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Volume 60 No. 70
© 1979 Central Michigan LIFE
Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859
Wednesday March 28,1979
Troubled fund system may change
by TOM HENRY
LIFE Staff Writer
Due to unfulfilled projects of many student organizations,
changes in allocation procedures may be made, a funding committee
officer said.
Three of «very four groups may have to apply for next year's
money directly from the Office of Student Affairs rather than
through the present system which consists of submitting requests
to Student Association's Finance Committee, Don Fergle, the
committee's chairperson, said.
Fergle, Grosse Pointe Woods junior, said Monday his committee
has been working with Student Organizations Director Sharon
George to alter funding procedures because "there is a great indication a lot of groups are not spending their full allocation."
George was unavailable for comment Tuesday.
Fergle  said two common problems among many groups have
Senate
debates
CMU,
FA input
by JERRY MORLOCK
LIFE Ass't. News Editor
Academic Senators Tuesday
continued to iron out differences
of opinion about Senate's role in
changing faculty personnel
policies, but they reached no
consensus on the issue.
As in last Tuesday's meeting,
debate centered on the role the
Administration and Faculty
Association, the faculty's
bargaining agent, should play in
determining the policies.
But two amendments,
proposed at the meeting and
scheduled to be voted on at next
Tuesday's meeting include more
FA and CMU input than the
original proposed procedure.
In 1977, tenure, promotion
and reappointment policies were
included in the faculty contract
for the first time. The contract
requires that Senate produce a
procedure for changing these
policies acceptable to both FA
and the Administration.
And Senators were divided on
how much FA and Administration input should be
included before passing the
procedure on to the two bodies.
An amendment which would
require Senate-initiated personnel policy changes to be
approved by! FA and the Administration sparked the debate.
Senator Louis Ecker submitted the motion, saying CMU
and FA have a legal responsibility to participate in policy
decisions.
Senator Robert Barris argued
that    taking    away    Senate
autonomy  by  giving  the  Ad-
(See "Senate—"page 2)
caused substantial unspent budgets.
One problem is when senior officers set budget requests, Fergle
said. Those officers may set the upcoming year's projects for their
organization, which leaves some organizations with various projects
that members do not fulfill after that officer's graduation, he said.
In addition, many organizations traditionally "pad" their budgets,
meaning they request much more money than they need because
they do not think they will receive sufficient funds, Fergle said.
(See "SA funds—" page 5)
Voters O K
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bond issues;
millage fails
-CMlirePHOTO BY DEAN MUERLY
Clowning around
Phil Silverman, Oak Park senior, tries to make a point to Tim Thompson, a West Intermediate seventh grader, during Monday's dress rehearsal for the play "A Thousand
Clowns." The play opens today and runs through Saturday with 8 p.m. performances each
evening. See story on page 6.
by PETER LUKE
LIFE Staff Writer
"Hot damn."
That was the reaction of city
commissioner Ted Zolty upon
hearing the news that city
voters approved, by almost a 2-1
margin, the city's request to
borrow $5 million through the
sale of general obligation bonds.
City voters also approved a
$375,000 general obligation bond
issue for special assessment
projects.
However the positive mood of
the voters did'not extend to the
Mount Pleasant School B
District's request for an additional 2 mills to fund operating
expenses.
The major issue on the ballot,
the $5 million bond request
needed.to fund the local share of
Mount Pleasant's $19 million
sewer renovation project, was
approved by a substantial 1,155
to 642 margin.
The 2 mill request by the
school district was defeated by
almost more than 500 votes,
1,664     to     1,142.     School
Superintendent  Carlo  Barberi •
said, "It's hard to figure, I don't
know how to read it. Our needs
haven't    changed    (from    past
elections)."
Barberi said he did not know if
the School Board would conduct
another election in June, saying
the board would have to look
over the election results and
then make a decision.
Mount Pleasant Major Sybil
Ellis said Tuesday night on the
voter approval for the city's two
requests, "I am very, very
pleased that both issues passed
and now we can get on our
merry way.
"After a month of speaking
engagements (by city officials),
the voters were very well informed on the issues and
problems facing the city if it
didn't pass. I just hope we don't
have any further delays," Ellis
said.
City      Manager      William
Barrons   said   the   margin   of
victory was more than he had
anticipated and assured the city
(See "Election results-—" page 2)
Student 'stable'after
Tuesday night accident
A CMU student who was struck by a car at 9 p.m. Tuesday when
he attempted to cross against the light at the intersection of Mission
St. and Broomfield, Road was in stable condition at Central
Michigan Community Hospital late Tuesday night.
Dr. David Chistopherson, emergency room physician, said James
Wheeldreyer, Bloomfield Hills sophomore, sustained a compound
fracture of the right lower leg and possible other internal injuries
after being struck by an auto county police say was driven by
Dorothy Ann Fogle, of 4985 E. Pickard.
CMU blacks cope with racism
by STEVE WRIGHT
LIFE Staff Writer
What is it like to be a black in Mount Pleasant?
From the picture Mount -Pleasant blacks paint
of their lives it is as if they were foreigners in a
strange land, They say culture is different, accents are different and whites, who often have
only seen blacks on television, believe the
prejudices they have heard and soon make life
hard for blacks.
Asking blacks if Mount Pleasant is a racist
town just brings laughs at the question they take
for granted.
Most of the nine blacks interviewed had at
least one,story to tell of passing cars occupied by
whites hanging out the Window yelling "nigger go
This story is one of three in today's
issue devoted to the topic of racism
here as seen through the eyes of
some members of CMU's black
community. This article is concluded
on page 9 where the other two
stories also appear.
home" or "nigger, get off the street." The problem
does not always stop at name-calling, though.
Betty Thomas, Pontiac senior; Kevin O'Neal,
Detroit sophomore; and Kevin Rowsey, Detroit
junior all related stories of cars with white
drivers   swerving   toward   them,   a   form   of
"chicken" where the driver cannot lose. About ail
the black can do is follow the example of Thomas
who said she "just did like that," while gesturing
with her middle finger.
The behavior of whites, while acting
anonymously particularly infuriates O'Neal
because he said whites try to put up the facade of
liking blacks whenever they have to associate
with them.
"You really find out how they (whites) feel
when they come out of The Alibi or the Wayside,"
O'Neal said. "They get drunk and then they speak
their true feelings. At finals time it gets worse
too. You hear a lot of negative stuff then.
(See "Blacks recount—"page 9)
In
William Theunissen, dean of CMU's School of,
Health, Physical Education and Recreation, has
received  the  1979  Honor  Award from  the
College and University Administrators Council.
A former president of the CUAC, he received
the award at the recent annual1 meeting of the
American Alliance of Health, Physical
Education and Recreation in New Orleans.
Campus
Robert Walling, a
Cornell University
official, has tentatively
accepted the position
of financial aid
director at CMU.
Page 3
Sports
CMU's baseball
squad travels to Ohio
today for a three-day,
six-game road trip
during which it will
face the University of
Cincinnati, Xavier and
Northern Kentucky.
Page 10
Index
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