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Central Michigan LIFE
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Faculty reaction mixed
to bargaining of awards
18 pages
Mount Pleasant. Mich   488S9.
Vol.68 No. 6»
bySHERRYYAEK
UFEAMlNwn Editor
Central faculty members
have mixed reactions to the
Faculty Association's charge
that awards for excellence in
teaching have to be bargained.
Some say programs to recognize outstanding University
faculty are valuable and tbe FA
should not push to bargain
them.
Others agree with FA President John Pfeiffer that the
association has a duty to bargain the awards and thus insure fairness.
"I think the awards are an excellent idea and I think the
Faculty Association is absolutely out of its mind to say
they should be bargained,"
History Chairman John Hae-
gersaid.
tt
/ think the
awards are an excellent Idea and I
think the Faculty
Association is
absolutely out of
Its mind to say
they should be bargained.
—John Haeger
History chairman
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Officials from the College of
Arts and Sciences have proposed three teaching excellence
awards be given yearly within
the college, including $500
stipends.
Nominations are being taken
for a University-wide program
to recognize six faculty members with $1,000 each.
Pfeiffer has sent a letter to R.
William Dunham, vice provost
for Faculty Contractual Relations, requesting the Arts and
Sciences awards be bargained.
At the time of tbe letter, tbe FA
was unaware of the University-
wide program, Pfeiffer said in
an earlier interview.
Pfeiffer added the FA would
take the same stand on any
award program.
John Dinse, assistant professor of political science, who
was part of the negotiating
team for the 1984-87 faculty
contract, agrees the awards
should be bargained.
ISee "Awards'*—page 16
Students can nominate
favorite teachers for awards
by SHERRY YAEK
LIFE Aset News Editor
Students wanting to nominate a favorite professor for a teaching excellence award can do so
by completing forms available in the Student
Government Association office.
Six faculty members will receive recognition
and $1,000 rewards for excellence in teaching at
May Commencements, said Emmett Mason,
chairman of the Teaching Excellence Screening
Committee.
As of Monday night, approximately 35 nominations had been received, said Mason, professor
of Industrial Engineering and Technology.
All of those nominations were of faculty members choosing other faculty members. Besides
students, alumni also can nominate faculty members.
Criteria to be used in selecting the winners
include courses taught in the past five years at
Central, student evaluations, peer evaluations.
student advising, letters of support and anything
else the nominees feel proves they are good professors, Mason said.
"We thought that because there's considerable
breadth in people's opinions about what is good
teaching, we shouldn't try to limit the criteria too
much," Mason said.
Nominations are due March 15 and all faculty
members will be notified by April 1 of their
nomination.
The faculty members then will have to supply
materials supporting tbeir nominations.
In nominating a faculty member, students
must write down their own names and majors,
plus the faculty member's name. Forms are
available in the SGA office located in the lower
level of the Bovee University Center.
Faculty members can get nomination forms in
the Academic Senate office, also located in the
University Center. Alumni can find nomination
forms in the alumni newsletter.
Bird's-eye view
With snow coTcrlog most of campus daring winter, the geometric shapes of
the buildings become more simplified and heightened when viewed from
approximately 1,000 feet above campus.
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Student seeks money for
liver transplant operation
Berry Black History speaker
As part of Central's celebration of Black History Month,
Mary Frances Berry, a noted
educator and political activist,
will give the keynote presentation Thursday.
The speech, "Achieving
Liberty and Justice for AH"
will take place in the Bovee
University Center Auditorium
at 8 p.m. There is no admission
charge.
She is a.former member of
the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, a professor at Howard
University in Washington D.C.
and a former CMU faculty
member, said Ervin Owens,
director of the Office of Minority Affairs.
Berry has received 10 honorary degrees in recognition of
her outstanding work, Owens
said.
In 1976, Berry was awarded
the Doctor of Humane Letters
from Central.
"She was originally arrested
in the South African Embassy
in Washington and she will be
speaking on the issues in South
Africa," Owens said.
