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Trustees hike tuition, dorm rates
by TOM HENRY
LIFE Staff Writer
Most CMU students will pay
an additional $2.50 per credit
hour beginning next semester
while most dormitory residents
will be charged $68 more to live
on campus.
CMU's Board of Trustees
approved the cost increases at
Wednesday's monthly meeting
which are expected to keep
Central in a "very competitive
and comfortable position" with
other Michigan academic institutions, aocording to administrators.
Michigan residents will pay
$28.50 for undergraduate credit
"It appears (CMU) will again be the least
expensive institution for a 20-meal plan."—
Jerry Tubbs, vice president for Business and
Finance
hours and $38.50 for graduate
credit, while non-residents will
pay $73 and $84 for undergraduate and graduate
credit, respectively.
In addition, students residing
in dormitories next year will pay
$68 more for a 20-meal plan in
comparison    to    this    year's
assessment.
Presently, student yearly
room and board rates are $1,530
for 20 meals, per week.
Despite a 4.4 percent increase,
which is below the state-wide
average projection of 5 percent,
"It appears (CMU) will again be
the least expensive institution
for a 20-meal plan," Jerry Tubbs,
vice president for Business and
Finance, said.
The 9.1 percent tuition increase, which includes $40 to
cover two semester's
registration fees, was arrived at
due to a relatively low state
allocation and local income
increases over the past year,
Arthur E. Ellis, vice president
for Public Affairs said.
Although he did not present
the board with a detailed
budget, Ellis said CMU
traditionally has experienced up
to a $3,5 million budget increase
over each of the past few years.
(See "Hike-" page 8)
Why rates went up
This is how the Administration explained next year's room
and board increase to the Board of Trustees Wednesday.
Item
% cost increase
Food 11.2
Telephone 6
Minimum Wage hike *
Utilities *
Other 5
♦information unavailable
New cost
to student
$37.10
$1.34
$44.87
$9.12
$7.53
Although the total is a $99.86 increase per student, CMU
said it would be able to hold the base rate increase for dorm
students to $68, a 4.4 increase over this year.
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Volume 60 No 68
<■   1979   (Vnlral Michigan I.IFB
Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859
Friday, March 23,1979
Minorities get
bigger share
of work force
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Kickin'back
-CM UFE PHOTO BY ROOBB HART
Spring officially arrived Wednesday, but it wasn't until
Thursday thai the sun came.out in full force and many
people took advantage of the long-awaited warmth by
lourtging in the still-brown grass on the hills that surround
Park Library Pond. The ice has melted off the pond, but
some piles of snow are still lingering, reminding us of the
winter just passed.
by CHRIS CROSS
LIFE Staff Writer
The percentage of women and
minorities in the University
work force increased in 1978,
while the percentage of males
employed at CMU dropped,
according to a recently released
Affirmative Action annual
report.
Of the total University work
force in 1978, the number of
minority employees increased
by 1.5 percent as compared with
1977 figures.
Male employees made up 54.9
percenfof the work force in 1978
and females occupied 45.1
percent, a .6 percent increase in
female employees since 1977.
The annual report was
compiled by CMU's Affirmative
Action Council to compare and
assess the University's progress
in employing qualified females
and minorities. The report
covers a period from January
1977 to Dec. 1 of the same year.
James Turner, CMU's affirmative action officer, is out of
town this week and unavailable
for comment about CMU's
progress in implementing affirmative action procedures.
The total work force, which
includes regular, temporary and
provisional employees, increased by 179 persons in 1978,
including 87 males and 92
females, the report showed. The
number of minorities in the total
work force increased by 13.
Minority persons are
represented among CMU
faculty, executive officers,
administrative, supervisory and
maintenance categories, yet are
not represented in the physician
or police officer groups.
Females are represented in
(See "Affirmative action—" page
2)
Student
input
emerging
issue?
byTONYDEARING
LIFE Editor
The role of student input in
faculty promotion and reappointment decisions may surface
as a key issue in current
negotiations between the
Faculty Association and CMU.
FA and CMU bargaining
teams devoted a low-key closed
bargaining session Thursday to
"housekeeping" and "exploration," and afterward FA
said using student evaluation of
faculty for personnel decisions is
"an area of concern."
(See "Bargaining—" page 8)
County's rape rate poses 'no major problem'
by CHRIS CROSS
LIFE Staff Writer
One rape may be one too many, but a state
police official says the problem in Isabella County
is small and poses no real cause for alarm.
*Tm not downplaying the problem," said John
Erdody, community services director at the
Michigan State Police post at Mount Pleasant. "It
is a serious thing. However, rape is not a major
problem here as everyone seems to think."
Even  though rape  may  not  be a  serious
problem here, members of the Women's Health
and Information Project are sponsoring a Rape
Awareness Workshop Saturday through which
persons may learn about the numerous aspects of
rape. The workshop is from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in
the University Center and registration for it
should be made by calling WHIP at 774-3762.
In 1977, 13 rapes were reported in Isabella
County, an increase of only two from the previous
year, Erdody said. Three arrests were made in
those 13 incidents.
CMU's Department of Public Safety reports
that no "actual rapes" have occurred on campus
since July 1978, the start of the recording period
for this year's crimes.
. "We do release the fact that sexual assaults
have occurred because the next person may not
be so lucky," DPS Sgt. Leslie Bonstelle said. We
won't release it if the investigation is still pending and it may be jeopardized." Bonstelle said he
did not have the current status of the four
assaults on hand.
Erdody said many persons question the small
number of arrest's as compared to the number of,
reported rapes.
"What most people don't understand is that
one guy could have raped more than one woman.
There may be umpteen reports yet we have only
one arrest," he said.
Although statistics show that the number of
reported rapes has increased only slightly in this
county, Erdody said the number of "incest-type"
(See "Statistics-" page 10)
In brief
Voters may apply for absentee ballots for
Tuesday's special city election until 2 p.m.
Saturday in the City Clerk's Office, 120 S.
University Ave.
An emergency absentee ballot may be obtained if the emergency took place at a time
which made it impossible to meet the Saturday
deadline. For further information, contact the
City Clerk's Office at 773*7971.
Campus
If CMU owes you
money for classes you
dropped in January
and you still haven't
received that money,
you may be in debt to
the University.
Page 5
Sports
Central's baseball
team has just finished
its most successful
spring trip since 1976
and are now preparing
for the regular season
opener.
Page 11
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