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Vol. tt No. 93
C1986 CM LITE
Mount Pleaaant. Michigan 48869
12 Paves
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Participation
in EnergyFest
exceeds goal
by MARK ALLEN
UPE Aa**t New* Editor
Sunny skies and an
expanded agenda attracted
40,000 people to Jdount
Pleasant for various activities
during EnergyFest *86.
"Absolutely fantastic!* is how
Jim Sandy, Chamber of
Commerce director, described
the second-annual celebration.
The weather, the enthusiasm,
the hospitality, everything was
just excellent*
Participation in EnergyFest
"quadrupled* from the number
of participants in the first
EnergyFest last year, Sandy
said.
"We were hoping to go step-
by-step, but well take a big
leap," he said.
Now, Sandy said, The sky's
the limit. People are starting to
catch on.
"We took a quantum' leap. We
don't know what the potential
is,* he said.
Behind this year's festival
were "well over 300 volunteers," Sandy aaid. That was
triple last year's total.
That's a very conservative
estimate,* he said.
Some volunteers still had to
put in long days though. Some
trainers for athletic events put
in 14-hour days, Sandy said.
Mayor Pat Doyle, who played
in the wheelchair basketball
game at Mount Pleasant High
School Saturday night and who
claims to have been in charge of
the weekend's weather, also
praised the volunteers.
The people who work hard
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Faculty Association offers settlement plan
by PAT HOUSLEY
LIFE Editor
As a result of recent Supreme Court derisions, and to
promote faculty unity, the Faculty Association
proposed a settlement to those involved in the
Association's agency shop suit.
FA President Joyce Henricks said communications
are taking place between involved parties.
They're responding, but the whole group has to
respond," she said. "We're communicating with their
lawyer."
According to a June 4 FA newsletter, the settlement
includes two elements:
•Dues/fees obligations for any academic year between
1974-75 and 1985-86 may be satisfied by payments
equal to 70 percent of the total dues assessed during
these years.
•"The FA/Michigan Education Association/National
Education   Association   relinquishes   any   claim   to
Fewer to study abroad
due to terrorist threat
by AGATHA SYTEK
LIFE Staff Writer
Anticipating danger because of recent terrorist activities, some
CMU students planning to study abroad this summer decided to
cancel their plans.
There has been a decline in the number of students participating
in international programs, particularly Paris," International
Program Director Benjamin Taggie said.
An international program offering CMU students the opportunity
to study in Athens also was discontinued because of rising fears of
terrorism, Taggie, Honors Program Chairman, said.
The progam. organized through a consortium of several Midwest
colleges and universities, was launched during the recent bombing
of the Athens airport. Taggie said. The incident had an obvious
direct impact on the program, he said. Tentative plans to
reorganize the program are scheduled to begin later this year.
CMU offers several international programs for study in business
and foreign language. Students are given the opportunity to study
abroad in Japan. Spain, France, Germany, the Netherlands and
Great Britain. The option to develop independent programs tailored
to specific student needs also is available, Taggie said.
Twenty-nine studenU were scheduled to participate in studies
abroad this summer. Four dropped out due to terrorism problems;
one from the Cambridge program of Great Britain and the other
three from the Alliance Francaise program in Paris.
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interest on unpaid past dues/Tees (Including interest
accrued in escrow accounts).
Recent Supreme Court decisions were responsible in
part for the proposal. The February 1986 Bridgeport
decision clarifies which types of union activities and
expenses are chargeable and non-chargeable to fee
payers. The March 1986 Hudson decision clarifies the
procedures unions must use to collect agency fees.
Henricks, philosophy professor, said the Hudson
decision stipulates an outside body must determine the
amount of fees for the coming year, and a mechanism of
appeal for those who disagree must be available.
They have to pay a fee regardless," she said. "It's
just a matter of determining how much."
She said the Bridgeport decision stated 95 percent of
dues is allowable for fee payers (non-union members),
and if CMU faculty do not accept the 70 percent offer,
the matter goes directly to court.
"But why go to court when the legal issues have been
settled at the Supreme Court level?" she said.
George Stengren, philosophy professor, who has
been in opposition to payment of dues and involved in
litigation regarding the matter for a decade, said he
thought it would be ridiculous to accept the settlement
"It's an indication that the FA can't win, and they
want to pull out," he said.
Stengren said he is not opposed to unions in general,
because he belonged to them "long before any of them
thought about it.
"I'm not opposed to it," he said, "I just don't want to
be forced.*
Stengren said a key point in recent court decisions is
the opening of union books to show how funds are
spent.
"The (Supreme Court) decision states a compulsory
agency shop service fee can not be extracted from
non-members unless the union reveals exactly how the
money is spent," he said.
Henricks said if the court orders it the union has no
ISee "Settlement"—page 11
Tribe awaits $10 million settlement
byKRISHAHN
LIFE StafT Writer
Legislation awaiting presidential approval
will provide Saginaw Chippewa Indians with
$10 million in previously appropriated monies
for investment in a trust fund rather than
distribution on a per capita basis.
William Mencarow, spokesman for
Congressman Bill Schuette (R-Midland), said
President Ronald Reagan has until July 1 to
sign the bill, which sets up a distribution
system for money allocated to the Chippewas
in four land settlements with the U.S.
government.
The settlements came after the Saginaw
Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan sued the
U.S. Government for money promised in four
land treaties, the Treaty of 1805, the Treaty of
1807, the Treaty of 1817 and the Treaty of 1819,
Tribal "Attorney Tom Wilson said.
As a result of the land settlements, three
years ago the tribe received approximately $16
million from the V£. government for the first
settlement, which was paid per capita to
members of the tribe, Arnold Sowmick,
Saginaw Chippewa Indian chief, said.
That money came, and that money went,"
Sowxnkk said.
Wilson said all except for approximately
$898,000 of the first settlement was distributed to tribe members on a per capita basis.
The rest of the money from the first
settlement will be put into the fund, along with
approximately $9 million earned from the
other three settlements, Wilson said.
Sowmick said the tribe council has decided
to put the $10 million into a large investment
fund, instead of using it for per capita
distribution. Necessary projects would be
performed with interest earned from the
primary investment. At least 10 percent ofthe
income must be reinvested for the first 10
years, Sowmick said.
The tribe would work off of the interest and
put a minimum of 10 percent of the interest
back into the basic fund," he said.
Sowmick outlined a tentative 10-objective
goal for spending the earnings on the $10
million. He said the money would be used to:
•provide membership health insurance for
tribe members not insured,
•provide various assistance to elderly tribe
members.
•develop business in the Indian community,
•increase tribal education, with programs for
secondary education and Headstart programs,
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