1994-11-21; Central Michigan Life

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At-large tribe members left out of meeting
2 districts vote to keep allowing quarter-blood members
By ERIN MERCER
LIFE Staff Wnter
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At large members of the Saginaw Chippewa
Indian Tribe are calling it a lie. The tribal council
says the members not living on the reservation are
just being silly.
In a controversial and protested move, at-large
members of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe
were denied access to the tribal meeting at which
council members discussed amending the tribe's
constitution to allow enrollment of one-quarter
Saginaw Chippewa into the tribe, said Chief Gail
Jackson.
Members from district one (Isabella) and two
(Saganing) of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe
voted down the proposal at the meeting as some
members from district three, the portions of the
at-large membership which does not live on a reservation, waited outside.
The decision to amend the proposal was denied
because members said they felt they had not had
enough time to review the issue.
"The information should have been mailed out
first so they had a chance to look at it, then a
meeting should have been set." Jackson said.
While no date has been set, the tribal council
might vote on the proposal after further review.
Although district three was not included in the
meeting, there were four meetings in September for
the at-large members to discuss the issues being
proposed, said Joseph Sowmick, communications
and public relations director for the tribe.
Many rumors have surfaced that both Sowmick
and Jackson originally denied. Members of the at-
large tribal population said the meeting really was
to disqualify them from receiving quarterly $2,000
dividends from the reservation's gaming profits.
The reports were false, according to both Sowmick and Jackson. Sowmick said he thought that it
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FIRE BURNS SEMI
TRUCK TO A CRISP
Mount Pleasant firefighters give directions controlling a fire that gutted a semi truck at Chippewa Beverage Company, 210 W. Pickard Ave.,
Sunday night. A malfunction in the block heater
LIFE Photo/John Elbers
of the truck was thought to be the cause of the
fire. "\ still can't believe it," said Tom McEvoy,
the truck's driver. "It's the only truck I've ever
driven."
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LIFE Photo/Jason Wambsgans
The higher usage of the library and its computers
this year has contrasted the lower number of
student employees working there.
Work-study
cuts leave
CMU library
understaffed
Larger number of
users taxing lower
number of workers
By HEATHER NEEDHAM
LIFE Staff Wnter	
Although most areas of the CMU campus have
felt the sting of work-study cuts, the libraries have
been especially hard-hit because of a dramatic
increase in users.
Dorman Smith, director of Library Public Services, said all campus departments have had cuts,
but the library lost 18 percent of its work-study
funding.
Smith said no employees lost their jobs due to the
cuts, but they did not hire as many new people. The
current employees are also working less hours, he
said. However, desks jobs at the libraries still have
the same number of employees working the same
number of hours.
Interim Provost Richard Davenport said across
the board cuts have affected everybody on campus.
"We're real concerned about it. We're going to
handle it this year but in the long run it will be
difficult," he said.
Smith said money has been taken out of hinds for
equipment and materials to help combat shortages
for workers, but said he really doesn't know what
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Student ombuds position to remain half-time
Bradley's work load not overwhelming
By CHRIS C. DAVIS
l IFE  Staff Writer
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With   more  than   50  cases  in
seven   weeks,   the   new  ombuds
officer  has  been   busy,  but   not
overwhelmed, so the position will
remain   at   the   university  on   a
half-time basis.
Jan Wagester, executive assistant to the president, said no consideration    has    been    made   to
make the ombuds position a full-
time venture. Wagester said she
and student Ombuds Officer
Marion Bradley communicate
regularly to determine if the
workload is too much to handle.
"We feel that the amount of
work done by the ombuds officer
can be done in a half-time position," Wagester said.
Bradley said although the
ombuds position will remain a
half-time  position,  she  is more
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than willing
to meet with
a student outside her regular hours.
Most students are able
to meet with
her during
her standard 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. slot,
she said.
Bradley said if a decision would
be made to make student ombuds
Bradley
officer a full-time job, she would
likely be able to make a smooth
transition.
"My role as student ombuds
officer is to listen to student
problems, investigate complaints, analyze the facts of each
case impartially, interpret policies and procedures and make
referrals or recommendations for
resolution of the problem," Bradley said.
The biggest challenge facing
the ombuds office is advertising
the position, Bradley said.
Dean of Students search committee named
By ERIN MERCER
Llr-F Staff Writer
Eight members of the CMU
community were named to serve
on the dean of Students search
committee FYiday.
Interim provost Richard
Davenport   said   the   committee
includes Fred Adams, philosophy
chairman; John Haeger, dean of
the College of Arts and Sciences;
Ross Rapaport, professor from
the Counseling Center; John
Schleede, associate dean of the
College of Business Administration; Julia Sherlock, director of
the Career Services and Resource
Center; Betty Wagner, director of
Admissions; and Charles Wester-
field, Traverse City junior.
The committee is chaired by
Debbie Slade, assistant vice provost.
Davenport said the search will
be nationwide and the committee
will  put advertisements for the
position in national trade journals and student affairs journals.
Applicants for the position will
have their files reviewed by the
members of the search committee, who will then sort applicants
into semifinal.sts.
The    semifinalists   will    be
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