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Volume 60 No. 29
Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859
Friday, Nov. 3,1978
Faculty cite need
for major sign- up
-CMUFCPHOTOavDAVID C. fWlZ
President Jimmy Carter shares his views on the upcoming elections Thursday with a
, packed house at Flint's IMA Auditorium. Carter was in the state to offer his endorsement to	
Democrats Williams Fitzgerald and Carl Levin, who are running for Governor and U.S.
Senator respectively.
Griffin joins crowd
by SANDY FUGATE
LIFE Copy Editor
Although several CMU
faculty advisers favor requiring
students to sign their majors or
minors by a specific point in
their college careers, University
officials think the present
system will work if better
publicized.
About 35 students out of a
class of 700 will not graduate in
December because they waited
too long before having their
majors or minors authorized,
according to Daniel Vilenski,
assistant registrar.
Provost John Cantelon said
there has been a "lot of
discussion" about the problem
Carter rallies for Dems
but no decision has been made.
"Departments are being
notified, that I have become
aware, of the problem. Our hope
is that it will be corrected by a
publicity procedure," Cantelon
said,
He explained deans of CMU
schools have been asked to have
their faculty " members tell
students they should speed up
the process of signing their
majors and minors.
"I suppose if we don't see
some improvements during this
academic year then we would
consider making requirements,"
he said.
Cantelon said the results of
the publicity campaign will be
looked at closely. "Then we'll
see what recommendations
advisers have to make through
their deans."
However,    a    majority    of
faculty advisers questioned said
they presently are in favor of
setting a deadline for students
to have majors and minors
authorized.
Jeffrey Barbour, assistant
professor of economics, said he
would favor such a requirement
because approximately 25
percent of all economics majors
and minors "wait too long"
before seeing an adviser.
"You see this particularly
among economics minors
students who take all of their
credits and then come in to sign
a minor. They may have gotten
into some courses that are not
really suited for them," he said.
Consequently, he added, a
student has to stay an additional
semester to fulfill his or her
requirements or pressure an
adviser to sign a form
(See "Majors—" page 2)
by JAMES KIRLEY
LIFE Copy Editor
FLINT—President Jimmy Carter revisited the site of his final
1976 campaign rally Thursday to give strong endorsements to
Michigan Deomcrats running for governor and U.S. Senate.
Speaking to a capacity audience at a Democratic party rally in
Flint's IMA Auditorium, Carter prefaced his endorsements of
gubernatorial hopeful William Fitzgerald and U.S. Senate contender Carl Levin by recalling the 1960 election, which he noted
"was the last year Michigan elected a Democrat to be governor."
Referring to the "get out to vote" theme of the rally, the chief
executive noted that in 1960, two-thirds of the national electorate
went to the polls, saying that it is predicted this year the same
percentage of U.S. votersjyill not cast ballots, Carter asked those
attending to help him "make our great^country'even greater by
electing Democratic leaders next Tuesday."
Arriving in Air Force One at Flint's Bishop Airport at 4:25 p.m.,
the President was greeted not only l>y numerous Democratic
dignitaries, but also by Republican US; Senator and Levin's opponent Robert Griffin. ' «•   • '      .
Griffin, the only Republican candidate present, said as U.S.
Senator he was extending "a courtesy that ought to be extended to
the President of the United States."
In response to one reporter's asking if he would have appeared to
greet the President if he was not trailing in the current polls, Griffin
replied, "Yes," avoiding further comment.
At the rally, Carter endorsed Griffin's opponent saying, "I'm
going to breathe a sigh of relief when Carl Levin comes to
Washington as a U.S. senator," apparently alluding to a remark
Griffin made suggesting Carter favored the Republican.
Carter said as a former city councilman for Detroit, Levin has
"already demonstrated the effort to fight inflation."
Addressing his administration's own economic achievements, the
president said the nation has gained 6.5 million jobs.
Commenting on his administration's military stance, Carter said,
"We have the strongest military defense capability on earth,"
adding "number one is going to stay number one, I'm very proud of
the fact that since I've been President, we've not had a single
American in uniform shed blood in another country."
Underscoring his faith in state Sen. Fitzgerald, Carter said he
picked him recently to travel to the funeral of Pope John Paul I,
along with his mother, Lillian. "I choose Bill Fitzgerald to go along
with my mother," Carter said, joking that "he (Fitzgerald) told me
he only made one mistake on that trip; he played poker with my
mother. He shouldn't have done it," noting that Fitzgerald's campaign funds may have suffered as a result.
Justice official
plans CMU visit
The solicitor general of the
United States, Wade H.
McCree, Jr., will speak today
at 7:30 p.m. in the University
Center Auditorium.
The speech, sponsored by
the CMU Law Center, is
titled "Law and the
Profession."
As solicitor general,
McCree is second in command
of the U.S. Department of
Justice. He was the Federal
government's chief
spokesperson in the recent
Alan Bakke reverse
discrimination   case.
