1998-02-09; Central Michigan Life

              Central Michigan LIFE
Volume 79, Number 57
Mt. Pleasant,  MI 48859
©1998 CM LIFE
78 years of serving the community
MONDAY
February 9, 1998
16 pages
Term limits prevent 64 state reps from running in fall
■ Mount Pleasant Rep. Jim
McBryde will not be able to
run for 1998 elections
By Julia Jones
LIFE Assistant News Editor
Rep. Jim McBryde, R-Mount
Pleasant, will not be able to run in the
1998 election for his current office.
Federal Judge Patrick Duggan
upheld term limits for state elected officials Thursday, barring 64 of the 110
house lawmakers from running for
reelection this year.
The law set six-year limits for the
house, and eight-year limits for the
Senate, the governor and the lieutenant
governor.
McBryde, who has served in the state
House since 1990, said it is too early to
tell who his party will nominate for his
office.
"People are just realizing since last
Thursday that I can't run again. I'm
sure the Republicans will have some
excellent candidates fielded within the
next few weeks," he said.
McBryde said he has not made any
decisions about his own future in the
legislature yet, but he said he is beginning to look into the option of running
for the 23rd District Senate seat.
"Many have come to me and have
strongly urged me to run. I have not
made a decision, but I am listening," he
said.
McBryde said he is in favor of term
limits in general, but not the limits
passed in 1992.
"I did not vote for the one that
passed," McBryde said.
Term limits, approved by 59 percent
of Michigan voters in 1992, set a six-
year lifetime limit on House lawmakers. Michigan's lifetime ban is shared
by seven of the 21 states -with term
limit laws.
"I just didn't believe the lifetime ban
was a good idea," McBryde said.
He said the same kind of proposal is
being challenged in Oregon and
California.
"(The) lifetime ban could go to the
U.S. Supreme Court," he said.
McBryde said his proposal was different from the  term limits bill, passed in
1992, in three ways.
McBryde said his proposal did not
alter the terms of the U.S. House or
Senate. He said the limits voted for in
1992 did do this and that part of it was
declared unconstitutional.
McBryde's proposal would have set
12-year limits on Michigan's House,
Senate, governor and lieutenant governor.
McBryde said his proposal also did
not have the lifetime ban.
"If you served out your term, you
could eventually come back," he said.
Resolution
requires
RSOto
sponsor
vendors
By Kristi Gutowski
LIFE Staff Writer and
Julia Jones
LIFE Assistant News Editor
As a result of the Student
Government Association
Senate's passage of a resolution,
the Bovee University Center officials may soon require vendors
to have the sponsorship of a registered student organization in
order to solicit customers-
Friday, senators unanimously
passed resolution S 98-004,
which requires vendors to have
the sponsorship of an RSO* to be
eligible to sell goods in the UC.
The sponsoring RSO would
then receive a portion of the proceeds of the particular fund-raising venture.
The resolution will go to the
SGA general board for approval
Monday, Feb. 16.
The resolution was written by
senators Renee Suhr,
Roscommon freshman; Sarah
DeArmond, Lapeer freshman;
Heather Bleshenski, Linwood
freshman; and Joe McCarthy,
Grand Ledge freshman.
"It's insulting to me that someone can lure me into credit card
debt with a free T-shirt,"
McCarthy said.
Jeff Falcusan, Battle Creek
junior, raised some concerns
about the resolution.
"The (vendors') products
appeal to students so the students keep coming back," he
said.
"My concern is that if the vendors need to pay a fee to a registered student organization, they
may not come back."
McCarthy said aesthetics is
the main reason the resolution
"The appearance of the UC
and the funding for the registered student organizations are
what's important," he said.
Some senators were concerned
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SABRINA BURTON* CM LIFE
A villager in the Opera "Cavalleria Rusticana" drinks a mug of wine and sings about the beauty of the spring. (See Page 10) The
Opera Nazionale Italiana with the Budapest State Opera Orchestra and Choir performed "Cavalleria Rusticana" and ~l Pagliacci~
Friday evening in Warriner Auditorium. Approximately 400 people watched the opera.
Dance, hospitality programs facing changes
By Joseph McCarthy
LIFE Staff Writer
Amidst controversy surrounding the proposed merger of the philosophy and religion
departments, there may soon be other academic changes on the way.
Denny Bettisworth, professor and chair of
speech communication and dramatic arts,
said a proposed move of the dance program
from the College of Education and Human
Services to the College of Speech
Communication and Fine Arts is in its initial
stages.
The proposed move has been under consideration for some time, Bettisworth said.
