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Michigan
WEDNESDAY
April 3, 1991
VOLUME 73. NUMBER 73&%&%$&££&&<&: 1991 CM LIFE
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Arts festival
heading to
Central over
the summer
iy JENNIFER CHRISMAN
Simu'      people      say      Mount
Mea-anl     lacks    entcrtaiiiiinn
uring   the   summer   months   —
spt■ ei a 11 y     I" n l ve1■ si t \ -<»i"it• n1t• <1
ntl  University-sponsored entcr-
iinment
Provost   Robert   Franke agreed
ith     that     general    consensus
hen ho arrived at ( 'Ml' m  1 9s9
>      he      decided      to      involve
udent-.    facuh\     and    admini-
ratois   in   finding  a  -oiution  to
ie problem.
He said he was concerned with
e amount of act ivity. especially
11 eit a l n men t activity. on
mpus during summer months.
Ed Kvet. music chair, and
reg Moj-ris. executive assistant
the president for Govern-
ental Relation-, teamed up
ith Franke to create a
immei' Festival Committee,
hich now has eight members,
develop    the    CML"    Summer
• -ts Festival.
• "We have formed a com mil tee
id we are in the process of
oking at dates."' Kvet said,
ommittee members are tenta-
vely planning events for the
air Wednesday- in -June, budded
"The concept is to do .-onu-
intl of a sum mer cultural cwnt.
robably beginning with music
nd building into other kinds of
l ne arts." Morris said.
F vent.-    probably   will    include
nusical performances in June or
July,  Franke said    He hope- the
•vent   will   become  more  popular
and improve in four or five years.
Musical performances could be
on  a   floating  -tage  in  one of  the
ponds near the Student  Activity
('enter. Franke -aid
"We     would     use     l"n i versily
talent    and    and    rt-snurces    and
Dedicated Fan
^f:
FESTIVAL P
LIFE  Photci Nile Young
Mary  Felton,  Saginaw  resident,   braves  the weather  by  bundling  up  in  a  quilt
during the  Chippewa's  home opener against the  Northwood  Institute Northmen
at Theunnissen  Stadium Monday afternoon.  Central  won the game,  5-1.  See
story   on   page   10.
Budget crunch may mean fewer RAs
by JOHN MULVANEY
She -aid when occupancy was expanded in the residence halls years
a.14-0. ("ML*  hired  'A0 additional RAs to assist with the workload.
Applicants  for resident  a.--i-iant   positions  have become  victims of I.mdlev   -aid   occupancy   is   now   down   to   around   M    percent   and
CMC's budget crunch — and. months after applying, st'i!i don't  know  1!     project ions show the halls will  not be full tor fall semester,
they have the job. Auxiliary services is examining the numbers of resident assistants
The   process   for   selecting   RAs  started   in   late -January   and   those     ,,,  reiat ion to si udent s living in the halls to see if the same amount of
involved hoped they would nol ify candidate.- by the week before spring     R..\.-  i-  necessary and where they might be cut.
"We are still  working at this point  but   we anticipate by  Friday we
will  have some answers." I.mdlev said.
Stanek said (->( J students applied for about 37 open RA positions. She
break, said Rosemary Stanek. Southwest Re-idence Quad complex
1 nanager.
HoAever. thi- applicant- have not vet received word and may not
until  the end  of this week.
"The candidates have been very patient  and  cooperative, but  some
re.-uited  in  fewer open inj
people are getting  really, really anxious." Stanek -aid.
The ma. in problem has to do with ( 'MU - budget concerns, said -Jean Stanek added the applicant- have already started training so those
I.mdlev.     assistant    vice    president     for    residencies    and     auxiliary hired  as RAs  in the fall will have enough information to start,
•services "People really want to know   if they're getting this job so they can
"Because   of   the   University's   serious   budget    problems   we   are -tart looking at alternatives, including finding another job if they need
reviewing all  programs within auxiliary services.' Lindiev said. to.    Stanek said.
New post created
despite low funds
by JENNIFER CHRISMAN
I ■!-►■  Assist.-.'-: IV.-.-.-s r~'i-\<y
Despite a University-wide budget crunch and job opening review, a
new- job post was created recently to supervise General Education.
Provost Robert Franke agreed with the General Education Council's
recommendation that CMU allocate funding for a director of General
Education.
While the council originally requested a three-quarter time position.
Franke was only able to create the post as a one-quarter time spot
effective fall   1991.
Franke announced his decision to allocate funds for the quarter-
time position in March. The post is important for coordinating general
education programs and improving those programs, he said.
"I think that's a good start." said Rodney Kirk, chair of the General
Education Council. "Resources have been the stumbling block. We see
that  as a beginning."
The General Education Council requested the post after the council
was formed last year.
"The University Program affects more students on campus than any
other- program." said Kirk, professor of anthropology'.