Berry was arrested Nov. 21,
1984 at the office of South Africa's ambassador after discussing the issue of apartheid.
Apartheid is a policy of segregation and political and economic discrimination against
non-European groups in South
Africa.
*    "She lends truth and pers-
Mary Berry
pective to lessons of the past
and goals for the future that
ultimately affect every American," Owens said.
by ELLEN DENNEHY
UFE Staff Writer
While Rosemary Coon, Harrison senior, waits for a liver
transplant, her friends and
family are trying to beat the
clock.
Coon's relatives and friends
in Harrison are hoping to raise
$50,000 to pay for part of the
transplant operation, the only
way to save her life.
Coon has suffered from
hepatitis as well as cirrhosis of
the liver, a degenerative disease, since age six when she
got yellow jaundice.
"Rosemary's condition is deteriorating rapidly so we don't
have a lot of time," said Nola
Hopkins, co-chairman of the
Rosemary Coon Fight For Life
Committee.
"There has been an overwhelming response," Hopkins
said. "We are committed to do
it and I have no doubt in my
mind."
The committee has contacted Michigan senators, representatives, congressmen,
and local, and national service
groups in an attempt to raise
money, Hopkins said. The
group also has sponsored card
pa rtiesandabenefit dance.
The operation, which Coon is
scheduled to undergo at the
Rochester Methodist Hospital
in Minnesota, will cost between
$150,000 and $275,000, Hopkins said.
"The May& Clinic, (which is
the hospital) requires $50,000
on top of insurance before they
will even admit her and
arrange a donor," Hopkins
said.
Coon was apprehensive about publicity at first.
"I really didn't want my
problem in the paper," Coon
said. "But my relatives said it
was the best way to go to raise
so much."
Rosemary Coon
"I'm accepting the fact that
other people have to help; it
makes them feel better," Coon
said.
After entering the Mayo Clinic in March, Coon will wait for
a donor at the "Gift of Life
ISee "Transplant"—page 16
CMU attempted suicide rate increasing
by H. JOSEPH GAM MAG E
UFE Staff Writer
CMU'S suicide rate is falling below the national average
among college students, yet its rate of suicidal individuals
seems to have increased, said Don Bertsch, chairman of the
Counseling Center.
Statistics compiled by Dr. Marvin Miller, director of the Center for Information on Suicide in San Diego, Calif, indicate for
every 10,000 college students, 1.5 students commit suicide a
year.
In Brief
Applications for a $300 scholarship are
being accepted by the Mount Pleasant branch
of the American Association of University
Women. For further information contact
Diedrus Brown at the Counseling Center in
Foust Hall.
Central has approximately 16,000 students enrolled. The lives
lost due to suicide at CMU would be about two per year in regard
to these statistics.
According to Bertsch, so far this academic year there have
been 15 attempted suicides. He said there have been no successes. He said students with suicidal tendancies is still high.
Bertsch said a possible reason there has been a noticed increase in the amount of persons with suicidal tendancies is due
to the rise of authoratative awareness. He said there were three
successful suicides out of 23 attempts last year, and since then
residence hall personnel has been watching more closely for
students with problems this year.
Bertsch said increased national attention of the issue has also
added to the rise in awareness.
The issue of suicide is more out in the open and evidence of
this lies in the premier of the movie Surviving on television,
Bertsch said. The movie which aired last week, depicted two
teenagers who committed suicide and how the parent's dealt
with it.
According to CMU counselor Marylin Rosenbaum, possible
causes for attempted suicides can originate from a number of
ISee "Suicide"—page 16
Inside
The City Commission rejected a cable
rate hike.
page 3
Alcohol and drug
related accidents are
killers of young
people.
pages
Sports
With a little confidence, Trisha Phillips
has established herself on the women's
basketball team,
page 12
Weather
Partly sunny today.
Highs in the upper
20s north to upper 30a
south.