1989-04-26; Central Michigan Life

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A-Senate tables proposal
NEWS, PAGE 3
LONGER LOOK
Complicated works require observation
ENTERTAINMENT, PAGE 8
A Cut Above
Player recieves BOyden award
SPORTS, PAGE 1B
SECTION A
Central
Michigan
WEDNESDAY
April 26, 1989
Officials
lighten up
rules for
year's end
ceremony
by KAREN EMERSON
I IH  St.iff Wr.ter	
An Academic Affairs official
said "judgement calls" are
sometimes made in deciding who
will walk through commencement exercises this spring.
"It's not a straight-forward
procedure," Interim Vice Provost
Mary Senter said. "It's not black
and white."
Hefore. and including, this
academic year, students who
meet the requirements for
graduation in May will walk in
the May exercises. Senter said.
She added if a student does not
meet the requirements until
August, the student does not
participate in commencement
exercises until December.
However, after the approval of
the President's Council early last
fall, if a student had at least 110
credit hours hv the end of fall
semester and anticipated
finishing all graduation requirements by the end of spring
semester, the student could have
filled out a form earlier and heen
able to walk in May commencement exercises.
The policy is new this
academic year. Senter said.
"What    this    110    hour    issue
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CM LIFE Denise Ekhner
Central to host
higher education
budget hearings
CMU and four other schools to
present requests to subcommittee
by JENNIFER CHRISMAN
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Pat Gillespie, New York graduate student, finds playing his guitar on the steps of St. Mary's Catholic Church.
1405 S. Washington, a peaceful retreat
Friday. CMU and four other universities will present their budget
requests and reasons for their requests to the Senate Higher
Kducation Appropriations Sultcommittee.
And it's Central's turn to host five of the annual hearings for
university hudgets.
"(Statei Sen. (William! Sederburg t R-East I~insing> has a practice of
holding his subcommittee hearings across the state and it's our turn."
said P'd (Jrant. interim vice president for Administrative Affairs.
In addition to CMU. Saginaw Valley State University. Saginaw;
Kerns State Univerisity. Hig Rapids; Lake Superior State University.
Sault -Ste. Marie; and Michigan Technological University. Houghton;
will present their cases to the committee, a Governmental Relations
spokeswoman said.
Each university will appear hefore the committee, which consists of
Chairman Sederhurg. Koln-rt Geake. R-N'orthville. and Jackie
Vaughn. I)-l)etroit. she said.
State Rep. Joanne Emmons. R-Hig Rapids, said she also will he at
the meetings. Senate Majority Leader John Engler. R-Mount
Pleasant, will not he attending the hearings hut will send an aide.
Central is scheduled to be heard hy the committee first, the said
spokeswoman, who asked not to Ik- named.
"Our hasic argument is for equity across the institutions." (Irant
said. "It will continue to Ix.- an issue.
"I know the House and Senate are aware of the inequities." Grant
said. "It's a question of how much thev can do in a given year."
President Edward H. Jakubauskas presented Central's budget to
the House Appropriations Subcommittee in March, the spokeswoman
said.
After the budget is presented to the senate committee. Ixith
committees will discuss it, she said. If both houses agree on the
amount to be appropriated, the budget goes to Gov. James Blanchard
Many are unsure of strategic planning's results
by MARGARET WOLFGANG
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President Edward B. Jakubauskas
set his priorities for the University at
Friday's Strategic Planning Forum, but
campus leaders are taking a cautious
stance towards anticipating the results.
Roger Hatch. Faculty Association
president-elect, said he i.s adopting a
"wait-and-see" attitude toward the
prospect of changes being executed as a
result of the Strategic Planning process.
"The way to tell if the effort wa>
worthwhile is if it makes a difference in
resource allocation within the University." Hatch, religion department
chairman, said.
"We have yet to see if there's going to
be any real payoffs from (the Strategic
Planning process. "
One disappointment Hatch said he had
with the president's priorities was tin-
generic nature of Mime of the items.
"It was disappointing to see tin-
emerging outcome of an elaborate
process turn out to Ih- vague." In- said.
"The more general it got the less
valuable it became."
