1997-07-02; Central Michigan Life

              Central Michigan LIFE
Volume 79, Number 94
Mt. Pleasant,   MI 48859
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CMU answers discrimination lawsuit of former coach
By Jim Pesta
: It t    Mori;. \ ditoi
won inoir than !">() percent oi her panics iti included flights .and suspensions
  tier coaching fanrr at CMU and qualified "I le < I >r ake > w as ha\ inj' inor e serious per
CMU   has   tiled   it.s   answer   to  the   com for post season  11 consecutive years. formance problems." said Kent
plaint   and   lawsuit   brought   on   hy   former Iti   response.   CMU   said   she   won   fewer Though   Drake  was  fired   one year atler
women's        basketball         coach        Donita than   .r>0  percent   of her Raines   in   the   last Davenport.  Kent   said  tins would  not   have
Davenport three  years  of employment   and  did   make any hearing on his client's case
Davenport has filed a lawsuit against the the post season m her last year of employ- Kent   went   on   to  say   Drake  had   ample
university and Herb Deromedi, CMU's ath- ment oppoi-tuiuty to turn his program around at
let ic director. '"She   wasn't   terminated   on   the   basis  ot the t ime of his client s fir mg
The lawsuit consists of two counts: gen- sex."   university   counsel   Kileen   .Jennings In my eyes, t hree years is sufficient tunc
der discrimination and retaliation. said.
Count one alleges many different aspects During      the      last       three       vears      ot
years
anil     levels     of    discrimination     against Davenport s 12 year employment, the mens
Davenport and women s sports in general at basketball   coach.   Ix-onard    Drake,   had   a
Central. lower-     winning      percentage      than      did
The focus of count  one is that CMU and Davenport, said courl documents
Deromedi   held   Davenport   to   a   different Davenport did have a winning percentage
standard than they did Ix'onard Drake and Id points higher i A-i percent to ' > I   percent*
she  was  fired   for reasons which  were  not t ban did her-male counterpart. according to
uniformly applied to men and women, court Davenport s attorney Thomas Kent
documents said. The court documents also said Drake had
Davenport. according to court documents. numerous    problems    with   players    which
years i.-
to   start    showing   improvement    in   a    pro
gram.'   Kent said
The ease also alieg.es wrong domgs during
the interview process lor DavenporUs
replacement
Court documents state Deromedi presented the ('Ml* affirmative action officer
with a list of candidates !m tin- coaching
vacancv    Deromed:   was   told   by   the  officer
court documents said.
Instead, the university hired a male
coach. Francis Voll.
Central admits to the allegations of giving a list of candidates to the affirmative
action officer, hut denies the affirmative
action officer" told Deromedi that the head
coaching job was tho premier woman's
coaching position at Central.
"'I don't  want   to get into the situation of
trying     the     case     in     the     newspapers."
Deromedi said when asked if he would com
ment on the pending' lawsuit
Count two deals with the out spoken
nature of Davenport and what effects it
would have had on the N( 'AA I )ivision I cer-
t ideation review m February.
Cert iti<\Mt mri means the N( 'AA has found
the   uruversity7s   athletics   program   to   "he
there   were   qualified   teruale   applicants   for       operating,    m    substantial    conformity   with
tiie position anil the position  i-. the premier       operating      principles      adopted      by      the
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BCA receives
large grant
for upgrade
By Rachel Sprovtsoff
Throw   out   the  duct   tape   and
get   rid   of   the   television   static,
the broadcast and cinematic arts
department   is   replacing   its   20
year-old equipment.
According to Peter Orlik. chair
of BCA. the department has
received a :>9 CJ.O00 grant from
the President's Initiative Fund
to he used in a rolling three year
veie
" We
are   very   pleased."   Orhk
Jt will take three years to
make all of the necessary
changes, he s; -id The first p irt
of the project i.- * he comp'ete
retur hishmg of the Moore Hall
Television studio. WMHW 915
also will he gettuu: an upgrade
hy going all digital, he said.
The work started this summer immediately after- winter
.semester Orhk said, and will be
done b\ this fall. The second
phase of tin- project will start
next summer and the last phase
will be th- summer" of 1999. The
second and third phases will
includes smaller changes which
will help upgrade all of the
depart ment "s lal"oratories.
Orhk said he worked on the
proposal, which was submitted
in September of 1996. and
received word that the proposal
was approved near the end of
April
"We had a lot of support from
Richard St. Andre in the College
of Arts and  Sciences." he said.
St Andre, assistant dean m
the College of Arts and Sciences,
helped redraft the new initiative-
proposal and was involved in
getting money  for tin- project.
St. Andre said the College of
Arts and Sciences made it a high
priority project.
"It's a case of a department
with a desperate need to
upgrade us equipment." he said
"It was a verv worthwhile project "
President Leonard Plachta
said the BCA department
received the grant because the
department helped the cause
with the] r   proposal
"'They made a good case for
themselves." he said. "Their
equipment really needed to be
replaced
< >rlik was at CMl I the summer
the BCA department moved into
Moore  Hall   m   197 1    He said  he
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Rescue workers help Donald Gorenflo, Mount Pleasant resident, out of his Suburban after his vehicle was struck at the
intersection of M-20 and Leaton Road.
Two killed in second
accident at intersection
h.thtot '* m>t, " An I A//.//• "A" tens eoj/j.g i<> press, ti thtt<l accident
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By Chandra Wilson
and Rachel Sprovtsoff
in t tie span oi t hree days, two accident.- . .ecu r red at the inter
section of M   JO and  Leaton  Road   One of them was fatal
< >r i Satnrdav. at SOI p.m . a Chevy pickup t ruck was t raveling
near the intersection when the driver" tailed to stop at the traffic
light.
