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Governor recommends
*27 million for Central
Although the ground is cold, wet and covered with snow, CMU
track team members continue their long distance running. From
left are Dave Kufahl, Fremont freshman; Rich Popp, Florida
freshman; Tim Sutton, Bay City senior, and Steve Banovic,
Jackson junior. The Chips will host a quadrangular meet Feb. .*,
at6 p.m. in Finch Fieldhouse (LIFE photo by Susan Sussex).
byPAULRAU
LIFE Managing Editor
A $27 million budget for CMU
during the 1978-79 school year
was recommended by Gov.
William G. Miiiiken Monday,
exceeding even the expectations
of President Harold Abel.
The recommendation would
increase CMU's state appropriation by 13 percent,
adding more than $3 million to
the University budget. Abel said
last week he was expecting the
figure to be near 10 percent.
The suggested amount for
CMU was included in the
governor's annual budget
message, delivered earlier this
year than at any other time in
this decade.
No other college or university
in Michigan is slated to receive a
larger percentage increase in
appropriation, although five
other schools also will receive 13
percent budget boosts if
Milliken's recommendations are
followed by the legislature.
"The 13 percent figure pleases
me very much," Abel said
Monday. "It's good to have the
governor's office place us in the
upper echelon rather than in the
lower. This is a good initial
recommendation, but our major
concern is how well the figure
will hold in the legislature,
"I feel we have been treated
very well, and that this is
recognition of the points the
University has been trying to
make with the legislature," Abel
added.
Since coming to CMU three
years ago, Abel has complained
CMU   has   been   underfunded
consistently by the legislature
when compared to less popular
sister institutions. Central
received a 10.5 percent funding
increase last year while setting
enrollment records for the
second straight year, but nine of
13 other state colleges received
larger percentage hikes in 1977.
Other schools recommended
to receive 13 percent larger
appropriations are Ferris State
College, Grand Valley State
College,  Lake  Superior  State
College, Oakland University and
the University of Michigan's
Dearborn campus.
Miiiiken recommended a total
budget of $564,563,000 for
higher education in 1978 and
1979, an increase of approximately 10.3 percent over
the previous budget of $547.7
million. •
The next step in finalizing the
governor's recommended appropriations is budget hearings
(See "Central budget-" page 9)
Early action expected
on university budgets
Abel: realigning CMU
'no hazard'to faculty
byTONYDfiARlNG
LIFE News Editor
Calling the Administration's
academic reorganization plans
"nothing too dramatic,"
President Harold Abel has
announced the plans will be
made public Thursday to halt
wild speculation as too what
they contain.
Abel said Monday plans were
to have been revealed Feb. 7,
but the Administration decided
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to instead make the unveiling
this week after perceiving "a
great many rumors and concerns" among faculty that
restructuring would jeopardize
their employment or ability to
teach effectively.
"I've heard concerns these
plans represent some administrative fiat, and nothing
could be further from what we
have in mind," he said.
"The faster we get information out, the quicker these
concerns will be alleviated,"
Abel said of the plans which
would realign CMU's academic
structure.
Abel said the plans will be
presented at a press conference
Thursday in the form of
guidelines which faculty may
either amend, water down or
reject completely after
deliberation.
These reorganization plans
are intended only to help the
institution operate "a little
better," Abel said, and should
prove anticlimactic after some of
the rumors he said he had heard
circulating.
"Essentially, the plans will
call for the same number of
schools and departments with
some suggestions for shifts and
combinations," he said.
"We can't afford to add any
faculty or administrators, but
present faculty and administrators will be unaffected
in terms of professional numbers," Abel said. "There will be
no hazard to faculty positions,
and the guidelines certainly
don't call for deletion of any
deans."
Abel also said should the
proposed restructuring plans be
offensive to faculty, there will
be plenty of opportunity for
faculty to revise them or "shoot
them down."
"Nothing will be handed down
in terms of a plan foistered upon
the faculty," he said. "What we
will be presenting Thursday will
' be the thinking that goes behind
the need to reorganize, the
rationale for' it and the
guidelines we feel have to be
,adopted.
"We went ahead and built five
(See "Abel-" page 9)
Large and early are two words which best
describe Gov. William G. Milliken's suggested
budget appropriation for CMU in 1978-79.
Monday, Miiiiken recommended Central should
receive $27 million from the state, an increase of
13 percent over the previous CMU budget.
