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Volume 59 No. 49
Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859
Monday. Jan. 30,1978
Administration unveils
restructuring proposal
While it may seem like a cure for "cabin fever," actually it is
just another way student have found to enjoy the abundance of
snow that has fallen since Wednesday. Above, Dorella Martin, St
Johns junior, jumps out of a third floor window and into a fluffy
pile of snow at the Briarwood Commons apartment complex
while Phil Surrat, Jackson senior; and Renae Wuxm, Grand
- -Rapids seniorlook o»(LIFEi»ftoto'by John Thompson).
by KATHY JENNINGS
LIFE Staff Writer
CMU's present seven
academic schools would be
converted into two colleges and
four schools under the proposed
University realignment Provost
John E. Cantelon made public
Friday.
The College of Letters and
Sciences, currently the School of
Arts and Sciences, and the
College of Graduate Studies and
Extended Learning would be
created along with the Schools
of Arts, Communication and
Technology; Health and Human
Services; and Business and
Education. The School of
Business Administration would
remain unchanged.
Each college and school would
have its own dean and contain
divisions and departments.
A special Presidential task
force immediately will begin to
study Cantelon's position paper
and then formulate a proposal of
its own, Cantelon said. The task
force will be made up of
representatives from the
various schools and several
presidential appointees.
The group will conduct
hearings with faculty members,
the Board of Trustees and
student and administrative
groups as part of its
deliberations.
Cantelon's position paper on
the reorganization originally
was to be made public at a press
conference Thursday which was
canceled because of bad
weather. . .       ».,...'   «   ,
The  proposal  calls  for  the
College of Letters and Sciences
to provide CMU's liberal arts
core. The college would contain
divisions of Natural Sciences
and Mathematics, Social
Sciences and Humanities and'
in|erdisciplinary studies.
Divisions are possible administrative units within the
college, Cantelon said. They
would provide a loose grouping
of departments which have a
natural affinity to each other, he
said.
,  Cantelon explained
regrouping would create a unit
in the center of the University
which could provide services to
the rest of the University and
reduce redundancy of courses.
The College of Letters could
provide a vehicle for general
education and the professional
schools could be arranged "along
side" it if the University were
reorganized, he explained.
The second college would
contain areas of Graduate
Studies, the Institute for
Personal and Career
Development, Continuing
Education and Community
Services, Summer Sessions and
Public Broadcasting.
Within the schools, possible
changes also are outlined.
Health-related studies would be
brought together in the School
of Health and Human Services,
successor to the current School
of    Health    Education    and
Recreation.
The school would include the
current areas of - health
education, physical education
and recreation, plus areas such
as sports medicine, social work,
family life, nutrition, communication disorders and other
health-related clinics.
All the arts, including drama
and dance, would be incorporated in the School of Arts,
Communication and Technology.
The departments of journalism
and broadcast arts could be
included in the Schools' division
of Communications and
Technological Sciences.
(See "Reorganization—" page 5)
Snow-struck campus
'returns to normalcy'
byPETEENGARDIO
LIFE Staff Writer
CMU returns to normalcy.
Dorm ( residents can take
second ' helpings of milk,
snowshoes. and cross country
skis no longer are a necessity to
travel on campus and classes
resume today.
The aftermath of the big
snowstorm is apparent virtually
everywhere on campus.
Although CMU still is digging
itself out of one of the largest
snowfalls in years,-traffic; food
services and student services
Stores restocking groceries
following bad-weather rush
by BERNADETTE JOZWIAK
and
KELLY KOLHAGEN
LIFE Ass't News Editors
Managers of city businesses
and services agree they expect a
return to "business as usual,""
today upon recovering from the
. aftermath    of    Wednesday's
blizzard.
All city restaurant managers
contacted said their
establishments curtailed hours
during the weekend or were
shut down after the snowstorm.
Most grocery stores remained
open, some with shorter hours,
and all experienced shortages of
staples, such as bread and milk.
As of Sunday, Ric's Food
Center, 705 S. Mission St., had
been out of bread since Friday.
Milk and meat were delivered
Saturday, said Chuck Spratling,
store manager.
He said he was told normal
deliveries would resume when
Spartan Foods distribution
trucks were on the road again,
adding he did not know when
that would occur.
A   spokesperson   for   Giant
Super Market Inc., 1721 S.
Mission St., said the store obtained bread from 'Saginaw arid
received milk Saturday after
supplies had been depleted as
early as Thursday. Giant
manager Tom McMuIIin said
normal deliveries should begin
today.
Dick Brandell, assistant
general manager at Gould
Rexall Drugs, 317 N. Mission St.,
said his store also ran out of milk
Friday.
Brandell said the delivery of a
usual supply of milk Saturday,
c
u
ourvsy shows women
cling to '50s dreams
(Editor's note: This is the second article in a
three-part series on the love and sex attitudes of
CMU students. A questionnaire was completed
during selected class periods by $65 students; and
results were compiled with tie aid of the
University computer and studies by
professionals in the field.
This article explains survey answers given by
the S5S females surveyed,  while part  three
examines sexual outlooks of CMU males. Part one
of the aeries focused on common sexual beliefs.)
byPEGGEYATOOMA
LIFE Staff Writer
Ladies first.
' Women not only outnumber men on campus
8,739 to 7,548, but more women than men answered all 23 questions on the sex attitude survey
administered late in November 1977.
