1998-09-18; Central Michigan Life

              Central Michigan LIFE
Volume 81, Number 9
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859
©1998 CM LIFE
79 years of serving the community
Friday
September 18, 1998
10 pages
New policy: alcohol to be allowed in stadium suites
By Angie Fenton
LIFE Staff Wntet
Students aren't allowed to
drink during football games, but
those who have leased a suite
from the university are.
According to Rae Goldsmith,
associate vice president for
Public Relations and Marketing,
the decision to allow alcohol in
the nine brand new suites in the
stadium, including the
President's suite, was a decision
made jointly by a number of
departments, including the athletics program and the president's office.
Goldsmith said there were a
couple of reasons for making the
decision to allow alcohol to be
consumed in the suites during
football games.
"One (reason) is the suites are
really   leased   space   to   private
individuals, and of course it's
helped raise funds for athletics.
Because it's an enclosed space
instead of an open space, it was
felt that with some rules, it
would be alright (to allow alcohol
in the suites)," Goldsmith said.
Alcohol in the suites is not
supplied by the university, it
cannot be consumed outside of
the suites, and those who consume alcohol must abide bv uni
versity policies as well as the
law, Goldsmith said.
A preset two-hour block of
time during the Friday before
the game is when the alcohol can
be brought in, which can be
catered by a vendor or brought
in by the suite lessee, Goldsmith
said.
"There is a set time prior to
the game when they can bring
alcohol       into      their      suites,"
Goldsmith said. "No, they can't
carry a six-pack into the game."
Goldsmith said CMU does not
allow alcohol inside the stadium
— except for in the suites —
because it wouldn't make sense
to allow alcohol in an open environment.
"I think location is a question.
There's no doubt that the location of the suites (is one of the
major factors  for allowing alco
hol in the suites). They have
doors. They're different from an
open-air place like the stadium.
"It's not unlike other universities' policies. Other universities
do similar things — not all of
them do, but many of them do,"
Goldsmith said.
Goldsmith said Mid-American
Conference schools Marshall and
See ALCOHOL Page 2	
Gotcha!
LIFE PHOTOS BY LEI ZHENG
Above: Bud Fox, of the Macomb County Sheriff's
Office, douses Tracy Davis, associate director of
Special Olympics Michigan, with a water balloon
during events surrounding the Torch Run.
Right: The Torch Run proceeds down Mission Road
en route to Sterling Heights.
Law enforcement personnel are running 3,000
miles this week for Special Olympics Michigan.
The Torch Run, hosted by The Michigan
Association of Chiefs of Police, has become a
major fund-raiser for the organization for the
past 14 years.
The non-stop relay marathon, which covers 700
miles from Copper Harbor to Sterling Heights,
requires each runner to relay a torch five miles
to the next runner who will be stationed five
miles away.
I   N   SI   D  E
Enrollment reaches second highest ever
Sports Information Director
Fred Stabley has spent 16
years at CMU. See page 8.
Classified
By Laura Michels
LIFE Staff Writer
If the campus is looking a little more crowded this
semester, it's no one's imagination.
The total number of students attending Central
at Mount Pleasant's campus is now at 17,155 — a 3
percent increase from last year, said Ray Christie,
director of institutional research and planning for
the Office of Institutional Research.
This number, however, is not the highest it's ever
been. In 1989, the total number of students at
Central equaled 17,229, marking this fall as having
the second largest student enrollment ever at CMU,
Christie said.
See ENROLLMENT Page 2	
How CMU stacks up to some other
Michigan universities:
Sources: EMU, WMU websites and wwwpetersons com
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Rite-Aid relocation shakes up Mission St.
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By Anthony Judnich
LIFE Staff Writer
A segment of North Mission Street
will witness a flurry of activity in
early October as several businesses
relocate.