The car" then collided with a Mercury Sable that was traveling
through the intersection with the right  of way
The two passengers of the Mercury Sable died and the pickup
had  a  passenger who also was injured along with the driver
Names and other" information about the accident were still
unattainable at   press time.
The other accident occurred on Wednesday, dune Jb. A two-car
rollover accident   injured  two people during, heavy traffic at the
lilt ersect H ill
A 19S7 Ford Pickup truck and a 1991 Chevy Suburban collided at the intersection. Throe ambulances, the jaws of life and
two tire trucks were on the scene as rescuers worked to remove
ACCIDENT
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JULY 2,1997
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Shingles
named
interim AVP
of Diversity
By Chandra Wilson
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The college has named the
interim assistant vice president
for Institutional Diversity.
Stan Shingles. associate
director of campus recreational
services, is replacing Cornel
Morton, who left to take a job at
Kent State I'niversity The
appointment was effective yesterday
"My intent is to provide some1
t ransn lonal leadership which
puts me into a different area.
This puts me m an opportunity
to do that — really experience
the academic side to diversity
issues."   Shingles said
"This provides an opportunity
to experience the entire university I've always worked on the
administrative side, now I get to
experience the academic side. It
will really give n ■■<• a better
sense of the infra -' ructuro ot
the university - how it all
works." lie said
Provost Richard Davenport
said Shingles was chosen for his
leadership style, his administrative ability and his ability to
communicate "Thev are all factor's we weighed in making the
decision 7"  he  said
"1 think Stan has a really positive reputation on campus and
has shown a significant interest
in diversity issues." said
Davenpor'
"I think i m a person who
undersAti ■ Is the tsAn.re of the
univer.-'t'. and orn .vho believes
in CMC and v. h ,i '"Ml* is all
about." Shif' gles said
Shingles will coordinate the
university's diversity efforts as-
well as oversee minority, multicultural. Native American, gay
and lesbian and gender issues
and the non academic area of
tho Women's Studies program
Shingles said .'."bile serving as
the interim assistant vice president, he plans To continue with
the campus-wide diversity plan
where Morton left off. "A major
part of it is tin' implementation
oi 'the diversity plan and building on it." he said
"I'm hoping that the relationships that are built throughout
this interim period and the
progress will provide momentum when that permanent person comes m  board." he said
Shingles joined the campus
and recreational services staff
in I 9S9 as assistant director. In
199a he was promoted to associate director
Active m a variety of diversity
and affirmative action committees at CMC. Shingles lias been
involved in the Affirmative
.Action Council, the Associate of
Faculty and Staff ot Color", the
Minority Affairs Student
Mentoring Program. the
Minority Professional Careers
Committee and the Black Pan-
Hellenic ('onncil.
Shingles also is an active- special Olympics volunteer" and a
member- of the university technology committee, as well as an
adviser to various student
groups.
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Fraternity fire still under investigation
By Amy Jo Johnson
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The    lire   began    in    the    living
room,   gutting,   the   main   floor  of
The    cause    of    a     fire    which the house and causing, extensive
dest roved t he Sigma Phi Kpsilon smoke   and   heat   damage   to   the
house,    located    at    9<)1±   S     Mam second    and    third    lloors.     I)eari
St.,  is still   unknown  and   under said
investigation. "I    cant     rule    out     anuluii!1,."
The     lire,     which     took     place said     Dean,    adding     sometimes
three days before Christ mas, left cases    remain    open     for"    years
1 .r>   students   without   a   home   to before a  had  is found
return to alter winter break Dean   said   the  estimated   cost
Mount    Pleasant    lire   fighters of t he lire was $ hl'J.<)<><> in prop
were dispatched to the house on ert y loss and $7 I .(KM» m content
Dec     l\l   at    approximately   2  \i) loss
a.m.    The     house    was    already However,    not     knowing,    what
engulfed by Humes when the lire caused the lire has not held back
fighters arrived. the    fr.it emit \     members    bom
"The   case   is   still   open."   said starting to rebuild their   home
Paul     Dean,     sergeant     of    the Fraternity     members     began
Mount Pleasant Fire working  on   the  house just   after       by  the   last   week   of August,"   ht
Department. "We have a point of spring classes finished and thou
"The projected finish date is
going to be duly '."," said Josh
Myers, a Midland senior" and
employee ot Frost Properties, a
construction company working
on t he house
The fraternity members have
started phase one of rebuilding,
the home, which includes con
st nut i< >i i. plumbing, electrical
and mechanical work, Mvers
said
The   second   phase   of the   pro
led   is   not   definite  yet   but   may
consist  of an addition to the back
ot the  house and a  porch, Mvers
said
"It that goes through and we
do it. evorvthirig should he done
origin but  no specific cause "
work emit in ue
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Congress passes tax plan
■ ! IAA-CRFI- tax exemption in jeopardy
By Heather N. LaFave
A $S.r> billion dollar" tax relief plan was passed with bipartisan
support bv both houses of Congress last week
Included  in  the  [dan  was a  proposal that  would  revoke  the  tax
exempt  status of TIAA-CKKF. a company which handles the pen
sums ot approximately  1 ,b()0 CMC employees and two million educator's and administrators nationwide.
The version of the plan passed by the House of Representatives
featured the TIAA-CKKF tax status provision, however the
Senate's plan did not
According to John (Jnzick, chief of staff for Rep   Dave Camp <R
Mich. i. said t he next step for the bill is review by a conference com
mittee to work out differences m the versions passed by Congress
and the House.
He said the bill should be worked out and given to the president
h\  the end of July
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