head coaching job, which
opened    Sunday   when   Jim    Larranaga
decided to take the same position at
George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.
"Bowling Green is just one of the many
openings around the country," Deromedi
said. "They'll go through their procedure,
it's no concern (for CMU) at this standpoint."
Previously. Smith was an assistant
coach at Kent for five years. He played college basketball at Saginaw Valley after
transferring frmn Bowling Green. While
at Saginaw Valley, Smith was named to
the all-Great Lakes Intercollegiate
Athletic ('(inference team.
See COACH SEARCH Paqe 2
Chiodo
leaving
CMU For
TV 5 job
By Rachel Sprovtsoff
■..At' Start vYmev	
Don Chiodo. assistant director
of the News Bureau for
Radio/Television at ('Ml1 since
last February, will be leaving
his position to take on executive
producing at WNKM TV 5 in
Saginaw.
His departure depended on
the birth of his second child,
which happened last week,
making his last day at CMU
April 9. Chiodo said he will start
at WNKM the following week.
Thanks to some connections
at TV f>. he was offered the job ol
executive producer for" the six
o'clock news.
"It's the number tine broadcast
for that time slot." he said
Chiodo said he is excited to
work tin the broadcast because
at a previous job he worked on a
broadcast that was always
behind in that time slot.
"It will be interesting to see
how the other half lives." he
said.
Chiodo handled radio and
television relations on campus
and made videos for different
offices at CMC He said he also
helped create stories for- radio
about CMC and recruiting
videos for- the athletic program
He graduated from CMC m
1991 and worked at WPBN TV 7
in Traverse City before coming
back to work with radio and
television relations. While going
to school, he also worked for- five
years at WCEN 9-15 FM.
Before moving out of Mount
Pleasant, Chiodo said he has to
sell his house and then he and
his family will be looking to
move to somewhere near
Saginaw, like Birch Run.
Dog's Day
l If F Photo/ Steve Kanoza
Ken White, Midland junior, spends time playing with his dog Sativa, while
enjoying the warm spring weather outside his house on Franklin Street.
Freshman accused of arson pleads not guilty
■ 19-year-old charged with
setting fires in Ronan I laII
bathroom
By Emily Gerkin
let   St<jff V.nt-r	
The arson case against -John Kesek
was bound over to Isabella Circuit
Court Monday and Kesek was
released to the custody of his father
The defendant, a 19 year-old Romeo
freshman,    is   pleading    not    guilty   to
charges of arson, a iO year felony,
malicious destruction of a building
causing damage over $ 1 OO. a four year
and/or £_.<>00 felony and arson of real
pioperty, another   lO-year felony.
Kesek was arraigned March 'JO in
District Court lit front of Judge
William Rush, who set bail at $'J'J,()O0.
Kesek was unable to make bail and
was  remanded back  to the countv  piii.
He finally posted bail last week and
under- his bond specifications, he must
reside with   his father- in   Romeo,  sub
nut to alcohol monitoring and regular smoke   and   discovered   the   toilet   rod
ly   see   a    psychiatrist    are!    take    pre- dispenser- had been ignited. Kesek was
scribed medication the only person in the hat broom at the
A final  pretrial conference has been time   and   lie   was   detained   until   the
set   tor-   May   9.    Kesek   is   being   ropre police arrived.
seated    by    Mount    Pleasant    attorney
Mark  Kowalcyzk
Kesek was arrested March 17 after
CMC Police received a call about a
possible fire in the Ronan Hall men's
bat hr'oorn.
According to police reports, workers
in   the   lower   level   of   Ronan   snielled
He admitted responsibility to the
CMC Police for the fire and subsequently to other fires. He is believed to
have been involved in six separate
fires set in the Ronan Hall mens bath
room, said CMC Police detective Jeff
Pickler.
Ziemba trial
delayed for
one month
By Emily Gerkin
Llf t   Staff Water	
The jury trial against Ronald Ziemba, originally scheduled to start April 7, has been
pushed back to May f>.
