1984-10-08; Central Michigan Life

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Central Michigan LIFE
Monday, Oct. 8.1984
1984 CM LIFE
18 pages
Mount Pleasant. Mich   48859
Vol. 67, No. 18
Abel termination contract approved
by PAUL MASON
LIFE Managing Editor
The Board of Trustees unanimously approved a termination
contract for President Harold Abel Friday. setting Abel's retirement for July 1986.
The contract states Abel. 58. will serve as president of Central
until July 31, 1986 and upon his termination will receive his
earned one-year sabbatical leave, 540,000 to go toward a home
and automobile, and the usual retirement benefits for executive
officers.
Abel, who has been president of CMU since 1975, announced
his reasons for seeking a termination contract at a press conference Fridry afternoon in the Bovee University Center.
"I think there's been no secret that there's been some differences both within the University among Board members and so
on which have led to some speculation." Abel said.
"Ao early as last April or May. I was asked questions like 'Are
you planning to step down really soon?'" Abel said. "At one time
I went to a meeting and someone stopped me and said "Are you
being fired?"'
The contract was the topic of heated discussion between
Board members in Thursday's Executive Officers Compensation Committee meeting. The contract was approved without
discussion in Friday's regular Board meeting.
Board chairman Alfred Fortino said the contract already had
been discussed "ad nauseum."
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President Harold Abel during a press conference Friday
afternoon discusses his termination contract which the
Board of Trustees unanimously approved. The contract sets
Abel's termination as president for July,I986.
Party problems
exist elsewhere
byKALLlEBILA
LIFE News Editor
Though similarities exist between tlie party situation al llli-
nois State University and Centra!, city officials here seem con
vinccda riot that occurred there last week will no! happen here
Last week between 500 and 1.000 Illinois State students threw
rocks and bottles at the city hall in an attempt to show their
opposition toa recently enacted party policy, said Richard (!od-
frey, mayor of Normal. III. said
The city council passed a Mass Gatherings Ordinance m August to help combat large parties which have occurred since
1980, when the drinking age was raised to 21. Godfrey said.
"That lawcausedtheoff-campusparty problem." he said.
CMU Trustee William Odykirk. Mount Pleasant, said at the
Friday Board meeting if lhe drinking age was lowered in Michigan from 21 to 19 years »Sec"Party"—page2
FA recommends
contract changes
Ratification procedures for
the contract approved last
Monday by the Administration
and Faculty Association should
be set during an FA membership meeting next Monday
The F'A board unanimously
recommended ratification of
the three year faculty contract
during a meeting Thursday,
Joyce Hendricks, FA president-elect, said.
"At the end ol our meeting,
there was very strong support
of the contract," Hendricks,
associate professor of philosophy, said. The meeting lasted
two hours
"Obviously, one question
was 'is this the best we can
do,'" she added The contract
offers a 5 percent salary increase the next two years and a
5.5 percent increase the third
Committee chair Margaret Ann Riecker said the four-
member committee unanimously approved the contract Thursday, setting Abel's termination in 1986, and included the $40,000
transition fee.
Trustees William Odykirk, Mount Pleasant, and Rachael
Moreno, Lansing, both voiced concern of the transition allowance at the committee meeting but voted in favor of the contract Friday.
Odykirk during the committee meeting said he did not like the
concept of the allowance because every future president and
vice president would request it.
• I absolutely get hives over that," Odykirk said Thursday.
Abel's contract will allow him the opportunity to be rea-
quainted with his "first love" — teaching.
Following his sabbatical starting July 31, 1986, Abel plans to
return to the classroom Aug. 1. 1987. He will use his sabbatical
to prepare for the new role.
"I would need preparation to teach. The field that I'm trained
in is developmental psychology and lhat field has moved rapidly
ahead inthe 15yearsthat l'vebeen out ofit," Abel said.
Abel's contract does not provide the professional assignment
plan because it is a matter of collective bargaining. Trustee
Raymond LaBounty, Ypsilanti, said.
The plan would allow Abel to teach a full load during the
summer and take the Fall Semester off.
GOP hosts Reagan Bush rally
year. It also includes insurance
increases.
