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Central I IC C
Michigan LITE
WEDNESDAY,
JULY 17,
1996
VOLUME 78, NUMBER 96
MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN 48859
©1996 CM LIFE
(517)774-3493
10 PAGES
New athletic logo brings 'movement' to CMU sports
By Jason Schmitt
LIFE Sports Editor	
CMU unveiled its new athletic
logo at a press conference
Tuesday at the Bovee University
Center.
The traditional "block C" has
been modified to give the logo a
"feeling of movement."
Russ Herron, vice president
for University Relations; Rae
Goldsmith, associate vice president for Public Relations and
Marketing; and Herb Deromedi,
athletic director, spoke at the
press conference regarding the
new symbol of CMU athletics.
"We've been thinking about
doing this for a number of years,"
Herron said. "We needed to come
up with something that was
more specific for our athletic program."
Herron said the new logo was
created just in time for the CMU
football team's 100th anniversary this season.
"We felt that it might be an
appropriate time to unveil our
logo," he said.
Goldsmith said Herron called
a small committee together
approximately six months ago to
discuss the possibility of a new
logo. The committee consisted of
Herron; Goldsmith; Frances
Dysinger, CMU licensing coordi-
ry   Grawbui
urg,
nator;   and   Larry
assistant athletic director.
JanSport, a national sportswear manufacturing firm, was
asked to create some models for
the new logo.
Chris Henwood, a graphic
designer  for  JanSport,  created
the new logo which was immediately taken in by everyone.
"The new logo accomplished
the goals we had of maintaining
some of the tradition that we've
had for 100 years and also looking contemporary and active,"
Herron said.
Deromedi, who agreed with
Herron about the logo's new
look, said the new logo will be
used by all CMU athletic teams.
Administrators to propose
9.6 percent increase in
tuition, fees for 1996-97
By Dave Borough
LIFE Staff Writer	
CMU administrators will propose the annual tuition and fee
increases with the rest of the
operating and capital budget
plans at Thursday's Board of
Trustees meeting.
According to a proposal by
Kim Ellertson, vice president for
Business and Finance, the recommended tuition increase for
the 1996-97 school year is 3.5
percent.
The total tuition and fee
increase for full-time undergraduate students is a 9.6 percent increase when the new
$100 technology fee and tuition
increases are combined.
Ellertson's administrative
assistant, Wendy Malish, said
Ellertson currently is not speaking to CM LIFE.
Nancy Ridley, director of
Budget and Planning, said the
tuition increase was based on
the amount needed for revenue
to cover projected expenses.
She said with the addition of
the technology fee, the combined
rate increase is higher than the
past two years. The increase
puts CMU's increase higher
than those of other Michigan
universities.
Rae Goldsmith, associate vice
president for Public Relations
and Marketing, said while the
increase is higher than other
Michigan universities, several
already have technology fees.
"The increase still leaves us in
the bottom third of the other 15
public schools," Goldsmith said.
"CMU is still one of the most
reasonably priced institutions in
the state."
Goldsmith said when students come back in the fall they
will already begin to see the positive effects of the fee.
This year's total projected
budget is more than $146 million, an increase of 7.7 percent.
The College of Arts and
Science is projected to receive a
5.5 percent increase, the College
of Business Administration a 1.9
percent increase and the College
of Education, Health and
Human Services a 5.3 percent
increase.
The College of Extended
Learning and Interdisciplinary
Units are projected to receive an
8.8 and 9.9 percent increase
respectively.
Proposed capital budget projects include an estimated
$540,000 expansion of parking
lots 8 and 12 after Barnard and
Tate hall demolitions are completed and renovation of the
bleachers in Rose Arena.
Other projects include an estimated $81,000 to remodel Bovee
University Center for Student
Life and Student Organizations;
$150,000 to convert three classrooms in Anspach Hall to faculty offices; $143,500 to remodel
financial aid offices in Warriner
Hall; $49,300 to remodel a corridor in Grawn Hall and $27,000
to install bike rack pads at various academic buildings.
There is a total of 72 proposed
capita] budget requests.
Jerry Scoby, assistant vice
president for Business Affairs,
could not be reached for comment.
"We feel the logo gives us a
symbol, and still gives us the tradition of having the 'C At the
same time it puts a new spin on
it by showing that Central
Michigan University is moving
forward," Deromedi said.
The   committee   consulted   a
number of
groups before
choosing the
new logo.
Goldsmith
said the committee consulted the student-athlete
advisory committee, the
alumni board,
people in the
clothing
industry as
well as coaches. She said
the committee heard the most
opposition from the alumni.
"We found that a lot of the
alumni like the traditional look,"
Herron said. "They weren't too
crazy with something that radically changed that look."
"There was some emotional
attachment to the tradition of
the 'C,' but there was also some
room for some modern innovation of the logo," Goldsmith said.
LIFE Photo/Bryan Bosch
Rae Goldsmith, associate vice president for Public Relations and Marketing, holds up T-shirts with the
new CMU athletic logo at a press conference in the Lake Huron Room in the Bovee University Center
Herron said the students
wanted something a little more
dynamic than what the university had, so the committee took
everything into consideration
when it asked JanSport design
ers to prepare some logos for the
university.
Goldsmith said the athletic
program will benefit financially
with the introduction of the new
athletic logo when people choose
to buy products bearing it.
"We hope this will encourage
people to buy something that is
new and different," she said.
AFSCME files injunction request
By Cindy Trombley
HF E Editor I ¥ 	
The American Federation of
State, County and Municipal
Employees Local 1568 recently
filed a request for an injunction
to stop the university from going
forward in the process to bid out
the labor portion of Dining
Services.