Hatch said a real test of whether tin-
process will yield valuable changes
within the University will come during
the l!)S<»-<t() academic year.
One item he said he and others will be
looking at closely next year is whether
the president's priorities concerning tin-
quality of faculty are reflected through
belter pay.
"At the end of next year when ( faculty i
contracts will be negotiated, that will tell
whether the whole process has been
effective." he said
"Right now CMI' is falling behind in
offering salaries to incoming faculty and
keeping salaries high enough to keep
1 hem ben-.
"So far. the administration has not
responded to that."
Joe Finck. Academic Senate
chairman-elect, said he also has cast a
watchful eye upon the implementation
process associated with the president's
expressed priorities.
He    described    bis    approach    to    the
possible outcomes of the Strategic-
Planning process as "guarded.
"I'm hopeful that beneficial change will
come about." said Finck. associate
professor of physics. "The president
said. . .if eight or nine out of his 12
priorities are successful, we'll be a better
institution.
"N'o time frame was established for
these items. There are too many
unknowns. We don't know what funding
amounts will be."
Finck said he is looking forward to
serving as A-Senate chairman during the
19SSMK) academic year because of the
prospective   outcomes   offered   by   the
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NEWS IN BRIEF
The third and final provost
candidate forum is scheduled
for Thursday at I 1 a.m. in
Pearce I US.
Julius Erlenbach. dean of the
College of Arts. Letters and
Sciences at the University of
Wisconsin-1.aCrosse.
Wisconsin, is the featured
candidate.
The Provost Search
Committee presented President Edward B Jakubnuskas
with a list offive candidates for
the position, but only three
were initially scheduled for
interviews
Vice presidential candidate
open forums to begin today
locations are set for two open
forums for University Relations
vice presidential candidates.
Ed Grant, currently CMU's
interim vice president for
Administrative Affairs. is
scheduled for the first interview.
It will take place today at 2:30
p.m. in the Bovee University
Center Lake Huron Room,
search committee Chairman Jim
Wojcik said Tuesday.
Anyone in the community may
attend the open forums.
Russ Herron is scheduled for
an open forum Friday at 2:30
p.m. in the UC Gold Room.
Herron is the secretary to
CMLTs Board of Trustees, executive assistant to the president
and director of Media Relations.
Times and locations are not set
for the other two candidates
named as of yet.
But Wojcik, director of
Student Media, said Dr. William
Anderson is scheduled for a
forum May 2. Anderson is president of West Shore Community
College, Scottville.
Dr. Joesph iTimi Gilmour is
scheduled for a forum May 3,
Wojcik said. Gilmour is a senior
research fellow at the National
Center for Post-Secondary
Governance and Finance at the
University of Maryland. College
Park, and also serves as an
adviser to the president of that
university.
President Edward B.
Jakubauskas Friday decided to
move up the on-campus interview process so more people in
the University community could
participate in the 6earch for a
new vice president.
The president created the job
so the University would have a
more unified approach in
presenting itself to the outside
world.
Saginaw Chippewa chief
given Homecoming honor
by PATTY MAHER
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(Editor's note: This is the sixth installment in an iKcasmnal series
un the Satfinatv Chippewa Indian Tribe.>
A l>eaver-shaped charm, carved from lx>ne. hangs around the chiefs
neck. He said he has been told "Sowmick" stands for brown beaver.
Arnold Sowmick, chief of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian TriU-. was
named Grand Marshal for CMU's 1'.)>S9 homecoming parade by the
Homecoming Steering Committee.
Because this year is Mount Pleasant's centennial celebration,
Sowmick said he believes the honor is "icing on the cake.
"I am pleased about doing it with respect that the University is
acknowledging the tribe," he said.
Sowmick said he also is pleased Rev. James Pego. reservation
resident, has been asked to deliver the benediction at the May
graduation ceremony.
In 1987. Sowmick was presented with a plaque hy the Mount
Pleasant Chamber of Commerce, recognizing him as an "Outstanding
Citizen."
• The award was presented partially because of Sowmick's contribution to the area's economy by participating in establishing the gaming
industry.
ARNOLD SOWMICK: 1989 Grand Marshal
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