"It gives the whole program a focus, an interface between the
administration, the (Jen-Ed Subcomittee and the Gen-Ed Council," he
said.
Kirk said the director would serve the council with information
about trends in general education at comparable institutions.
General Education includes University Program and competency
cou rses.
"This action is commendable. Someone needs to be responsible for
all this." said Faculty Association President Guy Meiss.
"We've set up a General Education Council which is going to
evaluate the criteria of the program." said Meiss. associate professor of
journal ism.
A search to fill the position has not been started yet. but Franke said
the first person to fill the position most likely will be an in-house
candidate.
Avoiding AIDS
Hemophiiiacs are becoming
less susceptible to virus
by JILLIAN BOGATER
Until the mid-'80s. people with
hemophilia were among the
fastest growing groups with the
human immunodeficiency virus.
B u t with n e \v sc ree n i n g
proceedu res. the number of
people with the disorder who
acquire the virus has dropped to
almost nothing, said Sally
('rudder, exectutive director for
tile Hemophilia Foundation of
Michigan in Ann Arbor.
Nationwide. 63 percent of
people with hemophilia have
become infected with the virus
through tainted blood. Crudder
said. Eleven percent of the
hemophiliacs" spouses have also
contracted HIV. which can lead
to AIDS.
Hemoph ilia significantly
reduces or eliminates plasma
protein, or factor VIII. which
aids in the clotting of blood.
To produce factor VIII, 20,000
blood products from different
donors are placed in one vat. If
one of" the 20.000 samples is
tainted with the virus, all the
samples become tainted.
In addition to testing blood
products for hepatitis and HIV.
newer   procedures   include   heat
treatment, which kills the virus.
The added metJiod has drastically reduced the percentage of
people with hemophilia infected
by HIV-tainted blood, she said.
Children with the disorder
born in the last five years have
no chance of contracting the
virus unless they are treated
with whole blood, Crudder said.
Hemophilia is a bleeding
disorder usually passed from
mothers who carry a defective x
chromosome to their sons.
Crudder said. Roughly one in
10,000 males born in the United
States has the disorder;
two-thirds of the cases are
hereditary.
The most common type of
hemophilia is factor VIII
deficiency, commonly referred to
as hemophilia A, Crudder said.
Many hemophiliacs who have
become infected witn HIV belong
See VIRUS Page 2
Two named 'head of the class'
by ERIC BAERREN
;■>(-   Sr,,ff  Wf t.'.-r
While many seniors think
about grade point averages and
honors, few expect to earn the
two highest honors in the class.
. This year's valedictorian and
salutatorian — Jill Mayer of*
Bronson and Gerald Steffen of
Lincoln Park, respectively —
both said they were surprised to
achieve the position.
The valedictorian and salutatorian are chosen out of the
perspective field of graduates as
the    students    with    the    two
highest grade point averages,
said Arlene Dunham, assistant
director of Undergraduate
Academic Services.
Valedictorian Mayer, who wili
graduate with a 3.99 gpa. said
she thought it might be good
enough to earn her salutatorian
honors.
Mayer said she earned her
lowest grade — an A minus,
which prevented her from
getting a perfect 4.0 — when she
was a sophomore.
"It was beginner's bowling. It
was a one credit class and I got
an A minus — I gues.- I'm not a
very good bowler." she said.
She learned about her valedictorian honors March 20 through
a phone call. Mayer said.
The man who called her said
CMU had sent her a letter, but
Mayer- said she never saw one,
adding the call took her
completely by surprise.
"I didn't know how to react
when I heard. I thought it was
my boyfriend playing a trick on
me." Mayer said.
See HONORS Page 2
Graduation times and dates set
by ERIC BAERREN
and KIM KORIENEK
ItlFE Staff Writers
pf The countdown has begun to graduation, and
students planning to receive diplomas have
several things they need to do before the big
day.
Graduation is May 4 at 1 p.m.
Students may pick up caps and gowns April
129 through May 3 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., or
I May 4 from 8 a.m. to" noon, said Sherly
I Fleetham, : administrative J assistant to - the
| provost. ^^^^^^^S^'^^^^^^^^^^
Students also will receive-two tickets to Use in
I case the weather is bad and graduation isjrnoved
ti^lir^^^il^^^o^iAyena, Fleetham
C*
said. Students' guests do not need tickets if the
ceremony is outdoors at Kelly/Shorts.
Caps and gowns are^$15.75 for undergraduates and $29.75 for graduate students and -will
be available in the Bovee University Center
Isabella Room, said Pam Sponseller, administrative secretary for Undergraduate Academic
Services. Students need picture identification in
order to pick up tickets.' -<.-..-. ^ <•<:£, i * - ,->'-
* If graduation is in Rose, audience members
without tickets * will ^ be - able " to ~ watch ' the
ceremony on * a big screen television in the
Student Activity C^ter ^niall Sports Forum.
Seating is fiiJBt-cgi^^
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