1987-04-10; Central Michigan Life

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Students may soon have direct
to trusteea on a Board
cotnmittea.
At Tnureday'a student affairs
committae meeting. Trustee
Raymond LaBounty requested
students be giren repieaentation
in that group.
Td like to formally involve
studetrtts at this table at thia
meeting," aaid LaBounty, who
chain .the committee. The
student affairs committee should
brrohre student leadership at thia
table. It should be their avenue to
the Board."
LaBounty said the atudent
members would not have a vote in
Board decisions, but rather serve
aa faculty do on the faculty-
trustee liaison committee. The
students could express student
concerns aa committee members,
he aaid
James Hill, vice president for
Student Affairs, aaid hia staff will
come up with a structure to allow
representation from various
student organizations —
including Student Government
Association and Residence Hall
Assembly. However, it will not be
limited to just SGA and RHA
Hill said he hoped to have a
report for the Board at its May 7
meeting.
"We have a number of important atudent organizations, but
the one more highly recognized by
the president has been SGA.
Whatever we do wont be without
tb«m,J>utjaTe jrrant to eonaidaT:
other organizations,* he said.
In 1985. SGA requested the
Board of Trusteea allow a student
become a voting member on the
Board. Trustees voted the idea
down, and Board Chairman
Gordon Lambie said Thursday a
"atudent trustee" with voting
privileges would violate the
Michigan constitution.
"(Student committee members)
would not be voting members," he
said. "But we encourage student
input. . .our encouragements in
the past haven't been answered.
Student Affairs should be a strong
committee, and students can
help."
SGA President Pam Weaver
aaid although this representation
is not what the group previously
requested, the Board has made a
positive step.
"I think it's a real neat
compromise," she said. That they
are recognizing student input —
it's an excellent idea."
Weaver, Warren senior, said the
Board's proposal provides a time
for public comment at its general
meetings, usually conducted on
Fridays, — but issues often are
decided in Thursday's committee
groups.
"Usually on Fridays they have
their business pat.. .they've made
their decision," she said, adding
the committee representation
could give students input before
decisions already are made.
Trustee Rachael Moreno said
the student members could "kill
two birds with one stone" — and
help SGA as well as the trustees.
"If SGA is asked for a spot on
the student affairs committee —
they are a group suffering from a
tarnished image.. .they're trying
to convince students they have an
effective voice," ahe said. "We can
kill two birds with one stone."
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Tha car driven by Thomas McNamara, Mount
destroyed, top. by a collision with a semi truck, above.
t, is
7-vehicle
pile-up
A local man was in fair condition in Central Michigan
Community Hospital Thursday
night, after a seven-vehicle collision.
Isabella County Sheriff's
Department officials responded
to the accident at 4:44 p.m., a
spokesman said.
Three cars were eastbound on
M-20 near the Park Inn, 5665 E.
Pickard, waiting for a car to turn
left, the spokesman said. A fifth
car struck the last car in line,
~' causiTrg a chain reaction, he said.'
A sixth eastbound vehicle struck
the others and became airborne,
colliding with a westbound truck,
he said. Three cars went into a
ditch, avoiding the pile-up, he
said.
Thomas McNamara, Mount
Pleasant, was admitted to CMCH,
a CMCH spokeswoman said. No
other injuries were reported.
Board committee
voices support for
room-and-board rise
BY WAYNE KAMKXM
.Ur*EMaVisr>rq Editor
CMlTs proposed room-aod-
board rata increase ia significant,
if compared to next year'e
projected hike* of other state
couegea and universities.
But throw those numbers out
the window. They dont mean a
thing — providing adequate
service ia the key.
That's the' reaction Board of
Trusteea members conveyed
Thursday,. while discussing a
$234-a-year increaae in 1967-68
on-campus housing rates.
"Everytime we make a comparison, (the other institutions)
should buy lunch for us," Trustee
Raymond LaBounty said. "We
give the public these gross figures,
and they're really meaningless,
r "Let's stop it. We're offering a
good price for tha services
rendered — increase or not,"
LaBounty added.
