1996-02-21; Central Michigan Life

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Michigan ft. Ir C
WEDNESDAY,
FEBRUARY 21,
1996
VOLUME 78. NUMBER 63
MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN 48859
C1996 CM LIFE
(517)774-3493
14 PAGES
SPORTS
Tournament hopes
dwindle for mens team
The Chippewas need to
win their four remaining
games and then look for
help from the rest of the
conference in order to
make the post season
tournament. CMU
entertains     Kent     State
tonight in Rose Arena.
PAGE 8
LIFESTYLES
T is the season to be
tanning
CMU students head for
local tanning booths
before heading to the
beaches over spring
break.
PAGE 12
CAMPUS
New    policing    officer
hopes to build relations
Dan Gaffka, community
policing officer, has been
working to establish
greater rapport with
residents living in areas
between High and Bellows
streets since mid-
September.
PAGE 3
Victims of house fire receive
help from community, friends
By Lenny Padilla
LIFE Staff Writer
Jose Olivarez probably never
realized how many friends he
had until he was the unfortunate victim of a devastating fire
last weekend.
Friends of Olivarez, Blissfield
junior, are pooling their
resources to help out their friend
and his housemates.
Jason Gooding, manager of the
Shaboom Pub Club where
Olivarez works as a bouncer,
began collecting money for his
friend when he heard of his
plight.
"A lot of us at the bar are really close," Gooding said. "We're
like a big family and we wanted
to help him out.
"He was a little shocked about
the whole thing, but he wanted
to work (the next night) to get it
off of his mind."
Olivarez and five others were
the victims of a destructive fire
that ravaged a house early
Saturday morning at 1025 S.
Main St.
At least 12 people were in the
house, most of them visitors. No
injuries were reported.
"Jose and his roommates lost
everything they had," Gooding
said. "All he had was the clothes
he was wearing at the time."
Aid also is coming from those
who do not even know the victims.
Jaime Overmars, Novi freshman, and her friends from
fourth-floor Wheeler Hall have
collected a number of items for
the victims.
"People have been really, really generous," Overmars said.
She said her floor has collected
five boxes and several bags full
of    canned    goods,    toiletries,
clothes and other food items.
"They're students too so we
can relate, we just wanted to
help out •
Members of the Sigma
Lambda Gamma sorority are
asking the CMU community to
reach out and donate food, clothing or money to help the tenants,
of which four are members of
Sigma Lambda Beta, the brother
fraternity of Sigma Lambda
Gamma.
Olivarez could not be reached
for comment.
Those interested in helping
out are asked to call or drop
items off at either the Shaboom
Pub Club, 106 Court St., or contact Sonia Hernandez, Lansing
junior, of Sigma Lambda
Gamma at 775-8306.
The incident is still under
investigation by city police.
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Former CMU employee
accepts new position at
N.C. Wesleyan College
By Lenny Padilla
LIFE Staff Writer	
When Bob Trullinger was dismissed as a CMU employee after
16 years in December of last
year, he said he viewed the dismissal as a chance to pursue
other career opportunities.
Trullinger, former CMU director of Regional tod Special
Programs for
Alumni
Relations and
Development,
has now
accepted     the
position of vice
president    for
Adult
Programs      at _
North Carolina   TRULLINGER
Wesleyan College in Rock Mount
effective April 1.
MI am going to hate to leave
Mount Pleasant," he said. "I
have a lot of good friends in the
area. It is a bitter sweet feeling,
but I think (NC Wesleyan has) a
great future and I hope to take
my expertise and knowledge and
apply it where it's needed."
Trullinger, Mount Pleasant
City Commissioner and former
mayor of Mount Pleasant, said
he will announce his resignation
at the commission meeting on
March 25.
Trullinger, who is one of four
city commissioners in the midst
of a recall campaign by local residents, said the recall was not a
factor in his decision to take the
position.
"Absolutely not. One of the
reasons I held off leaving earlier
is   because   I  wanted   to   stay
See TRULLINGER Page 10
CMU alumnus dies after
tennis match at SAC
By Erin Mercer
LIFE Assistant News Editor	
A retired CMU employee and
alumnus     collapsed     Monday
while   playing   tennis   at   the
Student  Activity   Center   and.
later died at a local hospital.
John E. Parfitt, a 69-year-old
Mount Pleasant resident, was
playing tennis in the SAC Turf
Room with a group of friends
when the incident occurred at
around 1 p.m., said Janet
Helfrich, professor of physical
education and sport and member of the group playing tennis.
"He swung at a serve, missed
and collapsed," Helfrich said.
According to Ron Williams,
associate director of CMU's
Department of Public Safety, his
department was called for assistance and when they arrived at
the scene a SAC employee had
begun CPR.
Parfitt was resuscitated at the
SAC and transported by ambulance to Central Michigan
Community Hospital, where he
later died of natural causes,
Williams said.
He was born Sept. 26, 1926 in
New London, Wis., to John D.
and Agnes Irene Parfitt.
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New policy will affect number of sick days for CMU employees
By Kristi Groner
LIFE Staff Writer
The number of days some
CMU employees can stay home
sick will be drastically reduced.
The sick leave policy for
administrative professionals, on-
campus employees and support
staff is being converted beginning July l.Full time employees
will earn one half day paid sick
leave for each pay period or
every two weeks for a maximum
of 13 days a year, said Maxine
Tubbs, director of Staff
Personnel Services.
In the past, employees were
granted 60 days of sick time at
the beginning of the fiscal year
and could use them throughout
the year, Tubbs said. Employees
were able to carry over any days
not used and add them to their
new 60 days at the beginning of
each year.
AP employees include 360
salaried entry-level, mid-level
and top-level administrative
positions including academic
advisers, residence hall directors
and heads of units. The on-cam-
pus employees include 90 hourly
and salaried employees in
extended learning offices around
the United States. Support staff
are 15 clerical employees, Tubbs
said.
"Sixty days is off the map," she
said. The new system of 13 days
a year is more standard with
other universities and businesses."
The Staff Personnel Services
a
The reason for the
change is two-fold:
greater accountability
and less incentive to use
time when they don't
really need it
n
MAXINE TUBBS
Director of Staff Personnel
Services
office sent out 465 letters
Thursday to affected employees
explaining the change.
The reason for the change is
two-fold: greater accountability
and less incentive to use time
when they don't really need it,*
she said.
"Employees will be much more
impacted by the time they can
take off," Tubbs said. They will
have to work to accrue time they
take off and save up sick days for
longer illnesses*
The new policy was met with
little opposition from affected
people.
The reaction you get is from
people who have used a great
amount of time in the past five
years especially pregnancy
leave," said Charles Carlson,
chairman of the AP council.
"For people like me who are
rarely sick, Til carry on,* said
Carlson, also director of Grants
and Contracts for the College of
Extended Learning.
"Pregnancy   is   treated   the
same as a disability during the
period in which the employee's
physician certifies that the
employee is unable to work," the
letter stated.
Julia Sherlock, AP council
member and director of Career
Services and Resource Center,
said she hasn't received any concerns from other APs about the
changes in the policy.
The letter explained to
employees how sick days left
ewer from previous years will
carryover.
For employees who have
worked for less than six years,
the beginning sick leave balance
will be figured by multiplying
the number of years at CMU by
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