1986-01-13; Central Michigan Life

              Central Michiga
Vol 69 No 46
C1986 CM LIFE
Mount Pleasant. Michigan 48S59
12 Pages
Monday. January 13. 19S6
Some trustees meet candidate in Chicago
by RANDY LOVELY
LIFE Managing Editor
While some member* of the
Board of Trustees interviewed a
presidential candidate in Chicago
Sunday. Chairman Raymond
LaBounty said the board will meet
Thursday to review the finalist*.
The wife of known-finalist
Robert Berdahl said her husband
was "in the Chicago area" Sunday.
Berdahl. College of Arts and
Sciences dean at the University of
Oregon, confirmed his candidacy
Jan. 7.
'I've been contacted and told my
name was one of the finalists
given to the board," he said last
week. Berdahl also said he was
contacted about a personal interview but "nothing definite was
set."
A desk clerk at the Hilton
OUare in Chicago confirmed the
use of a conference room Sunday
by the board and a room reservation for Berdahl.
Saudi Arabia
may instigate
CMU boycott
by PAT BRAY
LIFE Staff Writer
A Saudi Arabian government concern about the workload and
curriculum choict-s of their students may change the relationship
between that country and CMU.
(Graduate Studies Dean Douglas Fnednch said Sunday the Saudi
government is concerned students do not have their choice of class
hours and curriculum changes under tighter University control.
"The problem is some Saudi Arabian students jumped curriculum.
It's between them and their government," Fnedrich said.
Fnednch said he has heard from administration officials the Saudi
government is considering l>oycotting CMU He did not know what
.such action would entail
Fnednch said he sent a letter to the Saudi Arabian F.ducational
Mission explaining the University's policy two to four months ago after
the mission expressed concern about students changing their
curriculum without informing the government
Fnednch said the University does have some general rules
concerning hours taken by graduate students but is under no
obligation to report them or changes of curriculum to a third party as
the Saudi mission has requested
• See "Saudi"—page '2
PB raises money
for anti-apartheid
speaker Robinson
by ED NIEWIADOMSK1
LIFE Staff Writer
A!ter a sizeable donation from
the Provost's Office to the
Cnmmittet- For Randall Robinson
Friday, the fund to bring the
anti-apartheid s|*-aker to CMU is
close to $2.(K)(I
Dean Choma. Program Hoard
lecture coordinator, would not
release the exact amount of the
Provost's Office's donation or that
of any other organization, but said
the provost's was the largest by
any department
The total cost, minus the artist
fev. to bring Robinson to CMU was
released at the committee's
meeting Thursday
"What we expect right now as
the total cost of this lecture Is
going to be around $3..ri7»i."
Choma said
At the committee meeting
Thursday, mt-ml>er John I)ins«-
read a letter from the Provost's
Office staling it wished to keep
the donation confidential
Dinse. acting political science
department chairman, said the
short, memo-sued letter stated
the committee  does  not   have  to
identify    the    Provost's    Office's
donation in any advertising
Vice Provost Janice Reynolds
said she did not know the amount
of the Provost's Office's donation,
but she does know the donation
process for these "special kinds" of
projects
"The Provost matches the
donations from other organizations." Reynolds said
Reynolds said the money
donated was ullorult-d from the
Provost's contingency fund
Reynolds said the Provost's Office
was intere.sted in this particular
speaker because. with the
national attention Robinson has
rn-en receiving, "it's an opportunity to showcase the University."
Kven though the donation by
the Provost's Office was the
largest, it is not an individual
donation. Choma said
"It's all University money In
fact. !*0 percent is University
money It        < departmental
donations' all came from the same
pot," Choma said
Choma said a total of 112 CMU
academic    departments,    campus
IS**- "Robinson"—page 2
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News Brief
Drop and add for classes meeting for the first time Monday or
Tuesday will bv Tuesday in the Registrar's Office, Wamner
260, from 6-W p m
Inside
Rhythm Corps returns to
Mount Pleasant
paga 6
Weather
Fair Wednesday and
Thursday, chance of rain or
snow Friday Highs mid 20s
north to low 30s south
Wednesday, 30s Thursday
and mid 30s north to mid 40s
south  Friday,
Index
l.IFF-wire page '2
Profile page3
Comment paffe4
BloomCounty page 4
Entertainment page 6
Spotlife P*ge7
Police Reports page 7
CodeofConduct page7
Sports page 8
Classifieds page 11
Placement Notices page 12
The clerk said the conference
room was reserved Friday and
vacated Sunday evening, and
Berdahls room was reserved for
Saturday night and also was
vacated Sunday. He also
confirmed a room reservation for
Board Vice Chairman Gordon
I-ambie
Four of the eight trustees could
not be reached for comment
Sunday.
Trustee Margaret Ann Riecker
was "attending a meeting at the
airport in Chicago," her husband
said. Trustees Bernadine
Denning, William Odykirk and
Lambie could not be reached at
their homes.
Trustees LaBounty, Mitch
Kehetian, Alice Tomboulian and
Rachael Moreno were contacted
Sunday.
