1980-11-14; Central Michigan Life

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Central Michigan
Vol.62 No.35
© 1980 CM LIFE
Mouht Pleasant, Mich. 48859
12 pages
Friday, Nov. 14,1980
Milliken suggests
drop in CMU aid
by JAMES ISELER
LIFE Ass't. News Editor
Gov. William G. Milliken
recommended CMU receive $1.1
million less for the 1980-81 fiscal
year than it got from the state
last year, Uni-versity officials
learned Thursday.
Vice President for Public
Affairs Arthur Ellis said
Milliken recommended
$27,820,284 for CMU as a result
of the new wave of budget cuts
he announced Wednesday.
Central received $28,915,700
for the 1979-80 fiscal year. That
amount came after Milliken
instituted an executive order
cutting the allocation from its
original amount.
Milliken dealt Michigan
higher education another severe
blow with his announcement
that the overall recommendation for colleges and
universities has been reduced to
$592 million from his original
January recommendation of
$683 million.
A breakdown of recommendations for Michigan's 14
other colleges and universities
will not be available until early
next week, a budget office
spokesman said.
CMU began the year looking
at a 9 percent increase over last
year's allocation but through a
series of cuts designed to
balance Michigan's ailing budget
that figure now sits in negative
numbers.
Ellis would not comment on
the effect the cuts would have on
tuition rates for next semester
but Vice President for Business
and Finance Jerry Tubbs did say
"Whether or not
we can do this
without layoffs
depends on next
year's salaries. "—
CMU President
Harold Abel
tuition is one of the subjects the
Board of Trustees will be
examining when it meets
Wednesday.
President Harold Abel said
the University also is standing
firm on its "no layoff policy but
that could change as the year
progresses and salary
negotiations get underway.
"Whether or not we can do
this without layoffs depends on
next year's salaries," Abel said.
Ellis termed CMU's situation
as "manageable" for this year
since the University started
planning for cuts six months
ago.
"We were disappointed yes,
surprised no," Ellis said.
Since Oct. 1 CMU has been
operating on a $7 million temporary budget that will carry it
through December.
Milliken's recommendations
still must be acted upon by the
Legislature    and    what    will
happen to them when they go
through House of Representatives and Senate is anybody's
guess.
Senate Fiscal Agency member
Dave Murphy could not comment on the chances Milliken's
recommendations would get
through the Legislature intact
but did say the houses would
begin work on the budget next
week.
"They're committed to getting through this .(budget) as
soon as possible," Murphy said.
Tubbs referred to the budget i
as a "bouncing ball" and
Milliken's latest recommendation is just one more
"bounce" toward the eventual
passage of a balanced budget.
Looking at CMU's situation in
relation to the cuts, Abel tried to*-
illustrate the problem in terms
of     the     University's     expenditures.
"Our budget (spending) for the
year is up 8 to 9 percent because
everyone got 9 percent (increases) last year and our phone
and utility bills are up," he said.
"At. a school which operates at
the mean level and with one of
the lowest tuition rates in the
state, for us to operate with this
(reduction) is just agony."
Michigan's total higher
education cut for the present
fiscal year, 1980-81, shows a $91
million decrease from Milliken's
original January suggestion to
his recent one Wednesday, said
Fred Whims, education director
of the Office of Management arid
Budget.
Bargaining teams prepare;
CMU cites unit members
by DAVE ALEXANDER
LIFE Editor
The bargaining process between the faculty
and the administration was stalled during the
weeks before the election but now activity
leading up to negotiations is increasing.
The University has announced its bargaining
unit as Tom Repp, administrative assistant to the
vice president for Business and Finance; Jeffrey
Evans, director of personnel and staff relations;
William Theunissen, dean of health, physical
education and recreation; and William Dunham,
associate vice provost for faculty contractual
relations.
The Faculty Association selected its
bargaining unit before the election. Members arc-
Roger Hatch, assistant professor of religion; Al
Lewis, chairman of speech and dramatic arts;
Edward McJCenna, professor of sociology, anthropology and social iwork; Joe Misiewicz,
chairman of broadcast and cinematic arts and FA
Executive Director Michael McKeown.
