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Volume 60 No. 67
e   1979   Central Michigan LIFE
Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859
Wednesday, March 21,1979
No quick changes for BCA students
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byTOMMcEACHIN
LIFE Staff Writer
Although the area of Broadcast and Cinematic
Arts has been accepted by the School of Fine and
Applied Arts as a full department, BCA students
should see no immediate changes because of the
move.
Frank S. Stillings, dean of the school of Fine
and Applied Arts, said no changes will be made
within the next year, to give the school and the
new department a chance to "get acquainted."
Peter B. Orlik, BCA area coordinator, echoed
Stillings comment, saying "I don't really see any
immediate impact."
At the Fine and Applied Arts faculty meeting
March 8, the faculty voted overwhelmingly to
accept BCA as a department in that school.
The result of the Fine and Applied Arts vote
was announced at Tuesday's Academic Senate
meeting. Academic Senate will vote on the
matter, probably at its next meeting on Tuesday,
Eunice Way, Academic Senate chairperson, said.
BCA will join the school of Fine and Applied
Arts July 1 if the move is approved by the
Academic Senate and CMU's Board of Trustees.
Orlik said the adoption of BCA would have
little impact on the BCA students because the
change was in the administration and not in the
curriculum.
BCA   has   for   several   years   attempted   to
Liquor license OK if
CMU sticks to rules
by PETER LUKE
LIFE Staff Writer
If CMU refrains from offering
nightly beer specials or competing with local drinking
establishments in any way, the
University probably will receive
city approval for its sought-after
liquor license.
During a Monday work
session, city commissioners
learned they will be asked to
approve the University's
request during its April 2
regular meeting to obtain the
license from the state Liquor
And they indicated during the
session that they will give that
approval if CMU sticks with its
guidelines in implementing the
dispensing of libations.
If the city does not approve
the request, CMU's hopes for
state approval will be dashed.
Central is seeking the license
so it will be able to serve alcohol
before and during educational
conference banquets.
Jerry Quick, assistant vice
president for Residences and
Auxiliary Services, said the
license is essential if CMU is
going to continue to attract such
conferences to the University.
Quick said five other state
universities already have
licenses and having one is
becoming a prerequisite in
attracting conferences which he
said bring, in an estimated
$500,000 in revenue annually.
But he added the terms of the
license and the University's
guidelines will strictly limit the
sale of alcohol' to these conferences only.
"It is not our intent to compete with private enterprise at
all," Quick said..
* During    the    work    session
(See "License—" page 2)
Robins, greenery hail
advent of spring 79
byKRISPIOCH
LIFE Staff Writer
Spring, the season of warm temperatures,
rainy days and sun after a cold and snowy winter,
begins today.
On campus the signs of spring are becoming
more numerous every day. The flowers
surrounding the flagpole in Warriner Mali have
poked through the earth, children in married
housing are playing outside and swinging on
swings, and students now gather to talk outside
on benches instead of hurrying inside to keep
warm.
The National Weather Service Office in
Houghton Lake predicts spring temperatures will
be near normal to a little above normal.
Astronomers can tell from the earth's motion
around the sun when one season ends and another
begins. The changing seasons are caused by the
changing position of the earth in relation to the
sun.
Spring will last until June 21 when summer
begins.
Spring brings changes in temperatures,
weather and daylight. Today should have 12
hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness, After
today the amount of daylight will increase.
"To me spring is green, new beginnings, bikes,
getting rid of winter coats and robins. I saw my
first robin of this year Monday," Mary Johnson,
Bad Axe sophomore, said.
"Spring reminds me of nice weather, snow
melting, water, puddles and mud. In spring I like
to play tennis and go horseback riding," Dawn,
Niester, Marine City sophomore, said.
(See "Spring—" page 2)
become a department in the school of Fine and
Applied Arts so it could get "a better recognition
of the area's needs," Orlik said.
However, Orlik said he would have to "wait and
see" how the attached stipulations would affect
BCA.
One stipulation is that a 7-member school
committee will be formed in August to explore
the Relationship among BCA, the Journalism
Department, Student Publications and Public
Broadcasting.
The committee will report its findings by
August, 1981. No curriculum changes are expected until after the review, Stillings said.
Another stipulation which concerns Orlik is
that Fine and Applied Arts faculty can vote to
rescind BCA's membership in the school if facts
show allocations have been "either limited in
growth or eroded due to the presence of BCA."
The other stipulations are: BCA will bring all
of its current funding and equipment with it;
efforts for more funding will be made; BCA's
course structure will be reviewed early in the
1979-80 academic year; and Stillings will review
existing BCA policy.
Stillings said BCA's membership in the school
should benefit both students in BCA and also
students in Journalism.
"Both departments have something to offer to
students in both programs," Stillings said.
-CM LIFE PHOTO BY ROGER HART
John Ammerman, a native of Port Huron, brought his mime act back to his alma mater
Tuesday when he performed in the University Center Auditorium. A 1977 CMU graduate,
Ammerman hopes the campus show will be a stepping stone for a possible tour of his
mime act. (See related story, page 11).
SA department may not spend allocation
by TOM HENRY
UFE Staff Writer
Although Student Body
President Jim Marshall insists
Student Association will spend
most of its 19713-79 allocation, an
SA department director said his
department's entire $200
allocation may remain unspent.
Matt Hardy, SA Department
of Academic Reform director,
said Monday his department has
no definite plans this semester
which would require using
University money.
"We probably won't even use
it (DAR's allocation) at all,"
Hardy, Birmingham sophomore,
said.
Hardy, who was named to his
position in January, said DAR
has not spent any of its entire
1978-79 allocation on SA
projects this year;
Marshall, Charlevoix senior,
Monday reaffirmed his stance
that the SA would spend its
allocation.
"We've got several projects
on the burner that will use up
most of the money," he said.
Marshall said faculty
evaluations, SA's University
Health Services survey and a
nuclear power debate will absorb   much   of   the   student
government's funds.
As of March 5, SA had spent
less than 37 percent of its account, according to a report
made to the group's Board of
Directors by Student Body Vice
President David Drain,
Lakeview sophomore.
Neither Marshall, Drain nor
SA Tenants Union Director Pam
Nelson said they could make an
accurate speculation how much
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Students who wish to register for summer
classes should fill out a course request form and
return it to the Cashier's Office with a $20
registration fee by April 13.
Course offering guides for all three summer
sessions are available at the Registrar's Office,
Warriner 260.
The Cashier's Office is open daily from 9 a.m.
to noon and 1 to4 p<titv
Preventing and
dealing with rape will
be the focus of a
workshop Saturday in
the University Center.
PageT
CMU center Jeff
Tropf, Holt senior,
finished seventh in the
Pizza Hut Basketball
Classic balloting with
605,927 votes.
See page 20
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money would remain.
Marshall attributed much of
SA's unspent $10,720 to the
group's partisan political stands
taken last semester.
Student organizations cannot
spend University money to
support one side of an issue,
such as SA's stands against the
Tisch Amendment and 21-year-
old drinking referendum,
Marshall said.
Nelson, Jackson senior, said
Tenants Union will probably
spend most of its allocation. The
department is spending funds on
a tenants handbook and office
supplies, she said.
Department of Legislative
Affairs director Marty Fisher
was unavailable for comment
Tuesday regarding how that
department's funds will be
(See "Account—-" page 2)
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