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Title IX decision not to affect CMU
by JOHN MYERS
LIFE Ass't. Sports Editor
Athletic Director Tjed Kjolhede and Associate Athletic Director
Fran Koenig said there would be no effect on CMU athletics after a
decision last week by a U.S. District Court judge concerning Title
IX.
U.S. District Judge Charles W, Joiner ruled Feb. 23 federal
regulations banning sex discrimination in school athletics do not
apply where no federal funds are used specifically for a sports
program.
"I don't agree (wjth the decision), but I'm not a lawyer," Koenig
sayi. "Many people will agree and others will disagree on the intent
of Congress. I don't think it will have any affect on us or other institutions for many reasons.
"One is the institutions have a committment for equity for girls
and women and I don't think many will reverse that," she continued.
"Girls and women have had a chance to compete and I don't think
they would allow a reversal to 10 years ago, nor will the parents.
. "I think there will be a great deal of parent pressure. Also, there
are three very strong state laws on sex discrimination even without
Title IX," she added.
Kjolhede echoed Koenig's reaction.
"I'm a little surprised, but no elation from my standpoint,"
Kjolhede said of the ruling. "I don't think the basic mandate for
equal treatment will be affected.
Each state has various shades of anti-sex discrimination.
Michigan's are very firm at all levels to equal treatment," Kjolhede
(See "Title IX"—page 12)
Central Michigan LIFE
Vol. 62 No. 6 5
•<g>  1981 CM LIFE
Mount Pleasant, Mich. 48859 .
14 pages
Monday, March 2,1981
Cheers!
More than 1,500 parsons,
many dressed in outlandish
costumes, invaded Finch
Fleldhouse Friday night for
the midnight showing of
Rocky Horror Picture
Show by Program Board.
Dale Osentoski, (above)
Ubly senior, won the prize
for best costume. Evidence
of the large amount of
audience participation was
the cluttered floor of Finch,
covered with toilet paper,
rice, toast and cards.
Blacks must commit
themselves to problem
CM UFE/Sttvan C. Jmmon
(Editor's jiote: In this, the
final part of a' series about
blacks at CMU, LIFE Staff
Writers Tom Henry and John
Cuthbertson today- foots on
groups. This segment was
written by Henry.)
Tobin Williams say's it's not
enough to just be black.
You've gotta be committed.
Williams, the president of the v
Organization for Black Unity,
said black students don't have
any business complaining about
a racial problem unless they're
willing to commit themselves to
defeating it.
The senior from Saginaw is
doing more than giving a sales
pitch to bolster the attendance
at his group's meetings, which
has sometimes slipped to the
point where he can count those
present on his long, lean fingers.
"It's not just enough to be
black anymore. You must be
committed and black," Williams
said.
"You got to work- on bills,
programs or whatever is
necessary also," he added.
OBU serves that function on a
university level.
The organization is open to
students of any race, but serves
as what Williams calls a
"political entity" to see that
CMU's Administration gives
black students a fair shake.
"We just finished the 70s and
came out of an era which was
extremely individualistic,"
Williams said.
"Black people as a whole can't
afford to be individualistic any
longer," he added, "There's
strength in numbers. It's only a
matter of time before the
collective good comes together."
Besides OBU, blacks can turn
to  a   campus   chapter  of  the
• NAACP and a newly-organized
ad   hoc   group,   the   Student
Concerns Committee.
The SCC, according to
member Camille Herth, was
formed earlier this semester by
students disgruntled about the
closing of the Minority Student
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Development Office (see related
story).
"We plan on attacking specific
issues, one at a time, kind of like
a fire-fighting situation," said
Herth, a graduate student from
Grand Rapids.
He said the group is not
geared toward blacks. "It acts to
compliment OBU," Herth, OBU's
former president, said.
Herth still eyes OBU as the
group with the greatest
potential for blacks on campus,
even though it is not as large as
some would like.
Fellow SCC member Kenny
Bronson agrees.
"All organizations on campus
are having problems," Bronson,
Mikado junior, said. "Everyone
says we must work within the
system, but it's hard."
Herth added he senses concern on the part of students, but
they haven't vented it yet
because of frustration.
"I don't think it's apathy, it's
frustration," he said.
One frustrating aspect blacks
face at CMU is adjusting to a
(See "Blacks"—page 13)
Office closing
elicits frustration
by TOM HENRY
and JOHN CUTHBERTSON
LIFE Staff Writers
The frustration of the black student at Central has been embodied
in the recent closing of the Minority Student Development Office.
"The closing of the office in itself upset a lot of students," said
Camille Herth, Mount Pleasant graduate student.
Just coming out and saying it's closed, "offended a lot of people,"
he said. "It kind of came off as, well as, the budget cuts are coming
the first thing that's going to go are these programs, and it seems as
though we rank low on the concern list."
In part the Minority Student Development Office was symbolic,
Herth said. "It showed that even in name there was a program for
(See "Melvin"—page 12)
Leaving early? Better think again, profs say
by JANET HASTINGS
LIFE Staff Writer
The Florida sun may not be shining in cold
damp Mount Pleasant but visions of it are certainly vivid in the minds of many students as
Spring Break fever once again strikes CMU.
With the long-awaited break still five days
away, .students' minds are turning from books,
term papers and exams to beaches, home towns
and a- long-deserved break. A few students
already have escaped from the rigors of school to
begin their Spring Break and many more will be
gone before break officially begins Saturday.
It is a well accepted fact students like to leave
'early for Spring Break and they are eternally
attempting to talk professors out of holding
classes the Thursday and Friday before break.
Even though much of the student body may be
gone and attendance will be sparse, classes will
go on as usual Friday, many professors say.
"The faculty is looking forward to break just as
much as the students are, but you don't see the
faculty leaving early," Michael Petrick, Journalism Department chairman, said.
According to Ben Taggie, associate professor of
history, students taking off early ruins the entire
week.
"I go into class and half the students are not
there, which means they won't get the information," Taggie said. "But then again it is not
fair to the students who do come to class if important information is not given.
"It is hard to feel enthusiastic about in-
(See "Spring Break"—page 12)
L
In Brief
Students planning to take summer courses at
CMU may now register at the Registrar's Office, Warriner 260, now through April 10.
Course request forms also are available by mail
from that office.
Campus
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Spring exists all
year' 'round at the
Brooks Hall greenhouse.
page 14
Sports
CMU's Melvin
McLaughlin was sweet
as sugar Saturday
when he hit a shot at
the buzzer to beat Ball
State in overtime.'
page 8     .'
Index
Arts and Leisure \..6
, Classifieds 13
Comment  4
Doonesbury ,. 4
Horoscope. 13
Off the Wire .„ 2
Sports .8
Spotlife 13
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