1990-05-16; Central Michigan Life

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WEDNESDAY
May 16, 1990
Construction woes
Official says rec center won't meet deadline
by BRIAN D. BELL
LIFE Staff Writer
Construction of Physical Education and
Recreation Phase II is entering its final stages,
but Facilities Management officials question
whether the company doing the work will meet
its deadline.
Officials from the Lansing-based Chrisman
Co. expect to complete construction by the end ol
June,' said Mel Remus, director of plant
engineering and planning for Facilities Manage
ment.
Remus said he is uncertain whether the firm
will meet its deadline for finishing the Student
Activity Center.
"The contractor is saying June, but I'm a little
worried that the likelihood of making the June
date is eroding because of the amount of work I
still see yet to be done," he said.
University officials originally expected
construction of the $16 million project, which
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Student's legal guardians
file suit in Circuit Court
by JENNIFER CHRISMAN
LIFE Managing Editor	
Guardians of Jennifer Lynn
Wazny, a former CMU student
severely injured in a Jan. 19
auto accident, filed suit against
three defendants.
James   M.   and   Bernice   A.
Wazny filed the suit on April 27
against Zoran Nedeljkovic,
Dragoslav Nedeljkovic, and
Central Michigan Inns, Inc., an
Isabella County 21st Circuit
Court report stated.
Central Michigan Inns, Inc.,
operates Boomer's Nightclub,
5665 E. Pickard Road.
Barry F. LaKrizt, plaintiff
attorney, said each defendant
is being sued under different
laws for their alleged involvement in the accident.
He said Zoran is being prosecuted as driver of the vehicle;
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Committee fills new
Admissions position
by D. MICHAEL HEANEY
LIFE News Editor _^
It took nine years for the
Admissions Office to receive
the necessary funding but only
a matter of weeks to fill the
newly developed position of
associate director- of Admissions for Minority Enrollment.
Richard Redden, former
director of Minority Student
Affairs at Vincenns University,
Vincenns, Ind., will assume his
new duties in early June, said
Michael Owens, executive
assistant to the president for
Enrollment Management.
The decision came after
about two months of screening
applications, conducting interviews and deliberating within
the 12 member selection
committee, Owens added.
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Haeger selected dean
After reviewing 25 applications and interviewing four
applicants, the Graduate Dean
Screening Committee selected
John Haeger as dean of
Graduate Studies.
The 17-member Graduate
Dean Screening Committee
made its recommendation to
President Edward B. Jakubauskas and Haeger's new position
is effective July 1, pending
Board of Trustees approval,
committee chair Megan
Goodwin said.
The board's next meeting is
scheduled for July 12 and 13.
Goodwin-, assistant professor
of home economics, family life
and consumer education, said
Haeger, associate dean of
Graduate Studies was notified
he received the position last
week.
'- Haeger, who said he is very
pleased with the committee's
decision, also said he has plans
for the College of Graduate
Studies.
"I    would   like    to   really
JOHN HAEGER
substantially increase the
presence of graduate education
on the campus," Haeger said.
He also he would like to
increase the enrollment, of
graduate students at CMU and
provide additional suppport for
current graduate programs.
Former employee
sues University
by MARGARET WOLFGANG
LIFE Editor
Three years after resigning from CMU, Elias Sam'o is
suing the Board of Trustees in an effort to get his resignation
rescinded and he be reinstated as a tenured faculty member.
' Sam'o, former professor of political science and Model
United Nations adviser, is suing to gain due process in
relation to his "forced resignation," said J. David Kerr,
Sam'o's attorney.
' "He felt under the circumstances he was never afforded a
due process hearing in regard to the charges against him,"
Kerr said.
The nature of those charges was never made public. Ken-
said. The suit addresses the process University personnel
used to handle the charges.
Counts listed in the suit include claims that CMU
employees "sought out and encouraged students of the
University to bring complaints against" Sam'o, the court
report states.
The suit was filed on April 26 in Isabella County 21st
Circuit Court.
Sam'o's resignation was effective May 11, 1987, but Kerr
said because issues were misrepresented by University
officials, Sam'o is trying to get the resignation recinded.
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FLY BALL
LIFE Photo/Chris Bhrfc*
Sarah Pety. 14, (right), goes for a ball that gets over tho head of
Melissa Adams, 15, at Island Park. Both are from Mount Pteasjint.   '
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