1982-02-12; Central Michigan Life

              Central Michigan LIFE
Vol. 63 No. 56
©1982 CM LIFE
Mount Pleasant, Mich. 48859
20 pages
Friday. Feb. 12.1982
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— DPS Director
John McAuliffe
A one - man driver's license
"mock up" outfit was discovered
Thursday morning in a Thorpe
Hall residence room, the Department of Public Safety reported.
The student, whose name was
not released, has been referred
to Student Affairs, said John
McAuliffe. director of DPS.
McAuliffe said the student is
in violation of motor vehicle
code for fraudulent reproduction
of driver's license reproduction.
"The guy was a branch office	
of the Secretary of State." McAuliffe said. The student charged $10
a photo and had taken a total of 10 pictures since Sunday, when
police believed the student had brought the apparatus to his room.
The student used a 3-foot- by 4-foot cardboard imitation of a state
issued driver's license.
Paste up and chalk lines were used in giving detail to the mock up.
However, at a closer look, homespun slogans replaced traditional
(See "Fake ID"—page 14)
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A Thorpe Hail resident was referred to the Office of Student Affairs Thursday after making fake driver's
licenses. Department of Public Safety Officer Jeff Pickler, left, confiscated the items the student used to make
the licenses.
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Terminations draw employees' criticism
by KIM CLARKE
LIFE Editor
A 10-year University
employee being terminated
through m prupuaaJ academic
realignment has lashed out at
the Administration, calling the
decision-making process
"autocratic."
A second terminated
employee said he thinks the
notification process has been
"handled very badly."
The reorganization plan, announced in December, is proposed to save about $300,000 in an
effort to offset Central's more
than SI million deficit.
Andrew Marks, director of
Grants and Contracts, issued a
prepared statement Thursday,
one day after he learned he will
remain at his post until July 2.
The two-page statement
concerned Central's financial
problems and the Administration's proposed solutions.
"I understand all too well the
financial difficulties facing
Michigan and higher education
*- Our present direction of continued
cutting will leave us
with paid-off
buildings but an
academic program
of questionable
excellence. "—
Andrew Marks,
director of Grants
and Contracts
in Michigan." Marks said. "CMU
has few choices in adjusting to
this reality but it does have
more creative options than
presently are being addressed. I
view the elimination of grant expertise as particularly un-
creative."
Marks said he has offered advice on how Central might han
dle its budgetary problems, suggesting the Administration examine the institution's assets.
"It is obvious I sometimes appear to be like the only solar
energy advocate in a world of
nuclear reactor builders, but the
CMU financial problem is not
one of wealth but one of cash
flow. Our present direction of
continued cutting will leave us
with paid-off buildings but an
academic program of questionable excellence," Marks
stated.
Marks said it makes little
sense to cut the area of grants in
a time of fiscal woes. Labelling
his termination a "politically-
suspect move." he said the
University's upper echelon has
surrounded itself with people
having identical viewpoints on
budget problems and solutions.
"It has been a political move
worthy of anything turned out in
Washington to misdirect
students' anger to Lansing,
when all along the Administration here and the Board of
Trustees hold the keys to a vast
storehouse of wealth sufficient
to bridge the state-funding gap,
and provide a quality education
at reasonable cost without the
cannibalixation of staff," Marks.
33. said.
Employees* efforts to com the
University's money problems
may decrease because of administrative moves, he said.
"The current autocratic
decision-making methods may
well erode whatever voluntarism is remaining." he said.
A CMU alumnus. Marks has
been employed at CMU since
197Z. Tta statwneat smtd Provost John Cantelon told Marks
his position may be extended on
a  funded-project  basis by  any
grants Marks can secure.
In his statement, however,
Marks said he believed he could
"thrive in the private sector."
He holds a law degree from the
University of Michigan.
