1978-10-02; Central Michigan Life

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Volume 60 No. 15
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Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859
Monday Oct. 2,1978
Foust North renovations planned
by JAMES KIRLEY
LIFE Copy Editor
A need for expanded computer facilities and available space in
Foust Hall will result in renovation of that building and a shifting at
least five departments.
President Harold Abel said Sunday that although he has no final
figure for the space utilization project, $550,000 to $700,000 now is
available to begin campus-wide renovations. The planned projects
include adding floor space in the second story of Foust, preliminary
construction of the proposed Learning Services Assessment Center
in the Robinson Hall basement and possible additions to North Hall.
"We have not costed it (the campus-wide space utilization
project), so we don't know the final cost," Abel said, adding the
$550,000 to $700,000 is "money in the bank now."
The source of the presently-available funds is a $150,000
allocation earmarked for the LSAC, a computerized testing center;
and $400,000 gained through the Institute for Personal and Career
Development, he said in an earlier interview.
Under the present considerations, Computer Services will expand its present location in the eastern half of Foust Hall to encompass the entire ground floor. t
This expansion will displace the Counseling Center, which will
share the first floor of the building with the Placement Office.
University Health Services will retain the,x-ray, emergency and
laboratory facilities -on the first floor, but will move its clinic to the
second floor, where its in-patient services now exist. The number of
UHS beds will be reduced from 44 to 22 under the plan.
Abel said the space vacated in Warriner Hall by Computer
Services moving is tentatively reserved for the Graduate Office.
The move was generated by two things, Abel said; a need for
additional computer space, and state and campus pressure to utilize
available space more effectively.
"A committee (the Data Processing Committee) has been working
for more than a year for academic and administrative computing,"
Abel said. "We know the five-year (lease) contract on the (present)
computer is closing. The space we now have is not adequate."
He said other computer locations which were considered were the
basement of Robinson Hall and South Hall. But the committee
recommended the most effective site for the proposed new computer configuration would be the space currently used by coun-
(See "Foust shift-" page 2)
Foust layoffs
called unlikely
by JAMES KIRLEY
LIFE Copy Editor
Although the renovation of Foust Hall will affect several
departments and reduce the physical size of University Health
Services, members of the affected areas say they anticipate no
employee layoffs as a result.
"The same amount of girls are going to be taking care of the same
amount of patients," University Health Services head nurse A.
Marilyn Demlow said.
Demlow based her assessment on past patient censuses, which
she noted never have amounted to the 44 beds which exist under the
present arrangement. "Our  highest census  has  been 31  beds
' utilized," she said, noting 31 is far above the average. "Tlje beds we
will give up weren't being used."
Under the new arrangement there will be 22 beds for in-patient
care.
(See "Employment—" page 2)
CMU delays
test center
Hang tight!
-CM LIFE PHOTO BY DAVID C.FmT2
A group of southeast quad residents attempt to
rescue a wayward softball that found its way to the
bottom of an exposed storm drain Sunday. The ball was
lost during a game of catch involving a group of Saxe Hail
residents. The participants called on a friend and his fish
net to retrieve the ball and avoid paying the hall desk for
the nearly lost ball.
Senator brings campaign to city
Robinson Hall will be the
location of CMU's planned
•computer testing center,
scheduled to be in operation
next fall, President Harold Abel
announced Friday.
Abel said installation of the
innovative testing facility in the
residence hall's basejnent will
involve a significant renovation
of Robinson in the summer.
CMU selected the site
because the Learning Services
Assessment Center could be
moved in without disrupting
other campus departments, may
be easily adapted to the center's
needs and is accessible to
students, he said.
"Not only is Robinson the best
place, it is the only place we
could put the center," Abel said.
"There were other possible
sites, but they would have in-
Griffin defends attendance record
by TIM CUPRISIN
and
PETER LUKE
LIFE Staff Writers
U.S. Sen. Robert P. Griffin
continued his campaign for a
third term Friday in Mount
Pleasant and defended his
Senate voting record currently
under attack by Democratic
challenger Carl Levin.