Budget Director Gerald H. Miller said Miiiiken
unveiled his state budget, including higher
education recommendations earlier this year than
in any other of the decade.
And if CMU administrators are correct, the
legislature should decide exactly how much CMU
will receive at a correspondingly early date.
Milliken's recommendation starts the process
of setting appropriations for Michigan universities. In the next step, each school has a budget
hearing with the joint House-Senate Appropriations Committee. If the members of the
HdUSe and Senate cannot agree, a conference
committee representing both units will fix the
final sums.
"I think the budget hearings will be early this
year because it's an election year," Arthur Ellis,
vice president for Public Affairs, said. "I expect
the hearings to be held in early February because
the legislature will want to get its work done so
it's not hanging over their heads while they are
home campaigning."
Ellis noted 1978 is an election year for both the
House and the Senate. "They both should have
the same motivation to finish early," he added.
Ellis is no stranger to the Lansing political
scene, having served as the head of what was
termed the Legislative Fiscal Agency from 1962
to 1968.
The House-Senate Appropriation Committee
will inform CMU of its hearing date and also
specify what information University representatives should bring for discussion.
Central normally sends a delegation of about
six persons; President Harold Abel, the four vice
presidents and other specialists as needed.
Milliken's
School
CMU
Ferris State College
Grand Valley
State College
Lake Superior
State College
Oakland University
Western Michigan
University
University of
Michigan
(all campuses)
Saginaw Valley
State College
Michigan State
University
Eastern Michigan
University
Michigan Technological
University
Wayne State
University
Northern Michigan
University
5CC
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at ions:
percent
recomm
increase, appropriation
ended for 1978-79
1977-78 budget
13%
13%
13%
$27,069,489
$19,914,103
$12,142,867
$23,955,300
$17,623,100
$10,745,900
13%
$5,169,072
$4,574,400
13%
$17,692,071
$15,656,700
12.6%
$43,040,374
$38,216,000
9.6%
$149,371,475
$136,263,700
8.5%
$5,752,173
$5,299,500
8%
$128,973,013
$119,382,20/)
7.9%
$30,469,011
$28,229,701
7.3% •
$18,190,498
$16,959,000
7.3%
$87,858,048
$81,870,800
6%
$17,874,674
$16,862,900
Students
express
love, sex
attitudes
v.
' (Editor's note: This is the first article in a
three-part series on the love and sex
Attitude's    of    CMU    students.    A
questionnaire   was   completed   during
selected class periods by 565 students; ,
the results were compiled with the aid of
the University computer and studies by
professionals   in   the   field    This   introductory article focuses on common
sexual beliefs; part two explains answers
given   by   females;   and   part    three
examines sexual outlooks of CMU males.)
byPEGGEYATOOMA
LIFE Staff Writer
SEX-now that I've, got your 'attention ... v
This, workout phrase has been used on
posters over the past few years to capture your attention, stimulate humor and
simply to get people to read.
But rather than inform you of a
meeting you would not want to miss or of
a circus coming to town, the purpose of
this three-part series is,to inform yoii
about sexual attitudes that are prevalent
today/
This article and two to follow contain
the love and sex attitudes of 212 male and
353 female CMU students,
Questions ranging from "Do you hope
to find a lifelong mate before leaving
college?" to "What methods of con-
traceptives do you use?" were asked in a
computerized survey.
.   No  one   refused  to  answer,   many
giggled and some had a few questions of
their own.
One student tried to put his name on
the computer answer sheet. He explained
he wanted to be available should further
details be necessary.
The majority of the survey questions
and results will appear in the next articles ... but first a look at where the
experts say American students stand
sexually.
One observation appears evident to
all - views are changing.
, In the 1950s, a common attitude was if
one was "fooling around," that person
was looked down upon by family, community, church and even close friends.
Today, television, magazines and books
would have us believe if one is not
"fooling around," there is something
wrong either upstairs or down.
Even Ann Landers, advice columnist,
explained in.the November 1977 Reader's
Digest why she has changed her mind on
sexual freedom.
"In 1955,1 held the firm conviction that
every girl must hang on to her virginity
until marriage or death-which ever
came first. I still believe that the young
woman who can approach the marriage
bed with hymen intact is to be admired,
but today I would not call her a tramp if
she failed to do so," says the sometimes
outspoken advice-giver,
(See "Sex, love attitudes-" page 7)
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