1997-04-21; Central Michigan Life

              Central Michigan LIFE
Volume 79, Number 83
Mt. Pleasant,   MI 48859
©1997 CM LIFE
77 years of serving the community
MONDAY
APRIL 21,1997
14 pages
Student found dead in apartment
■ Preliminary cause of
death of Conti Walker
listed as natural causes
By Dave Borough
and Rachel Sprovtsoff
LIFE Staff Writers	
A CMU student was found
dead in his on-carapus apartment Saturday afternoon.
Conti Walker. 21, was discovered in his apartment after not
being seen for a couple of days,
according to Jeff Pickler, detective for CMU Police.
Pickler said Walker's apartment supervisor went to check
on him on Saturday.
The supervisor knocked on the
door     at     his     residence     and
received no response. The person
then entered the residence and
found Walker lying on the floor,
Pickler said.
The supervisor immediately
contacted CMU Police, and officers arrived at approximately
4:30 p.m. Officers then found
Walker. Detroit junior, to he
deceased, according to the police
report.
The medical examiner
responded to the scene and the
preliminary cause of death is
listed as natural causes, according to the report. A time of death
has not been established yet.
An autopsy will be performed
today at Central Michigan
Community Hospital to determine the exact cause of death.
Walker was president of the
Organization for Black Unity, a
member of Phi Sigma Pi, national honorary fraternity, and was
very active on campus. He had
helped co-organize Saturday's
Step Show in Warriner
Auditorium with Phi Beta
Sigma.
Rob Smith, OBU advisor and
Thorpe residence hall director,
said Walker was an outstanding
organizer and leader.
"He was genuine and well-
respected. He was a good brother
without question to all the students who knew him." Smith
said. "We will definitely miss
him around here at CMU."
James Mitchell, Graduation
Retention  Improvement Advisor
for Minority Affairs, had worked
with Walker on many activities,
including Kwanzaa and other
OBU activities.
"He was an excellent kid with
a very bright future," Mitchell
said. "CMU was blessed to have
him on this campus.
"I can't express my sympathies
enough. It brings tears to my
eyes." he said.
He also said he knew Walker
had diabetes and kidney problems.
Arthur Mullins, Detroit freshman and vice president of OBU,
said Walker was an outstanding
student and he was always trying to help people.
See WALKER Page 7	
City Attorney
reviews complaint
LIFE Staff Reports
Mount Pleasant City Attorney
Sue Jeffers is reviewing information sent to her by the Mount
Pleasant Police Department to see
if there is sufficient evidence as to
whether an attorney violated a
city ordinance.
The complaint, filed on April 8,
alleges David Kramer was acting
disorderly at Central Michigan
Community Hospital on that day.
Kramer, an attorney from Novi,
is defending Ronald Ziemba, Troy
sophomore, who is charged with
drunken driving causing death.
"I know nothing, nor can I imagine  what  they're  talking  about,"
450 student
works
displayed in
exhibition
By-
LIFE
Staff Writer
The fourth annual Student Research and
Creative Endeavors Exhibition will showcase
students' research turned into results
Bill Miles, coordinator of special projects
and professor at Park Library, said the event
will involve more than 190 displays of the
work of 450 CMU students.
"(The event) has grown tremendously,"
Miles said.
The exhibition is Wednesday in Finch
Fieldhouse. Student works will be on display
from noon to 5 p.m.; creative performances
are scheduled fur 1 to 3 p.m.; oral presentations are from 1:30 to 3 p.m.; and the formal
program is scheduled for 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Miles said the program is a way to present
the results of research students have worked
very hard to achieve.
Many of the projects that are either oral
presentations, art displays or poster displays
and demonstrations, are the result of the
work of more than one student. Each project
also has a faculty sponsor.
Student participants in the program will be
presented with certificates.
Miles said in the past the event has been in
the Industrial and Engineering Technology
Building, but this year the program has
increased participation and the event had to
be moved to Finch Fieldhouse.
Creative performances this year include
the CMU Chamber Singers, who will perform
six numbers from  1 to 1:30 p.m.
Members of Alpha Psi Omega. National
Honorary Theater Fraternity, will present "Is
This the Play?" written and directed by
Roscoe Summers, Gaylord senior, from 1:30
to 2 p.m.
The Orchesis Dance Theatre will perform
five numbers from 2 to 2:30 p.m.
Extreme Harmony, a saxophone quartet,
will perform five pieces from 2:30 to 3 p.m..
and Cornerstone Brass, a brass quintet, will
perform eight pieces from 3 to 3:30 p.m.
See EXHIBITION Page 2
LIFE Photo/Brandon Sullivan
Run-
Through
(Above) Mount Pleasant Fire Department rescuers demonstrated the actions they would
take in the rescue of accident victims Saturday
night in front of the Towers.
(Right) Rescuers practice resuscitating
accident victims.