Spokesman for the University team is Dunham
while Lewis will speak for the FA unit.
Discussion of early negotiation was halted
when the full impact of the Tisch proposal was
realized. In late September, both sides gave
indications bargaining may start before Winter
Semester;  the  time  the  process  traditionally
begins. The faculty contract expires June 30.
Indications of a possible early bargaining
session were fueled by closed-door sessions of the
Board of Trustees and the FA Board of Directors
concerning bargaining.
But nothing ever materialized and both groups
focused their attention on the defeat of Tisch.
"Tisch clearly put bargaining on the back
burner," Lewis said. "We are two weeks to a
month behind."
The FA team is in the process of writing
surveys to find out the concerns of its membership, Lewis said. This process of surveying
faculty members may take until January.
"We see a great need for accurate and adequate
information," Lewis said.
After the information is collected, the FA team
.will then write issue positions to be taken to the
bargaining table. Lewis said actual bargaining
may begin well into Winter Semester. An early
FA timetable had bargaining sessions beginning
in February.
Dunham said the administration is now
preparing materials for bargaining. He said he
hopes to have positions drawn up by Dec, 1.
As to a timetable for bargaining, Dunham said
a schedule would have to be agreed upon by the
two teams. .
(See "Bargaining"—page 11)
CM UFBGmry Afa/o vv
Preston Street at the University Center was opened to through traffic Thursday.
Preston Street opens,
results please officials
by TOM HENRY
LIFE Staff Writer
CMU administrators are
echoing the sentiments of
City Manager Thomas Martin
by saying the month-long trial
closing of Preston Street left
few traces of frustration.
Although the city
engineer's department won't
have statistics compiled for
about a month, the general
feeling is success.
"Certainly if complaints
were the . measure of
evidence, there would be
none," CMU President Harold
Abel said.
"We were not only closing
the street, but changing
traffic patterns," he added.
"Everyone seemed to adjust
well."
The street was closed from
Franklin Street to the front of
the University Center as an
experiment. The University
hopes to permanently close
Preston within the coming
year as part of a master plan
to make the campus more
accessible to pedestrians.
Much speculation surfaced
as to where the traditional
"From an observational standpoint I
didn't notice any bottlenecks."—
University Architect Anthony Paperella
Preston Street traffic would
flow, such as on Bellows
Street or Broomfield Road.
"I haven't noticed an increase of traffic on Bellows to
an unmanageable degree,"
said Abel, who resides on
Bellows near the Tate-
Barnard dormitory complex.
University Architect
Anthony Paperella agreed
there has not been much
adverse criticism and said he
did not notice any outstanding problems.
"From an observational
standpoint," Paparella said, "I
didn't notice any bottlenecks.
"Closing Preston did seem
to facilitate pedestrian
movement," he added.
Vice President for Business
and   Finance   Jerry   Tubbs
concurred.
"My impression is that
since I had zero complaints, it
went off well," Tubbs said.
"I drive around campus
probably as much as anyone
and' from what I could tell, I
don't know if it had any
significant impact," he added.
Like Abel, Tubbs said he
did not believe the increase of
traffic flowing to Bellows was
unmanageable.
"I think that what happened proved what we
already thought would
happen," Tubbs said.
"I don't have any statistics,
so what I've said is based on
observations," he added.
"Personally, I don't think
(Bellows) needs to be
widened."
In Brief
The Central Michigan Department of Public
Health is offering flu vaccines for individuals
with high-risk health conditions. Supply is
limited so individuals should contact the Health
Department at 773-5921.
Campus
Aerobic dancing is
becoming  a rage  on
campus as a Beddow »
Hall resident conducts ,
weekly classes.
page 5
Plans for CMU's
Fourth Annual
Madrigal Dinner
concert are taking
shape.
page 7
Sports
CMU's football team
travels to Kalamazoo
Saturday to take on
Western Michigan for
the Mid American
Conference title,
page 9
Index
Arts and Leisure 7
Classifieds n
Comment 4
Doonesbury 4
Horoscope  11
Off the Wire .2
Sports 9
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