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FA board
to faculty
A tentative contract agreement reached between the
Faculty Association and
administration received a
recommendation for approval
from the FA Board of Directors
Thursday night.
FA President Charles Eiszler
said the tentative agreement
will be presented to the
bargaining unit membership
Wednesday at 4 p.m. The
location will be announced
later, he said.
Cm important item in the
contract,   Eiszler   said,   is   a
gives OK
contract
section that eliminates the
peed for a grievance FA has
filed concerning pay period
adjustments. Eiszler would not
release specifics about the
section.
Copies of the tentative agreement will be distributed to
department representatives
today for faculty to examine,
said Eiszler. professor of
teacher education and professional development.
Wednesday bargaining unit
members will vote on a method
and time for a ratification vote.
Two unions resume negotiations
by KATHY PETERSEN
LIFE M-aw** Editor *
Negotiations, for two University employee groups and the
administration are starting up
again in the wake of Faculty
Association's tentative agreement.
Staff Association and
Supervisory-Technical Association (S-TA) members are
negotiating with the administration, but both stalled their talks
while waiting for FA to reach an
agreement. Tuesday night FA and
the administration reached a
tentative agreement.
Staff Association President
Rosalyn Nedry said Thursday she
plans to meet with the bargaining
Staff Association is supposed to
go to fact-finding, but a date has
not been set. A mediator was
called in July 23 and he recommended a Michigan Employee
Relations Commission-appointed
fact-finder come in. A date haa not
been set, said Nedry, administrative secretary in Instructional
Materials Center.
S-TA President Joyce Davis
said her bargaining team tentatively, is scheduled to meet with
the administration team Oct 9.
Maxine Tubbs, acting assistant
vice president for Human
Resources, is on vacation until
Tuesday and has not confirmed
the date.
Davis, communications super
visor at Physical Plant, said she
hopes FA reaching a tentative
agreement will change the
administration's salary offer to
the S-TA.
"We certainly hope it will
change the University position,"
Davis aaid. "We're very anxious to
reach an agreement."
FA's tentative agreement has a
higher salary increase than what
the administration offered the
S-TA, Davis said. And salary is a
morale issue for the S-TA, she
added.
S-TA salaries increase in a
scries of six steps. Davis said an
employee without experience
starts at a probationary level and
ideally moves up a step each year.
However, when people from
other universities are hired, they
sometimes start at a middle step,
Davis said. She said the
administration says to hire
quality people it has to offer
higher pay.
*I think it's important that new
people coming in receive credit for
their experience and education,"
Davis said, "but our people should
also receive credit for their experience and education."
Davis said it is possible to have
an employee with six-months
experience at CMU earning as
much as someone who has been
with the University four or five
years.
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Vocal
Creative
Peace
Movement
member
Donna Heizer
rallies
Wednesday to
stop aid to
the Contras in
Nicaragua.
She was part
of an alter-
noon demonstration that
spoke out
against the
United States'
involvement
in the Central
American
country.
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Lansing approves
$350,000 grant for
Phase II of U-Park
Culture shock
Foreign students cope with differences in food, culture, religion, language
by BRYAN LAVIOLETTE
LIFE Staff Writer	
University Park will receive a
$350,000 grant to complete part of
the Phase II infrastructure — and
soon new tenants may enjoy some
of the grant's benefits.
University and U-Park officials
heard the unexpected good news
Wednesday at the groundbreaking ceremonies for CME
Corporation, the park's first
tenant.
Sen. Majority Leader John
Engler, R-Mount Pleasant, said
Commerce Director Doug Ross
told him Wednesday morning he
approved the Base Industry Infrastructure Grant. The grant will be
usecf for construction of infrastructure in Phase II of the
high-tech park.
And George Dunn, executive
director of middle Michigan
Development Corporation
(MMDC), added soon CME might
not be the only company using the
newly-developed University Park
land.
"We're working with a couple of
prospects," Dunn said.
Dunn said he is negotiating
with two companies, but would
give no specifics about them.
"I would caution people not to
expect them tomorrow," Dunn
said.
