1998-02-20; Central Michigan Life

              Central Michigan LIFE
Volume 79, Number^ 0> "Z.
Mt. Pleasant,  MI 48859
©1998 CM LIFE
78 years of serving the community
Friday
February 20, 1998
12 pages
Tuition hike likely for students next year
By Angela Cook-Re id
LIFE Staff Writer
While details are sketchy at this time, it
is likely tuition will be increased.
Provost Richard Davenport said the
increase in tuition for next year will
depend on the state's subsidy.
Gov. John Engler has proposed a 1.5 percent increase across the board for state
subsidy for higher education. The State
Senate and House of Representatives have
yet to submit their proposals to the State
Committee  of Higher Education,  which
oversees negotiations. Davenport said
these negotiations should take place relatively soon. Topically we get a read on this
by late spring,*' he said.
In the meantime, Davenport said he and
others in the administration are working
to raise the state subsidy for CMU. He said
prior to an official decision, the university
will most likely have an indication of the
subsidy on which the administration and
Board of Trustees will base their tuition
increase on.
Russ     Herron,
vice     president     of
University Relations and secretary of the
Board of Trustees said the board has not
considered the issue yet, and it would wait
until it had definite numbers from the
state.
The needs of the university and what
we need to accomplish is our foremost
responsibility,'' he said.
Davenport said the need to raise tuition
comes from two areas: state under-funding
and low tuition rates. Davenport said compared to the other 15 state universities,
CMU ranks 13th in tuition rates.
"Right now we're one of the lowest in the
state," he said.
Davenport said the administration and
board would like to see CMU eventually
ranked in the middle compared to other
state universities in terms of tuition rates.
This is a long-term goal," he said. T
think it's best to say we shouldn't be at the
bottom."
As a result, Davenport said, even though
the quality of education has not deterred,
the buildings have.
"We've  had  to  put  our   dollars   into
instruction, as opposed to deferred maintenance," he said. The under-funding at the
state level and the low tuition rates have
produced an inability to provide the best
and most modern equipment."
Furthermore, Davenport said in order to
be a modern university, offering top-of-the-
line education and facilities, funds need to
be available to support this.
"We have to be competitive," he said.
Davenport said the decision to increase
tuition will be left up to the Board of
Trustees.
White
Privilege
forum
draws
crowd
By Renee Lutz
LIFE Staff Writer
There was a standing-room-
only crowd when students and
faculty attended a forum on
White Privilege Thursday.
The forum, sponsored by the
Multicultural Advising staff,
held the race relations discussion as a result of controversy
over an article posted on a bulletin board in Troutman Hall
last semester, said Karen-
Stacey Ballard, Southfield
sophomore and Larzelere Hall
multicultural advisor.
The article, written by Peggy
Mcintosh, who was part of
Thursday's panel and is associate director of Wellesley College
Center for Research on Women
in Boston and founder and co-
director of the national SEED
program (Seeking Educational
Equity and Diversity), led to
much debate over the so-called
white privileges she named,
Ballard said.
Tt sparked a lot of feelings in
people, both anger and feelings
of a bad nature," Ballard said.
"It wasn't accepted."
The article, which was displayed on bulletin boards, was
vandalized. In addition,
Troutman Hall MA Letitia
Costilla,   Lansing junior,   said
she was called a "b " and a
"racist" for placing the material
on the board by residents.
"We just want everyone to
think about bridging the race
gap that we have," Costilla said.
Mcintosh's article was eventually placed in all 17 residence
halls, Ballard said, and the end
result was to have a campus-
wide program on the issue.
"It's an issue that the (MA)
staff feels strongly about. We
had a lot of opposition, but one
thing I feel is that if we affect
just one person  tonight, that's
See PRIVILEGE Page 2	
ERIK S.  SCHERB*CM LIFE
Mark Lewis, Kalamazoo freshman, illustrates the frustration felt when one suffers from insomnia brought on by the stress of college life. This lack of sleep often turns into depression which can cause many problems for students trying to deal with everyday life.
Lack of sleep concern for students
Heather VanDyke
LIFE Staff Writer
1 tudents who don't rank sleep as
^ a top priority may suffer for it.
Sleep depravation is a common occurrence among college students, said Gary
Silker, assistant professor of counseling at
the Counseling Center.
T think students commonly abuse their
need for sleep and they have that at a low
priority either because they have to or
they just want to do other things," Silker
said.
Silker said there are numerous effects of
insomnia and sleep depravation including
a weakened immune system, depression
and inability to function on a normal
level.
