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suffers
'serious'
byPETEENGARDIO
LIFE Staff Writer
Charles Anspach, president
emeritus, suffered a serious
stroke Sunday evening and is
reported in stable condition at
Central Michigan Community
Hospital (CMCH).
Anspach, 83, CMU president
from 1939 to 1959, was admitted
to CMCH at approximately 10
Charles Anspach
p.m. Saturday. He is being,
observed in the intensive care
unit and has shown "slight"
improvement in condition since
Sunday, a CMCH spokesperson
said Tuesday.
Presently Anspach is
paralyzed in his left side and has
not regained speech, according
to his wife, Elizabeth Anspach.
Saturday afternoon Anspach
had suffered a mild stroke in his
home and was administered an
electrocardiogram (EKG) test
and returned home. At about 8
p.m. that evening, his condition
worsened and he was returned
to CMCH, Mrs. Anspach said.
In   the   hospital,    Anspach
suffered    a    serious    stroke
Sunday.
Although Anspach's personal
physician, Dr. John*M. Wood,
refused to comment on Anspach's condition, Mrs. Anspach
said she was "encouraged" after
visiting her husband Tuesday.
"He's been holding his own,"
she said. Anspach has been
regaining consciousness "from
time to time," she added.
Charles Anspach Hall, which
was dedicated in the fall of 1966,
was named for the" former
president. The academic
building houses classrooms,
lecture halls and offices. The
departments of English, history,
journalism, political science,
philosophy, and sociology, plus
student publications and
television and radio stations are
housed in the building.
Judson W. Foust, Anspach's
successor as president in 1959,
credits Anspach with "putting
Central on the map."
"He is responsible for letting
people in Michigan know there is
a college here," Foust, president
emeritus, said.
In recent years Anspach has
been very active in national
organizations and community
services. In January, he was the
recipient of the Most Outstanding Citizen Award by the
Mount Pleasant Chamber of
Commerce.
He holds two masters
degrees, a doctorate of
philosophy and nine honorary
degrees.
Anspach has experienced
several mild heart problems in
recent years, Mrs. Anspach said.
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Volume 59 No. 2       Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859      Wednesday, Aug. 31,1977
Distribution rules
still under fire
byPETEENGARDIO
LIFE Staff Writer
CMU's revised literature
distribution policies still are not
as liberal as' they should be,
according to spokespersons of
organizations involved in the
defense of the three Young
Socialist Alliance (YSA)
members arrested last fall.
The YSA case came to a close
in June, when a federal lawsuit
against CMU and trespassing
charges against the three by the
University were dropped
simultaneously following
issuance of new distribution
rules.
A campus spokesperson of the
FA wants recourse
on employment issues
byTONYDEARING
LIFE News Editor
The Faculty Association (FA)
offered a broad proposal during
Tuesday's collective bargaining
designed to provide faculty
members denied tenure or
promotion a grievance
procedure written within the
contract agreement.
This generalized proposal was
included in the FA's overall
proposal on grievance
pTfocedares. However, "WrCMTT
team expressed concern over
the FA's broad proposal because
it said the proposal was too
general, and could result \in
endless grievance procedures.
FA and CMU bargaining
teams began negotiating the
subject of grievance after
tabling agency shop almost
immediately as the session
began.
In the 1974-77 contract
grievance was defined as "an
alleged violation" of the
agreement.
*' 'However,*' the * * FA 'proposal
further defined grievance as an
"error  of fact,  prejudice,  ar
bitrary judgments, or actions
deviating from procedures and
due process."
J. Norbert Musto, FA
bargaining team leader, said
that definition was inserted with
the intention of providing
recourse for faculty members in
the areas of retention, reappointment, promotion and
tenure.
"We are intending to provide
for faculty members a due
process tT»Tougb~ "formal
grievance which the contract
would provide for," he said.
Musto said faculty denied
tenure or promotion now only
can protest that action outside
the contract by going through
the Academic Senate's
grievance procedure.
"That procedure is terminated by an internal
decision," he said. "There is no
third party- review through
arbitration."
If faculty members were able
Committee for Free Speech
(CFS) has labeled the new rules
"still far too restrictive;" a YSA
member has called them '"the
narrowest of interpretations of
First Amendment freedoms"
while a faculty member called
them "very limiting."
Former chairperson of the
CFS Meg Hayes, of Detroit, goes
as far as to say the new policies
are part of a "very conscious
effort to maintain a low level of
student activity" on the part of
the CMU administration.
But although there have been
complaints, "None have ever
been received by the office of
the President," Charles House,
assistant to the president, said.
The policies of prohibiting
solicition at any University
event, the limit of $10 per item
sold, grievance procedures and
methods of obtaining permission
to distribute literature have
been questioned by various
individuals.
The main criticism of the
policies centers around the rule
banning the distribution or sale
of literature of any kind within
the lobbies or adjacent hallways
of a building or room in which a
University event is in progress.
"The rules are still more
restrictive than they need to
be," Bernard Meltzer, former co-
chairperson of the CMU chapter
of the CFS, said after the new
rules were issued. "I don't
understand what the fear is. As
long as the process is orderly, I
to grieve a tenure or promotion     see no need for these repressive
Worn-out shoes mark
hike through Europe
by BERNADETTE JOZWIAK
LIFE Ass't News Editor
Most world travelers find
conventional means of transit
suit their needs.' Tom Kostr-
zewa, however, found hitchhiking more his style.
Kostrzewa, Mount Pleasant
graduate student, recently
returned from a near-round-the-
world trip which took him
through countries including
Luxumbourg, Sweden, Poland,
Czechoslovakia, Hungary,
Bulgaria, Austria and
Yugoslavia.
