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Volume 59 No. 52
Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859
Monday, Feb.j6,1978
Board protects unclassified administrators
Trustees deny salary information
PAULRAU
LIFE Managing Editor
A request for the CMU Administration to reveal the salaries of its
14 unclassified administrators, the highest paid University employees, was refused unanimously by the Board of Trustees
Saturday.     ' •    '
The request was made by CM LIFE reporter James Kirley during
the board's monthly meeting which was moved to Saturday to avoid
Scheduling conflicts.
"The.issue here is the public's right to know versus the invasion
of privacy," President Harold Abel said, "It is our feeling the
public's right to know is served by providing information about
salary ranges without full disclosure of salary informtion," Abel
said before the vote on Kirley's request.
Unclassified administrators include the president, provost,
CMU's four vice presidents and the seven deans; '
Although Abel released the amount of his salary to the Lansing
State Journal for a story which appeared Jan. 8, the CMU Administration has refused to release salary information other than
salary ranges and related statistics.
Abel is receiving $54,000 this year, an increase of $6,500 from
what he was paid in 1976-77,
When asked by trustee Alfred J. Fortino why he wanted the
information, Kirley said he was working on an article involving
salariesN of CMU employees and wanted the wage levels of the
unclassified administrators "because they are the leaders at this
University and their salaries have greater news value."
Kirley said in- pusuing the assignment he was told by a
spokesperson of the state attorney general's office salaries of administrators at state colleges are considered accessible under the
Freedom of Information Act, which became effective April 13,1977.
The'Freedom of Information Act provides for public access to
certain records of public bodies. As a body created by state
authority and funded primarily by the state, the CMU Board of
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Trustees falls under the guidelines of the Freedom of Information
Act.
In response to trustee questions, Kirley also cited a ruling
favorable to the disclosure of similar salary information stemming
from a 1976 lawsuit at Michigan Technological University.
Judge Stephen Condon ruled Jan. 20 the salary records of the
Upper Peninsula institution were public and plaintiffs, Kenneth
Penokie and the Michigna Higher Education Student Association,
had a right to the information.
Under the ruling, Michigan Tech must provide the name and
salary of every employee at the school from 1970 to the present.
MTU has indicated it will appeal the judge's decision:
. The case is one of the first in the state to interpet Michigan's
Freedom of Information Act as it involves state universities.
Penokie was president of the MTU student association when the
suit was filed.
(See "Freedom-" page 8)
Senate to revive
FTE resolution?
Jazz connoisseurs were treated to a two-and-one half hour show by Chuck Mangione and his quartet
Friday night in Rose Arena. Mangione performed some early compositions plus a number of pieces from
his current album. The crowd of 3,000 responded to the concert with several standing ovations (LIFE
photo by Peter Luke).
byPETEENGARDIO
LIFE Staff Writer
A motion calling for an increased number of faculty
positions at CMU should be
reconsidered. by Academic
Senate after being defeated at
last week's meeting, the Senate
chairperson has said.
The resolution, defeated at
Senate's Jan. 31 meeting by a 22-
15 margin, would instruct
Senate's planning representatives to seek the creation of
new FTE (Full-timeEquivalent),
thereby increasing CMU faculty
positions at upcoming
University planning discussions.
FTE are awarded to CMU's
.academic departments, which
then hire personnel at a rate of
one full-time faculty member per
FTE.
It also called on Provost John
E. Cantelon to provide a "clear
rationale" for planned faculty
reductions and reallocations
during the next five years.
At a Thursday meeting of the
School of Arts and Sciences
faculty,    Senate    Chairperson
She considers vicious bites
just an occupational hazard
by DONNA ENGELGAU
LIFE Copy Editor
It takes more than 20 animal
bites to discourage Mary Pope
from devoting her s working
years to helping man's furry
little friends.
Pope, Mount Pleasant
freshman, has been employed at
the Mount Pleasant Animal
Hospital, 1929 S. Isabella Road,
for four years and has spent
most of her life raising and
nursing "anything that- swims,
creeps and crawls."
Even though she loves her job
as a veterinary assistant, she
said it has its drawbacks.
Working with angry and
frightened animals all day long
makes Pope susceptible to injuries.
One particular incident, which
Pope noted "ironically enough"
happened on Friday the 13th,
was typical of the many injuries
she has received and come to
accept.
"We had been treating a
Walker hound dog when he
grabbed my hand and kept
biting right up to my arm," she
recalled. "It seemed like my.
hand was in his mouth for five
minutes."
