1977-02-28; Central Michigan Life

              Monday, February 28,1977
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Guidelines proposed
Committee offers UP details
Cleophus Melvin, minority affairs adviser, received an award
for his past service during the closing ceremonies of Black
History Month Sunday. Melvin urged Organization for Black
Unity members to carry on the momentum gathered during Black
History Month throughout the rest of the year (LIFE photo by
Jeff Ellsworth).
by CAROL DAMIOLI
CM LIFE Reporter
The first inkling of what
general education will mean to
CMU students was disclosed at a
special Academic Senate
meeting recently.   '
The University Program (UP)
Implementation Committee, one
of two committees assigned to
draw up UP guidelines,
presented its report to the
Senate at the first meeting.
Senators will discuss the report
further at their meeting
Tuesday.
Formed in September, 1976,
the committee was charged with
outlining definitions and criteria
for UP distribution categories.
The Senate chose four-
categories for UP courses
during Winter Semester, 1976.
They are humanities, natural
sciences, social sciences and UP
areas. UP areas include'subject
matter best studied "from a
variety of perspectives," according to the committee report.
Each of the four areas is
divided into two subgroups.
Students will be required to
complete at least three hours in
each subgroup. A total of 30
hours are required to complete
the UP requirements.
The committee has defined
humanities as "those areas of
knowledge and study which
examine and explore human
experience and achievement."
Subgroup A studies are concerned with "discerning
coherence, order,' meaning and
significance in human events
and ideas."
Black History Month
'most successful ever'
Subgroup B focuses on the
aesthetic dimension of human
creative activity.
The natural sciences group
"explores and examines natural
phenomena in order to establish
basic principles concerning the
material universe." Subgroup A
seeks "to understand natural
phenomena through observation, description and
classification," while Subgroup
B explores them "through experimentation, simplification
and quantification."
Group III of the UP is social
sciences. They are "those fields
of knowledge which explore and
examine the social dimension of
human life." Subgroup A is
concerned with "the functioning
of society as a reflection of individual human behavior." The
"structure and functioning of
the institutional framework of
human societies" is studied in
Subgroup B.
Group IV, UP Areas, is
divided into integrative and
issue studies and area studies.
For integrative and issue
studies, the committee
recommends the issues and
subjects chosen be recognizable
as "significant continuing issues
or phenomena." Area studies
will focus on geographical,
cultural or political units outside
Western cultural tradition.
One controversial limitation
on student course selection
imposed by the committee is
that no course may be used to
satisfy both UP requirements
and the requirements of a major
or minor.
(See "University Program-" page 5)
byTONYDEARING
CM LIFE Reporter
After making this year's
Black History Month celebration
Jthe most successful in CMU's
[history, the Organization for
Black Unity (OBU) must carry
Bits momentum through to the
lend of the semester, Cleophus
[Melvin, minority affairs adviser,
{said Sunday.
"We've started the ball rolling
land now we've just got to keejp^
[giving it a little push every n,ow
[and then," he told about 20
■people during the Black History
[Month closing ceremony at the
[Religious Center.
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■car probably has experienced
[some type of mechanical
[problem which made them want
jto take up walking again. CM
ILIFE today features a special
|,Car Care Guide which includes
■tips on car maintenance, in:
[formation on new cars and
[preparation for extended
[automobile travel.
Melvin said OBU can succeed
as a unifying force if it continues
to work as a group and urged the
organization to "have something
going" every month for the rest
of the semester.
"We did a lot of things
together and that's what is
important," he said. "We took
what we had and made a good
thing out of it.
"I believe this was the biggest
Black History Month we'ye e>ver
had "afOMU," MelvinaddeaV
OBU President Greg Williams
agreed the month had been
highly successful, but admitted
he was disappointed the
celebration had not extended
across the entire University
community.
Williams, Flint junior, had
stressed throughout Black
History Month OBU activities
were not just for the benefit of
black students.
Williams also echoed the hope
former OBU president Doug
Harper expressed at Black
History Month opening
ceremonies that one day there
would not need to be a month
where blacks could learn about
their history.
"Maybe some day, our
children or grandchildren will
read black history written by
black historians, as well as white
historians, in their school
books," Williams said.
