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Laying bricks
Kent gunners bomb, Central rolls to 90-86 win
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FRIDAY
January 25, 1991
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VOLUME 73; NUMBER 50-
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Committee files report on ROTC discrimination
by CORRIE PERNIK
LIFE Copy Editor
An Academic Senate ad hoc
committee formed to review
ROTC policies discriminating
against homosexuals completed
its task and submitted its
report Thursday.
The committee, which met
for the final time last week,
turned its report over to
A - Senate Chair Clara Lee
Moodie.
The proposal, however, may
not   go   before   senators   until
March,    said   Joseph    Finck,
committee chair.
Moodie, associate professor of
English, must review the
report and place it on an
Executive Board agenda before
senators can review the
findings.
Details of the report cannot
be released until the document
is presented to A - Senate, said
Finck. associate professor of
physics.
He   said   "it   wouldn't   be
appropriate" to make the report
public at this time.
With war breaking out in the
Persian Gulf, Finck said he did
not think talk about the
military should focus on
problems at CMU, but rather
the world at large.
"The committee doesn't want
any adverse publicity." he said.
Since the committee's work is
finished, the group will not
meet again. Finck said.
Other committee members
are: David Schoenfeld, assistant    professor    of   military
science; Guy Meiss, associate
professor of journalism and
Faculty Association president;
Angela Haddad, interim Affirmative Action officer; Raymond
Hampton, professor of biology:
James Jones, assistant
professor of German; Gary
Silker, assistant professor of
counseling; Jim Scott, associate
professor of administrative
services and A - Senate
secretary; and Cynthia
Clauser, Mount Pleasant
junior.
Praying for Peace
Above,   the   Christian   student   group   meets   for   its   regular
Thursday night Bible Study at 7:30 in Moore 109.
Last  night,  the  group  used the time to  write  letters to  U.S.
Marines serving overseas.
Left, a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes composes
a letter addressed to "any service person" stationed in the
Persian Gulf.
LIFE Photos/John Starks
Recruiters say business goes on as usual
by JOHN MULVANEY
L !FE  STaff Writer
The war in the Middle East
has had little effect on military-
recruitment in Michigan.
"We've had a surge of people
showing up at the recruiting
stations in the last few days,"
said Steve McCourtie. chief of
public affairs for out-state (all of
Michigan excluding the greater
Detroit area) Army recruiting.
"Unfortunately 80 to 90 percent
aren't qualified."
According to McCourtie, 162
people enlisted in the active
Army in December while 55
entered the reserves.
He said slightly less people are
enlisting to earn money for
college or as a career move, but
those numbers are counterbalanced by people joining for
patriotic reasons.
"It's not any more difficult to
recruit, it's a different climate,"
McCourtie said. 'Parents have a
greater concern, the kids still
want to go."
He said many people previously rejected for medical
reasons or because they lacked
high school diplomas are trying
to enlist again under the
assumption the Army has
lowered its standards.
"We're not lowering our
standards," McCourtie said.
"Today's Army is highly sophisti
cated and technological. We need
someone with the intelligence
and capability to be trained."
"The survival rate goes up 80
to 90 percent for those that have
graduated," he added.
Those who enlist now will
receive the same amount of
training as people who enlisted
before the war, McCourtie said.
Enlistments range from two to
six years and include eight
weeks of basic training plus six
to 14 weeks of Advanced Individual Training.
McCourtie said about 25
percent of the entire Army is in
the Persian Gulf. Enlistees have
a one in four chance of going to
the Middle East.
The Marine Corps also is
witnessing an increased interest
from "unsolicited volunteers,"
said Lt. George Whitehead,
operations officer for procuring
stations in Lansing.
"In September 1990, Lansing
was number one in the nation in
total numbers," he said. "There
were approximately 100 enlistments a month for all of
Michigan excluding Detroit."
Whitehead said the Marine
Corps is having trouble calling
up people from its delayed entry
program where people enlist but
don't start active duty until
later.
"As time got closer < to armed
conflict) it got harder to hold
them to their contract," he said.
Whitehead said the minimum
enlistment for a Marine is four
years and the maximum is eight.
There are 13 weeks of basic
training and six weeks to six
months of advanced training.
"A lot of people are enlisting
for patriotism," Whitehead said.
"We're a little concerned because
there might be problems if the
conflict ends tomorrow — we're
making sure they know the
benefits."
