1981-02-13; Central Michigan Life

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by JAMES ISELER
LIFE Ass'l News Editor
Lyman Van Winkle, Jr., a Flint-based CMU student teaching
supervisor, has been fired for allegedly "not meeting the
requ irements of his job," Provost John Cantelon sriid Thursday.
The associate professor of Studerit Teaching was terminated
after an investigation conducted by the Provost's Offjcetrevealed he
allegedly had "fabricatedV progress reports On student teachers,
Cantelon said. I
His termination was effective Feb. 5.
Van Winkle is in the process of appealing an earlier decision by
the University suspending him from teaching further courses.
Cantelon suspended Vap Winkle Jan, 5 and received notification of
the appeal Jan. 19. s
Since the suspension currently is under appeal, R. William
Dunham, associate vice provost for faculty contractual relations,
would not comment on details of the proceedings.
' In an earlier incident, Van Winkle was barred from teaching-
further classes in the Schools of Continuing Education and Graduate
Studies. That decision early last semester was handed down after it
was discovered Van Winkle had been awarding excessive credit to
some students through Continuing Education's career education
cadre.
The investigation of Van "Winkle's alleged actions, conducted by
Dunham, involved interviews with Flint-area school district
teachers ahd administrators and found material which ""easily"
substantiated earlier complaints by students that Van Winkle was
not meeting his requirements as a teacher, Cantelon said.
Those complaints included not conducting classes and not
meeting with student teachers or their advisers, Cantelon said.    !
(See "Van Winkle"—page 18)
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Vol. 62 No. 58
©  1981 CM LIFE
Mount Pleasant, Mich. 48859"
20 pages
Friday, Feb. 13,1981
Facfj/ty differ
on alternatives
by KIM CLARKE
LIFE Ass't. News Editor
Almost half of CMU's faculty surveyed don't believe the Administration's financial alternatives of no pay increases or possible
layoffs are the only options available for the 1981-82 fiscal year.
However, survey results on whether faculty members would opt
for no pay increases or face layoffs if no other alternatives are
available are not being released by the Faculty Association.
FA sent surveys to approximately 735 faculty members following
a Dec. 4 University—wide convocation. At the gathering, President
(See "Survey"—page 18)
Students leave
dbrms, school
UFE Stiff Writer
Students aren't withdrawing
from. Central en masse, but it
seems an increasing number are
breaking on-campus housing
contracts and simultaneously
quitting school.
"From the (housing contract)
releases wfiich have passed my>
desk, I've felt there were more
people telling us, 'Hey, I'm
leaving school,'" Gary Ciaffone,
assistant director of. Housing
Programs, said.
Ciaffone said from fall 1980 to
winter 1980-81 about 610
students applied for housing
contract releases. Of that
number, he said, 371 were
termed "automatic" releases.
For- Winter Semester, 6,002
students are living in residence
halls. -   ,
A student Way qualify for an
automatic release if he or she is,
among other things, getting
married, transferring to another
school, student teaching or
withdrawing from the
University.
Further, Ciaffone said about,
168 releases were approved for
various reasons, including
students who moved off campus.
About 71 release appeals are
being processed.
But last year substantially
fewer students broke their
contracts, Ciaffone said, noting a
total of 505 releases were
granted. This figure also is for
the fall to winter period.
While Ciaffone isn't sure why
more students seem to be
breaking housing contracts, he
said the state's economic
situation may be a cause.
"Many students are having to
(See "Contracts"—page 18)
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Valentine Love—it's all in a name
by DAN DeMAY
LIFE Staff Writer
Before you sign and seal
that last-minute Valentine's
Day card, hoping the mail
service   will   be   generous
..enough to deliver your
cleverly selected card of good
cheer by Saturday, take a
minute to put yourself in the
shoes of someone whose last
,name-   is   either   Love * or
Valentine.
"Oh no, not again!" was
psychology professor Kevin
Love's reply when asked if he
cotild relate his experiences
with people joking about his
last name.
. "I haven't had any (wise,
cracks) since I became 6-foot-
2," Love said jokingly, ,but
added he doesn't get any
extra ribbing on Valentine's
"Day. .
"It doesn't increase or
decrease,"' Love said, "it's
kind of constant." /
ButT Love explained he
usually   doesn't   hear   name
jokes from his students,
adding it's really not the
proper thing to do in the
classroom.
And while Love is busy
gritting his teeth and grinning at the occasional teasing
he receives, he explained his
brother was in perhaps an
even stickier situation
several years ago.
"My brother was going out
\with a girlfriend whose last
name was Hart," Love said.
"And the newspaper picked
up on that one, too."
Love is no different from
anyone else in that he sends
Valentine's Day wishes to his
loved ones, noting he gives
cards to some of his relatives.
Another Love, Lisa Love,
St. Clair Shores senior, also
sends Valentine's Day
greetings to her family.
But Lisa Love explained
she doesn't get the name
teasing she used to.
"When I was young
everybody used to tease me,"
Lisa Love said. "But now I've
'■ (See "Valentine"—page 18)
Black students: a statistical minority at CMU
{Editor's note:. In a continuing series on blacks at CMU, LIFE
Staff Writer John Cuthbertson today looks at the Admissions. Office
and recruitment of blacks.) , ,
Of the 16,912 students enrolled at CMU last fall, 239 were black.
That figures to a 1.41 percentage of the total student body.
Registrar Robert Connell is quick to point out the percentage is
based on identified blacks-those students who filled in the optional
race classification on their admissions application.
Though the optional classification leaves room for error, "We
hope we're within 5 percent," Connell said.
Either way, 5 percent changes the picture little. The small percentage of blacks at CMU is a concern to many faculty, according to
University officials.
But why is the black enrollment here such a small percentage?
There are a number of reasons, according to the Admissions Office.
"Geography plays a great role," said Admissions Director Michael
Owens. "We're situated where we don't have a built-in minority
supply."
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The Black in
Maroon and Gold:
Admissions
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Owens explained the distance between Central and major
metropolitan settings contributes heavily to the scarce number of
blacks.' ■.-.■'- .J-
"We're envisioned as being up north," Owens said, adding that to
some inner-city blacks "anything north of Lansing gets to be off the
face of the earth."
A natural hesitation by blacks to get into a rural setting such as
Mount Pleasant serves as a deterrent, Owens said.
"You talk small town and rural and it scares them," he said. "It
sounds like the South."
What of a university such as Northern Michigan where black
enrollment hovers around 3 and 4 percent?
"They have virtually an open-door admissions policy," Owens
explained. "You loook at Ferris down the road here, its admissions
criteria is more lenient. They're saying 'yes* to people we're savin?
•no'to."
Many times the grade point average and test scores for minority
students are too low for acceptance to Central, Owens said, "yet this
student is in the top 10 or 15 percent of his high school class."
This isn't the case all the time, Owens said, adding many other
factors such as the inequality of grade points between different high
schools, enters into the decision, especially in borderline cases.
, (See "Admissions"—page 19)
n Brief
The lecture by Daryl Siedentop on "Physical
Educationiii the 80s; Part of the problem! 017 the
Cute?" scheduled for Wednesday has been
rescheduled for Feb. 25 and 26. *
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C&mpus
A 44-year veteran of
the classroom will
retire   at   semester's,
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page 5
Sports
The men's basketball team was handed
its 15th consecutive
road defeat Wed*
nesday.
page 11
Index
Arts and Leisure .6
Classifieds.... .\ . v...... 19
Comment  4
Doonesbury ..., 4
Horoscope.............. 19
Off the Wire .........2
Sports  ll
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