The request was filed in
Macomb County June 28 and
transferred to Isabella County
Circuit Court in July.
It   originally   was    filed    in
Macomb County because that is
where the union's attorney is
located. ,.     ~
An order for the defendants to
show cause before the court on
why an order enjoining subcontracting shouldn't be issued was
postponed from Thursday to 8:30
a.m. Aug. 6.
University representatives
met with union representatives
June 11 to announce Central
would rebid the* labor portion of
Dining Services for a two-year
period.
Minority Affairs director
accepts position at the
University of Miami
By Dave Borough
UFE Staff Writer	
After eight years, CMU's
assistant director of Minority
Affairs will be leaving to take a
position
in
Florida.
Steve Clark
said he will be
leaving CMU
Aug. 7 for a
position as
director of
Multicultural
Affairs at the
University      of
Steve Clark
"Laura Gonzales was a great
supervisor. She is a great friend
and will be one of the things I
will miss most of all," Clark said.
Gonzales said he will do a
great job in a director's position.
"He has a lot of excellent experience to do well in a director's
position," Gonzales said. "I'm
very excited for him, but at the
same time I'm sorry to see him
go."
Gonzales said the office will
try to fill his position as soon as
possible.
After arbitrator Mark J.
Glaser deemed CMlTs Jan. 15
d eci si on to subcontract the labor
portion of Dining Services to
ARAMARK, the national firm
that has managed CMU's food
service since 1995, "unreasonable," the university announced
it would reconsider AFSCME's
original proposal.
Glaser's decision nullified
CMU's prior plans to award
ARAMARK the contract beginning in 1997.
CMU officials and union representatives met several times in
an attempt to finalize the union's
two-year proposal to staff the
university's food service operations.
After an agreement could not
be reached, both sides were
informed they would have the
opportunity to resubmit bids.
ARAMARK submitted its bid
June 26 and the union will submit its bid today.
According to Rae Goldsmith,
associate vice president for
Public Relations and Marketing,
the university agreed not to
make a decision on the bids until
after the August court date on
the injunction.
According to court documents,
the first count was for action to
enforce the labor arbitrator's
April 10 award.
The union believes subcontracting will violate the contract
between the AFSCME and the
university, the documents stated.
The violation occurred because
the conditions of the contract
state ARAMARK can be awarded the work only if AFSCME
doesn't have the work force or
the equipment for the labor portion of Dining Services or if
AFSCME can't do the work on a
more economical basis.
The arbitrator showed
AFSCME can do the work on a
more economical basis, according to Linda Philo, president of
AFSCME Local 1568, a utility
helper in Carey Dining
Commons.
.Philo said the request for an
injunction is to stop action
regarding subcontracting until a
grievance can be settled.
Goldsmith said an unfair labor
practice charge, the grievance
and the request for an injunction
all serve the same purpose of
stopping the subcontracting of
Dining Services.
"They're just following all the
avenues they have," Goldsmith
said.
Philo said the grievance is to
cease the rebidding process
started June 11 and to award the
bid to AFSCME, as deemed by
the arbitrator's April 10 opinion
and award.
See AFSCME Page 10	
Miami in Coral Gables, Fla.
Clark, who found out he got
the job at Miami Monday, said
he has enjoyed his time at CMU
and will miss his friends and colleagues.
He said he is very excited and
looking forward to new experiences and challenges.
"rm at the point in my professional career where this is the
right move," Clark said. "This
job will provide an excellent
opportunity to direct an office."
Clark said he was very
pleased to be part of the growth
that has occurred in the
Minority Affairs Office while he
was at CMU.
He said he is proud to have
been able to work on the
Diversity Representative
Program, the creation of the
Diversity Newsletter and the
College Education Endowment
Program.
Clark said he will miss Laura
Gonzales, director of Minority
Affairs.
New program allows students to show
off their extra-curricular involvements
By Rachel Sprovtsoff
LIFE Copy Editor	
Students who have been involved in more than
just taking classes at CMU are about to have their
efforts pay off.
The Office of Student Life and the Registrar's
Office are introducing a new program that documents students' extracurricular activities as well
as their grades in their transcripts.
According to Bruce Roscoe, dean of Students,
this service is available to all current students at
CMU.
"It will be easier to initiate to freshman," he
said.
If former students had important roles in organizations at CMU, he encourages them to have it
verified by those organizations and added to their
transcripts, but it will be hard to go too far back in
students' careers.
Roscoe said the Provost's Office and the Office of
Student Life advocated the program.
The information about the student can be passed
on in two ways, Roscoe said. Either the faculty or
those who head the organization are asked to notify the Office of Student Life of who is involved, or
the students themselves can present a document
to the Office of Student Life that verifies their participation, r
"I think this is outstanding," Roscoe said of the
program. "It is very beneficial to the students."
He thinks it will encourage students to see the
importance of being involved in more than just
classroom activity.
According to Roscoe, this service wiil give a
future employer the chance to see how the person
has developed outside of the classroom, and will
assist in the student's attempt at attending graduate school.
The cost of this program is free to students, but
the major expenses to university have been creating a computer program to organize the information in the Provost's Office, Roscoe said.
Roscoe was unsure of how mud) creating a program like this would cost.
With an annual enrollment of 16,00O-plus students at CMU, this project is unusual for a university of this size, he said. This program is usually
featured at smaller schools, and gives students
more support than a bigger school might be able to
offer.
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