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Volume 59 No. 46
Mount Pleasant, Mich. 48859
Monday, Jan. 23,1978
Dean Dougherty
to resign position
by JAMES REINDL
LIFE Editor in Chief
Adelyn Dougherty, dean of
the School of Arts and Sciences,
will resign her post this summer; she said Friday.
Dougherty, now in her third
year as , head of Arts and
Sciences, said she is not leaving
CMU for another job. Instead,
she said she is resigning because
she "assessed the needs of the
school and my ability to serve
them and (found) that they've
gone beyond my capabilities."
Provost John Cantelon said
Dougherty informed him of her
decision last week. She is
leaving, Cantelon said, because
of   "an   attractive   offer   her
"(I've} assessed the needs of the school and my
ability to serve them and (found) that they've gone
beyond my capabilities. "—Adelyn Dougherty, dean
of the School of Arts and Sciences
Adelyn Dougherty
business administration at
CMU, both said Sunday they
keep their careers separate.
Neither would say whether they
were moving to Chicago.
However, Mr. Dougherty said,
"It stands to reason that if we're
not employed at Central, we
would move someplace else."
In a letter sent last week to
the heads of the 16 departments
in Arts and Sciences, Dougherty
announced her decision to leave.
She said she told no other
faculty. Her decisioh to resign
came after six months of
thought, she added.
Cantelon said search
procedures for replacing
Dougherty will be instituted
after he talks with the Arts and
Sciences department chairpersons.
Elaborating on her reasons
for leaving, Dougherty said her
decision could be characterized
as meaning it is "time to move
on.
"I think the school might
benefit from a different kind of
input and leadership," she said.
"It is important for my school
professor of English at Indiana
State University.
.Cantelon characterized
Dougherty as "a very effective
dean."
"There is no question (she
made) a considerable improvement in the outlook of Arts
and Sciences," he said.
After a full week of getting back to the books, residents from Larzelere Hall found weekend fun while
traying at Mission Creek, near Mount Pleasant. Enjoying the freshly fallen snow are from left, Kirt
Morton, Clauson freshman, Marsha Hillaker, Fairgrove junior, Jim Jugar, Clauson freshman and Rob
Buechner, Bloomfield Hills freshman (LIFE photo by Sue Sussex).
Central denies charges
in tumbling injury suit
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Dougherty and her husband    1975.   Prior   to   her   term   at
Robert, associate professor of    Central, she was an associate
byDAVID.N.BRABOY
LIFE Ass't News Editor
Charges of negligence a CMU
student has brought in a lawsuit
against the University, a
professor and a campus
physician are unsubstantiated
by fact, the University attorney
has said.
A $10,000 lawsuit was filed by
Susan Diane Wilson, Ionia
senior, Jan. 16 in the Isabella
County Circuit Court.
Wilson cited CMU, Anthony
Miele, associate professor of
physical education and
University    Health    Services'
(UHS)   physician   Dr.   Andrew
Bedo as defendants.
The lawsuit stems from an
incident in May 1976, when
Wilson was injured while
performing a tumbling exercise
in a course taught by Miele.
University Attorney J. David
Kerr said a joint investigation
into Wilson's charges was
conducted by the University and
an "outside investigator" late in
1976.
The investigation began after
Wilson  submitted a statutory,
prerequisite'notice of intent to
file suit to the Michigan Court of
Student hands with brothers
for "pleasing' soft rock sound
by DIANE NIEDZWIECKI
LIFE Staff Writer
A CMU student interested in
football, baseball, girls and
music is not unusual.
But when the same student
gets together with his three
brothers to form a band named
"The Caruso Brothers," the
situation changes from "not
unusual" to "very exciting," in
the words of one of the band
members.
Joe Caruso, Trenton freshman, along with his brothers
Dave, 16; Mike, 19; and Rob, 14,
got their first job playing at a
Trenton clean-up day. He was 15
then.
"The whole thing snowballed.
We were lucky. After that first
job, people started calling our
house, asking us to play at
weddings  and  school  dances.
Taking time out to improvise with his alto saxophone is Joe
Caruso, Trenton freshman. Caruso, who attends CMU on a music
scholarship, also plays guitar, clarinet and flute in a "soft rock
band" with his three brothers, "the Carttso Brothers" band has
progressed from its days of high school dances to weddings,
nightclub engagements and jobs in small concert halls in' the
Detroit area (LIFE photo by Sieve Fccht).
From the start, we never had
any problem getting jobs,"
Caruso said.
Terming the band "a soft rock
group," Caruso said it keeps him
busy practicing, performing,
recording music and signing
autographs. Along with all this,
he finds time for his studies and
work in Marching Band and
Wind Ensemble.
"I haven't had too much of a
problem yet keeping my studies
up. It's all a matter of using time
to the fullest. If I have an extra
hour, I don't think, 'I have an
hour to relax'," Caruso said.
"The thing that keeps us
going is that we love what we
do. The fact that people enjoy
our music also keeps us going,
and makes the job all the more
exciting," Caruso said.