The Air Force also is reaching
its set goal for recruits.
The branch recruited 496
Michigan citizens, excluding the
western upper peninsula, from
August   until   now,   said   Capt.
Margie McGlinn, chief of advertising and promotion.
"We've had an increase in the
number of phone calls of people
wanting to come in," McGlinn
said. "It started right after the
15th (of January')."
McGlinn said enlistment
ranges from four to six years.
Though the Air Force continues
to meet its goal, he said recruitment continues.
Naval recruitment is also
about the same as usual, said Lt.
Cmdr. Alan Goldstein, public
affairs officer for Navy recruit
area five.
Area five is made up of 11
Midwest states including
Michigan, Ohio and Minnesota.
"Sure there has been some
effect   from   Desert   Storm   and
Layoffs in store for
molecular institute
by LAURA PHILLIPS
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Michigan Molecular Institute plans to lay off seven employees next
month because of state funding delays and a lack of income from
grants and contracts.
To cut costs, the institution this week granted furloughs of "a couple ■
months to three or four months" to two research assistants and one
instrument technician, said Acting MMI President Robert Hefner.
Part-time contracted employees laid off in the cuts include a
secretary, an accountant, a research assistant and a visiting scientist
from mainland China, he said.
CMU has >hared facilities, equipment and expertise in the area of
polymer studies with the non-profit research institution since the
1970s. Funding for MMI was channeled from the state through CMU
See MMI Page 16
Engler plan
for budget
voted down
by House
by JOHN MULVANEY
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A proposed large-scale budget  ;
cut    announced   by   Gov.   John' ;
Engler  was  supposed to reduce
the state deficit.
I-tvit   it   >*?*»» cUifeatfcl Tuesday.
■■**'The proposal -was approvea1 try l'"
the   predominantly   Republican
Senate Appropriations
Committee Jan. 15, but rejected
by the House Appropriations
Committee — a mostly
Democratic * group, said John
Truscott, Engler's press
secretary.
In place of Engler s plan, a 9.2
percent "across the board" deficit
reduction plan is in effect as a
result of a proposal passed by the
legislature and signed by former
Gov. James J. Blanchard in
December, Truscott said.
"I supported (Engler's) plan
because it's a more targeted
approach at handling the budget
deficit crisis," said Rep. Jim
McBryde. R-Mount Pleasant.
"Some departments can handle
cuts better than others."
McBryde said Engler's
proposal would have saved the
same amount, but would have
resulted in only 3,300 layoffs
instead of the current plan's
7.700.
"The governor's proposal
would have laid-off 357 prison
guards, the current plan will lay
off 3.000." Truscott said.
McBryde said he . was
"somewhat" surprised the vote
for the proposal went the wav it
did.
"I think it's very difficult for
the legislature to face the cuts
required," McBryde said. "They
picked the plan they felt most
comfortable dealing with."
Peter Jaskoski, administrative
assistant to Sen. Joanne
Emmons. R-Big Rapids, said the
senator hoped the House would
have taken the recommendations.
See PLAN Page 2
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Desert Shield," Goldstein said. "I
can't isolate or quantify the
effect.
"We now have more kids
saying 'I'd like to go in the Navy
but ma and dad want me to hold
off.' "
Officials await reimbursement from Raisin Bowl
by CORRIE PERNIK
LIFE Copy Editor
The California Raisin Bowl is a distant memory in the minds of
many people, but the University is still receiving bills connected
with the Dec. 8 trip to Fresno.
CMU spent about $239,939 for a number of Bowl-related
expenses, but Russ Herron, vice president for University Relations,
said the figure does not include one major source of revenue —
proceeds from the game.
Herron said he does not know when the University will receive its
share of bowl revenue, but the income will affect current tentative
totals.
"The totals are misleading," he said, adding expenses could
increase when outstanding bills arrive.
In landing the bowl berth, Central was guaranteed at least
$150,000, said Allan Chamberlin, assistant Mid-American Conference commissioner, in a previous interview.
If the bowl committee sold all 30,000 tickets for the game, the
University could have received up to $275,000, Chamberlin said.
The Chippewas played in front of a crowd qf 25,431 at Fresno's
Bulldog Stadium.
A Jan. 21 expense summary — requested Jan. 11 by CM LIFE
under   the   Freedom   of Information  Act  —  lists  various  costs,
See BOWL Page 9