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Central Michigan LI FE
Vol. 62 No. 5 2
©  1981 CM LIFE
Mount Pleasant, Mich. 48859
14 pages
Friday, Jan. 30,1981
Cwayna stays
as head coach
by SHIRLEY SZELKOWSKI
LIFE Staff Wiiter
and MATT DOBEK
LIFE Sports Editor
Jane Cwayna will remain
CMU women's head basketball
coach following a series of
meetings during the past 48
hours including one with top
See related story page 10.
administrators who discussed
her position.
However, late Thursday
afternoon, during a team
meeting the players said they
did not want her as coach.
"The players would prefer
Jane Cwayna not be the coach,"
CMU Associate Athletic
Director Fran Koenig said
following the team meeting.
Cwayna, refused to comment
on the statement made by the
players.
After the administrative
meeting, CMU officials denied
rumors Cwayna's coaching
position was threatened.
The Grand Rapids Press,
which followed Cwayna through
four winning coaching seasons
at Grand Rapids Union High
School, reported Thursday she
was confronted with a three-
point ultimatum.
Cwayna was given the choice
to resign, be fired, or act as a
figurehead with head coaching
duties going to Assistant Coach
Cathy Nelson, the Press
reported.
When asked about the three
choices reported in the Press,
Cwayna did not comment.
She was hired last summer as
a one-year probationary instructor-coach.
. President Harold  Abel  said
Cwayna was asked if she would
like   to   be   relieved   of   her
(See "Cwayna"—page 10)
Prof charges age bias by FA, insurance firm
by KIM CLARKE
LIFE Ass't. News Editor
A 65-year-old CMU professor is awaiting action
from the Michigan Department of Civil Rights
concerning an-agevdiscrimination complaint he
filed against the Faculty Association and a health
insurance company.
Robert Anthony, ^associate professor of accounting and finance, insurance and real estate,
claims the FA and the insurance company, the
Michigan Education Special Services Association,
denied him equal insurance benefits because of
his age.
Under contract agreement the University
makes available health insurance for FA members and the FA By agreement _ carries with
MESSA. As a faculty member, Anthony
technically is a member of the bargaining unit,
but he does not pay"FA dues. He has been at CMU
since 1970.
In March 1980, three months prior to his 65th
birthday, Anthony says, MESSA told him he
would have to sign up fqr Social Security's
Medicare benefits.
Anthony says he is upset about now having two
health insurance packages rather than just one,
as he did prior to his 65th birthday.
■ Under MESSA guidelines, when an employee
turns 65 his or her health insurance is covered
primarily by Medicare, with MESSA covering
any' remaining costs, according to Neil Van-
Syckle, manager of CMU's Faculty/Staff Benefits
Program.
Bargaining unit members receive either a no-
deductible plan from MESSA or a program with a
$50 deductible per person, depending on whether
Super Med II or Super Med I is purchased.
"The insurance company says I'm not being
disadvantaged," Anthony said. "The fact is I have
two policies ... I only want one, a package where
I go to one person. Wouldn't that be easier?"
Jim Horn of the Civil Rights Department said
Anthony filed the complaint Sept. 2, alledging he
was denied equal benefits due to age. The case
has been sent to a department Complaint Investigation,. Division in Saginaw, where a
spokeswoman said the complaint hasn't been
assigned to an investigator yet. She added it
should be assigned within a couple weeks.
FA President Louis Ecker declined to comment
ori> Anthony's complaint.    » *
"I'd be in error to talk about that complaint
publicly," Ecker said. He said it is FA policy to
not publicly discuss personnel matters.
Michigan Education Association attorney Mary
Job, who is handling the complaint for the FA,
said she responded to the Civil Rights Department saying the union felt there was no
discrimination. The FA is a MEA affiliate.
Job said the benefits provided are coordinated,
and are the "same as anyone else's in the
bargaining unit."
Attorney John Loose, of the Fraser,
Trebilcock, Davis and Foster law firm in Lansing,
is handling the issue for MESSA.
Loose said he did not want to comment "until
it's over." Although he did not know how soon
the Civil Rights Department would act, he
remarked the department "is very slow to do
anything."
Anthony claims the Medicare program "is not
clean-cut."
Under MESSA health insurance, coverage.
m«mbe*s have full hospital and surgical coverage
for reasonable and customary fees, and also have
full laboratory and x-ray coverage among other
services.
Under Medicare a person automatically
receives hospital coverage when he or she signs
up to receive Social Security. For a monthly
premium of $9.60, the person also may receive
medical coverage, which pays for doctor bills,
injections, physical therapy, etc.
VanSyckle said CMU reimburses MESSA
members for the monthly Medicare premium at
three month intervals, meaning a person paying a
monthly $9.60 premium receives a $28.80 check,
he said.
Since turning 65, Anthony has signed up for
(See "Anthony"—page 13)
CMU graduate
opens store
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by MICHAEL JAKIEMIEC
LIFE Staff Writer
When Michael Hyde
graduated from CMU last
year, he didn't expect to be
where he is now.
Hyde, of Mount Pleasant,
expected to go to Africa to
serve his faith as a
missionary. But he fell ill in
Europe and had to return to
the States.
On his return, he looked for
a small business to buy. He
noticed the, former Denni's
Grocery at 1018 W. Broadway
was for sale. Funded by a
bank loan, he purchased the
store, and "Hyde now is the
owner of Hyde's Family
Market.
The store is doing
relatively well, he says. "I'm
staying ahead of the bills.
That warrants optimism,"
Hyde noted. The building has
housed a grocery business of
some sort for 45 years. The
previous owners were in
business for 21 years.
Hyde's Family Market
already is fairly well
established, he said. "Except
for one or two customers
strictly loyal to the former
owners, we've kept the same
customers," Hyde said.
Hyde said he is planning
some interior decorating, and
is thinking of sponsoring a
mural contest.
Other plans include turning
the adjacent building, which
(See "Hyde"—page 13)
Michael Hyde
Problems arise in
grad rep election
bySCOTTFOSGARD
LIFE Staff Writer
Two graduate students received 13 votes each to win Student
Association's Graduate Representative election Wednesday, but
only one is likely to serve as a representative.
. Pete Kelly, of Birmingham, and Debbie Mancus, of Mount
Pleasant each received 13 of the 18 votes cast but Elections Director
Ed Johengen said Mancus didn't meet SA's constitutional
requirements for representatives.
Graduate Representatives are required to carry a minimum of 10
credit hours, according to the Student Constitution. Mancus did not
meet that limit, Johengen explained.
David Leenhouts, of Grand Rapids, and Tom Blair, of Mount
Pleasant, finished next in the voting with two Votes each, he added.
If neither Blair or Leenhouts want the position, then SA would
give the position to one of the four other people who received one
vote, he explained.
Nancy Brooks, of Ludington; Mark Gregory, of Shepherd; Eugene
MacKay, of Mount Pleasant; or Wayne Nielson, of Mount Pleasant,
all received a vote, he said.
(See "Election"—page 13)
I n Brief
The International Film Series will present
"My Brilliant Career," an Australian film, at 8
p.m. Saturday in Anspach 161. Admission is $1.
US
Nazareth  fans  line
up   early   to   ensure
good concert seats.    •
page 3
Sports
The men's basket*
ball team travels to
Muricie, Ind. today to
try to make MAC
waves.
page 10
Index
Arts and Leisure 6
Classifieds 13
Comment 4
Doonesbury   4
Horoscope.  13
Off the Wire .2
Sports  .... 10
Spotlife  13
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