1976-12-13; Central Michigan Life

              President's
reviews
entrance
,     by JEFF ELLSWORTH
CM LIFE Reporter
;„■ The wording of specific sections of a proposed revision of
University entrance policy remains
unresolved as the policy goes
before the President's Council for
the second time today.
The Wording involves
recommendations made at the Nov.
21. President's Council meeting to
eliminate specific words within the
proposed policy. The policy was
formulated by the ' Student
Association Entrance "Policy
Revision committee, composed of
four students and four administrators.
One section of the proposed
revision,allows search or entry of
University housing in the event of
an "immediate threat to health or
safety.*' The President's Council
recommendation was to eliiminste
•'immediate."
"They felt that they have a
responsibility to handle any
threat," Dean of Students James
Hill said. Hill said he personally is
in favor of retaining the word
"immediate."
A further revision would allow
the dean of students to authorise
entries. The recommendation of
President's Council is to give the
same authorization power to the
president, provost, and the three
vice presidents,
am
Strike bargaining
remains blocked
p Negotiations between the city of Mt. Pleasant and the 46 striking
municipal employees remain at an impasse as the strike enters its 13th
day today.
Representatives of both .the city and the union have stated they have
no intention of meeting again, until state mediator John VanderArk
schedules another bargaining tession.  • '
VanderArk met with the two parties Dec. 8, but the attempt to write
• a" new contract for the striking workers was unsuccessful due to inflexibility shown by both groups* VanderArk said. At the time. Vender Ark said he would schedule any future meetings, but did not set a date
for another meeting.
The strike, which began on Dee. 1, affects the membership of Local
16Q6.'ottne-&nft«^^
ployees (AFSCME). The wof||Hf*y are front «te Wale* Department, street
Department, waste Treatment Plant, Mt. Pleasant Public Library and the
Municipal building.    t
Some city services have been affected by the strike. Snow plowing
and Salting operations are somewhat slower than normal, City Engineer
. Robert Whitehead said, because the replacement drivers are not yet
\ acquainted with their routes. The library, which initially was closed,
7 reopened Dec. 6 between the hours of land 5 p.m*
■'        Management, supervisory and technical personnel are filling in for
•: the striking workers. Police, Fire Department and public transportation
7 tjmpl   yees are not involved in the strike.
'£"     The members of Local 1606, wh have been working without a con-
" tract since Dec. 31,1975', went on strike because the contact offered by
* the city did not offer protections included in the old contract, Anne
* Freling, president of Local 1606, said. Issues in the dispute are wages, job
1 classifications, layoff and recall procedures and the length of the proposed
Z contract. , i
"The impression is that this is
the way it is now, but it's just not in
writing," Mike Fraser, student
body president, said, "I'd like to get
it down to where there are one or
two responsible at a time, rather
than five or six," he added, <-
A section also specifies entry
may be authorized in the event of
"major infractions of University
policy." The recommendation of the
Presdient's Council is to remove
"major," so entry may be
authorized for any infractions,
"We're going to ask for all
three," Fraser, Lansing senior,
said. "I don't think we're being
unreasonable, and we've covered
all the bases," he added.
Fraser said he would like to
t see the revision be implemented
' next semester, and the adaptation
of the revisions is a success despite
the wording controversy,
"For the first time, students
can actually see the policy and
procedure for entering University
housing," Fraser said. "Also,
students helped write this. T^he
format on which the policy will be
built is theirs," he added,
"When it becomes apparent
that the University has entered a
room through bad judgement, a
written policy will remove the
defense of ignorance," Charles
House, executive assistant to the
prtfeitiiht, siid. Houss Is on* of four '
.Adapnfriftttoc*.-*^^
S4 policy Revision OoiSftttee,
'Following the President's
Council meeting, the decision on
the   revision   will   resti   with
'  *■
President Harold Abel, according
(to House. "The responsiblity for
making the decision is his, and he
can't surrender that responsibility
to any group,!' House said.