Ziemba. the former1 CMC sophomore being
charged with the death of fellow student
Michael Kirkpatrick. is pleading not guilty to
operating under- the influence of liquor-caus-
i ng death
Ziemba was the driver of the Dodge Ram
truck that collided with the Honda
Kirkpatrick was a passenger in the night of
the accident at Main and Maple streets,
according to police reports.
A Michigan State Police forensic report
showed Ziemba's blood alcohol level at the
time of the accident was .13.
Defense attorney David Kramer-, of Novi,
filed a motion in February to suppress the
blood alcohol level as evidence, saying the
search warrant used to obtain Ziemba's blood
was insufficient
Circuit Court Judge Vviiimm Rush agreed
and decided March 7 to suppress the blood
alcohol level as evidence in the trial.
Robert Holmes, senior- assistant prosecutor
for Isabella County, said the decision to quash
the blood alcohol level was the reason the
t rial will be delayed.
"This delay is a request of the defense council," Holmes said. "Since the blood alcohol
level is not admissible, the defense wants to
do another pre exammation in district court
and file additional motions
Kramer- said he tloes plan on llhng seven or
eight motions on Friday, one of which will be
a motion to dismiss the case due to lack of
evidence.
He did not wish to comment on the nature
of any of the mot ions.
Kramer said the trial has been postponed
because the prosecution tried to add additional witnesses to the list at the last minute and
the defense needs time to investigate these
wit nesses.
"By delaying the trial, I think Judge Rush
has been very fair and courteous to everyone
involved."' Kramer- said.
The case lias now been put on the jury docket for May a. at which time jury selection will
begin.
Holmes declined to comment on whether
the civil suit recently filed by Michael
Kirkpat rick's parents. Jerry and Cheryl
Kirkpatrick, against Ronald Ziemba,
Ziemba's parents, Ronald T. Ziemba and
Sheila Ziemba. Richard Swmdlehurst. owner
of The Shaboom Pub Club. 1 (Mi Court St., and
Richli. Inc.. will have any effect on the criminal trial.
Swindlehurst could not be reached for comment.
Kramer said under- an individual's fifth
Amendment rights, the civil suit will not
progress until the criminal trial has reached
a conclusion. He estimated that the civil suit
will not proceed for- approximately one and a
half years.
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students got the good news the
education department decided to
let  them in now after-all.
Fach   semester-  300  people  are
admitted    to   the   teacher    educa
tion program, said  Lynn Snyder,
associate director  of teacher education  professional development.
This    semester1,     though,    the
education   department   was   try
were   going   to   be   adriutt'd   this
seinest el1.
Later,       realizing       that       the
decrease      in      admissions      v. as
unfair to students,   SO  more stu
dent s were admit t ed.
While    the    education    depait
merit    increased    the   number   of
entrants  this semester,  it   bail  to
reduce    the    teacher-    education
.m Feb.  ir>.
The   300   top   composite   stores
are those who are admitted  and
that  is what determines t he "cut
off" score, she said.
"We do that because some
times students are let into programs but there are no seats in
the class," Snyder said The size
ol t he department can only ban
die .{00 new students each
semester
The  cut oil   score  was original
dents   To accept the full 300 stu
dents, it had to decrease the cut
off to 32.
Fach semester the minimum
accepted composite score varies
because of the nature of the
admissions process. Snyder said.
Oeiiernlly, the number runs
between 32 and .'35
The highest possible composite
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cut off, she said
The four- items that make up
tlie score are a written expression; the grade received in ELK
1()7, Introduction to Teaching
class; the cumulative GPA; and
the preservice teacher perceiver
interview score
Other- requirements, such as
state required skills tests and
letters of recommendation, are to
score is -IK, though a score of !i9 be completed upon application to
is the highest Snyder said she the program, but are not includ-
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