1990-10-12; Central Michigan Life

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SECTION A
Central
Michigan
FRIDAY
October 12,  1990
Catching
their
balance
Group formed
to help revise
CMU's budget
by MARK LaROSA
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A "changing" monetary situation has led In tin- formation ol
an ail lioi budget and planning
subi -ummitlee that will make
r i-id in me ml at ions about
balancing CMU's budget.
Till' subcommittee will look at
campus-wide budgetary issues
and make recommendations to
i lie Budget and Planning
I Hlilii'll. said lei l> Scnhv cxccu
t is i- assistant to I lie |ii es ideal lot
Budget  and  Planning
Thi- University needs to
balance its em rent budget,
Scobs said But he would not say
if there have been cost overruns
He also said it is premature to
tell if CMU will end up in a
budget deficit at the end of this
I iseul  yt'iir. . . .. 	
Scoby said he is still considering nominees for the five- or
six-member subcommittee He
will present his selections to
President Kdward B -Jakubauskas at the end of this week ideal ly  next   week
Information on the budget
changes constantly and the
subcommittee will review
updated data while devising
suggestions tor revising the
current budget and planning
upcoiii ing budgets. Scobs   said
'We have more information
todav than v. e had a month ago.
and sso \.\. 111 hasv more in a
month than we do now." Scobv
said
He said the possihi I it s of st ate
funding callbacks. updated
en roll r i lent project ions, cost of
the new Incults contract and
pro jei t nil is on the stall's
revenue situation .in- some
criteria the suhcniiinnl tee will
take  into  account
He said there has been no
official discussion of callbacks on
the state level, hut if the blow-
does come it will probably be in
early 191)1. He added be has no
idea how much money CMU
would stand lo lose.
The subcommittee will work
on a three-year review,
reworking parts of this year's
budget, and making reconimin
dat ions for the upcoming two
sears. Scoby said
He added be wants the group
to immediately begin looking tor
possible budget cuts and ways to
increase revenue, and expects
the first results m the beginning
of  November.
"The group is going to be asked
to move quickly so ssc can look at
suggestions as sve go into budget
planning."' Scoby said.
The subcommittee will suggest
budget alternatives to the
Budget and Planning Council,
which puts together the preliminary budget to submit to the
president.
Scoby said he could not predict
svliich areas of the budget such
revisions will affect.
He said members of" the
Budget and Planning Council
nominated people from across
the University to be on the
subcommittee.
Walking On The Wall
I irE Photo Jeffrey Sauger
As  the   sun   sets   on   Mount  Pleasant,  the  shadows  of  Kathy   Rhode,   Mount  Pleasant,  and   her
four year old son Christopher make their way down a sidewalk near K mart, 2125 S   Mission.
Tentative contract
gets FA approval
Agreement to go before Trustees
by KAREN EMERSON
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Members ofthe Faculty Association lalifu-d the tentative agice
nient reached Sept 27, and now the contrail goes to the Board ol
Trustees for approval.
Due-paving FA members voted Tuesday and Wednesday and u-stilts
were released Thursday. Results shosved that a substaut ia) maj-ii ily"
of those who so ted favored the t ent at is o agi eettienl . said FA Pi esiclent
( illy  Meiss
"This indicates the faculty is satisfied ss it h I be coin i arl ."" said Meiss.
associate prolessor of journalism
He declined to release t he number ot people ss ho s oteil in fa vol  ol I he
agreement,     or     the     number    of
faculty who voted against   it
President   Kdward   B    -lakubau-
skas    is   expected    to    present    the
agreement  to the  Board al  Its Oct
1M and Oct.   19  meeting.
"1 have no reason to believe that
the president didn't have the
authority to make that emit i act ." Meiss said adding il tin* Bo.u il does
not approve the contract it would mean going back to lhe bargaining
table
.lakubauskas said  be   "t bulks K '-. greal'   I hat  the lacult s   i.ililn-il the
agi'eement
"We're  off anil   running   now."  he  said
settled
t 11 Oik    ll "s   os I
•   FACULTY
nX  all
Central refuses city's
request for U-Park land
by LAURA PHILLIPS
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CMU's president ssill loin
dossil the l lt> s lequesl hi!