Williams quickly ran down the
activities of Black History
Month, making special mention
of Detroit Lion star Charlie
Sanders' visit Feb. 16.
Sanders presented ah outstanding black athlete award to
Leonard Drake, Niles junior,
just .mgmjjnts., ftffce^h^Larjsity
guard led CMU to a basketball
win1 over Bowling Green with
two free throws in the closing
seconds of the game.
Drake shared the award with
Walt Hodges, Detroit senior.
OBU also presented awards'
and honored students during its
closing ceremony.
Melvin, a man Williams said
OBU "could not have done
without," was presented a
plaque recognizing his .outstanding contribution during
Black History Month.
Denise Thomas, Muskegon
Heights senior, won the OBU
essay contest and a $100
scholarship for her essay "Black
Women in America" on Ida B.
Wells. Trenia Turner, Jackson
(See"OBU-"page2)
Chris, 18, of Mt. Pleasant, is being helped during the first round of the wheelchair skiine competition
by his coach Gus Olsen, Mt Pleasant junior (LIFE, photo by Rollie Mikan).
Olympic spirit shines
\Games end 'is only a beginning'
by JEFF ELLSWORTH
CM LIFE Reporter
MANCELONA-The downh-
Ijll derby must have run a little
pte, because it seemed like
j8ome of us had to hurry to get to
|theclosing ceremonies on time.
I Maybe after three days of
jrunning through the first
•Michigan Regional Winter
j Special Olympics, we were just
j moving slower than usual.
Editing
error
corrected
; Due to an editing error it was
^correctly reported in Friday's
issue of CM LIFE ttiat a student
advisory vote on the University
Entrance procedure would
Ifpear on the ballot of the
March 7 and 8 student'body
election.
The story should have read: A
Vote to determine student
pinion on the present
University entrance procedure
^ opposed to an alternate
P°jcy, will not appear on the
ballot.
See more Special
pages 6, 7.	
Olympics photos, stories on
After watching the kids slide
down the hill on everything from
innertubes to aluminum canoes,
the change in mood almost was
ironic.
After the last people had
gathered outside the Shanty
Creek.Lodge, Bellaire, there was
a moment of quiet, as everyone
seemed to realize the screams
and smiles of the last three days
were over until next year.
For now-, it was time to make a
mental step away from the
actual Games; to look back and
evaluate.
Three days worth of fatigue
was evident on nearly every face
in the crowd. The volunteers
who had spent two nights on the
floor of the church or the
American Legion Hall were
running purely onjove of the
kids and thoughts of a real bed
and a shower that night.
In the hectic events of the
first Winter Games, it was very
easy to lose count of all the new
acquaintances. Scanning the
faces waiting for the ceremonies
to begin, I could recall some
small incident or event involving
myself and a large majority of
those in the crowd.
I must confess a certain
amount of irreverance during
the prayer opening the
ceremonies.
Like so many others who
continued to watch, it occurred
to me this great thing almost
was over, and to close my eyes
■may mean to miss some small
part which never could be
replaced.
Whatever I lack in reverance,
I also lack in patriotism. In
certain crowds, jumping around
photographing people pledging
their allegiance would almost
surely result in some form of
bodily harm.
. The way some of the Tcids
looked at the flag, though, even
the most fervent patriot
probably would have thought it
the most natural thing in the
world.
After the traditional thank
you's and goodbyes, it was time
to extinguish the flame and close
the Games.
When the light went out,, the
look on the exhausted faces
seemed to be "well, it's finally
over."
Then Director of Michigan
Special Olympics Allen Gates
stepped up and led the singing of
"He's Got The Whole World In
His Hands.",
By the time the song was
finished, nothing was over at all.
It was only a beginning.
— Official     outlines      financial     aid
process t-page 3
—Babies   more   peaceful   with   'gentle,'
delivery—page 5
7- Women cagers finish second in CMU Invitational—page 12
13
Senior cagers end home careers'-page
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An Olympian is helped with her snowshoes during a snowshoe
clinic conducted Wednesday, by Eastern Michigan University
senior Tobi Gray (LIFE photo by Rollie Mikan).