The rest of the meeting time
was spent discussing clarification of details, she said.
The meeting to discuss the
contract among FA members
was scheduled for next Monday in order to allow time for
distribution of contract copies,
Hendricks said.
"People should have copies
so they know what questions to
ask," she said.
The members should decide
at that meeting what the ratification process will be, including setting a date for members
to vote on the contract. The
contract must be ratified by FA
members before it can be finalized by the Board of Trustees.
Bargaining began in April,
with the contract expiring
June30
by KELLY OTT
UFE Staff Writer
Amidst chants of "four more
years," four Republican candidates spoke at the Reagan Rally at noon Friday in front of
Park Library.
Bill Schuette. candidate for
the 10th District Congress
seat, was the rally's main
speaker.
"If you want jobs, a future
and low interest rates, then
vote for Bill Schuette and
Reagan," Schuette told the
crowd of about 11 people. "If
you want higher taxes, then
vote for (Donald) Albosta and
Mondale."
Sponsored by Student Government Association. CMU
College Republicans and CMU
Students for Reagan Bush '84,
the rally also included
speeches by local Republican
candidates Joseph Barberi.
Colleen Kngler and Jim
McBryde.
Barberi is up for re-election
for the county prosecutor position, Engler is running for reelection as the 98th District
state representative, and
McBryde is running unopposed for the County Commission District seventh seat.
The speakers campaigned
for their respective platforms
as well as for Reagan and
Schuette, a Midland attorney
runningagainst Albosta.
"Don Albosta is probably one
of the worst congressmen we
have today," McBryde said "A
lot of his ideas are not from the
real world. I urge you to vote
for Bill Schuette."
Taking the microphone from
McBryde was Engler. She was
interrupted several times from
a cross section of Republican
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Not everyone who attended the Reagan Rally in front of Park Library Friday
afternoon agreed with the views espoused by Republican congressional candidate
Bill Schuette. After Schuette's speech, Elizabeth Mersereau. Grand Rapids senior,
voiced her opposition to part of his program.
and Democratic supporters
who chanted, 'four more
years" and "no more years."
Approximately 15 students
voiced their disapproval of lhe
Reagan administration and the
Republican party
"We don't want Reagan back
in office. Reagan has cut so
much student monev. We won't
get  to go to school anymore
with him in office," Tammy
Flick, Mount Pleasant fresh
man, said.
"We can't afford four more-
years of Reagan," Judy Maiga
Dearborn Heights junior,
added.
Oneof those in support of the
Reagan Rally was Vince Noble.
Novi junior.
"I've been involved with College Republicans and Young
Americans for Freedom and I
strongly support what's happening Schuette is a much
more appropriate candidate
than is Albosta for students."
Noble said.
♦See "Rally" — page 17
Consultants help students
by MATT VALLEY
LIFE Statl Writer
Professors who serve as consultants in business and industry
create potential job opportunities for students while earning
extra income, according to CMU administrators and faculty
members
As long as full-time professors do not violate the University's
consulting policy of one day per week, they are encouraged to
consult wherever possible, administrators said.
"If a professor works as a consultant for a company, he may
be able to get to know the personnel well." said Leonard Plachta.
dean of l he School of Business.Administration
"If there are any openings the students might get a job because that student was recommended by a professor. This
doesn't happen in every case hut it does happen quite often,"
Plachta said
A prime example of the benefit students receive from a pro
lessor who does consulting work can be found in the Computer
Science Department.
In Brief
This week is Alcohol Awareness Week. Today, Ray Johnson, professor of health education and health science and Linda Kornhaus-
er, Franklin freshman, will speak at 7 p.m. in
the Lake St. Clair Room of the Bovee University Center about "Identifying the Problem Drinker and How to Help the Alcoholic."
Inside
The new Industrial
Engineering and
Technology program
is expected to bring
higher salaries for
graduates.
page 3
Homecoming King
and Queen candidates.
page 10
Sports
Central's football
team stayed in first
place despite tying
Eastern Michigan
Saturday.
page 12
Weather
Cloudy today.
Highs in the low to
mid 60s. Cloudy
tonight with a chance
of light rain. Lows in
the upper 40s and mid
50s.
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