Although LaBounty refused to
discuss the Chicago meeting, he
said Sunday the board will meet
Thursday at 10 a.m. "someplace in
Flint to continue our review of the
candidates.*
I-aBounty said Sunday afternoon he "hopes the board will
finish the process" during Thursday's meeting, calling the process
"the selection of a new president."
However, Sunday evening
LaBounty said the meeting only
would continue candidate review
with no selection planned.
Although he hopes to narrow
the list of finalists Thursday,
LaBounty said the board has not
established a desired number of
candidates.
When questioned about when
public interviews with the finalists would be conducted,
LaBounty said. "Well comply with
the law."
According to the Open Meetings
Act, "all interviews by a public
body for employment or appointment to a public office shall be
held in an open meeting . . .*
However, in a lawsuit involving
a presidential search at Oakland
»See "Search"—page 2
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Drop/Add changes unlikely
hy JACKIE BRAUN
LIFE AWt. News Editor
Although Registrar's Office officials agree
something must f«- done alxiut the long drop and
add lines, no definite plans for change have been
made
"We've got to do something al>out it, there's no
doubt a!>out it It's not acceptable." Registrar Paul
Schmidt said
Schmidt added something must be done to make
drop and add a "less painful process
Technical difficulties experienced in the past wen-
only a minimal problem this year, Associate
Registrar lion Finch said Finch cited the ucademic
calendar change as the main reason fur the backup
The change, resulting in the Wednesday class
start of winter semester, eln.unated one day of drop
and add Usually scheduled the Saturday before
classes. Finch said The elimination of the extra day
was fell Wednesday in particular, as students stood
in line at  Finch Fit-ldhou.se- for as many as three
hours
Finch added a possible solution would l>e to add
another drop and add day for students
"The most practical way Uo deter long linesi is to
figure out a way to get another day of drop and add,"
Finch said
Finch said the fall drop and add periods are not
affected by the academic calendar change l>ecause
classes still start on a Monday He said he hopes
changes will lie made liefore next winter to resolve
the problem
Schmidt said it was difficult for him to evaluate
CMU's drop and add process Ixsrause he is new, but
agreed "the schedule change definitely had
something to do with" the overload
Finch said changing the academic calendar again
is a possible solution but the Registrar's Office
doesn't have the power to make those changes
"If. for example, we come up with some ideas to
change the calendar again. I don't have the power to
do that The Academic Senate makes the changes in
♦ See "Drop/Add"—page 2
Student claims car damage
A CMU student claims the car
he was driving now has two extra
dents courtesy of the Mount
Pleasant Police Department
Scott Fraser. Detroit senior, of
1007 S Lansing, said his
roommate's car, which he was
dnving. was damaged by two
police officers Saturday night
Police officers were responding
to a loud-party complaint made at
11:11 pm Saturday at 1018 S
Lansing which they were in the
process of breaking up
"1 was turning nght on I-an»ing
Street, that's my street, and I
heard two bangs on the car and
saw two cops standing there."'
Fraser said. "I told them I lived on
this street and they said 'I don't
care, back up and get the h--- out
of here.""
Fraser said he turned the car hood of the cur. It was my
around and drove int.. his back roommate's Christmas present
yard from his parents," he added
"There were  two  dents  in   the
I See "Car"—page 2
Cars robbed at Cinema
Six patrons of Cinema Four. H16 K Preston, reported $960 in
property stolen and $1500 in damage to their vehicles after the
midnight movies Saturday night
Four of the six victims were CMU students
The incidents were reported to the police at 2 a m Sunday and upon
responding to the call, the officers were flagged down by several
persons Further investigation revealed approximately six vehicles
had been entered bet ween 11:30 pm. Saturday and 1:50 a.m. Sunday
Stereos, radar detectors, speakers and a purse were stolen and
several outside mirrors were damaged, windshield wipers and
antennas bent and two windows were smashed.
The suspectisi allegedly attempted to steal one car and had hacked
the ignition switch off. police said.
Employees of Cinema Four and Little Caeser's Piiia, 1325 S.
Mission, told police they had observed nothing suspicious in the lot.
Weather
blamed in
accidents
by JEFF GREEN
LIFE Staff Writer
Icy roads and blowing snow
were cited as the cau.se of six
automobile accidents and
numerous instances of cars in
the ditch — all in just a few
hours Sunday evening.
A warning announcement
from the police scanner at 7:10
p.m. Sunday to all fire department units urged they "use
extreme caution, the roads are
ice covered and slippery.
North-south roads are beginning to blow shut."
"We're telling people the
roads are snow-covered and
slippery, use extreme caution
— just be careful,* Sgt. Ed Lick
of the Michigan State Police
said
In one hour on Broomfield
Road there were three ears
which slid into the ditch just
before 6:30 p.m.
No reports of injuries had
been received u of 8 p.m.
Sunday.
Roads throughout the
campus area were covered with
a sheet of ice and blowing snow
made visibility near zero at
times. Traffic was slowed to
almost a standstill in places.
Meteorologist Frank Nichol
of the Houghton Lake National
Weather Service said road
conditions throughout much of
northern Michigan were snow
covered and slippery.
ISc* "'Weather*1—page 2