Phase II is too large a section to
be entirely developed from this
grant, Dunn said.
"lThe grant) will be enough
infrastructure to serve more than
just CME, but not all of Phase II."
Dunn said.
He added infrastructure —
improvements such as drainage,
electrical and landscaping necessary to attract tenants to the park
— will be built as needed.
Dunn said MMDC, 111 S.
University, applied for the grant
Aug. 12. MMDC is a non-profit
organization that originated to
attract industry to Isabella
County.   .
State approval of the grant was
not expected so quickly. Dunn
said.
"I've never heard of anything
being approved that fast, which is
very exciting for us." Dunn said.
He added the prompt approval
shows the state's interest in the
University Park project.
President Arthur Ellis said he
had no knowledge ofthe approval
when he spoke after Engler at the
ground-breaking ceremony.
"Everybody has moved rapidly
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Officials: Meningitis
case not contagious
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by MICHAEL FABRICIUS
LIFE Stall VVr.tcr	
"Americans really seem to be
dirty. They don't lake off their
shoes before entering a room. In
Japan we used to sit on the floor.'
Japanese
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exchange
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Yukiko Iwaseti. one of about 210
foreign students at CMU, is
experiencing what could be called
"culture-shock."
"A lot of foreign students feel
alienated."  said  Sharon George,
assistant director ofthe Office of
Student Life. "Differences in food,
student culture and religion often cause
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homesickness."
Many students don't speak
English well enough to be able to
communicate without problems.
"(Americans* speak so fast,"
complained Jose Lugo. Brazilian
psychology major.
Lugo's solution to this problem
takes time. He records his class
room lessons and plays them back
in the evenings.
Some foreign students say the
Towers Residence Hall Complex
— where many of them live —
does not  qualify as  a  place of
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by SANDRA K. WHITE
L1PE Staff Writer	
A Troutman Hall resident has
been diagnosed with viral
meningitis, but Housing officials
say they are not pushing the
"panic* button — the condition is
not contagious.
"At this point there is no reason
for anyone to get alarmed,"
Housing Director George
Jennings said Thursday night.
Kim Simecek. Milan freshman,
was transported by ambulance to
Central Michigan Community
Hospital around 3 a.m. Thursday
and placed in the intensive care
unit. Kim Pahl. Simecek's
roommate, said.
Simecek, who was moved out of
intensive care later Thursday and
listed in stable condition, said she
expects to be released today or
Saturday and will return to her
Milan home for about a week of
recuperation.
Meningitis, an inflammation of
the brain membranes or spinal
cord, is caused by either a
bacteria, which is contagious, or a
virus, which is non-contagious. Ed
Brown. University Health
Services director, said a persistent
cold that continually gets worse is
one symptom of viral meningitis.
"The patient can recover — it is
not a terminal thing if treated
properly," Brown said.
Lynn Cate, Troutman resident
assistant, said Gay Freeman.
UHS chier of stafT. told them
Simecek's condition was not
contagious. Freeman was out of
town Thursday night and unavailable Tor comment.
"That was our first thought
(that it might be contagious) We
wanted to make sure everybody
was all right." Cate. Romeo junior.
said.
"There's no point for students to
worry* about it — we've done
enough of it for them," she added.
A Wheeler Hall resident was
taken home by her parents earlier
this week for meningitial
headache. Brown said.
The State Public Health
Department would advise
Housing officials about precautions to take if there were an
emergency. Brown said.
Inside
LIFE
Hungry hearties
Local bar makes push to beet
up food business
Easy access
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New    computer   can    help
students become book smart
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Foggie weather
Chippewas   gear   up   to   face
star quarterback. Gophers
Breakdown
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Soccer   team's  defense   trips
up at inopportune time
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WEATHER    BRIEFLY
Partly cloudy to mostly sunny today.
cool with highs near 60. Fair Friday
night, lows near 40. Partly cloudy
Saturday and Sunday with highs in
the 60s.       .
Friday Night at the Movies will open
their season tonight with "The
Decline of the American Empire."
The show starts at 8 in the Bovee
University Center Auditorium.
Tickets are $1.50.