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October 5, 1990
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Contract will
go to faculty
vote next week
by KAREN EMERSON
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Faculty Association members
will vote Tuesday and
Wednesday on ratification of
the tentative contract agreement reached last week.
More than 1OO faculty
members met Thursday night
in a general membership
meeting for a presentation of
the tentative agreement by the
FA bargaining team. Members
voted unanimously to have the
ratification vote early next
week.
Faculty bargaining team
members highlighted several of
the more significant changes in
the tentative agreement
reached between the faculty
and administrative bargaining
teams Sept. 27.
"This contract looks good to
us."' said Elaine Daniels,
co-chair of the faculty's
bargaining team.
FA President Guy Meiss said
the tentative agreement calls
lor wveral "major chttngeu," .
including changes in tenure,
promotion and reappointment,
leaves of absence, greivance
filing procedures. -salary
adjustments for promotion,
compensation and salary
equity.
■ I n regards to tenure,
promotion and reappointment,
the 1987 - 90 contract required
faculty members who were part
of FA, the bargaining unit, to
work full-time for four years
before promotion.
Henricks, associate
philosophy.
Under the new
faculty member could use two
years of work as a full-time,
non-bargaining unit faculty
member at Central — or
another institution — toward
the four-year requirement, said
Henricks. a member of the
faculty bargaining team.
■ The tentative agreement
calls for a change in the policy
for bargaining unit members'
sick leaves, said James
Wieghart, chair of journalism.
The tentative agreement
allows bargaining unit
members six months of sick
leave each year beginning with
the first year of employment,
instead of having to wait a set
period of time. Wieghart said.
■ The way in which faculty
members file grievances will
change under the new agreement, said Kdward McKenna.
professor of sociology.
The administration will have
to schedule any meetings
needed regarding greivances,
McKenna said.
Also, the Faculty Review
Committee — needed in the
past to review tenure cases —
will no longer be required, he
said.
■ McKenna said base salary
increases for promotions to
various ranks of professor will
increase if the tentative agreement goes into effect.
The tentative agreement
provides for increases in base
salary of $1,800 for promotion
to assistant professor. $2,100
for promotion to associate
professor   and   $2,500   for   full
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LIFE Photo/Jeffrey Saugar
Larry Thomas, assistant professor of administrative services
and business teacher education, looks over part of the tentative
contract agreement in Warriner Hall.
Registration's opening rides
on course guide correction
If booklets aren't done, class sign-up won't open
by BRIAN D. BELL
1 IIH  Suiff Writer
"Work to rule" is over, but its aftermath may
delay the start of advanced registration.
Unless a supplement to correct inaccurate
information in the spring course offering guide is
completed by f> p.m. today, the printer will not
have it ready for the beginning of registration
Monday. Associate Registrar Ron Finch said.
Advanced registration in Finch Fieldhouse is
scheduled to start Monday afternoon and continue
through Friday, he said.
If necessary, the Registrar's Office will delay the
start of advanced registration until the supplements are ready. Finch said, adding that delaying
it a day or two should not cause problems for
students.
The office will make its decision today.
Although the guides are printed and in storage
at the Combined Services Building, the Registrar's
Office will not distribute them without the
supplement — "it's both or neither," Finch said.
A supplement is necessary because during "work
to rule," which ended Oct. 2. departments withheld
spring course change listings. Finch said. Those
departments will have course offerings from this
semester in the guide.
Because of this,  the guide lacks some courses
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Opposing candidates hold
common ground on issues
by MARY CHURCH
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They're of opposing parties,
but the views of the two candidates running for the 99th
District seat in the Michigan
House of Representatives don't
seem all that different,
Kurt Fisher, a Chippewa
Township Democrat, and Jim
McBryde. a Mount Pleasant
Republican, are vying for Rep.
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CHOICE
Joanne Emmons* position. The
Big Rapids Republican is
running for a Senate seat this
fall.
Both  candidates said higher
education   funding   should   get
more     priority     from     state
legislators.
"Education is my No. 1
budget priority," said McBryde,
who has been an Isabella
County   commissioner   for   six
years.
The    99th    II i strict,    which
includes   Isabella  and   Mecosta
counties,  is the only district in
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McBryde's 'clean campaign' pledge questioned
by SUSAN MAAS
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Jim McBryde says the "no
negative campaigning" pledge
he's asking Kurt Fisher to sign
is a much-needed attempt to
eliminate some of the Dustiness
in the race for 99th District
state representative.
But Fisher says he's not
entirely convinced of the
sincerity behind McBryde's
pledge.
Regardless, the proposal,
band-delivered by a member of
McBryde's
committee   to
Fisher
Wednesday,
poses an
interesting
public-
relations
challenge    to
the Shepherd
Democrat McBRVDE
Already signed by McBryde,
it includes promises like "I will
not personally attack my
opponent or allow  my political
party or any
related political action
committee to
attack my
opponent."
McBryde.
R-Mount
Pleasant.
Isabella
County FISHER
Commission vice chair, said he
was moved to draft the pledge
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Gay/lesbian faculty and staff find
social support within new group
by TOM KENDRA
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(lay and lesbian faculty and staff members, a
segment of the University community some feel
has been neglected, now have an organized group
from which to draw support.
But the organizer said the group must operate in
complete secrecy to avoid harassment from CMU
students and members of the Mount Pleasant
community.
The support group, called the (Jay/lesbian
Faculty and Staff of CMU, was founded by James
Jones, assistant professor of German.
"The people who attend these meetings don't
want their names known out of fear of verbal and
physical harassment and the danger of losing their
jobs," Jones said.
Therefore, meeting times and location are not
made public, but interested people can contact
Jones for information. Jones placed a small notice
in the Sept. 24 issue of CentraLine, the CMU
faculty and staff newsletter, to make people aware
of the new organization.
The group has had two meetings this fall with
about 15 faculty and staff in attendance at each,
Jones said. This represents a drastic change from
last February, when a similar attempt drew no
response at all.
Jones says he is encouraged that more people
have the courage to come forward now, but he
believes that there are more gay faculty and staff
who will not for various reasons.
"I believe that 10 percent of the faculty and staff
(could be gay I." said Jones. "Our long-range goal is
to get the involvement of all of them."
The group plans to meet once every two weeks
throughout the year.
Jones, who also is adviser for the (Jay and
Lesbian Association for Student Support, said
more people would come forward if they were
aware of the purposes and goals of the group.
"This is more of a social support group than a
therapy group," he said. "We discuss common
issues. We want to get involved in the elections and
decisions that affect the gay community."
The organization decided to send a campaign
contribution to South Carolina senatorial candidate Harvey Guntt, who is running against
incumbent Sen. Jesse Helms, an ultra-
conservative known for his opposition to the gay
rights movement.
Closer to home, the group plans on involvement
in the process to select a new Affirmative Action
officer with the hope of finding someone who will
protect gay rights, Jones said. He added that the
group would like to bring several guest speakers to
CMU to talk about gay rights.
Jones emphasized that the faculty and staff
group will be separate from the student organization, but he acknowledged that the two groups
share many goals.
One goal in particular is the desire to educate
and change the general public's attitude toward
homosexuals, he said.
"It's just too bad that there is this type of
opposition to (the  gay  community)," Jones  said.
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