1990-09-07; Central Michigan Life

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FRIDAY
September 7, 1990
Talk of faculty strike looms
Tension builds as some blame Jakubauskas for delays
by YVONNE C. CLAES
I lf-t- Editor
and KAREN EMERSON
I IH   Special Project? Editor
Faculty members are planning
to picket at Saturday's football
game — and some have
mentioned a possible strike — to
protest not having a contract.
And as tension builds between
(acuity members and administrators, some professors blame
CMU President Edward B.
.Jakubauskas for delays.
"The train has left the station
and (Jakubauskas) is not on
board." said Faculty Association
President Guy Meiss. "But we
keep chugging along."
The Faculty Association will
meet Wednesday, Meiss said,
adding there is a possibility one
of the members will suggest
striking  to get  the  administra
tion to act sooner.
"It depends on negotiations,"
he said. "It could escalate far
above 'work to rule' — there are
steps above that and certainly
people know what they are.
• Jakubauskas) can stop it at any
time."
Faculty and administration
bargaining team members did
not make any progress toward
settling a contract Wednesday
afler they met for four hours
with a state-appointed mediator.
Freda Mills-Obrecht, the
mediator, will return to CMU
Thursday, Sept. 20. She could
not return sooner because of
scheduling problems.
"This is no wait-and-see situation," Meiss. associate professor
of journalism, said. "We are not
going to sit by and allow this to
go unnoticed."
When asked for his response
Thursday afternoon, Jakubauskas said he did not know the
two sides would have to wait
that long for the mediator's
return.
He added he encourages both
sides to continue negotiating.
"I never said they cannot talk,"
Jakubauskas said. "I hope they
continue — with positive
results."
Meiss said the faculty
bargaining team told the
administration's team they are
willing to meet before he
mediator returns to try to reach
an agreement.
R. William Dunham, chair of
the administration's team, said
"no one (on the administration
team I can remember them
saying anything about meeting
before" the Sept. 20 meeting.
Meiss disagreed, saying when
the faculty team brought up the
possibility of sooner negotiations, the administrative side
"just listened."
"If the president would make a
phone call saying we should
negotiate until a solution was
reached, we'd be there all night
. . . whatever it takes. He is the
only person that can change
that."
Faculty    negotiations    must
first     undergo    an    evaluation
See DELAYS Page 1 6
Senior officer raises
on hold until faculty
contract materializes
by MARK LaROSA
MHh rv1.irMu.incj Editor
The Board of Trustees went into closed session for 40 minutes
Thursday to discuss senior officer salary raises* but President
Edward B. Jakubauskas said no decision will come until afler a
faculty contract is settled.
Jakubauskas said while in closed session, he and Trustees
discussed how to determine senior officer raises rather than how
much the raises will be.
Last year, senior officers received an across-the-board raise of
around 5 percent, but the Board has not yet determined whether to
give another across-the-board raise this year or to give individual
raises to CMU's 32 senior officers.
Whatever path they choose to take, no decisions will be made
until after faculty negotiations have yielded a contract.
"We want to get the faculty bargaining over with," Jakubauskas
said.
"It's so emotionally charged right now that I think it's best to put
i senior officer raises) off," he added.
If   senior   officers   were   offered   a   raise   before   the   faculty.
See RAISES Page 17
COME
THE PLEASURE AND pain of
Michigan's unpredictable
weather struck the Mount
Pleasant area Wednesday and
ThursciaY^she«i«rtng--us -wtth
sunshine and then drenching us
with a downpour. RIGHT: Tami
Mitchell. Portland junior, makes
her way to Anspach Hall
through the all-too-familiar
rainstorm Thursday. BELOW:
Basking in Wednesday's
sunshine Kristin Greenfelder,
Chesaning junior, and her
balloon wait out the time
before class starts by
Wightman Hall.
tIFE Ptioto/JaHray Saugar
LIFE PhotoTIm Fitzgarald
Entering the
Rec center is
an exercise
all its own
by KAREN EMERSON
LIFE Special Projects Editor
Some professors and instructors who teach in Rose Center
had to jump a few hurdles on
their way to work this week.
And problems getting to offices
and classrooms without
validated identification cards
have left some upset.
When the Student Activity
Center opened Monday, the
doors to Rose Center closed. The
main entrances to both facilities
are on the east and west sides of
the main concourse in the
Student Activity Center.
Anyone wanting to go to
offices, classrooms or fitness
areas in either facility must
present a student identification
or recreation membership card.
Full-time students are
automatically charged $45 per
semester for the center, but
faculty wanting to use the center
must purchase a membership for
$150 at Campus Recreational
Services, said James Hill, vice
president for Student Affairs.
And that has some physical
education teachers angry.
"This is setting precedent,"
said Bill Podoll, assistant
professor of physical education.
"That's  like  saying  you  should
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Draw it, dude
Bart's creator probably won't care
by TOM KENDRA
l IFF Staff Wnter
Bart Simpson is on a roll, man.
And nothing, not even copyright protection laws,
is going to stop him.
Bart, the bratty teen-age son in Fox's hit
second-year sitcom "The Simpsons," is considered
a cult hero for American youth and the unofficial
spokesman for this year's Greek Rush orientation
at CMU.
There is some question, however, about the
legality of using Bart Simpson, the creation ofThe
Simpsons" inventor Matt Groening, to recruit
pledges.
"Technically, it's not legal," said Bill Harper,
general manager of WSMH, channel 66, the Fox
network affiliate in Saginaw. "But I'm sure this
kind of thing is going on all over."
Bart is making his appearance on posters and
T-shirts around the campus, which show him
hanging from letters on the "Go Greek" headline,
saying "Hey Dudes and Dudettes, GREEK LIFE is
GREAT, man!" Below that is information about the
upcoming Greek Rush orientation.
Harper said only Groening could say whether or
not he approves of the use of Bart in this capacity.
. "If you called and asked him, he would probably
say no," Harper said. "He has the syndicated rights
to Bart. But he won't go after people who are using
him."
In other words, the creator of "The Simpsons" is
not going to spend his time chasing down groups
who are, essentially, helping to spread the "Bart
boom" even more. -i
CMU's Greeks should not be concerned, because
they are not using Bart to endorse the sale of a
good for profit, says Dave Lascu, assistant director
of the Office of Student Life.
"The Greeks have used all kinds of different
symbols (for Rush)," he said. "A few years back it
was Coke and Guess? Jeans. The key point is that
they are not selling anything."
But when it comes to using Bart as a spokesman
for Rush, a non-profit activity, Bart says it best.
"Don't have a cow, man."
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