1990-03-26; Central Michigan Life

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at a Placement Office seminar Tuesday, 12
MONDAY
March 26, 1990
Serving The University Community For 70 Years
President, student leaders
meet with state senators
Jakubauskas says CMU needs 16-percent increase
by BRIAN D. BELL
LIFE Staff Writer
EAST LANSING — To bring
Central's monetary support up
to par with other Michigan
universities, President Edward
B. Jakubauskas told three state
senators CMU needs a
16-percent increase in state
funding. ~ ;
Administrators and students
shared their thoughts Friday
about CMU's financial needs
with members of the Subcommittee on Higher Education at
Michigan State University, East
Lansing. The three-member
committee includes Chair
William A. Sederburg, R-East
Lansing; R. Robert Geake,
R-Northville and Jackie Vaughn
III. D-Detroit.
The hearing gave CMU
representatives a chance to
discuss appropriations for the
1990-91 fiscal year in an attempt
to get more funding for the
University.
In his presentation to
committee members, Jakubauskas outlined programs CMU
has implemented or planned and
areas   needing   financial   atten
tion.
'■" If the Legislature passes Gov.
James J. Blanchard's proposed
budget without alterations,
CMU will grab a 4.8-percent
increase over last year's allocation. The proposed budget grants
an increase of about 4.8 percent
to each public university.
A 16-percent increase may
seem large, but Jakubauskas
said it would serve only to raise
CMU's per-student funding to
t ho level of other state universi-
ties.
~ ~      See FUNDS Page 16
Speaker: Montreal
massacre 'shocked
women into action'
by DENISE EICHNER
LIFE Staff Writer	
Women's rights have come a
long way but until women can
live without fear of violence,
those gains mean relatively
little. ,.:,
That was the message Mona
Forrest, executive director of the
Women's Centre of Montreal,
conveyed as keynote speaker
March 24 at the third annual
women's studies conference "Our
Bodies, Our Choices."
About 200 people attended the
conference in the Bovee University Center. The event was
organized to "to make the
Women's Studies Program more
visible to the „ campus and
community and to highlight the
issue of women's choices and
safety," said Rita Kissen, coordinator of CMU's Women's Studies
Program. *
The conference allows those
working in women's studies to
share research, Kissen, assistant
professor of English, said.
~ See CHOICES Page 2
Three Shepherd residents
die in Sunday morning fire
Three Shepherd residents died in an early morning blaze Sunday
that the Shepherd Fire Department battled for eight hours.
According to an Isabella County Sheriff's Department news release,
the names and ages of the deceased are being withheld pending
notification of family and the Isabella County Fire Investigation
Team's findings concerning the cause of the blaze. The fire was
reported at 12:28 a.m.
The location of the residence where the fire occurred also is being
withheld pending notification of family members.
The^-elease stated one fireman sustained minor injuries as a result
of smoke inhalation and stress. The fireman was treated and released
from Central Michigan Community Hospital, 1221 South Drive.
Central may offer more
own bedrooms next year
by JENNIFER CHRISMAN
LIFE Staff Writer •   --^    .■'■-.        -V.-
If the number of students
living on campus continues to
decline, some could have one
more of the comforts of home —
for a price.
Because of the declining
number of students living in
residence halls, the University is
working on a plan offering
students their own bedrooms for
an additional charge. *    "'
The idea is not a new one, but
could be more common in the
1990-91 school year, said John
Fisher, director of Business
Operations for Residences and
Auxiliary Services. ?
"It's going to be dependent on
how many folks are coming back
next fall   and  the  size  of the
freshman,   class,"   Fisher   said.
; "Our occupancy is dropping off."
If the recommendation to the
Boated of Trustees — which also
includes a 6-percent increase in
room and board rates — is
passed, returning students
desiring reduced occupancy
rooms could have them, Fisher
said. This will not be available to
incoming freshmen.
"Depending on how many
persons are in the suite, it will
affect their room portion of room
and board," he said.
Room rent accounts for 47
percent of the room and board
fee, Fisher said.
The recommendation states
students in a reduced occupancy
room with one student per
bedroom will pay 1V& times the
base room rate of the room and
board fee, he said. 'SVJ\
If the recommendation is
approved, students in a reduced
occupancy, room and using the
20-meal plan would pay an
additional $787, bringing their
See ROOMS Page 2
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Gladwin youth dies
after drinking large
amount of alcohol
A 14-year-old Gladwin youth was pronouned dead on arrival at
Central Michigan Community Hospital Saturday morning after he
consumed a large amount of alcohol and passed out at a South Bradley
Street residence. '      .
According to a Mount Pleasant City Police spokesman, the male
teenager was spending the weekend in Mount Pleasant visiting
fi lends.   '-.■.-.
The spokesman said the young man's friends carried him to a back
bedroom and left him alone after he lost consciousness as a result of
drinking alcohol.
The spokesman said the friends — all local minors — called 911 after
checking on the young man a few hours later. He said the Gladwin
youth did not respond to emergency medical procedures applied
reroute to CMCH, 1221 South Drive.
The spokesman added the cause of death is still undetermined,
although the youth possibly suffocated on vomit.
The spokesman said a 23-year-old Mount Pleasant resident
allegedly bought the alcohol for the youths.
LIFE Photo/John Starts
As the curator for education at the Center for Cultural and Natural History, Rowe 124, Tom Hahnenberg enjoys teaching students
what he knows almost as much as he enjoys making replicas of tools and hunting equipment used by early Michigan natives.
Closing a cultural gap
Center's curator makes replicas of American Indian artifacts
by JENNIFER CHRISMAN
LIFE Staff Writer        '
While hobbies are generally
thought of as : activities
occupying one's leisure hours,
one CMU employee devotes
much of his time to his favorite
hobby — at home and at the
office.
Tom Hahnenberg, curator of
education at the Center for
Cultural and Natural History,
Rowe 124, has a pastime he can
. "point" to with pride.
Hahnenberg said his interest
in replicas of American Indian
artifacts started about three
years ago when center officials
decided they wanted them as
part of their educational
programs. ■-'•■<■'.'.-V'-;.-.
"We were getting quite a few
"I have gained an intense respect for early
cultures. This stuff works. It's become part of
me for now."
~—mmmmwmmmm—mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmTom Hahnenberg
__ See related stories and photos. Page 14 -   - ••
requests for programs related
to Native Americans," he said.
"We didn't have much in the
way of natural artifacts."
Hahnenberg said because the
musuem needed artifact
examples in its educational
programs, he tried his hand at
the craft — although the task
was not as easy as he first
anticipated. ■';.'' '.V '*/J?
He was first asked to make a
bow, but Hahnenberg said this
proved difficult.
While arrows require a lot of
time, bows require much effort
as well, he said.
Bows must have flexibility so
they can return to their original
form after an arrow is shot, he
said.  _
Hahnenberg said he
sharpened his artifact-making
skills through conferences that
help people make American
Indian artifact replicas.
He added he uses photos as
the basis for the tools' appearance.
In addition to arrowheads
and bows and arrows, Hahnenberg said he also makes knives,
ropes and other items once
used by American Indians.
A few of the items Hahnenberg creates include bone
scrapers and projectiles —:
arrow heads and spear points.
Some of his tools are part of a
kit the museum owns and loans
to the public, such as teachers,
who need the objects when
educating children about
American Indians, he said.
The kit contains arrows and
a fire bow he said, adding a fire
bow is an ancient tool used as a
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