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WIDE-EYED WONDER'-While cold temperatures and biting winds kept participation in the annual
Chfittihii Sing: Sunday lo#er thaft hernial, nothing could diminish a child's exdtem.ent at sefcirig Santa
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fcfcii* John ■fousjey, choir director at Mt. PieasahtlfigK School, led et$er carols during the one-hour event.
Affiliation questioned
Faculty watch Ferris
by PAM KLEIN '
LIFE New* Editor
CMU faculty members wil be watching with interest an election
today among members of the Ferris State. College faculty union which
would strike all mention of affiliation with the Michigan Education
Association (MEA) and the National Education Association (NEA) from
its constitution.
Students, staff call Bicentennial exploitative
P        byJOHNGROGAN
.P,   '    CM LIFE Reporter
*Z~   Whereas individual reactions
"differed CMU students and faculty
expressed disappointment in the
Bicentennial celebrations, labeling
£n€m   "overly   commercial"' and
^misdirected"   according   to   an
.'-informal      CM   LIFE   survey
conducted last week.
'Of those interviewed,- -most
believed the celebrations had
Worthwhile qualities but the-most
.Important aspects of the nation's
birthday were overlooked while
superficial aspects were blown out
0?" proportion.
''" "The most important things
were overlooked," Steve Scherer,
"associate professor of history, said.
"It said too much about what was
done and not enough on what we'
;are doing. The past should be used
and not worshipped."
CM LIFE
last issue
:*;'> 13oday's newspaper is the last
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-tester. The staff of CM LlfE
be* CMU students, faculty and
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Scherer expressed the most
important aspect of history is as a
process for re-evaluating the
direction present day society is
heading.
Nolan Kaiser, professor of
philosophy, .agreed. "My view on
birthdays in general, and .therefore
the birthday of the nation, is that it
requires one to look backward and
forward at one in the same time,"
Kaiser said. "The importance of it
is the opportunity'and the impulse
to re-evaluate and to do better
where we have failed,"
Besides the concern over the
misdirection of the celebrations,
many Central students and faculty
believed the commercial aspects
surrounding the Bicentennial year
distracted from the true value of
the event. ',
"Mnay businesses looked at.it
more as a profit motif than a
celebration of national heritage,"
Mike Weare, Grand Rapids junior,
said, '
Another student, Janelle
Lawless, Gladwin junior, agreed, "I
think it was too commercial. They
started too early. By the time it<
(July 4) got here everyone was"
tired With it all," Lawless said.
"Too many people used it to make
money," she.added.
Rod ' daskey,   Fowleryille
graduate  student,   believed  the
Bicentennial celebration had  no
valve whatsoever..
#.,. £ ,/yjtt .p» &o% worthwhile,"
:#4?^)mi mffl*- % *|s"n't§o. «»m-
fifciilked.. 7. tootochMI hda*.
e*f"wire trying W 'fbmi' in
-values   which   don't  really   hold
s anymore."
* Whereas the majority .of
students and, facility questioned
expressed disappointment, a
number of people thought the
events surrounding the nation's,
birthday were very well done.
"I am very positive about the
whole idea of it," Ronald Lutz,
industrial education professor,
said. "It's greatest contribution
.was in causing all Americans to
pause and reflect back on the last
200 years. It had a lot of historical
significance.
•Karen Duncan, Utica freshman, also was pleased with the
celebrations. "For sure it' was
worthwhile. It brought back ajot of
partriotism> and pride in the
country," she said.
Duncan did not believe the
Bicentennial wis overly commercialized. "1 don't think there's
any Way we could have showed too
much spirit," she said.
LlesbetH. ZJeistra, a foreign
exchange student -from Holland,
found the celebrations exciting and
eventful-. "It.is a nice year to be in
the United1*States," she said, "I just
loved it because'there were so
.. many interesting things." vZielstra
has been in the U.S. since last
summer. "For me it was Very.
gdtjd," she said.
tS*ome people questioned
replied the Bicentennial events
wege worihwbils .on* local but foot
''imjfalfaI'V'T- -'•      ■' '" .