After traversing Turkey,
Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan,
Nepal and India, Kostrzewa said
he turned around and hiked back
on a different route. Political
borders, he said, prohibited his
circling the world.
"I did it to see the old
traditions of the countries,"
Kostrzewa said of his trek. "It
___*
a perspective
lifestyles    in
of
the
the
Pointing out the locations of his world-wide travels is Tom
Kostrzewa, Mount Pleasant graduate student, who recently
returned from an eicuraion that took him through countries in
Asia and Europe. Disdaining more conventional modes of
transportation, Kostrzewa hitchhiked his way through many
varied nations (LIFE photo by Peter Luke).
gave me
different
countries."
Although he traveled with
only a backpack, sleeping bag
and writing materials, Kostrzewa said accommodations were
no problem for him, as he stayed
with natives of the area.
"Once when I arrived at a
village, 200 people surrounded
me and asked me questions. I
was so well received. The
villagers were interested in this
man with blond hair and strange
clothing."
Kostrzewa, a self-described
"petty philosopher", said his trip
helped him to satisfy
curiousities and squelch
misconceptions.
"We hear generalizations
about countries being underdeveloped or socialist. But
what does it mean? Seeing it
first-hand adds an important
perspective and tells where you
and I are at," he said.
While Kostrzewa declined to
call himself fluent in the
languages spoken in the
countries he visited, he joked he
speaks "something that
resembles" French, Spanish,
Turkish and Swedish.
Kostrzewa said his 13-month
hike began after his graduation
from CMU in 1976. "My father
drove rae to the edge of town. I
got out and told him I'd see him
in about a year," he recalled.
One pair of thrice-repaired
shoes and $1,000 in travel expenses later, Kostrzewa now is
settled in Mount Pleasant to
begin graduate work in
education.
But while Kostrzewa said he
is happy to be home, he also is
contemplating another trip.
Where will it take him?
He wists of travels in the
Orient, South America and
Africa; yet only his beckoning,
adventurous nature and time
will tell.
'denial"Wough the present
contract grievance procedure,
they Would go through both an
informal and formal grievance
procedure within the University, and then if the matter is
still unresolved, it could be
settled by binding arbitration.
"That definition means that
anybody can grieve any change
of procedure," John
Weatherford, CMU bargaining
team leader said during a break
in negotiations. "Anybody can
say 'we never used to do it that
way before' and grieve."
University Attorney J. David
Kerr expressed fear that faculty
would use the new definition of
grievance to grieve procedural
decisions by the academic
schools, deans and Administration at will.
"What you propose renders
this institution's position uncertain," he said. "There has got
to be some reasonableness in
(See "Bargaining—" page 7)
restrictions?'
The recommendation of a 12-
person ad-hoc advisory committee on the policy, which was
appointed by President Abel,
was that the sale of non-profit
literature be restricted only to
"protect the health and safety of
the community or the teaching
function."
Abel cited fire hazards due to
limited space as a prime concern
of the University events policy.
However, the University also
adopted the policy on the
grounds that concert audiences
should not be subject to
soliciters, Abel said.
"It is our perception that the
people who go to concerts,
lectures or sports events don't
want to be harassed in the lobby
by hawkers," Abel said.
"I don't think anyone's personal disagreement about being
approached is a reason to limit
freedom of speech," Martha
Logsdon associate professor of
political science, said. "Since the
policy says that protection of
this freedom is 'perhaps the
highest obligation of the
University,' it should be
guaranteed."
Another criticism involves the
$10 limit per item which is sold
on camus by non-profit
organizations.
"I find that. rule very surprising," Logsdon, who also was
a member of the ad-hoc committee, said. "What is it that
makes an item costing more
than $10 not subject to constitutional rights?"
Abel   said   the   University's
main concern in setting the limit
was to serve as a deterrent to
"deceptive"practices" and "high-
pressure salesmen."
"We figure that $10 per item
(See"YSA-"page5)
There is serious doubt if the license plate on this Corvair found
recently in the Anspach parking lot indicates its owner. It
probably is a subtle protest over the controversy which has
surrounded the car for many years (LIFE photo by Peter Luke).
University student
missing since Monday
A CMU student from East
Grand Rapids was reported
missing Monday by roommates
when she failed to arrive in
Mount Pleasant for the
beginning of classes.
Martha Ellen McKay left
home at 3 p.m. Friday and apparently was planning to travel
directly to CMU, according to
authorities. -
The girl is described as a
white female, 5 feet 9 inches, 130
pounds With brown hair and
brown eyes. When last seen she
was wearing blue jeans, a white
sweater and white tennis shoes.
She was driving a 197,4
Chevrolet Monte Carlo, license
number NLR 459.
Anyone with information
concerning her disappearance
should contact the Department
of Public Safety (DPS) or the
East Grand Rapids authorities
who have jurisdiction in the
case.
In other action, DPS has
reported one larceny and three
property    damage
since Sunday.
accidents
A property damage accident
occurred when a bike ridden by
Wendy Wilcos, Clare junior,
went into the path of an oncoming car driven by Laurie
Fadell, Port Huron sophomore,
in Ottawa Court at 1 p.m.
Monday. There were no injuries
and no citations.
A car driven by a Midland
woman' received minor damage
when the gate arm in lot 15 next
to Barnes Hall came down on the
car's hood and was broken off
Monday afternoon. The investigation is closed.
A small tree in Calumet Court
was damaged when it was struck
by an unknown vehicle at 10:50
a.m. Monday. The investigation
is closed.
Books valued  at  $25  were
reported stolen from the Rose
Reservation Room at 12:50 p.m.
, Sunday  by  Mark  Crapo,  J-7
Washington Apartments.
—PB awaits budget*-page 5
--■Abel says budget crunch over—page 3
—Economy continues downslide—page 2
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