1984-01-25; Central Michigan Life

              Vol. 66 No. 47
1984 CM LIFTS
16pages
Mount Pleasant. Mich. 48859
Wednesday, January 23.1984
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byROBISELER
LIFE Managing Editor
Approval is expected for a new set of operating bylaws by the
Board of Trustees when it meets in Detroit Thursday.
^ If approved, the document will be sent to Kileen Jennings.
University counsel, for legal review, Board Secretary Richard
Millersaid.
The Assessment and Development Committee has jurisdiction
over revising the current bylaws and has called for a vote on the
bylaws which last month were said to be "in terrible shape " by
Miller.
The committee received input from the Academic Senate and
the Administration before the last Board meeting Dec. 2 and will
focus on those changes when it meets at 9 a m. before the regular
meeting at 10:30a m . Miller said
The Administration's contracting authority for University
goods and services will have the most attention. Miller said.
"The Board has to be satisfied that when it delegates authority
for contracting that it still retains the power to carry out the
direction of the University," he said.
"The Administration has focused its attention on being able to
carry out the directions of the University without going for frequent referrals to the Board for approval."
Miller said it is the Administration's intent to have the accepted
practices it uses reflected in the bylaw language.
Miller said that is an area the Board is especially interested in.
"Right from the beginning the members of the committee have
felt it was important to examine the existing policy (of contracting) and see the Board retains a working authority on University
policy issues," Miller said.
The Academic Senate is interested in how the new bylaws focus
ontheacademicaffairsof the University. Miller said.
Once the bylaws are adopted, it does not mean they will be
unchanged. Miller added.
"We'll havea change in membership and a change m views." he
said.
Miller said previously the current bylaws do not cover anv
extensive ways of how to operate for the public and for the Board
The new by laws are expected to establish commit tee structure-
delegation of authority for the officers of the Board, dutv and
authority of the Trustees and procedures for special and closed
meetings.
In other action Provost John Cantelon is expected to provide
the Board with a progress report regarding the merger of the
Michigan Molecular Instituteof Midland with CMU
Miller said discussion between the two groups has been "open
and constructive."
The Board meeting is open to the public and will take place at
the Hotel Ponchatrain. Plaza A. 2 Washington Boulevard.
OK expected
CMU  trustees to dine
with MTU counterpart
The Board of Trustees is
meeting in Detroit Thursday so
it has a chance to meet with the
Michigan Technological L'ni
versity board and talk about
the joint engineering program
between the two schools
The CMU Board of Trustees
will meet in Pla/a A of the Ponchatrain Hotel at 10■30 a in. for
a regular meeting while the
Michigan Tech board will he
meeting there Friday. Board
Secreatry Richard Miller, sanl
The CMU Trustees were invited to attend a social dinner
hosted by the Michigan lech
board Thursday evening. Mil
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Learning to turn is one of the first lessons taught In Grant Skomskl's PED 163 cross country skiingclass behind Kelly/Shorts stadium
Tuesday afternoon.
Drop/Add abusers receive bills early
by PAUL MASON
LIFE Ass t. News Editor
Students who added 10 or
more credits at Drop and Add
this semester should be prepared to pay tuition bills soon
Drop ami Add invoices will
be sent today to students who
added 10 or more credit hours
to their class schedules Tuition payments must he made
by next Wednesday or students
will be wundrawn from the
University. Deborah Barker,
senior coonhnator of Receivable Accounting, said.
Barker said 183 students
added 10 or more credits at
Drop and Adil tins semester
The purpose of the early billing is to eliminate the number
of students who abuse the Drop
and Add system. Some students register for a few credits
and then add a large number at
Drop and Add to delay tuition
payment.
Marker said the billing is
fair, even to students who
added the credits because they
had incomplete schedules.
"If they had been able to get
the classes at the regular time,
payment in full would have
been required at that time anyways." Barker said.
Another reason for the early
billing was to collect money
faster from students, she said
"We always try to collect
money as soon as possible. Dollars were out there uncollected, and students were benefiting from the classes six to
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We're not sure whether it's the same
180 students or a different group of people who are abusing the system.
- Deborah Barker
senior coordinator of Receivable
Accounting _T3F
eight   weeks."  Barker  said
"It's not fair to those students
whodopay on time."
Students who added 10 or
more credits but have financial
aid to cover the tuition costs
will not receive invoices. Ver
da Marie Davis, financial aid
adviser, said.
