1991-11-01; Central Michigan Life

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MTU announces
iayoffs, pay cuts
HOUGHTON — Michigan
Technological University,
faced with a $9.1 million deficit, on Thursday announced
sweeping measures including layoffs and pay cuts to
stem a multimillion-dollar
cash flow shortage.
"Our resources clearly do
not and will not support the
university's current structure and operation," university President Curtis J.
Thompkins said in a letter to
the faculty, staff and students.
The cash shortage was
brought about by unexpected
cuts in state spending,
including the permanent
deferral of $3.2 million
meant to cover operating
costs for June-September
1991; slow-downs in research
reimbursements from governmental agencies; a 20 percent increase in health and
fringe benefit costs; and $1.9
million in unfunded equipment costs, the universitj'
said.
As of Jan. 31, 1992,50~staff
positions will be eliminated,
Thompkins said. Layoff
notices were to go out Friday,
None of the employees are
full-time or tenured instructors, he said. *
NATIONAL
Jury selection
begun for Smith
rape trial
WEST PALM BEACH,
Fla. — Seven months after a
woman said she was raped by
William ^Kennedy ; Smith,
lawyers Thursday began
questioning potential jurors
about his famous family,
from its scandals to its tragedies.
Smith watched intently
and took notes during the
questioning.
Smith is accused of raping
a 30-year-old Florida woman
at the Kennedys' Palm Beach
estate March 30.
He and his attorneys contend the woman, who lives in
Jupiter, consented to sex,
then fabricated the accusation. If convicted, he could
face 4V* years in prison.
Civil Rights bill
encourages suits
WASHINGTON — In the
battle over a new civil rights
law, lawyers for both workers
and employers agree on a
couple points at least: The
bill nearing enactment will
encourage new discrimination suits and bring big
changes in the way they are
decided.
The civil rignts bill, which
the Senate passed overwhelmingly Wednesday and
which President Bush has
Jpromised to sign, has been
caught up in two years of
politically charged debate
over quotas and racial politics.
INTERNATIONAL
Arabs, Israelis
negotiate peace
MADRID, Spain — Arab
delegates spurned an invitation Thursday from Israeli
Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir to go to Israel to negotiate.
In their first exchanges on
the floor of the historic conference, Arab and Israeli
leaders traded recriminations and clung to familiar
positions.
The       Arabs
demanded all the land they
lost in the 1967 war. Israel
demanded recognition before
it would even consider yielding territory.
. Compiled from the
Associated Press and staff
reports *
Hard core
Hard Corps release has familiar sound
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Better late than never
Chippewas prepare for improved EMU team T*f J
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Central
Michigan
FRIDAY
November 1, 1991
VOLUME 74, NUMBER 29
MOUNT PLEASANT. MICHIGAN 48859
(517) 774-3493
© 1991 CM LIFE V"-'*£'^\?^" 12 PAGES
President is 'mulling over' future
Jakubauskas withdraws job application; still considering several alternatives
By Karen Emerson
1.IFF Fditor
President Edward Jl. Jakubauskas withdrew his application Wednesday from East Tennessee State LIniversity, but said
Thursday he is "mulling over" his
options and has made no decisions about possible future
employment.
"I sent my application (to
ETSU> when all the turmoil was
going on in September," Jakubauskas said. "It was kind of a
reaction to all this no-confidence
bit."
Jakubauskas, whose contract
with CMU expires in ^June 1993.
SSThe ETSU thing was more of a
spur-of-the-moment thing that
happened when people were
beating up on (me) at the Board
of   Trustees   meetings. 33
President Edward B. Jakubauskas
was one of 13 candidates for the
president's job at ETSU, but was
not among the finalists
announced Wednesday.
"I'm looking at all sorts of
things." Jakubauskas said. "I
mav   or   may    not   move   on   to
another presidency. 1 may stay
here, retire, go back to teaching
or join the Peace Corps in Eastern Europe. I'm mulling over a lot
of things personally."
When    asked   if   he   plans   to
remain at Central until his con-
LIFE Photo/Dustin A. Wyman
LOOK WHAT ! GOT: Ian Hoff. 3, son of Craig Hoff, holds a bunch of dried corn Thursday morning
during the final day of the farmer's market at Island Park near downtown Mount Pleasant.
Vandals leave mark on sculpture
By Brian D. Bell
L IFF  Staff Writer
The CMU Department of
Public Safety is investigating
Devil's Night vandalism and
damage to the $70,000 neon
sculpture installed Oct. 7.
