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Central
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FRIDAY
March 22, 1991
VOLUME 73. NUMBER 69
c   1991 CM LIFE
MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN 48859
(517) 774-3493
16 PAGES
Equity study may yield raises for women
by LAURA PHILLIPS
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Twenty-four women assistant
professors may receive retroactive raises as the result of a
salary equity study CMU
conducted last semester.
The Board of Trustees
Academic Affairs Committee
reviewed the recommendation
Thursday: the full hoard will
consider it as a part of" personnel
recommendations at its meeting
today.
The 24 women — including
seven in  English, five in  library
— will receive annual raises of
less than $10<) to several
thousand dollars, retroactive to
August 1990. said Assistant Vice
Provost Jon Darrow. The raises
total roughly $30,000.
Darrow said the comprehensive study, which the Provost's
Office conducted, examined
salaries for all faculty levels in
non-market  impacted disciplines
— such as history and English —
and market-impacted disciplines, such as computer science
and business.
Provost Robert Franke
initiated the study in January
1990. in part because individual
faculty members brought up
salary issues and the University
has not conducted such a study
since the 1983 - "<s4 academic
year.  Darrow said.
The <iudy was delayed after
contract negotiations last fall,
when the University did the
study over using the new salary
data,  he said.
At Wednesday's Academic
Affairs Committee meeting.
Franke said the study found
salary differences that could only
be explained by gender, and
President Edward B. -Jakubauskas located money in the
University's budget for "gender
correct ion."
"We think they were simply
hired low." he said, adding tiie
^ tudy does not show if the
inequity crept in after the
women were hired. Franke said
lie knows of no such incident
since he came to ("Ml.".
In the past, unless a faculty
member    was     "assertive    about
their lack of pay." CMU would
never know, he said.
Ronnie Apter. assistant
professor of English, did not
know about the pending raise,
but said she was obviously
pleased at the study's result.
Many of the women in English
who will receive raises are in
their- 4()s. she noted.
One factor in salary disparities for some women is late entry
into the job market, she said.
Apter entered the market at age
43 after raising her children, and
said the age difference may
account  for- lower- salaries.
'I never will be able to earn
the. same as a man my age." she
said.
Sharon Stevenson, assistant
professor of English, also will
receive a raise if the Board of
Trustees approves the recommendation. She also said she had
not  heard of it.
"I think it's marvelous — and I
think it's high time." she said.
Faculty Association President
( Juy Meis- said equity is always
a   concern,   and   it   was   a   maior
issue in bargaining last fall.
"I certainly know many excellent faculty who are women
• and i are low paid." said Meiss.
associate professor of
journalism. "I suspect there are
a lot of women who deserve ta
raise i."
The study showed no impact of
gender in other categories, and
race was not a factor in any.
Darrow said. The study was not
available Thursday.
Meiss said one reason the
s t u d y did not s h o w s a 1 a r y
inequity for minority faculty
members is because there are so
few at CMU and many are
relatively new hires.
A joint ad mi n ist rat ion-FA
Salary Equity Study Committee,
part of FA's'l990 -'93 contract,
also will report its findings this
year*.
Chair Bill (ion, professor- of
accounting, said the study —
which will examine possible
factors such as gender-, race and
age "n faculty members' salaries
— probahlv will be released in
the fall
The Fab Four
LIFE Photo Nile Youna
(from    left),   Jeff
Four   members   of   Michigan   State   University's   Inter-Varsity   Christian    Fellowship
Switzer,   Bill   Brown,   Karl   Thuemmel   and   Laura   DeKoning   --   perform   outside   of   Park   Library   Thursday
afternoon.
Committee advises
elimination of ROTC
by CORRIE PERNIK
LI3E Copy Editor
If the final recommendation
of Academic Senate's ad hoc
committee on military science
is implemented, CMU's ROTC
program could be eliminated bv
1995.
The committee, formed about
a year ago to examine an ROTC
policy discriminating against
homosexuals. released its
report Wednesday. It contained
four unanimous recommendations and one non-unanimous
recommendation.
The non-unanimous recommendation asks the Board of
Trustees to begin phasing out
the 38-year-old Reserve
Officers Training Corps
commissioning program at
CMU - if the Department of
Defense's policy discriminating
on the basis of sexual orientation is not changed.
The ROTC policy prohibits
homosexuals from participating as cadets in advanced
courses, and ultimately from
gaining commission as officers
in the Army.
Although Michigan does not
have a state law prohibiting
discrimination on the basis of
sexual orientation, the report
states CMU's policy explicitly
forbids discrimination on that
basis.
The Department of Defense
policy from DOD Directive
1332.14 states "homosexuality-
is incompatible with military
service."