On another occasion a cocker
spaniel bit Pope in the face. "I
don't know how it happened, he
just grabbed me." Laughing at
what she termed a possible case
of "bad luck," Pope said, "No one
else seems to5get injured out-
there (the hospital) like me."        '
Invariably, such experiences
have gone beyond the hospital
walls. Sitting in_her bedroom
surrounded by walls covered
with animal posters, Pope
recounted a time she had been
riding a donkey. She said she fell
off the animal, receiving her
Dean, officials view
meeting differently
Opinions differ between Adelyn Dougherty,
dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, and
CMU's two top administrators over what happened in a meeting among the three Wednesday,
As printed in CM LIFE Friday, Dougherty,
President Harold Abel rind Provost John E.
f Cantelon met Wednesday to discuss Dougherty's
resignation.
Abel said Thursday he and Cantelon asked
Dougherty if there were "any conditions or
circumstances that could persuade her to change
her mind" about leaving CMU.
Friday, Dougherty said she never was asked
about any conditions which could dissuade her
j: froni leaving. Instead, she said, she was asked if
her decision was final, and also what could be
done about a petition asking the Administration
t to return her letter of resignation, which had
been signed by 13 of the 16 Arts and Sciences
department chairpersons.
Jan. 20 Dougherty announced her decision to
resign the post she has had since coming to CMU
three years ago. (See related story page 3.)
Both Cantelon and Abel say what was reported
in LIFE was what happened at the meeting of the
three.
"As in most cases, there is probably truth in all
sides. There is a question of the perception one
brings to a meeting,'1 Cantelon said Friday from
California  Where  he  was  working  with' the
Western Association of Colleges.
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He said the three talked about differences in
administrative style, an issue Dougherty has
mentioned several times since announcing her
resignation.
Abel said he Would have ho further public
comment about Dougherty's resignation. J
worst injury when it stepped on
her face. >
But Pope, who has been raised
around animals, can think and
talk only fondly ol them. "I was
put on a horse even before I
could walk. I've always loved
animals; nothing bothers me."
Owner of one cockapoo, two
airdales, an "oversize" toad, an
aquarium of goldfish and
"dozens" of cats (her favorite
animal), Pope has tried her hand
at raising wild animals as well,
including a baby crow and baby
squirrels. Of all the wild animals
she has nursed, Pope said at
least half have survived,
, Pope contends her most
gratifying experience, wasi
nurturing a baby squirrel back
to health. Every two hours for
two weeks she maintained a
vigil, checking the status of her
injured patient.
"The most difficult part was
giving the animal up after
spending all that time getting it
well," Pope said.
As for the future, Pope plans
to continue working with*
animals. "I can't see myself in a
traditional type of job, I would
rather spend my time working
with animals, seeing what I can
do for them," she said.
LIFE adds
Kendall Folkert said he was
"flabbergasted" Senate did not
pass the original motion and
indicated the measure should be
brought up again.
"It is ridiculous that the
University is attempting to beef
up the business school without
creating additional FTE,"
Folkert said.
"From my position as
chairperson, I would be
delighted to facilitate a motion
to reconsider the matter," he"
told the school's faculty.
According to parliamentary
procedure, a member who votes
against a resolution would have
to make the motion to reconsider the action in the same
meeting, he said. The measure
then must be approved by two-
thirds of Senate.
Folkert said Friday he had not
been notified of any intentions
by senators who opposed the
first motion to reintroduce it
Tuesday. But, he added, he
would not be surprised if the
issue is raised again.
The author of the resolution,
Henry L. Fulton, associate
professor of English, who is not
a Senate member, said Saturday
he also has heard no senators
express an interest in attempting to resurrect the
motion. He said he would not be
involved in redrafting the
proposal.
Roy Burlington, biology
professor, who introduced the
motion on the Senate floor for
Fulton, also said he has no
knowledge of a reconsideration
attempt.
"I think we have too many
other major issues to work on at
this time. J doubt very much the
issue will be raised again."
The motion stated additional
faculty will be required for the
scheduled    general    education
(See "Senate-" page 8)
—Caller    threatens    to    bomb    Finch
Fieldhouse—page 3
—Tate residents pay tribute to Luci Met-
caff—page 7
—City Commissioners to see 1978 budget
today—page 8
—Cagers dump Eastern—page 9
Today's issue of CM LIFE
features Ampersand,    a
nationally syndicated   music
magazine.
Mary Pope, Mount Pleasant freshman, demonstrates her way
with animals as she cares for this rather dumbfounded cat at the
Mount Pleasant Animal Hospital. Among her duties at the
hospital are feeding patients, acting as an X-ray technician and
assisting the doctor during surgical procedures. (LIFE photo by
David Fritz).
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