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by JOHN D. GONZALEZ
UFE Aaat. News Editor
An enrollment increase in the College of Arts and Science* has
forced CMU to add another faculty position in the school after an
imposing staff reduction this fall.
The Dean of the college. Myron Henry, said Thursday after a 2.500
student credit hour increase over last year, he had to ask tha
University for funds to add another "Full-Time Equated* faculty
member.
The increase in enrollment waa "unexpected* because of overall
enrollment at CMU was steady while there waa a projected decline in
the college itself. Henry said.
"We have been reduced by 1W* positions in the college and we had to
get the provost (John Cantelon) to allocate funds for one additional
position." Henry said.
Cantelon was not available for comment.
Henry also had to ask the administration for help as far as
operational funds. However, he did not know how much was allocated.
"When you have an increase in enrollment, you have an increase in
more outlines, handouts, and things in that order," Henry said.
In his welcome-back speech to the college Aug. 20, Henry said he did
not anticipate such an increase in enrollment, in fact he announced
there would more likely be a decrease.
"In the last three years, the college has been guided by what it calls
•gentle reduction.' Essentially, the college is attempting to reduce its
FTE faculty as student enrollments decline, without laying off tenured
faculty," Henry said.
"Thus when tenure-track vacancies occur. . . they are more often
than not left empty," he added.
But things have changed since his speech and Henry realizes he has
do everything he can because things are "stretched out very thin.
"We pointed out where the pressure points were, the philosophy,
foreign language, and mathematics departments, and the University
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requests, .tc're hopeful we can jjrl more help
second semester," Henry said.
Presently, with 409 FTEs in the 22-department college. Henry said
staff reductions were scattered throughout the different depart menu.
Math has the highest number of FTEs with 40. while English has 39.
Il was decided last spring that the college would not be needing 11 «/j
of its faculty because of the determined enrollment decrease.
"When ere met last spring it waa decided that w» would have to haw
staff reductions because enrollment in the college was projected to
decrease. We usually have pretty accurate figures too," Henry said.
Currently, the college has 4,235 full-time equated students, Henry
udded. That is an increase of 80 students from last year.
Henry said due to the enrollment increase some class sections are
closed.
Off-campus students
eat in food commons
by BETSY MINER
UFE Ass't. News Editor
University Food Services
officials could not prevent
off-campus .students who do not
have a campus food plan from
eating meals in the residence halls
this week
Because of the huge influx of
students at the beginning of the
school year, it lakes food services
a certain amount of time to
process the identification cards of
those who pay for meals. Barb
Reigler. associate director of Food
Services, said.
Although Reigler said the
computers that register students
into the food services meal plans
were programmed Wednesday at
noon, thus supposedly eliminating
the problem Hut. one off-campus
student and possibly others who
do not have food plans were able
to eat lunch after that time
"I met a friend for lunch in one
of the residence halls yesterday at
12:30." said Terry Mead, a Grand
Rapids senior who lives in Park
Place Apartments
Reigler   added    the   prohlem
increases when more students are
aware they can eat virtually for
free.
"It's one of those things that the
more attention that's focused on
it. the more prohlem there will ho
with it." she added. "The computer
services only have a certain
amount of available computer
time and it takes a white to get all
that information processed and
loaded into the computer." Reigler
said
Despite the availability of food
service to off-campus residents,
Reigler said a very small sum of
money is 1<»>1 as a result.
"We keep very good track of it.
We monitor our counts based on
the total number of residence hall
student^ on the occupancy report;
it's a very minor percentage." she
said. "We compare counts year to
year and we also compare what
our actual counts are that we're
serving to th< number of students
that are paid occupants in the
residence halls." she said.
For example, the count for
students who ate dinner in the
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Mackinac trekkers
CMU's Rosa Center parking lot attracted about 337 bikers on
tha first stop of tha Dick Allan Lansing to Mackinac bicycling trip.
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See story on page 10.
Vice president job temporarily vacant
by RANDY LOVELY
LIFE Managing Editor
The "ladder of'success" at CMU has a vacant *pot since Arthur Ellis
became Interim - p>—ld»nt, but piano to - AU ■ hi* former . position
presently are delayed.
Ellis stepped into tha President's Office July 5 after the resignation
of Harold Abel, leaving his role as vice president for Public Affairs in
limbo.
Ellis said there are no plans at this time to fill the position because
"I'm still assuming that responsibility."
The vice president for Public Affairs primarily works with the stale,
promoting University projects, and with the legislature currently in
recess there is little need to fill the position. Ellis said.
Ellis said the question is not "when will there be a new- vice
president, but will there be a new vice president?
That decision will be determined by the new administation," he
said "Personally, I favor creation of a vice president for Administration ."
The position advocated by Ellis would work on government affairs,
Ellis said.
