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Volume 60 No. 43.
3. 1979 Central Michigan LIFE
Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859
Monday, January 15,1979
Chilly 79 breezes bring hot issues
byTONYDEARING
LIFE Editor
Last summer, it was the muggy, stifling
heat of August which greeted students,
faculty and administrators at the commencement of a new school year.
Now, with a sub-zero blast, winter has
ushered in a new semester and new year as
the University once again opens its doors for
16 fresh weeks of scholarly pursuit.
And perhaps it is the arid August afternoons and biting January mornings
which most fittingly symbolize the
tremendous contrast which could emerge
between Fall 1978 and Winter 1979.
For this semester shows promise of being
as eventful and interesting as fall semester
was not.
In. Student Association, in Academic
Senate, in Warriner Hall, the relatively
unbroken existance of first semester is
being replaced by the challenges of the new
year.
Fall Semester 1978 will probably be
remembered as the first semester recently
in which no great events rocked the
University, or even raised many waves.
Of course, the semester did have its issues
and moments, including the introduction of
General Education and Proposal D, but
General Ed flowed in with suprising grace
and the much-loathed drinking age hike
didn't actually take effect until after the
semester had ended.
But now, with the ringing in of 1979, CMU
is buckling down not just against winter, but
against challenges on the horizon.
For Student Association, the challenge is
converting last semester's preparations into
this semester's accomplishments. The SA,
much maligned over the past few years, has
little to show for first semester other than
groundwork done in hopes of seeing results
materialize during Winter 1979*
Student Body President Jim Marshall
hopes "completed studies of the University
Health Service and Physical Plant and
parking policy revisions will give the SA its
first chance in several years to look back on
a school year and feel it has accomplished
something.
Of course, SA must also weather the
credibility-dampening scandal involving
former Student Body Vice President Al
Stolpe now that it appears he not only
tampered with his salary, but also with SA
discretionary funds (see story, page Bl).
In Academic Senate, the challenges will
be addressing possible academic
reorganization and the Provost John
Cantelon's potentially controversial plan to
lengthen the number of years faculty must
serve before obtaining tenure.
Both reorganization and lengthening of
the tenure track are issues which have been
around a while and now are finally expected
to reach Senate, where they doubtless will
be subject to lively debate and quite
probably action.
Even if neither turns out to be terribly
controversial, they are still likely to change
the University in some way.
And for the Administration, the challenge
this year is the 1979-80 budget. Already,
Warriner is telling us not to expect the kind
of budgetary windfall we received from
Lansing this year.
President Harold Abel says CMU should
receive an adequate state allocation and
continue to provide the services of this
year's budget.
Still, even this year's budget didn't have
enough money in enough places to satisfy
everyone, and the Administration is faced
with the task this semester of trying to
scrape every penny it can out of Lansing,
and then using those pennies as wisely as
possible.
Other challenges also face the University
this semester. For instance, in May, CMU
will find out whether publicity efforts have
succeeded in getting students to sign their
majors and minors on time and correctly
apply for graduation.
In December, about five percent of the
expected graduating class failed to graduate
after not signing a rnajor and minor.
(See "Mood—"page 17A)
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- CM LIFE PHO TOBYBA VID C. FRITZ
The winter season for which the Winter Semester is named means
many things to many people. For some it's a time to stay indoors, gather
with friends around a cold fire and appreciate the warmth that contrasts
the weather outside. For others it's a season to brave the elements in
order to enjoy our winter wonderland to its fullest. Such a person, who
despite the winter cold pursues the pleasure and recreational advantages
that the season allows, is Sue Reineke, Midland Dow High School
sophomore. Reineke is a 16-year-old member of the Midland Figure
Skating Club.
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Forgetting to file
for graduation could
b* the only thing that
keeps you from
becoming an
alumnus this spring.
See story. Section A.
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How wili the
federal government's
push to equalize
men's and women's
sports programs
under Title IX affect
CMU athletes? See
Section C.
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