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by JAMES ISELER
LIFE Ass't. News Editor
If Gov. William G. Milliken has his way Cen-
traPs state allocation for the 1980-81 fiscal year/
will probably be less than its allocation for 1979-
80.
How much less depends on whether- one talks
to state offidals or President Harold Abel.
In his statewide address Wednesday night,
Milliken announced a $26 million cut to higher
education for the fiscal year than began Oct, 1.
Therein lies, the confusion.
Fred Whims, director of the Education Division
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of the Office of the Budget, says the cut comes
from Milliken's '-sraost recent^ budget- recommendation r- $646 million.
Abel says the cut comes from last fiscal year's
total allocation to higher education—$623 million.
If CMU's president is correct, higher education
in Michigan next year will receive $598 million—
four times the amount allocated in a temporary
three-month budget recently implemented by the
state.
. In that budget, CMU i-ejceived $7,010,638 for
the months October through December.
If that temporary budget were continued for
the rest of fiscal 1980-81 CMU would be looking at
a 4 percent annual decrease in state aid from last
year, Abel said. .
T However, Whims said the^ut comes from the
Governor's most recent recommendation in which
Central was slated for a 3.7 percent increase over
last year.
.If Whims is correct, higher education will face a
1 percent annual decrease from last year. ,
Also, if the cut represents a new recommendation by Milliken, it will be about two weeks
before the figure is divided among Michigan's 15
colleges and universities, Whims said.
Either way Central's final recommendation is
subject to approval by the Legislature, which is,
in recess until after the November election.
Jerry Tubbs, vice president for Business and
Finance, said a decision will not be reached until
after the Legislature comes back from the recess.
> Tubbs added a personal feeling that a final
decision will not be reached until at least'
January.
Although he is watching the ups and downs of
CMU's and the state's budget, Tubbs said he is
more concerned with the final outcome,
"It's not that I'm not worried about the budget
or worried about Tisch. I just say don't watch the
bouncing ball, watch where it lands," Tubbs said.;
Representatives from the House and Senate
fiscal agencies could not be reached Thursday in
regard to the recommendation's chances in the
Legislature. .
Vol. 62 No. 20
©1980 CM LIFE
Mount Pleasant, Mich. 48859
12 pages
Friday, Oct, 10,1980
Golden days
CM UFE/Stavn C Jtstmon
The* unpredictable Mount Pleasant weather
changed its mind again this week, allowing
students to relax outdoors and enjoy brilliance of
the fail color change on campus. ,
Music fraternity faces options
to avoid conflict with Title IX
by PHYLLIS C.JENNINGS
LIFE Staff Writer
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the professional music fraternity on
campus, is in a bind, according to Dan Beeman, executive director of
the National Chapter in Evansville, Ind.
Under orde/s from the National Chapter, the campus group did
not allow two female students to join the fraternity in September.
James Turner, CMU affirmative action officer, recently gave the
organization three alternatives to consider taking.
One would be total disassociation from the University.
Secondly, the fraternity could admit the women and disregard the
National Chapter's orders.
Thirdly, the group could prove that it is either a professional or a
social fraternity.
Social fraternities and sororities are exempt from Title IX.
,   When contacted by LIFE, Beeman did not hesitate to express
strong concern about LIFE's coverage of the group.
"The press up there (in Mount Pleasant) has made this thing an
equal rights issue, which it isn't.
"I really wish the press would be a little bit more sensitive to this
issue and give us some more time to work things out," Beeman said.
According to Beeman, there are four national, professional music
fraternities with predominantly female membership. These are Mu
"If we just opened it up and said, 'OK,
women can join any Phi Mu chapter they
want to anywhere in the nation/ it
wouldn't be an ethically sound move. "—
Dan Beeman, fraternity executive
director
Phi Epsilon, Sigma Alpha Iota, Delta Omicron and Phi Beta.
"Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia is really the only professional music
fraternity for men. And it's a good size organization, with chapters
all over the nation," Beeman added.
"If we just opened it up and said, *OK, women can join any Phi Mti
chapter they want to anywhere in the nation,' it wouldn't be an
ethically sound move. It wouldn't be good for women or for Phi Mu
Alpha," Beeman stressed.
"Any decision we do make is going to have a big effect on the
women's music organizations."
Beeman also said that one of the women's groups, Sigma Alpha
Iota, is involved with the same situation that Phi Mu is now facing.
"SAI had a petition for exemption from Title IX approved by the
(See "Music"—page 11)
Landlord investigates solutions
by JOHN BARNES
LIFE Staff Writer
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The owners of Pleasant View
Apartments are spending a
"considerable" sum of money to
correct problems plaguing more
than 400 student tenants in
the complex, a company
spokeswoman said Thursday.:
The problems, however, stem
from neglect by previous owners
and the student renters
themselves and are not the
direct fault of the owners or
management) Diamond Mortgage Corp.'s Patty Hines said.
The Pleasant View complex,
3300 E. Deerfieid Road, has been
under attack by tenants
recently upset by what they
called "murky" drinking water,
insect infested apartments,
unsafe electrical outlets and
flooded apartments.
"We are working on it. We
understand the -problems,"
Hines said. "But it looks like
we're the bad guys and we're
not."
More than $500,000 has been
spent by Diamond Mortgage,
Pleasant View owners, to
renovate the complex to date,
Hines said, adding an undetermined amount will have to
be spent in the future to drill
new wells and fix other
problems.
Student vandalism at
Pleasant View has the owners
miffed however, she said.
"We have to spend more
money. We are going to spend
more money. But we're pouring
money in and they're (the
students) destroying it," Hines
said.
Holes kicked, in the walls last
weekend and other types of
destruction, including ripped
out electrical outlets, may be an
indication of tenant frustrations,
Hines said, but it has the owners
perplexed.
"We don't appreciate them
being destructive in the building
while we're, trying to fix things
up," she said about the tenants..
"You begin to wonder if it's
worth it."
In the past two years,
Pleasant View has changed
ownership three times. Diamond
Mortgage acquired the complex
last summer. The complex was
formerly called Meadows
Apartments and before that it
was Deerfieid Apartments.
Hines could'not explain the
reason for the frequent
ownership turnover, but said
she did not feel past owners took
care of the buildings.
"In the past, nobody has put
any money into it," she said.
"These are not problems that
have just popped up in the last
(See "Apartments"—page 11)
SBAC refuses evaluation funding
by JOHN BARNES
LIFE Staff Writer
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A $1,721 Faculty Evaluations project planned by Student
Association this semester has been cut by the Student Budget
Review and Allocation Committee.
However, SA plans to present a revised version of the project to
the SBAC "in about a month" for reconsideration, Student Body
Vice President Kathy Brooks said Wednesday,
"I'm pretty confident we'll get it back," Brooks, Birmingham
Senior, said, adding the project cut was not a surprise to her.
Brooks met with the SBAC two weeks ago to discuss, areas where
SA's proposed budget might be trimmed by cost-conscious committee members. * '
(See "Evaluations"—page 11)
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In Brief
Tllev Mount Pleasant Fife Department is/
conducting an open house at the fire station, 120 * f
S.> University Ave,, through Saturday in observance of Fire^reveh^
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Isabella     County
Sheriff candidates met
and traded their views
of the issues Tuesday.
page 8
The University
Center celebrated its
20th anniversary
Thursday.
page 12
The CMU baseball
team begins its annual
Mini World Series
today in a 2:30 p.m.
contest at Alumni
Field.
page 8
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