1982-04-02; Central Michigan Life

              Central Michigan LIFE
Vol. 63 No. 72
?> WW CM LIFE
MounfPleas-nt, Mich. 48859
12 pages
Friday, April 2.1982
CMU doesn't discriminate
feds
by DALE KILLINQBECK
LIFE StaH Writer
CMU athletic programs do not practice sex discrimination .the National Office of Civil Rights told CMU in a letter Thursday.
The Office of Civil Rights began investigating the athletic program in 1973 under Title IX after the father of a hiqh school athlete
filed a complaint when his daughter was not given an athletic
scholarship.
At the time the complaint was brought, the Association of Inter-
Collegiate Athletics for Women's policy did not allow for womens
scholarships.
The Office of Civil Rights investigators were looking for instances
of sex discrimination by CMU against athletes.
Under   Title   IX   of   the   1972   Educational   Amendment   sex
"We are pleased CMU already had voluntarily implemented plans for the intercollegiate athletic program that will provide equivalence between the men's
and women's athletic programs."—
Thomas Miles, acting vice provost	
discrimination is prohibited in any  program receiving financial
assistance.
In a letter addressed to President Harold Abel, Kenneth A.
Mines, regional director for the Office of Civil Rights, congratulated
the University for "excellence and achievement of compliance with
Title IX in the award of financial assistance."
The University was notified of the investigation in August of
1980. Investigators vis ted the campus three times during the past
18 months, talking to students, comparing men's and women's
athletic facilities on campus, and asking University officials for
squad lists, financial aid data, and diagrams of locker rooms, acting
Vice Provost Thomas Miles said.
During the initial visit in 1980, CMU was found deficient in areas
of coaching, recruitment, and publicity of women's athletics. Miles
said. Since then, the University has implemented a program that
has steadily upgraded the women's athletic program, he said.
"We are pleased that CMU already had voluntarily implemented
plans for the intercollegiate athletic program that will provide
equivalence between the men's and women's athlete program."
Miles said. *
(See "Title IX"—page 6)
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Open invitation
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The University's newest plan to get out of Its Financial woes, announced
April 1, Q04M tanssotk-ad by MalgstyTa-ansais, D-rrlen STiiis-aja, aaailor. In front
of the University Center Thursday afternoon.
Housing,  tuition
may   go  up
by SHEILA GRUBER
LIFE News Editor
Students will be paying more
than $2,000 a year for room and
board and $41.50 a credit hour in
1982-83 if the Board of Trustees
approves an administrative
recommendation today.
The 13-page recommendation,
prepared by the Administration,
went before the Board's Finance
Committee Thursday. The committee wilt present the proposal,
with its own recommendation,
today to the entire Board.
Room and board rates would
increase about 7.1 percent under
the proposal, hitting the $2,000
matrk for the first! time in- C-CU
history.
(See "Trustees"—page 2)
Fate of Carey's
post uncertain
bySCOTTFOSGARD
UFE Staff Writer
Time is running out for a committee appointed to re-evaluate the
position of secretary to the Board of Trustees, the committee has
met only once and has yet to agree on what to do.
Terrence Carey, present Board secretary and vice president for
University Relations, is retiring Sept. 4 and the committee, appointed by the Board last August, met for the first time Thursday.
"Tin—a —» ru_———s o—J> —o us ——>w."* £tc_—■<_ Chlilirili BnrnarUna _——_-
ning said, adding1 no deadline has been set for when the comrnlttee
(See "Carey"—pace 11)
Giving tenure is an academic question
(Editor'a note: With faculty
tenure decisions currently being
made by the Provost's Office
and slated for Board of Trustees'
approval in May, LIFE Editor
Kim Clarke takes a detailed look
at the tenure systemJ
Academic tenure can be likened to a coin, with one side
representing academic freedom
and the other depicting job
security.
It is a spinning coin, some at
Central say. with job protection
for faculty taking precedence
over academic freedom in the
classroom.
Other personnel at CMU say
faculty are being shortchanged,
as the Administration has
developed a quota system for
the number of professors who
will be granted tenure.
Yet. throughout the debates
and disagreements, and despite
"Tenure was not devised in the spirit of
trade unions to guarantee Job security,
but it sort of has come around to that."
— R. William Dunham, Faculty Contractual Relations
a recent arbitration ruling
upholding the University's firing of a tenured professor, the
coin of academic tenure is one
still highly-valued in academe.
The fine line
Tenure is defined as the protection of academic freedom. It
allows a professor to teach
without fear or inhibition, and
gives an instructor liberty to
research.
"It is not only freedom of the
podium but of research." Provost John Cantelon said.
At Central, the fundamental
purpose of tenure is the protection of academic freedom. The
groundwork for tenure in higher
education was laid in 1940 with
the Statement of Principles on
Academic Freedom and Tenure,
developed by the American
Association of University Professors and the Association of
American Colleges.
"Freedom     and     economic
security — hence, tenure — are
indispensable to the success of
an institution in fulfilling its
obligations to its students and to
society." the statement declares.
Tied in with academic
freedom is the notion of providing security for a faculty
member as an employee of the
institution. According to one
faculty member, which side of
the tenure coin will be used
depends on the situation.
"If people were to be honest
now, what with all the insecurity, it would be job security," said Al Lewis, both a former
Faculty Association president
and department chairman.
If, however, there were current attempts by the government to squelch the academic
voice, tenure would be the
means of achieving classroom
(See "Tenure"—page 7)
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Sincerely.
John   C,   Cantelon
Proves t
Five arrested
on drug charge
Five male CMU students were arraigned Wednesday in
Isabella County 76th District Court for two counts of narcotic
possession.
The students, whose names are being withheld pending investigation, were found to be possession one gram of cocaine
and a quarter pound of marijuana.
Mount Pleasant Police arrested the students Tuesday morning at a.city apartment complex.
'It all started with a diet'
(Editor's note: Bulimia is a sericus
eating disorder which may affect as
many as one woman in five on any
given campus. It is an obsession with
both eating and staying thin. In the
conclusion of a two-part series, LIFE
Staff Writer Nedra Stalter examines
bulimia and its effects.
Because of the sensitive nature of
the subject the student in this story
suffering from the disorder has been
given a fictional name.)
"It all starts with a diet. Then, once
I began losing, I wanted to keep on going. I got to the point where I counted
each calorie that went into my mouth
and if I ate anything 'forbidden' I
would throw it up. I guess I started
binging and purging because I realized
I could eat whatever I wanted without
having to worry about gaining weight,"
said Anne, a 19-year-old bulimic and
CMU sophomore.
(See "Bulimia"—page 12)
In Brief
Class Schedules and Course Request Forms
for Fall Semester 1982 can be picked up in the
University Center Bookstore.
Campus
Attorney General
Frank Kelley encourages people to
stand up and fight
public utilities.
page 3
New   York   fashion
designer     Elegance
Riche will reveal  his
spring line Sunday.
page 6
Sports
The  CMU  baseball
team opens its regular
season    Saturday    at
Alumni Field,
page 8
Index
Arts and Leisuce 6
Classifieds 11
Comment 4
Doonesbury     4
Off the Wire 2
Sports 8.
Spotlife 11
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