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Volume 157 No. 65
Monflay, March 8, 1970
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Fire strikes Saxe
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CM LIFE PHOTO BY RICK MCKAY
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20 Saxe Hajl after the fire which occurred there Saturday rnorjaittg/DlPS reports reasons tor the blazerahge
from an qv erloaded electrical circuit to smoldering cigaiets. No one was injured in the fire, (
by CHRIS LYNCH
CM LIFE Reporter
An earjy morning; fire in Saxe
"Hall extensively damaged one room
although no one was injured, according to the Department of Public
Safety (DPS).
Det. Sgt. Les Bonstelle said the
fire  occured  Saturday  about 3;45
a.m. in Room 20 Saxe. Reasons for,
the blaze range from an overloaded'
electrical circuit to a partially lit
cigaret.
No one was injured in the fire,
although the room's occupants were
exposed to smoke.
The fire was confined to just the
one room on .Saxe Terrace,
, Saxe.Hall Head Resident Celia
Taylor   said   the   room   is    now
"unlivible"  and the  residents  are
. living in various rooms in the dorm.
One of the occupants of the
room, Mike Stone. Flint freshman,
said he and his roommates had been
watching television in the room until
2:30 a.m, He reported they went to
bed only to be awakened about 3:45
a.m. by Resident Assistant Bill
Russell attempting to put out the
fire with extinguishers.    ,
Stone said he and his roommates had been smoking but thought
the cigarets all were properly extinguished before they went to bed.
The fire started in a chair and
spread to curtains and posters on the
wall. Stone said when he awoke he
couldn't see anything but smoke. He
said the chair and curtains both were
destroyed dijeto fire damagevwhilet.
" hisicfothes were filled with sffloke.
"We   heard   the   alarm   and
thought, it was a fake,". Stone said.
"Then we saw the smoke and instantly got out of the room,"
Stone reported he had been told
the room would need to be scrubbed
and repainted and it would be at
least two weeks before he and his
roommates jwould be able to move
back in. /
In other cases investigated by
DPS, more than $818 worth of
personal property was stolen from
Cental students in the past week.
Thefts included: -      ■ '
—Pour $20 bills taken from
Troutman Hall sometime between
March 1 and Wednesday. The money
belonged to Edward Roller, Sault
Ste. Marie freshman.
—A purse and its contents
valued at $93, were, taken from Rosq
Center Friday about 3:45 p.m. The
name of the owner of the purse was
not released by DPS.
—A light brown leather purse
(See "DPS ..." page 5>
Doctors treat
i
fewer students
by JEFF ELLSWORTH
■      *■ CM LIFE Reporter
With the treatment of 192 students Friday,' the University Health
Services reports a total of 1,142 students treated last week for flu and. Upper
respiratory infections.
The Health Services treated 264 students Thursday and a total of 462
students on Monday and Tuesday.
HOWEVER, Dr. Howard L. Varney, University Health Services
director, said he could not accurately determine the number of students who
have left campus due to illness.
x Varney added the number of students afflicted with the illness has
remained constant since Thursday and vis expected to stay the samerfor the
next few days. '
Nineteen persons were discharged from the in-patient area of the
Health Services Friday. Seven were discharged Sunday, leaving 13 inpatients in the 47-bed facility.
Students to pay $20
Registration policy changes
by DEBBIE GROHOLSKI
CM LIFE Reporter
Students will need to bring $20
with them when they register for
Fall Semester classes during advanced registration next month
under* a new registration fee
procedure, according to Associate
Registrar R. William Dunham.
Advanced registfation is
scheduled between April 21 and
April 27. In a two-step process, those
registering wili turn in course
request forms • and" pay a nonrefundable $20 registration fee at
the same lime."
THIS REPRESENTS a change
l\n the registration policy Central has
^used for several years, Dunham said.
In the past, students have gone
through advanced registration for
' Fall Semester by "submitting only
'•■their course request forms. Students
\then were assessed $45 in July, with
'$20 of that fee going toward
• registration fees and the remaining;
inside
PLANS FOR THE FVTVBE-
Student Body President Pamela
Maxwell discusses.seniester plans
(see story^ page 3).
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$25 deducted from tuition and fees
for that semester. Registration for
winter, spring and summer classes
did not require any deposit.
Now, however, students will
pay the $20 fee at the time of advanced registration and will be billed
for the total amount of tuition in
July.  "
Dunham Said the fee procedures
were inconsistent each semester and
represented problems for students
in rememhering to meet their July
payment on time or face delayed Or
late registration.
In February 1973, the
Registration Planning Committee at
Central began discussing an
alternative to the $45 registration
fee deposit. The new fee proposal
was submitted to President's Council
lest Oct. 27,and approved Nov. 12,
Dunham said.
He explained there were
various reasons behind, the
registration change.
"One of the overall goals of the
Registration Planning Committee
wa3 a consistent method of
. registration," Dunham said. With
the new registration procedure,
students will pay $20 in fees for each
of the class sessions, including fall,
winter, spring and summer."
THE FEES either will be paid
" when a student goes through ad
vanced registration or before
delayed or late registration begins.
An "Application to Register" card is
filled out at this time, insuring
registration materials will be
available for the student, Dunham
said. Tuition and fees also will be
paid during delayed or late
registration periods, as has been the
policy in the.past, A $10 late fee also
will be assessed for those going
through, late registration, Dunham
said.
"Students have paid the $20
registration'fee all along, it's nothing
new. No\y, it makes fewer dates for
students to remember," Dedre
Dunsdon, a student intern in the
Registrar's Office, explained.