According to ^ilUam Mile*,
chairperson  of 'the  University's
Bicentennial committee, the
emphasis on local history was the
most beneficial aspect of the
nation's birthday.
"The Bicentennial nationally
was'a very confused affair," Miles
said. "They didn't do too much
really. That's why there was the
heavy emphasis, on - local
celebrations.
- "A lot of communities have
written their histories this year
and that's good," he added. "As far
as the national Bicentennial goes,
quite frankly I don't think we had
one.*'
Another student, Phil Kitchen,
Troy sophomore, expressed his
views. "It was worthwhile up to a
point but they got carried away. It
turned into another * psuedoevent
with the merchants saturating the
market with too many Bicentennial,
gimmicks."!
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• Barnes Hall lobby
decision pending—page
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• MEA student teacher
quotes discussed—page
to
• Basketball squad sets
Hose Arena record
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Central's Faculty Association (FA) also is an ME A-NE A affiliate.
Phil Stich, president of the Ferris faculty union, said a favorable vote
in today's election simply 'would remove reference of MEA-NEA affiliation from the constitution, not actually disaffiliate the Ferris local
from the MEA an4 NEA.
"The only thing we can do is change the constitution," Stich said.
"There's another method for actually changing affiliation."
J. Norbert Musto, MEA consultant to both' the CMU and Ferris
faculty unions, said many other MEA-NEA affiliates have no mention of
affiliation in their charters but still are affiliated.
"It just depends on the local whether it wants to mention; affiliation *
or not," he Said. "Many locals in the K to 12 system do not mention it in
their constitution."
Stich said faculty members favoring the issue-believe disaffiliation,
or "'going" local," Would save them money in dues paid to the MEA and
NEA.        "    -     *
Ferris faculty union members currently pay $185 in dues, as compared to the $171 paid by CMU union members. However, Musto added
not all dues money goes to the MEA.
"Some money goes toward our office, our secretary's>salary, some to
my salary, some for local expenses and some to the MEA," he said.
Musto added disaffiliation would not save faculty members money.
"They've (Ferris faculty in support of the vote) been trying to
promote their cause on the premise that they can do it (have a union) for
the same amount of money," Musto said. "And If challenge that premise."
Musto added every member of an MEA-NEA affiliate is guaranteed
individual legal protection.. "And if your own local doesn't have the
resources to do that, it doesn't have to," he said. *
William Lienbaugh, one of the Ferris faculty leaders in favor of the
election, could not be reached for comment.
Musto said he sees the Ferris election as a test of faculty opinion on
disaffiliation from the MEA and NEA.
"They are using the charter amendment issue to be an indication Of
whether the faculty want to become involved in disaffiliation " he said.
Stich said they believed the issue would.be defeated. However,
Musto added if the issue does pass, "it will continue to give hope to people
who advocate the same idea."
And what should be the effect on Central's FA if the Ferris vote is
favorable? , ...
FA President Ronald Johnstone said the same suggestion for
eliminating reference to MEA-NEA affiliation, and sometimes for
disaffiliation, occasionally has been made by some CMU faculty members,
He added no organized effort toward that end ever has materialized, but
said "If this move ia successful, it would encourage, people here to try a
similar thing." ' •-.    .
Johnstone said he did not believe the Ferris move would be successful,' however.
. He added there might be two advantages to disaffiliation from the
MEA-NEA, but said the risk of such action would outweigh the gains.
"I guess there might be two advantages," he said.'The first would be
it would be slightly cheaper in the short run. The second is that it. might
bring a few more people into the fold whose objection to joining the union
is to the MEA affiliation." ,
"However, it kind of inhibits the full-fledge operation of a collective
bargaining agent to go independent," Johnstons added.
Some members of the Free Faculty, a group opposed to joining
Central's FA, have indicated the MEA-NEA affiliation was one of their
objections to the union.
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