"Two to three nights of very minimal
sleep or no sleep at all messes up your
stage of rest or your stages of sleep," he
said.
Silker said people suffering from sleep
deprivation are missing the REM cycle of
sleep.
"REM (Rapid Eye Movement) is part of a
person's sleep cycle. (The lack of REM
sleep) throws the natural sleep cycle off,"
Silker said. "A student may be extremely
tired but unable to go to sleep."
He said, Tf a person is sleep deprived for
two to three days, they need two or three
days to get back into a balance."
Silker said physical activity may help a
person's body to relax allowing him or her
to fall asleep.
"If it has been two days (since they have
slept), moderate exercise helps increase
the relaxation in the muscles, their bodies
will be tired and this may help them
sleep," he said.
Staying in bed when you are not tired
causes conflict between a student's body
and their mind, Silker said.
"I suggest getting up. The longer they
lay there and they're not sleeping, the
stronger the conflict gets of wishing to
sleep and not sleeping," he said.
Silker said students should try a cycle of
getting up, staying busy and then trying to
fall asleep again.
"Get up, get out of bed and do busy work
See SLEEP Page 12
Concerns raised about admissions
By Bridget Perkins
LIFE Staff Writer
A recent study raises questions and concerns about present and future conditions of
admissions criteria here at
CMU.
According to an article from
the Associated Press, the Center
for Equal Opportunity in
Washington, D.C.. conducted a
study, "Racial Preferences in
Michigan Higher Education,"
which examined standardized
test scores and grade point averages of several Michigan universities, all broken down by race.
The report shows most of
Michigan's schools use some
form of racial preferences in
admissions based on a "qualification gap" found between black
and white students.
The gap listed for CMU in
median scores between white
and black students on the ACT
is four points.
Ayayi Fubara, assistant director of Minority Student Services,
questions the researchers9
motives.
See PREFERENCE Page 2
Cwiek applies for full-time job
By Angela S. Vandenberg
LIFE Assistant News Editor
The president of Central Michigan Community
Hospital is hoping to bring his expertise in the
health field to the minds of CMU students this fall.
Mark Cwiek, president and chief operating officer ofCMCH, 1221 S. Drive, is applying for a position as an assistant or associate professor of health
promotions and rehabilitation at CMU.
Cwiek, who has been teaching part-tune at CMU
for the past five years, said he has applied for a
full-time position.
"Fve been teaching various health administration courses and now a course about the legal
aspects of health services," he said.
An employee of the health promotions and rehabilitation department who would not give her
name said no finalists for the position have been
selected. Cwiek said he has not received any indication he is a finalist and he is uncertain when he
will be notified.
"I hope it's sometime soon," he said. "Everything
See CWIEK Page 12
Three
arrested in
drug raid
Tuesday
By Clayton Mastaw
LIFE Staff Writer
Following an extensive two
month investigation, three individuals, including a CMU student
and two Mount Pleasant residents
were arrested Tuesday evening
during a raid by the Bay Area
Narcotics Enforcement Team.
Following their arrest, Melissa
Benjamin, a 19-year-old former
CMU student from Mount
Pleasant, Chevon Martinez, an 18-
year-old freshman from Wheeler,
and Teferra Tinnier, a 21-year-old
Mount Pleasant resident were
arraigned Wednesday afternoon.
Their preliminary hearings are
scheduled for Feb. 26.
BAYANET Detective Gary
Walling said they are still searching for a fourth suspect who they
believe may have been involved in
the crime.
"One subject is still outstanding... (The suspect) appears to be a
Detroit resident, and we're pursuing (the suspect) now," he said.
Walling said officials arrived on
the scene, a home located at 5232
E. Broadway Street, at approximately 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Approximately two grams of
cocaine, roughly 2.5 pounds of
marijuana, various drug paraphernalia, including bags and
scales and less than $100 in cash
were recovered.
During the procedure, officers
also removed two vehicles from the
scene, a 1992 Cadillac and a 1993
Pontiac Grand Prix, Walling said.
"One of the vehicles had a lot of
marijuana in it," he said.
Officials took the Grand Prix
upon finding marijuana inside and
confiscated the Cadillac as well.
Walling said the owner of the
Cadillac does not work and the car
was probably purchased with drug
money.
Martinez is being held on bond
set at $200,000 for the manufacturing and delivery of marijuana.
Benjamin's bond has been set at
$100,000 for possession of cocaine
and Lanier is being detained without bond for a probation violation
and a second offense, violating
controlled substance laws.
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The men's basketball  team
short in their loss to EMU Wednesday.
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