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Vol.61   No. 35
©  Central Michigan LIFE
Mount Pleasant. Michigan 48859
Telephones 774-3493-774-3830
18 pages
On Broadway
-CM LIFE PHOTO BV ROGER HART
The stage of Warriner Auditorium was transformed
Tuesday night into the backstage of the Paradise
Nightclub in New York City in the late 1920's as The
Acting Company performed their version of George
Abbott qnd Philip Dunning's Broadway. John Houseman,
star of television's "Paper Chase," is the producing artistic director of The Acting Company. Broadway was
first produced at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York
City on Sept. 16,1926.
Check cashing policy revised
. Confusion concerning the
University's .check-cashing
policy should end now that a
new procedure requiring only
the student identification
cards has been established.
During the first part of the
semester, the old policy or
requiring both student id and
a picture id such as a driver's
license was in effect, said Joe
Bissell of the . University's
Accounting Office. Even
though the- new student ids
had pictures, some cashiers
were still requiring a driver'.s
license be shown.
This led to some complaints
by students which were
received by Bissell's office
and by CM LIFE while
conducting a random survey
of student complaints. Bob
Moffat, Manistique senior,
said if the University did hot
accept its own cards as proof
of identification, "it makes
them good for nothing."
"It was really an oversight
on our part," Bissell explained. "All .we are trying to
do is verify that the student is
"All we are trying to do is verify that
the student is who he says he is, and the
hew ID cards do that. "—Joseph Bissell,
assistant controller of accounting
systems
who he says he is, and the new
id cards do that."
The new policy, as of Oct.
23, requires the student to
just show the verification of
enrollment and the picture
identification cards for check-
cashing at the University.
by DAVID C. FRITZ
LIFE Copy Editor
Staff
still
short
The administrator of Central Michigan
^Community Hospital is taking a wait-and
see-attitude    concerning    the    recent
resignation of 39 registered nurses at the
facility. ,
Administrator    jGlenn    Lowrey    said
Tuesday the hospital presently is limited to
65 percent total capacity and no intensive
'care unit services are being offered.
Nurses'  resignations  became  effective
Friday   in   the   wake   of   an   ongoing
disagreement with the hospital concerning „
understaffing.
"I have a lot of empathy for those girls <
(nurses)," Lowrey said, adding, "They took a
position and stood by it,... thejr felt they
were right."
Since the resignation, 25 full and part
time RNs have staffed the 52 original
positions.
The RNs who left explained in a release
prior to "their action that the hospital was
understaffed three years ago when 80 RNs
worked in the hospital.
Lowrey and other officials concede a staff
shortage exists, but point to a nationwide
shortage of registered nurses as part of the
reason for recruiting problems.
The hospital administration still expects
to meet with a federal mediator and
representatives of the RNs' bargaining unit
Friday as previously scheduled to iron out
contract differences unrelated to the
resignations.
Lowrey "refused to speculate about how
long the hospital can continue in its present
fashion, adding, the recent events have
(See"CMCH"—page 2)
Dean hopefuls
to visit campus
by JAMES ISELER
LIFE Staff Writer
Students will have an opportunity today to talk with
Peter Salus, a candidate for
dean of the School of Arts and
Sciences, from 10:30 to 11:30
a.m. in the Lake St. Clair Room
of the University Center.
Salus is visiting CMU as one
of seven applicants for the
position. The search for a new
dean is moving into its final
stages, according to search
committee chairman Calvin
Enders.
The other applicants will be
on campus within the next few
weeks, Enders said.
"Out of these seven we will
hopefully get a dean," Endqrs,
professor of history, said.
The first of the applicants,
David Barry of Antioch College,
visited CMU Monday.
After being interviewed by
various faculty groups and
administrators, the list of applicants will be trimmed and
delivered to Provost John
Cantelon, who makes the final
decision, Enders said.
This is the second search for
the. committee. Last May,
Cantelon approved a candidate,
but she was unable to take the
position, so the committee
rejuvenated Jts(1 search, Enders
said.
The   next  candidate   to   be
Each candidate will
answer students'
questions. Peter
Salus, the first applicant to arrive on
campus, is available
from 10:30 to 11:30
today in the Lake St.
Clair Room of the
University Center.
interviewed is Ronald Johnstone, CMU's present associate
dean of arts and sciences.
Johnstone will be in the UC's
Lake Huron Room Nov. 19 to
answer students' questions.
The four remaining applicants
and the dates they will be at
CMU are:
— Daniel      Cohen,      State
■ University   of   New   York   at
Binghamton, on Nov. 28.
—Vincent McHale, of Case
Western Reserve, on Dec. 3.
— Muron Henry of Montana
State University, on Dec. 5.
—Bernard Scherer, of St.
Vincent College. His interview
date has not yet been determined.
All of the meetings with
students will take place from
10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m< j& the
Lake St. Clair room of the UC
unless otherwise noted.
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Campus drive
surpasses goal
Donations by CMU faculty and staff to CMU's Development Fund
passed the goal of $79*000 late last week and officials expect contributions to hit $82,000 before the end of the year.
So far, $79,100 has been collected from 635 employees—almost 25
percent of the total number of CMU employees.
Dennis Vest, executive director of the CMU Development Fund,
said about 75 percent of the contributions' are designated to areas
such as the employees' departments or the Centry Club.
"This support speaks well of the employees because it shows
(See "Fund"—page 2)
n Brief
The deadline for filing a repeat course
request card for Fall semester is Friday at 5
p.m. Cards Are available in the Registrar's
Office, Warriner 260.
Campus
LIFE takes an in-
depth look at
education, attitudes
and methods regarding birth control,
page 8,9
Sports
The CMU football
team's chances of
appearing in a postseason bowl game are
slim, but present a
definite maybe,
page 13
Index
Arts and Leisure 10
Classifieds — __,. 17
Comment..,...'. 4
Doonesbury .,.,... 4
Horoscope 17
Off the Wire ...2,
Sports ........'......_,. 13
Spotlife 17
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