Students whoapplied for student loans also will be taken
into consideration, she added
Students with partial financial aid will be billed for the
remaining balance
I-ist semester, five students
were withdrawn from the University for not meeting the tuition payment deadline At the
start of last semester, 181 slu
dents were billed early for
adding 10 or more credits at
Drop and Add
The credit hour liinit is de
termined each .semester alter
Drop and Adil to determine the
number ol students w ho abuse
the system
Barker said 10 credit-, was
determined as the limit this
semester because thi' Drop and
.Add figures wen- consistent
with last semester's
Barker said she was uiisine
whether the policy winch was
started last tall is el lei tn e in
deterring  the  number ot   sju
den Is w ho abuse the scMenI
"We're not sine whether i'"s
the same ISO student- "i a
different group ot pe >plc who
are abusing the s\ -tern." she
said
lei' said, adding it will provide
an opportunity for the governing bodies of the two
schools to talk about the joint
program
"They (Michigan lech) will
have other guests there also."
Millersaid
The two universities signed
an agreement a year ago for
the joint engineer ing program,
which includes mechanical,
geological, electrical and chemical engineering
Thi' program involves having the students spend the I irst
two years at Central and the
t inal two.it Michigan lech
Papers
filed
for
land
by WENDY GAGER
LIFE Copy Editor
Papers were Tiled in Isabella
County Circuit Court Monday
lo obtain airspace lor the expansion of theairport runway.
William Shirley, Mount
Pleasant attorney, filed condemnation action on behalf of the
city of Mount Pleasant to gain
rights to tlie airspace beyond
the runway.
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Cost overrun projected at library
byTOMWICKHAM
LIFE Copy Editor
The impact of an estimated S100.000 cost overrun for the
Mount Pleasant Veterans Memorial Library expansion project
will not be known until const ruction bids are received in April.
Originally earmarked at SI 2 million the 22,000 square foot of
the exist ing building at 305 S. University St. could cost more than
SI,373,055 for construction and various other fees. City Manager
Tom Martin said
The cost overrun was announced Monday at a special city
budget work session by city and library officials
Martin authorized a bonding attorney Tuesday to begin application for the SI .2 million in bonds for the project. Sale of the
bonds is expected to be completed before construction begins on
the expansion in April, he said. Bids will be solicited from contractors this spring.
Additional revenues should come from S50.000 in interest <m
the bonds and S20.000 from a library building reserve account.
Martin said.
"You want to have the bonds sold before the contract is set,"
Martin said. "After the contract is awarded we will know what
the major cost factor will be."
Two factors attributed to the cost overrun estimated by library
officials are moving and rental fees for the library to relocate
during the expansion period and planned furniture and equip
ment purchases for the new addilion, Kvald Kruut. director of
Library Services, said The current library building will be
closed from April 16 to Dec 30 for construction
No temporary location has been chosen yet by the library
board, he said, but the board could pay up to S2.000 a month in
rent *See "Library" — page 15
Suicide confirmed
in student death
The CM U student w ho
died over the weekend took
his own life by asphyxiating
himself. Isabella I ount\
Medical Kxa miner Leo
Wickert said
Wickert sanl William
Yurisich. Warren sophomore, committed suicide by
putting a garbage bag over
his head
Yurisich was found by his
roommates shortly after 1
p.m. Saturday in his Mount
Pleasant apartment He was
buried Tuesday morning
Wickert - aid Yuri-ach had
been dead toi  appi oxiiuate
I V   2-1   In > 111 s   betofi-   he   w as
found
Ills deal h Ilia l!-t'd f he
second suicide bv a ( M t'
student in less than a \ear A
23 year old Iteshmaii com
untied suicide in Mali h In
shooting hinisi-It in the chest
near Kewadm Apartments
A   Mount   Plea-ant   Police
Department spokesman -;iul
a n y   into r in a tion   a b o u t
suicide notes will not hi- re
leased
Students may pick up VV2 forms with l.D.'s
today at the 2nd floor Warriner foyer from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. Students not picking up their
forms will receive them in the mail. Faculty
and staff will receive their W2's today in their
respective departments.
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*
A CMU freshman is
a veterinary assistant
at a local animal hospital.
page 6
The Falcons from
Bowling Green invade Rose Arena
tonight to take on
Central basketball
teams.
'Afoaf
fa©r
Partly cloudy today
with a chance of flurries. Highs in the low
30s to the upper 30s.
Becoming mostly
cloudy tonight with a
chance of rain changing to snow.