The" recommended 10 percem
increase, upping the annual
20-meal living costs to $2,850,
would rank CMU the fourth-most
costly among the state's 15 four-
year institutions. From 1983 to
1986, CMU had the least expensive housing costs.
"We have by-passed needed
maintenance long enough,"
Trustee William Odykirk said.
"We still have a competitive
rate.. .and without exception we
are the premier University when
it comes to residence halls."
Odykirk, chairman of the Board's finance committee, told University administrators he's certain the trustees will support the proposed
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Trustees are slated to decide on the resolution during today's
general meeting at 9:30 a.m. in the Bovee University Center's
President's room.
Board Chairman Gordon Lambie said the Board haa "no other
choice" than approve the rate hike, which would generate an
additional $1.4 million next year.
The University would use the funds to renovate on-campus housing,
said Jean Lindley, assistant vice president for Residence and
Auxiliary Services.
"Most residence halls have needed refurbishing for the past 10-to-15
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Trustee LaBounty questions athletic aims
BY MARY FRANCIS
LIFE Edtor
As 14 students petitioned the
need for a University-sponsored
varsity swim team, a Board of
Trustees member says he wants a
question answered about CMU
athletics.
"Just what is the purpose of this
University's sports program?"
asked Raymond LaBounty at
Thursday's student affairs
committee meeting. "Our policy
has been it is to compete successfully in the Mid-American Conference."
But. LaBounty said, that may
not be the right policy for CMU.
Maybe sports, such as swimming.
Swim club petitions for varsity reinstatement
should fit into CMUs intercollegiate athletic goals, he said at the
meeting that 14 swim club
members attended.
"If that's what we mean,"
LaBounty said, referring to the
policy of competition in the MAC,
"then tell these people to get out of
here and go back to their books
where they belong. I'm not sure
that's what we mean."
Athletic Director David Keilitz
said at the meeting he is "all for" a
swim team, but the funds are not
available.
"Swimming makes all the sense
in the world if you have the money
for it," Keilitz said, adding
start-up costs for a swim team
range between $150,000 and
$160,000.
"But if you said here's the
$150,000 to $160,000 for your
program, I can't say it's best to put
it into swimming. We need to
upgrade what we have."
The $2.7-million athletic budget
funds 16 intercollegiate sports.
But the list does not include
varsity sports CMU had
sponsored previously — men's and
women's golf, swimming, tennis
and men's gymnastics.
What LaBounty wants to know
is why CMU supports the sports it
does, and he asked the
administration to begin formulating a way to study that
question.
"We don't have a swimming
team based on what?" he aaked. "I
propose we will not go any further
until (the administration) can
bring a report to the Board.
"We don't want to respond to
just the swimmers because they're
all here en masse."
Keilitz said CMU's athletic
programs are running at "bare-
boned" funding. He added CMU's
athletic budget is on the bottom
when     compared     to     other
Mid-American Conference
schools.
Comparing athletic budget
figures, LaBounty said, is not
feasible. Other schools may
include things like faculty
salaries, announcer's salaries or
maintenance in their athletic
budget that CMU does not, he
said.
LaBounty Questioned whether
athletic scholarships are necessary to form an intercollegiate
team. But, Keilitz said, an intercollegiate team cannot compete
successfully without scholarships.
"If you don't have scholarships
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Faulty Towers elevator
injures student; Physical
Plant tackling problem
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BY CHRIS MURRAY
LIFE Staff Wnter
A malfunctioning elevator caused an eighth floor
Wheeler Hall resident to injure her foot — and
landed her in the hall's guest room.
The elevator stopped a foot below the eighth floor
around midnight March 26 — something residents
said it has been doing for weeks.
But Sue Smith, Troy freshman, didn't aee where it
stopped and injured her foot stepping out.
Smith said she waa in the Towers lobby and took
an elevator to get some homework from her room.
"For the last few weeks the elevators have been
stopping either a foot higher or lower than the floor," .
she said. This time it was a foot below.
"I stepped off the elevator and fell right on top of
my right leg. X-rays were done and I tore a bunch of
ligaments on the top of right foot, and there's a:
possible fracture," Smith, 803 Wheeler resident,
said
Smith said she went home the next day to recover
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