1998-09-04; Central Michigan Life

              Central Michigan LIFE
Volume 81, Number 4
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859
©1998 CM LIFE
erving the community
Friday
September 4, 199H
12 putt's
Warriner  lYIo
Above, Keith Burrow (left), and Fred Burrow, of Midland, rip up the stage floor in Warriner Auditorium Tuesday afternoon as renovations begin on
historic Warriner Hall. Below right, plastic tarps cover the seats in Warriner Auditorium to protect them from damage as renovations progress.
Warriner Auditorium gets
nezv look zvith renovations
By Kristi Gutowski
MM     taff Writ
Warrini ? Auditorium will be receiving limit than a regular fact-lilt in
the next tew months because of
(800,000 allotted by tin university
for the project
The $800,000 comes from the 1998-
99 Capital Budget and the funding
was approved by the Board of
Trustee- at its meeting in April
Bob   Ebner.   director   of   University
Events, -aid the renovation of tin
auditorium did not start until a f< m
weeks ago, but there were plans to
begin the project this summer
"It   wasn't   feasible  with  the com pa
nies," Ebner said.
Students may have seen crews
working on the roof of the auditorium
this week, which Ebner said hasn't
been redone in 15 years
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Procedures
change;
refund checks
come early
By Matt Clara
••
Though   some   students   still   find   room   for
complaint, refund checks this semestei   wen
ded  "'it   and  mailed out earlier than ever
before        thifl in Bpif %S million increase
in disbursement size over last year's checks.
Terry   Viau,   director   for   the   Office   of
Scholarships   and   Financial   Aid,   along   with
the rest of  her staff,  were responsible for the
early   refunds.  About   $26   million   was   given
out in refund checks this semester   comp
to   last   year's   estimated   $17   million,   \
said
"<hir goal was to have refund checks on tin-
first    day   of   classes   for   students   who   have
filed on time, turned in all their paperwork in
a timelj way and who had registered early,"
Viau said   "We met that goal."
"Pali of that Marly refund1 was because we
sent promissory notes for loans out about a
month earlier than last year, so people ^ot
them    hack    faster."    she    said      "We    had    to
change the way we process loans and
actually going to cause more work after the
but that won't impact student
Basically we had to process all of our loans
before we knew if students really wanted
them We are going to have to cancel a lot of
loans for students that didn't want them. It
was in the students' benefit to do that.*' Viau
said
For those students who wish to avoid prob
receiving   their   refund   checks   next
semester,  Viau  recommends  looking out  for
two things:
• Late Enrollment. "The biggest reason I've
noticed is students weren't enrolled. A number of students enroll during phase two ( registration) and that enrollment isn't out there
vet   —   we   cannot   legally   disbunM   financial
aid to students that aren't registered," she
said
• LJnreturned  Promissorj   N  ' A lot of
students think they've sent the (promise
note hack, hut what they've really sent back
is the award notice."
Students who experience a delay in the BJ
tern  should   either  visit   or call   the  Office  of
Scholarships and  Financial Aid at  774-3674
"Any   time   a   student   feels   that   there
problem,   they   should   check   in   with   us   to
make certain that we have all the document-
that are needed," Viau said.
Students, staff 'get acquainted' at 20th annual Central event
By Angie Fenton
LIFE Staff Writer
They cam* in droves to enjoy the free
fowl, listen to the various ethnic music.
learn about many of the organizations
on campus, ami to get acquainted —
and reacquainted — with one another
Students, faculty, staff, and community members gathered Wednesday on
Warriner Mall for the 20th annual
< Set Acquainted Day," sponsored by
Minority Student Services and the
Office For Institutional Diversity
James Mitchell, assistant director of
Minority Student Services, coordinated the event
"I think its a great program — I've
been part of it for five years.*' be said
Mitchell is responsible for coordinat
ing  all  cultural   and  educational   pro
grams for Minority Student Services,
which includes "Get Acquainted Dej
"He (Mitchell) is really our driving
force,"  said  Ayayi   Fubara.  director   of
Minuritj Student Servia
Fubara Iw^an the formal pail ofthe
event by welcoming everyone to the
yearly ^et together
"I just want to say a big 'welcome.'
( ibviously some of you know this is a
tradition here at CMU and this is the
20th year we've had . . this day This
is a chance 'for all of us» to get together one last time (before the semester
takes off'.    Fubara said
David Williams, assistant vice president of Institutional Diversity
addressed the crowd, emphasizing the
importance' of becoming "acquainted
with each other
William- asked the crowd to take a
moment to turn to a neighlx>r and
introduce themselves
Hut aside from meeting new people.
