1996-11-20; Central Michigan Life

              ENTRAL MICHIGAN LtLV hi
Volume 79, Number 38
Mt. Pleasant,  MI 48859
©1996 CM LIFE
77 years of serving the community
WEDNESDAY
November 20, 1996
18 pages
Faculty express mixed reactions to reorganization
By Angela Cook
LIFE Stair Wrtter
Faculty members seem to have
a variety of reasons for their yes
and no votes concerning how
academic reorganization could
change their colleges.
Last week's college-level vote
on the reorganization proposal
showed faculty agree with some
of the changes and disagree with
others.
The proposal calls for an eight-
college model consisting of the
College of Health Professions;
the College of Business
Administration; the College of
Education and Human Services;
the College of Humanities and
Social and Behavioral Sciences;
the College of Fine Arts; the
College of Science and
Technology; the College of
Graduate Studies; and the
College of Extended Learning.
The colleges of Graduate
Studies and Extended Learning
existed prior to reorganization.
The faculty voted by secret
ballot on issues affecting the
departments within their college
and on issues affecting the college.
According to Kelvie Comer,
dean of Education, Health and
Human Services, three out of the
four questions her college voted
on    were    very    positive.    The
Mediator attempts to
clarify University,
AFSCME positions
By Dave Borough
LIFE Staff Writer	
CMU's contract negotiations
with the American Federation of
State, County and Municipal
Employees appears to be moving
slow.
According to Rae Goldsmith,
associate vice president for
Public Relations and Marketing,
the university met with a mediator for approximately an hour
and a half on Monday to clarify
the positions of each side and to
try and get things moving again.
Goldsmith said at the meeting
university representatives were
made aware that AFSCME filed
for a petition for "fact finding."
Fact finding is where an independent person will be hired to
investigate factual information
supplied by both sides in the
bargaining process, she said.
The fact finder will gather information   from   the   public,   hear
from both sides of the contract
and then issue a non-binding
recommendation, she said.
"Typically this is timely. This
will draw out the process,"
Goldsmith said. "Each side will
have attorneys and staff people
working for them so there is a
cost factor."
It will take time for both sides
to select a fact finder, and then
the fact finder must conduct
hearings and briefs that could
take months to finish, she said.
Linda Philo, president of
AFSCME Local 1568, said the
university refused to talk with
the mediator through them.
"The university refused to
mediate," Philo said.
According to Philo, the union
believes the contract the university has offered is completely
gutted from front to back.
Philo   said   the   university's
See NEGOTIATIONS Page 2
English department
denies report charges
By Kristi L.G. Wyman
LIFE Staff Writer
The Mackinac Center Report, "Declining Standards at Michigan
Public Universities," has raised differing opinions about the validity of the report from the English and teacher education departments.
The 88-page report was released Oct. 31 and examines the
changes in curricula and teaching methods at 15 state universities,
including CMU.
The author of the report, Thomas Bertonneau, is an adjunct scholar -with the Mackinac Center for Public Policy and is included in a
pool of instructors for CMlTs extended degree program in English.
The Mackinac Center for Public Policy in Midland published the
report and is a nonpartisan research and education organization.
The report focuses on four major areas of study: English, teacher
education, general education and foreign language; however, many
additional areas of higher education could be affected by the report.
Stephen Holder, chair of the English department, said the report
brings up legitimate concerns, but the report is badly flawed.
See REPORT Page 2
College of Education, Health and
Human Services voted 71 percent in favor of creating a
College of
Health
Professions,
which would
include the
departments of
communication
disorders and
health promotion and rehabilitation.
According      to
Comer, the present college has
170 faculty members.  She said
creating  the  College  of Health
Professions,   which   will   be   a
COMER
smaller college, will allow for
these areas to better address and
focus on issues of concern within
their departments.
According to
Renny Tatcholl,
chair of communication disorders, his department is in favor
of establishing
the new college.
He said because
students in communication disorders often work
in hospitals after graduation, it
makes sense to be included in
this college.
TATCHELL
"l think the department Fits
very nice into that niche," he
said.
The college also voted 74 percent in favor of renaming it the
College of Education and Human
Services.
Another item voted on was
including counseling and special
education; educational administration and community leadership; human environmental
studies; physical education and
sport; and teacher education and
professional development in the
College of Education and Human
Services.
They voted 73 percent in favor
of the department of psychology
to become part of the proposed
College of Humanities and
Social and
Behavioral
Sciences.
Comer said
this vote shows
the faculty
believes psychology is a
social science
and belongs
with   the   other
social sciences.