While - the band's
arrangements include music by
Stevie Wonder, Barry Manilow,
Fleetwood Mac, James Taylor
and The Cbmmodores, Caruso is
quick to point out the group has
their own style, and also performs and records original
tunes.
"We put our own sound into
everything we do," he said.
All brothers sing, and Joe
alternates between clarinet, alto
sax, flute and guitar.
In addition to performing at
weddings and school dances,
Caruso said the band has played
at nightclubs and small concert
halls in the Detroit area and has
recorded one song, "The FasjEest
,Song Ever Written."
"We play at halls, Holiday
Inns, and everywhere we go,
places are packed and halls are
sold out. I don't want to sound
like I'm bragging, because we
are all really amazed at how fast
this thing got going. We play to
please people. When the
audience is dancing and getting
into it* we're happy," Caruso
said.
Caruso, who is attending
Central with a music scholarship, said the group hopes to
play at CMU soon.
"We're trying to expand. This
is a tough field to get
established in, and the more
people that hear us the better
off we'll be.
"I can't deny our aspirations
to be the biggest, hottest group
going someday. But I also have
to keep a realistic view. That's
why I'm going to school. I don't
want to close my mind to any
field," Caruso said.
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Claims Nov. 16,1976, Kerr said.
"We found that the facts she
had alleged are not true," Kerr
said. He declined to explain the
investigation's evidence, but
said, "When we are in court, we
will present the truth."
Wilson sustained a back injury while participating in
Miele's "stunts and tumbling"
class.
She claims in the suit she was
required to vault a stack of
improperly folded mats with the
aid of a springboard and a
landing mat.
Wilson's claim states she
informed Miele she did not feel
capable of safely performing the
stunt due to her size and stature
because she said the stunt was
designed for males.
The suit then states Miele told
Wilson the stunt was required
for completion of the class. After
attempting to vault the mats,
Wilson caught her foot on the
mats, fell forward and landed on
her head and neck, the suit
claims.
Kerr disputes Wilson's claims,
saying, "She claims the stunt
she was performing could not be
performed by women.- This isn't
true. Many women have performed that exercise..,. a lot of
them in Professor Miele's class."
Wilson further claims in the
suit Miele was negligent in
requiring her to perform a stunt
which she was "physically incapable of performing safely."
Miele refused to comment on
the suit Saturday. Wilson was
unavailable for comment,
Following the injury, the suit
states Wilson was taken to the
UHS and examined by Bedo,
who told her she had a pulled
back muscle. The lawsuit contends Bedo failed to X-ray her
back and conduct a follow-up
examination to determine her
progression of recovery.
Bedo declined comment
Friday concerning the lawsuit.
According to the suit, Bedo
prescribed pain pills and heat
applications and told Wilson her
condition would improve, ;
However, after several weeks
without improvement, Wilson
consulted her family doctor who
X-rayed her back and diagnosed
a broken disc.
The lawsuit contends had the
injury been properly diagnosed
(See "Wilson suit—" page 8)
Inside.
—CMU third in state
university popularity-
page 3
—Fall Semester ACC 101
students may get tuition
break—page 7
—Cagers beat Western-
page 9
BCA merger concerns
surprised JRN profs
byPETEENGARDIO
LIFE Staff Writer
and
JIM FISHER
LIFE Copy Editor
Surprised Journalism Department .faculty
members are apprehensive about the prospect
of their department merging with the Area of
Broadcasting and Cinematic Arte (BCA), ah
informal CM LIFE survey revealed.
A poll of BCA faculty members found them
receptive to such a move, but journalism
faculty expressed concern over the possible
loss of quality in the Journalism Department.
Provost John Cantelon and Frank Stillings,
dean of the School of Fine and Applied Arts,
discussed the merger concept in interviews
Thursday. Several journalism instructors said
they were upset because the faculty of neither
program have been formally informed.
"The thing I object to most is the way we
heard about it," Lynne MaseUWalters,
assistant professor of journalism, said, "The
only things I learned about the merger are
what I've read in CM LIFE," ,
Thomas R. Rood, associate professor of
journalism, said, "Everyone on campus is
telling me it's going to happen and we haven't
been notified. I would be disturbed if the
rumors of a merger are true and we haven't
been consulted."
Journalism faculty also are concerned. the
department's needed resources would be used
to remedy BCA's class overloading and lack of
funds.'
'.*My main worry is that resources for BCA
would come from the present allocations to
journalism through the University's planning
process," said Suzanne Nichols, assistant
professor of journalism.
Among those resources are three faculty
positions which will be open in' the Journalism
Department next semester.
"We have t<>* fill those positions with people
who will -satisfy the needs of journalism,"
Masel-Walters said. "I don't want to have our
staff used to solve BCA problems."
All five BCA faculty members contacted said
they probably would not oppose such a merger.
BCA Area Coordinator Peteij. Orlik said he
would prefer to see BCA, one of five areas in
the Department of Speech and Dramatic Arts,
granted departmental status within the School
of Fine and Applied Arts. "But," he added,
"given the choice between a merger and no
(See "BCA iriformal poll--" page 8)
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