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Group to begin
media study
by SARAH ROWLEY
LIFE Staff Writer
A new committee has been formed to investigate a possible
umbrella program which will coordinate communications and its
technology at CMl/,
The Committee on' Communications' and Communications
Technology is comprised of 12 CMU faculty and staff and is one of
the window programs defined last summer.
Window programs are areas which showcase the University and
gain positive attention, providing a positive image for CMU,
Provost John Cantelon said last year,
"There are a number of (communications-related programs)
programs around the University, but up to now we haven't looked at
them as a whole," Cantelon said.
The Committee, Cantelon added, is appointed to review the
academic programs and come back to him with recommendations.
Ultimately, the committee is assigned to "consider how
University resources in communication areas could more x comprehensively and effectively address the academic potential in the
field," according to the charge to committee members from Cantelon.
Recommendations from the committee are expected by the end of
this school year.
"Communications has tremendous potential," Cantelon said, "and
we have a good amount of expertise in this area," he added.
The first step is to review what currently exists in communications. Secondly, to make projections for CMU and to
determine how much resources are needed to improve the coordination of the program.
(See "Communications"—page 15)
Ballot proposals
focus of address
by PATTY WOODBURY
LiFE Staff Writer
The four state tax proposals
on November's ballot were
attacked by a representative
from the Michigan State
Chamber of Commerce at an'
eye-opener breakfast Friday.
Representative Dennis
Muchmore urged members of
the Mount Pleasant Chamber to
vote against proposals A, C, D
and E because of the adverse
affect each would have on the
business community.
Muchmore presented a 20-
minute slide show and answered
questions at the early morning
affair sponsored by the Mount
Pleasant Chamber of Commerce,
which attracted approximately
50 persons to the lounge of the
Holiday Inn, 5665 E. Pickard Rd.
He rendered special attention
to the Smithr-Bullard plan
(Proposal A) and the Tisch tax
proposal (Proposal D).
The Smith-Bullard tax plan
has been called a tax shift and is
designed to equalize funding for
school districts.
Local residential property
taxes used for public education
would be eliminated and
replaced by increases 'in the
state income tax and state
property tax on businesses.
Muchmore said Proposal A is
"the most.expensive proposal
we will see in some time" and is
left open to a great deal of court
interpretation.
"It shifts control of education
to the state," he said, with the
increase of funding for schools
picked up by the business
community through fin increase
in income tax by an estimated 2
percent  plus   a   business   tax
increase.
Muchmore called the Tisch
proposal an "irresponsible tax
program."
The Tisch proposal, drawn up
by Shiawassee County Drain
Commissioner Robert Tisch,
would cut property taxes by
more than 50 percent, resulting
in an estimated $2 billion loss in
state government revenues.
"Tisch shifts the tax burden to
business," Muchmore explained.
"It fails to replace all local
(government) funds, creates a
tremendous amount of paperwork, favors non-business and
removes all business exemptions," he added.
Regarding the effect the
proposal would have on Mount
Pleasant as a college town,
Muchmore said CMU would be
drastically affected.
"When you're going to fight
MSU, U of M and Wayne State
for the remainder of the pot for
higher education, I'm concerned
you're going to come out on the
short end of it."
Muchmore said that a tax cut
such as the Tisch plan will not
work without a corresponding
maintenance on government
spending.
"You will not maintain an
economic boost, but a
recession," he warned.
Local ChambeF President
Doug McFarlane said after the
breakfast the proposals "aren't
clear" and there is a "great deal
of interpretation involved."
"I think the language on the
ballot is misleading," McFarlane
said, pointing out the means by
which the proposals are identified on the ballot.
"They're not listed as 'The
Smith-Bullard  plan'   and  'The
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A new face entertained the homecoming crowd at Perry Shorts Stadium
Saturday, heckling cheerleaders and mingling in the stands. The Ranting
Raven, however, found the bitter weather a bit more unbearable without the
comfort of a good umbrella.
SA to push voting plan
Student Association's Board of Directors will
meet Tuesday to discuss the promotion of a
resolution passed last week encouraging students
to leave campus Nov. 3 and 4 to vote and campaign against Tisch II in their home districts,
SA urges all students to participate so as to
"demonstrate the serious intent of the students
at CMU to defeat Proposal D."
"The importance of that is to stress intent. It's
not to just take two days off and just go home for
a vacation," Student Body Vice President Kathy
Brooks said.
The intent of the resolution, for students to
exercise their citizenship rights by voting and
campaigning against matters directly affecting
them, has been backedby the Faculty Association
Board of Directors.
"I don't anticipate any new business at the
meeting," Student Body President Jeff Markel
said. "That (the resolution) ought to keep us busy
enough."
Markel said he will also give a report on the
progress of the Faculty Evaluations project and
the newly-created Student* Organizational
Council.
The Board also will hear reports from a number
of committees.
The Political Action Committee, created last
"it's not Just (to) take two
days off and just go home
for a vacation. "—Kathy
Brooks, student body vice
president
week to research and recommend stands on
political issues, will report on the letter-writing
campaign it is organizing against the proposed
McDonald amendment.
SA voted last week to oppose the amendment
which would prohibit federal aid for legal fees to
defend homosexuals.
Reports also will be heard from the anti-Tisch
Committee, Housing Committee and the Bylaws
Committee.
The meeting will take place Tuesday at 5 p.m.
in the President's Room of the University Center.
All meetings are open to the public.
Charity
(irive
begins
byD.M.HIBBARD
LiFE Staff Writer
The campus United Way drive
gets underway today with many
people not knowing exactly how
the funds raised will be used.
Coordinating the campus
drive, Student Foundation has
set a goal of $3,000.
The campus campaign
coincides with the community
drive. Both will run until Nov. 7,
allowing for a two-week campaign to raise a combined total
of $143,500.
Founded in 1947, the United
Way of Michigan was known as
The United Health Welfare
Fund of Michigan. Its original
purpose was to unite fun-
draising efforts and conserve
time and community resources
often over-burdened by multiple
campaigns throughout the state.
In 1949, the non-profit
organization joined with the
Detroit Torch Drive to produce
the first campaign that combined local, state and national
level agencies in one fundraising
drive. The agency changed it's
name four years later to the
Michigan United Fund, and in
1973 adopted its present name.
At present there' are 23
United Way member agencies
which provide human care
services. They range from
Michigan agencies such as the
Arthritis Foundation, Council on
Crime and Delinquency and
Leader Dogs for the Blind, to
such well known national
programs as the National Urban
League, National Council on
Alcoholism and the United
Service Organizations.
The more widely used United
Way agencies in Michigan are
the Heart Association, the
Kidney Foundation, Epilepsy
Center and the Association for
Retarded Citizens. The
Michigan Heart Association, in
1978, helped more than two
million Michigan residents. The
Heart Association's fight
against heart and blood disease
is concentrated in three major
areas: research, education and
community programs. Their
original .research led to the
nation's first heart-lung machine
and eventually to open-heart
surgery. The MHA has
educational programs directed
at both the professional and
public. With seminars for
professionals, and public
education classes including
Cardio-Pulminary Resuscitation
training.
The Association for Retarded
Citizens is concerned with
creating new opportunities to
meet the needs of mentally
retarded persons and
representing their interests in
government. There were approximately 265,000 mentally
retarded persons in Michigan in
1978. In Isabella County alone,
225 benefited from the agency.
Two other widely-used United
(See "United Way"—page 15)
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