The issue of hiring a vice president for Public Affairs "will not really
be necessary until January," Ellis said.
At that time, if it is deemed necessary, the selection process will be
initiated according- to Academic Senate guideline*. Kllfa* maid.
The procedure for nillng the pcx.lt ton irreolre* n screening committee
comprised of IS members. The president shall appoint seven members,
the Academic Senate shall elect five faculty members and the Student
Government Association shall elect three members.
The guidelines state, the screening committee elects a chairperson
and then begins the review process. After review of credentials, the
committee shall select and submit to the president no less than three
nor more than five candidates.
The potential candidates are then transmitted lo the Board of
Trustees by the president along with his recommendations. The power
to appoint administrative officers lies with the board
Ellis announced last year he planned to retire in August 19H5. but
he agreed to accept the interim presidency He is expected to remain in
that position for the remainder of the school year, but will retire once a
new president is selected.
In his state-uf-the-Universitv address Aug 21. Ellis said. "Whenever
the time conies, I am ready to step down
Broken housing contracts result in penalty
by MARY FRANCIS
LIFE Ass't. News Editor
Students living in University
housing that wish to break their
housing contract will pay a
substantial fee for doing so.
I.ast year, students were given a
"blue light special", George
Jennings, director of Housing,
s.nd If students decided they
wanted to break their contract
within the first two weeks they
received a reduri-d penalty charge.
Housing has not decided to do that
this year. Jennings said.
"If you let people out at a
discount, you can't remain consistent through the year. Someone
may come to me later with the
same reason as someone who left
earlier with the discount." he said.
Students w ho request a break in
their contract and have a legiti-
"They've signed a legal binding
contract. Actually we are more
lenient than many off^ampus
places. When you are tied up in
a lease off campus you're really
tied up.
- George Jennings.
director of Housing
mate reason will be charged $100.
Jennings said If the student's
reason i> unacceptable, cancellation of the acrct'ment from now
until Nov 1 will result in a $">00
charge
Jennings said if a student wants
lo move out of the residence hall
lust t>ecause they want lo live off
campus they will pay the $">00
charge.
"It has to l>e a major change of
circumstances     Something    they
c.in'l control like an ill parent or a
financial crisis at home. We do
l.«ik .it the individual situations,"
he said
.Jennings said 2.r> percent of
those requesting a cancellation
have a legitimate reason
"They've signed a legal binding
contract Actually we are more
lenient than many off-campus
places When vim are tied up in a
lease i.ffcampus, you're really tied
up." he said
After Nov l.but prior to the enil
i.l fall semester, the charge for
i.iruell.ition is $:J7.'). he said
Students who decide to break
their contract before winter
-i-me-ti r are charged $2.10.
Very lew students break their
contracts early in the fall
semester, Jennings s;iid
"We m.i\l>e get half a dozen at
this lime of year. Most people
don't want to move in
mill— emester The majority of
people break their contracts just
prior to semester break," he said
Whither students pay the
t barge or stick it out varies.
Jennings said
"Some go ahead and some pay
the $2.r)0 Some apartment
complexes will pick up the charge
*n   the   students   can   move."   he
said
Eleven Salmonella cases in Mount Pleasant
by DEB BAKER
LIFE Copy Editor
The number of salmonella cases in Mount Pleasant increased
Tuesday to 11 with 32 other people reporting symptoms
None of the newly reported cases came by way of hospital visits or
investigation by the Central Michigan District Health Department.
Director Richard F. Nowak said.
"They called us in response to the news releases we sent out. People
who were not sick enough to need care, but had eaten there called us."
Nowak said-   •
No single source of food on the Mexican menu at the Texan
Restaurant has been pinpointed as the cause of the food poisoning as of
Thursday night, said Marvin Baumann. director of environmental
health of the department.
The local cases of salmonella have been identified as infantis type.
which means it is not a carrier type. Baumann said.
Salmonella carriers may have the organism for weeks, while
non-carriers shed the organism after a few days, unable to transmit
the disease  to others, said Doug Park,  Michigan  Public  Health
Oepartment food services specialist.
Infantis results were found by the state health department, but this
did not help specify the food source. Park said
Park -aid he and local health department officials were still looking
for the food source by compiling clues about the food from victims on a
computer
"I think we're very, very close to finding it. We've nearly completed
our tabulations." Park said
Kating habits from those who claimed symptoms are being studied
by local health department officials as well as a state health
department food services specialist.
Nowak said the original food samples taken at the Texan Restaurant
were not likely to reveal the food poisoning cause.
"I really don't expect anything much to show from Ihe f<x>d
specimens because they were taken after 24 hours from the first
reported incidents," Nowak said.
Nowak said no secondary cases were reported with individuals
infected by the original victims, and he did not expect many more
cases because so much time has p.is-< H since the original exposure