1987-06-03; Central Michigan Life

              Central
Michigan
WEDNESDAY
June 3,1987
VOLUME 70. NUMBER 86
MOUNT PLEASANT, Ml 48859
° 1987 CM LIFE
8 PAGES
Tuition rates increase proposed
BY BRYAN LAVIOLETTE
UFEEcfttor
Students might be paying an additional $45 a
semester if the Board of Trustees passes a resolution
increasing tuition by $3 per credit hour.
President Arthur Ellis will propose the tuition
increase at the Board's Finance Committee Thursday
in the Board of Trustees Room of the Bovee
University Center and the proposal ia scheduled to be
voted on at their meeting Friday at 10:30 a.m. in the
President's Conference Room, also in the U.C. said
Tuesday the University.
Ellis said the University needs to raise tuition to
maintain services to students.
"We need the money," Ellis said. "We don't want to
raise tuition."
However Ellis said there is no need to consult
students on tuition or other aspects of University
management because students are "not knowledge-
' able of the process." He added Student Government
Association does not have power to veto decisions
made by the administration or the Board.
*I don't believe you can run the University on
referendum." Ellis said in an earlier interview.
The Board of Trustees is charged with running the
University and should make the long-term plans that
affect it, Ellis said.
State funding
hike possible
BY BRYAN LAVIOLETTE
UFE Editor	
CMU may receive more
state funding than Gov. James
Blanchard originally proposed,
if some Michigan lawmakers
get their way.
Richard Miller, executive
assistant to the president for
governmental relations, said
the bill on Higher Education
would increase CMU's state
funding by 8.9 percent more
than 1986-87 amounts.
The bill, currently on the
Michigan Senate floor, would
represent (48.4 million in state
funding for the University in
1967-88.
President Arthur Ellis said
the increase would benefit
CMU.
That kind of increase would
be good for the University,"
Ellis said.
Miller said the Michigan
Senate Subcommittee on
Higher Education used a
formula that allocates funding
based partially on fiscal-year
equated student (FYES),
instead of a straight percentage
increase Blanchard recommended.
The subcommittee presented
its recommendation, based on
the formula, to the whole
Senate Appropriations
Committee last wet'k. Miller
said.
Please See FUNDING Page 7
What
service
CMU president Arthur
Ellis pours water for
customers, above, at Elias
Big Boy. 1623 South
Mission, right. Ellis, along
with other Mount Pleasant
dignitaries, worked at the
restaurant Monday to help
raise money for United
Way.
CM Uff/CJm arrt,
It is difficult making these decisions during the
school year because of time limitations, Ellis ssid.
"The fiscal calender and the academic calender are
not the same,* Ellis said.
Ellis said the $3.00 amount was chosen because
that figure would allow a balanced budget.
A tuition increase is totally independent of the
amount of state funding CMU receives, Ellis said. A
current Senate bill, if passed, would give CMU an 8.9
percent increase in state funding.
"I don't think the two (state funding and tuition)
are related,' EUis said.
Please See TUmON Page 8
Faculty pay
questioned
BY ROBERT PETTENGIlI
LIFE Statt Wnter	
CMU faculty pay ranks in
the top 40 percent of U.S.
colleges, however some say
there is still not enough pay to
attract or keep a top-caliber
staff.
According to a recent survey
appearing in the April 22
Chronicle of Higher Education,
CMU ranks in the top 40
percent of 1.700 private and
public colleges, universities
and multi-campus systems
surveyed in faculty pay.
The survey, which includes
33 Michigan institutions, was
conducted during the 1986-1987
school year for the American
Association of University
by Mayse
Associates,    of
Professors
Eymonerie
McLean, Va.
According to the survey,
average pay for a CMU
professor during the 1986-1987
school year was $41,400.
Associate professors were paid
$34,800, assistant professors
received $28,900 and instructors earned $22,800, the report
stated.
In each category. CMU
placed in the top 40 percent in
the country, the report stated.
Although the survey shows
CMU faculty high on the pay
scale, several faculty members
Please See SALARY Page 8
Special Olympic athletes to compete at Central
BY JACKIE RYNIAK
LIFE Manag-ng Fd.tor	
Smiling faces and warm
hearts will bring the true
meaning of competition to
CMU Thursday.
About 3.100 mentally
impaired athletes from
throughout Michigan are
scheduled to participate in the
state Special Olympic Summer
Games Thursday through
Saturday.
A variety of athletic events
are scheduled at CMU, Barb
Merritt, Michigan Special
Olympic public education
coordinator, said.
"Events include aquatics,
and athletics, which is track
and field, gymnastics, bowling,
and volleyball. Tennis and
weightlifling are demonstration sports," Merritt said.
Highlighting Thursday
night's opening ceremony, a
concert featuring the three
oldest Osmond brothers is
scheduled at Kelly/Shorts
Stadium. Merritt said.
"Wayne, Alan and Merrill
Osmond will perform country
and western songs, along with
some of their older songs and
nostalgia," Merritt said.
"They're good entertainers,
very crowd oriented."
Twenty large hot air balloons
are also scheduled to be
launched from areas
surrounding the stadium,
Merritt said.
"Ten thousand helium
balloons will be released also,
so somebody somewhere will
know something is going on,"
Merritt joked.
An Olympic torch will be
lighted, and marching bands
will perform at opening ceremonies.
Approximately 1,500 volunteers will be working with the
events, with walk-on volunteers accepted, Merritt said.
"New volunteers should go to
an information booth to participate," Merritt said.
Closing ceremonies at Pinch
Fieldhouse, scheduled
Saturday night, usually carry a
more serious mood, Merritt
said.
"It's more low key. It's inspirational. A few athletes will be
recognized, well extinguish the
Olympic flame and do the
victory dance," she said.
Merritt said athletes range
from 8-year-olds to senior
citizens.
Most participants involved
will stay at CMU, she said.
"Well take over every nook
and cranny on campus,"
Merritt said.
Admission is free to all
events and ceremonies, Merritt
said.
"You can just walk  in
enjoy yourself," she said.
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INDEX
NEWS
Board   approves   bid   for
new IET building page3
COMMENT
Etiquette    for    column
writing easy as one.  two.
three page4
SPORTS
CMU baseball players await
word on amateur free agent
draft page6