According to Tim Hartshorne,
chair   of  psychology,   the   vote
went the way it did because the
HARTSHORNE
See REACTION Page 2
TEST RUN
(Below)  Reading the part of Ruth, Laketha
Lee (right). Grand Rapids junior, expresses
her character's frustration with Mama, read
by Kim Winiewski, Corunna junior, Tuesday
night. Auditions for "A Raisin in the Sun/'
directed by Sam Williams, assistant professor of speech communication and dramatic
arts, took place Monday and Tuesday nights
in the Moore Hall Kiva.  (Right)  Kyle
Hillman, New Buffalo senior, reads the part
of Walter Lee. The play, written by Lorraine
Hansberry, portrays the life of an African-
American family living in a 1950's ghetto of
Chicago and their struggle to move on.
Performances for "A Raisin in the Sun"  will
be February 5-7.
LIFE Photos/Bryan Bosch
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Smith denies charges; trial
date set for December 10
By Emily Gerkin
One of the three CMU students
arrested at Finch Fieldhouse in an
October altercation is denying his
charges and taking his case to trial.
Tamiekco Smith. Flint senior, was
charged with disorderly conduct Oct.
19, a misdemeanor punishable by a
maximum of 90 days in jail and/or a
$100 fine.
Smith had a pretrial conference Nov.
12, but a resolution was not reached
with Isabella County prosecutors. A
trial date has been set for Dec. 10.
Quincy Wright, Lansing senior, was
charged with carrying a concealed
weapon on Oct. 19, a felony with a maximum of five years in prison and/or a
$2,500 fine.
Wright is scheduled for an examination Thursday.
The third person involved in the
altercation, Damon Pitt, Detroit fresh
man, is also being charged with disorderly conduct and is scheduled for a
pretrial conference Friday.
Wright was a four-year starter for the
CMU football team at free safety. Pitt
was a freshman receiver.
According to Herb Deromedi, CMU
Athletics director, Wright was suspended from the team indefinitely and did
not play the rest of the season. Pitt
served a one-game suspension.
The three students were arrested following a confrontation Oct. 19 at 12:20
a.m.
According to Central Michigan
University Police, two officers were
assigned security detail at Finch
Fieldhouse for a party co-sponsored by
Essence and Phi Delta Psi.
The CMU Police called the Mount
Pleasant Police Department for backup
when a confrontation occurred outside
of Finch.
Writing Center will offer service to all
■ English dept. will supply
additional tutorial help for
writers across campus
By Kristi L.G. Wyman
LIFE Staff Writer	
Changes in the English department
should lead to better writers across
campus because extra help is on the
way.
Pat McLaughlin, director of the
basic writing program, said the CMU
Writing Center in Moore Hall 207 will
be open to all students campus wide
next semester.
Anyone who needs help on any writing assignments will be able to receive
tutorial help, she said.
McLaughlin, who directs the center,
said the Writing Center helps students
develop their writing style and emphasizes the writing process.
"It's not a proofreading service,*' she-
said.
The center helps point out repeated
grammar problems and talks students
through the problems, she said.
Currently the center is only open to
students in the ENG 100, Basic
Writing, and ENG 103, Freshman
Writing, courses, McLaughlin said.
About 250 students are required to
attend the center biweekly for a half
an hour, she said.
Stephen Holder, chair of the English
department, said ENG 100 is "a developmental course for students who didn't learn composition in high school."
He said, "It's a feeder course for
(ENG) 101 to bring them up to speed."
Students who take ENG 100 have
the same professor two semesters in a
row for ENG 100 and ENG 101,
Freshman Composition, Holder said.
"We hand pick who teaches 100,"
Holder said. "Lower level (courses)
need the best teachers."
He said this past summer all students at freshman orientation, except
candidates for the Centralis
Scholarship, wrote essays to receive a
recommendation for what English
course they should be placed in - ENG
100 or ENG 101.
The essay test is taken and jydged at
orientation so students know what
course they are recommended to take.
"We hand pick who
teaches 100. Lower level
(courses) need the best
teachers."
STEPHEN HOLDER
Chair of English department
A team of three English faculty members reads each essay and scores it to
determine their recommendation,
Holder said.
Testing at freshman orientation does
not override the CLEP test, Holder
said To test out of ENG 101 students
still have to take the CLEP test.
Students who took the essay exam
this summer and were advised to take
ENG 100 were not required to take it,
he said.
Holder said hopefully next summer
students placed in ENG 100 will have
to take the course as a prerequisite to
ENG 101.