University Park land loi a in-ss
recreation renter, but city
officials don't km.u what next
step tiles   should take
In a letter to be sent to city
officials, possibly today. President Kdssard B -Jakubauskas
slates the piece of land Mount
Pleas,mi ollu nils i fi|iicslcd at
the na nil of Bi oouifield and
Craw find is    piime    property
('Ml svanls to sase foi a future
use -..in! Kos- Herron, s ice
pre s id e nl 1 oi U n I ve I s it s
Relations
But 11 the i ily st ill want s a siit-
iii I ' Pa i k C 'MU s partialis-
developed research and applied
technology park, they could ask
Central lo sell them a parcel in
Phase   II.  said   Herron.  executive
.i--.sisl.int   to the  president
Herron said I lie Utuseisity
may be interested in negotiating
a swap tor ls\o ills lots oil
I )ouglas in the lia. I. of the
parking lot opposite l.ai/clere
Hall Such a swap would involve
money as well, he said
('its Manager Tom Martin
said otv officials piobabls would
not want to locale a m center
along Deerfield in Phase 11.
sshich is luilhei as'..is lli.ni t he
parcel tiles roqueted Iioiii t he
I   u is ei sil y   in  J line
I don't think lhe Paiks and
Recreation Commission and city
con on issioners ss-otild ssanl to go
I hat   far  soul b   "  be  said
( ' i » 111 ll I I s s I o 11 r 11 e 11111 e I s
prohahJs svill look at alternative
siles and liiiuling options ;il its
I'm sdas ( >i I 2-' meeting and
"see  what   sse can iniiie up with.
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Many 'third parties' use elections to educate
by SUSAN MAAS
.Most   ol   the   mans    'socialist
'   ' ■   >■ ■"' parties    that    base    run    candi
Some  ot   in,  in   appeal   on   the dates in  US   elect ions since I he
bal lot one sea)    lies er to hi-seen Dial Is   ale   actualls   I'omu i un isl .
again being   farther   left   than   parties
( >l hei s     i. turn     again     and in      the      Kuiopeau     iIimii.hi.iIu
again   isith   tti,    same   loyal if socialist   tradition    Dinse  said
small gi,.,,,, ..t   sapporteis  in
the  solmg   population. ""files     tend    to   lie   sectarian
But     man,     ot    the    so-called pretty     fanatical     anil     pretty
"thud    pari,i   .      in    the    United rigid." he added
Slates    l\s.,  ,,.nis    system   have these     communist      partus
one     thing     ,o     common,     (lies "really      reflect     the    cleavages
really     <h x/u<l     to    ssin that      base    inclined     in     the
elections history  of Communism."   Dinse
"They    use   the   elections  as  a said      Some    are    Maoist,    some
vehicle   to   attempt    to   educate '"*''  Marxist/Leninist, some are
the    public       They     don't     have Stalinist
much    impact    on    the   election ""They   might   disagree   on   an
themselves." said  Albert   Palm. issue     llike>     whether     blacks
assistant    professor   of  political ought     to     have     a     separate
science. nation." Dinse said
John Dinse. associate- He added the more moderate,
professoi    ol    political    science, democrat ic    socialist     parties
agreed. were basically wiped out in this
"'Most       ol       the      so-called country   as  a   result  of   Mi-Car-
socialist  parlies I m  the  United thy ism  in the  D)5()s
States       i .-cent      past i     view Some   "long-term   ideological
elections  as  a  chance  to disse- parties,     like     some     of    the
minate   their   message."   Dinse socialist parties or the Prohibi-
said. lion party," do not build a very
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bioad ha-, ol so|.jn.it because
of then- single issue nature,
Palm  said
l.aik >>l media exposure also
hindei- iiiosi third parties, he
added When the media does
acknowledge them, they are
treated more as curiosities
than anything else, he said
Some third parties arise.
Palm said, "because of a major
social or political issue that t he
t ss o parties are unable to
resolve."
Parties can get candidates on
the ballot in Michigan two
dilfereiit ways — either by
having won more than one
percent of the vote in the
previous election. or by
obtaining a  certain  number of
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Workers party candidate seeks
attention given mainstreamers
('.\l II hi: i null nut-, if.s i'/m (ii»i < oi i-riif;i- itith a
/mil; al th' Win/;, r-. Wmiil I'urfv inn/ titlitr /ess
"mtitii*ti"(-mil    pnlitu til H'""l's
by SUSAN MAAS
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William Roundlree says the mosl
frustrating part of being the Workers Woi Id
Parts candidate for governor is not his party's
constant  lack ol   resources    lies used to that
It's not the long, taxing hours spent
campaigning on urban streets and in (nod
stamp centers.  He enjoys that
It's not tin- risk of facing jeers and snide comments Iioiii the
mainstream public That really doesn't happen very oilen. but
when  it  does hi- keeps his calm and tries to "appeal to logic
What frustrates Rnundtree is the way lhe Marxist-influenced
Workers World  Party  —  anil other "third parties" — are if'iituril
"We were told we needed la certain number of I signatures to get
on the ballot." Roundlree said. "Well, we got H5.00II to sign a
petition, and we got on the ballot "
But when Ron lull ret* and other party members approached the
League ol Women Voters about participating in I he first
gubernatorial  debate —   which  took  place Saturday   —- 1 hey  were
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ROUNDTREE
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