A bicycle rim hung from the
statue along side strips of toilet
paper and feces sat at its base,
said Capt. Ron Williams, DPS
associate director.
DPS officers found the sculpture damaged when someone
reported one of the colored,
acrylic pieces cracked, Williams
said. A damage estimate was not
available Thursday.
At about 1:40 a.m., two CMU
students who saw two people carrying a bike rim in the area of the
statue reported the situation to
DPS, said Lt. Ron Griffiths, DPS
assistant director.
Although suspects were not on
the scene when officers arrived.
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tract expires, Jakubauskas only
shrugged.
He refused to say whether he
has received any other job offers
since September — "I don't want
to get into that," he said — but he
did say he is not using an employment agency to find another job.
Fiscal problems and social concerns plague Central, Jakubauskas said, making it difficult for
him not to feel the heat from the
LIniversity community.
Some members of that community are "hiding their heads in
the sand" and are oblivious to
many campus problems, Jakubauskas said.
"When I look at all these problems, I say 'Wow,'" he said.
"There are a lot of problems."
Many college and university
presidents across the nation are
frustrated with the problems
they encounter, Jakubauskas
said. A couple of his counterparts
at other schools already have
resigned, in part, because of the
"stress and strain" of the job, he
said.
"At some point I'll be leaving
the presidency position," he said.
"Most presidents (remain in their
position) three to five years, and
the  national  average  is  moving
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CMU Trustee Smith
has plans to sell
pair of companies
By Karen Emerson
l IFF  Fditor
CMU Trustee and local businessman Sid Smith announced Thurs-
day he plans to sell two Mount Pleasant companies, including one that
manages the 130-unit Oxford Row apartment community.
Smith and his buyers began negotiations for the pendingsales of W.S.
Smith Co. and W.S. Smith Development Co. within the last two months,
said Smith, who declined to disclose the price tag on either of the
companies.
"I've been thinking about it for the last two years." Smith said. "I
thought about what kind of a deal (I'd want) before selling ... I hope
everything will be finalized by Dec. 31."
An employee group including Kenneth Bovee, Joanne Golden and
Robert Kabbe plan to buy W.S. Smith Co., Smith said. Bovee will serve
as W.S. Smith Co. president and Golden will work as vice president.
Neither Bovee nor Golden could be reached for comment Thursday
evening.
"These employees are tremendously loyal people and I couldn't be
happier with this deal." Smith said. "I think the company will flourish
with them.
"I'll miss it, but I'm so proud employees could buy it," Smith said.
Smith founded the company, which will remain at 102 S. Main, in
1970 as a management agent for Oxford Row. W.S. Smith Co. still
manages Oxford Row and several other complexes in Mount Pleasant,
and tallying a total of 4,500 apartment units throughout Michigan.
Kabbe, who also will continue his duties as comptroller, said he likes
the people who work for W.S. Smith Co. and he looks forward to owning
the company.
"We're only as good as our people," Kabbe said. "We're proud of our
people."
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Teacher ed officials
feel ready for visit
By Brian D. Bell
LIFE Staff Writer
Beginning Monday, CMU's
teacher education program will
undergo a critical examination
that's taken years of preparation.
Six representatives from the
National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education
arrive in Mount Pleasant this
weekend to evaluate the program
for reaccredition consideration,
said Liz Hitch, director of teacher
education.
University officials have
worked since 1986 to move Central toward compliance with new
NCATE standards adopted in
1985, Hitch said. NCATE last
visited CMU about 10 years ago.
"I think we're ready now," she
said. "I feel that we have really
taken a serious look at our program (and) we're at a point where
it's time for outsiders to review it.
"We have made some really significant changes that we think
will improve the program."
Two program improvements in
place this year include a model
for teacher education outlining
and identifying program goals,
and a mid-tier requirement guar
anteeing students work in classroom settings at a midway point
in their undergraduate careers.
Although two areas still in
need of improvement are the cultural diversity of teacher education students and faculty, and
strengthening of graduate programs, Hitch said these also are
campus-wide problems.
NCATE representatives —
educators from elementary, secondary and higher education
levels — will examine CMU's
undergraduate and graduate
teacher education programs
against 94 criteria comprising 18
standards. The standards
address five categories: faculty,
governance, resources, knowledge bases for professional education and relationship to the
world of practice.
Central must meet NCATE
standards because the state
Department of Education
adopted those guidelines, Hitch
said, adding the state currently
does not evaluate schools, but is
working to come up with its own
monitoring system.
NCATE representatives start
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