William.-   -aid   he also  hopes  everyone
stays Ionised on the purp<>*<* of In-mg
here at CMU.
* I would hope that during the school
year we will work together to be sure
that we are making this university the
university that we all feel it should !*•."
Williams said
Provost    Richard    Davenport,   who
0   atklll MHid   the   large  crowd,   wel
corned      everyone      on      behalf     of
Universit3 President I eonard Plachta,
who was not in attendance
"This is an opportunity to . get
started <>n the right foot (bj getting
acquainted with faculty, staff, and
other students Davenport said "Hut
that is only the first step One ofthe
things that we know about students is
that the more organizations you get
involved with, the more projects you
do. the more likelj ringtohave
a successful experiei
Y.nfre only young one i so get the
most out of your education and your
t me  at < '• nt r tl    he said
Anuml ' /at ion- v
resented   at   the   event   at   individual
tables,   which   organization   members
ted    with    their    logos,    col-
photo albums, awards, and other deco
rations  Most groups handed out infbr
mat »onal tl\ l  •
Maisha Smith, Southfield senior and
founder  Of the FutUH    1 Oft UAcfT
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L El ZHENG • CM LIFE
Lois Kromer (right), of the Office of International Education, speaks with some international students at the 20th Annual Get Acquainted Day on Wednesday.
INSIDE
Due to the Labor Day
break, CM LIFE will not
publish on Monday.
City of Mount Pleasant draws the line: zero tolerance
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By Amy Zevchak
•   Staff Writer
Off-campus students are finding out that if they have a
party they better clean it up.
The City of Mount Pleasant's
zero   tolerance   ordinance
tor housing went into effei I this
semester    arid    residents    were
•rained before classes started
About    500    pamphlet-    \s « r«
handed out to residents before
class* ted, letting students
know what  the\  could he in vio
lation ot   said Bill McCracken,
■   i itv   building   offlcisI    l
cod* nn-nt   officials will
writi     tickets   for   inside   furni
ture or appliances on the front
lawns    over  eccupancj
>ive trash    unkempt  lawns and
rked in yard -
In   ye.tr>   past.   a   house   found
in   violation   would   r<
warning.       This code
enforcement officer nsid
ering the pan
phlets    .i
one     . i r i d     On ly
warning   n<
ed
"Because
t he r
ira
lion   (of   pam
phlets ».  v\.
taking   ■
tolerance k
In   reai     |
we'd  do  in
on*- or t * and t f .
a   t M kt t     Tl n«>t
doing   it
Building     I tiard
Shattuck        With     the     time
alio* •'  t   don't   h
I ime to be more tolei ant
This   Sundaj    seven   tic!
    a lied
we are taking a zero   ■■««« vv,th tv"
ult unit um -
I    i d   1'. ii den
Otisville   senior
and     president
ot Phi
Ion,       said
Fratei n
s      Main
■ 1    t In
ii ii I M
i tic ket this
kend
Phe I     11 pa the
I he litter on the
la* i,   and  then   it  the  litt. •
tolerant e level In the
fstst, we'd do ma) be
one or two stops and
then issik* *i ticket I his
re no! doing it
MINARD SHATTUCK
Mt   Pleasant Building
Inspector
not   picked   up  before   the  sun
•    the   ticket   for   it
civil   in tract ion."
Met i, who } a in
. mint for 27 yeai i
believes   no the   tickets
ited,   meaning
they    were    given    to   houses
showing   the   aftermath   of  par
M lhattuck
i   little    dismayed
that   even   after   all   the   extra
effort    and
the> • n     it beforel
thei i   ws      till tn luble immedi
ately followii turn
to Mount IM. asant
The beginning «»t the
4 the
p ot st udenti i on m^ in
every year who are unaware ot
the rules, hot h said
The tickets given out an
where    from    $50    to    |250,    and
hoUSM be  double  fined   for
multiple offenses.
Tickets can result in a trip to
Isabella County District Court
it left unpaid This could give
offenders   an   additional   fine
from   the   court   and   a   late   U e
with    a    possible    revocation    of
the person's driver- license
"There   are  just    more   health
concerns   to nan    in   the
past," McCracken said    Not to
mention    all    the   animals   that
^et   into  the   trash      The  tra-h
tut}    unclean
ightty appe |
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