Mount Pleasant's two Rite-Aid
stores are relocating from their current locations at 317 N. Mission St.
and 1010 S. Mission St. to a soon-to-
be built location on the west side of
Mission Street between Broadway
and Mosher streets, said Tony Kulick,
city director of planning and commu
nity development.
Rite-Aid's relocation will displace
several businesses in that block,
including Subway, 101 N. Mission St.;
Golden Needle Upholstery, 702
Mosher, Suite B, and The Thrift Shop,
702 Mosher Suite A. Also a business,
Western Wear Furniture, which was
located next to a vacant building at
123 N. Mission St. has already been
vacated.
This area will be demolished to
make room for the new Rite-Aid location, Kulick said.
However, NAPA Auto Parts, located
at 709 E. Broadway St., will remain at
its current location.
Kulick said in order to facilitate the
deal, Rite-Aid had to find a new location for Subway.
Rite-Aid purchased the vacant property at Mosher and North Mission
streets, next to Kentucky Fried
Chicken, 223 N. Mission St. This area
is the former site of a Clark gas station, which was torn down five to six
See RITE-AID Page 2	
Liaisons voice
concerns to
trustees
By Joy Mygrants
LIFE Staff Writer
Overcrowding in the residence halls was a
topic on the forefront of many minds at the
Board of Trustees* Student-Trustee Liaison committee meeting Thursday night.
Students attending the meeting voiced concerns about the overcrowding in the residence
halls to the trustee members in attendance.
"If the university continues to increase enrollment and policy of sophomores on campus, I
don't see it's a problem that's going to go away,"
said Jeff Falcusan, Battle Creek senior.
"Students would appreciate a philosophy that
one time is never enough. It's difficult for me to
feel that I have a grasp on the information from
one story in the paper (about what will happen
with overcrowding)," Falcusan said.
According to John Fisher, director of
Residences and Auxiliary Services, 15 percent of
the total number of rooms are overcrowded and
the number continues to drop.
"Everybody in a five-person room is on a rebated account. When space becomes available, our
intent is to unload that room," Fisher said.
Board Chair David Brandon said he agreed
with Falcusan about improving communication
between the board and the student population.
"I'm just as anxious as you are to eliminate the
problem," Brandon  said.  "I don't like the fifth
See TRUSTEES Page 10	
Union reaches
police contract
By Renee Lutz
LIFE Assistant News Editor
After more than one year with an extended
contract and several issues in negotiation, the
University Police Officers Association of
Michigan union and CMU have reached agreement for a new contract.
Maxine Tubbs, director of Staff Personnel
Services, said the union, which represents 15
CMU police officers, reached tentative agreement Wednesday. The five-year contract was ratified and the agreement was made final
Thursday, she said.
The last POAM contract was ratified Aug. 1,
1994, and expired June 30 of last year. Until
Thursday, the contract had been extended indefinitely, Tubbs said.
The new union contract will expire in the year
2002, since the first year (from July 1997-1998,
the year in which the old contract remained
extended) has already passed, Tubbs said.
Tubbs added that since the first year of the
new contract has passed, there will be no
retroactive changes. For example, no retroactive
pay will be given to union employees, she said.
In the new contract's second year, there will be
a four percent base wage adjustment for the
union officers, a two percent adjustment in the
third year, and a three percent adjustment in
each of the fourth and fifth years, Tubbs said.
See POLICE Page 2
U. Park addition
breaks ground
LIFE Staff Reports
Spirit Forge, a Detroit area business, broke
ground today to begin construction for a business
'incubator' on 6.3 acres of University Park, west
of the Comfort Inn on West Campus Drive.
The building, which will give new businesses
an opportunity to grow, is fashioned after another building which is located in the Farmington
Hills area; yet another is slated for construction
in Sterling Heights.
The Farmington building has an appearance
similar to that of an high-tech office building.
"It's an incubator, open primarily for high-tech
business operation," said Provost Richard
Davenport.
In addition, CMU business students will have
See SPIRIT FORGE Page 2