"It s been talked about with varying degrees
of certainty for 10 years. This has been talked
about for a long, long time," he said.
Bettisworth declined to comment about his
position on the proposal until after the
departments and colleges vote on the move.
But, he said, "It's an affiliation that seems
natural."
The dance program is now housed in the
department of physical education and sport,
which could not be reached for comment.
The other change that may occur is the
movement of the hospitality services program
from the College of Business Administration
to the College of Education and Human
Services.
James Burley, professor of marketing and
hospitality services administration, said the
move would negate some of the requirements
the program has now.
"Our program is built around the students
having a strong background," he said.
Burley said students will not gain the necessary skills under the College of Education
and Human Services.
Burley said the department of marketing
and hospitality services administration has
voted in favor of the move, but it is reconsidering some aspects of the proposal, and will
vote again soon.
James Jones, professor of foreign languages, literatures and cultures, and chair of
the Academic Senate, said the proposal would
not be presented to the Senate until after
votes are taken within the departments and
colleges.
Michigan residents
say couples should
wait to have sex
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LANSING, (AP) — While 50
percent of Michigan adults say it
is OK for unmarried couples to
live together, 70 percent say couples should refrain from sex
until they marry, according to a
poll released Sunday.
"That is somewhat in conflict,
and I don't know if it means people think those who are cohabiting (before marriage) should
have a hands-off approach, like
Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van
Dyke on the old TV show, and
sleep in separate beds," said
Brian Willats, communications
director for the Michigan Family
Forum, which commissioned the
poll.
The group, which champions
traditional family issues, commissioned the statewide poll of
Michigan  adults,   seeking  their
views on marriage, divorce, sex
and domestic feuding.
It hopes to use poll results as
fuel in upcoming legislative discussions over whether to make it
more difficult to marry or
divorce, The Detroit News
reported Sunday.
Among the poll's findings:
—67 percent of respondents
believe marriages in general are
"weaker" today than 30 years
ago.
—69 percent of those surveyed
said marriages should last "till
death do us part," while 29 percent said the union should last
"as long as love shall last."
—81 percent said a couple in
an unhappy marriage should
remain   together   and   work   on
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A Special Moment
TONY CEPAK • CM LIFE
Alison Moore, of Kent County, was granted the honor of
lighting the torch at the Michigan Special Olympics opening
ceremony at Sugar Loaf Resort, Wednesday night. Sea page
3 for mora Special Olympics coverage.
Higher
education
focus of
conference
By Bridget Perkins
LIFE Staff Writer
Several administrators and
faculty members attended a
conference focusing on topics
associated with higher education Jan. 29 to Feb. 1 at the
Coronado Springs Resort in
Orlando, Fla.
They participated in the sixth
annual American Association
for Higher Education
Conference of Faculty Roles and
Rewards. This conference hosted thousands of colleges and
universities from across the
country.
"Central was well-represented," Provost Richard Davenport
said. A total of 39 attendees
from CMU traveled to the conference compared to last year's
attendance of 15 to 20, he said.
"We probably had more than
most of the other universities,"
Davenport said.
Stephen Foster, associate
dean of libraries, Davenport and
five other representatives from
CMU contributed to the conference by presenting papers.
"Through a series of workshops, this four-day conference
provided the opportunity for
faculty and administrators to
learn of technology on universities, the changing roles of faculty, and administrators and
other university staff," Foster
said.
Mary Senter, associate professor of sociology, anthropology
and social work, presented a
paper with colleagues John
Pfeiffer, professor of English,
and Susan Conner, associate
dean of humanities and social
and behavioral sciences. Their
paper was titled "Faculty
Unions and Enhanced Faculty
Careers."
Presenting a paper was
Senter's initial interest for getting involved in the conference.
She submitted a proposal several months before the conference.
"My interest was looking at
new faculty scholarship —
teaching well, engaging in
research, being active in their
profession and engaging in service," Senter said.
Senter said she hoped the people who participated learned
about ideas and practices at
CMU and use them for themselves just as she learned from
other universities.
"It was a very worthwhile
experience and Tm glad I went,"
Senter said.
Within the week Davenport
said he plans to meet with
attendees to debrief. Hopefully
with the sharing of the results
of the forum, they will have
their own conference.
Davenport said all the attendees came back with ideas they
want to try in their classrooms
and that was the purpose of the
program.
"It was a conference to work
and learn," Davenport said.
Davenport said the cost of the
trip is unknown at this time
because several vouchers have
not been turned in, but he hopes
to have a total by next week. He
said the cost was partially funded by department chairs, and
their funds were matched by the
provost's office.
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