Griffin, appearing at a
reception sponsored by the
Isabella County Republican
Party, maintained he has participated in 86 percent of the
floor votes during his previous
two terms in office.
Levin has charged Griffin
with being a "part-time senator"
with many absences in the last
year.
Griffin said, "When a candidate has no record of his own
and doesn't want to talk about
the real issues of the campaign,
then quite often he shoots at the
person who's in office. Actually,
my voting record over the years
is a good record: I have 86
percent overall."
About Levin's charges concerning his voting record last
year, Griffin said he was absent
because of his attendance at
state PBB hearings.
"When I was back here
participating in the hearings on
the PBB issue as a member of
the Commerce Committee was
one of the times when I missed a
lot of the votes in the Senate last
year," he explained.
Griffin added when his voting
record is ayeraged out, his
attendance is better than those
of Sen. Donald Riegle, (D-Mich.),
Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.)
and other prominent Democratic
senators.
"We think it (Griffin's voting
record) is a phoney issue. I think
the people would like the candidates to talk about spending,
inflation and taxes. That's what
they're concerned about," he
said..
Griffin said the Isabella
County area is a vital one to his
re-election because of Levin's
strength in the Detroit
metropolitan area. * - '
"This is an important area for
us. We need to get as strong a
vote in out-state Michigan as
possible to offset what we have
-to expect will be a deficit in the
Wayne County area," he said.
"Most any candidate running
on the Democratic ticket will do
well in Wayne County. The real
question is how big of a margin
they will win," he added:
He said the Nov. 7 general
election could prove to be a
crucial one for his party in
shoring      up      Republican
Robert P. Griffin
representation in Congress.
"We're going to gain some
seats both in the House and the
Senate. It's going to make us a
more viable and effective force
in the legislative process. We'll
have more of an impact 'in
shaping the final form that
legislation takes," Griffin said.
Commenting on a possible
Republican presidential
nominee in 1980, Griffin listed a
number of potential candidates,
but indicated former President'
Gerald R. Ford as his favorite.
"Ford would be my favorite
and I would hope that he would
run. I notice that all the polls
show he is the most popular
Republican on the scene at the
present time. I think, he would
really do well," he said.
Turning to other national
issues, Griffin commented
favorably on President Jimmy
Carter's role in the Camp David
summit last month between
Israel and Egypt.
"Carter deserves very high
marks for his courage and
leadership. It's been a very
important step. Now that the
Israeli Knesset (parliament) has
gone along, there is reason to
believe we'll have a peace
agreement between Israel and
Egypt.
"It's a very historic and major
achievement, one that is'to his
credit and it's certainly going to
help him politically," Griffin
said.
"I think his on-the-job training
is starting to pay off," he added.
volved   moving   other   departments out.
One* of the major renovations
to the basement will be to make
the center accessible to handicapped persons, he said. This
wilj involve building a new
(entrance with a large ramp.
Abel said no price has been
established for the remodeling,
but the money will be used from
$150,000 budgeted this year for
the facility.
The assessment center, which
will be able to serve approximately 350 students at a
time, originally was scheduled to
operate this year, but the lack of
a location and delays in purchasing computer hardware held
up the project, Diane Dolley,
director of evaluation and
testing, said.
When in operation, the test
center will process nearly all
standard tests at CMU, including competency tests,
College-Level Examination
Program exams and those of any
academic unit in the University
which -wishes to use the facility
and services.
By taking tests at the center,
students can be provided with
their graded and analyzed
results in seconds after completing the examination and may
take tests at their own convenience.
Inside:
A season of reevaluation
and renewal began Sunday
at sundown for the World's
Jewish population. See
story, page 6.
— Vo ter     regis tra tion
heavy, page 3
—Vandals strike Calkins
Hall lot page 7
—Central succumbs  to
Cardinals, page 8
Vote this week in Queen elections
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