It took researcher Alfred C. Kinsey years to
compile his sex report in the 1950s, but it took
CMU's computer less than seven minutes to show
many-hopes and dreams of women have not really
changed much siae© the 1950s.!
Almost twice as many women as men hope to
find a lifelong mate before leaving college, the
survey results show.
However, 63 percent of the Women surveyed
said they have not met that person yet. They are
"playing the field," at least 54 percent of them,
compared to the 46 percent who are going steady.
But living with their partner is another story.
Only nine of 536 unmarried students, the
majority of whom are seniors, are living with
their steady.
Suprisingly, only 40 percent of those women
would consider living with their boyfriends,
compared to 39 percent who would not. More,
surprisingly, 56 percent of the men said they
would consider living with their girlfriend.
So much for love relationships. Now the sex.
Question number nine hit as would a cold day in
August-"Do you believe in premarital intercourse?"
Student reactions to this survey question
ranged from giggles to wiggles of discomfort as
students glanced about them.
But 66 percent of the females surveyed do
believe in intercourse before marriage. Although
the majority indicated they do believe in it, only
37 percent presently are sexually active.
Half the total number of students who said
they; were sexually active claimed college and
personal freedom from home were not factors.
Perhaps less sexual guilt exists today than in
the 1950s. When asked if their parents were
aware of their sexual beliefs, 145 females said
they Were, 115 said they were not and 54 were
(See "Sex survey—" page 7)
which normally lasts two days,
was depleted in three hours.
Although he said normal
amounts of beer, wine and liquor
were sold during the weekend,
shoppers bought "a lot of
cigarettes."
"Evidently, they felt they
were necessary and seemed
anxious to get a hold of them,"
Brandell noted.
Roger Green, pharmicist at
Arnold's Discount Drug Center,
2131 S. Mission St., also said his
store did not sell an overwhelming amount of liquor.
Spokespersons for city
restaurants and fast-food chains
located in the city reported
minimal supply' shortages or,
none at all.
They also said Sunday
business was not extraordinary.
"People are going to grocery
stores instead of going out to
eat," said Shirley Curtiss,
manager at Arby's Roast Beef
Restaurant, 1224 S. Mission St.,
which was closed Thursday and
(See "Restocking—" page 5)
should be operating smoothly.
The snowstorm, which began
Wednesday night, did not stop
until 24 inches of snow had been
dumped on the area, preempting classes for the first
time since April 1975.
"We had people working
around the clock since midnight
Wednesday," Burney Long,
Physical Plant director, said.
"All sidewalks, parking lots and
roads will be cleared by 7:30 a.m.
(today)."
The storm posed a number of
problems' for* CMU* Food. Services. Canceled food deliveries
Thursday and Friday, along
with staff shortages, provided
obstacles in feeding the approximate 40 percent increase in
students who stayed in the
residence halls for the weekend.
A large inventory of food and
several special deliveries from
Grand Rapids prevented dorm
cafeterias from running out of
most supplies, James Reath,
director of food services, said.
Students should find few
noticeable changes in cafeteria
menus, Reath added.
Staff shortages were the most
pressing problems in cafeterias,
as long lines for meals were
common during the past four
days.
"We had only two persons
handling the cooking Thursday
when we usually use five cooks,"
Rose O'Brien, supervisor of the
Carey Food Commons, said. The
unit manager was picked up at
her home by a food services
truck, while O'Brien said she
came to the food commons via
snowmobile.
The Department of Public
Safety (DPS) reported there
were few traffic problems, even
during the blizzard, and roads
now are safe to drive on.
"Everything seems back to
normal," Jerry Snyder, DPS
acting sergeant, said. The fact
that most cars'were immobilized
in the parking lots accounted for
part of the lack of accidents, he
said.
The Intramural Department
(IM) came through to sponsor
several activities to keep
students occupied during the
Ionger-than-usual weekend.
Two dances conducted at Dan
Rose Arena and a snow sculpture contest had "excellent
responses" from students,
Michael Cooley, IM assistant
director, said.
Approximately 1,600 students
attended a disco dance at Rose
Saturday, while 800 attended a
Friday night dance, Cooley said.
Nine residence halls participated in the sculpture
contest.
"The crowds at the dances
were very well behaved,"
Cooley said. "There were virtually no problems with
alcohol."
The snow sculpture contest
was won by a group of Trout
Hall residents, with an entry
depicting a Wizard of Oz scene.   .
Many students braved the
elements to hit up the
bars - those which w,ere
open - upon hearing the news of
canceled classes Thursday
through Saturday.
Tom Thompson, manager of
Tom's Foolery, 112 W. Michigan
St., described the scene in his
bar as "bizarre." Tom's was the
only bar open in downtown
Mount Pleasant Thursday night.
"I would say there were at
least 200 customers, all of whom
were quite thirsty, in the bar,"
Thompson said. "At one time
there was about 30 pair of cross
country skis stacked along the
wall. The funny thing is, there
only were three cars in the
parking lot."
:i.
As the wind and snow subsided and most Michiganders were
content to settle in for a long Weekend, the work was just
beginning for the snow removal crews, responsible to make' city
streets passable again. See pages 8 and 9 for a glimpse of how the
University community handled itself during the blizzard.
Inside:
—ASenete eyeing
reorganization rules—p-
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— Blood drive registration to begin -page
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—Conditions cause
CMU athletic postponements—page W
—Weather, tougher than
MAC opponents—page
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