Since the committee could
not unanimously agree on the
recommendation calling for the
end of ROTC at CMU,
committee chair Joseph  Finck
decided to list it separately
from the ones recommended
without dissent.
Although Finck, associate
professor of physics, said the
last recommendation was
approved by a majority of
committee members, he
declined to reveal the number
of members who disagreed.
The recommendations
approved unanimously include:
■ Confirming CMU's policy of
non-discrimination based on
sexual orientation,
■ Urging President Edward
B.    Jakubauskas    and    CMU
See ROTC Page 16
Official says
military policy
mirrors society
by CORRIE PERNIK
LIFF Copy Editor
The release of the Academic
Senate ad hoc committee report
on ROTC policies concerning
homosexuals drew varied
reactions from the University
community.
Although few        people
contended the first fcur recommendations, many questioned
the recommendation calling for
an end to the ROTC program.
'T think I consider it a little
on the extreme side," said Lt.
Col. Dykstra Heinze, chair of
military science.
Calling the policy excluding
homosexuals from military
service "'legal discrimination,"
Heinze said other avenues,
such as legislative processes,
See REACT Page 2
Conference to address
crimes against women
by JILLIAN BOGATER
L :-F  S-.itf  -.A: ■■■r
With increasing reports of sexual assaults, violence against women
seems in all too common problem.
A conference sponsored by the Michigan Women's Studies
Association titled "Woren and Violence: The Facts of Our Lives"
begins this evening in the Bovee University Center- and continues
through tomorrow.
Workshop topics will include rape on campus, domestic violence,
women as perpetrators of violence, prostitution and pornography, said
See WOMEN Page 5
Student hopes to launch film career with date rape documentary
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by JILLIAN BOGATER
L3 r   S: .3 V.t i.-.
Spike Fee. Hubert Townsend. Oliver- Stone. Eric Dunn . . .
Simply a dream for- now. but determination may pull Eric Dunn.
Lansing senior', to the top of his film making aspirations.
Along with Muskegon-based screenwriter Keith Knight. Dunn is
producing a documentary about date rape on (Vntral's campus.
Dunn hopes to sell his 12- to l.Vminute documentary to the
University for its summer- orientation program, targeting incoming
freshmen and transfer students.
Producing a movie is a goal Dunn, a broadcasting major, has had
since he first came to CMU. Last fall, he started to work toward that
goal, formulating the idea for the film.
"I was just looking for the right one. like an actor- looks for the right
script." he said.
At first Dunn had several ideas about how he would approach the
topic and initially chose a reenactment scenario for the basis of the
video.
After consulting Ken Jurkiewicz. assistant professor of broadcasting
and cinematic arts. Dunn decided a documentary approach would
seem more appropriate and informative.
Because he thought Knight possessed better writing skills. Dunn
asked him to put together a script.
Using his own VMS camcorder. Dunn began to videotape campus
resident assistants, students and members of a campus sexual assault
prevention group.
Most of the documentary is videotaped on campus, with the
exception of an off-campus shot that Dunn will tape next week.
He  will   use  a  CMU  student as a  narrator for the documentary.
Eric   Dunn,   Lansing   senior,   is
prevention   video.   He   hopes   CMU
during  summer orientation.
UFE Photo Nile Young
producing   a   date   rape
will   use   the   video
although he has not made the selection yet.
"She will portray a student who came to the University to develop
and seek education." he said. "But in the process she was a victim of a
campus crime — date rape
The video, which Dunn says will "offer a female point of view." will
outline sexual assault prevention techniques and give tips on what to
do should a sexual assault occur.
Cienn Starner-. director of the Office of Student Life, also will
explain University procedures and policies in the Student Code of
Conduct that relate to sexual assault.
The videotape will show procedures the Department of Public Safety
follows in situations of sexual assault, he said.
Dunn said Jurkiewicz. along with Mark Poindexter and David
Schock. both assistant professors of broadcast ing and cinematic arts,
helped him with the format and structure of the documentary.
Schock. who said he helped Dunn review the script for the
documentary, said it is not unusual for students to make films and
documentaries.
With the end of the semester nearing. Schock said he does not know
what direction the production of the video will take.
T don't know what will come of it." Schock said. "Well have to wait
and see."
Dunn said he hopes the University will purchase the video.
"T am a product of this University. They should have confidence in
the product they educated and produced." he said. Turning down a
student-produced video would not look good on the University, Dunn
ftaid.
"It would be kind of a slap in the face regarding their own education
system." Dunn said. "We're trying to consult all the right channels to
try to make it  impossible for them to say no."
Dunn said he has not contacted any University oficials regarding his
documentary and wants to wait until he has a finished product.
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