1982-03-03; Central Michigan Life

              Central Michigan LIFE
Vol.63 No.64
1982CMUFE
Mount Pleasant, Mich. 48859
26 pages
Wednesday, March 3.1982
Group upset by Provost's moves
by KIM CLARKE
LIFE Editor
Charges of disregard for affirmative action and
employment recommendations have been levied
against the Administration following the appointment of a CMU dean to a vice provost position.
The naming of Janice Reynolds, acting dean of
Graduate Studies, to the post of acting vice provost for Academic Administration was made
alter a search committee recommended two external candidates. Reynolds did not apply for the
job, and will serve temporarily for one year.
The Dean's Advisory Council of the School of
Arts and Sciences unanimously passed a resolution Monday protesting the decisions made by
"We ... protest centra/ administration 's disregard of the
Vice Provost Screening Committees recommendation ..."
— Arts and Sciences' Dean's
Advisory Council
Provost John Cantelon.
"We. the department chairs of the School of
Arts and Sciences, protest central administration's failure to follow affirmative action
guidelines and central administration's disregard
"This is Academic Administration ... I have to decide
who can do that Job. it really
does get me kind of indignant."
—Provost John Cantelon
of the Vice Provost Screening Committee's
recommendations in the appointment of a vice
provost," the resolution states.
Of the two recommended candidates. Clifford
Adelman. of Washington. D.C.was offered the job
by Cantelon. Adelman. who is white, declined the
offer. The second recommended candidate,
Eugene Royster. of Durham. N.C.. was not offered the position. Royster is black.
"I've been disturbed by the way the matter's
been handled." said Bernard Meltzer, who proposed the resolution. Cantelon's actions have
"subverted" affirmative action, added Meltzer,
chairman of Sociology, Anthropology and Social
Work.
Royster said he first learned of the situation
when contacted Tuesday.
'Td better not give you a reaction now," he
said. When asked why, he replied, "If I gave you a
reaction I'd give you an answer."
(See "Resolution"—page 13)
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With 4-year-old Lukasz holding on to her coattail, and 1-year-old Alicja in her arms. Karol Gajda is greeted by Sacred Heart parishioners carrying a sign which reads "welcome" in Polish.
Refugees get American hello
by MARTY YOU MANS
LIFE Staff Writer
A Polish refugee family received a warm welcome from
some area Catholics Tuesday when it arrived in Michigan, ending a six-month long ordeal for the family.
The Gajda family, sponsored by Sacred Heart Catholic
Church, 302 S. Kinney St.. arrived at Tri-City airport near
Saginaw from Austria, where it lived for more than five
months in an old prison camp awaiting the trip to the U.S.. ac
cording to Joan Memering, the coordinator of a refugee resettlement program for Mid-Michigan.
The Gajda family — Wojceiech, his wite Karol, and their
children Lukasz, 4, and Alicja, 1 — defected last November
under the pretense of taking a vacation. Memering said. They
then fled to Austria, a country that grants asylum to Poles, she
said.
The Gajdas have relatives who also have been accepted to
(See "Defectors"—page 2)
Broken pipe
soaks UC
Bookstore
by DAVE ELLIS
LIFE Copy Editor
A broken water pipe caused $3,000
to $4,000 damage to merchandise at the
University Center Bookstore and $500
to $1,000 damage to two UC bowling
lanes during the weekend.
About 2 to 3 inches of dark blue
water covered a large part of the
bookstore's floor when employees arrived Monday morning, said Assistant
Manager Mary Coxon.
The water drained over colored
paper and art supplies in a storage
room and accumulated on the floor, she
said, adding, "We had our own swimming pool.
"There are a lot of art students that
are going to have projects due," so the
supplies will have to be replenished
rapidly, she said.
Much of the damaged material had to
be thrown away, but salvageable
material will be sold at a "flood sale"
this week.
"Somebody could get some use out of
it, it's ridiculous to throw it all out,"
Coxon said.
Coxon said she was unsure if the
damage would be covered by insurance.
The water leaked down into the
bowling lanes below the bookstore,
causing electrical shorts and fuses on
the automatic pinsetters to blow, and
water to fill the gutters of the lanes,
said Forrest Wyrick, UC games area
assistant manager.
The warped wood lanes were sanded, leveled and refinished and the electrical systems were dried by games
area  staff,  Wyrick  said,  adding the
(See "Flood"—nafe 2)
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Poor CMU facilities
send chairman west
"We're just
standing still and
I'm afraid the
world is passing
us by."—Edward
Lamie, Computer
Science Department chairman
by PAUL MASON
LIFE Staff Writer
Inadequate and substandard
academic computer services
have sent CMU's Computer
Science Department chairman to
another university.
Edward Lamie, associate professor of computer science, accepted a job at Cal State
Stanislaus in Turlock, Calif, as
chairman of its Computer
Science Department.
"We're just standing still and
I'm afraid the world is passing	
us by," Lamie said.
"The problem is that the academic computer service at Central is
not large enough to handle the workload." Lamie said.
"The structure of the Computer Services Department does a poor
job for academic needs because it serves academics and Administration," Lamie said.
Lamie, who has taught at CMU for 11 years, will finish the Winter
and Summer semesters at Central before leaving next falL
(See "Lamie"—page 8)
No charge filed
against gridder
Felonious assault charges will
not be brought against a CMU
football player who allegedly
pulled a knife on a Merrill Hall
resident Friday.
Department of Public Safety
Director John McAuliffe said
the investigation is "closed"
because the victim does not
want to prosecute. McAuliffe
also said there was a lack of
evidence in the case.
It was an "internal" decision
to not follow through with prosecution, he added.
"As far as I'm concerned,
we're not carrying the investigation    any   further."   McAuliffe
said. "There was no evidence of
a felonious assault."
Felonious assault involves
assault with a weapon.
Witnesses to the incident in
the Merrill Food Commons identified CMU placekicker Novo Bo-
jovic. Warren junior, as the
alleged assailant.
The victim, who requested his
name be withheld, said he did
not press charges because "it
would have been a lot of hassles
to go through with. It would
have taken up too much time
with witnesses and myself,
especially    now    during   exam
(See "Incident"—page 2)
Students plead
guilty to theft
by MARK RANZENBERGER
LIFE Staff Writer
It took three months and three judges to get final guilty pleas
from two CMU students.
The pair pleaded guilty and were sentenced Tuesday to charges
stemming from the theft of Christmas decorations from a Mount
Pleasant dentist's office.
One of the pair, Gerard Adamczyk, Southgate sophomore, had
been sentenced earlier but had that sentence withdrawn. He ended
up with a stiffer sentence than he started out with.
(See "Decorations"—page 2)
In Brief
Applications for student summer employment, both on-campus and off-campus, are
available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the University
Center.
Campus
Local residents may
get a chance to vote on
the City Commission "s
decision to rezone land
in the Broomfield-
Crawford roads area,
page 3
Included in today's
LIFE is the Car Care
and Travel Guide.
Sports
Western,    Bowling
Green and Northern Illinois     advance     to
Crisler Arena.
page 10
Index
Arts and Leisure 6
Classifieds 13
Comment 4
Doonesbury   4
Off the Wire 2
Sports 10
Spotlife     13
Weather 13
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