Check before taking summer classes at other schools
By Kcschel Sprovtsoff
: 1FE Staff Writer	
It used to be that in high
school, going to summer school
meant somebody screwed up
during the regular school year.
But in college, giving up a summer to the gods of education
means an early ticket out of universities and colleges.
The challenge of going to summer school is finding a school
near home to take classes that
will transfer back to CMU.
Before taking classes at another college, there are some things
to take care of at CMU.
Registrar Karen Hutslar said
the first thing to do is find out if
the credits will transfer. To do
that, students can go to the
Undergraduate Academic
Services and check books that
provide what courses will transfer back to CMU.
"People come in and use it
every day," she said.
The next step is to apply to the
colleges, which Hutslar said can
Deadline for filing for summer fine ^cial aid is May 30
By Rachel Sprovtsoff
LIFE Staff Wnter
If working extra jobs to get through summer school doesn't sound appealing, the
Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid may
be able to help out.
Terry Viau, director of Scholarships and
Financial Aid, said the first thing a student
needs to qualify for financial aid is to be
admitted to CMU. However, guest students
do not qualify for financial aid, she said.
During the regular school year, students
are eligible for a certain amount of financial
aid and that determines if they can still get
aid for the summer, Viau said. They also have
to be registered in at least six credit hours in
both summer sessions.
"Students   must   be   eligible   for   Fed«
Direct Loans, Federal/Michigan Work Stiu.
and Federal Pell Grants before we can cm
sider them," Viau said.
The deadline for filing for financial aid for
the summer is May 30, and even though some
students may have filed earlier and have
received financial aid, it doesn't mean there
won't be any left.
"It all depends on their eligibility," she said.
There are other criteria students must
meet when applying for summer financial
aid. Only CMU credit hours will be considered for eligibility and students must be making satisfactory academic progress toward a
degree.
Scholarships for summer are also based on
Ugibility and are given out by certain programs, Viau said.
Refund checks will be disbursed in two
installments. The checks will arrive at CMU
May 16, and students'accounts will be credited within a week. If there is any money left,
that money will be available to students May
22 from Receivable Accounting.
The next set of checks will arrive June 27
and will be distributed July 3, Viau said.
To find out about financial status or eligibility, students can contact the Student
Service Court in the Bovee University Center
or the Office of Scholarships and Financial
Aid in Warriner Hall 205.
be done through a Uniform
Guest Application. She said most
institutions accept this form and
all students need to do is fill one
out at the Registrar's Office and
from there, the Registrar's Office
will till out the rest and send it
to that school.
In 1996, a survey was done to
find out how many students
from CMU took summer classes
elsewhere and found that
approximately 1,533 students
filled out guest applications.
"Whether or not all of them
went, we don't know," she said.
Sheila Osborne, Northville
senior, said she took a class at
Schoolcraft Community College
in Livonia and the transferring
process was fairly easy.
"It was no big deal once they
told me what to do," she said.
Getting to both registration
offices at CMU and Schoolcraft
to make sure all of the necessary
information was being processed
See SUMMER Page 2	
Kramer said Friday.
Martin Trombley, director of
Mount Pleasant Public Safety
Department, would not disclose
specific details of the complaint,
and Jeffers could not be reached
for comment Friday.
Trombley said the complaint
information was sent to the city
attorney for review to see if there
is sufficient evidence to charge
Kramer for violating a city ordinance. Trombley said the act did
not occur in the presence of police
officers and he was not arrested.
It may not be until the middle of
the week before a charge, if any, is
filed, Trombley said.
Search for
Asst. V.P. of
technology
underway
By Jeremy H. Dickman
LIFE Staff Writer	
The Provost's Office is in the
process of searching for a permanent assistant vice president for
Informational Technology to oversee all technology on campus.
"The person will supervise all
the technology that we have on
campus, plus
Telecommunications, plus
Computer Services," said Provost
Richard Davenport.
Keith Nelson, who was the
associate director of Computer
Services, has filled the position of
interim vice-provost of
Information Technology for more
than a year, Davenport said.
The Provost's Office is now
doing a national search for someone to fill the position permanently.
A search committee has made a
number of recommendations and
the Provost's Office is now in the
process of reviewing the committee's choices, Davenport said.
After reviewing the applicants,
interviews will be set up with the
select choices.
"(I) don't know for certain at
this stage when those interviews
are going to take place because
I'm waiting for the (University)
President (Leonard Plachta) to
react to the applicants that we
have.
"We hope to have those interviews in the next couple of weeks
so that students and faculty can
participate in those," Davenport
said.
Once the interviews are set,
there will be open forums, which
will be publicized so the university community can share opinions,
Davenport said.
A national search is being con-
See SEARCH Page 2	
IN  SID  E
The Grand Funkmaster George
Clinton will be preforming in Rose
Arena Wednesday. See Et cetera
on page 10 for details.
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