Wade H. McCree
Inside
Minority enrollment slumping
Included with today's
CM LIFE are two tabloid
sections—a voter's guide
to Tuesday's general
election and a football
fan's guide Saturday's
home game * when the
CMU Chips face the
University of Toledo
Rockets at 1:30 p.m.
—WHIP report evokes
lighting check, page 3
—One of 20 women
dependent on alcohol,
counselor says, page 5
—Preview of election
ballot featured, page 8
—Chips take on the
Rockets, page 10
byKATHRYNDYBALL
LIFE Staff Writer
Enrollments for all ethnic minorities again are down from 1977,
keeping with a trend of decreasing minority enrollments over the
last three years.
According to Registrar's Office figures, 499 minority students
enrolled at CMU in the fall of 1977, while this fall, there are 480
minorities.
Enrollments increased iihthe early part of the 1970s but peaked in
1974 and have since declined steadily, said Juan Zamudio, administrative aide to the Minority Student Development Office.
Exact figures for minority student enrollments for those years
were not available from the Registrar's Office.
President Harold Abel acknowledged the problem in an address
Tuesday to Academic Senate.
Abel announced plans to step up efforts to recruit in metopolitan
areas such as Detroit. He said he has "visited at length" with the
superintendents of schools in Detroit in an effort to recruit minority
students from Detroit high schools.
Abel also announced plans for similar recruitment activities in
Flint and Saginaw, areas which also have a high number of
minorities.
According to Abel, the problem lies not in recruitment but in
retention of minority students.
"Minority students come in with academic weakness and are not
retained," he said Thursday.
"I have asked Dean 'of Students James Hill to prepare a
proposal to help academically 'disadvantaged students' and it
should benefit minorities," he added.
There is no one reason why minority enrollments are down
Zamudio said.
Zamudio pointed to several factors which might contribute to the
problem.
"Location and geography may' be two of the causes of lower
enrollments," he said.
"Other universities and colleges such as Michigan State and
Eastern, which have larger minority populations and more extensive programs may be more attractive to ethnic minorities,"
Zamudio said.
Awareness is 'best' rape defense
(Editor's note: In this, the last
of a three-part series on rape
written by LIFE Staff Writer
Lorie Moy, Cindi Woiderski,
counselor for the Women's
Health and Information Project,
asserts that awareness is the
best defense against rape.
In Monday's part one of the
series, it was reported that
Woiderski stated no rapes have
been reported to WHIP this
semester. At the time of LIFE's
interview with her, that
statement was correct Two
rapes, however, were reported
to WHIP in the time elapsed
from that interview to the
story's appearance in print)
Awareness that rapes do
occur at CMU may be the best
defense against them, according
to WHIP rape counselor Cindi
Woiderski.
In WHIP presentations, the
following guidelines to
preventing rape are cited:
-Awareness. Be aware of
dark places and who is around
you.
Woiderski said this includes
planning in advance what you
will do if a rape is attempted.
- Assertiveness. Be assertive
enough on a date to say 'no'
when you mean it. Don't play
games.    ,.f V.   ,
- Avoid patterns. Walk home
by different routes. Rapists
watch for patterns, so don't set
them.
-General, common sense.
This includes locking doors and
windows, wearing comfortable
shoes and clothing that allows
you to fun, keeping your hands
free and establishing a "lifeline,"
Woiderski said.
A "lifeline" is letting a
roommate or friend know where
you are going, who you are going
with and what time'you should
be expected back.
A woman who is approached
in a potential rape situation has
the choice of talking or fighting,
Woiderski said.
WHIP policy supports a
woman talking to the ' rapist.
Woiderski suggested women
either "try to dehumanize
"yourself' by saying something
'gross or else try to flatter the
rapist."
, "He (the rapist) doesn't feel
good about himself. If you can
make him feel good by building
his ego, then he won't have a
need to put you. down or
dehumanize you,** Woiderski
said.
The rapist usually has the
element of surprise and
therefore is in control,
Woiderski said. Although the
usual reaction of women when
approached is shock, Woiderski
advises trying to remain calm,
thereby reducing the rapist's
advantage,
Fighting only is advocated as
a Jast resort by WHIP.
Woiderski pointed out women
would need to have practiced
self-defense in order for fighting
to be effective. There are cases
of women police officers trained
in self-defense who cannot
prevent their own rape,
Woiderski said.
She added many women feel
guilty if they do not attempt to
fight.
"Remember, submitting is
different from consenting. You
(women) don't have to be half
dead when you go to court, at
least . not in Michigan,"
Woiderski said.
If a rape or attempted rape
does occur, the most important
thing the victim should do is find
someone to be with, Woiderski
said. This is the first of four
WHIP guidelines for victims.
The others include:
- Don't clean up. Cleaning up
destroys evidence, said
Woiderski.
- Get medical attention. You
may have internal damage.
- Call the police to report the
incident.
Women also can go to WHIP
to report a rape.
"We understand that you are
going through something'
traumatic. We are basically here
to talk to the person," Woiderski
said.
WHIP does not keep files on
reported rapes except to record
the rapist's "MO," Woiderski
said.
(See Rape-" page 16)
RAPE:
awareness
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