Marks **J* be «Kdnot wut to
expand on the comments made
in the statement, as he plans to
(See "Marks"—page 15)
Faculty OK reorganization
by PAUL MASON
'LIFE Staff Writer
Faculty members from the School of Arts and
Sciences overwhelmingly accepted the school's
merger with the School of Fine and Applied Arts
which would take place under the proposed
reorganization plan.
Fine and Applied Arts, on the other hand,
voted strongly against the move.
Fourteen of the 16 departments in the School of
Arts and Sciences approved of the merger, with
154 yes votes, 55 no and eight no opinions, while
only two of the seven departments in the School
of Fine and Applied Arts approved, with 36 yes.
53 no and one no opinion.
However, 63 percent of the Fine and Applied
Arts and the Arts and Sciences faculty members
approved of the overall idea of a school
reorganization plan.
The overall responseof the merge between the
two schools was 190 yes. 108 no. and nine had no
opinion.
The proposed reorganization plan, which administrators hoped will save the University
$300,000. would consolidate the School of Education with the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, forming a School of Health
and Human Services.
(See "Vote"—page 14)
IPCD
hearing
bumped
again
by SANDY McHUGH
LIFE Ass't. News Editor
An administrative hearing involving
Central and the Ohio Board of Regents
has been postponed for the fifth time,
but the reason behind it is unclear.
Central received a copy of a letter
sent by the Chancellor of the Board of
Regents, Edward Q. Moulton. to the
hearing officer asking for a postponement, said Provost John Cantelon.
"The letter merely indicated a
postponement pending further action
by the Board of Regents," Cantelon
said. "But I am puzzled as to why it was
postponed."
-   Neither President Harold Abel nor
Moulton could be reached for comment.
The hearing is a result of the Board's
refusal to grant CMU permission to offer classes in Ohio.
The refusal came in July and with it,
the right for a hearing, where both
sides will present its case before a
hearing official, selected by the Ohio
Attorney General's Office and who has
had no prior dealings with either Cen
tral or the Board.
Central asked for a certificate of
authorization to offer a Master of Arts
Management and Supervision degree
in Columbus and Cleveland.
The programs in question are those
requested by the Cleveland Hospital
Association and the Defense Construction Supply Center in Columbus.
Abel said earlier there are two main
questions to be answered at the hearing — whether CMU has to have the
Board's authorization to offer the
classes and if so. does the University
meet the requirements of the board.
Abel maintains Central does not
need the board's approval because
CMU offers degrees from Central, not
Ohio, and does meet the qualifications.
"Our preference is to go ahead with
the hearing, because we've got all our
witnesses set and ready to go."
Cantelon said. "It's one of those opaque
things to be sorted out by staff and
lawyers."
Cantelon said he did not know when
a new date would be set.
Local voting
issue for SGA
by TERRI FINCH
LIFE Staff Writer
In an effort to foster political
activism among CMU students,
the Student Government
Association is encouraging
students to register to vote in
Mount Pleasant.
But they are starting at
ground level with the drive —
by making sure their own
members are registered first.
SGA Ombudsman Matt
Thibeau has been deputized to
register students to vote in
Mount Pleasant and said that, as
far as he can remember, is the
first time a student government
member has been deputized
year-round.
In the past, Thibeau said,
several SGA members have
been temporarily deputized in
order to register students near
election time.
Student Body President Kel
Britvec has been urging SGA
members to get registered for
the past few weeks.
"We have to lead the way for
every student to get politically
active," Britvec said, adding
that although past attempts to
generate political activism have
(See "SGA"—pace 14)
In Brief
Juniors who qualified for Mortar Board must
have their applications in by Feb. 19.
Campus
Michigan     Special
Olympics      Winter
Games   off to  a  cold
start at Sugarloaf.
page 3
The Student
Government Association revises election
bylaws.
page 9
Sports
Nine all-staters head
the list of CMU football recruits.
page 16
Index
Arts and Leisure 6
Classifieds 19
Comment 4
Doonesbury 4
Off the Wire 2
Sports 16
Spotlife 19
Weather 19