Dunham added having this $45
fee due in July caused problems with
students who forgot to pay in time
because of a gap from when they
actually registered lor classes.
The $20 registration fee serves
as a commitment on the part of
students wlw have registered In
advance to come back to Central,
since it is non-refundable, Dunham
said.
He said another, reason for the
change in registration procedures is
the registration fee of $20 is separate
from any tuition payments for full-
time students. However, part-time
students, those taking one to five
credit hours, will have billing
statements which reflect $10 credit
toward tuition and fees.
STUDENTS with full financial
aid will receive deferral cards if they
submit a * written request to the
director of Financial Aids prior to
advanced registration. They will
submit this deferral card with their
•course request forms during advanced registration. The $20
registration fee vHll be charged to
their financial aid account,* Dunham
said.
As in the past, a $45 enrollment
(See "Registration ..." page 7)
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students who have gone home was "impossible" due to the large number of
students who left campus for the weekend.
"There's no way we can really make an accuarate count until the people,
who are planning to return do so," Dan Pfeiffer, Thorpe head resident, said.
Of the dorms contacted, Robinson Hall reported the largest number of
absences related to illness. "We've got about 25 people who have left, to my
knowledge, and others t who are considering leaving," Ron • Gishpert,
Robinson head resident, said.
REPORTS from other dorms ranged from "none, to my knowledge" in
(Calkins, to "not to many" in Trout, to "less than a handful" in Tate.
"There may possibly be more students who have left, but who did not go
through the University channels," John Mlinarcik, Tate head resident, said.
"Students who leave the dorms should report to their head residents
and all students should report to the Student Affairs Office because they
have a procedure for notifying professors," he added.
On a nationwide level, the latest flu epidemic has ceased 1,270 deaths
"above the number expected" as of Feb. 28, according to the Center for
Disease Control (CDC). This figure falls far below the death toll from the
1969 Hong Kong flu epidemic, which resulted in 12,700 "excess" deaths
nationwide.
The CDC said the flu-related deaths reached epidemic proportions in the
Central and Midwestern states for the first time .during the week of
February 28.
A CDC spokesperson said flu-related deaths generally occur among the
elderly and the ill and added "it would be highly unusual if the nationwide
epidemic was to continue into next month."
'Right to work' group
will defend faculty
Abel to meet
students today
An "open invitation" has been extended to, all Central students from
President Harold Abel to talk informally on campus issues today from 1:30 to
3:30 p.m. in the University Center Ballroom.
Abel said he hopes students will bring questions, with them and added
he Will prepare no formal speech for the session. [
The impetus for the informal discussion came from Abel's Sept. 23 installation address, in which he expressed a desire to solicit ideas and
suggestions from the University community regarding policies and issues.
Abet later told the Academic Senate he wished to initiate a series of the
informal discussions "to avoid administrative implementation without input." He added, "I enjoy informal discussions with faculty and students."
' by MITCH HEAD
t   LIFE Managing Editor
The National 'Right to Work
Legal Defense Foundation has
agreed to enter into, the cases of any
facility member being sued by the
Faculty Association (FA) for not
joining the union or paying the
equivalent agency jshop fee.
Robert Croll, associate
professor of business administration,
said Sunday Foundation lawyers,
Raymond J. LaJeunesse Jr. and Rex
H. Reed ^already have entered into
the one case on behalf of Katherine
Ux, the first faculty member sued by
the FA.
'BY ENTERING into the Ux
case, the1 Foundation his" agreed to
make its services available to all
faculty members-free of charge, in
addition to paying the local, attorney
fees for any faculty member sued.
-'■ The agreements spawned from
a closed meeting. Friday afternoon
where about nine faculty members
met with LaJeunesse and Reynolds
H. Campbell, Ui's attprney, for
about two hours.
Croll   said   Robert   Anthony,
associate professor of accounting and
business administration,would have
retainer cards available for faculty
members to1 sign later this week.
Signing the cards would allow the
-Foundation to enter into a case if a
faculty member is sued by the FA
for the $144 per year fee in addition
to interest, lawyer fees and court
costs.
However, faculty members still
must have a local attorney handling
the case since the Foundation is not
licensed to practice in Michigan.
Croll said the Foundation's lawyer's
could assist local attorneys in
preparing faculty members' defense.
> According to Croll, the retainers
must be signed before the Foundation is allowed to enter into a case
on any faculty member's behalf. The
Foundation's assistance may be
dropped at any time thereafter at
the faculty member's request, Croll
explained.
Nearly all of the faculty
members' attending the meeting
Friday signed the ;retainer
agreements, Croll reported. He
advised faculty members, to sign the
agreements even before they are
sued by the FA so the Foundation
may coordinate its efforts.
CROLL ALSO announced a'
meeting of all faculty membersvwho
may be sued tentatively is set for
April 2 at 4 p.m. when LaJeunesse
will be present to answer any
questions about the suits.
Ux, retired professor of art, is
scheduled to appear in Circuit Court
.Tuesday to make her appeal of
jDistrict Court Judge Frederick M.
Lewis' decision which ordered her to
either join the FA or pay the agency
shop fee.
The FA is allowed to "force
faculty members to, either join the
union or pay the financial responsibility fee under the provision of an
agency shop clause included in a
contract signed with the University
nearly two years ago.    , -
The union contends faculty
members are receiving the benefits
of the FA's bargaining with the
University even though they are not
members, It insists faculty members
should be required totpay for, the
services they benefit from.
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